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Why He Did It
And
Why Von Brunn Won't Be The Last
by
Edgar J. Steele
June 10, 2009
"Those
who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution
inevitable."
--- John F. Kennedy, 1962 White House speech (35th president of
the United States of America, 1961-1963)
"He
that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy
from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a
precedent which will reach to himself."
--- Thomas Paine, Dissertation on
First Principles of Government (1795)
My name is Edgar J. Steele.
Suddenly, the news today is
full of yet another crazed-gunman-opens-fire story. James Von Brunn,
inveterate Internet crank and author of
"Kill the Best Gentiles," was shot by Washington, DC,
National Holocaust Museum armed guards as he tried to force his way
in with a rifle. Von Brunn shot and injured one of the guards
before he, himself, was critically injured by another just inside
the entrance. At the time of this writing, both Von Brunn and the
injured guard are hospitalized and in "grave condition."
Why Did He Do It?
The TV news today is full of
the question, always asked after one of these shootings, but never
of those of us capable of providing the correct answer:
"Why did he do it?" Always, the
news anchors and pundits go on to answer their own question by
dismissing the gunman of the moment as a right-wing, hate-filled nut
case, illustrative of why further restrictions on liberty and gun
ownership are necessary.
Already, the Southern Poverty
Law Center has weighed in on the national news. You won't be
hearing anything but their side of things in that forum, though.
Taken at face value, Von Brunn's explanation would be as
inflammatory as his actions, if even that were to be trotted out.
It won't, though. And, certainly, the
real reason for Von Brunn's outburst today never will be
broadcast beyond the confines of these outer fringes of the
Internet.
Below, I am going to give the
honest answer as to why Von Brunn
went off on his aborted shooting rampage, probably better than he
could, himself. No ... certainly
better than he could, himself.
Von Brunn in the Flesh - Sort Of
I never met Von Brunn, but I
did brush up against him in a series of acerbic exchanges a few
years ago. Confusing me with one of his peers in the White
Supremacist movement (I get that a lot), it seems that he didn't
approve of my advocacy of nonviolence.
I had written the following
in a 2006 investment-advice piece:
"Remember to have priorities.
A safe and productive place for your family to tough out the coming
hard times is first. Food stores. Independent water and sewage. A
way to defend what you have. Always have 6 months' living expenses,
including debt service, in cash, even though the dollar is falling
like a rock. These things are more important than any other sort of
investment."
Von
Brunn's response to the world at large: "Edgar Steele's advice to
investors fails to comprehend the extent of a money melt-down
disaster. Recollect, Russian Revolution (ILLUMINATI/BOLSHEVIK)
torture rape and butchery ; the deliberate starvation of Kulaks; the
incineration of 20th C. Europe; Mao; Pol Pot. The World flowed with
blood, stunk with unburied corpses. The ILLUMINATI is ubiquitous
and not compassionate. Today, we are witnessing the penultimate
stage in (ILLUMINATI /ZIONIST) GLOBALIZATION of Planet Earth - -
protestors will be eliminated. There is NO ESCAPE. No place to
hide. To protect what you have and take what you need, the MOST
important investment ARYANS can make today is NOT as Steele
advises. NOW, for a limited time, the most important investment is
in AMMO. AT LAST, you wimps must stand and FIGHT!"
His Own Personal Armageddon
An old
man (89, according to news reports), today Von Brunn apparently got
tired of waiting for his own, personal "penultimate stage." Today,
he set out to practice what he preached. Doubtless, Von Brunn did
not expect to get felled so quickly, but he surely knew his was a
one-way mission, nevertheless.
Von Brunn
was making a statement and setting an example. Both provide a
lesson to which we, as a nation, should attend, but which we
undoubtedly will ignore ... yet again.
Make no mistake: I do not defend Von
Brunn's rhetoric or actions. On the contrary, I roundly condemn
them both. Even so, listen up, folks - because there will be
more ... lots more ... acts like today before this is over.
Defending the Politically
Incorrect
I am an
attorney best known for defending the politically incorrect in cases
where our important constitutional rights are at issue in situations
where those people are being railroaded for their beliefs in the
context of trumped-up civil and/or criminal charges. I have
defended and provided legal advice to, probably, more of the
politically incorrect than has any other attorney in America today.
Always, I have required that they be fundamentally decent people,
trapped on the business end of a railroad job ... and innocent -
always they must be innocent,
regardless of how things might eventually turn out in court.
And,
believe me, I get at least one opportunity each and every week to
defend the politically incorrect. Problem is, usually they are
guilty or stupid, or, more likely, both. I'll tell you this much
about Von Brunn, though: stupid he is
not. Reportedly, he is a member of Mensa, the group for bona
fide geniuses. I believe it.
Would I
defend Von Brunn for his actions today?
Absolutely not, unless it was
simply to secure him a fair plea deal or at a sentencing hearing.
Never could I defend his conduct at trial. And, even then, I
wouldn't do a single thing for him pro
bono.
Fair disclosure: if anything, I
am biased against James Von Brunn,
not for him or his "cause," though
you may end up wondering about that after you hear me out today and
learn why I think he did what he did and why this is just the
beginning. Sooner or later, somebody had
better pay attention, because guys
like Von Brunn aren't going away anytime soon.
