Listening to The Left

 By Anna Von Reitz

The repetitive chant-like sameness of the Leftist diatribe usually puts me to sleep. But, this morning, I heard something odd coming from the Left: a Leftist Gun Club. The leader of this organization was being interviewed and saying---that, well, she wanted to be able to defend herself against thugs.

Imagine that?

This was an early morning radio interview so my imagination was free to envision a human Chihuahua on a polished waxed floor packing a .357.... which was unsettling enough to jolt me fully awake.

And then she said something that answered a question that I have had for many years.

She said that she and her cohorts on the Left see the government as a force to be used to promote the Greater Good.

They see themselves as being anointed to determine what the Greater Good is, and then, they see the government as their means to power to implement it.

This took me back several decades to my time spent in California and the bizarre Bayside dinner parties I attended as one of the Greater Unwashed scarfing up free champagne. And it all made perfect sense.

These people have no idea what the government is, so they are using it for purposes never intended. Like two year-olds with a hammer or a dog with a dildo....they just came up with their own theory and ran with it.

It's a pillow smasher, no, no.... it's.... for denting the car fender! Wait, what else can I do with this?

What, I wondered briefly, would a tribesman living in the Amazon rainforest do with a wingnut?

Or a Californian do with a government?

Now, we know.

Apparently, large numbers of New Yorkers and Californians were never taught the actual functions of government, so they came up with something totally different to do with it----and then spread their new theory of government via morning television, reaching a huge audience as clueless as they were.

Like birds pulling apart a sweater to make a fluffy nest, or Grandma using a cat box for a laundry tub, or kids turning an old packing crate into a castle, the Leftists have repurposed the Federal Government.

There are now so many of them brought up under these false assumptions about the nature and purpose of government, that they are enforcing their own delusions.

"Hey, Joe, isn't the government supposed to take care of us, cradle to grave, no matter what happens?"

"Yeah, that's what I was told."

They actually believe, as in religious belief, that the Federal Government is a charity created to impose social justice (as defined by them, of course).

I used my hand to prop up my jaw.

That's why the Leftists sound like they are preaching a religion.

They are.

That's why they are so Holier-Than-Thou.

That's why they believe that they can buy social justice.

That's why they think that they can (and should) impose their own values on other people, using the government bureaucracy to do it.

For them, politics has replaced religion, complete with doctrines and dogmas and sacred cows.

And they think that the government bureaucracy is their means to convert all the Unbelievers.

Forget about militant Muslims. Forget about the Jesuits. We've got something far more dangerous and unhinged going on.

We need to start teaching Civics again, because millions of clueless people are falling victim to this theory of government, and once they embrace government as a religion, it's hard to tap them on the shoulder and ask, "Why are you wearing a mask and a birdcage on your head?"

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My Thoughts on the ArVee

 By Anna Von Reitz

The theory behind the "RV" is that when the US DOLLAR is trashed and people lose half to 80% of the value of their money in this country, it will be offset by gains in the value of other world currencies. So, you are being told to invest in the currencies of other countries, because once "the RV" occurs, their gains will more than offset your losses.

In theory.

Of course, putting all your money in other currencies weakens the US DOLLAR and so, you are stupidly participating in the demise of the currency you have been using and investing in all these years, albeit under the force of Legal Tender Laws--- which is another story you can chalk up to the U.S. Military.

Some of these foreign currencies, in theory, stand to gain much more value than others, because the countries involved have assets (like minerals or archeological sites) that have been discovered or developed in the years since 1941 --- the last time that an RV-like event and worldwide asset accounting process occurred.

Those responsible for trashing the US DOLLAR --- mainly military officials who are supposed to be guarding our nation's money for us --- have been promoting the RV as an "answer" for their own gross mismanagement ever since 1863 when Lincoln appointed them to be responsible for our money.

Refer to the very first Executive Order ever issued --- General Order 100, also known as the Lieber Code, issued in March of 1863, one day prior to Lincoln declaring the Northern State-of-State organizations bankrupt. The U.S. Army took over as the Territorial Government at that point and has been in control of the money ever since.

It has been under their auspices and on their watch that so much terrible fraud and theft and abuse of the people of this country has occurred, so don't for a moment think that our military can escape this debacle with clean hands. They have had their paws in our cookie jar since 1863 and much of what we and the rest of the world have suffered is directly related to them and what they have done or failed to do.

The proposed ArVee is no different.

