Ron Hobson:  

CLASS OF 1984
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Northport, AL
Tuscaloosa, AL

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Ron is from Northport, Alabama. Ron's schools include Tuscaloosa County High School. Ron works(ed) at United States Army. Music Ron likes includes Stevie Nicks, Simone Johanna Maria Simons Official, Pink Floyd. Books Ron likes include Dragonriders of Pern, King James Bible, The Bible. Movies Ron likes include SciFi Movie Channel, Top TV Series, The Mouse That Roared. TV shows Ron likes include Continuum The Series, M*A*S*H, Falling Skies. One of Ron's favorite quotes is:"No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit. Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved. When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one which has been opened for us. Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature.... Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. Helen Keller “Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message.” ― Malcolm Muggeridge". More about Ron:"It occurred to me there are a lot of people who have access here who either do not know me or knew me long ago. Maybe an introduction is in order along with a bit of history. Just as everyone else, I remember back to when life was perfect and then one day it wasn’t anymore. My revelation occurred kind of young, but it isn’t the age that matters so much as how you end up dealing with it within yourself. It happened for me right along the time I learned to truly read in 4th grade. The sudden opening of new possibilities and information caught my attention and imagination at an age when most children were already taking reading as a necessary evil and was boring to them. Before this time, I knew enough base words to fake getting by, but because I could not keep up I would get fidgety and in trouble where I would sit in the hall and write sentences. I did this the bulk of my third grade year. In any case, after I started reading my perspective had grown so rapidly school became a necessary evil for show and was insanely boring because I learned at a glance when I wanted and class just did not go deep enough into a topic to keep my interest past that glance. There were more than a few times I only made it through by mimicking those around me to appear normal. I had difficulty with most people because I could not understand why they could not see what was so obviously right in front of them. It took me years to figure out people lie best to their selves. By the time I was an adult, I had found the best way for me to understand things was to experience the emotion of things also rather than just the facts. I will be the first to admit I have lived a very crazy life, but at the same time, I have done nearly everything I have ever wanted to do and this enables me to see the everyday world around me on all levels from having lived on each at one time or another. For most people this will not make any sense, but in the foundation to everything the math either works or it doesn’t; if it doesn’t then there is something you are missing. I had a physics teacher who could not understand at first why I took her class as I could not keep up and was failing until she figured out I was trying to use it to interpret what I see around me as it was too much input to simply process. There are mathematical representations to everything in motion, including ourselves with emotions simply being variables with definable probabilities. Had it been caught and developed before I tried to burn my brain out with Crack I probably could have been an incredible mathematician in any field I may have chosen. If fault needs to be laid, it is just as much mine for slipping through the cracks as all I ever wanted was to be normal and I was a very good pretender for the most part. It is no wonder I managed to hide an active obsessional addiction during its height even from the military where I served a total of 11 ½ years starting with 18 months in the Alabama National Guard, then 12 months active at Ft Benning followed by two tours in the reserves including activation for Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm more commonly known as the First Gulf War. Had my health permitted I would have made my 20 if not my 30 and my patriotism is something I have never doubted or lost. It is this same sense of patriotism which is leading me down a path I really do not want to follow as I know where it will probably end for me, but it needs to be done by someone and no one else is stepping up. Honestly, I do not know if I have the courage to follow through, but I have to try. The math behind everything in this nation has failed from the economy all the way through to each and every level of society. There have been several times in recent years I have seen it nearly tumble and what the government did to stave off the collapse and it will not work that way in the long term. Yet this isn’t why I am standing up. I am standing up for a multitude of reasons and one is just as good as another in reality though there are a few that truly stand out. In no particular order, the government made a deal with me and I held up my end of the bargain through 4 terms of service and they have not only mostly reneged on their part, but recently actively damaged me neurologically through suddenly temporarily discontinuing a medication my life not only depends upon, but cannot be stopped suddenly without a high probability of imminent death. I survived through knowing my own health and how to deal with medical emergencies as I served my 11 ½ in the medical field and have since privately studied homeopathic medicine. The meds are now reinstated, but the damages are done and permanent. I am not the only veteran suffering mistakes through the VA system and we are actively creating more veterans and disabled veterans as we speak. At a time when politicians are screaming for healthcare the healthcare they are obligated to supply is barely existent. How on earth are they going to manage everyone when they canno...Expand for more
