Over the years I talked Tom Gipson on a regular basis over the telephone, but we never met face-to-face. More than a few of the articles I’ve written or videos I’ve posted on this blog were inspired by some of Tom’s emails or comments.
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Tom was a Texas farmer who enjoyed his solitude and preferred to be largely unknown. But he wasn’t shy. Tom was big, stubborn, hard-headed, hard-working, proud, and ready to fight. You wouldn’t want to mess with that man. He was genuinely tough and I doubt that he ever backed down from a fight.
Tom had written “patriot” articles for years under the pen name of “Valiant Liberty”. I posted one of Tom’s articles on this blog.
Because of Tom’s penchant for anonymity, very few people realize that during the 1990s and early 2000s Tom was one of the top 5 or 10 researchers in America’s “patriot” or “legal reform” movements. If you you consider yourself a “patriot,” you probably owe quite a bit of your knowledge to Tom Gipson–even if you’ve never before heard his name.
On July 7th, A.D. 2012 Tom was working his garden in the summer heat when he passed away from a massive heart attack. He was 60 years old and he died as he’d lived–as a real Texan.
Millions of people live in Texas, but there aren’t many that I’d call a real Texan. There aren’t many who realize what label means. ”Texan” goes back to another time and another breed of man who had a lot in common with barbed wire. You don’t find real Texans in the cities or suburbs. They’re strictly country.
It’s not easy to find the real Texas anymore. But I’ve caught a couple of glimpses, and I know that the real Texas and real Texans are something so unexpected and so quintessentially American that they make you proud.
Tom Gipson was a Texan. I’m proud to have been one of his friends. I wish him well.
Mike
July 25, 2012 at 12:39 AM
I am sorry for your loss. He sounds like the kind of man that sparked the idea of Liberty in my heart and we thank him for that.
Long live Liberty and all the Patriots that are willing to give.
Mike
July 25, 2012 at 4:54 AM
“The fact is that the average man’s love of liberty is nine-tenths imaginary, exactly like his love of sense, justice and truth. He is not actually happy when free; he is uncomfortable, a bit alarmed, and intolerably lonely. Liberty is not a thing for the great masses of men. It is the exclusive possession of a small and disreputable minority, like knowledge, courage and honor. It takes a special sort of man to understand and enjoy liberty– and he is usually an outlaw in democratic societies.” — H.L. Mencken, Baltimore Evening Sun, Feb. 12, A. D. 1923
David Merrill
July 25, 2012 at 6:56 AM
Sorry to hear about your loss. Talk of a patriotic Texas reminds me of the days…
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B1EaV_bU7VImUVZaeFR3TzRzaDg
Doug
July 25, 2012 at 8:19 AM
I’d have to “ditto” Al’s remarks and add that I knew Tom very well though I never met him face to face. We spoke and e-mailed each other daily for years until a couple of weeks ago the phone calls and e-mails stopped. I thought maybe he was just too busy or maybe he’d taken a vacation of some sort, at first. After sending several e-mails without getting a response I called his cell phone. His wife answered and informed me that he’d passed away on July 7th.
The “patriot” community lost an asset and I lost a good friend. I work as a farm hand and am 61 years old. Tom and I had a lot of common ground to discuss and we did so on a regular basis. I can say that I probably spoke with him either the day he passed or within a day of his passing and he sounded fine. He’d just spent a conderable amount of money to have laser surgery on his eyes and told me he was pleased with the outcome. There wasn’t even a hint of unwellness.
The reason I mention this at all is because I had a similar type of friend (a truth seeker and fighter of tyranny) named Daniel Kelley that suffered a similar fate at the age of 58. Seems to me that the good do die young sometimes. We are fortunate to know men of this caliber and I will truly miss them both.
R.I.P.
TheEvidentSpirit
July 25, 2012 at 10:26 PM
Events are moving more rapidly, I would expect many more of the “True” leaders of a New Republic or a revival of the current one to be “leaving young”.
