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Okay, so for I guess the average militia man here, I guess I had a dream the other night that well I didn't understand a Figure walked in through the mist with a flintlock in his hand His clothes were torn and dirty as he stood there by my bed He took off his three cornered hat and speaking low to me. He said We fought a revolution to secure our Liberty We wrote the Constitution as a shield from tyranny. For future generations, this legacy we gave. In this, the land of the free and home of the brave. The freedoms we secured for you, we hoped you'd always keep. But tyrants labored endlessly while your parents were asleep. Your freedom's gone, your courage lost, you're no more than a slave. In this, the land of the free and home of the brave. You buy permits to travel and permits to own a gun Permits to start a business or to build a place for one On land that you believe you own you pay a yearly rent Although you have no voice in saying how the money's spent Your children must attend a school that doesn't educate and your Christian values can't be taught according to the state You read about the current news in a regulated press and you pay a tax you do not owe to please the IRS Your money is no longer made of silver nor of gold you trade your wealth for paper so your life can be controlled You pay for crimes that make our nation turn from God and shame You've taken Satan's number you traded in your name You've given government control to those who do you harm so they could burn down churches and seize the family farm and keep our country deep in debt. Put men of God in jail. Harash your fellow countrymen while corrupted courts prevail. Your public servants don't uphold the solemn oaths they've sworn. And your daughters visit doctors so their children won't be born. Your leaders send artillery and guns to foreign shores and send your sons to slaughter fighting other people's wars. Can you regain the freedoms for which we fought and died? Or don't you have the courage or the faith to stand with pride? And are there no more values for which you'll fight to save? Or do you wish your children to live in fear and be a slave? O sons of the Republic, arise, take a stand, defend the Constitution, the Supreme Law of the land, preserve our great Republic and each God given right, and pray to God to keep the torch of freedom burning bright. As I awoke, he'd vanished in the mist for whence he came. His words were true, we are not free, but we have ourselves to blame. For even now as tyrants trample each God given right we only watch in tremble too afraid to stand and fight If he stood by your bedside to dream while you were asleep and wondered what remains of the freedoms he fought to keep What would be your answer if he called out from the grave? Is this still the land of the free and home? Well, good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, this is the first hour of the afternoon intelligence report. I'm Mark Kornke One day closer to victory for all of our brothers and sisters both on and behind the lines in occupied territories west, southwest, east, and north. Ladies and gentlemen, you are listening to us on LibertyTreeRadio.4mg.com, pbn.4mg.com, and we are in live 365. Then go to Liberty Tree Radio. You will also find us on AM and FM microstations, CB base stations, and UltraNet technologies both east and west of the Mississippi, along with southern and central Alaska. And of course the Aleutians. We are on the Hallmark network on the east coast, and that is a total of eight colonial states, plus a number of extensions beyond the original pods that have been set up and have covered those specific states. I want to say hi and thank you to all the friends that are doing that. We are going to be seeing the Golden Spike Project in place very soon, whereby we will be crossing a combination of the alternate, the hallmark, and a third network, which will be tying in pretty much all of the country. There will be a few spots still to pick up. and then overlap and then overlap to the overlap like a fabric with interweave but no single thread or series of threads gone would destroy our system. Let the other side shut the Internet off. They'd be cutting off their nose to spite their face. We think that's okay. Anyway, it is Friday. It is the 24th of April, year 0 2009. For all of you that are listening, it is Friday. In many cases, like if you're way out there on the left coast, It is right now, what about, let's see, 212 right around there, 211, 212. For all of you listening, if you're out that way, you've still got a little bit of work to do. Stay focused, get what you've got to get done. Let's not have any mistakes at the end of the work week that cost the company money. And when you do get in that car, don't think about the barbecue, don't think about the training exercise down the road. Focus on the driving in front of you and remember other people are thinking of other things other than what they should be thinking about. And it's focusing on driving to get back safe. That's all we ask you on a Friday especially, because we know this is the odd day where a lot of things happen because people's minds are somewhere other than where they should be. In their body! Okay? That's how it works. And Don, it's been a beautiful day down here. What was the weather like up in that neck of the woods? It's a good day, Mark. I think it's about 20 degrees here. This evening into the night we could use it, you know, the fire danger now. And it should be glorious throughout. And of course we've been, well, setting up a lot of equipment, just finish some other paint, pick up some other gear for the up and coming live range fire is going to be taking place. I'm constructing, you're going to see these on video, some of the new mobile targets or moving targets. So we've set them up in other locations. These are going to be pop up type, but also pop up and in motion, simulating an infantryman moving. So it's not just a