The Weekend Vigilante

Happy Cinco de Mayo from the beach in Acapulco,

Cinco de Mayo is the only day that of the year that I would possibly rather be in the fasco-communist police state of the US than in the freest country in North America, Mexico.  The reason?  No one in Mexico celebrates Cinco de Mayo… it’s almost a purely US celebration (with the exception of the town of Pueblo)… and it looks like a lot of fun!  Although, trying to do anything I normally do here in Mexico during a Cinco de Mayo fiesta in California or Florida would surely see me kidnapped and put in a cage… sometimes to starve, rot and be forced to drink your own urine and try to eat the broken shards of your spectacles to kill yourself from the horrific conditions.  Not to worry though, if that does happen to you, you will likely get an apology.  We’re square!

For me, I’ll celebrate Cinco de Mayo here without such a high chance of being kidnapped for drinking a beer outside, thank you.

Not to mention I live in one of the most beautiful and interesting cities on Earth, Acapulco.  J Lo was recently here and brought her cinematographers to capture the different facets and sides of the coolest city in the Americas.

Here it is Cinco de Mayo everyday… without risk of regular kidnappings or theft/extortion via taxation.  Enjoy the margaritas and tequilas on this day, American slaves… just FYI, no one here wears sombreros, eats burritos, drinks margaritas and you never shoot tequila… unless it is pure garbage like Jose Cuervo and you are forced to drink it.  Ah, well.

THE BEAUTY OF LIVING OUTSIDE THE SYSTEM

Two dollar vigilantes moved down to Acapulco from the US this week to work with us.  They are like kids in a candy store and can’t believe how much freer they can live here.  They keep asking me bizarre questions like “when do the bars close?” and “what’s the speed limit?”.  But, I don’t want you to think Mexico is perfect.  It’s not.  Mexico is far from a perfect anarchic state… It is exponentially much freer here, but there is still lots of cops harassing people – mostly financed by the US Government… but as with all countries they only hassle their own.  We can live almost completely free here because we are tourists… or in my case, a Permanent Tourist (PT).  They don’t bother with us because we are from outside the system. 

The Mexican people aren’t so lucky.  It’s not like they get targeted daily in the US but quite often a cop will stop a local to shake him down for a few pesos.  As example, earlier this week my cook, a nice young cousin of a cousin, got stopped by the police as he drove my scooter home after I had left it somewhere.  My Mexican wife called and told me to come down the street to see what was going on.

As I arrived I was not disappointed in my anarchist wife.  She was yelling at the police like they were the pathetic criminals that they are.  As I walked up they looked relieved, thinking that I would “control my wife” like any good Mexican man should.  They had no idea what they were in for.  In Spanish, I stated strongly, “What the F**K is this?”.

They backed off again, scared.  The toughest of the cops stepped forward and said, “Hey, take it easy!  What’s your problem?”

I said, “You just kidnapped my cook and stole my scooter, that’s the problem!”

“No we didn’t!” they stated.

“Can we go then?” I asked.

“No,” he stated, confused.

“Then you are violent criminals,” I stated plainly.

There was a long pause.  They were not used to the truth.  I checked my iPhone and scrolled through some emails as I awaited a response.

Feeling a bit more courageous the biggest cop stepped forward, “What are you going to do about it?” he asked, pulling his automatic rifle up to his chest with the finger on the trigger.

“Nothing,” I laughed, “You’re the criminals… you’ve got all the guns,” I stated.

An even longer pause followed.  This is not normal conduct for a regular 20 peso ($1.50) shakedown of a local.  I could see his brain going through any possible way to get out of this situation and move on to easier prey.

“Well, you are lucky,” he said.  ”Because your cook has been so nice we are going to let him go.”

Not willing to so easily allow criminal conduct I said to them, “Under what justification would you take away his right to leave anyway?”

Again……… pause.

“Well,” he said… thinking with great difficulty, “He wasn’t wearing boots.”

“I ride by you everyday wearing sandals, no helmet, on the same scooter, drunk and listening to my iPod,” I said.

“That’s the rules for locals,” he stammered.  If you take the scooter home you can go, he said.

My cook begged me to leave it be… and I decided that was enough for these thugs for one day and we took off on my scooter.

So, remember, it’s true, nowhere is completely immune from statist violence – with the possible exception of Antarctica.  If there was a livable place I’d move there tomorrow.  But living free in an unfree world is a lot easier when you’re not from around here.  Try doing what I did as a US citizen in the US.

SCARY

Right now a number of people, conditioned by their nightly news are thinking, “Wow… what would I have done if I was in that situation?  Maybe it’s better if I stay in my own police state!”

They’d prefer a $300 ticket given with a “thank you” rather than a $20 bribe asked for sheepishly with a machine gun.

“But, But!  He just put the twenty dollars in his pocket they’ll say!”… much preferring that their local police gang write out an official form that eventually gets funnelled through to their $100,000+ per year salaries, 7-series Beemer and half million dollar houses. 

They are wrapped up in semantics…  And, I say, good.  Please don’t come down here if that’s how you think, you’ll just ruin it for me… and if you ruin Mexico then where will I go?  Kanada?

THE KANADIAN BROADCASTING KORPORATION

I get Kanadian TV here in Mexico and was channel surfing the other night and super-accidentally watched the Canadian government news/propaganda channel, CBC.  I knew what I was going to see but, like a car accident, I couldn’t look away.

It shouldn’t have made me sick… but maybe because I hadn’t seen it in a while I half threw-up in my own mouth.  The CBC nightly news led off with the TOP STORY of Prince Charles coming to Canada and how the local slaves were getting whipped into a frenzy at being in his vicinity.

The Queen of England, believe it or not still legally presides over Canada… and not one in a million Canadians has a problem with it.  The Queen, in Canada, is Paris Hilton for old people.

They whip themselves into a frenzy at the thought of even seeing the criminals who portend to rule over them.  And, you know what, that’s fine too.  Go ahead and enjoy your slavery and Stockholm syndrome Canada.  As I get older I care less and less.

If people want to be enslaved and enjoy it I have no problem… just leave me a small tropical region with beautiful girls where I can live with my beautiful anarchist wife and my wonderful kids and my chihuahuas.  And, if not, save me a spot on a SeaStead or the next lunar colony not sponsored by Newt GinGrinch.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

For those who thought I may be appearing at the New York Hard Assets show next week… I’m sorry to announce that due to some scheduling problems I will not be going.  I will, though, be at the Vancouver World Resource Investment Conference on June 3rd and 4th.  And I’ve just been invited to speak at the Porcupine Freedom Festival (known as PorcFest) in the “free-er state”, New Hampshire, and will be speaking at the main stage in the Pavillion on Friday, June 22nd at 8pm.

TATTOO  OF THE WEEK

And now for the tattoo of the week:

“No Regerts”!  Except for choosing a tattoo artist that probably went to public school.

BUENAS NOCHES

That’s all for this week.  I’m about to drive off into the Acapulco night.  I wish you and yours all the best.  

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