Posted on 02/01/2012 8:54:40 PM PST by blam
Read Between The Lines: Hollywood Mogul Buys 2,600 Acres Of Farmland; Moving To New Zealand
Mac Slavo
February 1st, 2012
James Cameron, the Hollywood producer responsible for blockbuster films like Terminator, Titanic and Avatar, is reportedly preparing to exit stage left. While the move for the Canadian born Cameron may initially be perceived as a rejection or denouncement of American policies and ideals, Cameron, who has made campaign donations to the Democrat Party in the past, most notably during the 2004 Presidential election where he supported democrat John Kerry, may have ulterior motivations, as evidenced by where he’s planning on moving and what he’s planning on doing once he gets there.
From time to time we get a glimpse into the goings on of the well connected. This may be one of those moments:
Cameron has successfully applied to buy 1,067 hectares (2,636 acres) of farmland in New Zealand. In an application filed with the New Zealand Overseas Investment Office, Cameron says he and his family “intend to reside indefinitely in New Zealand and are acquiring the property to reside on and operate as a working farm.”
Source: Associated Press, via Matt Drudge
As we’ve outlined before, farmland is one of the only reasonable physical assets to hold in the event of a major crisis, as you’ll be outside of highly populated metropolitan areas, you’ll have the ability to produce your own food, generate your own energy, and, more so than your urbanite and suburbanite counterparts, stay away from the chaos that will ensue during a major upheaval.
Liberty Media CEO James Malone, like director James Cameron, has also taken refuge outside of major cities at his ranch on the Quebec border, giving him and his family an immediate international bug out plan in the event of an emergency. Another sign from the elite is that large net worth individuals and investment managers are buying up and taking physical delivery of precious metals, which in our humble opinion, is a leading indicator that large in-the-know investors are preparing for a loss of confidence in the stability of the global economic, monetary, financial and/or political systems.
Congressman Roscoe Bartlett recently warned that Those Who Can, Should Move Their Families Out Of the City, and insiders are worried about game changing riots stemming from the Occupy movement.
The theory that elite members of society know something is amiss is further strengthened by comments such as those of financier George Soros who publicly declared in a recent interview with Newsweek that he expects violent riots on the streets of America in coming months and years.
Furthermore, we have federal agencies and local police departments actively training for urban conflict, and the Pentagon has been war gaming scenarios that include large scale economic breakdown and civil unrest.
The stories reported over the last several years point to a growing consensus among elite business leaders, politicians, and military generals that we’re headed into a situation that is wholly unpredictable. They know the system is on the brink, have said so repeatedly, and are actively taking steps to manage a crisis should it ever come to that.
Short of the mainstream media coming out and broadcasting to the American people that the system is about to destabilize and to expect nothing short of total meltdown and pandemonium, reading between the lines and watching the actions of those who are interconnected with the money and power structures on which the system is built will be our only warning signal for the difficult times we face in the near future.
The message is loud and clear. Are you listening?
I’m good..
Although one thing in favor of New Zealand is that it isn’t 60 below zero.
I love Rotorua.
You get used to the odor and they use the steam to heat their homes.
The thing about NZ, for me, is the quakes. We have friends there and have discussed enduring the interminable plane ride just to escape, if necessary. However, our friends (one US ex-pat and his Kiwi wife) keep us informed and NZ tends to go back and forth between what we would call Democrats and outright Marxists. As a tiny island nation, a lot of things are only available as imports. Gasoline is pricey and so are homes. The Maori have control of the coasts and long-time native whites can be totally paranoid about Asians.
Still, it is a lovely place.
2600 acres isn’t really that big.
Its over 4 square miles.
1 square mile is 640 acres.
It may not seem much during times of peace, but when you have hungry, angry, and determined people, its huge.
from what I can tell, life is hard. I haven’t enjoyed life in years. Just tolerated it.
No it’s not huge, it’s what you would call mid sized at best and a lot of people wouldn’t even call it mid sized.
It’s just a matter of perspective.
People from the city call our property huge, and it’s only around 500 acres.
