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Monday, April 23, 2012

NorCal PatCon

I know y'all are waiting breathlessly for a report on Bill's get-together this past weekend and I gotta tell you that this is actually hard for me to write. There was some good and there was some bad. I'll tell you the good shit first:
Me and Woody rolled in about noon and were greeted first by the world's largest German Shepherd and a Little Big Dog, then Bill and Joe came out and introduced themselves. Joe had gotten there a couple hours before us and was giving Bill a hand with last minute details.
We retired to the house where Bill was getting the meat ready for the grill and started our meeting before others started trickling in.
We ended up with about a dozen folks there, mostly locals. Bill told me that there were some youngsters that worked for him showing up, plus a couple of older ladies that were curious about what we stood for. The ladies were an absolute delight and a welcome addition to our movement.
The youngsters? I cannot begin to tell you how impressed I was with these young men. All in their early to mid twenties and true Patriots. They were full of questions, expressed their opinions, listened to ours and were eager to learn, plus they took over the firewood detail for which I was grateful given my advanced age. Come nightfall we all sat around the fire pit and did manly things like spitting in the fire and scritching dog's ears and solving the Nations' problems.

Now comes the bad shit and it's coming with a Bill Nye attitude:
I ran information and an RSVP survey for 7 weeks and had 16 people respond that they were attending. Out of that 16, 3 of us showed up. Out of the other 13, nobody wrote to cancel.
Folks, Bill went to a lot of trouble and great personal expense (food for 30, porta-potty, etc) to do this for something he believes in. He's a working man and as with all of us, money is tight. Now we all know things come up at the last minute but damn it, it ain't that fucking hard to let somebody know you can't make it. Okay, that covers the rudeness part of the post.

I also know that California is a big state and maybe there were last minute thoughts about driving that far. Uh-uh. That ain't no fucking excuse. I drove 5 1/2 hours and Joe drove at least 4 hours, plus he left his wife defenseless against 2 young children. That's a small sacrifice for something so important. The only exception to this that I can see is the gentleman from Canada that wrote and said he would try to attend. Him not making it, I can understand.
I know that folks forget, although I can't see how anybody could let something as important as this slip their mind. Everybody I know has a fucking calender. Shit, I was counting the days down! No fucking way in hell was I going to miss this.
Bottom line - Talk's cheap. We found out the hard way who we can count on, but at least those that made it Bill's know when our backs are against the wall we have Men that will stand with us.
Ironically, Bill had expressed concern about attracting keyboard commandos. It turns out he didn't have much to worry about.

So you got a mixed report. Maybe I shouldn't have posted the no-show part but I'm calling a spade a spade, not to mention it cost Bill a bunch of money that he could've put elsewhere. Common courtesy goes a long way.
But as Daniel remarked "Wirecutter - better a no-show than leaving you to hang later on..."
Regardless though of the disappointing turnout, I gained some new friends and that right there made it all worth while.
Bill, I want to thank you again for your hospitality and a great time. That was a weekend that I will always remember. Keep mentoring those kids, they're our future. You're doing a fine job.

13 comments:

  1. I hope my after action report isn't similar to your bad part. We shall see.

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  2. Nice write up. I agree with you on the quality young Men, Bill's great hospitality, the size of that Shepard! As for the rest of you that could not or did not make it. The fact that some people don't see the value in reporting back to other Patriots you know is just pathetic. I know that I am not alone,even behind Socialist lines here in Cali. Reporting to my network, and happy for new friends. ~Joe

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  3. fuck america and all u citzens in your dirty ass is all i got
    Liberty Valance

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  4. Yeah, the keyboard commandos are no worry. For being in occupied Kalifornistan I'd say y'all had a pretty good turnout : )

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  5. I'm reminded of something a friend said years ago when trying to get a group together for a weekend outing. He was trying to get commitments for it about three weeks in advance so we could all plan it out. Several people said, "Well...maybe. I don't know what I'll be doing that weekend." His response - "If you say 'yes', then you're doing *this*!"

    And fuck people who say they're going to show and don't, then when you ask why they say, "I just decided to stay home." or "I just didn't feel like going." Then why did you say you would go in the first place, fuckwit?

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  6. Things certainly do come up, but non-communication is a no-no. Certainly can't trust them again.

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  7. I distinctly remember e-mailing for the directions to the site. I NEVER got an answer...

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  8. I didn't catch the email. Why didn't you try again? Or call Bill? His phone number was on the announcement in the sidebar.

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  9. Cutter, I,ve been doing the organising for our yearly fishing trip for the last 25 years. Most of the group has known each other since at least 13 years old. Still to this day, I have to call a week before to "remind" those that committed, that even if they don't show, they still owe for the lodgings and food. Usually get 100% attendance, but Jezuz, we're all over 50 now!

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  10. Hence why we'll never have a revolution. People are too damn lazy to participate. Probably at home watching some dumb ass reality show like the Kardashians.

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  11. when I ask the locals around here and get the 'We'll see, I don't know what I'm doing' answer I just scratch 'em off the list.

    Either its a priority and you schedule lesser events around it or its not important to you. Since the meet is for those that think it's a priority they probably wouldn't enjoy it anyway.

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  12. I can empathize with your frustration, I hosted a meet & greet for a candidate running for GOP nom(true patriotic conservative w/ credible endorsements) to take out Feinstein, posted on multiple Tea Party sites, rented space, bought refreshments-minimal turn out(5) room for 80+, I know we live in the most socialist state in the union, but I also personaly know a lot of patriots, WTF?!! I’ll try again in May, I’ll make sure it’s not on a night that competes with Dancing with the Stars or some other mind numbing agi-prop main stream swill.I’ll post here as well when I have a date.

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  13. This must be a California thing.
    My daughter moved out there a couple of years ago. I remember that she told me she had invited about 100 people to a thanksgiving dinner. I asked her how she could afford to feed that many people. She told me she was cooking for 10. Six showed up. Many more than that said they would come, but didn't. She told me when someone from California says they will come to something, they mean unless something more interesting is happenning

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