I knew a man awhile back who gave me some documents that I never paid attention to. He was older when I met him. He’s been gone 15 years and the papers sat in a folder. The last few years I have been digesting so much information and I FEEL like I am onto a ah ha moment. Al is very helpful in his insights. I deeply know that this is truly a spiritual/ energy war and am focusing intently on that. I recently revisited that man’s papers where he documents first hand knowledge from the late 40′s (He had served in both WW’s) of the on-going conspiracy by the PTB to transform Man back into an animal; globally. I never really understood the meaning of his documents until I came across Al’s blog here. We all touch each other in Our uniqueness.
The PTB are influencing everything from Our DNA/RNA; turning off Our biologic antenna, To Our water (We are 70%) to Our Air, To Our electrical/magnetic fields. They are even blotting out the Sun (We photo-synthesis the Master hormone Vitamin-D).
I have cleaned out my body (fasting, herbal tonics, cilantro extract and coffee enemas; Mae West Style), have revived my physical trainings (HIST; high intensity strength training and others) and am meditating regularly. I have noticed very acutely the frequencies that are all around and am irritated by them. Cell phone calls within minutes cause headaches. I hang up and move it away, headache gone. If I eat something not prepared by myself (I eat very clean food) I can tell within an hour how tainted it was by my physical response. I do not adulterate my water with any unintended chemicals. I am not a nazi experiment.
There is so much chemical and electrical garbage all around the cities it is insane, I am sure having the open Land and Liberty for most of ones Life would allow for insights and clarity. I did not know the Man but through this article and from what was passed along.collectively through others who may have encountered him and left a footprint.
So Long…..
I feel for Your loss Doug and others.
Jethro
July 25, 2012 at 8:24 AM
Very sad news. Tom was a real American and a patriot, but not in the vernacular sense as used by contemporary pundits and politicians, but in the true sense as intended by the Founders. He understood liberty does not protect itself and stood steadfastly in its defense. His work endeavored to unravel the guile of the unsavory who, through deceit, have done their damnedest to separate the People from their unalienable rights. He was one of the good guys and will be sorely missed. May his work be picked up and continued by many others.
HopsScotch
July 25, 2012 at 9:00 AM
My late great uncle, Joe Unfred, from Luboc, was also a “Real Texan”.
ummer
July 25, 2012 at 5:36 PM
I think someone should make a movie of what a real texan is like.
Adask
July 25, 2012 at 7:13 PM
I’ve seen a couple of real Texas COMMUNITIES since I’ve been down here. I went to their COMMUNITY dance halls and watched whole families dancing with each other and their neighbors. I’ve seen little kids dancing with grandparents and teenagers that were the least bit embarrassed or ashamed to be dancing in the same place as the dreaded “adults”. I can’t communicate what I saw at those big old “barn” dance halls. No air-conditioning. Just people enjoying their lives in a way that wasn’t sleazy or seductive but was honest. The first time I saw such a place it was being in a motion picture made to depict the 1950s in America. I couldn’t believe that such COMMUNITIES still existed. They’re rural communities populated by a lot of farmers and ranchers. They have an organic quality. They remind me of what this country was, and had: real communities. Not just aggregations of millions of strangers where you can do almost anything you want and still remain “unknown” to even your purported “friends” (actually strangers)–but real communities where everyone kinda knows everyone else’s business–which can be annoying on one level–but it’s caring on another level and reason to behave yourself in a way that’s fairly honest and even honorable.
It’s hard to explain, but I’ve seen it twice, so I know it can exist. Real communities where people know and care about each other. The folks who live there may not fully appreciate how blessed they are. But I envy them and I wish I’d been born into such a community.
Doug
July 26, 2012 at 5:17 AM
Hi Al, I live in one of those small Texas towns and have for nearly 20 years. Your analysis is spot on and I have to tell ya that “I am the epitomy of resistance” … What I mean by that is I do not have any relationship with any legal fiction, have no “I.D.”, no SSN, … and yes I do travel in control of a car/auto.
The timing of this thread is amazing. In spite of my refusal to license or sign up for the governments benefits I have never been hassled by the local State, County or City Cops. (I have had run ins with other jurisdictions). The city I live in is the county seat and most of the police live here and are active participants in community activities.
This weekend a local Mexican Restaurant is holding a benefit for a local family to raise funds for the surgery needed by the adopted 3 yr. old daughter of a DPS Trooper that was kicked in the head by a horse recently. While the cops in other areas may attack their fellow citizens under a martial law scenario – that will not happen here in “smallville” – Texas !
