In Canticle for Liebowitz, the fall of society at large came about because of War. In Lucifer’s Hammer, a comet slammed into the Earth, causing catastrophe and death almost everywhere. In Earth Abides, a deadly virus wiped out most of the human race. (Ditto The Stand and numerous other works, like The Twelve.) In Atlas Shrugged it was just a complete breakdown of society brought on by many factors. In Silo by Hugh Howey (a must read) nano-viruses forced everyone to live in underground bunkers. And in One Second After it was an Electro Magnetic Pulse which fried just about everything, setting off a stone age battle for resources.
I’ve read all of them, probably at least three times each, and am fascinated by them. Last month my Editor at The American Legion magazine finally caved into my request to do a story on Preppers. Specifically, I’m looking to do a piece on Preppers who are veterans.
Here’s what I do want:
Sane, and earnestly believe something could happen that would require self-sufficiency and living off the land.
Preferably people who are well spoken and can articulate their predictions.
Live in an under-populated area, preferably Maine, Idaho, Oregon, Washington State, California, or in the heartland somewhere. ie., I don’t want to interview a guy who thinks the world is going to end and he’s going to ride it out in downtown Atlanta.
Someone with an actual plan for living through the turmoil, not just someone who fantasizes about hunting Zombies and hooking up with Emma Stone on some cross country road trip to Pacific Playland.
Genuinely wants to help others understand the Prepper movement, and isn’t just completely anti-social.
What I do not want:
Anti-Government/Sovereign Citizen types that are waiting for the great war of 2016 after Obama refuses to acknowledge the new elections.
Anyone anticipating some sort of race war.
Some sort of quasi-religious/Hippie cult drinking Kool Aid and wearing their special sneakers until the spaceship comes to pick them all up.
James Franco, Jonah Hill and Seth Rogan sitting around getting baked and eating Cheetos.
So, if any of you know someone I could talk to, that would be great. I’m really looking for at least 1 person who has a compound somewhere that is EMP proof.
I am headed to the Indy Prepper Con this weekend, and I am sure I’ll find some interesting people, but I thought maybe one of you would have a friend of a friend type thing.
One thing bears mentioning. My article will be factual and neutral. I have no intention of goofing on anyone, or making them look stupid. In fact, I will share my article with the interviewees before I send it to my editor, so they can ensure it’s not a hatchet job. For myself, I think that the Yellowstone Caldara is going to get us all anyway despite any preparations, so I am putting all my effort into saving Azeroth first, but I do honestly want to tell these peoples story, and try to humanize them as much as possible. I’m certain there are VERY smart people out there with very sincere worries about EMPs and the like. Those are the folks I want.
If you know anyone, you can have them email me at seaveyattorney@gmail.com. If the person requests anonymity, I am happy to grant that, they’ll just need to make up a name, and I can change little facts about location and such to protect them.
Sure, we’ve said bad things about Dan, but no denying that he turned the other cheek, and then gave me a shit load of money.
Here’s me in a hot dog costume with my new jeep. \
He also paid off all my student loans, gave a charitable gift to my church (to be used to fund a special needs school in Nicaragua) set up a school account for my daughter (to be, June, 2015) and paid some bills. And he appears to want to donate a bunch more, judging by the defamatory comments he left about me all over the internet last night.
Anyway, thanks Dan. Appreciate you helping out the lowest paid lawyer in America. (Or, so he says anyway.) Couldn’t have done all this without you.
How many of you remember this guy?
Well, he called me yesterday. Hold your breath, because you won’t believe it…..but every other Oregonian/Californian in the world is suing me, so Tim is joining their hallowed ranks. Yup. Right before he hung up he said “See you in California court.” Which is awesome, because not only does California have a great anti-SLAPP statute, they went a step forward, and you can even slap them back. Now, I’ll likely end up with nothing, but it’s the ride that’s the fun part.
I think Tim needs a lawyer, anyone know any in California?
ORIGINAL POST:
I said yesterday to some people that this guy is the worst person in the world. That might be hyperbole, but he’s certainly the worst person I can think of right now. I realize this video is long, but at least watch long enough to see what this guy did to his veteran employees.
Let’s start with Leatherby. When he says that the governor of California hates him, the immediate reaction from knowing that the guy lies incessantly is to assume that that also is made up. It may or may not be in this case. Leatherby was a sort of guest of the governor for a while, if you consider being incarcerated by the state, and then filing a frivolous million dollar lawsuit against the state. It seems Mr. Leatherby did time in the California Penal system, and alleges that it was because the state manufactured evidence against him, falsified documents and generally conspired against him. In a show of remarkable ineptitude he employed himself in the roll of attorney, and the judge eventually tossed the entire thing because he kept failing himself as a lawyer. (He neglected twice to actually serve the Defendants.) So off he goes to Oregon.
