i have recently had a couple of cath lab procedures, the last a placement of a stent in a major heart artery. that makes quad bypass three years ago, and three cath lab procedures in the last 2 months.
i am home. but, i am very tired, with limited endurance. it doesn't take much to "sit me down" for a rest.
so, i am going to rest, take it easy, and maybe start walking a bit in a week or so. but, no blogging for a bit, i simply am not up to it. i just don't have the physical strength.
thank you for continuing to come by. i will be up and around in a while, if i am up and around.
theo spark will be the first to know.
while i am gone, ... , don't give a god damned inch on anything. buy guns, buy ammo, become proficient in the use of the same. cultivate a very surly attitude, and express it, at the top on your lungs at the nearest soap box. (i am building a very interesting ar-15, in "jj's brit," ™, and i will let you know how that comes out. i cannot go to the big dance without being properly accoutered. now, can i?)
there should be no secrets between you and those who would oppress you, ... , let them know what you think, and what you will do to them if they continue their idiocies. say it loudly. say it simply. let them know that you will fight, and that they will die.
back into the horse spittle on the 18th, the ticker went of the tracks a little bit. out on the 20th, though the angioplasty again confirmed some serious concerns. back to spokane for an appointment with the cardiologist on the 31st.
we'll see.
i've just been reading & resting at my daughter's house. back home to oregon tomorrow, the weather permitting. i've read some interesting things, a couple short blogs on that, and then i am just gonna rest a bit.
keep reading atlas shrugs and theo spark. they'll stand you in good stead.
john jay @ 01.21.2013
p.s. you'll forgive me for not watching the coronation. hell, i've not caught up w/ the nfl playoffs yet. first things first.
those politicians, those rich and influential, who cry tears over the deaths of children.--
when they have markets and commerce to protect, when they have the geo-political interests of power and allies to protect, when they want to acquire control over the oil resources of the world, what then do they do to those lovely children for whom they profess so much love and devotion? whose lives they profess to protect, by taking guns from citizens who have never violated law, or decency, or civilized standards of behavior?
why the politicians, the rich and the influential, when they have their interests to protect, take the self same children who they profess to treasure and love, and they send them into battle to kill someone else's children, so that they, the politicians, can advance and grow in wealth, prestige and power.
they cry no tears for them, then. they care not a whit for them, then. they are not lives to be cherished and protected, they are lives to be expended in the service of their wealth and position.
this is what the politicians, the rich and influential who want to take your guns from you, really care about your children.
obama's children go to a school with as many as 11 armed guards in attendance. yet, he ridicules any suggestion that schools be protected, in the stead of taking your guns.
they chump you with gun control, with their crocodile tears for children they will given not a second's passing thought to, when they have taken you only way to control them. they have nothing but contempt for you.
politicians and rich, influential people have guns. diane feinstein, chuch schumer, the famous columnist who is against guns but somehow managed to shoot an unarmed burglar, ... , they all have guns. (carl rowan shot a kid for getting in his pool. they don't want you swimming in their pools?)
politicians and rich, influential people have guns because they say that they need them to protect themselves from people who will do them harm.
they don't want you to have guns.
why?
who are they afraid of?
they are afraid of you.
they are afraid that if you have guns that you will harm them with them, because they are displeased about: the way they run the country; their wealth, and the way they flaunt it in times of want for the rest of us; and, they are afraid that they will be harmed by you because they try to restrain your freedom, liberty, political expression and your legal rights.
and, well they should be afraid, because their incompetence, greed, corruption, wanton waste of the u.s. treasury, and political repression of your political participation in your own governance has caused you to be very angry with them.
although they are stupid, they are not that stupid, and they know this. this is why they are deathly afraid of you, because with guns your violence could unseat them from position and power, and you might even kill some of them because of the wrath and displeasure they have inspired & caused in you.
that's why they don't want you to have guns.
actually, i think it very healthy that you have guns for the very reasons i have discussed. i think it is only just and proper that they are afraid of you for those reasons, because they deserve to be afraid of you for the way they have behaved, and the way they have governed.
