Well, the answer came quickly, very quickly. Yesterday China started 2 days of “training”. According to Beijing the training exercise was meant to “punish” the island simulating a full-scale attack. During the “training” Chinese air resources entered Taiwan’s air space nearly 100 times and Chinese warships entered Taiwan’s territorial waters almost 50 times. Chinese military forces completely surrounded the island as part of the simulated full-scale invasion.
Taiwan scrambled jets and put missile, naval and land units on alert during China’s training. Taiwan’s President William Lai, has been called a ‘ dangerous troublemaker’ by Beijing. China also stressed in a statement that Taiwan is an “inalienable” part of China’s territory.
And for the record…this was China’s largest ever exercise of this type.
So now you know…it is only a matter of time until China makes its real move against Taiwan. And if we make a military move to defend Taiwan…all hell will break loose. Not only would we lose another war…the world might turn to ash.
Pray… 
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It has been awhile since I have written a SitRep, about 3 months actually. Since then a lot has happened, most of which you already knew was coming…no surprises…almost. However, I was blindsided with one particular data point. But more on that later, including how that impacts the current state of affairs. Yeah, I have saved it for the very end…seems appropriate.
I haven’t been writing much regarding current events for a number of reasons. One of which it has become boring, not writing about it, but the current events themselves. How bad is that when all the crap occurring becomes boring!? Maybe I should say mundane or expected, not sure.
On with the topics…
Mark Levin used an expert and the international standard for assessing dementia in people. I will make this short…Biden is
for sure in Stage 5 of dementia, possibly Stage 6. And that is according to the actual/factual symptom chart and objective observation. So why is that important? There are only 7 Stages of dementia.
Right now the world and the US are incredibly unstable with a man who is not rational or mentally fit holding so much, too much, power that could burn down either the rest of the world, the US…or maybe both.
Every single month the US is setting new debt records, setting new debt default records, and we are seeing inflation that is crippling most American families. We are seeing massive employment issues including layoffs, along with real income trailing far behind inflation. We are seeing continually increasing corporate bankruptcies. Personal and business bankruptcy filings rose 18 percent in 2023 and setting record highs so far in 2024. Commercial Chapter 11 business reorganization filings shot up by 72% in 2023.
Home sales are slipping…badly. But for home prices…from 2019 – 2024 it costs over $1,000 per month more for the average America home. Tons of experts are now talking about how America is becoming a nation of renters…with no end in sight of that trend. Problem…rent increases are averaging 10% per year since Biden took office. The average overall rental in the US is now $1,400 per month…for a home it is now over $2,100 per month. Let that sink in for a minute.
Inflation…no, I am not going to talk about it…I won’t! Okay, maybe just a little. You already know what is happening with inflation. ALL studies show that inflation significantly disproportionately affects low and middle income Americans far, far more than high income and rich Americans. Think about this…since Biden took office the price of gasoline is far more than double what it was before his taking the reigns.
Income increases are lagging 80% behind inflation. Think about that one…let that set in on you as well for a few minutes.
On top of the existing wars we are now looking at more major disruptions worldwide. There are some serious disturbances occurring in Africa. Iran’s President just died, or was assassinated, and that made Iran very unstable for the foreseeable future. Whoever takes the reigns in Iran will have to make a bold statement on who they are and how tough they will be on their eternal enemy Israel. And yes, I think Iran’s humiliating display with attacking Israel and the President’s death are directly related.
Taiwan’s new president Tsai Ing-wen recently warned China to stop its aggression towards Taiwan. How do you think that will impact China and what will their response be?
As we get closer to the election/selection in November, do you think it will embolden our enemies to become more aggressive and/or push the limits?
Our US media is not reporting on it in any reasonable or rational way, but are you aware of just how unstable the EU is right now? There are still on-going widespread farmer protests, as well as radical environmentalist protests taking place. There are wide gaps growing between the most socialist of the EU countries and the more conservative countries. Their differences are getting to the point that there is considerable discussion and speculation that the EU is nearing collapse.
One of the most disturbing and potentially end-ensuring current event are the intense anti-Israel protests and associated violence. The rise of antisemitism in Europe is rearing its ugly head, nearing the 1930’s level.
I can’t imagine that you are not seeing the significant increase in criminal activity, especially violent crime. The recent anti-Israel encampments, protests, and violent riots only added to that chaos and anarchy.
