The White Shadow Dojo is a Martial Arts school run by Gwynne and David in western New York. This blog features information on our book "The Rhythm of One", our class offerings, a calendar of events, an edged weapons forum, articles on knife design, and a community space for the research and dissemination of Martial Arts. "Sometimes irreverant, often opinionated, always brutally honest."

Friday, July 25, 2014

Maybe there is hope for a change

Maybe there's hope.

I decided to go down to our small park for a music in the park event. The Suttons (our mechanic) sponsored it and the band was from the small town of Woodhull. It was made up of men and women from age 9 to 83. The park was  filled with locals. Many of them are good hard working people but we have our share of welfare, poorly clothed and unkempt. Some families are lower IQ and sloth like. Then there are the aged and infirm. People with canes and walkers. Its an elderly community. One woman walked in (with some help) who is 96. A few young men in their 30s came with their families. Bright eyed kids raced around the park. I found myself comparing this crowd to the hundreds of beautiful people we saw vacationing in McCall last month. It has become a bad habit that I look at people and wonder how will they survive if The SHTF? Who will look out for them?

The local band is amateur but enthusiastic. What can I say I was a rather mediocre drummer in highschool band. The first thing they played was the Star Spangled Banner and everyone stood without any announcement. There were no Obama's groping their crotch like he does when he is bored and doesn't know what else to do. The next musical piece was dedicated to all of the veterans in all of the branches of service. Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. As the band played the marching song for each branch they asked veterans to stand as theirs was played, and a veteran of that branch of service walked carrying the correct flag. Everyone there cheered and clapped loudly for each flag. And I thought to myself, would all of the "beautiful people" in cities across this nation would have done the same? I would hope so. Then they played a melody that started with taps to honor the deceased veterans. Taps always chokes me up......

I don't think that anyone in congress or the white house could have provided a more touching tribute despite the occasional wrong note or missed drum beat. Underneath the gathered poverty and the shaggy haired rag a muffins, inside the overweight and underweight, bent with cancer and aged bodies, beats something that many parts of America have lost or conveniently forgotten. Maybe beauty is only skin deep after all.

How do we preserve what little is left of this nation? That is the challenge ahead of us.

Wednesday, July 16, 2014

Insanity redux

Harry Reid declares border the most secure it has ever been, despite the continuing flow of illegals now surpassing 87,000. Are they coming to your neighborhood next?

Thursday, July 10, 2014

Insanity Reigneth

Since writing this blog the Islamic terrorists have acquired 90 pounds of uranium! And our borders remain wide open thanks to Obama.

I know its been a while since I wrote a new blog. I have been travelling for work and vacation. While on vacation I turned on the TV one night and the Border Crisis was on the news. I thought my head would explode before I could get the TV turned back off. Here’s a clue to brain dead Nancy Pelosi. It’s a CRISIS you MORON, not an opportunity. Even Glenn Beck is being led by the nose over this one. Glenn take your heart off your sleeve, your head out of your anal orifice, and start using your brain again. We are under invasion and the little kids are the drug cartel’s and terrorist’s cannon fodder. They are being used by terrorists (including the Kenyan in the white house) to deceive and infiltrate our nation. Aren’t they cute? NO! Little puppies are cute. These are homeless, disease ridden, parasite infested, illegal beggars soon to become another permanent drain on our already over-taxed welfare system. Of course the socialist solution is to bring along their entire extended family to care for them (also at Tax-payers Expense!) This is not the united states of Honduras! Remember that we the tax payers are now the minority population in this 17 trillion dollar debt ridden Socialist nation. But Obama has a fundraiser to attend in Hollywood and cannot find time to check out the border. Chuck Hagel has finally woken from whatever drug induced stupor he was in to announce that ISIS and Islamic Extremists are an imminent threat to our nation and Europe. Holy Bat Shit Chuck, glad you could make the party. Now if only James Clapper would find his way back to reality we might have a consensus opinion. The islamists are within a few miles of 230 nuclear weapons and threatening to even destroy Mecca because it is not Islamic enough. The destruction of Israel is the end game for ISIS, and Hamas is softening up the target with over 200 missiles launched in 2 days. What would Obama do if Mexico decided to launch 200 missiles over our border? Probably send Kerry down for another vacation or apology tour. Too bad Kerry couldn’t find time to visit our incarcerated marine while he was in Mexico. Has anyone ever seen a more dysfunctional family that the current un-Administration? I think our nation could be better run by a troop of lesbian boy scouts led by a transgendered Romanian pole dancer.

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