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The following is opinion.  

I'm not a doctor.  Haven't played one yet, though I portrayed an animal husbandry expert -s-.  

This is an impression of something about a year ago.

Opinions?  Well actually it's what docs call their diagnoses.

Associates of Mrs Sigurd returned from overseas, one from Ireland and one from China.  The former was fine.  The latter displayed no symptoms.  But several people did.

Mrs Sigurd had a terrible bout of what we thought was bronchitis.  She was homebound for 3 1/2 weeks.  

Though she was in her room across the hall, I came down with it too.

Extreme fatigue, sore throat like glass shards, loss of appetite, loss of taste/smell, congestion/inability to get deep breaths, and a headache like a constant stabbing.  It was hell.

I've had pneumonia/bronchitis/flu several times.  Seasonal and taken care of with various meds including a certain z med.  Nothing was ever like this.

We went to the doctor's office.  They seemed puzzled but said there was a slight spike in early Fall cases.

I was given a breath test and received a huffer like asthma patients get.  Also doxycycline.  Mrs S got something similar.

Altogether, we endured about a month of recovery.  

Our daughter visited and got ill.  She immediately went to the doc, got a huffer and fairly quickly recovered.

For us, everything receded slowly, but it left.

My sense of taste/smell was the last and it frizzed for a while.  Mrs S was more damaged as she had preexisting conditions.

My system was sturdy and built back up.

Just an observation.

We are stronger now.

A sick or fear ridden society is more easily controlled.

We are experiencing lies mixed with truth.

Watch yourselves and make sure you don't surrender to fear.

Blues Brews

Well it would be great to kick back with some beer and listen to some blues.  Maybe later.  Right now we have some thinking to do.

One of the things that should come out of all the baloney is a good self examination.  Time to reflect to see where we're at.  Have we taken things for granted?  Is apathy a factor?  And do we delegate responsibility when we need to stand up ourselves?  These are all being exploited by the collectivists.  All of us should, like Crockett said, ''Be sure you're right then go ahead''.  And those in public eye/service are no exception.

Specifically, police are under attack and scrutiny.  We'll deal with politicians etal another time.  

Police work has been oversimplified and stereotyped.  Often portrayed as shining heroes or corrupt villains, real people can get lost in the shuffle.  

Mind you, there are many heroes.  They risk so that others are helped.  

And police work is detailed yet routine.  It's dangerous and sometimes boring.  And isn't over w/o paper work.  It's a club sort of.  It is also paramilitary, with a different approach except in the direst of circumstances.  

Often there are split second decisions.  Some involve physical events including shootings.  Each incident can be different.  But one thing should be clear.  It is a matter of self defense.  

Officers often do protect.  Obligation may vary.  They listen and arbitrate aka peace keeping.

The work can jade and embitter.  They need a strong support base.  It's a curious balance.

They see the down side of life and are called to the midst of evil.  They are between the dark and light.

If cops break the law they must be treated like anyone else.

When they do their jobs, they must be thanked and when heroic, honored.  

The Bolsheviks are attempting to do away with cops.  Then they would replace with soviet or Maoist secret police.

An Oath to uphold and defend the Constitution is sacred.

Now I tell you I've known many police.  Even a few top cops.  I almost became one and have counseled.  My son may enter a department.

So each cop must have faith in themselves AND all of us supporting them.

As I said to an officer the other day, 'we are all in this together' after he said we must watch each other's backs.

Do you serve the people or the state?

Lather Rinse Repeat

Double clean.  Sometimes things are that dirty.  And the situation begs it.

Our enemies, those of Liberty, are busy.  The pressure increases between the streets and congress.  All to take the President down.  Then us.

The President is wise in a restrained use of power.  Yes, restrained.  As always, the demos/collectivists are warmongers.  They seek, in provoking violence, to tumble us into a forced communist society.

The President knows this and is allowing them to show their perfidy.  We've been given a sample of what living under communism is like.  I pray for decent people who have received the brunt of it.

The only way the collectivists could win is to cheat.  And of course they accuse us of what they are guilty.  Everything else has failed.

This has been done before.  The Bolsheviks did the same crimes in 1918.  However, this is different.

Unlike the royal government, we are a Constitutional Republic.  It's a stumbling block to these mokes' tyranny.  They think they have us now though.  Multiple attempts at derailing the President, at the expense of the people, have failed.  But the collectivists have 'faith' in the one/two of disease and unrest to finally topple us.  They, as always, underestimate us.

