Bubbles

I remember one of my fun things as a little kid was blowing bubbles. Trailing bubbles both in and out of the house. I'd watch them as they floated. Some big, some little, drifting down, settling sometimes on objects. Some of the bubbles burst immediately, some wandered til they landed. When they did, I was fascinated and observed til they inevitably broke. Once in a while, they would make smaller bubbles that for a bit lasted til they too followed their larger precedents. Pop.

Life can be lived in bubbles. Some of them are more easily breached than others. It may take time. Blissfully unaware, one floats through life til that moment when circumstances converge and 'pop'. That which was is no more. Or that which is becomes clear.

I remember Cal Smith, who hosted an online show about the Tyranny Response Team in Colorado. He talked about what we know is happening, concerning our Republic becoming democracy. He had guests and spoke often of needing to know what was really taking place, how this degradation was slowly dissolving our Freedom and that it had been going on for quite some time. I'd say since before we were a country. There are always those who first try to squelch Freedom. When they fail, they continue to whittle it away. He spoke of 'rubbing against the bubble'. Some just keep drifting and don't give it a thought. In spite of all our history, all the events that keep happening today, some are not connecting.

I could be very blissful, even content that I still have my guns. I have every single one save for those that I have traded or sold, including several 'assault rifles', (or how about 'homeland defense' rifles to use the odious term 'homeland'). I could see the surface of events and think that things couldn't be 'too' bad, if I still have them. Sure, we had the criminal Clinton who threatened our guns. Then we got the incompetent Bush, who did little to help us keep them. But since I have my guns, how bad could it be? Very bad.

Our gun rights have always been in jeopardy. It's been part of the battle for Freedom from the beginning. From the attempt to disarm farmers, merchants etc that led to Lexington/Concord, to the War For Independence, to every statute law down the pike, we have been assaulted with attempts to make us slaves. This progressed to the National Firearms Act in 1934. It continued with the Gun Control Act of 1968. Then the erroneously named Firearm Owners Protection Act in 1986, which worsened the GCA. Of course, the Federal Assault Weapons Ban, which expired. There are several other unlawful usurpations of our rights. And there are plans under way to renew the Assault Weapons Ban. We now have veterans' gun rights in danger if they feel the need for counseling. The antis are coming out of the woodwork, encouraged by vehemently antigun Obama and compromising (to be kind) McCain.

Not just fed level but state and local crimes against our Freedoms continue. Think Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City among many others. While Indianapolis is fairly well off (our leash is longer) and Indiana in general, there are plenty who wish to take our guns, let alone control our lives vis a vis 'Homeland Security' etc.

I am NOT comfortable with my 'lot'. We are in the gravest danger that has ever faced the Republic. Just in the last few days, fascism is creeping closer with the fed buyouts concerning NYSE. We are being hit where we live as it were with gas prices rising and thus all other commodities, squeezing us slowly, like a bureaucratic python of control and slavery. We must get the word out. Never shut up. Don't be comfortable.

There is enough written about all these things and more. Check out John Lott, David Codrea and now Mike Vanderboegh among others. Mike V is writing a cautionary tale called Absolved. For more info on that go to www.waronguns.blogspot.com and www.westernrifleshooters.blogspot.com and there find the scoop on his missives and message. Guaranteed to burst many a complacent bubble. And Matt Bracken is finishing up his third novel called Foreign Enemies. It promises to be as timely and compelling as the first two.

As usual, I am trying to point some otherwise decent people in the right direction. Don't float in a bubble. I guarantee it will burst sooner or later. The result could be violent for body mind and spirit. It could be a 'rape of sensibilities' or maybe rape for real or one of several horrible truths assured to upset and meant to stop us flat. When you experience the state in its misbegotten monstrosity, then it's up to you to get past the pain and do something about it. Go beyond 'victimhood' and fight. When you know the truth, it is a formidable weapon that those who would be our masters fear.

Consider this a warning. Once burst, life will never be the same. Whether it's for weal or woe is up to each of us. Once burst, you will find you are not alone. Take solace in that. And build your resistance on all levels. You will find that you will help others as some will help you.