One of the most disturbing aspects of this is the lack of judicial pursuit of those liberal violent offenders vs those who simply speak out against the radical trans-community and abortionists. Conservatives who speak out against the lunatic sexual perversion and the abortion clinics are getting arrested by FBI SWAT teams and sentenced to absurdly long prison terms. While those on the left committing actual violence and property destruction are rarely even charged.
Considerable additional evidence has surfaced recently that confirms there is, and has been, a coordinated effort by the radical left to keep Trump from running for President or being able to serve if somehow he is elected. At the same time, the DOJ and other judicial entities, are protecting the Biden family from virtually any investigation let alone any charges resulting in court trials.
It is now blatantly obvious that the US DOJ and FBI are protecting the Biden family and anyone else on the left of any significance while pursuing with uncommon vigor anyone on the right. Simply put, the entire US federal government is weaponized in favor of the radical left (i.e. Democrats).
The Biden administration, via DHS and CBP, have succeeded in allowing the invasion of the United States to be complete. 100’s of thousands of military age men from every possible/potential enemy of the US have entered the US via the southern boarder. And they have been assisted at every step by various federal agencies at the direction of Biden. 10’s of thousands of known criminals…many of which are the worse possible kind…have also invaded the country to create additional chaos and confusion. Then there are the thousands of known terrorists the Biden has brought in via an unsecured border.
The invasion is complete…but still is on-going to bring additional soldiers and criminals in. It is now only a matter of time.
All of the above I am sure you are already aware of…and more. Let’s face it, I could write for hours, endless pages, of current event information. But here is the bottom line…
There are “Red Flags” everywhere!
No, much worse than that…ALL flags of any kind, every one of them, are Red Flags. The danger signs are everywhere, in every possible direction you can look.
And by that I mean this…
At this point the ‘crash’ could come at any time, any day, at any moment.
Yes, the crash of which I speak could be economic, but not limited to that. There could be any kind of Black Swan event, an assassination, a violent riot/protest that sweeps the country, a terrorist attack (or coordinated multiple attacks), bank holiday, or any other imaginable (or unimaginable) event that brings it all down.
The timeline, in my opinion, begins now, today. If it appears the left will lose the election/selection then I think it would happen before voting starts on November 5th. If the Republican candidate (especially if it is Trump) somehow pulls off a win on November 5th, then the most dangerous time would be November 5th, 2024– January 20th, 2025.
Now, if Biden really loses it mentally and the press can no longer hide it, then the most dangerous time would be from then until election/selection day. Especially dangerous would be the first week immediately after Biden would step down.
Regardless, from now until January 20th, 2025 the US is treading on thin ice…very, very thin ice. Meaning, you better be prepared for virtually any eventuality that might occur, especially large-scale violence that could/would result in martial law.
I can’t tell you what to do, but I can tell you some of the things that we’ve done (in no particular order):
1) paid off the little debt we had and expanding our cash reserve, 2) reviewing our personal defensive capabilities, 3) having a reserve of fuel on hand for our vehicles and tractor, 4) gearing up our food producing capability, 5) having a solid plan in-place for actions to take for certain events, 6) avoiding cities, 7) avoiding large gatherings, especially political events, 8) seriously upping our situational awareness, 8) acquiring supplies for next year’s garden, 9) reviewing our glamstead security, 10) and this is a very important one…we won’t confide in or trust any new ‘prepper’ who comes to us and sounds too good to be true.
Please take this very seriously…the next 8 months are CRITICALLY DANGEROUS…more so than any other time in recent US history. I mean that sincerely and emphatically!
I pray I am wrong, I hope I am wrong…I do pray for divine intervention so I am wrong. I will ask you to do the same thing…pray…pray that none of this comes to pass.
Here is where I got blindsided…”food insecurity”. Interpreted that means people going hungry. What exactly and officially is 
food insecurity? “The condition of not having access to sufficient food, or food of an adequate quality, to meet one’s basic needs.” In the US we just hit an historic record of food insecurity. When people get hungry they get desperate…especially when they see their children are hungry. Desperation brings unpredictability in people…and a far more likelihood of violence.
Remember, their plan is to create enough chaos, turmoil, crime, anarchy, violence, desperation, and hopelessness that the United States citizenry cries out for, demands, a solution…to make it stop…whatever the cost or measures. Therein lies the danger…they have a plan to do just that.
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First off…the total area I worked on was 10,000sq’, only about 6,000sq’ is going to be usable for a potential garden area. I hauled in about 15 or so yards of dirt. Then I put on about 8 yards of really good compost. Then added a good application of an organic soil conditioner. Once that was all done I put down 40lbs of grass seed, then ¼ (or so) of peat moss.
