Very sorry for your loss Brian. I have hopes that, once we dismantle these tyrannical structures which these corrupt cowards hide behind, we can bring to justice those who killed your friend through such nefarious and neglectful actions. May God bring you comfort through your fond memories of your friend.
Thanks, Professor. As noted, time and respect for Tim's privacy caused my ommission of the VA as a prime player in maintaining Tim's issues when it should have been taking the lead.
As a heads-up, I have your name on my Future Podcast Guests List - assuming you're so inclined...
Thank you, Brian, for this passionate letter that expresses your joy in knowing Tim and your anger at what the medical system did to him. We cannot leave out the VA, who refused an appointment to a specialist advised by another doctor. He was failed in all ways by the system, but he was cared for by the best and most loved persons in his life. I will be searching through the attic of my mimd for those happy hysterical memories as the cobwebs of grief subside. I’ll share them with you, if I may.
True comradery is one of 2 essential needs of all. Mankind. Your commerative of Tim Jones got to me due to the obvious joy you had in one another. Thanks for the remembrance
Thanks for sharing your friendship with us. I too feel for you at the needless loss of your good friend, especially at the hands of everyone other than a competent helper. Such tragedy has become all too familiar these past few years, and now it seems that anger, and frustration. are no help at all.
Anger and frustration are two of the most efficient fuels in my ongoing efforts to effect change and motivate others to do the same. Otherwise, I'd be negotiating with a Black Hole.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” Robert A. Heinlein
That Heinlein was one helluva writer! He inspired my late friend, L. Neil Smith big time. LNS went on to scribble some excellent thoughts and told some fair tales himself.
I spent some time with Smith during a business meeting at a Colorado Libertarian Party convention in Fort Collins in the late 1980s. At that time, he opined that infanticide should be legal up to the time of sentience. His opinion changed after he and Kathy became the proud parents of a baby girl.
Happy to know you two met. We spoke often about the evolution of Libertarian philosophy, the Party, and the commentaries surrounding it. 10 (?) Years ago, I recorded Down With Power and one of his sci-fi novels as audiobooks for him. Like Tim, he is one of my painful losses.
We would up spending the time pleasantly outside of the business meeting at the convention. I don't remember which year it was, but it was obviously before he had a daughter. He spoke highly of Heinlein as his mentor. The last time I read any science fiction was in 1987 when I read everything I could find in used bookstores by Heinlein while I was traveling around in 1987, circulating petitions to get Dr. Ron Paul on the ballot in four states as the LP's presidential candidate in 1988, when I last saw him in person when he filled the Temple Center in Denver to capacity.
Thanks, Brian, for writing your testimonial to the Good of Tim Jones and the Evil of the US Medical System. We used to have a good medical system. I think Obamacare was the final blow.
I hope that there are more Tim Joneses out there, growing up out there, and still to come.
Sounds like Tim Jones lived in California. The weather, soil, and scenery are lovely here. Why does evil always come to the good places and the Good? Whenever I am happy, I'm always looking over my shoulder for Dr. Doom.
Tim did spend years in N. CA before his 'Epiphany' and bolted to ID. You would have liked him. People who appreciated a low-key man of many talents gravitated to him. He tried semi-ex-pating to a small coastal town in Mexico, wrote code, a novel and played with a get-up band in in a local cantina. Thought we'd be neighbors there one day, but...back to ID for all the right reasons.
I don't know about Evil's itinerary, but Dr D and Situational Awareness are a necessity!
Very sorry for your loss Brian. I have hopes that, once we dismantle these tyrannical structures which these corrupt cowards hide behind, we can bring to justice those who killed your friend through such nefarious and neglectful actions. May God bring you comfort through your fond memories of your friend.
Thanks, Professor. As noted, time and respect for Tim's privacy caused my ommission of the VA as a prime player in maintaining Tim's issues when it should have been taking the lead.
