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Bill Whittle Network · Moving Back to America Episode 0: UP FROM DESPAIR
This is the Forward to a book we will write together.
This is the Forward to a book we will write together.
https://youtu.be/9UHmwz6Z5KA
Bill Whittle Network · Moving Back to America Episode 0: UP FROM DESPAIR
147 replies on “Moving Back to America Episode 0: UP FROM DESPAIR”
Thank you, Bill, this is what I have been looking for! I am so deeply offended by the corruption and rot that has oozed out into the open over the last four years. The dishonesty of the media, the pathetic spinelessness of the Congressional RINOs, and the irredeemable cowardice of SCOTUS push me toward despair. Desperation is what they–the fascist bastards–want me to feel; they want me to accept defeat. Not happening. I am not going to let the bastards win. Instead, I am going to help Bill win. This is the fight I want to join. I am looking forward to catching Bill’s vision and finding my place and my purpose in this fight.
I just watched Episode 1 (mistitled as “Episode 2”) on YouTube, some 4 hours after it was posted. I was assuming that we, as paying members, get to see any content before it is posted on other media sites, which quite frankly I intend to frequent less and less over time. That Episode (from what I can see anyway) still has not been posted here on billwhittle.com. Did I miss something about how membership works?
Keep up the good work!
I am going to guess that the upload to YT can be scheduled using YT’s tools while the addition of content to this site relies on Scott being off from his other full time job to do it. There is no intent to post here prior to videos being available on YT (and now Rumble).
The only “member” perk is Backstage.
However if you’d like to see videos post here first, send Scott a private message or Bug Report and I am sure that he would oblige as much as possible.
We chose to react to what is said and done. It is a choice you make to react to anything. We must make a choice to not react. It is very hard we all have lives families jobs. I think if we take the idea of this movement if you will and chose to except it and think of the other stuff as just white noise and embrace the the future we can have and leave for our families and fellow Americans we cant be stopped in our mission. Our founding fathers gave us a map to do this and we can do this. A little at a time and by not reacting to the evil we are going to face but to move forward with the same energy and belief in this great country we can rebuild our great country one step at a time.
“The cards we are dealt…”
My all-time favorite book, “Quicksand War” has a chapter about the takeover of Saigon by the communists in 1950, or should I say the apparently unstoppable takeover of Saigon. The author, Lucien Bodard, interviewed the new security chief of Saigon, Nguyen Van Tam, in his office. I loved the way Tam addressed the cards he was dealt–we need to learn from him!:
“The Tam that I met once again in the Surete in the Rue Catinat looked more than ever like a minor clerk: he was even more filled with zeal and delight. ‘The position is clear. Against me, I have the Red security force with its seventeen posts and its connections everywhere, all working at full blast. On my side, counting the things I can really rely on, I only have this office we are sitting in at this moment. My Surete is rotten through and through and my informers are too frightened to give any information. For years the French let their agents go bad without even noticing it—they were betrayed inside the very Surete itself. I am alone—but that is of no importance. Straightaway I saw that there were cells throughout this building—that the place had been organized. So I am doing what has to be done about my detectives and my stool pigeons: that alone wlll change the conditions of the battle in Saigon. For as soon as I have proper tools to work with—a purged Surete and informers whose confidence has come back and who give solid, worthwhile information—trust me, I shall make good use of them. I shall smash the Vietminh in Saigon in three months. The French could do nothing: everything they touched was faked. But for me it will be easy, since there will be no faking anymore.’ ”
Need I add that he succeeded?
Bill, I also work from home and am volunteering to help!
I have decent skills in writing, speaking, computer, social media (though I’ve left FB & YT), and also have that “thing” where when I’m speaking I don’t really recall what I’ve said. It comes out through me.
Please don’t the 3 of you try to do everything! Maybe put up a “volunteer needed” list and have people sign up for what they will commit to do. (?)
“..separate the men from the boys…”
Pretty slogan but where does that leave me, a woman and a veteran. You have excluded, and ignored me, invalidated my existence. Am I to adopt the delusion that I am trans “man” to count?
I choose to be a paying member and support you and I feel taken for granted when you use exclusionary language. No, it isn’t “not a big deal”. Characterize me however you wish, but the true measure of your character is in your response.
I took it as just a saying I know the meaning of. I am a woman and a veteran also. I wasn’t offended. I wasn’t listening to every word looking for offense. This “saying” has been around forever. I suggest looking up the meaning of said saying. Perhaps that would help your feelings.
Thank you for serving. So very very much.
It’s just a common expression with a well known, long established meaning. It doesn’t exclude you one bit, no more than “mankind” excludes “womankind”. The exclusion is happening in your own head and it’s your own problem, not ours and certainly not our hosts.
I remember quite well being in USMC Boot Camp and having the Drill Instructor say things like “You little bitches better dress-right-dress and settle or I’m going to PT you until you die” and “Alright Ladies, get on the road for chow”, or “Listen up, girls …” . Those DI’s knew our real gender wasn’t female and I can assure you with maximum sincerity that they were not excluding us from one damn thing.
I don’t even want to contemplate what the consequences would have been if I’d have gotten all butt-hurt about it and said “Well I’m a man not a little bitch, a lady or a girl so I’m excluded from this.” “PT you until you die” would be the most likely outcome but there are even worse things than that. Like PT’ing in GIT until you die, for instance.
If you think you’re so special that you have to have people deploying politically correct language landmines just to keep you happy, you’re on the wrong side and in the wrong place. The politically correct crowd is out the door and down the hall to your left. Try to get over yourself, you’ll be a lot happier because …
This is a case of Mind over Matter. If you don’t mind it won’t matter. The application of an old and well understood saying is perfectly reasonable and your response to same is totally ridiculous. We’re not changing anything to suit you, me or anyone. It is what it is and what it is works fine and dandy.
Get your act squared away, Troop.
And thank YOU for serving as well. Really. Thank you.
You’re welcome. Semper Fi is not just a cool slogan.
Semper Fidelis! From an ex “chair force”. LOL
I don’t know what your MOS was but AF does eyes and ears with some air support for us Jarheads so I love you guys.
I have actually been on the comms calling for support and heard an AF F15 pilot respond with: “Roger Frostbite, we have clearance. We are 8 mikes out and indbound, stand by for weapons impact on designated grid coordinate”.
… and my day was substantially improved thereby.
Here’s the thing … It doesn’t matter where you served or what you did, it’s THAT you served that made that all work.
Whether you were there or not, you were one of the people that made it possible for that aircraft and that pilot to be at that place at that time and cook the right target.
Please accept a big, slobbery, disgusting, Christmassy hug from an old Jarhead.
Thanks for the hug. 🙂 I was Civil Engineers, so we made landing strips & FB’s pop up out of nowhere. Glad your air support did you a solid. I served B4 G2, so haven’t been there/done that. Happy holidays!
I’m not sure how you survived the military with that attitude? As a female, I don’t take offense where none was intended. And most certainly, none was intended here. I respond to “you guys”, “mankind” and other male-gendered references as inclusive of both genders. Yes, both. There are only two.
This saying is equivalent to “separating the wheat from the chaff”. You’ve either got it for the fight or you don’t.
No one is excluding or invalidating you. Get over yourself. We have much bigger fish to fry. Show us you’re up for the fight. If not, move on.