Time Was Running Out
So -
why did he do it? Well, the easy
answer is his age. Von Brunn dedicated his life in recent years to
what he saw as an inevitable armed confrontation between the
government and a supposed army of others believing as did he. Time
was running out and the revolution hadn't yet begun. It is easy to
believe that he opted for making a statement while he still could,
perhaps hoping to spark the beginning of the revolution he believed
to be inevitable. Frankly, that is the most likely reason for why
James Von Brunn took a rifle to a site that he found more offensive
than most any other in America today.
But,
there are lots of oldsters who don't take to the streets with a
rifle in hand. Von Brunn's reasons go much deeper, obviously, and
are shared by a great many others in America today. Knowing why and
doing something about it now might prevent senseless bloodshed in
the future.
The Self-Styled Martyr's
Point of View
In a very
real sense, today's shooting is of a piece with that of the abortion
doctor a week ago. That shooter was surprised to find himself
treated as a common criminal, which he is, of course. Similarly,
Von Brunn no doubt also considers himself a martyr, deserving of
admiration, and a figure likely to be vindicated in the longer view
of history. Make no mistake about this, though: Von Brunn, too, is
a criminal, albeit an uncommon one.
I like to say, when speaking
of those responsible for the horrible financial catastrophe now
crashing down around all of us: It
takes a towering intellect to create a towering house of cards.
The same can be said for James Von Brunn's intellectual world. A
less-serious way of describing it would be to call him a "victim of
his own desperation." He trapped himself with his own rhetoric and
felt compelled to act upon it. A decorated veteran of World War II
and a PT-Boat captain, Von Brunn was no shrinking violet. Mere
rhetoric is insufficient for the true man of action.
In fact, twenty-five years
ago, Von Brunn was arrested and received a lengthy prison sentence
for then attempting to place the members of the Federal Reserve Bank
under citizen's arrest (at gunpoint, it must be added). A worthy,
if misguided, adventure.
Like many others, James Von
Brunn feels victimized by Jewish control of America and offended by
the preferential treatment accorded minorities, particularly
Blacks. His anger is born of the frustration of being unfairly
treated in the country for which he so proudly fought.
Not Just Another Racist Anti-Semite
All over TV today, clueless
anchors and pundits dismiss Von Brunn as just another irrational
White Supremacist, racist Anti-Semite.
Perhaps. But, then, that ignores
the question of why he might be
all those things and whether - just
maybe - he and others might have some justified complaints that
are not being addressed. In fact, the short shrift being given to
Von Brunn's position today helps to hasten the day when the next guy
just like him does something just as off the wall.
America, we need to talk.
America, We Need to Talk
About racism ... against Whites.
It is not racist to demand equal treatment for White America. Equal
rights for all - special rights for none.
About unfair treatment ... of
Whites ... by an increasingly remote and controlled American
government.
About the looting of the American
taxpayer ... by an undisputedly secretive and private organization,
the Federal Reserve Bank, which is owned in its entirety by Jewish
interests. Facts are facts, like them or not.
About the circumspection of the
Constitutional rights guaranteed all of us.
About the illegal and unjust
wars of conquest being maintained overseas by America, primarily for
the benefit of Israel.
About the rising tide of
American unemployment and the shipment of American jobs and
factories overseas by plutocrats who now see themselves as citizens
of the world and not of America.
Shootout at the Holocaust Corral
Why did Von Brunn choose to
unload at the National Holocaust Museum?
Because it is an edifice to one of the
most stupendous lies of modern times, paid for and maintained
with taxpayer dollars, that's why.
Did the Holocaust take
place? Well, that depends upon what you mean by Holocaust, but
clearly 6 million Jews were not systematically gassed and cremated
by the Germans during World War II. I have written extensively on
this, both in my book,
Defensive Racism and in essays such as
Holy Holocaust. People go to jail in other countries for
saying just what I have said. They are trying to make it just as
illegal to say these things in America today. Why?
Why must it be illegal to
challenge the accuracy of an allegedly historical incident? This
patent unfairness is just a part of that which Von Brunn
symbolically struck out at today.
Just a Fair Shake - That's All They Ask
People like James Von Brunn
deserve to be listened to. They deserve to be heard. After all,
are they not citizens? Do they not deserve the manifest protections
accorded to the politically correct? Not so you could tell it. Not
if you believe what you hear in the media today, that's for sure.
Von Brunn is not purely a nut case and he is no isolated incident.
Just a fair shake. A fair
day in court. That's all they ask. To be heard out. To be given a
seat at the table. But, no, that increasingly is denied to the
James Von Brunns of today, as made abundantly clear by the imminent
appointment of a Latina racist to the US Supreme Court.
More is Coming
Make no mistake. Today's was
no isolated incident. You will see more and more shootouts like
what took place in Washington, DC, this morning, until America
begins to listen to all her citizens and accords all of her children
an equal voice in her affairs. Mark my words well, America.
New America - an idea whose
time has come.
My name
is Edgar J. Steele. Thanks for listening. Please visit my
web site,
www.NickelRant.com, for other messages just like this
one.
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