The Precipice

www.vikktor.us Vikktor reads from coming book "The Precipice". “The Crown Virus” is paramount in understanding the novel, and philosophically tackles the issue from 1775 all the way to present day. Queen Elizabeth died, but the institution she represented remains. In 2020, we walked out a mirror image of the pre-revolution days of tyranny. This intro breaks apart a 1775 document which lists all the abuses we suffered as one people. Will you catch the virus, or be immune from this evil which has again spread like wildfire? 

We continue with Trevor Loudon. The nature of sports demonstrates that neutrality has no purpose. There are only two valid positions: offence and defense. There is no virtue in teams that uphold the doctrine of middle ground. This truth carries into all aspects of life—laying back, or allowing others rot in their own delusions, destroys not just teams, but nations. Great athletes and leaders refuse to feed the cultural monster, which Winston Churchill dubbed, “the crocodile”. “Everyone can see how Communism rots the soul of a nation; how it makes it abject and hungry in peace, and proves it base and abominable in war… If the light of freedom which still burns so brightly in the frozen North should be finally quenched, it might well herald a return to the Dark Ages, when every vestige of human progress during two thousand years would be engulfed.”  – Winston Churchill, “House of Many Mansions” 1/20/1940

After The Great War (World War I), the British people were despondent both physically and psychologically. Despite the neighboring danger of Germany, they fell into a deadly trap. An estimated 80M human lives ended, many by genocide, disease and famine, as a result of this avoidable blunder.   Trevor Loudon is a subject matter expert, bolding declaring to us all, just how close we are to total annihilation.  What does an American Military General and a Virginia football coach have in common? Listen in to find out. "Upon the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that, upon other fields, on other days, will bear the fruits of victory." - Douglas MacArthur “…I am a strong believer that a team is a group of people with one vision, with one objective, and by God one heartbeat; and if I hear two hearts beatin on this team, or in this room…I am gonna kill that sucka so fast, that Lord won’t find out about it till next week…” - Herman Boone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Ge0B0-5ncQ

The "Patdown" series is geared towards current and aspiring public servants. We ask them two basic questions.  1. Why did you enter public service?  2. Are you for sale?  Today, we converse with Curt Nisly, an Indiana State representative.  Curt refused to get sucked into the black hole of the establishment politics. We learn his struggles and relate them back to American History.  

We are mid chapter "Crown Virus". America departed the monarchy long ago; however, we have resurrected it with signs and slogans. We see direct, one to one correlations with industry and entertainment; brands, businesses and sports are infected by the mentality—the people and the things are so far enthroned in our minds, that every person, player, pastor or position has digressed. The spirit has reached the redneck, rancher and black American alike. To merge the abstract into the concrete world of public education, we journey through High School Prom. This tradition might seem innocent, until you experience it through the eyes of a small child, playing Mario at the Glenbrook mall in Fort Wayne, IN. An innocent boy is sandwiched between two stores—one which sells prom dresses, and another which sells “overpriced undergarments”.

We continue the chapter "Crown Virus". What is the health system built upon? Freedom and choice? Innovation and breakthrough treatments? Affordable plans and price transparency? After listening, you will understand the great “declaration of interdependence”. You will see how this industry has made us less manly and more monarchial. How the big hospitals are no longer bastions of wellness, but crookedly managed casinos, where even doctors are peasant pawns in a medieval system--merely chips on the roulette tables of a grotesque gambling enterprise. 

www.vikktor.us This is the final portion of Jack’s story. Immediately following the torpedo that blew the bow off the St. Louis, Jack sustains an injury from the blast that snapped ropes and sent equipment flying across the deck onto sailors. Jack is nowhere to be found, and a crewmember reports him to be swept off the deck! Yet it was providence that Jack and I sit here today, discussing another fight-the battle to obtain his purple heart. It is frustrating to hear that others have received this award for lesser things, including working overtime, hurting ones shoulder when driving a jeep into a river, etc. Jack turns 102 in May of 2022, and I pray that he will receive the award due his valiance.

Richard Bagsby is a husband, minister, father and grandfather. Spending the last ten years in commercial construction, Richard is now endeavoring to lock shields with other Spartans across the Hoosier State. And the party doctrine is not up for debate—protection at conception, and constitutional preservation. The war elephants are on the march to break the lines of weak and cowardly Greeks; to trample failed ideas and bills. Too many are collectively bargaining away the lives of unborn. The law of God is being trampled daily in the Indiana General Assembly, and so Bagsby, like others, has answered the call.

Bricklayer, social media voice, collaborator, father and accomplished cyclist among many other things. Meet John Schmitz. That name is familiar? Almost like “John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt”, but with a “z”. If you look at their districts on the map, it’s almost like they are high fiving each other. Indy desperately needs some help.

Since episode one was recorded, America lost another World War II veteran. Charles Earl DeMann, age 96, died on Thursday, January 6, 2022. Charles was present at Iwo Jima when the iconic flag photo was taken. As reported by Northfieldnews.com: “The highlight of the battle of Iwo Jima was the raising of the flag,” DeMann said. “We were quite close in at that time and I remember watching a part of the climb.” On the night of May 3, 1945, DeMann found himself in one of the most vulnerable spots on the Little as 18-24 Japanese kamikazes came out of low cloud cover and attacked the destroyer…” I am thoroughly saddened that I will never sit with Charles DeMann. Still, most will never know Jack. He lives and breathes, a living vestige of the war and nearby resident of the Hoosier state. Let us journey through episode two, as we continue to hear Jack’s firsthand account of life aboard a battle cruiser. As Jack was busy clearing shell casings off the deck, a torpedo “blew the bow right off the ship”. In December of 1945, Jack went on to get married, courting his wife, Rita Freistroffer at the community center where Clinton meets Barr Street in downtown, Fort Wayne. You know, back when men were gentlemen; fellas would send the waitress with a drink, and hope to stir a conversation…with the cute one.