They have been studied.  We are going after leaders.  And not all of America is topsy turvy.  Wisdom reigns how Feds are called in.  I will speak of cops later.

We are not waltzing while the country burns.  

We are Americans.

We will lather rinse repeat the filth out.

Maybe more of a power flush/uninstall.

Green Light

From its first inception by that lazy unwashed bum, Marxism has been on the move.  He expected others to do his dirty work and the useful idiots don't disappoint.

It caught on with mostly effete snobs and spread fairly quickly.  There were even elements in the American War Between the States.  Marx was a fanboy of Lincoln.  It quietly spread, snaring the gullible, personality arrested to its fold.

Easy to share what's not yours and skate what is yours.

Russia fell under manipulation from outside and inside.  Flavors change same poison with China, Cuba, Venezuela etc.

During WW2 American commies obeyed Stalin to fight Hitler when Germany attacked Russia.  They didn't stop, they detoured.  And the Chinese version continued to subvert.

Collectivists like to spin a myth of red scare, as if commies were a paranoid delusion.  In fact it was a virulent disease.

Just like vampires, commies are strongest when people disbelieve.  But like the mythic bloodsuckers, the real one are repulsed by equivalent to silver and sunlight.  Truth, constant, unrelenting destroys them.

Study these greenlighters.  And don't just counter, take the initiative.

If anyone says communism/collectivism are passe, just smile and do what you must.

Liberty, greenlit by God and the Founders, never stops.

Opportunities

Timing.  Aticki ticki tocka.  Important.

Study and look around to see.

There was a young actor/writer who had worked long and hard to learn his craft.  He made friends with notable showbiz people.  He planned.

A movie was planned.

He had a friend who was a mentor who could direct.

Another was an advisor/producer.

Details were worked out.

The young man even obtained permission to film from another friend, a County Sheriff and a Chief of Police.

Then reticence set in.

Several factors came into play.  They could have been overcome and momentum would have driven forward.  But, in spite of good efforts, stop is stop.

There had been enemies on the outside who had been overcome.  But being one's own worse enemy cannot.  Finger on the button and off.

There had been a plan to get to know a producer/writer/director and encourage him to finish his own work.  The young man would have accepted any role in helping the legend's commitment.  It didn't happen because of reticence.  The legend's own reticence floundered progress.

Reticence is a death watch beetle.

Neohope has sprung forth.

Though the mentors were elderly and died, there are new contacts and a new approach for not obly the movie, but a series of books that could be turned into movies.

Timing.

We make new opportunities and they beget new projects/new life.

Don't let fear of failure or success stop the new.  Slings and arrows and self wounding are over.

Opportunities for triumph abound.

And any resemblance to current events is not coincidental.

Succession

One thing follows another.  For weal or woe.

There was a young, up and coming actor who chose to appear in a regional Shakespeare production.  He didn't have much to do but figured it was a chance to observe a pro production and meet a notable actor.

From the beginning he was treated with disdain.  Nonetheless, he endured and indeed received a crash course in production.

As is often the case, he made friends with production people.  Their views are often different from the top tier.  And he got to know that well known actor.

One of the principal roles was filled by a local football star.  As for the rest of his makeup, that's up in the air.  As for acting, he was dumb as a box of rocks.

The director etal spent extra time past Equity hours, to coach him.  They worked and worked to little avail.  His delivery remained at what might be grade school theater level.  But they had a 'star' for audience pull.

The star had to leave for spring training.  The finances were limited and there were no understudies.  So cast members were ratcheted to fill the gap.

The young actor had had ample time to be familiar with principal roles. To fill an inevitable gap, the director brought in another local actor, instead of tapping the onset talent.

A slap in the face?  To say the least.  And yet, the young actor endured.

He came away with invaluable knowledge how to put together a production.  His subsequent work in NYC and Hollywood benefitted immensely.

Any resemblance to current events is not coincidental, for there are no coincidences.

Historicity

How many times have I talked about history?  How it must be understood fully, warts and all?

Dig.  Research.  And most of all, study the methods used by collectivists to reshape history in their twisted matrix.

In order for the commies to conquer, they must erase all and rewrite.

The Bolsheviks did it.  Nazis too.  The red guard and later iterations did it.  Stop them.

Spread truth.

Archive truth.

And remember, not all of America is on fire.  Where Freedom lives, the tyrants lose.