Why the dirt? To level off the area that I wanted for a potential garden area.
Why the compost? The dirt here is mostly a fine sand kinda soil that is lacking when it comes to nutrients. And the soil just doesn’t hold water worth a dang. The compost will help with both of those issues.
Why the soil conditioner? It adds in a bunch of micro nutrients and other good stuff in addition to a good application of balanced organic fertilizer.
Why peat moss? To sit on top of the grass seed and aid in germination by retaining moisture for the seed to use.
So why 6,000sq’ of potential garden? Well, if it hits the fan in any way that disrupts the food supply chain I have some extra garden space that can be put into production for crops like; potatoes, corn, wheat, lentils, and other crops that take lots of space beyond what “square-foot” gardening can do in my current raised bed garden boxes totaling 350sq’.
Preparing now will give this area a chance to get healthy and productive. My plan is to aerate and add additional compost plus soil conditioner 3 – 4 times a year to keep improving the soil’s nutrient capability plus water retention ability. Then should I need the garden space it will be ready to be worked into a healthy and productive garden.
Does that work for you? Your thoughts, opinions, suggestions???
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OK, so here is the after action report on the big freeze-out that occurred on May 8th that I wrote about on May 9th (Garden: Big Mistake).
Here is the first thing that I found interesting…nothing I had in the ground received any freeze damage at all. All of the freeze damage was in the green house.
PLANTS # BEFORE THE FREEZE # LOST or QUESTIONABLE
Vegetables lost – 23%
Flowers Lost – 6%
Bottom line…it could have been way worse!
Here are the lessons learned from this event:
Now here is something to think about…If we were dependent on the garden for survival we would now be short of food by ¼. That could be really devastating in a survival situation. Therefore, I learned that I should overestimate plants needs by 1/3rd at the least. If I have too many when it comes time to plant…then give the extras to those in need.
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Both are easy to answer…let’s take “Where have I been” first.
The simple answer is…working my tail off! Remember I am 69 years old now so I’ve slowed down a bit and can’t quite do as much as I once could. That being said…
So yeah, I’ve been very, very busy. I have a sense of urgency that is driving me, driving me hard.
Now…”What’s been going on” is the larger and more complex subject.
If you a regular visitor to the site you are already really well tuned in to current events. If this is your first time or two, you probably can also see for yourself what is happening in the world around us.
I have been watching very closely the events of the last several weeks. To say “disturbing” would be a huge and gross understatement! I haven’t really felt the need to write any articles on any of those items since they are pretty damn self-explanatory. Or rather…pretty damning and self-explanatory.
Let’s take an obvious one…the pro-terrorist college riots. Ah no, these are self-explanatory if there ever was 
one…radicalized empty-headed students being manipulated by college professors and outside agitators funded by evil men such as Soros. But these riots are far more violent and confrontational than the 60’s anti-war peace protests with more potential.
Then there is the on-going invasion of America at the southern border by those that have a single goal…destroy America and build an authoritarian paradise. (Yes, I know…an oxymoron.)
And if you been watching any of the Congressional hearings you know that every single Biden administration official is a traitor to the Constitution and are hell-bent on destroying America. And openly flaunting it our faces!
The economy…need I comment? There is, and has been, an intentional and determined program being carried out by the Biden administration, the Fed, Congress, and behind-the-curtain folks to destroy the economy…collapse it completely and totally. And their plan is working. There is no “good” area of the economy right now with one exception…the markets. And who does that benefit the most?
When it comes to the average American, the middle and lower class folks, the economy is destroying us…period. Inflation 
is out of control, unemployment is horrible, job creation is miserable, layoffs are rampant, and just think about the price of food and fuel for a minute. The housing market is a complete mess and collapsing in that the average American can no longer afford an average house.
There is clear and compelling evidence that there is no doubt, there is no question of a two-tier justice system in the United States. It is just as clear that the Department of Justice is 100% corrupted, that it is weaponized, and run by an Attorney General that would be completely at home working for the Nazi Germany government or the KGB or any petty, but dangerous, third-world dictator. There is no longer a Department of Justice that gives a damn about the Constitution let alone simple right vs wrong.
