Folks,
It may be days, it may be weeks, but as I am reminded numerous times every day I have things to finish in the real world. If something pops up that I need to comment on, I will, but for right now I am sick, exhausted, over-tasked and just slap disappointed at the quality of my work product in several areas. I am not over-discouraged. I am not quitting the fight. I just need a break. My daughters are home from college and I would like to enjoy them while I can. There are economic needs that press in (especially paying back friends for legal fee frontage) that must be addressed. Finally, there are my own preparations that need to be seen to, and I have committed to help out a number of newbie militia groups who need an experienced eye in their equipment, organization and training. All these things I can do, but not this too.
A blog becomes a weight after a while, like an emotional ruck that you put on every morning to make that day's road march of duty. There are days that I don't mind shouldering the responsibility and days when I sprint ahead at the sheer joy of making a difference. I try to have fun and to entertain y'all as we deal with some of the most awful aspects of what I believe are the coming dark days ahead. But just right now, it has been a while since this has been fun.
I want to thank y'all for the support you have shown me over the past couple of years. I even thank those of you who have thrown verbal brickbats at me in the process. It keeps me on my mental feet, and every action, thought and even principle should be subject to, and able to resist, outside challenge.
I will have a couple of Christmas gifts for y'all, but as far as a daily blog, I need some R&R from Sipsey Street. I will, however, release any comments you may make on existing posts in the interim.
Feel free to email me at GeorgeMason1776ATaolDOTcom, if you need to draw my attention to something important.
In the interim, look to your preps.
Cherish your loved ones.
God bless you all.
I'll be back.
Mike
III
Correction to earlier PS: All final surplus orders, both UPS and USPS, have been shipped today, Friday, 17 December. Merry Christmas.
LATER: If you wish to send me a Christmas card or a death threat, my address is P.O. Box 926, Pinson, AL 35126
61 comments:
Mike
You have been posting at a prodigious rate for as long as I have been following the blog (last autumn). Don't be ashamed or even hesitant to take a needed break. We all need you well rested, as well as mentally and emotionally limber.
I'm headed up to DC this weekend and I'll give 1600 PennAve a fart in their general direction for ya.
Murray
Mike,
You take care of your self.
We'll still be here when your are recovered.
Keep the faith.
-Bubba Man (One of the Bubba's of the Apocalypse)
Enjoy your much needed vacation from the blog...
Richard
Rest, relax, enjoy your family, finish Absolved. When you return, we'll be here.
Everyone needs R&R.
Merry Christmas to you and yours.
Merry Christmas Mike....God bless you and yours.
Matt III
Enjoy the holiday and the break. More importantly, enjoy your girls while they are home from college. Time flies and they will fly away with it.
I've never heard anyone regret spending too much time with their kids but have heard a few too many times the regret that they didn't spend enough time with their kids. They are left wondering where the time went like in the Harry Chapin song "Cats in the Cradle".
Well done. And you know how to reach me if you need anything, plus I'llk probably check in on you now and then to see how everyone is.
Best of luck, my friend.
Take a break. You earned it, you are entitled to it and we will wait for your return.
Paul in Texas
Get some R&R Mike! We are going to get awfully busy in the next couple of years (I suspect)
Rest & enjoy.
Do you have a regular mail address?
Mike,
Enjoy the break.
Anonymous said... "Rest & enjoy. Do you have a regular mail address?"
Yes. Christmas cards and death threats may be sent to P.O. Box 926, Pinson, AL 35126
You've more than earned a break, my friend. The world does not rest upon your shoulders, but the Lord's. Enjoy your family!
In Liberty,
WarriorClass
III
Rest well, my Brother.
Then finish Absolved - which is FAR more important than most of what gets posted here...
DD
Your blog has been a part of my daily life for several years. Thank you for your efforts.
You are correct to take time for family and self-preservation (health and otherwise).
Merry Christmas
Have a great and wonderful vacation, Mike. But please, leave some fish for the rest of us.
Speakin' of death threats... how about a life threat? Praise God, rejoice in all things, walk in the Spirit and be filled with Hope, Faith and Love, mostly Love.
Merry Christmas, Mike, to you and yours. God bless.
Shy III
Merry Christmas to you Mike. See you when you feel like getting back.
Until then, take some time for you and yours and we'll be here when you get back buddy.
Would you please check back in from time to time so we know the Bad Guys haven't done you in? Not that ANYONE in this government would even CONSIDER doing such a thing, but just sayin' if we need to start the Hundred Heads...
And Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours!
Thank you for your great posts, you deserve to take as much time as you like. Enjoy your family, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
God Bless.
Merry Christmas to you and yours!
Take a much needed break and we'll look forward to reading later.
Have a good holiday. We'll see you when you get back.
Mamma Jude
III
OK, but leave a light on.
Take a rest. Look forward to your return. God Bless and be with you.
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year! And my best to your 'Missus' and your charming daughters.
Remind them not to forget the lessons given them at your request....they may need them one day...soon.
dittos to all the above
Dr.D III
This came to mind while reading your words and they have never been more true than today.
