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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Usurpation Day 2021

4/9/2021

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​Part V of XIII
 
 “… Here we are Yank.”
“Reb, you never said how you knew the other day was The Day for George Washington’s thirty Thousand.”
“Knowbody said, ‘It is time.’”
“Right.”
“The 'time' Knowbody meant was this Congress taking the oath of office.”
“Since they now took the oath, they must now defend that oath.”
“As individuals, this group of legislators must choose.”
“Choose?”
“Do you support the US Constitution or the Usurpation?”
“Constitutionalist or Usurper?”
“You got it Yank.”
“What did the Speaker say Johnny?”
“Gave us a suggestion that’s being pursued.”
“What about the thirty Thousand?”
“We should look at what the Speaker didn’t say Gus.”
“The Speaker didn’t refute the thirty Thousand.”
“Correct.”
“Bob said something about giving that might help us.”
“What did Marley say?”
“’How could you ever give your more to receive your less?’”
“Misty Morning.”
“No, just a bit smoky.”
“Bob was talking about the sun, and, in speaking to you, might have meant you too.”
“The sun just keeps giving.”
“It does.”
“I was thinking of George Washington’s thirty Thousand, and how it also gives more than it receives.”
“True.”
“Why did you think of me?”
“I imagine Bob enjoyed meeting you, someone like Augustus Kotka, KIA 11 August 1864.”
“I hear ya.”
“You did something that changed lives.”
“Moving on Reb.”
“Gus, you gave more than you received.”
“Is that Grace I hear calling Johnny?”
“After you friend.”
“With Grace …”
 
Next Up: 31 May and part VI of the series Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Memorials.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Veterans

11/11/2020

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​Part III of XIII
 
“… What day is today Reb?”
“Veterans Day, 11 November 2020.”
“A day to honor veterans?”
“Yes.”
“Well then, a good Veterans Day to you Johnny.”
“Uh …”
“What?”
“Not all of me is …”
“Reb, you a composite spirit you said.”
“I am.”
“That is all of you then, and a lot of you Johnny Rebs served in the US Army.”
“Of course, but -”
“- But nothing.”
“Feels weird Yank.”
“Lee and Longstreet.”
“Served and rebelled.”
“They came back to the Union.”
“They came back.”
“We’re gonna need all your composite parts Reb, to end the usurpation.”
“You have flexible thoughts Yank.”
“Thanks.”
“And a good Veterans Day to you Gus.”
“Johnny, I was wondering.”
“You were?”
“Yeah.”
“Okay.”
“I was wondering about the thirty Thousand and Knowbody’s time."
“Go on.”
“I was wondering if it was only the one time or if it could be another time as well?”
“It can be any time.”
“There’s just one you know for sure.”
“The one Knowbody meant.”
“So Tell-Lie-Vision, for example, could report the thirty Thousand today.”
“Or tomorrow.”
“And then there’s also Knowbody’s time.”
“Yes.”
“Well Johnny …”
 
Next Up: 20 January 2021 and part IV of the series Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Inaugurations.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Knowbody

10/24/2020

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Part II of XIII
 
“… Do tell.”
“Remember how Knowbody said ‘It’s time.’”
“Do I.”
“I know the time Knowbody meant.”
“Don’t tell me Reb.”
“What?”
“You think you know when the thirty Thousand is going to happen?”
“Yes.”
“The date?”
“Yes.”
“I don’t want to know Johnny.”
“Really?”
“You really think you know the date?”
“Yes.”
“Is it soon?”
“I don’t think you’re allowed to ask questions if you don’t want to know.”
“Sort of counter-productive.”
“Seems so.”
“You ask questions when you want to know.”
“That’s how it works.”
“What questions did you ask Johnny?”
“Basic ones.”
“Meaning?”
“Knowing ones.”
“Knowing questions?”
“You said you didn’t want to know Yank.”
“I don’t.”
“Okay.”
“But part of me does.”
“Okay too.”
“Knowing Reb, it sometimes ain’t what I thought.”
“Knowing is fulcrumistic Gus.”
“Fancy you.”
“All we have to do is see it through.”
“Keep showing up.”
“And the date will arrive.”
“Well …”
 
Next Up: 11 November and part III of the series Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Veterans.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Constitution Day 2020