One of the most disturbing aspects of America today…the upcoming election. America’s judicial system is doing everything 
it can to keep Trump from running for President and winning. Think about it…a presidential candidate being prosecuted by his political opponent’s minions! That is purely the stuff of some weird banana republic, a fascist style government. The “gag orders” are the most troubling in my opinion. He can’t even talk about his opponent and their tactics without violating a judge imposed court order. Violating one of those orders could literally land him in jail. Thank you to the modern day Adolf Hitlers!
But then there is the election itself. Have you seen the survey numbers on people trusting the upcoming presidential election results!? The Republicans don’t trust the election results if Trump loses. And of course the Democrats don’t trust the election results if Trump is elected. Then there is the whole crowd that believes that the entire presidential election process is simply a “selection” process with votes/voting meaning absolutely nothing. If truth be told…I can’t argue against that one.
The chances of a free and fair election is ZERO. That ship sailed 8 years ago when the FBI embedded spies in the Trump campaign then, with cooperation of the CIA, began a coup against Trump. Let me say it again…there is NO chance that we have a free and fair election…period.
To me it is not the election itself that is the most significant point…it is what comes after. I’ve been saying this for 3 years now…whoever gets elected there will be a very high likelihood of riots, violence, and maybe worse. Think about it…if Trump is not elected what will his supporters, and Republicans in general, do? Same is true for the radical leftists (i.e. any Democrat), what will they do? We already know that the CIA and FBI will take the lead and initiate another coup against Trump. Of course they will, they did it the last time!
Then in my opinion…no election is a realistic possibility. Then what happens? What do the radical left and right do? Hell, what does the average American do? More importantly, what would veterans do? Maybe that is one of the reasons that DHS and the FBI have labeled veterans as potential domestic terrorists. Yeah, think about a whole bunch of trained folks who swore to uphold the Constitution against enemies both foreign and domestic…and no election.
The United States is a complete and total mess right now…on brink of another civil war or revolution. And it is all thanks to the US federal government, who are the ground forces, and the elitists who are pulling their strings.
Yeah I know…I haven’t even touched on the two world wars…Russia vs NATO and Israel vs Terrorism. And no, I didn’t mention China making overt moves/threats against Taiwan…and the US unable to defend Taiwan if it comes to that.
All it is going to take is one spark, one False Flag, one Black Swan event and it all goes up in smoke and flame.
Did you hear this past week the Congresswoman actually talk about her “insight” that a Back Swan event is a very real possibility?
The presidential election/selection is less than 6 months away. I have two major concerns; 1) an event that is of such a magnitude that “for our own safety and protection” the election/selection is canceled or postponed, 2) if there is an election/selection what happens within the following 3 months between the election and the inauguration (and the time period immediately afterwards).
And yes, of course I am truly, genuinely worried about entirety of 2025 regardless of who occupies the White House. Biden has all but destroyed the economy beyond repair…but it could get worse, much worse.
Why haven’t I been writing about any of this?
Damn! You already know about this stuff…you are already following this stuff…I don’t need to tell you what you already know, what you already see and hear because you have both eyes and ears to do so. But yes, I know that if you are here, reading this, you put some value on my take of things/events/people. So here it is…
There are two bright spots, two areas that I think are shining, amazing, give me hope, keeps me going, brings me joy…
The amount of real and potential “good” in the American people is staggering!Please, please continue to plan, prepare, and practice (train)…you will not be disappointed if you do. Then pray…pray for divine intervention.
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I’ve been really working hard at expanding our garden this year. Our goal is to try and eat out of the garden as much as possible. A secondary goal was to become independent of buying plants from a store to go in the garden. And we also wanted to gain the last of sufficient knowledge to be able to grow as much food as possible in the event of a food chain disruption or grid-down.
So what is the big mistake? I was blindsided last night.
Two years in a row we’ve been hit with a hail storm in roughly mid-September. Both years it destroyed our garden with the exception of the strawberry plants. We now have a plan in-place to deal with that this year…more on that in a later post. Last night was different.
Background: We monitor two different nearby locations for our weather forecasts, there is not one for our immediate area…we live in the sticks. Both nearby locations are within 5 miles. For the most part the forecasts are pretty spot on. Last night was different.
I’ve been working really long and hard hours for several weeks lately…this morning I decided to sleep in way late…I got up about 5:45. I slept so well last night it was amazing! Cool night air coming in through the windows and just a perfect night for sleeping. Then I woke up.
Problem: One of the first things I check when I get up each morning during the growing season is the outside temperature. And yes, the inside temp as well in case I have to turn on the electric baseboard heaters for my wife. I was stunned when I saw the outside temp was 32o outside!
