27 Gunmen.2013.02.20

I was inside my work vehicle at 1600 on Wednesday 2013.02.20 in front of a corner-located client house right after I got done there taking care of two horses documenting my work when I realised that I was in danger of being shot as a collateral target.  These gunmen aimed their guns in my direction toward their targeted folks between the gunmen and me. 

 There were two horses in paddocks and two dogs in a fenced area adjacent to the client house on the property side of the client fence on the west-bound side of the road. There were at least two dogs behind the resident fence on the east-bound side of the road. There were least two dogs behind the resident fence on the property west of the client property. I was parked parallel to the client fence facing west.  I don’t know how many folks were in the houses across the street and west of the client house.

 I grabbed my camera and photographed these gunmen. I did not hide the fact that I was photographing these gunmen. Lori and I bought that pink Polaroid digital camera several years ago. It’s easy to see that it is a camera and not a gun...for now, anyway. The time-stamps are off by about an hour, set to PDT. The camera doesn't do long distance close-ups. I could have photographed the gunmen when I drove by them after they stood down.

 

 They ordered un-armed targets to exit the vehicle in which they were riding and assume the coup de gras position.

There were over a half-dozen tax-financed vehicles parked behind the targets' vehicle. West-bound drivers diverted to the south. East-bound drivers drove right through the fire-zone.  No way I was gonna start my vehicle up and drive away as long as these gunmen were pointing guns in my direction. 

 Once I saw that the gunmen were distracted from shooting at me, I left.  When I left, I just wanted to get to my next stop to care for more critters. I was not ready to engage these gunmen. If that makes me a coward, so be it.

I told my brother Rob when he was a kid to never point a gun at somebody unless you intend to kill 'em. Those gunmen intended to kill me. I was very lucky this time.









These pics are from the area where gunmen stood pointing their guns at collateral targets, including the Jeep. As you can see, lots of places for bullets to go...

For whatever reason, these gunmen refrained from executing their primary targets. 

For whatever reason, these gunmen refrained from executing collateral targets. 

That day was a good day to be a target, given that so many targets die. No targets died there, then.

26 You Own You: The Prime Axiom

You own you: the prime axiom.

• You (subject and object) means the reader.
• Own (verb) means have the authority to use.
• The (definite article) means specifically, or none other.
• Prime (adjective) means the most important and/or the first in a series.
• Axiom (noun) means a self evident statement that leads to other truths.

This essay is directed to you to make it personal. I want you to grasp that self-sovereignty applies to you. I want you to understand that your life is all about you, indeed. So, I direct these words to you.

This axiom applies to every human.  No other human has authority to violate your authority to act or not, and you have no authority to violate their authority to act or not.

The most important concept in liberty is that you are self-owned. You have self-generated authority to act, or not. You are responsible for your actions and for their consequences. You are the central actor in your life. 

2012.05.26

25 The Bride's Best Friend Forever

"Satan has been the best friend the Church has ever had, as He has kept it in business all these years." - Anton LaVey

Whilst Satan is the father of lies, his Father is the grandfather of lies. For example, when the Father said, "In that day you will die", he neglected to point out that a thousand years is as a day to him, and he did not specify just what he meant when he said "die". He did not lie by commission, neither did he tell the whole truth.

Satan's function is to divert folks from healthy relationships into sick relationships. For example, when his Father said "in that day you will die", Satan pointed out that life would continue, that his children would be like their Father.

As it turns out, life did continue. Adam lived to be about 960 years, which was well within the day, and then he died. And his relationship didn't do so well, either. There is no indication that Adam enjoyed any fellowship with his Father thereafter.

The Church is the Bride of Christ aka Jesus.

Jesus saves, and His Bride consumes. She does not produce. She consumes lives, property, and souls. She is like Gomer, the harlot redeemed by prophet Hosea.

The Church is made up of folks who allow themselves to behave inappropriately, even though Her Husband redeemed them. And Jesus's Brother, Satan assists in the corruption of souls by leading folks to think that their inappropriate behaviour is somehow pleasing to their Saviour.

I think that whoever observed that Satan is the Church's best friend was spot-on.

btw- the Bible is Divinely inspired, and corrupted by its scribes. The Bible is a collection of writings that some folks decided amongst themselves were more holy than other writings.

2012.03.06

24 Regrets

Regrets

Some folks regret that they lived the lives that others expected of them, rather than living true to them selves. They regret that they worked as much as they did. They regret that they lacked courage to express their feelings. They regret that they were not close to their familial friends. They regret that they had not permitted themselves to be happier than they allowed themselves to feel.

I live my life without regard for other folks expectations. No regret there.

I love working. I have fun by working. No regret there.

I express feelings frequently. No regret there.

I have no real friends, just folks who self-identify as my friends. Being that I am a benign sociopath, I am not close to most. No regret there.

I am a happy camper being me. No regret there.

I regret that I looked at Cynthia Macklin in 1971, didn't start to see her until 1986, and didn't see her clearly until 2004. Cynthia treated me as though she respected and liked me. When I talked to her, she looked at me until we were done talking. Most girls looked away from me when I was around. I asked for her help in a project; Cynthia assented and collaborated with me. But I was so blind that I forgot her for fifteen years. I took another eighteen years to remember her name. I wish I'd seen Cynthia when I looked at her.