It is just another Big Con and Crap Shoot, based on graft and malfeasance, designed to benefit Insiders at the expense of Outsiders.

And it is just as criminal as all that has come before it.

The U.S. Military and their crony pals working the storefront in Washington, DC, have the most powerful commodity rigging scheme in place that anyone has ever attempted: The Exchange Stabilization Fund.

Using this mammoth stockpile of foreign currencies, they can undermine any economy and "blow out" any currency worldwide, at will.

They have been using this tool to conduct Economic Warfare since the inception of this scheme, and the ArVee is just the latest bit of their self-interested criminality on display, despite all the "secrecy" and elbow-jabbing associated with it.

Obviously, with the world currency markets rigged to the teeth, there is no actual value in any of the currencies. They are all arbitrary. Some jackass sitting in a leather club chair in London and his buddies sit down over a glass of Scotch and out of thin air, decide the exchange rates of world currencies, and whether or not people in Nigeria starve this winter.

It has nothing whatsoever to do with value or abundance of commodities or anything else. It's just digits and stockpiles and petty little men playing "god".

If the U.S. Military was worth the powder to blow them to Hell, they'd rebel against these masters and stop their endless bootlicking, but then, they'd have to explain to the American People exactly how and why all our gold and silver was cashiered offshore in foreign countries for "safekeeping".

And they'd have to explain their part in the 1919 Treaty of Versailles.

And they'd have to explain what went on in 1941, just prior to the staged attack on Pearl Harbor.

To quote Ricky, Lucy would have a lot of 'splaining to do. A lot.

And most of it wouldn't ring true or be justifiable. It would just appear to be what it is --- criminality in a suit.

You want to know why Biden is "President" of a brand new foreign Municipal Corporation (that doesn't have a contract) and Trump isn't?

Because the Dirty Military outfoxed the Clean Military. Or maybe they just bought off enough traitors to pull the political equivalent of another one of their horrible Great Fiascos ---- the September 11 Holocaust.

Tell me, again, why NORAD was on stand down that day?

No, friends, the ugly truth is that the ArVee is like everything else these jokers have done for the past 150-plus years and they all need to be keel-hauled.

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Sunday Sermon • Sunday within the Octave of the Ascension • 2021

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Instruction on the Sixth Sunday After Easter

 Rev. Fr. Leonard Goffine's

The Church's Year

This Sunday and the whole week should serve as a preparation for the festival of Pentecost, that we may be enabled by good works and pious devotional exercises, to receive the gifts of the Holy Ghost. At the Introit the Church sings:

INTROIT

Hear, O Lord, my voice, with which I have cried to thee, alleluia. My heart hath said to thee: I have sought thy face, thy face, O Lord, I will seek: turn not away thy face from me, allel. allel. The Lord is my light and my salvation: whom shall I fear? (Ps. XXVI. 7-9.) Glory be to the Father and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

COLLECT  Almighty, everlasting God, grant us ever to have a will devoted to Thee, and to serve Thy majesty with a sincere heart. Through our Lord Jesus Christ Thy Son, who liveth and reigneth with Thee, in the Unity of the Holy Ghost, God, world without end, Amen.

EPISTLE (1 Peter IV. 7-11.) Dearly beloved, be prudent, and watch in prayers. But before all things, have a constant mutual charity among yourselves; for charity covereth a multitude of sins. Using hospitality one towards another without murmuring: as every man hath received grace, ministering the same one to another, as good stewards of the manifold grace of God. If any man speak, let him speak as the words of God: if any man minister, let him do it as of the power which God administereth; that in all things God may be honored through Jesus Christ, our Lord.

EXPLANATION The practice of the virtues which St. Peter here prescribes for the faithful, is an excellent preparation for the reception of the Holy Ghost, for nothing renders us more worthy of His visit than true love for our neighbor, the good use of God's gifts; and the faithful discharge of the duties of our state of life. Strive, therefore, to practice these virtues and thus make yourself less unworthy of the gifts of the Holy Ghost. Say daily during the week the following prayer: Come, Holy Spirit, who hast assembled the people of all tongues in unity of faith, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy divine love.

GOSPEL (John XV. 26-27., to XVI. 1-4.) At that time, Jesus said to his disciples: When the Paraclete cometh, whom I will send you from the Father, the Spirit of truth, who proceedeth from the Father, he shall give testimony of me: and you shall give testimony, because you are with me from the beginning. These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. They put you out of the synagogues: yea, the hour cometh, that whomsoever killeth you will think that he doth a service to God. And these things will they do to you, because they have not known the Father, nor me. But these things I have told you, that, when the hour shall come, you may remember that I told you.