Besides my berries I have my potatoes in the ground and coming up beautifully. I am also experimenting with planting some plants early and prepared to protect them if a freeze will hit. Last night it was supposed to be 37o – 40o…no lower…so no protection steps taken.
I have no idea what the damage will be yet. I know the berries can handle it and the potatoes should be fine as well. My experimental plants…who knows? But, I can afford to lose those since I have nearly 80 plants in my greenhouse that are my primary stock. And therein lies another problem.
I have a routine in the evening…that includes closing the greenhouse door and window. Yesterday was kinda cool so I left the door closed all day but had the window open for air circulation.
Remember I mentioned the long and hard hours I’ve been working? Last night I was exhausted and kinda took a little time to just veg…and I neglected some of my evening routine. And one item of that “some” was neglecting to close the greenhouse window. BIG MISTAKE !
I don’t know yet what the damage may, or may not, be. I think the damage won’t manifest it self clearly until tomorrow at the earliest. I am hoping for the best…a tender mercy. There were almost 80 plants in the greenhouse last night, if we lose those we are hurting big time when it comes to our garden this year. Actually we will be mostly wiped out for this year.
There will still be time to plant seed directly in the ground for many plants but not for things like tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, etc. that need to be started indoors and then transplanted. You see we took the money that we would normally pay for plants from the store and invested it in the greenhouse and plant starting equipment. There is simply no budget to replace all those plants that might be lost from, last night. We’ll see.
So why am I sharing this experience, this mistake?
Remember the last two years of hail in September that destroyed the garden? Well, this would be the third year in a row of a major catastrophe making a serious adverse impact on our garden.
Think about that for a minute. Let’s say we were living in a grid-down scenario right now and had to depend on our garden producing food to supplement our food storage. That is 3 years straight that we would have lost part of the garden production…that could spell disaster!
I think it was 4 years ago, maybe 3, that I shared with you a real strong encouragement to start gardening. I said maybe not to become some master gardener with 2 acres under cultivation to feed your family year-round. What I encouraged you to do was to learn…that’s it. Learn your soil, your weather, what plants would do well in your climate, etc.. Just learn to garden so “if” the time came…you would have the skill-set to do so.
The same goes for me.
I will be doing a “lessons learned” post soon on this event and I hope you get something out of this post and the upcoming one. I know I learned a valuable lesson.
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The articles you are referring to was based on both US Senators from Arkansas stating that fact publicly in a joint statement. They were given that information from the Department of Justice. So let me turn this around on you…
Why do you think that out of all of the ATF raiding party not a single one of them was wearing a body camera that recorded Malinowski allegedly opening fire on them and the ATF returning fire killing him with a bullet to the head?
Follow it up with this one…How could none of the 20 – 40 man highly armed, highly trained, totally professional ATF operators not have a body 
camera on? Not a single one of them remembering clearly that it is an ATF policy for 2 years now that they must wear body cameras for such an operation.
We good so far?
Now here we go…
legitimate investigation?Let me get flip for a moment…Why did you ask me a question you already know the answer to? And yes, I know that you can answer the questions that I posed as well.
And I “nailed it” because we all know how these unconstitutional federal law enforcement agencies work in this day and age…it is clear as a bell to anyone with eyes to see and ears to hear. Or…they wouldn’t act this way now would they? And we wouldn’t have a bunch of dead US citizens laying around would we?
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There are three major insurmountable obstacles to America being saved.
#1 – Debt. Never in the history of the world has any empire using fiat currency and implementing modern monetary theory (MMT) ever been “saved”…they have ALL fallen. Just to be clear, the US is an “empire” by definition. The debt the US has accumulated cannot be sustained, which is modern monetary theory. Debt will crash the US Empire, that is an indisputable fact, and proven by thousands of years of history…the US will be no different.
#2 – The invasion of illegal immigrants. Illegal immigrants now make up approximately 15% of the population of the US. The extreme danger involved is the majority of the illegals are criminals before they cross our border, and all are criminals for crossing our border illegally. The chaos, crime, and financial impact cannot be overcome. It is past the tipping point, it is now on an exponential curve to destruction. And no, US citizens do not have the stomach to deport all of the illegals. Hell, we don’t have the stomach to depart just all the harden criminal illegals.