“..separate the men from the boys…”
Pretty slogan but where does that leave me, a woman and a veteran. You have excluded, and ignored me, invalidated my existence
‘The founders rejected theocracy as abhorrent. I’m atheist, are you going to exclude me, am I unworthy to be a citizen?’
FFS, Marjee – Grow Up!!! Are the intricacies of the English language completely unfamiliar to you? Do we really need to build an entire new vocabulary to accommodate people’s feelings? Or do you just come here looking for ways to get offered and trying to saw division? That’s one of the standard tricks of bots on many conservative websites – latch onto a word and create a whole new subthread, while redirecting or derailing the discussion of the issues. Shows where you focus is at, and what is important to you. I never yet wished for a ‘Block’ button on BW website, but there we go.
This video inspired me to join and become a member.
How long this website loads will likely be why I’ll be asking for a refund. It takes 10x longer to load than anything else. Boooooo. I was hoping this wouldn’t be a frustrating experience that makes me want to slam my horrible iPhone.
With all due respect, fellow patriot, if you’re distressed by the site’s load time…
I don’t think the “load time” is the reason you were prompted to become a member in the 1st place. If load time is all it takes to get you to give up, then perhaps a refund is a good decision for you. I think the more support BW gets, the better the site, vids, etc. will become. JMHO.
Maybe the “load time” will “separate the men from the boys”!
My God people, the world is burning and you’ve got your little feels hurt or you’re bitching about not getting instant gratification.
Priorities ladies and gentlemen, unless, of course you’d rather contemplate your navel while the rest of us get down to the business of saving this country!
You made me laugh out loud! Thank you!
You are a far, far nicer person than me. Kudos.
I second the idea of you slamming your expensive phone. I’m sure that will work, go ahead and do it but please post pics before you ask for refund so we can all see the results.
They are already working on a new design. The sluggish speed has been noticed and is a partial result of all of the new members joining recently.
You’re nicer than I am too. I’m not very diplomatic and I have no patience with childish truculence. I’m not saying you encouraged that, I’m just saying I never have played that game with anyone …
My boys are grown up with their own families now but when they were kids, they were like other kids and did what other kids do. When I or their mom would say “No” they would start up with whatever tantrum, whining, etc. other kids did. They didn’t learn this at home, they saw that other kids got what they wanted that way. So they would try it and the second they started I’d say —
“Just a minute, I’ll only be gone a second and I’ll be right back”. Then I’d go in the kitchen and get some milk and cookies, or a soda or a beer and a bag of chips or something. I’d come right back, sit down in “my chair”, open the soda or beer and the chips or cookies and lean forward in my chair like I was really, really paying attention.
Then I’d say “Ok pick up where you left off. Give it your best shot, this is going to be great! Let’s see if you convince me to change my mind or just entertain the hell out of me with your acting skills. Knock yourself out, go for it. Ready … Begin.”
After the first time I did that with each boy they would just give up at that point. I would never make it to eating a whole cookie or more than a couple chips. Usually we ended up sharing the milk and cookies or soda and chips (but not the beer). They knew they were never going to make me let them have their way and that I was going to be joyfully entertained by their act. Because that’s what it was, an act.
That their mom would sit there trying to suppress a giggle the whole time didn’t really do much for the fortitude of their tantrums either.
So if this person wants to smash their phone and get a refund for this website, my only position is that I’d like to see the results because I think it would be very entertaining. Other than that, “scroom” if they think threatening a tantrum is going to get them anything. Their mommy and daddy obviously didn’t care about them as much as my wife and I cared about our kids or they wouldn’t try that crap.
Yeah, I tend to be non-confrontational, at least in my first interaction with someone online. If I can see other posts of yours and see you are just a troll or attention seeker, or generally wrong and verbally abusive then that counts as an interaction and I’ll be just as harsh as I feel if I decide to engage.
It does seem weird that Casey would complain when the videos are available for free and the site can be experienced before paying, but perhaps a jump in/jump out attitude explains the post.
I think, and it’s just me, that if you’re here for the substance then the slow loading (and it is slow) is just something that has to be accepted in order to get the greater service from the website.
For me the content far, far outweighs slow loading, though I’m not a fan of the slow loading by any means. I’ve commented on the slow page loads a time or two myself, but I didn’t make any threats or throw any tantrums about it. Mostly I was just checking to see if it was something on my end or something everyone was experiencing.
Even though I am often entertained by this site, I’m not here to be entertained. If someone came here to be entertained and occasionally drop a less-than 250 word comment, in my mind they’re missing the whole point.
I see this need to be entertained a lot in younger people these days. I remember when I was a kid, I loved watching TV and reading books. My mom would occasionally turn off the TV and tell me if I wanted to read my book to go outside and do it. Point being that as kids we were never allowed to glut ourselves on entertainment. Being entertained is not the same as entertaining yourself. (I owe mom a debt of gratitude, I do not recall in my living memory ever being bored, I can always find something to do. No day ever holds enough waking hours to do everything I would like to do.)
Today I see people who if not being entertained every waking moment exhibit signs of some sort of neurosis or addiction.
So I’m probably less than patient with people like the OP and I realize that’s a fault not a feature. The way I see it, if I’m willing to tolerate the slow loading on this site and that person is not, that person is probably not here for the same purposes I’m here. That’s OK, I’m not insisting everyone be like me but I’ll have no truck with tantrums or threats of tantrums either.
With as funny as the guys are, especially Back Stage, I do come here to be entertained, but also educated and sharpened. I’ve missed the BWNows this week, but that might be the result of this video (which I hope to watch tonight).
Yeah, I love the Back Stage episodes and I am entertained by them, no doubt. Those are worth the price of a membership all by themselves.
Washington kept moving. The Congress and countless Americans wondered just what on earth he was doing. They thought that he was leaving the fight. They thought he was leaving America.
They could not be more wrong. He drug the British through hill and valley, mud, rain, and snow because he carried America in his heart. The very reason that he could keep fighting was that he personified America. Every man that carried a smooth bore, loaded a cannon, or gathered intelligence for the American underdog carried America with them.
Washington won because of the failures and divisions of a massive machine that sought to kill him. He identified them and used them against the larger force.
Valley Forge was not a hide out. It was a taunt. It was a place of rebuilding. George wiped the blood from his mouth and came back out swinging.
We need to keep moving. Allowing tech to fix us in a location is dangerous and lazy. Facebook and Twitter are not social media sites. They are enemy intel depots. They are not echo chambers. They are re-education camps for those thinking that they are a resistance. Keep moving.
We need to identify the enemy. Whether that enemy is a person or persons or an ideology (and I believe the latter to be the biggest enemy we face) we must identify the enemy clearly.
We need to turn the question on the hold outs and cowards. The social question of “trouble making” because we speak the truth should be followed by an avalanche of truth. In order to do that we need to be educated. Just as Washington had his men trained and then retrained in the means of combat, allows gather more information.
We need to stand as a united body but be able to act as individuals. The collectivists have used this ability to burn cities across this nation and then retreat into the masses, protected by those that sympathize with them in media and politics.
We need to target the weaknesses that our enemy presents in a strong and meaningful way. Juxtapose Americans with collectivists and people will see. Even if they are silent, they will see.