static target that pops up and then drops down. This target will actually be moving towards the objective and pace over a distance that is comparable to what would be expected for an infantryman in a quick rush. In other words, move and drop. So the idea behind this is getting used to the concept of being able to see and visualize a moving target under these conditions, especially under multiple physical conditions. We've got a number of structures that are mobile kits that are being put together. You're going to see a lot of this in the new videos. We've used nothing more than cardboard barriers in the past, which works just fine. And by the way, anybody who laments about that again, hey, send us about $34,000 from some cast concrete. We'll replace the cardboard. How's that sound? Yeah, I don't think we're going to do that. We wouldn't do that anyway. We'd spend the money on ammunition, weapons, and make sure everybody was outfitted better. cement in a temporary training site it doesn't make a whole lot of sense there, but there are many other training aids that can be applied. A little recommendation guys most you don't think about it. We want target you know barriers and such and target simulators that are safe to use don't cost a whole lot of money, but are pretty stable. Let me give you a little hint here. Old Christmas tree stands you know the old Chinese Christmas tree stands they've been bringing in for years are green and red they got the four legs are metal. Yes, four screws that screw in to the center or three depending on when they were made. Guys, those are perfect target stands for a single post with a standard human silhouette size target with backing. One of the cool things is that even the stand itself is already set up and allows for being anchored to the ground. Each one of the legs has a hole drilled in them for a spike. So, wow, you can actually put these things right into position, nail them into the ground so to speak with a couple pieces of guy wire, or of course that's if you want to really stabilize it, but otherwise just take for instance the spike type tent hooks that you have out there, the real cheapy ones, four of them, one for each leg. and you've stabilized your target platform, I would recommend that you put a couple of sandbags in front of the thing anyway to try and protect it to a degree, but it's not critical. The idea behind this is this is a quick way to set up silhouette targets for training. I've also been collecting Don. There's some one model that was made that you fill it with sand or with water for the year, you know, for the season. And they're already in tan, or they're already in green, or they're already in tanning green, or they're already in natural colors. So, camouflaging them isn't a big deal. And what's cool is you end up with a pretty decent product or end product that can be used over and over and over again on the range. You shoot out the center post, you disconnect it, and yeah, you break it down for firewood or for campwood, replace the center post and replace the silhouette target as needed. And look at that, you've got yourself a system in place ready to use. Cool thing is you can also take it off the range. We're going to demonstrate how that can be done to create what we call variable geometry training sites. This includes everything from simulated rooftops to simulated structures to conventional rural environment, integrating buildings, etc., etc. The idea behind this is for everybody to get a good element of training that is as realistic as possible and allows for control of the training site when you have the troops in the location for the trainers. to be able to maintain and focus control on the student because the environmental conditions have been specifically engineered so that while they simulate a battlefield situation, we have most of the obstacles out of the way that are going to cause any problems and allows them to begin the path towards developing greater skills. There are different levels of training that we achieve and that we promote. and you'll be seeing more of this on the next series of videos. We got to get Don down. I know we keep saying this. We got to get Don down at this end for editing. He's got his video pretty well squared away. All we have to do is get the final edit on it and the next night vision tape will be in place. Now tying that in, Don, real quick. If you can, remind everybody about how they can get night vision. Again, I get requests. We've got another one today. Where can I go? So I'm going to say, hey, how about Don Betcher? But what would you do if I pointed somebody that way, Don? Well, I'd tell them, thank you for giving me a thought. And I'm going to do my best to beat up the guys with the 800 numbers when it comes to price. If I see something in a catalog, and I might be able to send, again, no 800 number here. So that falls on you, you guys. But I'll try. during the hour, though, give me a call, I'll get back with you. or conventional LEDs. Think about this guy. It used to be a LED cost. There was a dollar value in it. Now it's a penny value. You can pick up LEDs. The cheapest ones are Chycom plastic and minimal production. for as little as 4, 8, or 10 cents a piece depending on how many you buy. Now it gets higher, more expensive depending on what kind of lens you want, how much intensity, how much energy you want, what the output is, etc. Lumens, etc., etc., etc., but that's purely a matter of dealer's choice, but for a minimal cost. And by the way, go to a dollar store and we get a rack of, let's see, a card of I think it was 30 or 40 watch batteries, Don, for a dollar. 