#3 – Political Parties. George Washington warned us against political parties, specifically a 2-party system, just over 200 years ago. And he was exactly right! The problem is, as Washington pointed out, a political party is simply interested in getting into, and staying in, power. In the US we are stuck in a death spiral with the Democrats and Republicans. Neither party does a damn thing to actually improve the country as per the Constitution…as in rights, freedoms, and liberties. Both parties are war-mongering, both parties can’t control their spending, both parties are tied into the military-industrial complex, both parties are corrupt….both parties are destroying our country. And that is a simple, indisputable fact. So, as long as we are stuck with, and vote within, a 2-party system there is no saving the US from destruction.
There is a fourth reason out there, vague to be sure…kinda lurking in the shadows. It is easy to see, hard to adequately describe, and vehemently debated when brought up. The dark horse to America not being able to be saved is the accelerating rise of authoritarianism in the US. And it is coming from not just from the deepstate, but also from both parties. And remember this…in the entire history of the world, in the totality of mankind, authoritarians have never given up power willingly.
FYI…”Empire” is described as being a major political unit having a territory of great extent or a number of territories or peoples under a single sovereign authority. The US covers a huge territory consisting of political units such as states (50), territories (11), and one district. The “single sovereign authority” is the federal government. So the US is by definition an “empire”.
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Well, two questions but they go to the same issue…mindset. Let me hit on that which answers both your questions.
ATF personnel are true believers. They think the are serving the Constitution, they see themselves as heroes. They are convinced that they are striving to keep America safe against the bad guys. It starts with their initial training…their boot camp if you will.
Think about this…do you for a minute think they ever bring up the subject that the ATF as a federal government agency isn’t authorized in the Constitution? Of course not. To the contrary, I am sure the recruits hear repeatedly how great their agency is, how rich their agency history is, how much the ATF serves the American people, and the country is safer for their existence.
The precursor of the ATF was formed in 1886 as the “Revenue Laboratory” more commonly referred to as revenuers or “revenoors”. Basically, collecting tax revenue and/or smashing unregistered liquor producing stills. In 1968, with the passage of the Gun Control Act, they became what we know as the ATF. Raising money through “tax stamps” and licensing.
So here is the fact of the matter…the Gun Control Act of 1968 is in direct violation of the 2nd Amendment. And based on that unconstitutional law the ATF was reformed to enforce the infringement of people’s gun rights. I wonder if they ever teach that in the ATF school?
Let’s recap a couple things…the major gun laws that have destroyed the 2nd Amendment…
First, in 1934 there was The National Firearms Act (NFA) pushed through by Progressive/Democrat President 
Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Second, in 1938 the The Federal Firearms Act (FFA). Also pushed through by Progressive/Democrat President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
Third, in 1968 there was the Gun Control Act, pushed through by Democrat President Lyndon B. Johnson.
Notice a trend there…one was a Progressive/Democrat who was clearly an authoritarian and often considered a closet socialist. The other was also a Democrat and without any question an authoritarian. Do you find any of that interesting?
So, let’s wrap this up…I am sure any ATF personnel that read my article think I am a whack job at best, maybe a bit of an idealist, and possibly a marginal threat. They would immediately dismiss my statement that the ATF is not authorized in the Constitution as pure hooey, the ravings of some right-wing backwoods hillbilly radical.
Have you ever heard of “group think” or the “hive culture”? In either situation individuals mostly lose the ability to think for themselves…and to makes matters worse…they don’t even know it.
So let’s touch on one more thing…$money$. An ATF field agent can earn between $85k – $115k per year…BEFORE any locality pay, overtime pay, law enforcement “offset”, etc.. So add to their base pay another $25k – $35k for those niceties. Oh wait…there is an incredible health insurance program and pension program. For health insurance add in another $12k – $18k per year. And for pension add in $26k – $34k per year. So now you are looking at an annual salary of somewhere around $148k – $202,000 per year when all is said and done. Not bad, eh?
Well now, let’s talk the average person in the USA…they make approximately $41k per year. So the average ATF agents are making almost 4 to 5 times the average American. Whoa…sweet, eh?
Oh, I forgot to mention…if an ATF agent retires after 30 years of service they are bringing in about $76k – $103k per year in pension money…for the rest of their lives!
So is the money a huge motivation to join the ATF…and to go along with the program regardless of any moral or ethical issues?
As for my article…there is no way they would put any credibility to it at all. Coz if they did…think of that nice fat paycheck they would be jeopardizing. And that is also food for thought when it comes to wondering why there are virtually no ATF “whistleblowers” coming forward. Actually, I can’t think of a single one.
Doesn’t life get interesting when a person has the courage to stop and truly and honestly think through issues?
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