Why is the Holy Ghost called the Paraclete?

Through the apostles and disciples whom He made so eloquent and so courageous that they intrepidly professed and preached Christ to be the Son of God, and the true Messiah. This doctrine He confirmed by astounding miracles, and sealed it by their blood which they shed in its defense The Holy Ghost still gives testimony of Christ through the Church, that is, the clergy, through whom He speaks, and who must, therefore, be listened to reverently. We must also give testimony of Christ and profess by our lives, by patience in crosses and afflictions that He is our Teacher, our Lord, and our God; for if we do not thus acknowledge' Him in this world He will deny us before His Father in heaven. (Matt X. 33.)

Did the Jews sin in persecuting and putting to death the apostles?

Undoubtedly; for although they erroneously believed they were doing God a service, their ignorance and error were very sinful and deserving of punishment, because they could easily have known and been instructed in the truth.

Those Christians who neglect all religious instruction hardly know what is necessary for salvation, and make light of many things which are grievous sins; as also those who are in doubt whether they justly or unjustly possess certain goods, and yet through fear of being compelled to make restitution, neglect to settle the doubts such are in culpable ignorance.

What must every Christian know and believe in order to be saved?

That there is but one God, who has created and governs all things; that God is a just judge, who rewards the good and punishes the wicked; that there are in the Deity three persons, the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost; that the Son of God became man for love of us, taught us, and by His death on the cross redeemed us; that the Holy Ghost sanctifies us by His grace, without which we cannot become virtuous or be saved; that man's soul is immortal.

PETITION Send us, O Lord Jesus ! the Paraclete, that He may console and strengthen us in all our afflictions. Enlighten us by Thy Holy Spirit that we may learn and live in accordance with the truths of faith. Amen.

 

INSTRUCTION ON SCANDAL

These things have I spoken to you, that you may not be scandalized. (John XVI. 1.)

How is scandal given?

By speaking, doing or omitting that which will be, to others an occasion, of sin: Scandal is given in different ways, for instance: if you dress improperly, speak improper words, or sing bad songs; by which you can see, that your neighbor will be tempted to think, desire or act wrongly; or what is worse, if you act sinfully, in the presence of, others, or bring bad books., books against good morals, or against the holy faith, among people; if you incite others to anger, cursing, and vengeance, or if you prevent them from attending church, the sermon, or catechetical instruction, etc. In all these things you become guilty of scandal, as well as of all the sins to which it gives rise.

If at the Last judgment we will be unable to, give an account of our own sins, how, then can we answer for the innumerable sins caused by the scandal we have given? Therefore Christ pronounces a terrible, woe upon those who give scandal. Woe to that man, He says, by whom the scandal cometh! It were better for him, that a millstone should be hanged about his neck, and that he should be drowned in the depth of the sea. (Matt. XVIII.)

How do parents give scandal?

By giving their children bad example; by excessive anger, cursing and swearing; by avarice, injustice and cheating; by discord and quarrels; by gluttony in eating and drinking; by extravagance and vanity in dress; by sneering at religion, good morals, etc.; by not keeping their children from evil company, but sometimes even bringing them into it; by not punishing and endeavoring to eradicate their children's vices. How much parents sin, through such scandals, cannot be expressed; at the Day of judgment their children will be their accusers!

How do masters give scandal to their servants and those under their care?

In the same way as parents do to their children; by keeping them away from, or not urging them by their own example or command to attend church on Sundays and holy-days; by giving them meat on fast-days; by commanding them to do sinful things, such as stealing, injuring others, etc.

 

INSTRUCTION ON PREPARATION FOR PENTECOST

1). We should withdraw, after the example of the Blessed Virgin and the apostles, to some solitary place, or at least avoid, intercourse with others, as much as possible; speak but little, and apply ourselves to earnest and persevering prayer; for in solitude God speaks to man.

2). We should purify our conscience by a contrite confession, become reconciled to our neighbor, if we have lived in enmity; for the Holy Ghost, as a spirit of peace and purity, lives only in pure and peaceful souls. (Ps. IXXV. 3.)