9/17/2020

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​

Part I of XIII
 
“Yank?”
“Here Johnny.”
“Happy Constitution Day.”
“Again already?”
“Yup.”
“Happy Constitution Day Johnny.”
“Where’ve you been?”
“Remember that gentleman singing ‘Get Up, Stand Up’?”
“Stand up for your rights.”
“I’ve been with him.”
“You’ve been hanging with Bob Marley?”
“Bob, yeah.”
“What’d you two do?”
“He had smoke.”
“You smoked with Marley?”
“Quite a bit actually.”
“How was the smoke?”
“Sweet.”
“Sweet?”
“He said it was Jamaican.”
“Sweet indeed.”
“I thought so too.”
“How much did you smoke?”
“He had a bag.”
“Gus … it’s been nearly a year.”
“Amazingly Johnny, the bag never went empty.”
“Eternally full?”
“Overflowing even.”
“Did you and Marley talk?”
“Lots – Bob was generous in conversation too.”
“About?”
“I talked about our times, up ‘til August of ’64 … and I explained you and me and what we’re up to, the thirty Thousand and all.”
“What did Marley talk of?”
“The 1960s mostly, and Jah.”
“What’d ya think?”
“I made mention that it sounded like the 1960s could have used George Washington and the thirty Thousand.”
“They didn’t know about that spirit.”
“That’s what Bob said.”
“People now know.”
“That’s what I said.”
“What else?”
“Bob said he lived into his thirties like me.”
“True.”
“You go Johnny: what’ve you been up to?”
“Thinking about what Knowbody said.”
“Do tell Reb …”
 
*Next Up: 24 October and part II of the series Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Berryvillin’: Knowbody.
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: To Live the ‘Merican Dream

9/22/2019

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Part 5 of 13
 
“… We get to live the dream.”
“Say that again Reb.”
“We get to live the dream Yank.”
“Live?”
“The dream.”
“How can we live again Johnny, we dead.”
“What about Crate?”
“You said I died.”
“You did.”
“So we can’t live again.”
“Crate means something Gus, something about you.”
“Be clear Johnny.”
“The thirty Thousand is our dream Yank.”
“I know.”
“You had dreams too, the dreams of Augustus Kotka.”
“I don’t remember them.”
“But you had them.”
“You had dreams too then, the dreams of Jonathan Rebel.”
“Yank, like Knowbody said, it’s time, time we live the ‘Merican dream.”
“The thirty Thousand.”
“Right.”
“And see where the Constitution leads Johnny.”
“It matters ‘cuz it’s true.”
“Speaking of true, what about Tell-Lie-Vision.”
“What about it?”
“Tell-Lie-Vision and the thirty Thousand?”
“I see your point.”
“And?”
“Let’s go see Thunderbolt.”
“Idea excellent.”
“After you Gus.”
“Okay … and bye Lil Man …”
[Bye.]
 
*Next Up: 26 September and part 6 of Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Truths.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Time

9/21/2019

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​Part 4 of 13
 
“… Maybe we could stay here Johnny.”
“Knowbody said that?”
“No.”
“You want to stay at Mount Horeb Gus?”
“No.”
“What did Knowbody say?”
“Knowbody said ‘It was time.’”
“Go on.”
“That’s it.”
“Knowbody said it was time?”
“Yes.”
“That’s bugin' you Gus?”
“What did Knowbody mean Johnny?”
“You know what Knowbody meant.”
“I think so too.”
“You just don’t like it.”
“You and me Reb, we been chasing this thirty Thousand thing for so long now, I wasn’t really sure it would …”
“Happen?”
“What happens to us Reb, when we complete the mission?”
“Gus, …”
 
*Next Up: 22 September and part 5 of Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: To Live the 'Merican Dream.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Lil Man

9/20/2019

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​
Part 3 of 13
 
“… Look Reb.”
“What did you expect?”
“That Lil Man would be gone.”
“Why leave Gus?”
“True.”
“People should picnic here.”
“They should Reb.”
“It’s like a garden.”
“Of spirits and stones.”
“Trees too.”
“What’s Lil Man about Reb?”
“Dwarf Stars don’t do much Yank.”
“Explode you said.”
“They can.”
“What’s it still doin’ here?”
“It’s just light Gus.”
“More than light Johnny.”
“More than Crate?”
“No.”
“Gus?”
“Yeah.”
“What’s on your mind?”
“Knowbody … he said something else Reb.”
“What?”
“Well, …”
 
*Next Up: 21 September and part 4 of Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Time.
 
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Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Race

9/17/2019

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Happy Constitution Day 'Merica!
 
Part 1 of 13
 
“Yo Gus.”
“Reb!”
“What you grinnin’ ‘bout?”
“Had fun.”
“Doing what?”
“Jawin’.”
“So unlike you.”
“Funny Reb’s back.”
“Never left.”
“What have you been up to?”
“You first grinner.”
“Met-a-gent who challenged me Reb.”
“Oh?”
“Spirit, you know, like us.”
“Go on.”
“He sauntered up to me like ‘poof’ and asks me a question.”
“What question?”
“The spirit-gent asked me, ‘How many races are there Yank?’”
“And you said?”
“Who are you?”
“What’d the gent say?”
“He said he was ‘Nobody,’ but he smirked Johnny, so I think he meant he was K-N-O-W body.”
“Knowbody, yes.”
“You know Knowbody?”
“We’ve met Gus.”
“Is Knowbody like us?”
“In its own way; what answer did you give Yank?”
“I said there was only one race, the human race.”
“And?”
“Knowbody grinned.”
“Like you.”
“Maybe so.”
“Nice answer Gus.”
“How ‘bout you Johnny, been reading?”
“Well …”
 
*Next Up: 18 September and part 2 of Johnny Reb and Gus Yank Revisit Mount Horeb: Tell-Lie-Vision.

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