I regret that I allowed bullies to knock me around when I was younger. I bought into the non-violence meme, that real men are strong enough to refrain from violent actions against folks who assault them. I wish that I had beaten the bejesus out of a couple of bullies when I was in high school and hammered Norbert the prankster who wasted my time. I wish that I had painted the walkway in Manhattan Beach with the blood of the four guys who shoved me around one evening in 1973. I wish that I had crippled the two 'bros' -Jose Mata and Rich Gammel- who held me down -in the upstairs bathroom of the house in which I was rooming- to shave half of my face that year. I wish that I had violently responded to bullies' assaults against me.

I regret that I allowed Pete Miranda to search and arrest me. I wish I had shot him dead when I had the chance.

I regret that I failed to break Trinidad Octavio's neck when he smashed head-on into my pick-up truck early one August morning in 1987. I lost a truck because of his poor driving skills and my license because I didn't have auto insurance then. I wish that I had reached into the car that he crashed and snapped his neck there.

I regret that I am a fool. I stay on the side, watching the world pass me by. I wish I were wise.

h/t http://tinyurl.com/8265dld   'Nurse reveals the top 5 regrets people make on their deathbed'  

23 Lions Not Looters

Greetings paid-up Lions,

In honor of the 100^th anniversary of the establishment of Lions Clubs, the Sandy Springs Lions Club in Maryland proposed the minting of a commemorative coin, with the help of the U S Congress, as a way to celebrate this centennial and raise eight million dollars for LCIF to aid the visually impaired, the disabled, youth and those affected by major disaster.--Lions Clubs International Newsletter 2011.08.19

H.R. 2139: Lions Clubs International Century of Service Commemorative Coin Act

[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-2139] provides that the US Treasury

• mint commemorative coins
• sell these coins at a premium
• give the premiums collected to the Lions Clubs International Foundation

all at taxpayer expence.

I believe we Lions are loving individuals offering needed services. We voluntarily help folks using voluntarily donated resources from willing donors.

I believe we Lions are not looters insisting on new seizures, using stolen money to promote ourselves or our organisation. These commemorative coins will be minted by gangsters using money provided by people under threat of violent acts against them if they don't cooperate.

I believe we Lions can do better than this.

I believe we Lions can mint our own commemorative medallions and sell those to collectors and other willing buyers.

I believe this proposal conflicts with who Lions are and what Lions do: loving individuals offering needed services.

Lion Doc Ellis

Acton CA Lions Club

22 Immigration

http://tinyurl.com/3wo8g8s

A bill passed by a state committee would revoke the professional license of anyone who hires undocumented workers.

So, gangsters wanna revoke permission to produce of anyone who voluntarily engages the services of individuals who don't have proper gangster-issued permission slips. I get that some folks think that this is a good thing.


Folks have the right to prohibit unwanted visitors on their own properties. Folks have no business advocating coercing folks from allowing visitors on their own properties. Folks have the right to refuse to associate with anybody. Folks have no business advocating coercing folks from associating with anybody.


The immigration issue is about whether or not folks have natural authority to associate with anybody, or to permit anybody to co-occupy (or occupy) their own properties. This is about coercively maintaining a culture. Such effort will fail.


When folks coercively maintain a culture, that culture is toast. Folks can only maintain a culture by voluntarily living it.

21 Comments about Town Council

I was a member of the Agua Dulce Town Council (ADTC) 1997-2003. The ADTC is a deliberative advisory body with no legislative or tax-levying authority. Council Members serve community stake-holders

• to facilitate community stake-holder consensus
• to discuss community stake-holder concerns
• to represent community stake-holders before other bodies
• to review proposals affecting community stake-holders
• to maintain political neutrality

These comments, especially #1, 4, 5, and 6, come directly from my experiences then. They pertain primarily to the ADTC and other such like bodies.

1. Read the ADTC Charter and By-Laws outside of the TC meetings. Focus on learning what is in those documents. When a fellow council member tries to act outside of the documents, you will know that, and you will be able to remind him. You will also know what you can and cannot do within those documented rules.

• I did not read the Charter and the By-Laws until my third term (2001-2003). I had no understanding when someone was acting outside the limits of these documents.

2. You are just a listener. Pay attention to the best of your ability to constituents and other speakers. Your job is to tell government agents and/or officials what folks in this community have to say. You are a conduit.
3. Remember that you have no authority to tell or coerce other folks to obey you. A lot of folks get on the town council with the idea that they are gonna make things happen according to their own agendas. Leave your agenda outside the council.
4. Be prepared now to stand up for your constituents in the event that town council members or government folks try to violate the constituents.

• A constituent asked for my help in getting on the agenda to present his case before the TC (2001). I failed to do this because I had not prepared to go to bat for constituents before they needed me and because I had not read the Charter and the By-Laws.

5. Be prepared now to refuse to let other town councilmembers run over you or fail to follow through on task-related agreements that they have made with you.

• I never signed any checks while I was treasurer (2001-2003) because I allowed the Presidents to run me around on helping me get authorisation transfers. One President did not keep the one appointment that I made for us to get the account bank to transfer signature authorisation to us and I gave up on him. The other President did not ever keep his promise to get the change-of-authorisation letter to the account bank written. I was responsible for writing the letter and I gave up on him, too.

6. Read the Rural Town Councils Guide Book. There is a wealth of information in there.

• Be aware that pursuant to Johnson et al v ADTC 2007, the information on page 29 does not currently apply. The ADTC is governed by the Brown Act. Read up on that Act.

7. Provide contact information, such as a phone number or an e-mail address.  You can get a cheap disposable phone for the phone contact or you can get a disposable e-mail address for free if you are concerned about privacy.  The contact information provides credibility to you and to the proposition that you are concerned about issues that bother your constituents.
8. Leave your expectations outside the door and remember: this too shall pass.