30 or 40 watts batteries for a dollar and two or three dollars worth of just yellow or green or white LEDs depending on what you want to do here and then a little bit of glue for instance and a little creativity with a piece of cardboard and a little more glue for the LED and the battery itself and what you've got is a night vision illuminator that can be put out in front of your position It will run all night. It is absolutely throwaway guys. You can put them up in locations where they can't be reached, but they can beam down on an area. Now the bad guys, nobody is going to say, well if it is regular light, they are going to be able to see it. Well to a degree, yes. What is interesting is you can put them up out of sight where they still create area ambient light. Now, they will probably be visible to a degree no matter what, but they can't be reached and there's nothing you can do about them. What's really interesting though is when you switch over instead of from regular vision with these white light illuminators is look at the area with night vision. Oh my goodness, it creates a totally different world there. And especially out of sight, or it should say combination of out of sight or oblique angles, and also set up properly in an overhead position, and in many different locations. Guys, it would be virtually impossible for anybody to do anything about them. Mark, I'm going to make this connection again. I'll be right back. And it's impossible for them actually to walk through the area without casting shadows. creating a motion that can be identified. Remember, you don't have to see them. If you can see their motion, especially if they're overhead or if they're backlighting or if they're ground illuminating, depending on how you deploy them, remember that any motion at all is going to create some kind of shadowing that is going to be physically, you know, it's going to be physically possible to see. Now, it may either be with just conventional vision or with night vision, but remember that with the illuminators out at a distance, Any generation of night vision could be used to monitor the areas that you wish to control. It does not have to be cutting edge state of the art. It could be one generation, first generation, it could be second generation, whatever. So there are advantages to being able to use these luminators. Also creates other questions, kind of like, hmm, you have to ask yourself, why would they be putting light here? The first logical conclusion is that you're in a kill zone. Hey, maybe it would be a bad idea to move through this area. Well good, then you can actually route an aggressor. If you move through the area, there are other considerations to include anti-personnel technology, booby traps, mines, etc., command detonated devices. And this creates high confidence that yes, there is a reason for that illumination being in the area. On the other hand, just keep them guessing. Illuminators in the trees and fishing line hanging all over the place at a little below knee level or down an ankle level is enough to create the impression that hey there is something out here I just haven't run into it yet. That can slow an entire formation down. Now someone's gonna say well we're just roll tanks in there just gonna roll APCs depending on where you are guys especially in the terrain we're talking about. The APC isn't going to be there, neither is the tank. So keep in mind that under certain conditions you continue to progressively limit the available resources that can actually be deployed by that formation. Oh yes, we know about indirect fire, don't tell me all that. People were the ones that trained the people that right now you have in uniform. That's pretty much across the board with most of our guys. So there is nothing that they are going to tell us that is going to be any shock or jive or amazing to anybody. It is the same old business, different day. And we understand the technologies. Oh, the old technologies. Guys, let me point something out. How long has the C-130 been in service? I have done this before, but let us just look at aircraft. When did the first F-16 fly? I am not talking first plane, just first F-16. How about the F-15? Oh, you mean that spring chicken, the F-18? F-18? Now think about that one. Well, that's an old aircraft too. The first F-16 was operational in prototype form about what, 73-74. 74-75, the XM models were in service. They planned on shipping them overseas. National Guard bought a bunch of them, progressed to the Air Force, purchased more and more of them. And rather than being as much of a freedom fighter slash export fighter, it ended up going, well, to a lot of regular military units simply because of cost. Wow, Shazam, Sergeant Carter. But wait a minute, 1975-1976. First squadrons of F-16s were in service how long ago? Oh my goodness, that would almost be almost, but it's not quite, but almost since the prototype it's been 25 years. Let me change the description of that. It is a quarter of a century old design. The A-10 Warthog, same window guys. It's a quarter of a century old. C-130, first operational prototypes flew in the 50s and design concept aircraft that led the way towards the C-130. Progressively, it was with front line units. Yes, I know there have been many variations, but the core design for the C-130 and the gunship, oh wow, don't we never, we never figure out about them there. I tell those with C-130 gunships, yup, yup, yup. Except we'll see, they started them back in Vietnam and well, yeah, all the stuff that you didn't know about in most of the books was already in service on those aircraft by the end of Vietnam and it's the same nonsense we still use today. You're not going to shock and jive a slash, you know, shock and awe anybody other than to say, nope, I don't want to be underneath it, but I will hunt it and eliminate it as a problem when the time comes. And there's a number of ways to do that, which they don't really want to talk about. They actually had some pretty nasty attrition with those aircraft in a much heavier, high threat environment. That's something everybody needs to a little more research on. Okay. Anyway, interestingly enough, mean nothing out there going to surprise us, but there's a lot that we do have to pay attention to. There is a lot of work to be done to create deception, high confidence, and also still incorporating