22 May 17
There is an immeasurable distance between late,
… and too late!
Og Mandino
Todayâs events in the UK:
Another terrorist suicide bombing, this time at the entrance to a packed entertainment arena, just as a popular concert ended. At least nineteen dead on the spot (a number sure to go up), twenty times that number injured.
For those souls, in the unlikely event Western Civilization ever gets serious about terrorism, it is already too late. For the rest of us, it is time to reevaluate our lifestyles and routines, once more!
There is no logical reason to believe these attacks upon the innocent in the UK, Western Europe, and CONUS will diminish any time soon, nor is there any reason to believe that governments will do anything effective to stop them! There is âsecurity,â and there is âsecurity theater.â We have precious little of the former, far too much of the latter.
We see the results!
Given the foregoing:
1) Beware of crowds! My advice is to stay away from concerts, sporting events, large gatherings of any kind, particularly those with a political or religious theme, particularly Christian and Jewish. When you must go, keep your head up and stay sober. Donât get too far from the door. When you see âtrouble in the making,â get out of there!
2) Carry a trauma kit! During a shooting or bombing attack, many wounded and immobile remain untreated for an hour or more. It may be a while before any kind of medical help arrives. Many bleed-out in the interim! Tourniquets, IBDâs, and Combat Gauze are literal lifesavers, but only when you have them with you and are practiced in their use!
3) Go armed! There is no âsubstituteâ for loaded guns that you can get into action instantly. There are some forms of evil that cannot be adequately repelled short of gunfire. You must be prepared and ready to deliver it, with precision and adequate volume. Places where I canât be armed, such as nightclubs and theme parks, I donât go!
4) Donât go anywhere without your cell phone! They donât always work, but in an emergency your ability to communicate will be critical to your survival. In addition, dress so that you can walk several miles when necessary, on gravel. Have cash, credit cards. Carry a tactical flashlight.
5) Forget offshore travel for the foreseeable future, particularly to the UK, Europe, anywhere in the Middle East, Mexico and anywhere in South America. Even when traveling domestically, keep informed, keep your head up. Stay away from big metro areas, particularly NYC, Philadelphia, Boston, Baltimore, Chicago, Detroit, Memphis, and a host of others. Be prepared to cancel travel plans, even at the last minute, when there are genuine safety concerns.
6) Understand that youâre on your own! Police do what they can, but âprotectionâ is not going to follow you around like an obedient puppy. The one, and the only one, who will be called upon to save your life, is going to be you. Youâre going to have to learn to live with that!
Western Civilization has still not woken-up, and may never! Down here in peon-land, Operators donât wait for âpermission.â We look-after our own best interests, and we donât apologize!
âNow remember, when things look bad, and it looks as if you’re not gonna make it, then you gotta get mean. I mean plumb, mad-dog mean. Because, when you lose your head, and you give up, then you ainât gonna win, and your ainât gonna live. That’s just the way it is.â
Josey Wales (played by Clint Eastwood) in the 1976 feature film, âThe Outlaw Josey Walesâ
/John
