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The Rifleman
9/8/2009 5:55 PM UTC
Sam- You are now in charge of guest hosts :)
Sam_Damewood
9/2/2009 2:12 AM UTC
Another good show as always. We need to see about getting SoM, Dond, the Guy, JB, Fred, and some of them "old guys to come on with you.
6/3/2009 12:00 AM UTC
Thanks MIB, I appreciate you listening and lending a hand. Scout
The Man In Black
5/20/2009 1:36 AM UTC
Keep fighting the good fight and spreading the word. I'll be listening.
KarenO
3/15/2009 5:45 AM UTC
This is one of the best shows on BTR. I enjoyed your visit to NoCompromise this week. Also appreciate that you visit so many other shows. Some hosts rarely, or never, bohter to listen to others and they wonder why they don't get the huge audience the expected.
Rachel Wells
2/8/2009 3:00 AM UTC
Thanks so much for listening to our show! And also for your fantastic comments!! We stand together!!
2/7/2009 8:21 PM UTC
Hey Siinger, I never made it to the Middle East, but I spent a year in a place called Rio Hato in Panama that had tb close. The surface of the moon heated to 125 degrees and completely devoid of water, not even an oasis. I am glad you enjoyed the show. I hope you will send me your snail mail address and let me send you an Appleseed AQT package and you can put your fellow Riflemmen through the test and see how they do. Anything else you need just email me and I will round it up and get it to you or your team. God bless you all-Scout
bsinger427
2/6/2009 6:28 AM UTC
I attended my first Appleseed out in Davilla last year after getting home from a Iraq. I managed to sqeeze one more in as well in the time I was at home. I honestly feel like I'm doing more good in the fight for freedom by being part of project Appleseed than I am deploying to far off lands. I write this from the middle east, at the beginning of yet another combat tour. Scout, I'm thrilled with this new project! You can be sure that I will download and listen to as many episodes as I can get my hands on. I just listened to "The Men of the Titanic" and it was a great show. Keep up the great work. You were a gracious host at the Appleseed shoots and a fantastic instructor, and it sounds to me like you may have found another calling as a radio show instructor. I can't wait to hear more. This is going to be an excellent way to get the word out about project Appleseed.
2/1/2009 6:57 PM UTC
I want to thank everyone for listening to the show and calling in, sending emails and submitting friend requests and answering friend requests. This is a brand new experience for me and I am trying to do the best I can for the Appleseed Program. Whether I sink or swim is not as important to me as it is that the Appleseed Program does, and you guys are helping the program to succeed, so THANKS! Scout
HopeNJesus
1/11/2009 8:18 AM UTC
Last night we were talking on a show about the fake military "Troop" names on BTR that had tricked not only us but countless others, including some big name guests that were on the troops shows. Little did we know how close we were to figuring it all out. We have figured out since that BTR knew about the fake military “Troop” names all along and were party to the entire scam. It was a scam to boost the BTR website and to get big name guests on the troop shows and to start an on-going Troops Show, with "Troop" names impersonating U.S. active military members over in Iraq and Afghanistan. Jimmy and Matt and their co-hosts for the Troops Shows were used by BTR to get the shows off the ground. Then BTR tried to take the shows over and have others run the shows, at which time the fake militarily "Troop" names began showing up in many other BTR shows. This was what alerted us to the possibility that the "Troop" names were fakes, the fact that they could be on BTR for so many hours and so many days. After searching out answers, it was learned that the names were indeed fakes. The user names then disappeared, but not the users; they Obtained new names and let it be known that it was them on the new names. Why didn't BTR take action? Here is all anyone needs to know; BTR knows where each user is from. This information is obtained through what is called Online IP Addresses. IP Addresses tell where an online user signs on from. Christie, John Sweet’s wife told Debra when Debra first talked with her seven months ago that BTR sees everyone’s IP Address when they sign onto BTR. Hence, BTR would have known all along that those “troop” user names were NOT signing on from Iraq and Afghanistan. It is clear now that the reason BTR got so upset with the exposing of the "Troops" names and the discussions that took place about them, was because BTR knew that it was just a matter of time before someone figured out the obvious. BTR was in on it all along. Fact is, if BTR was just as shocked as we were, BTR would have been thanking us for exposing the fake users and removing the fakes, as such is