3). We should give alms according to our means, for it is said in the Acts of the Apostles (Acts X.) of the Gentile centurion Cornelius, that by prayer and alms-deeds he made himself worthy of the gifts of the Holy Ghost.

4). We should fervently desire to receive the Holy Ghost, and should give expression to this longing by frequent aspirations to God, making use of the prayer: 

"COME, Holy Ghost, fill the hearts of Thy faithful, and kindle in them the fire of Thy love. 

  V. Send forth Thy Spirit, and they shall be created; 

   R. And Thou shalt renew the face of the earth.

Let Us Pray 

      O God, Who didst instruct the hearts of thy faithful by the light of the Holy Spirit, grant us by the gift of the same Spirit that we may be always truly wise, and ever rejoice in His consolation. Through Christ our Lord. Amen."

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The Rubicon

 By Anna Von Reitz

Years ago I was privileged to correspond with Mary Croft. Mary is a legend for her ability to cut to the chase and say no to bureaucrats with authority and grace.

Just that. No.

No, you have no right or authority to vaccinate me or say one word to me about my health or lack of it. Private business. No contract. No compliance. No presumptions allowed.

Mary has demonstrated the Power of No on a perennial basis.

No to property taxes. No to registrations of any kind. No to foreclosures. No to the idea of private "persons" being saddled with public debts. No to government intrusion. No to Agencies --- not just Agency overreach, no to Agency pretensions of authority, full stop.

No to alleged Public Trust Interests of any kind.

Just stand there on your flat little feet and give the would-be Judge a baleful stare as Mary did on many occasions and say no.

This is where the buck stops and the pedal hits the metal--- that one little word: no.

I didn't give anyone any Power of Attorney over me or my assets and if any dirty dog claims otherwise, bring him forward to be examined.

Watch the guilty prosecutors turn green.

There is an attitude, something that comes from freeing yourself from the illusions of authority, a result of growing up and being an adult and being self-responsible ---- a sort of personal Rubicon that is involved.

Like Julius Caesar, we crossed that river. We are never going back.

No, I didn't agree to mortgage my house to pay off public debts.

No, I don't owe anyone any property taxes.

No, I don't agree to the Federal Reserve Scheme. I denominate all funds as Lawful Money.

No, I am not under any obligation of servitude to anyone, and that includes the court.

No, I don't drive motor vehicles. I go from one place to another using my own car, which I paid for with my own labor. Any questions?

No, you've got it wrong. I am the Employer and you are the Employee. It's my opinion that counts.

So long as I am not hurting another living being or damaging their property, you have no right or reason to even speak to me. And if you want to allege that I injured you, it's on your head to prove it.

Somehow, Mary Croft woke up one morning, shook her head, took in the view and blew the illusion of authority right out the window. She owned herself and exercised her own authority, and she did it with such incisive logic and purity of intent, that the paper dragons blew away like dust in the wind.

It doesn't require a degree in law. What it requires, in abundance, is common sense, and the guts to open up your mouth and say what's true.

Just say it. No. No. No. No. No.

I did not give my authority away to the Community Council. I did not give the Municipal Assembly power to dictate how I decorate my garage. Or how often I water my lawn. I didn't allow the City Council any ability to shut the doors of my business.

Let's see the contract with my name and signature on it.

No, I didn't give away my proxy to any U.S. Senator.

No, I didn't vote for Mayor Bergdick.. No contract on my part.

No, I am not part of any democracy. That's some other nation and government. Not mine. I live in a republican state, thank you.

No, I don't have any Federal Income. And if anyone gave me any, I denominated it as Lawful Money, so there's an end to that discussion.

Mary's attitude, and mine, is actually easy to adopt, and the Magic Words are easy enough to say. It's a matter of finding that Rubicon within yourself and saying good-bye to whatever External Authority Figure haunts your mind.

That figure, that black-robed Judge, is an Officer of a Probate Court, here to ask who you are. Tell him.

You, Sir, are my Employee. And all that you are supposed to be doing for me, is working on actual Maritime and Admiralty cases, not trying to impose any "Special Admiralty" jurisdiction on me.

My government didn't go anywhere. It's not absent, and neither am I. No, in fact, we are in Session. Right here. Right now. If you have any questions, it's time for an in camera hearing in your Chambers.

I last spoke with Mary about three years ago. She called to chew the fat and commiserate. Teaching people to stand up for themselves and think for themselves is a thankless task, especially as it isn't something that yields to logic alone.

"You have to feel it in your bones," Mary said, and as usual, she was right.

