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Free Republic ^ | 6/6/12 | marron

Posted on 06/08/2012 7:59:51 AM PDT by Kartographer

Yesterday on a thread FReeper marron was very good to discribe her very own Financial SHTF experience. Seeing what is more than likely coming our way I believe her post to be extremely valuable information and I am posting it here again to make sure that as many FReepers read it.

Thank you marron the firsthand expereince and the information you shared is priceless to those currently prepping and should be eye opening to those that aren't.


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To: cripplecreek

We aren’t. Not one iota in any meaningful way.


21 posted on 06/08/2012 8:47:02 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: bboop; Kudsman

You might consider reading this article by our own ChocChipCookie the Survival Mom:

Normalcy Bias: It’s All in Your Head

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2010/12/29/normalcy-bias/


22 posted on 06/08/2012 8:49:19 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: cripplecreek
Our choices are socialism or communism, just like theirs were.

Well, those are the choices they were given. Those are the choices our "betters" are giving us.

Are they really the only choices we have?

As someone used to say: "Check your premises"...

23 posted on 06/08/2012 8:50:39 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: Kartographer

This is by far the more likely scenario that may have to be dealt with. A complete, sudden collapse certainly could happen, but more likely is the scenario where life simply becomes one long, dreary struggle just to live. Long lines, constant shortages of basic supplies, and spending most of one’s day worrying and scheming about where to get the next day’s family rations.


24 posted on 06/08/2012 8:51:09 AM PDT by Obadiah (2008: Hope & Change -- 2012: Fear & Destruction)
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To: null and void; MHGinTN; cripplecreek

25 posted on 06/08/2012 8:53:37 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: MHGinTN

Nope. Exactly on point.

You are making the assumption that “it can’t happen here”.

Defend that assumption, show me what it is about the American psyche that is soooo very different from the psyches of 1930s German, post Vietnam Cambodian, Mao’s China, Hutu and Tutsi Rwanda...


26 posted on 06/08/2012 8:56:27 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: Kartographer

If the SHTF, what guarantee is there that there will be ANY government. After all, if a government clerk isn’t paid for three months, he/she has to find a way to get food and water to survive.

Does anybody think that our benevolent Congresscritters would hang around for no pay? I think that anarchy is a more likely scenario, when the SHTF. Think Mad Max.

If you are going to prepare, you might as well prepare for the worst.


27 posted on 06/08/2012 8:58:56 AM PDT by NTHockey (Rules of engagement #1: Take no prisoners)
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To: NTHockey
Does anybody think that our benevolent Congresscritters would hang around for no pay?

Nope.

But I do think that our benevolent Congresscritters will figure out a way to get paid even if no one else in our government is.

28 posted on 06/08/2012 9:03:45 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: null and void

Americans aren’t Nazis death camp operators, and Communist mass murderers just waiting to emerge.


29 posted on 06/08/2012 9:05:57 AM PDT by ansel12 (Massachusetts Governors, where the GOP now goes for it's Presidential candidates.)
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To: Kartographer

30 posted on 06/08/2012 9:06:21 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: ansel12

31 posted on 06/08/2012 9:08:36 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: NTHockey

Americans REAL Americans can’t stand chaos. It will take a bit, but once what has happen sets in and becomes real we will do what we have always done grab a shovel, an axe, a fire hose, a gun or what ever and do what has to be done.

And low be it on those who caused the chaos and who participated in it, because a day of reckoning will be at hand and it won’t be pretty.


32 posted on 06/08/2012 9:11:41 AM PDT by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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To: ansel12
Americans aren’t Nazis death camp operators, and Communist mass murderers just waiting to emerge.

Neither were 1920's Germans, 1900's Russians or 1930's Chinese.

Explain to me how we are immune to the passions that drove them over the edge.

33 posted on 06/08/2012 9:14:16 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: Kartographer

I think a Weekly Prepper Thread is an EXCELLENT idea!

I only wish I could contribute; but then, considering the situation here in Florida, I may be on the front lines reporting on the days of rage.


34 posted on 06/08/2012 9:17:51 AM PDT by Old Sarge (RIP FReeper Skyraider (1930-2011) - You Are Missed)
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To: null and void

I am stating the fact that I believe Obama is workign for puppetmasters who are hell-bent on collapsing the America we live in because We The People and our dwindling sovereignty are the last major obstacle to a real agenda many do not see or refuse to acknowledge. You are presuming to read my mind ... or trying to place words in my mouth by claiming to speak of what I ‘assume’. Nice try but I ain’t dancing to your dissonance. You and the crippelcreek can have the floor to post whatever silliness you want to exchange. But know this, rumbling around in mischaracterizations only assists the real globalist agenda which is being instituted as you focus on a false premise.


35 posted on 06/08/2012 9:18:35 AM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)
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To: Kartographer
They’ll especially organize thugs from the slums to take out their enemies; when someone needs to be taught a lesson it gets written off as simple street crime.

Do not be surprised to see this phenomenon as November approaches. Any prominent conservative who becomes a "mugging victim" or gets caught in a "robbery gone bad" -- it will not be a coincidence. FReepers who do not yet have CCW should apply to get one this week.

36 posted on 06/08/2012 9:19:31 AM PDT by PapaBear3625 (If I can't be persuasive, I at least hope to be fun.)
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To: MHGinTN

OK. Tell me why it can’t happen here. Please. I beg of you. I need the reassurance.


37 posted on 06/08/2012 9:21:34 AM PDT by null and void (Day 1235 of our ObamaVacation from reality [and what dark chill/is gathering still/before the storm])
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To: NTHockey
Does anybody think that our benevolent Congresscritters would hang around for no pay?

Do you really think they live like they do on their government salary? No way. They are partying hardy on their kick backs and various under the table deals. Those monies will still be there and more so in the middle of a hit the fan environment. Yeah, they'll stay right where they are but somehow manage to do less good for the citizens.

38 posted on 06/08/2012 9:22:30 AM PDT by bgill
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To: null and void
"Good thing Americans are a fundamentally different people from Germans, eh? "

Germans were/are the largest single European group to immigrate to the USA.

I read that recently and was suprised too.

39 posted on 06/08/2012 9:23:25 AM PDT by blam
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To: Kartographer
Americans REAL Americans

Sadly most real Americans are getting on in age. The rest have spent 12 plus years being indoctrinated in public schools and by popular media.

40 posted on 06/08/2012 9:24:02 AM PDT by riri (Plannedopolis-look it up. It's how the elites plan for US to live.)
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