Perception Vs. Substance, And “Rank” Amateurs

I had a conversation with someone last week that involved me asking them what they were in “The Movement” and their “State militia” for. My direct question was “Are you in this for “Substance” or the “Perception”? The answer I was given was “Substance”, so we then discussed why State and National level martially “organized”(cough) groups have a lack of reality in their “Substance” and they are more about “Perception”. I know it should be obvious why being about the “Perception” is wrong, but lets review.

Multicam and a well stocked “Modular Food Storage Unit” (MFSU) Impressive! I pray to God they are airsofters!

How many of you have seen guys claiming to be militia while running around in the latest and greatest camo (usually some form of multicam), with the coolest of cool looking unit, ideological, and morale patches and rank available. Even if the guy isn’t grossly overweight (not a majority, but a good many in 4XL “tent sized” BDU’s), most are still overweight, and show no plans to fix that serious health situation. When I say overweight, I mean guys who are 30+ lbs overweight (especially ones under 40), not guys that are in their 50’s with some extra pounds. It’s not supposed to be easy, but it’s very important to square it away. That’s all I’m gonna say about PT!

Next, let’s talk about uniforms. Besides the fact that in peacetime, if you are wearing a set of BDU’s that are currently issued, and wearing a unit patch and rank on them, it is illegal ( I didn’t make these rules guys, they’ve been around for a while). Imagine being captured if you are fighting the US government and what would happen to you under the rules of warfare. You sure you want to be wearing the issue US military uniform? Do the math. Besides, Why would you wear the same thing as someone you think is going to be your enemy, this isn’t North Vietnam, and you are not part of a CCN recon team wearing black pajamas to throw off the “Gooks”.

Obviously, PatchMaster, Multicammando knows the deal. I bet those patches are for IFF….right?

 

If you absolutely need or desire a camo pattern, use an older US issue one like woodland or desert, or use a foreign patterns like DPM or Flecktarn, or just a regular hunting pattern. I’m a fan of and use solid colors too. I like olive drab, or coyote, preferably mixed, but if you need a “uniform”, and like tradition, go with OD. Nock off the EVERYTHING multi cam BS. You look silly, and are spending a Hell of a lot more on that due to royalty costs (about 30% more) than you will on other effective camo patterns.

I’m curious what his definition of a “Serious Patriot” is? Obviously, I would not fall in that category, due to questioning Kernal Kerodin’s facts and motivation, LOL. Keep in mind, Hyman Kerodin wanted to be paid as a Colonel (0-6) as President of the IIIPSFA. BTW, Kerodin doesn’t call himself a Moolisha Kernal, he just calls himself a III OSS Commando Officer. Of course with his bluegun and a riding crop, he’ll be one Hell of a Jedburger Commandante.

The “Rank” amateurs are some of the biggest offenders in the “perception” racket. First they start off with their “Constitutionally authorized Moolisha” BS, then they start talking about historical precedents saying a county commander was usually a Colonel. Ok, let’s go down that road. Historical and Constitutional precedent has the Officers being appointed by the Governor, correct? “To provide for organizing, arming, and disciplining the Militia, and for governing such Part of them as may be employed in the Service of the United States, reserving to the States respectively, the APPOINTMENT OF THE OFFICERS, and the Authority of training the Militia according to the discipline prescribed by Congress;” You are not a General, a Colonel,  or a Captain (the most popular ranks I’ve seen), and you sure as Hell aren’t getting any authority or training from the state, are you? Get over your “Wanna Be” selves! This type of stuff just shows you’re more concerned about perception ( a Colonel with 6-16 people in the unit shows a lack of organizational understanding, and not being in touch with martial reality) than substance. If you have to use a title, use you Duty Position (Commander, Team Leader, Group Leader, etc).

Apparently, Hyman is now selling Vanderboeghs Nyberg Flag patch (FOR 12 BUCKS!), because his III% crap is fizzling out. Get ’em from here if you want one. You can buy three for the same 12 bucks.

