Posted on 06/29/2016 5:13:29 AM PDT by Olog-hai
We have run out of money. 20 trillion dollars. When the creditors come to collect we will be fighting to survive.
I really fear that Venezuela could become the South American version of Somalia—possibly within months.
Coming to Hitlery and the DC Uni-Party’s America, next year!
Clinton, Sanders and Obama all praised Hugo Chavez. The same media outlets that attack Trump praised Chavez.
The article blamed low oil prices, not socialism.
Amen to that.
I figure I can't preach the Gospel with a bullet in my head, so I'll surely go down swingin' - but knowing where I'm going makes all the difference.
But this time the leftists are on top, so it's ok.
Obviously, the North American “elites” are paying very close attention to the goings on in Venezuela. This is just a dry run on a small scale to see how to control this situation. Of note is that the citizens are being contained only because they are not armed. This fact alone puts all of todays hyperbole into sharp focus.
Be ever vigilant. Pray un-ceasingly.
If you don’t already have number 3 covered you need to get busy. Bib box stores are already quietly saying they are having a hard time get shipments. Especially the ones in rural areas. Go to Walmart or Kroger and look at the shelves. Instead of 5-6 cans deep the rows many times are stocked only 2 deep. We watch this stuff everywhere we go and are seeing a lot of it. Where you used to see 5 brands of something now you see 2.
This is obviously all the fault of Big Oil and greedy corporations. If they weren’t raping the wells and clear-cutting the environment Venezuela would be happy and prosperous. (Believe it or not, I personally know somebody who actually believes this - a Bernie supporter, naturally)
Chavez and Maduro are not alien space invaders, imposed on the poor Venezuelans by outsiders. Rather, they are fellow Venezuelans, for the most part chosen and supported by the citizens.
As such, I don’t really care. Let this passion play run to its bloody end. Maybe they will all learn a lesson and begin a change in their collectivist culture. Also, its always good to have a real-time socialist disaster running for the world to see as a warning.
“Can you picture an America like this?”
Yes.
A few years ago, an ice storm knocked out our power for around a week. The generators were immediately snatched up...but there were constant rumors about which stores might have a shipment coming in, etc. So, around the 5th day, I went to Lowe’s when a shipment was expected. There were at least 100 people there wanting a generator...the situation was tense and raucous. Some pushing, some shoving, and a whole lot of arguing when a few people bought 2 generators. The police were there to keep order, and I have no doubt there would have been fist fights if they hadn’t been,
This was in Kansas...and we still had food, and most of the stores had power and were still open. Not a crisis at all, but all law and order was about to break down at that Lowe’s.
Now, I learned a little lesson in how we have all become sheep. When it became apparent that I wasn’t going to get a generator, I walked over to customer service and asked them to call a store in Kansas City, around 60 miles away. Did they have any generators? Why yes! I reserved one, and drove there to buy it. For some reason, we had self imposed a geographic box around ourselves, and seemed blind to the rather obvious solution of getting a needed supply (the generator) where there hadn’t been an ice storm. I think its part of human nature, and a part that gets worse the more we allow others to ‘take care’ of things for us...and its gotten pretty bad in this country. Again, this was fairly self sufficient Kansas, and I seemed to have been the only one who decided to just drive 60 miles instead of sit and sulk/fight. Imagine what it would be like in a liberal utopia urban center.
EMP aftermath USA, day 10 behaviors.
Wow, the comments at the article’s end are disheartening, to say the least.
This is a playout of the prepper SHTF scenario. So far it is following pretty close to their theory of social breakdown.
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Where mostly Democrat voters reside? Cry me a river....
Socialist policy coming to its usual conclusion.
Officially, those green wafers are a blend of soybeans and lentils.
I am just gonna keep on believing that. It makes life easier.
Hurricane hit Mobile, New Orleans, Gulf coast area. May have been Katrina. Maybe not. Refineries were shut down and gas shot way up overnight. I’m talking about $2 gal to $4.
I was working in Montgomery and the stations were running out of gas. There were lines snaking down the street of any station that still had gas. Pandemonium!!!
I commuted about 60 miles one way and I was pretty worried about how I was gonna get home. When I left that morning nothing was unusual and I generally stopped on my way home and got enough gas to get me home and back the next day.
As you’re leaving Montgomery going North I take Hwy 231. Cross the river and you’re in Wetumpka. No lines and plenty of gas in Wetumpka. Maybe 2 miles outside Montgomery city limits.
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