Finally, Washington brought a moral code to war with him. He did not find it in the forests or fields. It was in him. We need that now more than ever. GOD help us, we need that badly.
Sorry for the length of this. Bad form to preach on Battlin’ Bill Whittle’s post but I mean it to cheer him on.
No need to apologize for length, this is beautifully said and a fitting bit of perspective that we very much need right now. God knows I carry that inextinguishable spark in my heart too, and will strive every day to be worthy to carry and defend it and ensure the success of the future we need. Thank you for your eloquent reminder!
Kind words, Brother. Thanks.
It’s not “preaching” or “ranting” to use as many words as it takes to get your ideas across in a manner you feel comfortable with. That nonsense is also part of the thing we’re fighting against, the ADHD “TL;DR” mentality of 250 characters or less is a SEVERE limitation of Free Speech. Complex ideas do not manifest in Tweet format. There’s no bad form in doing what you did at all.
I use as many words as I like, sometimes that’s a short sentence and sometimes it’s an all out full-blown essay. What you said above was neither, neither was it “preaching”. I’m begging you, do not bring the standards of the Twitter Crowd in here, no one is forced to read what you have to say and you owe no one any apologies for saying it however you choose. That’s like leftists (and I’m not saying YOU are like that, I’m addressing the phenomena) soiling their nest to non-livability in CA then moving to TX just to start the same process over again. Or Central Americans sneaking into the US just to bring all their third world problems with them rather than leave them at home.
I like what you had to say. I agree with what you said. I support your right to say it in whatever manner you feel you need to, without limitations of any kind. We are all interested in the thoughts of like minded Patriotic people and those who are not are in the wrong place.
Thanks, my friend. I appreciate that, greatly.
You are most certainly welcome and I greatly appreciate that you took what I said to you in the spirit it was intended. “Out there in the wild” people usually read something someone else posts looking for one of two things. An “AHA! I Gotcha!” out of context item they can criticize to show the world what a genius they are — or something to get offended about.
We don’t need or want any of that in here. I’m politely asking you to be mindful of this sort of thing so as to avoid it, and avoid tolerating it. By all means, speak your mind. You’re among civilized friends. We might not all agree with you but you have a right to say what you like. All of it. I and everyone else has the right to disagree with you if we so choose. Neither way is anyone constrained to some sort of external rules on the matter. We come here to get away from that and from those who would limit us in that manner.
That said, in case I don’t have any more conversations with you between now and then …
A very Merry Christmas to you sir, and to those who you hold in your heart as precious. I love saying “Merry Christmas” and will use every excuse I can find to do so between now and Christmas proper. I know you have ideas and people you hold in your heart as precious because you’re here.
Merry Christmas, my friend! May it be the best of seasons!
I particularly liked Bill’s emphasis on NOT engaging the anti-Americans, and focus on supporting and protecting each other. It has puzzled me a long time why conservative news outlets seem obsessed with that leftists SAY or WRITE ABOUT US… not even what they’re doing. We end up giving them all our attention & energy, rather than bringing positive, constructive information out about our own side. Let’s pray that this MBTA idea is a huge first step in the right direction!
I agree. I like Shapiro, Knowles, Klavan, Walsh, Bongino et al, but I get tired of how they keep reporting on what Don Lemon, Brian Stelter, Jake Tapper, Cuomo C and The View say. We know what they say. And we know they will keep saying it. I get bored with them and their ilk being allowed to constitute the frame, so to speak.
Good point. Reactivity can be a trap. Keeping focus on what we’re about and want to create is the wiser play.
That was very powerful, Bill. You spoke my heart very eloquently. Despairing and ready to stand firm.
John Adams observed that “Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.” The erosion of religion and morality must be reversed in the hjearts of the people. Perhaps it is a shame that you cannot legislate morality.
yeah, but that is the way God intended it.
God did not make humans to be perfect. We have moral free will. He has all the automatons he wants to make. They are called Angels.
God made Humans so that they would have a free will choice to do good. Because then, we are in a relationship with Him. Only adolescents want a relationship with a robot.
The founders rejected theocracy as abhorrent. I’m atheist, are you going to exclude me, am I unworthy to be a citizen? Refresh your understanding of the Bill of Rights, especially the First Amendment, all of it, not just the bits that please you and people who think like you.
I believe that you misunderstand, Marjee.
It is Judeo-Christian ideas like limited reciprocal justice, forebearance, and mercy that have shortened conflicts and averted the U.S. from wars and inhuman tactics many times over. It has stayed the hand of government against the accused and , in fact, against the guilty many times.
The first amendment protects religion from government power. Historically, it is government that coopts religion, not the reverse.
It is the Judeo-Christian idea that GOD created mini creators that feeds the notion that our minds are meant to be free to create, explore, and expand in reason, thought, and speech. This informs freedom of religion from laws which in other nations might actually compel atheists to accept a religion or face penalties. Here, in a nation founded on Christian principles, we don’t do that. It informs the freedom of the press (Out of the mouth of two witnesses) and their duty to witness against evil, graft, and corruption. It speaks to the justice of those speaking out against power, such as when David accepted the reproach heaped upon himself by an average person. It speaks to wise judgement in governance in order to avoid injustice for the sake of popular opinion.
Judeo-Christian ethics speak to the fact that life (all life) is created by The Hand of The Creator and without exception is brought to be in a particular time, for a particular purpose. That means that taking a precious life is an unspeakable offense to the life taken, to that person’s loved ones, of that person’s neighbors, but also to the all seeing GOD. This means that the blood of the innocent, spilled in gulags and re-education camps, is seen by GOD and cannot be stifled, hidden, or washed away by political will or editorial action on the part of party line bureaucrats. Our example was tortured to death by a government that created a religion which worshipped its political leaders. We do not agree with doing so. Therefore, the second Amendment was created to protect life from the violent, from the torturer, the murderer, and the tyrant that is all three without moral character.
The Third Amendment was particularly potent to those who believed that the fruit of a man’s labor was given to him by God. For this reason, the agency of government had no place to impose itself upon the home, food, and resource of a family that “ate… in the sweat of his face”. So placing soldiers on the tab of the people to such a degree was immoral. Still more, The idea that watchdogs of a man made power were placed as eyes upon individuals was an insinuation against moral character without evidence or just cause. Judeo-Christian do not like this any more than you would.
Because a man ate his bread in the sweat of his face (in modern terms- worked hard to earn necessities) it was neither moral nor just for other men to simply take it. As a commandment, it was made clear, theft is wrong. I think most would agree with this. Of course, governments do not agree with this. So, politicians and bureaucrats need moral compasses. These are not supplied by granting them great power. They come from moral codes. The most globally successful code? Judeo-Christian ethics.
I hope, my friend, that the quote that you interpreted as a dig is now, somewhat understood. We mean absolutely no insult.
My understanding has been that the founders were people of various faiths and did not wish any one of the churches to become pre-eminent in their new country, as the Anglicans in England or the Catholics in France were.
I do not see that Gordon mentioned God, any God or any specific god.
They did though believe in something and in that belief recognized that there was a power higher than people that gave us rights that could not be rescinded by a king or other power, as that power had not given them to us to start.