Find your Rubicon, and cross it.

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The Revolving Door -- Urgent Warning

 By Anna Von Reitz

Once again, I am getting wind of a Trust Scheme.

And once again, more gullible members of our Assemblies are being misled right back into the same old traps that they have struggled to get out of.

This is what we call The Revolving Door Syndrome.

We work with people to get them out of the quagmire of adhesion contracts and trusts and "public interest" claims that have sucked the life and breath out of them, and deprived them of their freedom, and what do they do?

Given a song and a dance, they turn right back around, go back through the door they just came out of, and land right back in the same old cow pie.

Why, you might ask, should we bother ourselves about people clueless enough to get involved in another Trust Scheme, when they have just been delivered from a Trust Scheme?

Maybe we should just give up on them--- wave good-bye and watch them sail over the horizon---- because they are back at sea, again, despite all our efforts to drag them to safety onshore.

So let's briefly review what trusts are. Trusts are agreements about the disposal of property rights and assets.

A Will created as a "Last Will and Testament" is a common example of a trust.

The donor, a dead man, leaves his worldly estate in the hands of an Executor of his choosing. The Executor acts as Trustee, and the dead Donor literally trusts that Executor to do his bidding and deliver his bequests of property to his heirs and beneficiaries.

All trusts work the same way, there is a donor, a trustee, and at least one beneficiary.

Living men and women don't need trusts --- only dead people do, because they don't have the ability to act for themselves anymore.

So, ask yourselves------are you "dead"?

Or have you taken my message to heart and realized that you have been "killed on paper" via the process of registration--- and instead of foolishly agreeing to this, you need to come home and claim your reversionary interest in your own estate?

And take responsibility for your own affairs like any normal man?

That is what this whole exercise is about --- coming home like Robinson Crusoe, denying the false claim that you are "dead" to your identity as an American--- contrary to what your erstwhile employees have said and written about you--- and reclaiming your estate, including your Constitutional Guarantees, which are owed to you by these Monsters.

That's why we are here. That's what we are doing in our Assemblies. We are reclaiming our estates, not acting as "donors" to give them away again to some new Masters working some new Trust Scheme.

We are not going back through the revolving door, and handing our property interests off to the Church (again) or to David Straight or to anyone else involved in any kind of Trust Scheme.

Remember that the Church created trusts as a means for the Church to gain a property interest in the estates of Christian soldiers who went to the Holy Land as Crusaders ---- many of whom never returned.

After a period of years, the Church moved to claim their property as "abandoned property" and took it all. That's the kind of "trust" you can have in them --- to serve themselves and call it serving God, instead.

Many widows of Crusaders and rightful heirs were displaced by exactly this process and here we are again, after a thousand years of being duped by Trust Schemes.

Never willingly give away your power to anyone. Or anything. Ever.

Keep your property assets for yourselves and administer them as you see fit and do not ever shirk that responsibility for fear of liability.

The only people you can "trust" are those that you know are trustworthy --- those precious few who are immune to greed or need, who love you and have your best interests at heart, and who will honor your wishes in your absence to benefit others.

Such a status should NEVER be accorded to a government or a church or any institution whatsoever for obvious reasons.

Anyone who has recently signed up for a trust under the influence of David Straight or Phil Hudok or any of the rest of the Pied Pipers, needs to rescind those signatures ASAP and make their complaints to the State Secretaries of State. You have been defrauded and have not been given full disclosure.

The corporations are giving their loyal employees and supporters a few pennies on thousands of dollars owed, and those who are foolish are going there for the corn in the troughs---- witlessly signing away their identity as an American, agreeing to be considered a U.S. Citizen, and donating their estates in the process.

If anyone comes to you with a Trust Scheme --- show them the door. Kick it closed behind them.

The only kind of trust you will ever need will be a Last Will and Testament recorded on the land and soil. Period.

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Embrace the Place -- A Message for Our Assemblies

 By Anna Von Reitz

When I was young circumstances were often difficult. My Father was a German in the midst of Post-World War II America, and even though he fought on the side of the Allies and considered himself an American through-and-through, not everyone else saw it the same way.

Many people just looked at his name and his all-too obviously German face and did things like spit at him. And at me. Or, slam me into a set of lockers so hard my shoulder was damaged for life. Or trip me going down stairs. Or, or, or. The whole family suffered from this enduring prejudice.