deception. Whereby these little illuminators, thermal piles or thermal targets, which is another option. In other words, silhouettes, dummies, mocked up equipment with decent camouflage, camouflage netting. Again, creating thermal targets for the thermal imagery to create high confidence to waste resources that otherwise could be doing something else. Remember guys, any one of you can be five men or three men or four men or whatever you wish to create, matter of thinking the process through. So there's a lot that can be done out there. There's a lot we can plug in if we take the time to do it. So that's the only thing I'm asking is be creative. Always, always, always think outside the box when it comes to operations. And remember, para-conventional. Not conventional nor unconventional. Para-conventional, there's a third category. And it is a very flexible environmental resource, to say the least, because it combines many, many different weapon systems, utilizes unique and or oblique techniques with regard to deployment, And deception is the key, along with any battlefield situation, unconventional, conventional, or para-conventional, utilize deception and mobile resources constantly. I would ask if you can go to our libertytreeradio.4mg.com site and then from there you can hook up to LTR video to our LTR Liberty Tree Radio YouTube site. Take a look at the concept videos that we've done that have sit in there with regard to militia armor, militia anti-armor, also militia aviation, and there's many, many others there. But take the time, go through those, and read them. The idea is to promote the expansion of our resources by promoting, again, developing the mind. We want all of you to start thinking out there. Contrary to everybody's believing, it is not going to be just an urban warfare situation. I would remind everybody, you push everyone in the cities, how do you feed them? If they do what they plan on doing, and they really are going to do it, cutting your food off, cutting your reserve materials off is going to happen very, very quickly. We are going to have to create a diverse combat effective group that operates in any condition, constantly, and is able to be completely fluid. If you commit to where the enemy is trying to get you to go, who started this mantra to begin with? Anybody think this through? I got a fight in this city, man. Got a beer in warfare, man. We're in warfare. Yeah, we know that. We understand. We don't have any problem dealing with that. In fact, you've got to remember that most of the guys that are getting ready for World War III, the super adventure begins. Guys, Mount Operation Training was the center of it because where were they going to fight? Most of the Cold War, everybody was getting ready to fight in Europe. I suggest you take a look at the battlefield. This whole thing about mountain, urban warfare, Mount as in urban warfare operations. It's not a new thing for us, just a reverse. But most important is the way I've trained forces is to be able to transist quickly from a rural environment, making contact and moving into an urban environment, moving through or overtaking or over extending and enveloping that urban area and then taking control of it and then moving on back to rural or to whatever Suburban type area of operation is required and then back into rural. That's how it works. The techniques aren't that hard. It's pretty straightforward and you need to understand. We just need your help to make sure that the information is passed on. But also give people ideas. Think of all the things you can do with junk and petty little piles of stuff that we put into transport containers and utilize at our discretion. Just think how much we can get done. It's not that hard to do, we just have to start pointing people in the right direction to make sure they put their hands in the right gear. I don't know if we have Don back yet, we may or may not. He probably isn't there. So I'll tell you what we're going to do, if you want to call in also, and by the way we're waiting for a further report from JJ in Alaska. We have what looks to be about a three-day window, at least, and it could be longer, with regard to what's happening up in Stuart, Alaska. If we have any further information from any other callers, that would be fine, as far as anybody who might be up in the Alaskan area of operation. And they can, of course, pass on what they know. The interesting thing is that there were going to be Committing to death classes this weekend at the apparently the high school I do not know about the junior high we need to get clarification on that but guys This is the same stuff that we saw with Columbine before Columbine the death classes the suicide classes the cycle babble crews were all tied in to what was happening there We had many calls I have many many packets of information that were sent all basic potpourri of stuff we would expect Apparently, that was the plan for this weekend. A lot of people are asking the right questions. It's awfully convenient. They're going to cut off the roads. There will be no public access. They aren't letting anybody use the railhead, although I will remind everybody on this note. It is Friday, by the way. It is the 24th of April, year 02009. But, guys, there are rail trucks out there. Now, there is not as much track as there used to be. They've cut down to 50 percent. Most of the double lines made them one with just side spurs for passing or whatever. Actually, sightings is what they are. But what's interesting about this is that, again, they have the ability to bypass as needed, and so they've reduced the number of miles of track to maintain. But they've also shut off whole lines. So there's only so many tracks that are actually operational, but there are a lot of private tracks that have been picked up. They were originally private tracks for the bigger corpse, and since they were cutting them off, the train associations purchased them. Well, what does this mean? This means that there are