a federal offense. But BTR removed us and let the fakes sign on with new names. We have since learned that it is a Federal Crime to impersonate U.S. military. We have proof of the names and down loaded recordings of Troop Shows with the voices of the impersonators. We will be reporting this to U.S. officials on Monday. …This message is being sent on HopeNJesus, a user name belonging to Debra. No doubt it will be removed within hours of this message being sent out and posted on BTR. Please contact Debra at, djms@debrajmsmith.com and Matt at mgbuff@hotmail.com, and Jimmy at dirkbagdotcom@gmail.com. Our shows are now over at www.TalkShoe.com. If you email us, we can send you direct links to our shows. Though we will not be airing any of this on our new TalkShoe shows, there will be major information coming out in the next week on our websites exposing BTR for this and more. …Debra, Jimmy, and Matt
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Hi Thanks for listening. I'm going to do more shows on illegal immigration! :)
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"A Rifleman never stops learning, a Rifleman never stops teaching. A Rifleman continues to seek ways to to protect the freedom the Founding Fathers left us, to improve himself, his home and family, his community, his state and his country, everyday of his life. A Rifleman adapts, a Rifleman overcomes and a Rifleman persists. This is not just some fancy gilded rhetoric we throw around like popcorn and pennies. This is the code we live by here. There is nothing wrong, no matter how often the mass of talking heads tells you it is wrong, or outdated, or corny, stupid and cavemanish, with having a code to live by in your life. Modern Americans have forgotten their code. They have forgotten how to be Americans. We are here to help them remember." Scout The Revolutionary War Veterans Association's Appleseed Project is dedicated to teaching an intense rifle marksmanship and safety course. But the RWVA Appleseed Project is much more than a marksmanship organization and much more than a social organization. It is a direct link back to America's Founding Fathers and instruction about what the duties of a "Rifleman" are today in America. A Rifleman adapts, a Rifleman overcomes and a Rifleman persists. Find out what it means to be called a "Rifleman" and what it takes to live a "Rifleman's Life".
Date / Time: 4/29/2009 12:00 AM UTC
AKA “fiddling while rome burns…”
When you work on promoting Appleseed, you quickly get an eyeful of what modern American gun owners and gun clubs are like.
Far from seeing Appleseed welcomed as a potential program that can get thousands of new people into shooting - and now, what’s more, with the track record to prove it - you run into a wall of hostile ignorance, hostile apathy, and hostile laziness. With the ‘hostile’ sometimes greater, sometimes less, but generally present as a persistent undercurrent.
Man, you lose your idealism fast!
Being an Appleseed missionary is a lonely, heart-breaking, frustrating, depressing activity, sometimes ‘made up for’ with a big break - you actually find an American who’s not pickled in his own ignorance, laziness, apathy - and arrogance. Sometimes you even find a gun club not run by people high on their own power…
Here’s an example for you of an email I recently received, about a potentially great AS location at a club which shall remained unnamed, in a state which shall remain unnamed:
“… I had a chance to talk extensively to the Club Safety guy and also the Rifle Chairman/VP. I think the Rifle Chairman is happy with our Procedures, and I think the Safety guy is happy with our attention to safety. The next step in the process of gaining access to the club is to send a formal request to brief the Board of Directors. This will need to be a somewhat formal stand up briefing, and one thing that we MUST address is “what is in it for them”. I am pretty sure the chairmen of other disciplines within the club will not be overwhelming supportive and I am sure that any effort to encourage them with a “good for membership” effort will fail. I was told very bluntly that, “this is a very exclusive club, the membership is expensive and we have always had a waiting list. We do not want new members!”
“I was also told equally bluntly that the various disciplines within the club already do not get along so “why should they help you?” On a somewhat brighter note I was also led to believe that after formal briefing to the Board of Directors we would most likely have their answer immediately.”
There you go: “What’s in it for them?”
Is there no room for the Cause to be “in it for them”? Guess not.
And what a spectacle: A bunch of boorish ignorant dopes infighting among themselves, so why would they want to help anyone else?
On the deck of a sinking ship?
Guess you could say, “real smart” - right?
Is this a classic definition of fiddling while Rome burns - or what?