t manage a simple 1% of the population to which they have already committed? My other reason is simply to get the government to enforce the law equally for everyone. I am a twice convicted felon though it has been sealed. I have been to jail more than a few times and though no one will believe me, I was never guilty of what I was charged with though I will also at this time honestly say the things I did do and were never caught for were much worse and would have added up to much more time in jail than I actually spent. I have been a thief, con-artist, drug addict, drug dealer, and much more I am not going to go into right now. I have no doubt each and every one will come out if I manage to follow through with my plans. There will probably be a lot that could come out that no one in Alabama is aware of and probably never cares to know and I will probably ruin a couple of lives, not out of any malicious intent, but simply due to the choices and actions of others in the past. I can honestly say, outside of using drugs, I have never broken the law deliberately; except in order to help someone in great need, resolve a situation where it was only going to get worse otherwise, or for plain and simple survival if it matters. As most of you are well aware, I have an 11 year old son who I still have natural parental and married custody and my wife is nowhere to be found running from multiple warrants in multiple states. He is legally abandoned and is the victim of child abduction, but as I have recently discovered, child abduction itself is not illegal in most states unless it is in violation of a direct court order and is usually the actions taken after the abduction that become illegal. It has also come to my attention the Amber Alert system is in place for missing children because there are no legal actions law enforcement may take unless an actual law has been broken. We have laws that tell us what we can and cannot do in our own homes and on our own property, but no laws to protect our children outside of abuse or sexual misconduct and in both cases the hands of the authorities are severely tied. For those of you who knew me in the past, do not ever doubt I am fully aware of how each of you used to see me in that past and can only imagine what you might now imagine me to be. In some cases I have to admit it would be rather amusing to know. For the record, most people have never seen me as other than I allowed them to see me and if you all started talking you may very well discover few of you ever saw me in the same light. Please do not be offended, it had nothing to do with trusting you individually, but more that I showed you only the parts of myself I figured you needed to see in order for you to be a part of my life. We may all do it instinctively, but I found I had to do this deliberately. I would unsettle most of you now as I don’t really bother hiding anymore and what I think usually finds its way out of my mouth in one way or another. It now takes most of my focused effort to manage to deal with my pain levels to move about and function as I have serious physical and nervous system damage through injuries. At one point before it was recognized for what it was, I more than appeared a hypochondriac. As with everything, time reveals all truths if we care to take notice of them. While I have yet to receive a true and supported diagnosis after all these years, it is presumed I have multiple sclerosis from my injuries in life and service of my country. The only thing anyone can honestly tell you about the symptoms and result of MS is it is never the same for any two people as the damage is never in the same exact places. Generally speaking from my perspective and understanding, when a nerve impulse meets a damaged area, or sclerosis, there is no predicting what will happen with the signal or where it may get transferred into. As an extreme, but unfortunate example, it means you can literally reach for a glass and it can manifest as anything else without your ever realizing it until it is done such as wetting your pants, kicking out with the foot you are standing on so you end up falling, to doing absolutely nothing and feeling something truly out of place like sudden intense pain or pleasure. There is no rhyme or reason as there is no way possible to predict how each injured nerve strand will react each time and it does not have to be consistent. The only real commonality is pain. When a command is redirected by damage, it is rarely the actual signal needed and of proper strength for the result which results in feedback which in turn presents in pain from what I have learned. It is a very speculative field as so little is known about the actualities of the functions of the human brain and nervous system. Personally, I spend my life helping others, rescuing animals, and intervening on the behalf of children who have no choice of their situation. I also tend to fight lost causes and the results are usually very limited, but it is rare I do not find a way to at the very least create awareness. Admitting there is a problem is ALWAYS the first step in everything. I also tend to drop any consideration for anyone standing in the way of a solution as, if you are not part of the solution, you are part of the problem even if it is through apathy. It does not matter who is in the wrong most of the time, but it is important to see the errors and work to not repeat them and this cannot be done without acceptance and willingness. It is this simple thing that has infected our society and way of life to the point of lifetime relationships becoming an improbability creating a massive divorce rate and children without guidance who are open for being taken advantage. It usually does not take long to figure out I have very strong opinions and they are all realistically based in observation and personal experience. I am always open to discuss anything on any level, but come prepared because “I don’t think that is right” is not an argument to convince me or change my opinions; show me how you don’t think it is right. I challenge each and every one of you to voice your opinions and help me seek ways to make this country a better place to live for us all.".
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