But his trail of disaster also branched out into Florida, where he allegedly scammed his father in law, a veteran himself, out of $15,000:
John Tillis is a Vietnam veteran, retired for 37 years. He says his son-in-law stole $15,000 from him.
“A Navy chief is usually pretty sharp. Maybe I’ve lost a little bit of it over the years, but I’m really embarrassed,” Tillis, from Cape Coral, said. “He can lie so good and he researches it.”
It all started with an idea and a plumping tool.
“He had planned he would assemble them up on the farm in Ohio using nothing but veterans,” Tillis said. The company is called Leatherby Tools, run by Tim Leatherby.
Leatherby told the former Navy chief he wanted to give back to those who served with him.
1) apparently there was some concern I was dead. Alas, no. I am alive and well and living in the lap of luxury. (Luxury is my alien overlord who loves me and pets me and calls me George.) Actually, just busy as hell folks, nothing to worry about, but thanks for the concern.
2) Commenter “Mr. Bill” in another comment informed me that Gordon Lightfoot is still touring. Dude, wasn’t he like a drummer boy in the civil war? Dude must be north of 100 now.
Anyway, got me thinking of the Top 5 music videos featuring monkeys. Don’t ask why, just roll with it.
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This post just an excuse to fire up the dickweeds complaining about me. If I do die tonight though at the hands of assassins (which has been promised was imminent for the past 18 months) then I want my last post to be about jack and shit and have a maximum of 7 comments. I’d like to go out the way I came in, clawing my way up to just below mediocrity.
I’m fairly certain that every generation from Adam and Eve down to today has thought the following generation was moronic, weak and less than industrious. Lord knows there’s plenty lately to support that. I’m not sure if it is the proliferation of new media just bringing more of it to light, or if people are actually getting dumber. (If you haven’t seen “Idiocracy” the movie, you should.)
Two American tourists now have a criminal record in Italy after they were caught carving their names into Rome’s Colosseum, according to The Guardian.
The visiting Californians snuck away from their tour group on Saturday and began scratching their initials into the amphitheater walls using a coin, The Guardian reported.
Police caught the pair but not before they managed to carve a “J” and an “N” around 3 inches high into the Colosseum wall. The paper also reports that the women took a selfie with their carvings.
Carving your initials into a nearly 2000 year old building that has huge cultural significance is beyond stupid. Taking a picture of it goes even further. I’m not a judge in Italy, and it is a good thing, because I would have “SPQR” tatooed on their foreheads and put them on the first plane out of the country. (A Facebook friend suggested they be forced to fight lions in the now defaced building, but that might go too far.)
Two Arizona sisters received a kick in the pants after pulling theirs down in a Cambodian temple, authorities said.
Leslie Adams, 20, and Lindsey Adams, 22, were sentenced Saturday to be deported after they took naked pictures of each other in Preah Khan Temple in Cambodia’s Angkor complex the day before, officials said.
The sisters of Prescott, Ariz., were arrested after they were caught snapping pictures of each other mooning the camera inside the World Heritage site, AFP reported.
I’m guessing the Adams sisters weren’t finalists for Rhodes scholarships to begin with, but what could possess someone to think that naked selfies in a temple is a wise action? It’s not that people who moon others are unlikely to succeed in life (as #1 on my Enemy’s List Peyton Manning has proven) but there’s probably a time and a place for it, and standing in the middle of Angkor definitely falls in the “don’t be that stupid” category.
And revisiting an earlier story, there was the Lindsey Stone incident, which if you don’t recall was her thinking it was funny to stand next to the “Silence and Respect” sign at Arlington National Cemetery and fake she was shouting and gave the middle finger. Then put it on Facebook. Because being an idiot isn’t enough nowadays, one must advertise your lack of social grace.
After almost a year of sending resumes to employers and receiving no response for employment, Stone says she was hired to work with autistic children.
‘But I’m terrified’ of her employers finding the photo, Stone said, and feels trapped because she can’t simply ask whether they’ve seen it and simply don’t care.
[…]
‘Since it happened, I haven’t tried to date anybody. How much do you let a new person into your life? Do they already know?’
The price of being a moron is skyrocketing.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I was a bad kid, who did stupid things. It’s absolutely astonishing I lived to be 20. I was pretty much idiotic on a scale that should have been unprecedented. But at some point responsibility has to kick in.
Which brings me to two more stories from the past two days. First, a Prom in Albuquerque, New Mexico:
Promunism. Promunism. Are you kidding me?
