Molon Labe! (2 page)

Longbows trump swords. Rifles trump smoothbores. Panzers trump Maginot Lines. Dive bombers trump battleships. Atomic bombs trump TNT. Microsoft trumps IBM.

PGP trumps NSA.

(For now. Rumor is they'll soon have a working quantum computer.)

In Western films, we call the next juncture "the pass." We must, for once, "head them off at the pass."

And, finally, we will soon have our chance. We absolutely
must
catch this bus, as the next one won't be along for a very,
very
long time.

And where is that band, that so vauntingly swore

That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion,

A home and a country shall leave us no more?

Their blood has washed out their foul footsteps pollution!

No refuge could save the hireling and slave,

From the terror of flight, or the gloom of the grave.

And the star bangled banner in triumph doth wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

Oh thus be it ever when free men shall stand,

Between their loved homes and the war's desolation!

Blest with victory and peace, may the h'ven rescued land,

Praise the Power that hath made and preserved us a nation.

Then conquer we must,

When our cause it is just,

And this be our motto: 'In God is our trust!'

And the star bangled banner in triumph shall wave

O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!

— verses 3 and 4 of the
Star Spangled Banner

You common cry of curs, whose breath I hate

As reek o' th' rotten fens, whose loves I prize

As the dead carcasses of unburied men

That do corrupt my air — I banish you.

And here remain with your uncertainty!

Let every feeble rumour shake your hearts;

Your enemies, with nodding of their plumes,

Fan you into despair! Have the power still

To banish your defenders, till at length

Your ignorance — which finds not till it feels,

Making but reservation of yourselves

Still your own foes — deliver you

As most abated captives to some nation

That won you without blows! Despising

For you the city, thus I turn my back;

There is a world elsewhere.

— Coriolanus, Act Three, Scene III

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction

Prologue

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2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021

Wyoming Report

INTRODUCTION

Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

— Benjamin Franklin

Molôn Labé!
was postulated on several concurrent premises. While any or all of them could be unrealized in near future events, I view the chance of this as dim. Such is, evidently, my lot to write about unpleasant matters.

The first premise is that the Federal Government will — in the name of fighting the "War Against Terrorism" — unwisely continue to squeeze an increasingly incompressible core, most of whom are politically conservative (Christian, Republican, Libertarian, Independent, etc.). Most of them are gunowners, and many of
them
are "damn-the-torpedoes" Patriots. Thus, the escalating federal barbarity will eventually encounter a very resolved and highly prepared segment of the populace who will
never
docilely accept CS gas "inserted" by tanks into their homes, or FBI snipers shooting their nursing wives in the face. Once the gun confiscation raids commence, the Government will have at last crossed that "line in the sand" for 100s of thousands of Patriots. I would give up nearly everything for that day never to arrive, however, the feds apparently believe they can pull it off, so they're going for it.

The second premise requires a market and currency crash, and a subsequently very sharp recession, to which the Government grossly overreacts —causing a depression. Washington, D.C. will make things worse — on
purpose.
Government is a disease masquerading as its own cure. (The Federal Reserve did exactly this in the 1930s by the hypercontraction of credit when it
should
have relaxed things instead. But, the Insiders had to make conditions
bad
enough by 1932 for the masses to clamor for their White Knight, FDR.)

In fact, the
fear
of a crash may be enough to
cause
one. Remember, the market is primarily mass
perception
. Although the stock market has no
logical
reason to be so bullish (PE ratios of 25-to-infinity are absurd), most speculators (who imagine themselves
investors
) disagree, so they keep buying stocks. (Besides, all those IRA and 401(k) savings must go
somewhere
.) Fear, however, is three times more powerful than greed, as bear markets prove by being three times more intense than bull markets.

Another major premise, sequential to the first two, is that America will soon begin to unravel at her seams. As I wrote in
Hologram of Liberty
(pp. 9/26-33), we are no longer a workably homogenous people. Cultures, values, religions, and politics have splintered and are quickly polarizing. Great clumps of Americans no longer have
anything
significant in common with each other. We have become two (if not several) countries within an artificial whole. Just because half the country wants blue and the other half yellow, the political solution is not green. No "midway moderate" candidate can win. The 2000 Election clearly proved that future presidential elections must necessarily see-saw between fairly diametrically opposed candidates, resulting in alternating halves of voter bitterness.