I also think that by limiting government and leaving more power to the individual, they expected those individuals to be responsible for themselves and to work together cooperatively, which requires that those people be themselves responsible, moral and willing to work with others. Shirkers, thieves, liars, and anyone else that most people would consider immoral are not going to fit in a well working society. Other people have described this as a “high trust society” that expects everyone to follow the rules we all agree upon, like waiting in line, paying taxes fairly, not defrauding the government, and when it becomes obvious that you can get ahead by doing so, and not getting caught, you “feel like a chump” when you are not taking those shortcuts and letting other people get ahead of you on your dime.
What are some things about the site and the community that you DO like?
Bill: While your entire episode was inspiring, I personally think that the best part was when you said “It’s always nice when you have a production assistant you can call ‘Sweetheart’.”
Have been a subscriber. First time commenting. Agree with the emotion and sentiments expressed. Not sure what to do next. Need to link up with others to get through this and to a better place. Keep it up, sir. You have my support.
I have been thinking about Bill’s words ever since I listened to this podcast this morning.
I agree with all he said and I look forward to the journey we now embark on.
I keep thinking of the men and women who fought the British and prevailed! I want to be able to stand before them and say “I protected the remnant”.
Truth and God are on our side. It will not be a swift resolution, nor an easy one, but we will prevail.
Ulysses S. Grant: There are but two parties now, traitors and patriots. And I want hereafter to be ranked with the latter and, I trust, the stronger party.
Again, Bill and team, Thank you. It was very late, in fact into the wee hours of Sunday morning when I saw this. I must admit, I have been despairing over the results of this past election. Like you, I’m wondering if I have what it takes to really bring America back from the brink, even better.
Then I rembered how we got here. Rembered that it took an “emergency”; a pandemic. I rembered how fear itself is infectious and contagious, and how our “enemies” knew that. And I also remembered how such viral diseases work – how anti-bodies work, etc.
So the answer is as you understand – we beat them by being better. Loving life, being productive, being honest and charitable – punching back when we can..
Once I regain control of myself – my emotions – Once I regain my balance – then I am quite formidible – I.e., I know then that “they” – the cheaters, liars, and thugs – are not my enemies. Rather just extremely dangerous.
And right you are – I must become an order of magnitude more formidible; dangerous in my own right.
You’re right about other things too. I.e., In my moments of weakness I need to seek support from my team. This Comment sections is an excellent example of that. Also, that us engineers, businessment, and architects are working feverishly on powerful tools towards the independence our forefathers sought.
Cheers and God speed.
You should be a Monster – Akira the Don feat. Jordan B Peterson
“Those who have swords and know how to use them, but keep them sheathed, shall inherit the earth…. You should be a monster, an absolute monster, and then you should learn how to control it”.
https://soundcloud.com/akirathedon/10-you-should-be-a-monster
This is great, I love Jordan Peterson!
Ps. I’m a Business Systems Architect that specializes in IT culture maturation. As that, I’m privy to true solutions coming soon to address our shared concerns about the Oracles of this world!
Yes, We the People are at fault. We allowed this to happen. Why? The problem as I’ve seen it and shared with friends and family is that Americans don’t expect help from the government. We don’t give it much thought. In fact, we snicker at those who focus overmuch on government. We look at those who seek office much as we looked at those who sought to be class president in school. We looked at them as attention whores. Then we went our way living our individual lives as individuals. What we failed to realize is that the attention whores didn’t just want our attention, they demand it. We have to start being as interested in government as government is interested in us. It’s going take a clarion call, the equivalent of “Remember the Alamo” or “Remember the Maine” or “Remember Pearl Harbor” or “9/11”. Indeed, we have to amp it up and I can’t think of any greater alarm than this: “The enemy is within the gates!” They are…
Our slogan will find us. They always do.
The Trojan Horse was all the politicians who have (and are) conspiring against us. Pretending to be Dems or Rep’s or whatever. Their true nature finally came out in the last 4 years after slowly infiltrating the fabric of our country for decades. I’m happy with less govt. also.
Ok we all agree that the idea of restoring and refurbishing America is great. In the meantime, how do we get this message of a new rebellion against tyranny out. I suspect that FB, Google and Twitter will ban this message. Bill’s audience is in the thousands. How can we get a message of say not paying taxes or that red states should refuse a business such as Oracle from moving to them etc. to millions? Does Bill have connections to Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity or Newsmax or Rush or Dennis Prager for example such that he could appear as a guest? Also, as a small criticism, I would suggest no slurping a drink during such a serious discussion for the future. Furthermore, are we going to have a way of directly communicating with Bill?
Bill does know a fair amount of people in the pro-American realm that he ought to have utilised to get himself on more shows and in the public eye more far sooner on.
For what it’s worth, Bill’s content is presented on Newsmax from time to time. I saw a special this morning and saw another a week ago.
I’ve never seen him live on the network, though.
It seems the states where these companies want to move have to be more careful about allowing them into their state. Yes, this would mean jobs or revenue . . . but at what cost?
Slurp the drink, Bill
Many thanks, Bill. My wife and I are completely in. We have not done all we could but that will change starting today. The two most liberal documents in man’s history: The Declaration of Independence and The Constitution of the United States of America. Let us know how else we can help you and all Americans in your efforts restore our Republic.
Great show. Thanks for your efforts in producing it. Looking forward to more.
Thank you, Bill! Listened in the wee hours last night, and this hit home for me like “Where do we go now?” and “A New Beginning” did back in the day! Reporting for duty, and am ready to accept my ample share of the blame and move on to setting things right. I am so grateful to be among such a glorious bunch of admirable misfits at a time like this. I’m thinking ahead to how we can extend the lifespan of the next frontier, and ready to work to salvage this one and build other new alternatives (“parallel structures” are still a fine idea worthy of implementing!) in the meantime!
I just re-watched “Where do we go now?” last night, and the ideas, strategies, and perspective it puts forth remain highly relevant. Some might see that as an indication that we or the ideas failed, but I see it as an indication that we are on the right track in a very long grind. The ideas are sound, but even with our best efforts we can’t expect success overnight. “Progressives” have played a very long game to get to this point, and we must outdo them with our own long-term thinking and relentless persistence. Per Churchill, “If you’re going through hell, keep going!”
Bill, I have been a Citizen Producer since the early days of BW.com. That will continue, of course. Though we live largely on fixed income, I can try to do more in this new, entirely worthy endeavor. I too lack corporate hours to attend, though some days do get hectic.
As we move forward under your lead, continually let us know how and when we can help!
We MUST preserve the ideals of the Republic under God!
let us begin.
On the 6th the congress and senate in joint session must accept the election results and electoral collage vote. Freedom caucus are about to make a stand. This is part of the normal process but is normally boring when someone concedes.
https://www.theepochtimes.com/2nd-senator-expresses-openness-to-filing-objection-to-electoral-results_3616320.html
Bill, when you basically said, “Whose fault is it,” I pointed to myself. I saw shite happening in our governments and schools and just bitched about it. I think I felt I couldn’t do anything about it all, but I know different now. Let’s go! I’ll be watching and contributing to you!