"Progress toward these noble goals is persistently threatened by the conflict now engulfing the world. It commands our whole attention, absorbs our very beings. We face a hostile ideology—global in scope, atheistic in character, ruthless in purpose, and insidious in method. Unhappily the danger it poses promises to be of indefinite duration. To meet it successfully, there is called for, not so much the emotional and transitory sacrifices of crisis, but rather those which enable us to carry forward steadily, surely, and without complaint the burdens of a prolonged and complex struggle—with liberty the stake. Only thus shall we remain, despite every provocation, on our charted course toward permanent peace and human betterment.…" Dwight D. Eisenhower Farewell address
Whatever happens thanks Mike.
Get some R&R, troop. Spend some time with the family, get rested up, maybe have a Bushmills or two (you gotta get your own K9 bartender, though...), and maybe put the finishing touches on Absolved.
God bless and keep you, Mike, and I hope you and yours have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
Bill and Domino
III
Damn it, dog, put that bottle down!!!
God bless you and your family.
Mike,
Be safe ... Merry Christmas ... and God speed!
Merry Christmas, peace, and good happiness stuff!
Take care. Merry Christmas.
I'm gonna miss your posts and your writing, but I know how you feel. Have a very Merry CHRISTmas and get some rest. God bless you for what you do.
Enjoy your vacation and the girls.
We'll keep the light while you're gone.
Richard
III
Hey, Mike-
Enjoy your break. Wise choice. Have you considered taking on guest bloggers to keep your huddled masses placated?
Best,
RW
A joyous Christ's Birthday celebration to you and your family. He is the reason we have hope against out own sin and that of the world.
Rejoice in being FREE!
God speed Mike,
Thank you for your leadership.
Enjoy the time with the girls.
All the best.
From Arkansas
We'll see you on the other side Mike, God willing. Finish the book.
You are valuable to the patriot movement but indispensable to your family.
Take all the time you need to git yer mojo back. :^)
Thank you for all your hard work. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours.
MALTHUS
Well heck.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. Trolling for threats and Christmas cards, eh? How the mighty have falle.........Wake me up when you get back, and I'll be ready to go.
Mike- thank you for your contributions and enjoy the r&r
Miksome time off never hurt anybody, even when it's something you love doing. I don't know how you've kept up the pace this long working by yourself anyway. All we are, are fans, and as such we eagerly await your return. If you need any help that I might be able to give, let me know, I'm right across town.
Darn - just when things were really getting interesting with the contest and all! Merry Christmas!
we are more ready each day, for what is coming, thanks to blogs like yours. a thankyou is not enough to express our bond with you.... just know that hundreds of thousands, if not millions are prepping for the time ahead. and thats what i call "family". be well.... catch you on the flip side...
northeast pa 3per
Thank you Mike. Merry Christmas and may God richly bless you and your family.
Alexis Mauldin
Tennessee
Merry Christmas Mike!
s4r
III
Ditto to the request to touch base with us from time to time.
I still remember what you said would be the sign that the shit was in the fan. We out would just like to know it isn't time - yet - to head for the hills or the rallying point as applies.
Hang in there, Dutchman. Enjoy your girls and enjoy that grandson, too. Grandkids are great. Sometimes the only thing I smile about is when mine smiles at me.
You're a batter man than I am, Michael, and I dare say a damned sight better man than any of your enemies.
Bad Cyborg X%
I can't imagine anyone would come in here and accuse you of not being a prolific writer. I personally cannot recall any point at which I thought my time was wasted reading here. So if you need a break--hey, that's understandable.
Take care, Mike.
Mike,
A little downtime now and then is good for the soul, and helps to re-energize you.
Enjoy your daughters, and the holidays. After all, that's whats special about this time of year, family.
We'll be here when you get back.
Merry Christmas
Mike,recharge you batteries, we need you. Merry Christmas to you, and your Family.
From one of the MERRY BAND OF MEN.
Take your time, enjoy your girls. Mine is a little older but daughters must be cherished. They value your time more than you know!
Take your time.
Fill your life with love of family.
A merry Christmas & happy new year to you & yours.
III
Mike,
Relax, recharge and, most of all, hold your loved ones close.
My heartfelt thanks for your steadfast efforts. I think I can speak for most of us here, We will carry on.
Bob
Hi Mike,
Take a break, a much needed rest, my friend. Hope the Holidayz treat you well, enjoy your family. Hug and hold all dearly. My best to you and yours.
III%,
skybill-out
Merry Christmas and be well sir. Your rest is well deserved.
Bless you and yours sir. Enjoy
your break. Look forward
to seeing you about when you
feel better. Merry Christmas,
John, Pensacola
Take it easy and enjoy the holidays. You've certainly earned it.
Take a break Mike enjoy Christmas with the family and watch your health.
God Bless,
Dennis
III
Texas
Nice to see you posting. Hope you took a bit of a break.
Merry Christmas ! Thank you for all your work and effort.
DAN
III
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