tracks that run 10, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, in some cases even 70 miles non-stop in one direction. Now those tracks don't move, and things don't vary very much there at all. So a consideration might be to pick up a rail truck. This is another way to actually travel across the country. Granted, they're going to probably be able to ID you if the system is up and online. But the private tracks, for instance, we have the Clinton Railroad. If you take a look where Clinton, Michigan is, understand that the track from the Clinton Railroad goes all the way down, almost, to the border of Ohio. It's a straight line of sight shot. What's interesting about this is that there's many miles to operate on and we have been able to use rail trucks in that situation and others on a regular basis quite comfortably. Now a rail truck is literally like a Dodge or Chevy pickup truck. It has the special axles that actually are the same gauge as a standard track for the train that you normally see on the knee of the commercial lines. And you can either get the hydraulic, which I would not recommend, that's not necessary, which means of course one guy just hits the switch and everything goes, and it raises you up off the track. And the little tire system is actually making contact and becomes your propellant system. Now the other option is still same propellant, same system, your tires work as the propulsion system, there we go. But what's interesting about this is that the traditionals are simply manual release. You get out, You have a little crowbar type thing, you plug it in and you actually lift up and then let the system drop down onto the track and then adjust it accordingly. Wow, you end up with a really nice transporter. Well, the cool thing about this is that you then have the ability to move people, move equipment by rail. Not a whole lot of people are actually paying attention or watching it, even though a lot of it is exposed. If you are able to access support personnel to get something like this done, it's pretty cool to be able to have a pickup truck. You can drive along and there's need be. So, oh, wait a minute. We're going to stop right here. Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding. And you pull in. You back in over the track, let the wheels rest on it. You're all set to go north and south, east and west, depending upon the tracks. So that is another consideration. It's not that expensive for use. So you might want to take a look to see who's got any of these units on the ground, both in your area. In fact, you might have a whole bunch of them in your area. We just ran into another clutch of something else that we did not expect, kind of boxy, fully tracked, and in line with the standard vehicle that we've been using for quite some time. The same is true with regard to these rail trucks. You're going to find them in different places. You can do searches on the internet. That's not a problem. You probably will find some. One cool thing is the dodges are very prominent and they of course have a little shorter wheel base and are a little more unique in several ways as far as the design for the body etc. So if you're looking for a maintenance truck or a utility truck, combination evacuation truck, then this is the solution in and of itself. Anyway, I think we have another caller. There we may have done. Who do we have? There we go. Okay, we do have back. I think we got a clear signal now. Very good. And again for our friends listening, if you would like to call in. Don, do we have the call numbers there handy? Oh you guys, let's do this here. Write this down for future reference. 2 1 8 or 8 6 3 6 again 2 1 8 or 8 3 6. Now when you get there, the mechanical operator will ask you for a confirmation or a conference number. That number is 4 3 7 9 2 9 6. 4, 3, 7, 9, 2, 9, 6. The overall here you guys, 2, 1, 8. 4, 8, 6, 3, 6 times and then you'll hear a mechanical voice ask you for a quiz again. 4, 3, 7, 9, 2, 9, 6. Now you guys this, apply in this hour, we'll apply in the next hour, apply in the 8 to 9 work in the morning. Oh, you know, if you're only listening in the afternoon, I thought I'd make everybody aware. Hey, the intelligence report runs out in the morning too. totally different network that the micro effect probably find it on, oh how about a computer? When you go over there, if you buy a computer, but you can get to a computer, go to microeffect.com and that'll tell you where in your satellite and push the buttons. Then you can listen to the intelligence report in the morning from nine o'clock eastern time until eleven o'clock eastern time, a pair of hours in the morning. Again, one more time for, and the eight o'clock, two, one, eight, three, six, get there, you will be asked for it and that is, 929. You guys... Yeah, again, if we're going to... Well, if you're going to be calling in, remember we would like updates on any of the gun shows. Also, if we have any of the updates in Alaska, I want to project any more we already have, except to say that, again, we'll be waiting for a sit rep from JJ and other individuals that are keeping a close eye on that situation in Alaska. It would not surprise me. Alaska's had nothing. And, isolating an area in Alaska could be done, but it's dangerous because everybody can talk to everybody up there, guys. So, right now, as long as everybody's not feeling very comfortable, they've seen betrayal before with regard to the gooberman and what it can do under certain situations and people are pretty well awake and stay in focus so we'll see what happens up in that neck of the woods there remember if you do have any gun shows in your area for this weekend bring them up on the air here tonight we will take any input we can from anybody out there on that because there are some we haven't even heard about the maybe small private shows smaller shows that's fine we need to be able to find these little nooks and crannies Get in there and pick up what's available and carry it home. If we