Bill, I feel for despair for both countries on this continent. I was so hopeful that PDT would be able to cut out the cancer that is the swamp and turn America back to what I remember from my childhood. Granted, I no longer live in the U.S., I am a citizen of Canada. I have watched my birth place be destroyed over the last 40 years. Before that time I was young and idealistic. Pierre Trudeau killed that in me when it came to Canada. Now I am losing that hope for my birthplace. It is being destroyed and most of the people don’t even see it.
Being a member here is not enough, however it is what I can do for now. Keep trucking you dynamic three amigos, and I will be try and be as helpful as I can.
A couple of practicalities, if I may.
We need a robust, old-fashioned BBS/forum where we can self-organize like the old CSR ideas. (I know, we’re not using the “R” word anymore.) There are probably a dozen people here who are familiar with one or more variations of BBS software and could do the admin work. The current system is not workable.
In addition to asking for money, Bill, you need to ask for, and allow, members to volunteer their time and talents to take some of the pressure off. Whether it’s doing website or BBS/forum admin, editing and indexing videos, finding and maintaining presence on social media, the list goes on. You can “pay” people with membership credits or something similar, or let them volunteer. Let us help you. There are probably dozens of people in LA who would be happy to come press the “record” and “stop” buttons for you, for example.
Perhaps Xenforo. I visit sites using this and it seems quite quick and straightforward to use. It can also be integrated with WordPress.
Thanks for the suggestion! Shall we start a task force to go out and evaluate several of the software suites that are available? I personally haven’t looked at one (much less managed one) in well over ten years.
I agree with Laura – build out your staff! There will be many volunteers who will help for free.
Let’s remember to leverage existing tech as much as possible, to invest our efforts as efficiently as we can. A lesson I took from last time around is that we don’t need to build “Ejectia!” if suitable means of connecting and networking exist. A more scalable/responsive version of the private forum we have here may be a good worthwhile place to focus our “DIY” efforts, and it makes sense to balance any use of other sites with a desire to maintain independence and self-sufficiency and avoid possible future de-platforming, but to whatever extent we can leverage tools like Parler, Gab, MeWe, Minds, etc. to connect and communicate effectively let’s not forget that those exist and have already invented the wheel. We don’t have to solve every problem from scratch (a too-common trap in the software world that I hail from). I’m continuing to think with effective decentralization in mind, especially after re-watching Bill’s superb “Where do we go now?” speech last night, and am working on expanding my awareness of existing efforts toward that end.
I don’t want to give up our private forum where we can talk to each other and no one else. So–“old fashioned BBS software”–no reinvention necessary, it’s time-tested, fairly easy to administer, tasks can be shared, much of it is self-organized by users, and so forth. It’s exactly the sort of low-energy setup we need.
I’m not yet willing to go out and create IDs at all these new social media sites. I don’t use the old sites like FB and Twitter, so I’m not much interested in the new sites either (but certainly volunteers around here can take charge of cross-posting content to all of them). THIS is my social media, and will remain so for the foreseeable future.
Good points, and I probably overstated the case for this being “reinventing the wheel”. Plenty of off-the-shelf options we can use with just the need to admin a bit. If membership growth + donations add up to enough, maybe Bill & co. can bump their hosting to enough bandwidth to handle the increased traffic, making this a much more usable way to communicate.
Bill stated at some point that with the new memberships, new software is first on the list. So he’s gonna pick something.
I for one am glad. I’ve never cared for this setup for communicating between members. I’ll refrain from a detailed discussion of why, since it’s moot. But I’m looking forward to an improved experience!
Way to go, Laura.
Thank you for this, Bill. Time for us to RISE UP however we can.
There has been discussion of red states seceding from the blue states, but a better plan would be red counties seceding from blue counties. Where would blue counties get their water? Their food? Their alcohol? From red counties – likely at a premium price. Blue counties would be scattered. Red counties are mostly contiguous and could easily unite into a new country, with re-defined states united under the original Constitution. A couple of counties in Oregon are considering joining up with Idaho. A general reshuffling and coalescing could be the mechanism by which this could happen. Might as well do this soon. Strike while the iron’s hot.
Now that’s a good idea! I’ve been trying to figure out how to solve that problem. It’s got to be done by the bottom up.
It’s a good idea and I clicked “thumbs up” but the Devil is in the details.
How to enforce that “new conservative country” surrounding leftist Democrat counties? Build walls? Too expensive. Passport control check points? Neither efficient, practical nor likely to be useful. People will just go around them.
How do you keep leftists in the Democrat Counties from emigrating to the cheaper, nicer, freer, more open conservative nation and bringing their poisonous doctrines with them? What do you do about conservatives trapped by financial and familial issues in the Blue Counties? Who pays for that or are those people just out of luck? After all, they’re American conservatives just like you or me.
It’s a fun thought experiment but I don’t think it’s doable in reality.
You may be right–as I said, I’ve been mulling this over, but have yet to come up with a practical solution. This was a different approach.
I’m one of those “conservatives trapped by financial and familial issues in [a] Blue Count[y].”
As a conservative trapped by circumstances in a Blue County you have my deepest sympathies and full understanding.
I was similarly “trapped” in Los Angeles for 18 years. I finally managed to gather the resources to move and convinced my family to do the same. It was a difficult undertaking and took years to accomplish.
NOW my family is so glad they got out of CA that they remark on that all the time.
I know exactly what you’re up against. I want to be sure that people proposing solutions are not so narrow minded in their view of things that they throw people like you and formerly me, to the wolves. People who have lived their whole lives in a Red State or Red County don’t always remember those who have not had the good fortune they enjoy.
You are one of us. I was in the Marines and Marines do not leave their own on the field for the foe to do with as they wish. I want to be as certain as I can be that people like you are not abandoned or left behind whatever happens.
I understand your predicament completely and even though I managed to get out, it was not easy cheap nor quick to do that. People who think “Well just move then” or “If you don’t get out you deserve what happens to you and it’s your own fault” just are not seeing this situation realistically.
https://i.imgur.com/srTLJOB.jpg
A comment about Bill’s last few minutes about how we (and he) need to step up.
The Founding Fathers pledged their lives, their fortunes and their sacred honor when they signed the Declaration of Independence. Bill is asking us for a small portion of our fortunes and for some of our time. And he’s saying that he needs to commit his time consistently. This is a much smaller ask than what the Founding Fathers pledged. We can all do that much.
Count me in Bill. My $$$ for membership in BillWhittle.com is not enough. I have contributed in my own small way to those running for office that deeply hold my beliefs. Any time I can scrape up $$$ that would have gone to those fundraisers, will now be redirected in donations to your war chest.
I’m off social media except for my family stuff on Facebook.
I’m forwarding everything that you produce to as many Americans as I can. I will help you to get your name “out there” in hopes of increasing that 100 million that you reference.
When “Eureka Moments” come to me I will share them on this platform as I continue to personally share them with every “American” that I know.
These baby steps are going forward for the long haul.
For an interesting take on social media, you might look at the episode of The Orville, “Majority Rule”.
The other word that is unknown to the anti-american is TRUTH, they can’t, don’t, and wont do TRUTH, and I’m not talking their truth, I’m talking God’s truth!
For the first time since it looked like we would be held prisoners by our government I have hope. There is no way to thank you for taking this challenging step. God chooses people to lead impossible missions and he never makes a mistake.