My Senior Class at High School voted for “Imagine” by John Lennon as our graduation song, and it angered me so much I put forth “I’m Wasted and I can’t Find My Way Home” by Blind Faith. Alas, my nomination lost. Actually, I shouldn’t say alas, because it was an assinine suggestion, but no less so I felt than “Imagine” which struck me as communist absurdity, long before I even recognized communist absurdity when I saw it. I haven’t been able to listen to the Beatles since, and believe me, I loved them prior to that. But come on:
Imagine no possessions I wonder if you can No need for greed or hunger A brotherhood of man
I’ll grant it is a catchy tune, but without possessions (say a farm tractor for instance) exactly how would there be no hunger? Are we to dine on grass? Without possessions, my Guinness would be water. Thanks, but no, I’d rather not imagine that. St Patrick’s day is coming, and without possessions there would be no Irish Pubs, no stools to sit on, no person to happily make a shamrock in the foam. In short, existence would be nasty, brutish, short, and without the nectar of the Gods.
Student leaders at the University of California-Irvine vetoed a resolution on Saturday that would have banned hanging flags of any nation, including America’s Stars and Stripes, in the lobby of student government offices, amid widespread criticism from students and alumni.
The Legislative Council of the Associated Students of the University of California, Irvine’s passed the resolution, “Flags and decoration adjustment for inclusivity,” in a 6-4 vote Tuesday with the stated intention of creating a “more inclusive” environment.
Not having the flag makes a place more inclusive? In what sense exactly?
One Facebook commenter made a great point:
“As a military veteran, American citizen and taxpayer, I find this piece of ‘legislation’ highly offensive,” a commenter said on the ASUCI ‘s Facebook student page, in one of the more mildly worded complaints. “This is a public school, supported by taxpayers, (yes, I know, most of you pay tuition, as well, but that does not cover the entire cost), and it is appropriate to display the United States Flag on campus. Please reconsider your actions and rescind this resolution.”
He’s right. How can folks go to a college at least partially paid for by federal funds via grants and other things, and yet find that Government itself is exclusive?
At least there were four people on the council who had IQs north of an eggplant, and this guy, who gets it right:
Student-body President Reza Zomorrodian also publicly opposed the legislation, leading the Executive Cabinet of student government to convene on Saturday to veto the legislation.
“We fundamentally disagree with the actions taken by ASUCI Legislative Council and their passage of R50-70 as counter to the ideals that allow us to operate as an autonomous student government organization with the freedoms of speech and expression associated with it,” the executive cabinet said in a statement. “It is these very symbols that represent our constitutional rights that have allowed for our representative creation and our ability to openly debate all ranges of issues and pay tribute to how those liberties were attained.”
Good on Reza.
I’m fairly lucky in my work because I get to spend one week a year (sometimes two) at American Legion Boys State, and another week at American Legion Boys Nation. I only remember one time something like this came up. Doing interviews for Boys Nation one of the counselors asked one of the potential candidates for Boys Nation (there are two who go from each state) what he thought about living in a Representative Democracy to which the kids responded that America needed to look to other nations for guidance on better governance, like France and Venezuela. There were 5 interviewers who asked questions, This kid only made it to that question and was told “I think we have everything we need, thanks for your time.”
But the 99 percent of the other kids that I see there “get it.” I stay in touch with them on Facebook, and they are all trying to be the best that they can in representing their generation. Some are in foreign countries working at embassies (one even helped me when I got stuck in Dakar, Senegal) others are at service academies, and some are now in law school. My two weeks a year with those kids always brings me back from the ledge of thinking that we’re going to hell in a handbasket. Unfortunately, the stories like the ones above don’t help.
My only thought about the flag controversy, or at least the only ones fit to print, is summed up best in the Meme that is at the top of this post. Although it has proliferated all over the internet, I know the guy who first made it. He served as a squad leader with me in Afghanistan. And right now he is getting his Masters degree, and hopes to go into education. If he was the faculty advisor at ASUCI or in charge of “Promunism” he’d probably regress to some much needed wall-to-wall counseling.
And rightly so. America is a country that is both melting pot, and shining beacon on the hill. We stand in front of the bullets to protect the weak.
If you don’t want the exclusion of having to see our nations symbol in your school, then go live on a commune somewhere. Actions have consequences. Stupid ones no less so than good actions.
I wish I could tell you what he’s talking about, but I have no effen clue. I told him if he stopped emailing me, I wouldn’t post anything else. Apparently he didn’t agree to that. So here you go, translation desired if you understand what he is saying:
EMAIL 1:
Paul Wickre
10:52 PM (9 hours ago)
to me
They are all down, every single one of them. There is no any TAH
presence on my name, wife or companies. You are done and spent. The
calls into your employer are damning. You are running like a scared
little rabbit.