don't get it out of there, somebody else will. That wouldn't be good because we need it. And everybody's looking for the same thing now. So make the effort, take the time, and also share with others when you get the chance so that you can drag a few others along too in the same way for the same reason that these shows. They're obviously going to try and cut them off. I would recommend that you go again to the libertytreeradio.4mg.com page libertytreeradio.4mg.com Once you're plugged in there, then check out the main page. We've got a series of connecting stories done, mostly about the attacks and the gun shows, where they're planning on going with a lot of the other stuff. And of course, we know that O Sam Bemidin Dong is now going to try to use the treaty in Iran with regard to going after the ammunition and progressively going after the guns. That won't be the only way, guys. That's just one of several. So, people say, well that's how they're going to do it. Mark says it? No, Mark's saying this is one of several ways because they're going to try multiple fronts. They already are. We have an AG who's been bragging about the idea that he was going to just want a little thing. You know, the gun ban and all the other weapons he can put on it too. So, for everybody who is listening, remember we have our work cut out for us. We have to make sure that we bring everybody in that we can if they are willing to listen. Now some people aren't going to be able to handle it at all. I'm not going to say that they are the walking dead, but they certainly are brain dead to a degree. And like somebody said, just treat them nice, pat them on the head, and just nod at them. And don't get into any discussions or whatever. I did that today by the way with one person. who was just trying to be, you know, he's in the enemy camp. And it's funny how he was talking with another person. He just happened to hear something and he was going to try and get into it and it was like, oh no, no, everything. Immediately, as soon as I was done talking to our friend there, he piped in like he was going to get something going and it's like, no, no, no, no, no, everything's just fine. We're all fine here. You're all okay. No, there's nothing going on. Why don't you just... You just keep doing what you're doing, enjoy life, and hey, you need some more 401ks. Why don't you just jump in there and just throw some more money at that banking system? Now, that's the only person I would do this to. And even there. Well, probably not too many of the people. I might even say, hey, by the way, it probably wouldn't be a good idea for you to go there after all. But you know, it's one of those things where they really get frustrated when you've got a person who really isn't going to discuss anything intelligently. Very, very few times that happened, and the other people around took notice right away about how I treated the situation, not even wasting time on the subject. with regard to that person. Again, I've told you all the same thing. Know who's in your environment, who it is that's around you, and treat them like three-year-olds or two-year-olds. Yeah, yeah, okay, well, yeah, everything's fine here. We're all fine. Goodbye. By the way, get right into a conversation with somebody else and absolutely go as far in depth as you need to. It frustrates the hell out of them. Stay focused on the subject, stay focused on the subject. Did I say stay focused on the subject? Yes, I did. I think that's really our biggest problem is we're too busy worrying about what few pitiful souls there are that are going to be in the goof camp and they're kind of like being left in the dust guys. Come on. They know it too. I think I've watched the frustration on a bunch of these people because the majority of the people, even those that really didn't have a clue before, I mean really weren't paying attention. Every time I turned around I had to stop off at a few places today that I haven't been to for a couple of months. Everybody, I couldn't leave them. You know why I couldn't leave them, Don? They were continually asking, what about this and when is that going to happen and why didn't you tell me this? Making comments about have you ever seen anything like this before? And then they go right down the list. Everything from one woman goes, when was the last time he goes, when you, she goes, and this is talking to me, she goes, growing up, when did you ever see power outages in Michigan? And this is a woman who's older than I am, and you know, it's like I said, I said, well, that's true, we didn't, did we? She goes, that's kind of crazy. She goes, we're in the middle of hydroelectric heaven. We're in the middle of places where there's more water than you know what to do with it. She understood the basics of the water drop and the elevations of the Great Lakes. She's going right over through it like boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, rattling it right off. She goes, there's no reason for us to have a brownout or a power shortage in Michigan. We have all the energy we need. Now we're having power outages and blackouts and all this other nonsense. She goes, that's crazy. I said, well, a lot of people thought that NAFT and GATT were okay too. Then she said, oh, don't get me started on that one. Of course I did. Then she kept on going. I just sat there and listened. I was standing there and I was like, yep. You know what? You're absolutely right. I'll tell you what, you need to make sure that you rub that in with all these other people who thought they were okay. Then she goes, yeah, my brother was like that, but he isn't anymore. His job is in China now. Yeah, it's like yep, she wasn't listening either and this is a person who just out of the blue that people are venting and They're venting in all direction if you just give them a few more tweaks and explain to them yep And there's more that you can do and it's not people aren't giving up. You know this is the other thing I'll tell you what Donna know if