Bill, I made a personal commitment to exactly this on November 5, 2020, when the extent of the vote fraud became clear. I am now quietly and completely refusing to cooperate with those who seek to destroy the United States of America. I’m living my life according to those ideals the country was founded on and saying no to anything that contradicts that.
I have always believed that I have something of substance to contribute to the world. Thus far I haven’t found a way to so that. My career, my family, my activities – none of them have done that. The only place I’ve ever come close is intellectually. When I write, I feel like I am doing what I am meant to do.
I’m here to help. What exact form that help might take, I don’t know. But I want to fight this fight in exactly the way you describe. I can’t make large financial contributions but I can offer my mind. So here it is, Bill. I’m in.
A formidable offer in your case! BTW, how are you doing healthwise?
Thanks, I appreciate the confidence.
As of today, I have next to no cough, my head is almost entirely de-fuzzified, and I haven’t been sleepy all day, just the past couple of hours. The thing is just about completely over.
I watched this video right past you getting up out of the chair and haven’t felt in a way since I was watching Captain Bob Draws, Bob Ross, or Jack Horkheimer Star Gazer, and that’s saying something.
I think our Founder ‘s said it best; our lives, our fortunes, and our Sacred Honor.
Bill at 7:35: respect and accept our despair as real and plan to move on from there. Reinforcing Phil’s comment at 5:48am and a hat tip to Lionelle: Reality Is Not Optional is the core of how whatever corrections are to be made must occur. The reality of just how much the Progressives and Leftists have distorted the original ideas behind our founding must be made apparent to all. The reality concerning the nature of human rights and how much they are being abrogated and lost must be made manifest, and that the collectivist unicorn story is wrong, flawed, and is failing (has failed/will fail).
Bill at 24:20: “cheating is a losing strategy”. Yes, cheating is essentially lying, and thus violates seeing or recognizing Reality. This is a truth that has come down to us centuries ago via the commandment “thou shall not bear false witness”. How young were you when you first learned the phrase “honesty is the best policy” ?? I don’t recall, but 4 or 5 or 6 or 7 years old?
Bill at 25:00: Powerful language! Duty, honor, sacrifice! AKA virtue. Cited by John Adams as essential for a sovereign people to retain and maintain a constitutional republic, and the liberties and responsibilities thereunto appertaining.
Bill at 32:20: But the Progressive distortion started even before 60 years ago. Bill has had Firewall episodes in the past discussing the Frankfurt School of the 1930’s and 40’s (and 50’s?). But we also know as early as 1885 Wilson was discussing the living constitution (note lower case c), so this poison goes back at least 135 years. And Thomas Sowell, in Conflict of Visions [2007], cites writers like Condorcet from the late 1700’s / early 1800’s as having an unconstrained vision of humanity, possibly the first place where a person’s psychology makes them ripe for accepting collectivist and statist ideas.
I like the conceptual dichotomy of American vs. Anti-American, as our language going forward. It allows us to discuss with our liberal friends who have been infected with TDS but are otherwise fine people and fine Americans, that the other side has promoted and supported anti constitutional and legal and moral ideas and practices. That Trump was the result and not the cause of the resistance that rose up against those practices. There is a place for them to join us in this fight, to preserve their liberties and prosperity for their children and grandchildren.
I encourage everyone I can thru my blog to subscribe to your efforts. Although I am retired and money is frequently tight, I still spend the money and time to maintain my website and will try to send frequent additional donations to help keep your efforts funded. My conservative blog at http://www.captain-al-speaking.com is free. I hope you will visit there, but give your financial support to Bill, Steve and Scott.
Captain Al, may I share on FB some of your blogs or email them to friends? I can also share your site.
I have always said that we need to take back the schools. The reason we are where we are is we handed the public schools to the Communists. Ways to do that are (1) run for and take seats on your local School Board or School Committee, (2) get “in your face” active in your Parent-Teacher Organizations, and (3) become teachers. To become a certified teacher, you may have to fib on test answers and in the class, you may have to tell your students that “This is what you need to know to pass the tests but it isn’t true…here’s the truth; remember it after you pass those tests and use it to live and pass it on.” As for the election, to me, the Fat Lady isn’t singing yet but she’s warming up…
As a retired teacher, I wish I could give you many more Thumbs Up!
Wednesday is the critical day not the Monday. That’s when the Homeland Security report comes out. That can force a concession from Biden. After that the next critical date is the seating of the new congress. Then after that there is another step. Congress and the senate in joint session must accept the votes. If a senator and house member objects then both houses withdraw to their houses and a screaming match begins! There are already house and senate freedom caucus members that have said they’ll object.
Dave out lines the steps here:
https://rumble.com/vbu3pl-the-path-to-inauguration-election-update-december-12-2020.html
We are a long way from the end of this game. The world supply of popcorn may be used up.
What’s the synopsis of that video? He repeats himself a lot and didn’t hit any substantive points in the first 15 minutes. I don’t have an hour even at 2x speed to spend on two or three points.
As noted above there are three more dead lines beyond the 14th. 16th DHS report in congress.
Seating of congress on the 3rd jan.
Joint session of Congress on Jan. 6, 2021. Rand Paul is now joining the others lead by Sen. Ron Johnson. As the electoral collage votes are called state by state by the VP Pence a member and a senator can challenge that call, essentially challenging the state ballot count. Teams are forming to challenge all 4 states.
All the hard left democrat governors and one RINO are facing recalls or impeachment filings in their states: Newsome, Whitmer, Cuomo, etc.
And yes Dave does spend a lot of time saying don’t panic.
What a PEP TALK! Thank you, Bill. You are the light at the end of long, dark tunnel. I did feel despair. Now I feel lighter. I BELIEVE and I will help. Not sure what will be asked of us, but I certainly can donate. Feeling particularly down as I have the flu…not Covid…the flu. And this political debacle made me feel worse. I got the flu shot in September and got quite ill. Came back with a vengeance. Two weeks and still down, but getting better. THAT vaccine was reputed to only be about 60% effective to prevent this year’s flu, as opposed to Covid’s possible 95%. I am skeptical.
Just a note to anyone who needs a quick Covid test. Some Urgent Care facilities have the finger prick blood test with results in 10-15 minutes. I found out I didn’t have it and never have had it in that short time. Cost is $124 in California….but probably less in other states.
This is the hill. This is my hill.
[spoiler title=”Ground Zero”] Episode Zero is Ground Zero, lets roll up our sleeves and rebuild. [/spoiler]
I’m a disorganized mess as well … my desk is awful. My garage is atrocious. My wife is the bulwark between me and total disorder. So I sympathize. I’m with ya, Bill.
Phil, you sound just like me, except I’m a single senior woman. (My son-in-law straightened up my garage, and now it’s his man cave!)
I’m with you, Bill; I’ll send dough when I can.
Can *anything* really be discussed in American anymore?
No, political collectivism shouldn’t be made against the law. I get the temptation for the shortcut. It needs to be made to be seen as the disgusting thing it ultimately it is.
Yes, this!
If you make illegal the initiation of force against individuals you by default make collectivism illegal because the only way for collectivism to do anything is by violating individual rights (i.e. the initiation of force). If the government is held to the same laws as the people then collectivism cannot take hold.
Been with you off and on since EJECT EJECT EJECT. There are a lot of us.
