More Bad Weather

 From: Detentus

How are you MA preppers doing? Have you dug yourself out from the last storm?
Looks like it's going to be a wintry mix with dangerous driving conditions. Stay safe out there if you do have to be on the road.
From NECN.


"Tuesday... Snow develops from west to east between 6 and 8 AM, respectively, with a heavy burst followed by moderate snow intensity, tapering between 6 and 8 PM. See video forecast for accumulation map - generally 4"-6" south (less at South Coast), 2"-4" North. Highs in the 30s South Coast, 20s for many, teens north. Northeast wind at 4-14 mph, except light and variable in Maine.

Overnight Tuesday Night... A lull in precipitation, with patchy light snow and freezing drizzle, then snow redevelops predawn. Lows in the 20s for many, teens north, 30s South Coast. Northeast wind at 8-18 mph.

Wednesday... Snow for many- blizzard conditions possible in NH and ME - mixing with sleet and freezing rain south of Route 2 in Northern MA, and changing to rain at the South Coast. Accumulations of 1-3 feet for many, dependent upon location, less south of the Massachusetts Turnpike - see video forecast for accumulation map.

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Is it Really "Fair Play" Between Us and the Elite?

Human World Order
Activist Post

Recently a "fixer" for the elite appeared anonymously as "Charles" in a compelling interview by Bill Ryan of Project Avalon. First, for those who study the real power structure on planet Earth, there's not much in the way of ground-breaking details. However, Charles' stern matter-of-fact answers add confirmation to many suspicions.

Charles confirms the elite's plans and motive for culling the population; a move to global currency with removal of financial borders; the very serious manner by which mega-food companies control all food; the incredible technology possessed by the ruling elite (including modular triangular UFOs); the fact that we should regard space more as an ocean with living creatures; and the idea of money and time as illusions.

He claims the reason he came forward was to give the public "fair" warning of things to come and let things play out as they may. According to Charles, the elite believe they are the responsible protectors of Corporation Earth and the human genome, which has become so bloated and broken that they need to "trim the fat off the surplus." The surplus of humans was created by the "machine itself," he says, and now they need to bring in a "liquidator" of sorts to downsize.

In the interview, he reveals that he believes, as his elite bosses believe, that the planet is broken and needs to be fixed. He likened it to being a father in a rushing river with his two sons, but he can save only one of them from drowning -- the stronger swimmer who can meet him halfway. This is also a metaphor for the elite's Darwinian approach to strengthening the human species.

He said that three plans are definitely on the table and already underway: 1) discredit and destroy the alternative media; 2) create massive famine by pulling the plug on food production and distribution; 3) execute a false flag UFO event to frighten the public into submitting to their leadership. In turn, he firmly stated that nuclear war is off the table, because it is not selective, ruins the environment, and is costly to rebuild afterward.

As evil as their methods appear to be, according to Charles there is a code of practice among the elite controllers to put the agenda out in the open -- however cryptic and hidden it may be. Their thinking is that this is a "fair" way to inform the earthlings who are smart enough to filter through the noise and find the truth. He claims that the average human simply "can't handle the truth."

Perhaps he's right that the masses can't yet handle the truth. Clearly, their plans and tactics for "culling the herd" can only be viewed as "evil" by the compassionate commoners who are just awakening. It is this anger, -- first about being lied to; and secondly by not having enough knowledge to remotely justify such drastic actions on the population -- which causes the newly awakened to instinctively want to fight the controllers.

However, it seems this venom and hatred toward the controllers is actually desired by them to feed the negativity and divisiveness. In other words, problems can't be solved by fighting them because it makes it easier for them to divide and conquer. Charles said the elite laugh at the alternative media infighting and misdirection, but when they get things right they will be targeted.

If it is true that the elite must engage in "fair play," it seems disingenuous to claim that fair warning is the same as fair play, especially when all hidden knowledge is buried by their controlled distractions and disinformation campaigns. Furthermore, hoarding all of the resources and technology, eons more advanced from the matrix of current civilization, is hardly allowing for the natural progression of humanity to exist in balance with the planet.

Given their absolute control of all the hidden knowledge, the material wealth, the war machine, the media, and super advanced technologies, it would appear that they are indestructible, or at least have an incredibly unfair advantage. However, Charles admits that humanity's resistance to mandatory vaccines during the engineered swine flu scare surprised them and forced them to retreat, displaying that overwhelming numbers still matter.

Incidentally, their rabid lust for power and control seems driven, at least in part, by fear and paranoia of losing everything. Surely they're aware that all it would take is a rapid shift in consciousness by the rabble to end their reign. It is unlikely the masses will be very forgiving given the scale of the lies. This, fellow humans, may be our biggest bargaining chip with the elite.

It is understandable that there are those who say we must destroy the evil elite to regain liberty. Yet, if we're being intellectually honest with ourselves, civilization has become delicately dependent on the elite's consolidated systems for food, energy, and water within the current matrix. Therefore, if the Human World Order topples the system in dramatic fashion, the human suffering will likely be far more severe and rapid than the elite's controlled implosion. This, by no means condones their deceptive and cruel tactics, just points out the obvious dilemma.

If the elite believe they have clear indications and statistics that planet earth and humanity as a whole is in crisis and needs adaptation, then the people should be entitled to the same wealth of information as the elite possess, so that such a profound decision can be made both by pragmatists, as well as idealists. After all, it is the unique ability of the human race to solve problems using both sides of our brain, which encompasses the entire spectrum from cold-hearted calculation to the soaring idealism of pure liberty and human compassion. Any decisions that are to be made about the future of our species may be best served through inclusion and cooperation, not solely by the elite.