you've noticed this people are not giving up. They are just peoed Yeah, that's the thing. It's like you know what this is gonna make things a lot harder, but I find that the older people I've already experienced a lot of this before. I mean, they didn't want to see it a second time. But you know, they don't have the attitude like you hear from a lot of these younger people. Oh, it's time to go to the world. Oh, 2012 will all be vaporized. Instead, they're like, yeah, we've seen this all before. You know, I hate this, but you know what? I'm going to point it to you and point out to you that we shouldn't be here. We shouldn't be in this situation, and I have to agree with them. We shouldn't be in this situation, but we are. So we're going to have to deal with it accordingly. And that means staying online and helping each other to get up to speed, teaching each other, sharing information. This weekend especially, guys, you're going to have opportunities to go to different meetings or events. There's a lot of stuff scheduled all around from like preparations for the Tea Party coming up in the Fourth of July window. and everybody around the country is now they're having special meetings or organizational meetings trying to get more people up and into the system with regard to helping out pitching in because guys one person can't do any of this by themselves. You need to pick up part of the weight. Everybody just picks up a little and the event would be that much smoother and everybody would go man this was just easy. Well it's easy because everybody just put a little finger out. Don't have to grab it with your hand. You just have to hook something with your finger and just lift a little bit. and it would make such a difference for the people who are trying to get the job done. So that's one of the things I would ask. But get the information out. We're seeing this all over the place. People are constantly asking questions. They're constantly, in fact, like I said, you start it, they finish it. In fact, they don't want to finish it. The biggest thing is I had to take care of some other things. I believe a few people who have promised I'd drop stuff off tomorrow. I'm going to have to leave more information with them. I got copies of stuff here that I just didn't have enough when I took it with me to give out. So, be prepared. Photo copy, create portfolios, decide what it is you think best meets the needs of the person in front of you depending on what their subject matter is. Provide them with information and then give them parallel information that brings them into another subject so they realize that it's not any single action but a multiple number of actions that are creating our problems and our woes. That's something that, oh yeah, I see, yeah, I understand. Oh, that makes sense now. See how that works? Plug it in. Anyway, Don, I know I have to ask guys, do we have a caller? I thought I heard someone. I thought I did too. I'll tell you what that happens though. And again, if somebody is being patient off the side, if not, jump in their caller. Go ahead. Okay. We might have a listener. That's what we probably do. Give the number out again if you would. Don, one more time for anybody who wants to call in. Okay. You guys, if you're wanting to talk into the hour, how about 218-386-836. I'll get you to the initial connection extension is. 437-92, 437-92, and the overview. 218. is because they had done some time in with the problem state of republic of off on a doubt in the south so this comes down to again what we discussed at the time when the georgia was being orchestrated to create the uh... incident kind of like what they did with poland uh... in world war two poland in just uh... do it the poland wasn't innocent uh... as in didn't do anything uh... they were just sitting there uh... when uh... the the incident happened between germany in poland i'm sure poland was told get something going They were going to make a mistake and they were going to waste Russia's time. Russia did not send in a class A fighting force. All the brand new equipment that we actually put into the field over there, not just ours, we've put in the bill and they've got Polish, they've got Czech armor, Czech APCs, Czech self-propelled artillery, brand new stuff that have never been fielded before, along with a lot of American gear. And literally the Russians with a second rate unit rolled over them. So in fact, one thing I've noticed, there was a piece that I found here in YouTube that was rather interesting guys in that it's a portfolio. It was a picture essay. I am going to find it again. I think they pulled it. It was a picture essay of all of the captured equipment that they took from the Georgians on fault. In other words, they didn't have to shoot it and pull it back in as a wreck. They literally walked up to it, put drivers in it, and drove it to the rear. and took it over. Just took it with them. Tanks, APCs, self-propelled guns and the list was quite extensive and the images were very, I mean just obvious. I mean they made a point. It was good photo essay. You had a good understanding of where they were from. They gave vehicle ID numbers. They had all the specs on the equipment. The whole nine yards including the Russian or the, you know, the Georgian armor that was left over from the Cold War period. Which by the way is mostly what the Russians went in with. They didn't go in with their newest. They went in with a lot of their middle grade or what we call class B equipment. Not the oldest but some of the couple generations back. Kind of like what you are seeing in what we are doing in Iraq to a degree. The thing is that they went up against brand new state of the art, best available with multi billions available and the Russians stomped them. It is the only way to describe it. And they did it still and of course there are some Georgians right now, a few of them are what I am saying because we have Georgians listening. But, guys, Georgia got into the situation and the Russians