A lot of my friends on the right saw Donald Trump as a shortcut to what Bill is talking about here. And what Bill is talking about here is exactly what we were talking about, what the Tea Party was talking about, 2008-2016. Once he was elected, I’ll admit, I got somewhat caught up in that feeling.
But he isn’t/wasn’t. It was an important strategic battle won in a long culture war, that clearly still needs to be fought, and won. It is going to be a long slog back, if we can do it. And even if we deep down don’t think we can, it is worth trying, and trying our best to do.
We momentarily underestimated the extent of the rot. Back to reality.
The difference between us and them is that we have that ability to blame ourselves and look to ourselves to fix what is broken, and not to demand help from, demand concessions from, feel entitled to … anything … outside of ourselves — and to look within ourselves and fix it. Ourselves.
I’m in Bill! Great plan. I’d like to suggest a mantra. Since we all know we are imperfect beings, long ago I stopped trying to be “PERFECT” and decided I would settle for being “PRETTY DAMN GOOD”. It has served me well in my stress level and is still a nice lofty goal. I could see a “Make America Pretty Damn Good Again” theme.
Perfection is properly an engineering term, not a philosophical one. If it works within appropriate tolerances, it’s “perfect.” That should be the goal.
Michael, that is basically my definition of Pretty Damn Good. Performance allows for tolerances. I think Perfection, in an engineering sense, would mean hitting the mark right on dead center within the limitations of your measuring capabilities. Engineering allows for tolerances so the product can be made at a reasonable cost in a reasonable amount of time and still function as it should. I’m a retired engineer who used to strive for perfection until life taught me that being Pretty Damn Good was close enough to perfect so that nobody could notice the difference. Basically I live my life that way.
Exactly. Well said.
Can we get this on Rumble too?
As a pastor/missionary in Japan, I identify fully with your statement about being a mouthpiece, as opposed to being the originator of what you say. Rest assured I will be praying for you. I’ve paid for a year’s membership, and frankly, I don’t know what else I can do financially, but I will certainly be praying for financially endowed – and generous – people to continually be added to the movement.
Well. This is where we are. Couple of quick thoughts:
1.Don’t be hard on SCOTUS. The Texas suit was political dynamite, but standing was always a Hail Mary. Courts never were the way to resolve this disastrous election.
2.Bill’s proposal is like an enormous Civics class that never ends. Americans need to get their (our? even though I’m not American) act together and plan, actually plan, in all sorts of ways. E.g. I know politics is downstream from culture, but even in narrow political terms we need to plan for when we have influence in Congress to pass laws to limit the scope in future for a repeat of what has happened, e.g. by declaring one day as election day and saying algorithms need to be public. There are many things like that we can do.
3. On culture, I too am outraged over the stifling of the public square by YT et al, but I’m less pessimistic than many. Remember when Cronkite was telling us all after Tet that the Vietnam War was lost before it was? It is widely acknowledged now that reports like his were very influential. The difference is that there was no way in 1968 to hear anti-Cronkite. But now there is: YT, FB et al are not the internet, and we cannot be silenced.
4.It has been observed that they won this time only because they cheated. That’s true. But they will always need to cheat to win. That’s quite an advantage we have.
5.The fight will never end. People are too flawed, and greed, mendacity, short-term gain and all the rest will be with us forever. But that’s ok. We win every time someone new gets it. And they will.
It’s not “an advantage we have” if when we show how they cheated no one with the power to overturn it has the will to legally reverse their “win.” I’m somewhere between disgust and despair=dis-spair-gust?
But I’m still here supporting our president and Bill and moving toward that hope he speaks about. Speak with authority, Bill. Speak with authority! Too many wormtongues abound.
I learned last night that the legal concept of “standing” may have originated in 1922, and is not something of truly longstanding tradition/practice. From the NewNeoCon blog: https://www.thenewneo.com/2020/12/12/how-far-will-democrats-go-to-loosen-election-procedures-in-order-to-ensure-continual-victory/#comment-2530714 Any legal experts here who want to expand or correct/ clarify this are welcome to do so.
aNanyMouse on December 12, 2020 at 7:45 pm said:
Cicero, on allegedly Texas has no “standing”:
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standing_(law)#United_States , ”
“legal standing truly rests its first prudential origins in Fairchild v. Hughes, (1922) which was authored by Justice Brandeis….
Prior to it, the doctrine was that *all* persons had a right to pursue a private prosecution of a public right.”
That is to say, before 1922, courts dared *not* play “standing” games, in order to duck cases they didn’t like.
Thank you, Bill and kindred spirits.
You are not alone.
Well this leaves me feeling a little bit vindicated in the only blog post I’ve made so far (though it didn’t get much attention). Just wish I’d posted it a long time ago when I first conceived it, and maybe more publicly.
While we definitely need to look ahead and revise our strategies going forward, I’m not ready to write this election off yet. There are still some avenues available for Trump to succeed, and the opposition has been revealing their hand, exposing their thinly veiled dirty tricks now that they feel like they have won with the denial of the Texas suit. So yes, look to and prepare for the fight ahead Bill, but don’t tap out of the fight we’re still in.
I look forward to more episodes of this new series.
Good to see that Bill actually mentioned that “exportation of blue” aspect that you summarized in your earlier Oct. comment. It will be a very difficult aspect of our social and political life to successfully counteract. If Bill is correct, it is telling that Oracle is relocating their HQ to Austin, a very liberal part of Texas, rather than some less blue area/jurisdiction.
Perhaps some of those “immigrants” need to be visited by an “un-welcome” wagon if they show evidence of political infection rather than the correct anti-bodies.
Why despair? We have the best of the best on our side.
Also Nick Fuentes and the America First movement is growing and growing ……and growing. Ali Alexander taking to the streets. Epoch Times, Newsmax. OANN. Alex Jones. There are so many. We just have to organize and unify and cleave ourselves from the ones who will try to bring us down.
Jesus Christ blessed you Bill Whittle. Trust in the plan.
Abandon the debt based economy… the USD is a fiat currency it is not money it is a debt instrument. We must conduct our transactions in constitutional money free from obligation to the global banking empire… the real power behind every throne.
Sorry, Stan, but I don’t quite agree. Responsible debt helps to grow the economy. It provides resources to pay for something new or desired, without having to wait for additional savings to be set aside out of the pot of existing money (income). Such debt can be and has been abused, but that does not mean all debt is bad.
Money is a marvelous social invention (among humans), as a means to move beyond the limitations imposed by simple barter and exchange. Money is only an “agreement” within a society to use it as a medium of account and exchange. There does not have to be a commodity, such as gold, nails, salt, or whatever, as a backing. It also took me a long time to learn that banks can create “money” out of thin air via credit/loans/borrowing, aka debt.* I call it promise money since the borrower is agreeing (promising) to pay it back in the future, and the bank is willing to accept that. Such money has no value stored within it until it is spent on something that imparts value to it, such as buying a house, injecting a vaccine, or preparing and presenting an episode of BWDC. Then it becomes “real” money, and that real money can then be used to repay the original loan amount, plus interest. The original loan amount disappears upon repayment and the economy grows with the value provided by both the interest payments to the bank and the goods or services obtained with that money (or with other previously existing “real” money).