You have no more balls, the mob abandoned you. Who would think for a
little bit of money that all your speakers would turn on you?
There is not one post up. You are either a fool or betrayed.
Your words are empty. You are an inferior as I portrayed, as well as
your mob. The filth you attracted are PTSD addled little kids that
wrote the most vile words under your guise.
The better class, wins again. The problem you are facing is that
society picks the lower mob to fight wars and die for their betters,
all through history. You are representing the blue collar nee’r do
well lower class, who has nothing, owns nothing and is even abandoned
by the Military after their tour.
So that Roman, is your Army. Mine is better with pedigree and
provenance. You lose again as foot soldiers have always been cannon
fodder.
You are a lower class of society and proved it through your speech.
You are dregs, thugs, murderes and rapists. You are nothing. Nothing
at all.
Less than zeroes, we have the authorites attracted to your 5000 hits,
the DNS recors, the MAC layer addresses, the physical Ethernet ports.
If I were you I would worry about your livelihood once I am done with
you and your household.
We know on the inside the pressures you are facing.
Ha Ha you lost.
Loser. poser, I guess by know the named posters called you as to
their pressures.
Since you are not repentant then I go back to my original scheme to
seek you 7×7 or a horrific destiny to your puny efforts.
Your own people gave you up on tape.
I am rich you are poor and you cannot stand any litigation cost, at
all as you have no savings nor net worth. This will be proven out, as
you cannot sustain any legal filings, or court battles, or even fund
them.
You are a punk. Once the years go by as to your downward slide, the
last thing you will here in this life is a “click” behind your left
ear. Could be an Mp-3 player, or maybe just an embolism. I have every
confidence out of trust, that your end of days, will end with a small
sound, as God delivers his courtesy on you, for your evil.
EMAIL 2:
Paul Wickre
11:19 PM (8 hours ago)
to me
The reddit and facbook and zoom will be down in days.
Guess you lost our voice, you fucking litle girl punk.
You fucked with the wrong guy, re read my posts.
One day you are going to here a click and I want you to know where it is coming from. It is coming from your readers and followers on the American Legion that will get rid of you.
They have called me and they want you out. Try and find a job, Chump.
Mason was bought off you ape.
Email 3:
AS we cut the backlinks, attack your advertisers, and deprogram the Meta-data I want you to know who is doing it\
Email 4:
Google severed all the links I and Tah cnt be found onthe Intenet
Inbox
x
Paul Wickre
2:33 AM (5 hours ago)
to me
Filipino
English Translate message
Turn off for: Filipino
BAWHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHHHAAAAAAA
snort
Spilled my coffee
I will give you a hint Next Stop is your WordPress admin account out of NJ
BAWAHAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHAAHAAHHAHHA
Oh, and one small addition that I am including not to brag, but just in case people are worried about me. My job is more solid than ever. Literally. So far not a single email has come in about me from anyone but the Dutch Ruder club, and every time
UPDATE: Bernath chimes in. I haven’t discussed him at all, because that is working its way through the court system at all. But he wanted it known that he is going after our advertisers. Which is great, since I never get a dine of advertising money. In fact, running the blog actually loses Jonn money each year. We do it because someone has to look out for our brothers and sisters. Either way, to say I am less than concerned about the hit to our advertisers is an understatement of epic proportions. (Also it should be noted that Bernath sent this about 5 minutes after the post went live, so apparently he sits around in his underoos just waiting for us to post.)
Oh by the way, attorney Daniel A. Bernath is demanding that Sony, Ford, Amazon and all those that place ads on your websites that call women cunt, blacks as apes and gorillas in the mist, tormented veterans to suicide, say that the Speaker of the House hates gays and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs is “gay” and boasted about killing veterans to STOP PLACING THEIR ADS on your website.
TSO is gone as is all support from the American Legion.
Frank E Caryle has changed his name.
Randy Ryder got hit in the head by a rolling pin by his angry wife and on and on. Guy Power on probation at NASA for creating Wanted posters on NASA facilities and computers.
So, now you will lose any money you got by running your kill-the-veteran website.
I’ve got to fly today and tomorrow but my demand that your advertisers abandon you will be drafted this weekend and be served on Monday.
You terrorists lose against the real deal Vietnam/Cold War veterans, again and again. Who will get you first? Mother Nature or the Real Deal warriors?
I’m probably going to die in the next hour or two from a busted liver/spleen/brain something. I wanted my last post to not be about the Dutch Rudder Quartet.
(It is 14-14 at halftime as I write this.)
UPDATE: Sorry bitches, I lived. Shit talking for the next 12 months.