It’s one thing to have a unit or group patch that is basic and describes what you are. It is something completely different when you copy some SF patch, or give yourselves a name with the words that sound cool/highspeed, but have nothing to do with your capability or METL (if you even have one or know what it is). Hell, I have a “Mason Dixon Longrifles” scroll for the OpFor guys I use in MDT’s defense classes, and I also give it to students who take those types of classes. I used a scroll because it has a lot of historical precedent (Yes, before the recent 1970 incarnation of the Ranger Regiment was even around, dumbass), and the word “Longrifles” because it’s also an American term with history, not some Brit or French BS. Put some thought into it, and leave out the “Wanna be”, cool factor BS. It doesn’t impress anyone. What impresses people is situationally and tactically aware individuals who show they train hard TOGETHER. That’s “Substance’!

III SOCOM-NP maybe? That’s III Special Operations Civilian Organized Militia-Non Profit.  I said it then (while a member of the Board), I’ll say it now. It’s “Wanna be” (just like almost everything else he’s done) any way you look at it, and there is no reason to do the “wanna be” thing.

Do you go around teaching things of which you don’t even have a basic level of competence ( I had a guy tell me that he was teaching things he learned in a recent class of mine), let alone a tested proficiency in, simply because you read a book, watched a video, or took a class? I know plenty that are doing just that. Just because someone has no clue in how to perform infantry tasks, doesn’t mean you are qualified to teach them those tasks based on one class you took. Being “well read” in a topic doesn’t make you a teacher, instructor, or an “expert”, especially when it comes to performing in the non academic arena. Find someone who has the experience, and ask them for help. You might have to pay for it (example: There’s a lot of former grunts out there that might help you with infantry, or basic rifleman skills for free, but there aren’t many out there who have taken Mil Intel experience and adapted it to civilian use like Sam Culper has, and BTW, it does need adapted). Taking a class on something like Intel from someone who can’t give bona fides is an exercise in futility, and you should question someone who won’t give any facts based background info.

“Perception” or “Substance”?   Bona Fides? I’m curious, I have most of those issues of SOF, I wonder which Mercs it was.

“Perception” or “Substance”? Here’s the thing. When you have an honest background in real world crap, you are more willing to talk about where your Bona Fides came from, than to talk about things you actually did like “Getting wet at belt buckle range”. That’s one of the “tells” we use to sniff out BS artists. It must have been at that french bar (Blue Oyster?) when he entered the wet t shirt contest, huh?

I found this post posted by Curtis today, and got a pretty good laugh out of it. It pointed out the penchant for petty BS that emanates from The Hypocritical Hyman. An ExCon who wants you to believe he was targeted for arrest, due to his patriot stance and because “Big Money/Wall Street” had it in for him. He has the nerve to talk crap about “commies”, namely, those that have admitted they were wrong to be communists,  but The Hyman has never taken responsibility for his own misdeeds. He only gives excuses. MBV made a mistake, he’s said he was wrong, and tried to make amends. What has Hyman Kerodin done? He’s continued to come up with ways to acquire your money, using your desire to help “fight tyranny” as the wedge. Here’s a good example from the IIIPSFA FB Page. Note the date the question was asked, but no response has been given, even though other posts have gone up on that page.

They didn’t answer because they haven’t got one. They’re being called on their crap the moment it hits the Ethernet.

Maybe the answer would be something like this answer concerning who decides to spend the money when talking about the Burns donation situation.

What Board? I wonder who won the “election” for “presidente” considering that a paying member wasn’t privately notified (it’s called email dumbass) that his vote counted and needed to be placed.

Like everything else he does, he goes for “perception”, not “substance”. He was doing it in 2003 when he was approximately 34-36 years old, (I’m told he is 46 or 47 now, so you do the math) and he’s doing it now.

The above is what we read about Hyman Kerodin’s background from another source.

 

And this is how he described himself at that time. Two decades huh?

You want the guy that gave the prediction below teaching you how to perform intel ops?

 

 

 

Here’s his 2003 terrorism summary. As you can see, his “intel”ability is spot on LOL. Those poor, poor malls.