So, yes, the USD is a fiat money (beyond the physical forms of currency and coin) because there is nothing but a social (and legal / constitutional) agreement to treat the USD as money. But in the final analysis all money is fiat money. The USD has been so popular as a store of value that it in fact is the global reserve “currency”, which happens to work to our advantage in creating government debt and finding “takers” for it. But we are at risk of abusing that advantage as well. It is not the global banking “empire” that we have to worry about (unless they lose confidence in the USD, or the USA), but our own US Congress (i.e., us or our representatives) and their lack of fiscal integrity. They/we have essentially bankrupted us, as there is no way for us to responsibly repay what they/we have obligated to pay (maybe up to two hundred trillions of $ in liabilities !!?). WE have done that, not some global cabal, although it could be argued that the bad ideas supporting this practice originated in Europe/Germany.** We need a much greater focus on what I call “value accounting”.
The above ideas about promise and real money cannot possibly be original with me, but I have not really recognized the equivalent concepts in the economic articles that I do come across. The accounting for how and when promise money is converted to real money may require some form of double entry bookkeeping that is beyond my current expertise.
*Apparently this money can be created outside of the purview of the Federal Reserve, although there may be some form of control or restrictions provided by the Fed that I am not quite educated about.
**I suspect that every empire in history has ended up corrupting its money trying to get something for nothing.
Don’t be surprised if we get a situation where both Biden and Trump quit and we get Pence as a compromise president. Pence will implement Trumps long term plan. Trump will be free to run for 2024 etc. Contingent elections are a place of compromise. Pence will take Cruz as VP.
I think on Monday we will see a record number of faithless electors and not all of them will be from the 4 battlefield states. We may see Trump having a majority but not along state lines. The electors are people not robots.
We have also seen Allan West openly reference secession. The idea that Texas would secede and a majority of Red states and counties would join it in a new republic scares the left. That Republic would be the heart of the country from Texas to the Canadian Rockies. Utah to South Carolina. Defense will be funded by both ‘states’ but most likely will stand neutral. This is a shot across the bow of the electoral collage.
The left are left with three tiny and disputed territories. The west coast conurbation, greater New York conurbation, and three cities on the great lakes. These areas can not feed themselves. These can’t power themselves. The west of California does not even have enough water. Isolated from each other and having to buy everything from either China or the Greater Texas Union How long can they stand?
The governors of all of these leftist states are all now facing impeachment, recall petitions, etc. So the left coasts governments will not stand for long. They will rejoin within months and America will be restored. However if a temporary split actually occurs, in the gap year, Washington and the leftwing universities etc will have been cut off from funding. The USA will have gone Galt for a year.
Either way Trump still has a plan B. Homeland Security has to rule on whether there was foreign interference in the election. The left thought the Russians were backing Trump so they added this process. Trump ran with it. It reports after the electoral collage votes! That is not a flaw, it is gun the the head of the electors that know Biden cheated. The left never thought it though.
Wesley, Col. West did NOT discuss secession!
He discussed a union of constitutionalists, States and lesser organizing entities, working WITHIN the US to protect and ultimately enhance the constitutional, law and order Republic. Texas is not monolithic with the urban areas just as insidiously Leftist as NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, etc.
The rest of what you said is spot on, with those minor oversteps. We ultimately have the power to let them starve and freeze in the dark. I hate to even think it, but the difference between that and their own intended actions is simply a matter of degree!
Curtis, are you saying that trying to rein in totalitarians is evil in the same way as the totalitarians’ own plans, just differing in degree?
No, Jeff, I said nothing about “reining in totalitarians”, pro or con! I have no idea how you read that into what I said.
I listened to Chairman West again this morning in a long form interview locally (Chris Salcedo), and he specifically denied using, or implying, the word “secession”. THAT’s what I said to Wesley! Col. West said he was urging the Constitution abiding areas of the nation to come together and act on a untied front basis.
I also supported Wesley’s idea of segregating the lawless, and unproductive, segments of the nation until they come to their senses.
What do you think “segregating the lawless, and unproductive, segments of the nation until they come to their senses” means? It means reining in the totalitarian progressives, something I very much agree with.
No, segregating and reining in are two different types of actions. The former is creating separation between, and the latter is definitively penal.
Not sure Homeland Security isn’t compromised as well. We’ll see.
Me and my small bright candle are in. 🗽🗽🗽
Great work, Bill, great work. As an Aussie who loves the idea of America, while still loving his own country, I think your shows are fantastic. This, looks to be another ripper. God bless you and your team.
The ‘light on the hill’ has dimmed, and is flickering, but with Bill and others still fighting, it is by no means extinguished.
As far as Bill’s description of Social Media goes …
I don’t use Twitter, never have. I’m a non-entity on Twitter. Same goes for Snap Chat, Linked-in, etc. No presence there at all. I do have a Facebook account, I rarely post anything on it and the only people who can see my page are my immediate family. I don’t even let my friends know how to find me on Facebook and I use an alias. The reason I have that page is so that I can see my son and his family’s activities. He’s in the military, btw. It’s a lot easier for my daughter-in-law to post to Facebook once instead of emailing or snail-mailing the whole family. But, like I said, my page isn’t visible to anyone but immediate family so for all practical purposes I’m a non-entity on Facebook too.
I comment on YouTube videos and I comment in here, in this forum on this website. There were a couple other places I used to comment on but I finally gave that up because the idiots had taken them over.*
People can’t find me to shout me down, I can say anything I feel like. I cannot be harmed by Social Media. I cannot be swarmed, shamed or drowned out.
Leave those places to the anti-Americans, it’s their echo chamber anyway. You aren’t going to reach anyone there who isn’t already like you anyway. If you don’t swim in the sewer you won’t get covered in poo but you can still throw a few poo bombs like I do, just for the sheer joy of it.
*I will never drive traffic away from Bill Whittle intentionally,nor advocate for doing so but when I see it I call bullshit on bullshit in here with the same enthusiasm as anywhere else. We have to police ourselves to some degree because we don’t want Scott Ott sitting at his desk all day with a troll hammer deciding who can say what. Scott doesn’t want that either, he has better ways to spend his time. Don’t let the idiots take over here and make no mistake, there are plenty of idiots that call themselves conservatives. If you believe in the things Bill said in this video then do not stand by while some nutjob runs a load of hokum across the comment or member blog sections. Call them out on it and be polite, firm and relentless. Membership fees are membership fees and this site needs all it can get. Keeping the crazies down might mean losing the crazy’s membership fees but the net gain will be worth it because this place will remain a refuge and a bastion for Americans and the fewer nuts we have the more real Americans we’ll get.
Thank you for launching this. Let me know if you need any voluntary help. This effort is so important, happy to roll up my sleeves…I can help write, edit, make phone calls, put together materials, slides, etc. I came from the corp world and am a Covid Layoff Casualty…I started my own at home gig am doing well enough so not looking for job or pay. Honestly offering to help…I can be useful and guessing many others in the community are here to help.
God Bless and thank you again!
Like Robby, I work from home. That means I also do not have a corporate schedule to keep. Therefore, I want to offer my help on a volunteer basis as well.
Thank you Bill, very moving. Perth Australia here, I will endeavour to get my friends and family to join. God bless you are your family.
Well said, Bill.