the idiot obama and his minions have robbed the middle class of its wealth, and given it to their cronies and lackeysand constituents, who, by the way, know exactly what obama has done and is doing. you think the housing scandal, the bailouts, the scabrous loans to failed businesses, ... , you think that accidental?
my, polly anna, you are an unsuspecting little girl, aren't you?
that is why the politicians don't want you to have guns. it is because they are deathly afraid of you, and your emotions, and you potential to wrath if inspired to wrath.
it is good and proper that they should be afraid of you, afraid that you will tip over the apple cart of their privilege.
it is well and good that you should have guns, and do this, if you feel it justified.
john jay @ 01.14.2013
p.s. there, is it all clear now, citizens? they fear you. more precisely put, they are scared shitless of you. they could not care less that you kill each other on occasion. what they fear is that those weapons be turned upon them. and, they don't much care for people like me who express themselves like this, not very damned much, they don't.
they know that violent crime has gone down for the last 20 years, that the "murder rate" is half of what it was in the not too distant past. they don't care about that, except to the extent, that some day they very well make be deserving targets.
because of what they have done to us, they are afraid of what we will do to them.
i have a roof over my head, and i am tolerably warm most the winter. i just had a nice little lunch, some left overs from last night, nuked in the microwave. and, this day i bought some new j.c. penny's underwear,***two packages of large crew necked t-shirts, heavy duty, and a package of whitey tighties shorts w/ legs. (two weeks ago, i bought a package of medium shorts and medium t-shirts, same brand, to "research" how they fit, ... , i thought my shrinkage had gone far enough for smaller t-shirts. the shorts fit just fine, but the medium t-shirt is too small, ... , it fits, but it has to be "wrestled" on, ... , who needs the bother. so, back to large t-shirts.)
i cannot pay my overwhelming medical bills, and i feel bad about it, but it doesn't stress me out. hell, i am never gonna crawl under the covers w/ julia roberts, either, and there is nothing to be done about that. those situations, ... , well, they just are what they are, and like the moon and the stars, i just cannot do much about them.
so, i am in the most fundamental of ways, quite content with things.
and, i will die bleeding in the streets, or in my own house, life oozing between my fingers, before i will surrender my guns, ... , especially to that twerp obama. i just don't even question it. i just accept the prospect, and view it an honorable end.
does this put things into proper perspective for you, too?
john jay @ 01.13.2013
***remnants from an era, when american civilization was the world's civilization, heavy duty cotton, comfortable, and wears like iron. and, the elastic doesn't stretch, ever. so, your old comfy jeans can be a bit baggy in the butt, but, your shorts stay up, always. comforting, that. mom would approve.
what do you give to a cop to make him all warm and fuzzy? no, not a king size fonzy "teddy bear."
you give him a full auto ar-16 w/ a 12 inch barrel, fully suppressed, that's what. slightly more expensive than a good phone to an inner city fat lady, but, it serves the same place.
word has it that the walla walla, washington police department has taken delivery on a bunch of such weapons, and that they are training with them now, and that the suppressors are "coming in the mail."
now, understand, these are full auto weapons, ... , pull the weapon, and they expend ammunition at the rate of about 8 or 9 rounds of ammunition per second. give them a 30 round magazine, and that is about a 3 second burst.
now these are the sorts of weapons that you or i cannot obtain.
and, who knows, maybe they come equipped with surefire's 60 or 100 round magazines.
in short, the obama administration is spreading these types of weapons around to local police agencies. the federal government is giving local police agencies weapons that you cannot have.
these are what are called in the trade, "entry guns." they are made for making forced entries into residential dwellings. on the end of the barrel they will have a flash suppressor/muzzle brake device with sharp triangular steel prongs, for sticking into the chest of a recalcitrant "suspect," or for jamming into wood and such, to direct a short burst of rounds into it, to fracture it structurally.
they will come equipped with all sorts of attachments for the picatinny sight rails, to include flashlight putting out 120 lumens, which will temporarily blind you if you catch the beam in the eyes. it will also light you up like a christmas tree, in case they wish to make you into a live fire target. the rails also accept laser sights, for night operations.
now, if you are going to defend yourself, and one of these guys lumbers into you house, don't waste time shooting to the chest, because he will also be wearing a steel plate in his vest to defend against such a shot. aim to his visor, or his hips, or his groin or legs. shoot him multiple times once you disable him, to prevent him from shooting you from the ground.