2600 acres might seam like a lot at first, but it “shrinks” once you are actually there for awhile.
No it’s not huge, it’s what you would call mid sized at best and a lot of people wouldn’t even call it mid sized.
It’s just a matter of perspective.
People from the city call our property huge, and it’s only around 500 acres.
2600 acres might seam like a lot at first, but it “shrinks” once you are actually there for awhile.
As I said, in times of peace, it is not very big at all. Do not misunderstand me I used to live in an area of farms. I know how big 4 square miles is.
But if you have a hoards of people encroaching on your land, who are hungry, angry, determined, weaponed, etc, it’s a lot of land to try and defend. Especially if you’re by yourself, because most of your employees had to go defend their property and families from these same angry and hungry hoards. It’s a lot to defend. Don’t think that, just because you have a gun(s), that you can possibly defend a property that size effectively.
You’re not going to have employees, or many at least, to help defend you in a time of crisis, because they will busy trying to defend their own families and won’t give too much thought to you and your families.
If you had to defend anything it would be your house just like everyone else, only you would have a nice buffer zone around your house.
There are a lot of easier and better pickings than a single house out in the middle of nowhere.
A lot of isolated farms also have houses for the farm hands and their families.
I know different strokes for everybody and that's fine. I just don't fault anybody who wants to save their family or improve their lives from where it's going in the lower 48.
Couldn't imagine losing all the freedom & happiness I have here in rural Alaska and living down there ever again. Just personal choices. In fact I'd rather be living in a tent along the Yukon than ever seeing the lower 48 ever again.
New Zealanders and Australians would be speaking Japanese today if not for the US Army, Navy, and Marine Corps.
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Thats what my father told me constantly as I was growing up...
We owed a debt of gratitude to America...
and to never forget it...
I wonder which island the farm is on...
That reminded me of something my dad used to say,
"Don't be such a stranger."
Why go to an island if you think the turd is going to hit the air movement device? Any island like New Zealand would be stripped clean like Easter Island. I think he has political motivations for his move.
one thing in favor of New Zealand is that it isn’t 60 below zero.
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I hated the winters there
the frosts are awful...
yes theres little snow but it was still cold...
In TN I can go all winter sometimes without wearing gloves..
The only time I have this winter was 2 weeks ago in Atlanta, GA...
But not in NZ...sometimes it would be bitter cold...
Now, in that same month, how many people in Chicago dined at a fine restaurant? How many went to a world class museum? How many took in a play? Went to a Bulls game?
Now, how many people in that little place in Alaska did any of those things?
No, I didn’t think I’m real stupid. Now, may I remind you that is it against the policy of this forum to engage in personal attacks? May I also remind you that this forum is based in Fresno, California, a city of 500,000 people? How many servers are there to handle this much web traffic in small little hamlets?
With that out of the way, may I now ask you to point out where I wrote that the crime rate is the same in big cities as in small towns. I didn’t write that did I? I responded to the statement that “life is just better” in sleepy little villages. If the criteria is only crime, then I guess that’s true. Of course there’s more to life than that. Anyway, I simply cited a few examples to show that it’s not accurate to state that there is “no crime” in such places. Much less, yes, but crime doesn’t vanish in such places. Maybe it’s not stupid but rather naive or dishonest to think human nature changes when there’s fewer of us around.
My bigger point is that some people don’t like living like it’s still 1940. They like jet travel, and more dining and entertainment options than venison at your neighbors’ house half a mile away, or story telling around the fireplace, more places to go and see things besides the forest or fishing in the local stream.
Big city life, or even the suburbs for that matter, is not for everyone. Neither is rural living.
That’s how Ted Kaczynski felt.
Don't have to defend all of it. Mainly the house.
One thing about farms is that crops aren't ready to eat all year round. You plant a crop, look after it as it grows, harvest it, and then do something with the harvest (sell it or preserve it). After the harvest, it's either sitting in storage near the house, or it's been sold.
In the middle ages, barons didn't build a wall around their whole estates. They built a defensible castle and put the harvest and valuables inside the castle.
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