{"id":24394,"date":"2016-01-13T06:31:17","date_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.backwoodshome.com\/blogs\/ClaireWolfe\/?p=24394"},"modified":"2016-01-13T06:31:17","modified_gmt":"2016-01-13T14:31:17","slug":"update-on-helping-mike-vanderboegh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2016\/01\/13\/update-on-helping-mike-vanderboegh\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on helping Mike Vanderboegh"},"content":{"rendered":"

BBQ\/work party<\/strong><\/p>\n

According to Mike, a work party\/BBQ to help with long-neglected home projects is forming up for the first weekend in February<\/a>. If you’re near Pinson, Alabama, or have construction skills, a strong back, and are able to travel, this might be a great event for you. And certainly for Mike and Rosey.<\/p>\n

David’s fundraising plea<\/strong><\/p>\n

David Codrea also clarifies<\/a> issues related to his fundraising pleas for Mike — and gives righteous hell to a few yammerheads.<\/p>\n

Seems there are some who, rather than helping Mike, prefer to sit at their keyboards and make unhelpful suggestions. I haven’t personally seen the comments in question. But apparently the theme is: gee, if Mike would just put up a few Internet ads or if he had just (past tense) dropped the Fast & Furious scandal and instead pushed his novel harder, he’d be rolling in dough now and wouldn’t have to rely on donations. (Because you know, everybody who self-publishes freedom novels makes a bazillion dollars, and slapping ads on a blog is a guaranteed way to riches.)<\/p>\n

Now I’ll stipulate that there are a lot of people who have perfectly good reasons not to help Mike. If you’re poor, if you’re not a gun-rights person, if you don’t agree with Mike’s radical stances, if Mike is somebody who’s barely on your radar, fine. You owe him nothing. But for people who read his prolific Sipsey Street Irregulars blog and who followed where Mike led now to spout economic nonsense solely as a way to avoid being useful to a dying man and his wife<\/i> … well, that is just BS. Pernicious, vicious, lazy, economically ignorant BS.<\/p>\n

I’m glad I haven’t seen that stuff personally — and the people spouting it should be glad I haven’t because I’d be even less nice about it than David. <\/p>\n

Living Freedom readers (and BHM readers in general) tend to be a very positive, helpful, “do-er” bunch. People who make their best effort to live by their convictions. Useless yammerheads don’t find this place very attractive. Thank heaven. I am very, very fortunate to be part of this community. I’m also rather spoiled to be in such company and I forget what much of the rest of the ‘Net is like. Filled with petty bickering by people who pretend that typing and clicking is a revolutionary act. And who don’t know one damned thing about the economic realities for those of us who seriously attempt to earn our keep while promoting freedom.<\/p>\n

I expected to see David’s fundraising appeal spread like kudzu through the gunblogosphere immediately after he posted it. That hasn’t happened. Only a few gun blogs have picked it up and David reports he’s also not getting a lot of response on social media. That’s shameful. Especially considering Mike’s prominence, tireless work, and huge importance within the gun-rights community and the freedomista resistance. (And the fact that the man is dying of cancer<\/i>, you yammering morons!)<\/p>\n

So please, if you do nothing else, help spread the word about the fundraiser and the work party via your blogs, email lists, and social media accounts. Thank you for that. And thank you for not<\/i> being the all-too-common keyboard kommandos and worthless yammerheads that infest so much of the ‘Net.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

BBQ\/work party According to Mike, a work party\/BBQ to help with long-neglected home projects is forming up for the first weekend in February. If you’re near Pinson, Alabama, or have construction skills, a strong back, and are able to travel, this might be a great event for you. And certainly for Mike and Rosey. David’s fundraising plea David Codrea also clarifies issues related to his fundraising pleas for Mike — and gives righteous hell to a few yammerheads. Seems there are some who, rather than helping Mike, prefer to sit at their keyboards and make unhelpful suggestions. I haven’t personally…<\/p>\n

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