Posted on 04/30/2013 5:47:50 PM PDT by marktwain
Matt aboard steel yacht that he built
During the last frantic battle to defend the Constitution against those who despise its limitations on government action, one name stands out among Freepers. That name is Matt Bracken, or his freeper screen name, Travis McGee.
Matt recognized the immensity of the challenge immediately. This is not new to him, he has been among the foremost in sounding the alarm about the creeping police state that we find ourselves in. His superb dystopian novels in the Enemies Foreign and Domestic trilogy and his top of the line action/adventure novel Castigo Cay are loud warnings of the severe challenges that our faltering constitutional republic faces.
I recall Matt's grim prognostication back in December: We were going to lose, and lose big. I was nowhere near as optimistic as I had been just a year ago. I thought we could win... but only if we fought, and fought hard. Many thought that we had already lost.
Matt did not complain about the odds. He did not hesitate to join the fight because the foe was numerous, well armed, well organized, and had carefully chosen his place of conflict.
Matt laid aside his well reasoned forecast and wholeheartedly joined the fight. He rallied the troops. He launched literary nuclear strikes into the enemies' rear areas. He day by day created effective munitions for all of us to use, and used them himself.
He has been tireless, energetic, and resourceful.
All of this has come at a cost. Matt makes his living by writing and selling his novels. I doubt that there are as many self-published writers of fiction that make a living at it as there chambers in a S&W revolver.
His time, energy and creative skills are his stock in trade, and he gave unselfishly to our battle from those resources. He has no federal deep pockets to fund him or leftist sugar daddies like George Soros. He takes on the leviathan with little but mental agility, truth, and will.
I know Matt as a man of honor and a patriot. He served as a Navy Seal.
Link to the story behind the MAC-10 photo
Matt would never write as I have about himself. I do not think it is in him to do so.
But, it needs to be said, and I do not know who else will do the job.
I am sure that others will be able to write of Matt's accomplishments far more eloquently than I. Please do so. We need to honor our comrades who deserve it, and Matt is one who greatly deserves it.
I have bought cases of Matt's books. I have never been disappointed.
To Matt, freeper Travis McGee, you are a warrior to be reckoned with in these battles to preserve liberty.
If we had a thousand like you, we need not fear the outcome. May others see your example and follow your lead.
And Matt; I am eagerly waiting for your next novel. I will buy a case when it comes out. May this interlude allow you to write it!
I know the war is not over. It may never be over. But we have won a great battle, and one of our most effective warriors has been Matt Bracken, Navy Seal, Sailor, Author, Seer, Father, and Freeper.
Marktwain, freeper, aka Dean Weingarten
Too true-but he is a looker ; )
Bravo Zulu.
Thanks for post 17. I have read the trilogy. I will now order “Castigo Cay.”
Matt is a fantastic writer, an author who can keep you riveted to the story he presents. His insights into what could happen to this country are frightening, because they are more than plausible.
No sure about a series of movies, full-length with big production. Maybe a series of well-advertised YouTube videos, or short movies. Likely much, much cheaper, as well as probably easier to make.
Thanks marktwain.
Good luck with those books to whatever sheriff is responsible for NYC. They’ll probably call the FBI on you.
Seriously, Matt, thanks for reminding people, whether with a graphic, your novels, essays, or posts, that freedom requires eternal vigillance and, on occasion, sacrifice.
I just wish we could get more people to wake up.
Keep up the great work FRiend!
I’ve always been partial to demo.
I’ll keep trying.
BTTT- Good rant!
A love poem for Matt : )
I love you
I love you
I love you, devine!
Please give me your chewing gum
Cause you are sitting on mine.
Keep up your good work.
Me too. That’s why my hearing isn’t quite what it could be.
Me too. That’s why my hearing isn’t quite what it could be.
Thanks, likewise.
I’m not quite sure how to take that, but thanks!
Matt was a SEAL officer, I was an infantry officer it's just something you do for a brother. When he published he called me and gleefully told me: "Welcome to the enemies list!" I didn't get the joke until I read his last book and saw that my name (my REAL name) is listed on all three of the EFAD trilogy in the acknowledgements section at the front of the book. ~SIGH~
He is everything you've said here and more. I thank GOD for who he is and the other men like him. Because God knows, we're likely going to need them all before this thing is over. You know what I really liked about the trilogy? The fact that all the good guys were mostly in their 40's 50's and 60's. Not some young green beret or SEAL with a RAMBO complex. These guys had issues. Real "guy stuff" we're all suffering as we age. Yet they're not infirm, either. You definitely wouldn't want to mess with them.
I also liked the way he used a female as a main protagonist and empowered her to take action in a real and meaningful manner. Because all of us old guys also usually have a better half without whom we would all be lost.
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