As a heads-up, I have your name on my Future Podcast Guests List - assuming you're so inclined...
Thank you. I would be honored to be a guest on your podcast. You happen to be on my Future Podcast Guest List as well if you would like.
Thank you, Brian, for this passionate letter that expresses your joy in knowing Tim and your anger at what the medical system did to him. We cannot leave out the VA, who refused an appointment to a specialist advised by another doctor. He was failed in all ways by the system, but he was cared for by the best and most loved persons in his life. I will be searching through the attic of my mimd for those happy hysterical memories as the cobwebs of grief subside. I’ll share them with you, if I may.
True comradery is one of 2 essential needs of all. Mankind. Your commerative of Tim Jones got to me due to the obvious joy you had in one another. Thanks for the remembrance
Thanks, Walter. As the saying goes, "Tim was the easiest Hello and the hardest Good-bye."
Thanks for sharing your friendship with us. I too feel for you at the needless loss of your good friend, especially at the hands of everyone other than a competent helper. Such tragedy has become all too familiar these past few years, and now it seems that anger, and frustration. are no help at all.
Thanks, TL - much appreciated.
Anger and frustration are two of the most efficient fuels in my ongoing efforts to effect change and motivate others to do the same. Otherwise, I'd be negotiating with a Black Hole.
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.” Robert A. Heinlein
That Heinlein was one helluva writer! He inspired my late friend, L. Neil Smith big time. LNS went on to scribble some excellent thoughts and told some fair tales himself.
I spent some time with Smith during a business meeting at a Colorado Libertarian Party convention in Fort Collins in the late 1980s. At that time, he opined that infanticide should be legal up to the time of sentience. His opinion changed after he and Kathy became the proud parents of a baby girl.
Happy to know you two met. We spoke often about the evolution of Libertarian philosophy, the Party, and the commentaries surrounding it. 10 (?) Years ago, I recorded Down With Power and one of his sci-fi novels as audiobooks for him. Like Tim, he is one of my painful losses.
We would up spending the time pleasantly outside of the business meeting at the convention. I don't remember which year it was, but it was obviously before he had a daughter. He spoke highly of Heinlein as his mentor. The last time I read any science fiction was in 1987 when I read everything I could find in used bookstores by Heinlein while I was traveling around in 1987, circulating petitions to get Dr. Ron Paul on the ballot in four states as the LP's presidential candidate in 1988, when I last saw him in person when he filled the Temple Center in Denver to capacity.
The Midwestern Doctor just wrote an article on his substack about how and why hospitals kill patients. Short answer: money incentives.
https://www.midwesterndoctor.com/p/what-makes-hospitals-so-deadly-and?utm_source=post-email-title&publication_id=748806&post_id=152051147&utm_campaign=email-post-title&isFreemail=false&r=9atnc&triedRedirect=true&utm_medium=email
Thanks, Brian, for writing your testimonial to the Good of Tim Jones and the Evil of the US Medical System. We used to have a good medical system. I think Obamacare was the final blow.
I hope that there are more Tim Joneses out there, growing up out there, and still to come.
Sounds like Tim Jones lived in California. The weather, soil, and scenery are lovely here. Why does evil always come to the good places and the Good? Whenever I am happy, I'm always looking over my shoulder for Dr. Doom.
Tim did spend years in N. CA before his 'Epiphany' and bolted to ID. You would have liked him. People who appreciated a low-key man of many talents gravitated to him. He tried semi-ex-pating to a small coastal town in Mexico, wrote code, a novel and played with a get-up band in in a local cantina. Thought we'd be neighbors there one day, but...back to ID for all the right reasons.
I don't know about Evil's itinerary, but Dr D and Situational Awareness are a necessity!
Tim was a great guy. Wish I'd known him. Modern medicine is a cruel joke. It's medieval.
George C. Scott shows how useless and evil modern medicine is in "The Hospital":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2BbiZgeCI8
Start the video at 0:33.