Most are wrapped up in hobbies, sports or other extracurricular activities. Other are being groomed for greatness. Jack has breathed through the same set of lungs for over a century. He’s walked upright on a new set of knees almost as long as I have been alive. Over three of those 101 years were spent fighting WW2. The floater (as they call the navy boys) was a hull technician surviving eleven naval battles. Jack forgot more than we will ever know. His life is a testimony that every moment is a gift, and every day another opportunity to serve others. It all began on December 7, 1941, when the USS St. Louis attempted to escape Pearl Harbor in a frenzy—the bombs missed her, but the Japanese subs which lay in wait to cut her down, fired torpedoes directly at her hull...

Tyler Johnson is a small-town doctor. A family guy, adoptive parent and believer in Jesus Christ. But his emergency room is a cakewalk compared to American politics. We are unravelling. Power drunk politicians are pushing billions, if not trillions in medical products and green policies which profusely enrich themselves. Doctors like Rand Paul are forced to act as lawyers to fight off the wolves; imperial demigod’s (legally trained bureaucrats) are playing doctor and taking bribes from filthy pharma. Relatively speaking, the galaxy is hardly sick from Covid, yet people of all ages are suffering cardiac events and blood clots. Workers and children are masked. The D.O.E is Darth Vader’s youth. The love of money is a wicked root, but the love of self has killed 60 million infants, on command of the mother. What can the Rebel forces do?  The empire is at war. A masked villain is calling the shots beneath puppet Palpatine—a former senator who once spoke, “It is with great reluctance that I have agreed to this calling. I love democracy…I love the Republic. But I am mild by nature, and I do not desire to see the destruction of democracy. The power you give me I will lay down when this crisis is abated, I promise you. And as my first act with this new authority, I will create a grand army of the Republic to counter the increasing threats of the separatists,” to which a queen Amidala replied, “So this is how liberty dies…with thunderous applause” Is Tyler Johnson just another GOP member, or a Jedi? Will he win the senate race? If so, will the man be sucked into the vortex of collective bargaining? Or, will TJ partner with Luke Skywalker, a hero whose own mother perished giving birth? What vessel will he choose to enter--the rough riding millennium Falcon with crotchety and cantankerous freedom fighters, or another Imperial shuttle teeming with GOP storm troopers?   

Welcome to the Precipice. Today is 11/11/2021. Veterans Day. We will hear from veterans across Indiana. One is a rehab counsellor in Fort Wayne. A realtor and car salesman. Rusty Johnson is a congressional candidate for district 7. Parents, community builders and a pastor body builder who set multiple records. Special Forces. Paratroopers. Army, guard, and the Huntington, Indiana JROTC. We reach out to Tom Camacho, a minister in Ashville, NC, who attended University of North Carolina during Michael Jordan’s college years. The message is clear on Veterans day- We are E Pluribus Unum. Out of Many, one. Also check out anchor.fm/schoolhouse 

The year was 1936. A behemoth of a sports stadium is completed. Like an earth-anchored death star, this gargantuan compound would sweep the galaxy clean of any who dared resist its omnipotence. Larger than the University of Michigan Big House in Ann Arbor. A proud national leader ordered its construction, aided by media groups, filmmakers and other ambitious few. The vision was to broadcast the Olympic Games to world. A neighboring village would house world athletes in the most exquisite, state of the art facilities. Amazed by the luxury, the occupants would refer to this place as a paradise. Jesse Owens was the grandson of a slave. This African American Big Ten champion was still aware of his context—he expected to be placed in a black only facility. To his amazement and refreshment, the United States Olympic team would be treated as equals in this regard, and Jesse was given the same privileges in this paradise.

Scarcity of Freedom An estimated 100 billion people have walked this earth. And only a measly 4.5% have ever lived under conditions relatively free. The other 95.5B missed the "draft". These sorry souls were made into sport by monarchs and crusaders—invading nations was their play, and plundering the weak was our human pastime. You would be lucky to die of a plague, than find the end of Genghis Khan’s sword. And if you made the cut, you wouldn’t kick a ball, or throw a pigskin for $80M—you’d be forced the join their army, swing a sickle or wield an excavating tool rest of your productive years. We know the chances of playing professional sports are slim to none—but contrast this, with the chances of living in freedom. Today, fewer than 12 of Earths 193 countries have a democracy older than fifty years. Are we not therefore better off than the billions who lived before us? To swing a sledgehammer, or throw a bale of hay for real wages—few have been so privileged. So how lucky are we today, to have the opportunity for unpaid extra-curricular amusement? The joy of sports—to swing bats and clubs in our free time with our spare change; to run for pleasure and not from invaders; to scan the sky for a pop-fly, instead of sighting a bombing raid or a nuclear explosion. Throwing passes and assisting teammates, instead of loading mortars into bipods, or bags of potatoes into a railcar. Our ancestors mined for coal, and got black lung disease. Today, we mine cryptocurrency on supercomputers. 

Critical Race Theory- it has communities in an uproar. Instead of attacking the alleged doctrine of "Critical Race Theory", we explore two themes that we all can understand: civil rights and survival. As we continue on our sports theme, we compare a modern athlete, Russell Westbrook with a recently deceased American fighter pilot, Shelby Westbrook. We throw the "critical race" grenade back, and begin to look at the bigger picture. "We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty"  - Edward Murrow