The Chicken***t Factor

     Got into a deep discussion with Michael Bee tonight. Now Michael's a historian. He looks for patterns and historical benchmarks that tell us where we're heading, based on where we've been, and that's all good, I suppose. He's real big on trying to make people understand that protests and sign holdings will not sway events. Like the Occupy movement. Much ado about nothing, and he's right. But I began to understand that's the way it's always been. Caesar made a difference. The masses in the Coliseum didn't mean squat. Always been that way. The sad fact of the matter is the people don't mean much when it comes to changing history. 

     You're never going to get the masses to move in mass. There is a natural inertia ingrained in the populace. What with just trying to make a living such things as revolutionary change slip by the wayside. Once a revolution starts, and seems to be working, people tend to join in. Everyone wants to get next to a happening guy. The American revolution was like that. The people involved were actually a very small percentage, but when it was a done deal then America, America, God shed His grace on thee. If we'd have lost it would have been God save the king. 

     Michael is a brilliant man but he has never figured in the chickenshit factor. Most people are chickenshit. They won't move until either the movement is sure to win or their butts are on the line and they have to move. That's called human nature. It boils down to this. If this Texas independence thing is going to work it's going to be a few nuts that make it fly. You're never going to see crowds of people behind you. If the IRS is ever going to be ended some people are going to have to go to jail. The so-called "people" are not going to rise to the occasion. 

     Michael is disappointed with the chat rooms. Well, that's what chat rooms are for. Most people there are looking for diversion. But, if you look closely you'll see one or two like me, and let me tell you brothers and sisters, I'm open for business. I intend to tear the government down, stick it up Obama's ass, and see a new Republic of Texas. It's very simple, actually. I don't have that many years left, and if I don't make it, well, someone will read an article and take the torch.