The
least
-worst solution to this awful mess is a peaceful secession or a
"velvet divorce"
along the lines of 1994 Czechoslovakia (which divided into Slovakia and the Czech Republic). This idea is more and more being discussed. Even the nationally-syndicated columnist Walter E. Williams called for secession in his wonderful essay
"It's Time To Part Company"
:

If one group of people prefers government control and management of people's lives, and another prefers liberty and a desire to be left alone, should they be required to fight, antagonize one another, and risk bloodshed and loss of life in order to impose their preferences,
or should they be able to peaceably part company and go their separate ways?

Like a marriage that has gone bad, I believe there are enough irreconcilable differences between those who want to control and those who want to be left alone that divorce is the only peaceable alternative. Just as in a marriage, where vows are broken, our human rights protections guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution have been grossly violated by a government instituted to protect them.
Americans who are responsible for and support constitutional abrogation have no intention of mending their ways.

...Americans who wish to live free have two options: We can resist, fight and risk bloodshed to force America's tyrants to respect our liberties and human rights, or we can seek a peaceful resolution of our irreconcilable differences by separating. That can be done by people in different states, say Texas and Louisiana, controlling their legislatures and then issuing a unilateral declaration of independence just as the Founders did in 1776.

...Some independence or secessionist movements, such as our 1776 war with England and our 1861 War Between the States, have been violent, but they need not be. In 1905, Norway seceded from Sweden, Panama seceded from Colombia (1903), and West Virginia from Virginia (1863).

The bottom line question for all of us is should we part company or continue to forcibly impose our wills on one another?

— 13 September 2000, World Net Daily

Do I believe that the USG would willingly allow a national mitosis? No, I think the Federal Government would try to crush any such attempt, as it did in the 1860s. (Note the modern antipathy towards the Confederacy and its flag.) Once, however, the Crash hits and the welfare checks become increasingly worthless through inflation, and federal troops are patrolling the streets, we will become the Yugoslavia of the Western Hemisphere.
Then
, secession will finally have its chance.

I firmly believe that the Rocky Mountain states will be
the
place to weather out this imminent "Rainy Decade." They are geographically defensible, beautiful, abundant in wildlife, and are generally populated by honest, "salt of the earth" folks. I highly recommend that you seek high ground
now
, while it's early and affordable to do so. Relocate to an area with solid, hardworking people, plenty of sunshine, and ample water. Learn a few valuable skills, such as carpentry, welding, gardening, ranching, auto repair, etc., because your "high-falutin" city skills probably will be of little worth for a while. Granted, we
will
climb our way up and out and rebuild what was lost, however, for a season, things may be pretty basic. (My book
Boston on Surviving Y2K
covered all this pretty thoroughly, and copies are available from Javelin Press for a real bargain price after Y2
æQué?
)

The final premise is that the Government will view this alpine convergence of self-reliant Americans as too embarrassing a contrast to the liberal urbanites who stand in soup lines. As the West becomes stronger and stronger, and the East becomes weaker and weaker, the Government will feel forced to act. Partition, much less secession, indicates to the world that Washington, D.C. has failed, and the politicians will do
whatever
they can to prevent the secession of a state. I expect they'd even call in foreign UN troops (as did the 1960s Congo Communists to forcibly regain the independent and prosperous Katanga region). This is where the "fun" begins.

So, I have written
Molôn Labé!
with these assumptions: Early 21st century will be a mess, and the feds will worsen it to the point of instituting martial law. The President will then usurp the Congress through his Executive Orders. Dr. Gary North's prescient book,
Government By Emergency
, will come to pass.
Will we win?
Will we successfully carve out an oasis of freedom in America where our lives are our own again? You'll have to read the book and find out for yourself.

Even if
the feds back off and recognize the 2nd Amendment —
even if
alpine Americans are left alone to run their own lives — even if
Molôn Labé!
is destined to be pure fantasy, I'd hope that you'd nonetheless find it an intelligently crafted romp and well worth the wait.

I hope to see you in Wyoming!

PROLOGUE

Americans tend to discount ideology; they do not realize that they are highly ideological themselves. Nor do they understand the true meaning of ideology, which is "science of ideas." Such a science is legitimate and needed, and it does not contain elements that are necessarily erroneous.

In any serious conflict, a rationale of success or victory is required, together with a horizon of knowledge and of ideas that are action concepts.