Robertlyn Schultz

Well I did it again; I totally lost it driving (which I should not be doing). This moron turns right (from a dead stop), into my lane I was 200ft. from him doing 40mph, luckily there was a small hole in traffic in the next lane over so I get over, honk and flip him the bird,.  A mile later I’m pulling into the left turn lane and the same car comes along next to me and goes to sideswipe me, I turn into his lane and he pulls away, My mom who has been sitting next to me screams the red light (I was still in the left turn lane mostly) and I was coming up to the line.  I stopped, my mom is still screaming about how I ‘m never to drive in her truck again, or some such I am still watching the asshole, he was one block up pulling into the left turn lane, I was not thinking (admittedly), so I look at my mom and say “fine” I put the truck in neutral, engaged the e-brake, and took off on foot running like a maniac thru the intersection and down the center median, half way there, I guess he checked his mirror because the guy turned right onto a very busy boulevard from the left turn lane. 

 

So I stopped running and went back to the 7-11 where I hoped my mom would be waiting, now I had to hear “That was smart.” and “What if he had a gun?” oh and the best one “What if you had your gun?” that one is new.  My counselor is going to be very disappointed in me, I have not lost my temper like that in two months and you know that bugs me more then my moms not to thinly veiled murder insinuation, just because I want to kick some jokers ass and feel a bit of pain and adrenalin myself doesn’t mean that I would kill someone over a traffic incident!

 

The thing is I already have one misdemeanor assault conviction (1999) for a “road rage” incident. I was riding my bike to work down in Capistrano CA, I had been working for a couple of months and had the route dialed, a car refused to yield for me so when I caught up to the car I slapped the ass end and flipped the driver the bird as I sped past his car, he pulls out and comes after me crossing three lanes I see this and stop in the middle of the street, he pulls up and starts to exit the little Honda civic, by now I’m turned around and coasting the bike up too the driver side door, seeing that he wants more than a conversation (hell we were in the middle of a 8 lane avenue) I reach over and grab the door and slammed it closed with the driver’s head half in and half out.  I reach for the door again but the driver pushes he door open rather forcefully and sends me and my bike onto the pavement.   There I am picking myself up off the ground all the while watching my new friend unfold his 6’3” in shape frame out of that little car thinking “Oh Shit you’re going to get your ass handed to you Rob.” As I’m righting myself and preparing a quick exit (some time retreat is an effective tactic, plus I had to get to work!) “Lurch” grabs my jacket and says “What’s the matter with you? You want to go to jail?” I say “Let go of me Asshole!” and I picked up my bike by the handle bars and hit the jerk with my bike breaking his grip on the jacket and sending him tumbling and allowing me to mount my steed only to find that the chain had come off!  I was dismounting and turning back to face my adversary when I was hit by a freight train, this guy was fast!  I was tackled face first into the landscaping next to the roadway, and as I felt his weight lift from my back I spun around ready to fight from my back, and just as he came into vision I saw a gold badge in his hand.  Yes ladies and gentlemen I picked a fight with the biggest Orange County Sheriff Detective Sergeant on the job. That was a hassle getting the D.A. to reduce the initial charge of assault on a peace officer, to simple assault, and if I get caught again doing stupid things like today it won’t be a misdemeanor charge I will face.

 

The day just kept getting better, as I returned home I received a call from a production company that I had a meeting with Thursday, the guys’ secretary was letting me know that they would have to reschedule and they would get back to me, great I know what that means.  I was trying to generate alternative funding for the VIL-OP / WOLF Camp by selling the idea of a twenty four hour live feed onto the net from the camp.  The idea stemmed form an article I read a couple of weeks ago about webcasting and the need for content.  I figured why not pitch WOLF Camp as a show, I spent a week working up a pitch I even priced remote control cameras and figured the outlay for a six to ten camera installation and a small technical crew on site would be minimal and the subject matter interesting, it could be golden opportunity for a smaller production company. However after weeks of calling around and dropping off outlines no one was calling back.  Finally one company showed interest, now this.

 

OK no problem, I call one of my only friends (I only have two and one lives 89 miles away) I tell him about the production company set-back, and from him I hear “why do you want to do this?  You could be up on your claim already making your money.”  Now you all have to understand Jamie is the most liberal person in my daily world (He’s a Green party member) and he doesn’t understand wanting to help homelessness? WTF?  So I asked what brought this up because he has been all for it.  He tells me he and his wife were talking about me and the plan and she tells him that homeless people are dangerous and she is afraid for me, bless her.  Well that got Jamie thinking, and he concluded that the program has merit but it is to dangerous, with gold, guns (mine) and homeless guys he thinks I would be better off going and finding gold then I could just donate some money if I wanted to.  WTF is up with today?  I am almost afraid to call my other friend, Roger for fear of what bucket of ice water he has for some other personal picnic/parade.  Seriously I feel all Twilight Zonie WTF?