the best ammo in such a scenario is a 62 grain "green tip" armor penetrating round for the 5.56x45mm nato cartridge, if that is what you are using. shoot him thoroughly, forget about him, and take the next one coming through the door.
yes, this is disturbing.
what it means is this.
we have to ask the local police who they serve, the obama administration or the constitution. and, we have to ask them, will they attack us.
if they answer yes, or even if they answer no in a fashion that is equivocal or evasive or not very damned convincing, then we move immediately from the defensive to an offensive posture. we take them out, and they are the first targets. it's just gotta be.
the sad part is, the fat donut loving idiots don't understand that they are being chumped. what the obama administration has done, through justice department grants like this, is to make these guys the tip of the spear, for the initial apprehensions of "suspect" persons that they have in mind.
their federal minders will direct them to attack us, and then stand comfortably back in "command position," well out of range and direction of any fire these idiots may take in serving obama. the f.b.i. agent in walla walla is not going to die on my front porch, should they decide to attack me, but one or more walla walla, washington police officers will, if they do not catch me by surprise.
in this instance, these weapons are designed to kill, and that is their only purpose. they are designed to kill me, and you, at very close quarters as these local thugs and goons, and that is the police if they do obama's bidding, break and enter without notice into our homes.
simple as that.
john jay @ 01.10.2013
p.s. you think this flop eared idiot isn't a full fledged tyrant? think again.
now, what this means, if that you determine to resist the illegal seizure of the arms we own, and which we have the constitutionally protected right to bear, then you must do so with some skill and presence of mind.--
shoot for the visor, e.g., shoot your attacker, the man who violates you home, right in the face. a 12 gauge shotgun would be very good for this. take out the hips or knees. and, if the police officer turns side ways to you, shoot him on the point of the shoulders so that the bullet hits the chest right in the arm pits, and takes out the major arteries.
let's leave the realm of ideals for just a bit, and speak of practical needs, and the methodology of carrying on insurrection. though the insurrection is motivated by lofty ideals, and what can be more pure that the motive of restoring the constitution in the face of incipient absolute tyranny, the insurrection of necessity has to have a view towards the realities associated with carrying on its activities.
unless, of course, everything is to be carried out by knights errant and of independent wealth and means.
the reality is, that the insurrection will want and need guns to carry out its activities. and, we must stay firmly grounded that if we put these weapons to use, people are gonna get hurt in the process.
another stark reality, is that other people will also want and need weapons, and will be willing and able to purchase them.
with money.
this is, of course, the same money that the insurrection will need to finance its activities, and to pay for the upkeep of its warriors, and the things that they need to carry on the restoration of the constitution. what, you thought that maybe everything could be done in the evening after work, and that mom could make a sack lunch for consumption during the shooting, and that everyone would be home in the morning to take the kids to school.
this thing is going to be a bit more disruptive than that, and money will be needed for all kinds of purposes. acquisition of stores, and the ability to transport "a-teams" and other fighting forces to where the action is.
this, too, is reality that must be contemplated.
during the last days of the palestinian mandate jewish freedom fighters, if you are israeli, or jewish terrorists, if you are british, carried on a thriving armaments industry within the mandate and under the noses of the british.
right now, the "palestinians," a term describing a "people" that never were and coined by yasser arafat for propaganda purposes, carry on an armaments industry, escaping destruction by a very determined israel which would like nothing more than to destroy it. and, the "palestinian" who carry it on, and who smuggle other weapons into israel.
the insurrection should realize that making weapons during periods of "occupation" and civil war has been done, and is being done, all over the world. this is not even to mention or consider gun running. (hey, maybe the insurrection could buy ar-15's & 16's sold to the mexican drug lords by the obama administration even now, during the continuation of "fast and furious." why not? the insurrection could contact the mexicans, and propose a "sell back" campaign.)
the pakistani's to this day have entire villages devoted towards the production of weapons and ammunition.
the point is, a serviceable and accurate weapon is pretty easy to make. ever hear of the british sten gun, perhaps the ugliest good gun ever made. it was used, because it was a good weapon in battle, though as crudely made as anything you can think up.