“Blue-Collar Intel work” What an ignoramus. “Personal Experience”? There’s that phrase again. Right, sure you do, just like his “Executive Protection” work listed earlier. Don’t forget, “Ask him no secrets, he’ll tell you no lies”.

This guy can’t even keep track of his own blog sites (check the screenshots below, and look at the link placed there in red), and what the recommended reading list is. Does he actually think anyone believes he left me “breadcrumbs” (like he posted) to find out he was “Courtland Grojean”? Sure he did……. Speaking of Courtland Grojean, I wonder how the “Death Merchant” book sales are going over at Kerodina Press now that someone calling themselves “Richard J Camellion” is writing the books. I wonder who RJC is? Not really.  Obviously from the excerpt of the book, the new writer sucks ass. Maybe he should throw in some Nyteorchid from the book he wrote as “Sam Kerillion” at    http://sexecutioner.com/ .

But aren’t Knuckledraggin’ and I listed as Kerodin’s “Free Shit Army” enemies of liberty? Yup, it’s still up and he doesn’t even know it, check out the link in red.

Hrmmm, Mike Vanderboegh is required reading, check out the link.

What’s this, another kerodin.com site saying we should read MBV? It’s “Irregulars” Hyman, not “Irrelgulars”.

Hrmmm….That was eight months ago. How’s that going, and where’s the update that was due six months ago? How’s the instructor hunt going since the bottom fell out of your wagon? Of course he listed himself right along with Max and Sparks as an instructor due to his “Experience at belt buckle range”. It’s too bad we all figured out the game he was playin’ huh?

So tell me, “Perception” or “Substance”?

Why am I using the Kerodin’s Hyman as an example in this post? Well because he’s the most glaringly obvious example that I’ve seen in the “Patriot/Liberty movement” of an all “Perception”, no “Substance” actor. He puts out so much dumb crap, of course I’m gonna point out the ridiculous and outright BS. He does  talk a good game, as Gaston Boisson says here,

Remember what I said earlier about someone being “well read”? How does the highlighted section square with the “Counter Terrorism Expert’, and ‘Direct Action Security Specialist’, with two decades of experience” (his own words) line? Here’s something about another “Expert”.

 

But if he had no office, what does this from his website at that time tell you?

But…but…but….it says he has an office……and it sure looks…..official….

In the end, the “Perception” people will leave you feeling the way Matt Valley did after he found out the truth.

$122,500 huh. I’ve seen him say that no real extortionist would accept a check…..I wonder where he learned that lesson?

Hyman Kerodin is the Caccolube (designed to destroy) in the engine of the Liberty movement. If you let him slip into your “gas tank” or “under the hood”, you and yours will grind to a halt in a short while. We need “Substance”, not “Perception”. The “Perception” BS is what got the Liberty movement the inept rep it has now. There was nothing to back up the rhetoric and appearance, so those involved have been discounted as nothing but fluff. We don’t need State or National Level groups having their little infighting rifts that start from bitch fights (some, literally) or dick measuring arguments.

Get with those in your area, come up with a protection plan for the “When”, not the “If”. You can only count on those within walking distance (I’d say 50 miles or so at the most), or those who plan on evacuating to your site (for God’s sake leave a day or an hour early, not a minute too late). If you think you can count on the militia group that is 150 miles away, but it can’t support its own logistics requirement for a weekend training without having to half ass it and make excuses, you are deluding yourself. Keep emotion out of the equation.

You’re preparing for a neighborhood group defense, not a martial offense. You want to know where the best “Substance” for the buck is? It’s in your realistic preps. It’s in your realistic assessment of your physical shape, and how to make it better if possible. It’s in you getting with family, friends, and neighbors to plan and train to protect what is important to you. There is no Damned exit strategy it is a “hold until relieved!” proposition. No matter what you might think about our nation, and the screwed up soup sandwich that we call our government, and all the other faults you want to name.  It’s still the beats the Hell out of anywhere else in this screwed up world, and I’m doing what I can to help secure and protect my little piece of it.

Train    Prepare    Pray

JCD

American by BIRTH, Infidel by CHOICE

“Sam Kerodin, III Percent Society”