My Father couldn't get a decent job, even though he was highly skilled and well-educated. For twenty years after the war, he patiently dug ditches and shoveled cow manure and split wood to stay warm, while his former Air Force buddies landed cushy University jobs or built successful businesses.

Sometimes, especially when I was hurt by all of this, his patience grew thin. Sometimes, he had to go down in the basement and just punch a punching bag until he was exhausted.

How do you fight something as insidious as racial prejudice? Something unseen? An evil that hides in people's minds, and bears fruit in unexpected ways and odd places? Buying a loaf of bread? Going to the movies? Why shouldn't anyone be able to do things like that in a "free" country?

So when my African American and Hispanic and Asian and American Indian friends complain to me, assuming that, of course, I am a nice little white girl who never suffered from racial prejudice ---and think that I don't know what they are talking about---- oh, yes, I do. So did my parents and my older sister, too.

It was the same way for us, in the wake of World War II.

Still, we didn't change our names. We didn't apologize to anyone. We just "embraced the place" God put us and stayed the course, stayed on the High Road, and took joy in those small daily triumphs that come to people who try to do what is right. We made friends. We survived. So what if I wore old clothes or drove a car that was fifteen years old?

Today, I am not afraid of poverty, because I have been poor. Today, I place no value on a person's clothes or circumstance. Today, as a result of those rough beginnings, I have a different set of values, knowledge, and experiences than I would have gained in a "better world".

The irony is, that that world of prejudice and meanness, those years of hard-scrabble, made me a stronger, wiser, more discerning person. I am grateful for it now, because I see the fruits of what we went through.

In the same way, our Assemblies are going through a hard transition from war to peace. There are many people who are frightened and confused, many detractors, many who have unreasoning prejudices and pure, dumb ignorance that have to be dealt with.

And this is all taking place against a backdrop of entrenched institutionalized deceit and corruption.

A difficult situation? You bet.

But the fruit is coming, and the time when you see through to the end, when you realize what you have gained from going through the refining fires.

My Ex-O, Harold, and I had a breakfast meeting a couple days ago. He's a very experienced man with a history of managing large corporate endeavors.

He wagged his head at me and said, "There's positional leadership and situational leadership, and they (the Assemblies) need to understand that."

Most of us are far more familiar with Positional Leadership. Someone came down and smote Joe Blow with a Magic Wand and Fairy Dust and made him The Leader. Maybe it was a rigged ballot box, or because he had a "special relationship" with the former boss's daughter. Maybe he just slogged his way up the food chain by accident, but there he is: The Leader, for better or worse, and everyone has to do what he says, because, well, he's The Leader.

Been there and done that.

But there is also Situational Leadership, where everyone is equal and striving toward a goal. That's what happens when one guy reaches out to save a drowning swimmer and another guy reaches out to save the first would-be rescuer, and pretty soon you have a whole chain of people pulling against the rip tide.

Situational Leadership comes about in unsettled times, times of emergency, times when you just have to work together to get things done --- no hierarchy, no "social order", no caste, no class, no advanced degrees required. It happens on a much more basic level, something that is almost instinctive, where suddenly everyone steps back and each one of us just "knows" what we can best contribute. So we do. And it all works out.

Joe takes the wheel. John holds the door. Stan loans a computer. Roy drives the truck. May Ellen brings the coffee. Jim makes the sandwiches. Pablo brings the folding table. Marc loans space in his garage. And before you know it, what needs to happen, happens.

Why? Because at some deeper under-the-skin level, we all know who we are and what we have to contribute, and when push-comes-to-shove, we step forward and we do what has to be done.

That's Situational Leadership, and if you think about it, it makes perfect sense that that is the kind of leadership our Assemblies, which operate as Committees of the Whole, have inherited. Our American Government was formed on an emergency basis. There was no time or place for an entrenched and formal hierarchy to form or to act.

Then, as now, there weren't a lot of offices to fill and job descriptions set in cement, only jobs to do somehow and little or nothing to do them with. Our ancestors faced exactly the same dilemma and used the same tools, guided by Situational Leadership.

In the military and in the corporations, people advance by criticizing and undermining competitors. Poking fingers and tattle-taling are often rewarded. Making oneself appear to be better by tearing down someone else is the order of the day. Gossiping around the water cooler and snarking about every fault and foible is traditional.

But in our Assemblies, it's exactly the opposite.