Here I have to censor my response to my correspondant:
“My gut reaction is that we can locate a piece of land, buy it, and set up a range quicker than we can get thru to these limp-wristed, in-fighting, “what’s in it for me” arrogant [bleep]-heads.
“But you prob want a more reasoned, calm reaction, right?
“You are the guy on the ground. And I leave it to your judgement.
“These people have already sent [us] a message: they don’t want new members, they don’t like each other and/or any other new or different shooting discipline.
“Plus they love to have people come crawling on their knees, simply so they have the self-gratification ego-stroking of being able to say “No”. Oops, slipped up and got a little emotional again…
“Regardless, we don’t have the time or manpower to put on a dog-and-pony show for these [bleep]-heads, unless you have the energy and motivation to do it.
“Hope none of the above discourages you. I am simply trying, on the basis of the info you provided, to indicate what I believe is the most rational course, based on my experience, and my knowledge of the priorities and shortages of our program.
“XYZ, I am sending this directly to you, so as to pass on my unvarnished opinion.
“As you can tell, I’m full-up with conceited [bleep]-birds who don’t give a rat’s ass about the Cause.
“So [I hope you will] forgive the bluntness, but appreciate the honesty, of my remarks.”
Just in case you think Fred is impervious to this stuff, here’s something I wrote shortly thereafter to someone in the program in response to his suggestion that “Fred may be able to help with XYZ problem”:
“I don’t know if Fred will be of any help, or not. I think he’s in his cave, trying to pull the entrance inside with him, where it can’t be seen - or found.
“I don’t know how you continue, to be honest.
“Did I copy you on my response to [the above email]? If not, maybe I should send you a copy. These Americans are not worth saving. Appleseed is an example of casting pearls before worthless swine…
“In a way, I hope the ship sinks while I’m around, so I can squeeze joy out of hearing the wails of those who’ll be saying, ‘Why didn’t someone warn me?’”
Three things out of this:
1. You are important as an individual. What you do is important. Because you have effects on things you don’t understand or realize. I call ‘em ripples. If you take action, other people who care, see you take action, and are heartened and energized. If you don’t take action, or take stupid/foolish action, other people are disheartened - and the Cause you supposedly espouse to is harmed.
2. As the perceiver of all the ignorance, laziness, apathy, and general foolishness in this country today, it’s very tough to maintain the grit and fortitude that working for the Cause entails. Very tough. It’s probable that what keeps me going thru the valley of despair is the fear that one day I may meet up with the Founders. On that day, I want to be able to look ‘em in the eye, and say, ‘I did all I could…’
A second thing that keeps me going is seeing others who care enough to do something. I don’t want to let those people down, and I don’t want to discourage them by letting them see me do nothing. Seeing them working gives me hope that somehow, some day, we’ll be able to save this country…
3. People in this country will not only fiddle while Rome burns, they will party. In fact, will worship the Golden Calf - as long as it has plasma, and is in front of a couch. If judgement is ever passed on this nation, I don’t want to be around when it is.
4. Appleseed, in case you don’t know, is the answer. Go to rwva.org to find out why. Any one will tell you: the best answer to depression and discouragement is action - and Appleseed is the Answer!
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You have beem waking each day with a cloud over your head, not knowing what it is or why it is there. I can tell you what it is. It is your soul telling you that you are not doing what your heart is telling you that you should be doing.
How can you fix it? Listen to your heart, seek out the answer to what is missing in your life and start doing it. One way to get started is to attend an Appleseed Event. We will get you started on a path that will help you find the answer. Come to an event and learn to become the master of your rifle, learn the fundementals of shooting and master them, then you will be told about the history of Americans and how they let nothing stand between them and success, begginning on April 19th, 1775 and the events that occured at Lexington Green, the North Bridge in Concord and along Battle Road on the way east to Boston.
Every journey begins with the first step, there has to be a beginning and we will give you one at an Appleseed Event. Not all Americans care about their country and the ones that do often find themselves in despair about what impact they could possibly ever have on the perilous future awaiting our Nation. Let us show you how to get started on your journey as an American Patriot, and how to live the life of a Rifleman. Scout
Original Air Date: 4/8/2009 12:00 AM UTC
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