the insurrection needs to start setting up a net work of machinists and materials acquisitions people, and arrive at (a) "home workshop" weapon(a), fully automatic of course and firing the .223 and .308 cartridges, capable of going toe to toe with the m15's & 16's the government wishes to monopolize. ***
just as a theoretical matter, of course, because i would never personally consider such a thing, i have given some thought to the matter. as i imagine, have others. hand built versions of weapons already built, but in the typical american fashion of spending way too much by way of money and material, provide a ready take off point for fabrication and assembly of a very serviceable weapons system. why reinvent the wheel, when you can simply make a cheap version of it.
anyone know how to make moonshine? i personally think that a corn or rye whiskey, free of government stamps and taxation, could make a very good and profitable cash source for the insurrection. not that i have thought very much about that, either.
guns and whiskey. now there is something nobody ever thought of before. can money be made, do you think, by a careful and prudent traffic in guns and whiskey?
john jay @ 01.09.2013
p.s. the insurrection has plenty of nobility in its heart. even while it contemplates having to kill others in order to secure and preserve the most important of intellectual conviction and ideals. no, there is no human undertaking not fraught with irony, and the juxtaposition of opposing notions.
this is not unprecedented in matters of the intellect, or theology, or history or any other activity carried on by men, and by the gods and the angels, risen and fallen. you do recall reading about satan's expulsion, along with his myriad followers, from heaven, the warring forces that expelled him and his fellow angels being led by none other than the son of god, that being jesus. if god, jesus and the angels can war in the name of virtue, well then, i suppose so can the insurrection, and for the same ideals.
their hearts were pure, even as they fought and expelled satan through the gates of heaven. according to milton.
to carry it off, however, it will be helpful if the insurrection learns how to have a little larceny in that very same heart that motivates it to act, from the purest & most noble of motivation and thought.
a big heart, should have room for ideals, and those things necessary and proper to preserve them.
simple as that. and, it will need the money.
just thinking out loud.
*** [note: the key concept here is decentralization, spreading the workshops around so that if one is discovered, it does not place the others in peril of discover.
in ww ii the british made a complete fighter plane, a night interceptor called the "mosquito", in this manner. the plane was constructed mainly from marine grade plywood, which was novel itself, but the manner of its construction was even more interesting. it was made by "home workshops," or "cottage shops," the separate components fabricated in small lofts and wood working places all over england. these components were then shipped to a central factory, where engines & guns & instruments and the like were installed, and the plane finally put together.
it was a marvelous plane.
it was made this way to avoid the catastrophicdamage potentially inflicted by an air raid, if the plant were ferreted out and targeted and hit. the spars and wings and fuselage (and even the outer skin, in preferance to fabric) were made of plywood, and basically glued together in the workshops, and glued together at final assembly. pictures of the workers making the components looks like nothing more than a very big balsa wood model being assembled from a kit, which it was, essentially. though i think it was made of spruce, a good wood for planes.
in like manner, the little machine shops and fabrication facilities making parts for the insurrection's firearms should be spread out, so that if discovered, the entire productive capacity of the operation is not interrupted in one fell swoop. redundancy in depth, sort of, i suppose.
cuz obama and minions will be looking. but, history suggests, that if the matter is carried out skillfully enough, they will be looking more than they will be finding. and, when they go out looking, ... , guess what, ... , they are vulnerable.
is obama so stupid, so arrogant, that he thinks that he could abrogate the first amendment, or any of its provisions, by an executive order?
that he could negate jurisprudential interpretation and gloss upon the text of that amendment by executive order. sweep away the supreme court. nullify congress.
who in the hell does he think he is, joe stalin. forgive me, i ask and answer my own questions.
this son of a bitch has a comeuppance awaiting him, if he tries this bullshit. simply put.
john jay @ 01.08.2012
p.s. let's write it simply, so he and his legal staff don't tax themselves coming up with an appropriate text.--
"i, emperor obama, nullify the bill of rights, and substitute the following provisions in their stead ... ."
simple, direct, and to the point. why labor on the document that is going to get you strung by your heals from the lampposts on pennsylvania avenue?