The town I live in has around 850-900 people – and your comments describe it perfectly.
Yartap
July 25, 2012 at 6:14 PM
I finally read his article. I’m for the better, with his knowledge. I learned alot. His is truly a great man. But, now I have grained from his knowledge. Thank You, Valiant Liberty!
SEM
July 25, 2012 at 7:47 PM
No Comment!
PeaceOut
aregularamericansperspective
July 27, 2012 at 1:20 AM
I’ve read a lot of Libertys writing over the years and his loss is a sad day for the freedom community, and leave a prayer for his wife, loved ones, friends and all the people his writings inspired to examine and wake from the treason and lies of the government. His “The Secret Of The Special Maritime Jurisdiction” was very interesting and thought provoking as was his “Do You Think Social Security is a Good Deal.” He will be sorely missed.
“StimuL8″ your mind
Use it for something other than blind submission.
quinn
July 27, 2012 at 7:45 AM
I am sorry for the loss of this truth seeker.
Is there some locations where his writings can be accessed ?
qu1nn
Adask
July 27, 2012 at 10:24 AM
Tom made his material available primarily in the form of paper-based books or essays. Other than the one article he published on my blog, I don’t know of any of his work that’s available in digital form on anyone else’s website. It may be out there, but I’m not aware of it. Do a search for “Valiant Liberty”. If you get any hits, they’ll relate to Tom Gipson.
davidmerrill2
July 27, 2012 at 7:06 PM
I came across an article and on Page 18 that caught my eye. This esoteric precedes the federal One Form of Action if you get into the Mason Library.
Search engines were turning up the WISWALL paper cited but the actual document had been removed systematically so I called Proctor WISWALL’s office and reached his wife. She behaved as though I was up to no good looking for that paper. She prodded me for personal information and I have concluded that WISWALL was getting some sort of trouble, not realizing that the 1938 effects of Erie are at the heart of disgruntlement with government up here – being he made the lecture in Australia with Ebsworth and Ebsworth in 1994. He probably did not realize that he was revealing things that the Bar and Fed want hidden from view.
http://usa-the-republic.com/items%20of%20interest/Special%20Maritime%20Exposed.pdf
http://www.freedom-school.com/the-1994-ebsworth.pdf
The Former Banker
July 27, 2012 at 10:26 PM
I first met Tom when he lived in a well-known, west Texas city (before moving to his family farm). When it came to his interaction with the city police, the local municipal court, the state district courts and the federal district court, the cops and judges knew exactly who Tom was, and they did everything they could to shut him up. If you knew Tom, you know that he could not be intimidated by their harassments or even a few days in jail for contempt. We talked regularly for several years, exchanging points of view and strategies on our corrupt legal system, but not as often after he moved to the country and became a farmer. Like Alfred, I have always had a great deal of respect for the man and for his incredible insight into the legal system. I’ll will miss you Tom.
Doug
July 31, 2012 at 4:57 AM
“If you knew Tom, you know that he could not be intimidated by their harassments or even a few days in jail for contempt. ”
I knew Tom for quite a few years by e-mail and telephone. We spoke nearly every morning (early) as we both farmed in the Panhandle of Texas. He and I are both stubborn and resistant to the bs of government parasites dictating policy. Our last conversations were related to a traffic ticket I had received (no driver license). We discussed the many arguments to be made but in the final analysis I told him that I’ve already tried to work within “their” system using “their” laws to defend myself – and when “their” laws begin to work against them they simply ignore them.
I guess the point of this post is that I told Tom I am not willing to spend all of my time dicking around with legal briefs and copies and filings etc. … I ain’t signing nothing and I ain’t paying shit ! I will not financially support their frauds anymore regardless of getting some jail time. I refused to enter the JP Court and denied the JP personum jurisdiction … the JP found me guilty anyway and said the fine would be $129.00 plus “court costs” (I refused to enter her court) … I asked her how much the “court costs” were and she said she didn’t know.
I left without signing anything or paying a fine. If I am eventually charged with “contempt of court” it’ll be the most honest and appropriate charge ever leveled against me by their courts. I am definitely guilty of (seething) contempt for their courts.