When we see someone failing for lack of skills, we rush in to fill the gap and help them. When we perceive a brother falling by the wayside, we pick up his pack and get him back on his feet. When things start to go off-track, we check our compasses --- we don't blame other people because they are lost.

Here, in our Assemblies, the people who "rise to the top" do so, because they put themselves into the gaps and make things work.

My Mother, if she were here, would tell you, "Embrace the space God gave you on this Earth."

Take it, own it, lumps and all. Be your own heroes. Don't wait for someone else. Just the fact that you are here is all you need to know. Go forth, and conquer all the obstacles, all the ignorance, all the questions, all the lacks. Do it together on an "emergency basis" and do the best you can.

We're not here to blame each other. We are here to save America.

We can always correct mistakes. The one mistake we can't correct is never getting started, never doing anything for fear of not having an official stamp of approval, or not signing in the right color of ink.

Most of the Revolutionary War was fought by men who didn't own a uniform.

Remember that and remember them. Take the message to heart.

This is your country, and these are your countrymen. That's your Main Street. It doesn't belong to the Chinese or the Pope or the Queen or the Lord Mayor. It's your responsibility.

If the THING in Washington, DC, is off-track or the State-of-State Governor is doing the wrong thing, it's up to you to get organized and take the reins back and settle things. Why? Because it's your country and you have the Public Duty.

As new people come into the Assemblies --- and they are doing so in droves right now --- they are going to come in expecting an authoritarian structure to guide them. That's all they are familiar with. Ask them to recall an emergency in their own lives, a time when they simply had to do what had to be done, without waiting for the Firemen or the Police to arrive--- a time when it was just "you, me, and the gate post".

Then nod sagely and say, "Well, yup. That's where we are now. We have a Coordinator who can get answers to questions, we have a Chairman who can conduct meetings and get business done, but this is a Committee of the Whole, one big committee with sub-committees that work on special projects. We all work together and support each other to restore our government, bring Americans home to their native jurisdiction, and enforce the Constitutions and the Public Law. There's no big pecking order, everyone just weighs in, contributes what they can, and we go from there. Any questions?"

The Newbies may stare at you like you are a Talking Horse. You may have to repeat this exercise several times. You may even meet people who have never been in an emergency situation where they had to take charge of things and deal with them. If so, share a few stories so they get the idea.

Maybe have a once-a-week half hour Orientation Meeting for new people.

Another common misunderstanding of Newbies is that they are fighting against "the government" ---- which they identify as any authority whatsoever. Years of abuse by the Territorial Government or the Municipal GOVERNMENT has fostered a hatred of all government and these wild-eyed anarchists arrive in our Assemblies with the idea that we either join their campaign to wreck vengeance on the perpetrators or we are part of the problem.

The point is that we are not the perpetrators, but an entirely different government--- a lawful, reasonable, peaceable government that is formed to protect people and their property assets from predatory commercial corporations and foreign powers.

We already have the lawful means to solve our own problems.

We have the ability to form our own courts and invoke Ex Parte Milligan. We have access to the Public Law of this country. And we have the means to enforce it.

Revolution isn't necessary; we already did that.

We simply need to learn who we are and stand in our own power and enforce our own jurisdiction and our own Public Law in order to sort everything out.

The sooner we do what we need to do, the sooner that the whole world can get back on course.

If you have would-be anarchists coming into your Assemblies, form a committee and as a small group, take them aside and have the necessary discussion: "We can't afford disruption. This is an urgent situation. We need you to get on board and help, and if you feel that you can't do that, for whatever reason, we need you to leave and go about your own business. We aren't denying that you are an American or depriving you of anything, but there is serious business to be attended to, and your personal grievances have to wait."

Most people, at least those who aren't foreign infiltrators, or psychotic, can grasp the fact that the needs of the many do outweigh the needs of the one.

No matter how compelling or awful an individual situation may be at this moment, we cannot allow brushfires to slow down or sidetrack the effort to stop the arsonists.

We have provided the Criminal Incident Report Forms and a process to prosecute them both in public and in private, but disruption of Assembly functions and brow-beating and blaming and "drama" can't be allowed.

We are not at fault for these circumstances. We didn't create them. We don't condone them. But to effectively and permanently stop them, for everyone concerned, we have to keep our eyes on the prize, form our own courts, and keep moving forward.

God bless and speed your efforts, give wings to your feet, and gladness to your hearts. We are making great progress and each and every day brings new opportunities and new horizons into view.

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