 

 I can not wait another year to get out of here.  I have to find away to get this program out of first gear, “The Program” has become so much of what I do and who I am that I  can’t see not getting it done.  This is my mission and no one can or will change my course, I just have to avoid:

 

1. Fighting
2. Driving (SEE #1)
3.  Jail

 

I will not get busted, I will not be stuck in California, I will not get busted.  Here’s to good thoughts, see you all in the funny papers.

  

 Embracing the Temporary Nature of Life

 

As a veteran of the US Army Corps of Engineers I have never felt "right" living in amongst civilians and after repeated failed attempts to return to duty with the Army I have accepted that fact and over the past couple of years I have spent a lot of my mental energies working on the problem of my dissatisfaction with the civilians and their culture/society that is modern America  I have been fortunate in that after my divorce I was able to establish a small business of my own and with that measure of freedom I have set my own hours enabling many free hours to read and think about life.  I have worked over the years to put together my own philosophy on life and the role our shared society has in corralling people into a maze of requirements to live a "normal" life.   I am not trying to convert anyone to my way of thinking I just want to finalize the process by writing out my views and sharing them with anyone who is interested before I breakout of this societal strait-jacket.  The only way to cut loose from this society / culture is to "run for the woods" and this is the root of my vision.

 

First we should look at the societal requirement of work.  Work at it most basic form is an agreement between an employee and an employer, the employee agrees to trade his/her life energy for financial compensation and the employer agrees to pay that financial compensation.  As the society/culture of America has expanded and become more intrusive into peoples lives that simple model of work has been twisted and bent into something monstrous.  Employers are required to provide a safe work place, minimum wage, health care ect... while the employee has no responsibility other than showing up and making his/her wage.  I find it all very tedious.  No job is permanent and one could find themselves in the unemployment line at the drop of a hat.  My answer to the work problem is to find a method of acquiring real wealth, I have no doubt that mineral wealth mined from the earth is that method, A mining claim is the most affordable vehicle to enable American citizens an opportunity to create real wealth and have control of rural / wilderness real estate, living and working on a mining claim I am responsible for myself and require no employer to provide anything.

 

 

     Shelter is the next aspect of life I will examine, if one rents or owns makes no difference, people work to pay for their shelter.  If they rent then the monies spent on that rent is gone never to be seen again.  Owning your shelter is preferred in our culture/society but I hold that working for thirty years the pay for shelter is a fool’s errand because no one lives forever and owning real estate is no guaranty of future wealth especially for our dependence.  I feel that sinking personal wealth into permanent housing is a waste of time and energy.  The nomadic tribes of Mongolia provide the model for my preferred shelter, they use yurts I'll use military tents, not only are tents cheap shelter they are mobile.

 

 

     The last major expenditure is food and there is no simple answer for that, however with foresight and careful planning food stuffs can be acquired and stored for a minimal fiscal outlay.  A garden plot on the claim and the responsible harvesting of game will augment the food stores of the camp.  Life is not permanent but hunger is.

 

 

     The last aspect of life I have thought about is love.  I have felt the emotion many times (hell I was married once for gods sake)but for me the feeling did not last and I am convinced that true “everlasting love” is a myth.  Sure some people stay together all there lives and good for them but why they stay together is different for each couple and my belief is those reasons have very little to do with love.  Now don’t get me wrong I still enjoy women although I have stopped looking for the “One”, I would never turn my back to an enticing female.  However I have come to the conclusion that women are on this planet not only to birth the next generation but they have a secondary role.  Women are here to “fu*k up a mans plan” and they do that quite well, no offence intended ladies I just call them as I see them.   

 

 

 

What am I saying here?  Just that for me the temporary nature of life is to be embraced and the time I have left on this planet is best spent pursuing a simpler style of life, not easier in many ways it is just different from the normal life path of most modern Americans.

 

Hey you all, I met with a nonprofit advisor today and there will be some changes in my stratagy and method.  One of the first changes will be this space, I will be posting more personal views and opinions and I will be starting an actual web site for the program.  That being said I have no idea as to time frame or even the "Look" of this soon to be website so I will have to figure it out.  Hope all is well were you all are, have a good'un.

By the way, I Just added another video mod. and I could not add a title, so the clip is of some of our six new (4 weeks old) siberian huskies I hope you all enjoy.

I had a meeting with an officer with the National Guard yesterday, presented the program outline to him and he was receptive to the concept.  I cannot disclose who he is or details of the meeting until the nonprofit status of the program is completed (JAG rules) but I will say it was productive.  I was back on a military base for the first time in 20 years, wow the memories that stirred up!  Anyway I took some photos while I was on post, nothing special, though I personally like the static display of the UH-1 with weapons hardpionts.