Posted on 02/03/2014 7:58:41 PM PST by Kartographer
If a life-insurance salesman trying to sell you a policy tells you you’re going to die eventually, does that mean you’ll live forever?
If a Jiffy-Lube place tells you you need to change your car’s oil, does that mean you don’t need to change your car’s oil?
I write articles for a prepper website and there are prepper ads for supplies on there. I, however, have enough will power, as apparently you don't, not to click on those websites and buy, however, if I needed a certain supply, I might click on such an ad. That is called individual choice, freedom of choice. If ads “make you buy”, then perhaps you would benefit from “impulsive buying” counseling.
The owner of Free Republic does not allow ads on this website. If he did, he would make a lot more money just for giving them permission to place ads on here.
If ads bother you, just close out the website. There will be an “X” in the upper right, just click that and the ad page will disappear and you didn't buy anything. Let your finger do the clicking and you money is safe from the evil website.
Outstanding post. I will reread it because your summation is on target. Thank-you for your astute insight that provides excellent contrast.
those two items are givens, people die and car engines need tending to . there’s no given that the nation is going to fall into anarchy
As it will be in the future, it was at the birth of Man
There are only four things certain since Social Progress began.
That the Dog returns to his Vomit and the Sow returns to her Mire,
And the burnt Fool's bandaged finger goes wabbling back to the Fire;And that after this is accomplished, and the brave new world begins
When all men are paid for existing and no man must pay for his sins,
As surely as Water will wet us, as surely as Fire will burn,
The Gods of the Copybook Headings with terror and slaughter return!
As a postnote, we have a gun club about a quarter mile behind the house. Someone built a housing addition right next to it. Nobody expected many people to move in but they've filled it up but darn if not almost every family, usually the mom, gets mad at having a gun club (shotguns) because it's way too noisy and too dangerous and how will their kids ever survive? Many residents suspected that they could get a petition and get rid of the club. Turns out the club was grandfathered and couldn't be forced to move. They tried to be good neighbors by selling and going further out in the country (they used to be miles from everywhere just 10 years ago) but the cost to clean up the lead would have been over $1,000,000 to the developer. The people who own it are from my church and making a fine income from it.
Maybe this is why Boner is saying they won’t fight Obama on the debt limit. Is this the “crash” being discussed? Sorta’ damned if you do and damned if you don’t?
Why the 4th?
Why not the 3rd or the 5th?
Good article. Thanks for the link.
Adding in the reporter, that’s 4 mysterious “suicides”, possibly all with a common link. Find the link and you may find a very powerful conspiracy. You would not want to be the ONLY one to find the link...
One common thread seems to be the German investigation of commodities manipulation, possibly including both oil and gold. I doubt the common thread would be pension funds since a German banker would not have a connection.
Your guess is as good as mine. I doubt anyone can see two years into the future.
there’s no given that the nation is going to fall into anarchy
Prior to WWII every single nation back to the Roman empire has seen it's decline begin when it has disconnected its system of money from a monetary metal backed system. Typically that decline has taken approximately a generation to unfold.
The European nations managed to eke out a longer period due to having the load taken off their financial systems by the US carrying the majority of their defense burden during the cold war and the world structuring finance around the US dollar.
The US fully disconnected from a gold standard in 1974. IMO, the only reason we've managed to wobble along as long as we have is wholly due to the information age nature of commerce facilitating masking the rot in the system.
To bet that the US will be able to keep this charade up for even a few more years is to make a bet with a huge downside risk and nearly no upside.
bkmk
We are already in the midst of a great depression the way I look at it. We don’t have the breadlines, because we have EBT cards.
I have always had a way of life that tended toward stocking up and being independent. In 2007, I was fortunate to have liquidated half of my stocks, so I didn’t really feel too much pressure.
I would not be fully invested in stock at this point, because the valuations make little sense - most stocks are overpriced. If you can find a stock with a great product likely to be in demand no matter what, that has good cash flow, and no long term debt, that’s a buy provided the PE ratio is not too bad, and there’s no lawsuit on the horizon.
Makers of ammunition and hard liquor come to mind except for the lawsuit thingy - who knows about that? It is a strange world. The high valuations are actually due to inflation-ie the Fed’s money printing. It’s not because there has been some fantastic recovery.
At any rate, I decided that 6 months to one year is a good plan for stocking up on our normal foodstuffs. All the favorites can be saved to the max which is often more than a year. The basics in number 10 cans we aquire a box or two as we go for even longer term.
While we have dabbled in gardening over the years, we put a lot more effort into it. Trying new stuff, canning our own veggies and pickles and meats. We have been planting lots of berries, fruit and nut trees to go with those we already have.
We are a lot closer to independence now than when we started, but we have lots more we’d like to do, so of course we hope that we don’t get a big overnight crash. I do believe in keeping a little silver and some currency just in case the debit cards quit working or the banks take a holiday.
While I intend to continue my quest for independence, I don’t intend to worry. I have turned that over to God. I include our country in prayers, and ask for wisdom to prepare for whatever God may allow to come our way.
If things get worse, and no hope of getting better in my lifetime, C’est la vie. That’s the hand we are dealt. I’ll try my best to make things better for future generations.
Oh and I didn’t forget guns and ammo and such. I just don’t talk about them. What I have or don’t have or lost in the lake etc. Just not going to be posting it.
Our electric bill already increased 22% even though our usage was down. I know there is more to come.
And no more wood stoves. Fireplaces? Probably not.
Jesus come soon is all I can say.
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