Forum Style-- The Bigger Picture (Norm Olson, Commander: Alaska Citizens Militia )

Forum Style-- The Bigger Picture

The lack of involvement on the Alaska Citizens Militia website forum is not new. It is predictable. We are in a lull ... a time of non-emergency...a time of little fear. Consequently, few people feel the necessity to cooperate or network. Changing from this forum to that bulletin board will NOT change the minds of the militia. The kind of bulletin board or forum DOES NOT determine the involvement of the militia any more than the make and model of the car determines the character of the driver.

The militia is driven by other elements that have no bearing on what form of networking we employ. FEAR drives the militia. Not duty, Not vision, Not even Love.

FEAR of tyranny and oppression fuels the militia. FEAR of losing your life or your freedom drives the militia. FEAR of the fed hammering on your door at 0300 hrs drives the militia. FEAR of the fed confiscating your bank account and threatening your with poverty fuels the militia. Not until the federals or the state move AGAINST the militia will the militia be invigorated and stimulated.

The militia itself is in a post-election lull. Everyone is waiting for something to happen. .... It is NOT that people are disinterested, it is just that there is no emergency large enough to spur people into concerted action. The elections are over. We've all fluffed up our pillows of ease to wait for the next crisis. You who have not been through this must no be troubled. Our cause is just and our time is coming... it is not now, however.

This is not new. We've been through this many times. Fear of a near and present danger is the ONLY trigger able to activate people into combining their resources and efforts.

It reminds me of the preacher who would go down to the train station every Sunday afternoon to watch the trains go by. A concerned deacon met him one afternoon and vocalized his concern. "Preacher," he said, "You've been coming down to this train station every afternoon for several weeks. What gives? What's going on." To which the pastor said, "No problem, I just like to come down here to watch something move without being pushed."

The militia is like that. Keep your powder dry... Keep building your caches and stashes... Things will change soon. Please be ready.

So it is. You cannot manufacture the stuff that fuels the militia. It is a natural process. When we get frightened enough and serious enough or really BELIEVE that something bad is going happen, we will respond. Until then, don't disturb those dozing patriots.

Norm Olson, ...............................................................................................
Commander ACM