pretty well went where they wanted, did what they wanted to do, and then walked out at their discretion. So, that should tell you something right there. But, part of the problem is money does not make up for expertise. Throwing money at the subject plus, the problem is, guys, we don't know. They spent $6 billion, $60 billion. They say it was up to $600 billion total, which is close to a trillion. Anyway, we've seen these numbers thrown around and they sound crazy except that nowadays spending hundreds of billions is nothing for these people. But the problem is they didn't get tens of billions of dollars worth of hardware. They got a bunch of junk, plus some new that was the showboat equipment. And I think what they did is they pocketed the rest and stole it. That's the problem when you have Shister's operating supply. And, for that reason, that was one of the other things that everybody was told. They were at a certain level of expertise when in reality they were at a totally different, so we say, circus altogether. Were they very proud of their Georgian deployer, but what do they look like preparedness-wise with regard to Afghanistan? Marcus? Oh, those guys, they're up to speed. They are really like boots. They've been issued four and five, I mean right now, I mean everything. brigade that's going over to be attached. There was a third eye part of it. Anyway, they were going to be at the speed. So now they're just airborne training and everything. And part of their job in Georgia was to go train the Georgians on how to fight the Russians. OK, what the hell happened? I kept a mouth shut. But later after one of the events, I got to spend some time with some fairly senior In-N-O people who talked about contact information. And these guys are on our side. because they want to practice here back home, they want to come home. Besides, you know what I mean? People that are on active duty, at least I know in this unit, they would truly rather be home and they would let it happen here. Comma is to pull a lot of our troops, all the stupidity. Our boys and girls who are trained on active duty will not be moved or lost. No, I mean, as in those loyal to the Constitution. Exactly. Exactly. Exactly what, you know, some people do their duty, but they They're just like we all did. They don't agree with it. They've got to do what they've got to do. They'd rather be here, use what they know, back here in defense of their homes. This is a National Guard unit. And see, during Desert Shoe, there's a storm. It's one of those things, never again. We're not going to be in embarrassment. It was a sponsorship. A paycheck. Because it could make it in the regular Army. That's one of the problems we have seen with Marcus with a lot of the other units in general that were stripped. It's not so much that the guard units didn't want to keep their equipment, but the greedy buggers we've had in the bureaucracy, Michigan's governor, sold a whole bunch of equipment. Indiana's governor did the same thing. They started selling national guard equipment rather than deploying it and issuing it out. And this happened several times in the last, actually this is three going on four years ago. Well, they already knew they had money problems. The money problems were already there and the writing was on the wall for what we now see publicly. They were already in the situation we were in, you know, now four years ago. They just didn't want to talk about it. And so they took hard assets and stripped it and then sold them in public auction with no replacements and no support gear to compensate for what was being pulled. Then on top of that you have the Iraqi and Afghan area of operation attrition levels with regard to wear and tear and equipment, you know, loss because of combat operations or engagements. That compounds the problem because they have not been willing to effectively replace what it is that they have used. Just like we were saying, instead of strengthening the unit and forming it up, They've reconfigured them. It looks good on paper. We still have a brigade or a division here or a brigade or a battalion there. But in reality, they've had to strip it, re-engineer it, and the numbers look good. The base numbers look good because the formations are there. But the foundational elements, the components that make that formation, whatever its title is, aren't in place. And some states have fixed that, some haven't. Georgia, it sounds like again, like you said, this is a showcase unit. So, they've made an effort to put them where they need to be, but there are a lot of other units that have been left as orphans, and they're all across the country. This is the same nonsense we saw with Desert Dust One. I outfitted back in the day all these young men that I trained in the 80s and into the early 90s, actually right at the transition there with Desert Storm when it took place. A lot of the guys went into active duty. Well, they started calling back and saying, Mark, you won't believe this. We don't have, and they gave me the shopping list. So, what we did is with our contacts with all the wholesalers, I made a series of stores that literally were nothing more than just unit, you know, senior sergeants or sergeants or in some cases junior officers and they purchased enough equipment to outfit the company. We brought the new current MLSS called a 95 Yankee, the quartermaster. Yeah, well exactly. Quartermaster is supposed to do the job but it's like at Fort Hood, one of the best examples. Guys, they opened up the bayonet locker and of course they opened it up, had to break the rust off of the hinge and lo and behold when they opened it up there were eight rusted together M16 bayonets in the case. Now it's supposed to be enough for the company. Well the rusting went somewhere and what was in the box literally was rusted together in a fused block. Those are the ones that couldn't be stolen. Anyway, as we can imagine, what happened is they said, hey, can you get a hold of any banettes from the M16?