cop talk

COP TALK


Before we begin today, two different subjects of vast and unparallel importance. First off, a word from a happy loyal minion ( I don’t think he will mind my reprinting the letter as it retains his anonymity ): Hi Jim,

Last week I purchased your book The Frugal Survivalist. It arrived today and just wanted to say it was well done. I read it tonight and will lend it to my neighbor to read tomorrow. The book covers well the main reasons why, it's not overly wordy and a good guide for the new people looking at preparing. I've been following your blog for about five years and this book should be required reading before people read your blog because it clearly lays the foundation for your thoughts. Again, great job!

My note: the blog has been going on for about three and half years. He either was referring to my previous publication Bison Newsletter ( available now in a limited edition e-book ), or time has flown since he was having so much fun. I include the note as I thought he brought up a good point. Next up, we have Lady Gaga. I don’t make it a point to listen to her although I did catch her on SNL one time and while not thrilled at least I wasn’t offended. I was reading a business magazine and they had a piece on her mentioning that she names her loyal fans “little monsters”. You thought you had it bad with Loyal Minions. I like to think she got the idea from me ( on first blush appearing to be derogatory but in fact a term of endearment ), but at around a thousand regular readers my impact on the general culture is even less than a fart in a sewage pond.

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Here is a reader idea for an article. I swear these are actually from other people I don’t know and haven’t bribed.

Mr Dakin,

First off, let me thank you for the post each day. Yours is the first that I read.

My suggestion for an article is concerning law enforcement and military presence in a SHTF scenario. I have a few friends in law enforcement and we have had some discussions concerning weather or not they are going to follow orders or stay home and protect their families. Here are a few questions that I would like every LEO to think about.

1. Will you follow the constitution or do whatever the government tells you during the collapse?

2. Will you comply if your superiors tell you to come into my house and confiscate my guns or beans?

3. Will you be willing to arrest/shoot citizens who are unwilling to comply with unlawful orders of the government?

I think that it would be interesting to get some responses these types of questions. ( I am sure that your vastly superior mind can come up with better questions than these)

a loyal minion

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I love these e-mails, where I can be just like all the other publications and fluff up my content with free reader writings. As a very quick aside, am I the only one that thinks Backwoodsman magazine has really had a streak of crappy issues? Okay, I’m a bit embarrassed to admit I can’t top those questions, at least not now nor in the last week since I got the mail. And more than likely not in the next month. So let’s just go with what we have. Remember, my father was a LEO, my best friend growing up was Captain of the Explorer post who went on to a career in the Sheriffs office, and I was an MP in the Army. I am not an enemy of law enforcement. It is a noble profession which has to contend with the age old problem of trying to protect and serve but at the same time being at the mercy of politicians. I have no idea how they could be without any corrupting dictates since the government signs their paycheck. It is a necessary evil and I don’t think more than 10% of officers are asshats. That said, neither the officers nor the public can fight the system itself. When I’m cynical and critical it is at the system rather than the individuals.

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1. Since the Constitution is whatever the government says it is nowadays, I see few LEO’s quitting in protest even at the most blatant government shenanigans. We have lived outside the true intent of the document for many generations. Let’s put it this way. The War On Drugs, not even to mention the far less ambiguous War On Terror, is clearly not in the Constitution. And the means to battle it are clearly illegal. But every single individual in law enforcement is and has served under this war and no one protests to the point of quitting. I see no reason any other war against liberties will suddenly have the thin blue line in an uproar.

2. Same as the above. It is not as hard to believe the charge of hoarding and black market activity as to fool yourself into thinking a hippie smoking a doob is going to be the cause of the collapse of western civilization. If anything, more of the troops will support crushing those that are selfish and dangerous with weapons of semi destruction than they would have busting drug users.

3. Despite feelings of unease or unwillingness, most LEO’s will believe that in order to keep the peace they must make the hard decisions and break those bad eggs in order to make that anti-anarchy omelet. They may not like it, but it is for the greater good, in their minds.

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I’m not presuming to speak personally for those in the profession, I am just taking recent history as a guide. Now, let’s set aside philosophy posturing and look at things practically. We assume that all officers joined the ranks to help their fellow man. But even then, they are practical. They have families and a mortgage to pay. It would not be prudent to quit when they don’t agree with a new law. If they are like most people their attitude is “we can vote them out of office next election” ( not stopping to think elections are as honest as Bill Clintons description of what he and Monica were doing with that moist cigar ). Unless they were told to shoot an innocent an in the back of the head in an execution, almost none would quit. Even if they broached the subject of unease over the laws they were enforcing to the spouse, she would quickly hit him aside the head, send him to the couch for a week, threaten to divorce him and move the kids three states over and take 70% of his paycheck and pension. As there are few or no jobs around, he would meekly comply. His family has to eat. I completely understand. Hopefully when the time comes, at least most LEO’s will do whatever they can to keep their job while at the same time trying to minimize the damage they are told to be doing. As for the other 10%, the jack booted thugs that happily kick in doors at 3 am like the KGB goons of old and then delight in killing kittens, they will look a bit startled when a permanently unemployed middle age malcontent ( the young think time is on their side, the old are too feeble, but the middle age know they are screwed yet can still lash back ) decides to strike back. Newsflash, dumbasses. We have the guns and the numbers.
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