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New Rules for Massachusetts

 Post by Detentus

Just a heads up for MA residents as to what's coming down the pike(not the MA Pike) for changes in health insurance and prescription drugs, effective Janurary, 2011.


From the Worcester Telegram and Gazette:


"Patients will have to start showing identification before picking up a wider range of prescription drugs in Massachusetts in 2011.

Under new regulations that take effect Jan. 1, patients will have to show pharmacists their IDs to obtain so-called "Schedule 3, 4, and 5" drugs, including Valium, Vicodin and Ativan.

Health officials say the drugs are serious medication which continue to be implicated in prescription drug abuse, overdoses and overdose deaths.

Patients already have to show their IDs for drugs like OxyContin.

The new information will be entered into the state's Prescription Drug Monitoring database to ensure the prescriptions are being used appropriately.

Officials say the new regulations were crafted to ensure patient privacy"

What privacy? This information will be entered into a database and there are already strict laws on the books(always have been) to ensure that pharmacies abide by proper dispensing of narcotics and other controlled substances.
What's next? Even more ID shown? In addition to that prescription from your physician: a passport, birth certificate or maybe a note from Mommy.


There's more for MA residents. The fine for not having health insurance is about to go up. Currently the monthly fine is $93.00 monthly. The increase will be $101.00 a month or roughly $1,200.00 per year. These figures are based upon age and income.


Finally, under the new federal health care reform bill, medical savings accounts will be severely restricted and those who use them will be barred from putting away a portion of their income(tax free) to cover their own medical needs. In other words, those OTC(over the counter) medications cannot be purchased without a doctor's prescription if you want this to be included in this program. So, you now will have to pay for a doctor's visit and obtain a prescription. Some savings considering that co-payments have increased dramatically.

Maybe I'm reading too much into this but I just got a visual. Got heartburn? Get that prescription for Tums, Rolaids and Maalox. Stuffy nose? No anti-histamine for you unless you call the doctor first. Aspirin, ibuprophen, Tylenol, baby aspirin, vitamins, herbal supplements, first aid kits, bandaids, calamine lotion, Witch Hazel.....will we need a prescription for these, too? Laxatives and anti-diarrheal products like Immodium.

I don't like what I see.

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Feds target airline pilot for exposing TSA security sham on YouTube

A Sacramento-based airline pilot is the subject of a federal investigation for exposing what he says are serious flaws in the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) airport security protocols. According to ABC News10 in Sacramento, the 50-year-old pilot who requested to remain anonymous says that TSA applies its strict screening protocols to passengers and even flight crews, but ground crews are freely able to access secure areas with a simple card swipe.

"As you can see, airport security is kind of a farce," the pilot explains in his video, as he shows an entrance to a secure area. "It's only smoke and mirrors so you people believe there is actually something going on here."

The pilot has worked for his airline for more than ten years and had been issued a federal handgun to carry with him in the cockpit. But after blowing the whistle on the serious security breaches taking place at the airport, four federal air marshals and two sheriff's deputies shows up at his house to confiscate the weapon, and they also asked him to give up his state-issued concealed weapon carry permit.

On December 6, the pilot also received a letter from the TSA explaining that "an administrative review into your deputation status as a Federal Flight Deck Officer has been initiated," a move that he believes is a warning from the Feds saying not to mess with the system, unless you want to face the consequences.

According to the same ABC News10 report, the pilot's airline asked him to remove the videos from YouTube shortly after he posted them, but portions of the videos captured as part of the ABC News10 report can be viewed at the following link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwLG...

Monday, December 27, 2010 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/030844_airline_pilot_TSA.html#ixzz19JiD3qDl

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Swine flu pandemic outbreak sweeping through Britain even though 70 percent were vaccinated last year

(NaturalNews) A swine flu pandemic is sweeping through Britain despite the fact that 70 percent of Britain's over-65 population was vaccinated against swine flu last year. This year, that number is nearly the same -- 68.5% -- but flu vaccine proponents insist that until everyone is vaccinated, the flu will continue to infect people.

What these vaccine advocates absolutely will not admit, however, is how many of those who are sick with the flu this year also got vaccinated last year. This little detail is left out of every mainstream media report on vaccines and the flu. They simply refuse to mention this all-important number, leaving readers to leap to the incorrect conclusion that only those who were not vaccinated get sick with the flu.

Most infected patients were previously vaccinated

That assumption is false. In fact, of the 450 critical care beds in England that are now occupied by flu patients, I have no doubt that most of those infected patients are people who received flu vaccines in the past.

Such statistics are never made available to the public or the press, of course. To release such statistics would expose the Great Lie of the vaccine industry: That flu vaccines simply don't work on 99 percent of people!

In fact, the people who are most susceptible to catching the flu are precisely the very same people who get vaccinated. Why is that? Because vaccines weaken the immune system in the long run, leaving you more vulnerable to future infections. They deny your immune system the opportunity to practice its own adaptive response to invading microorganisms or viruses, thereby causing your immune system to atrophy in the same way that a wheelchair-bound person will experience leg muscle atrophy.

The immune system is a lot like a muscle: Use it or lose it!

But flu vaccines provide weakened viruses to the immune system (along with other preservative chemicals that can be extremely dangerous to neurological health). It's sort of like working out your muscles at the gym but having your trainer do all the heavy lifting for you. Obviously you're not going to have very strong muscles in the end because your body won't need to invoke a very strong adaptive response.

The same is true with vaccines and the flu: If your body is exposed to weakened flu viruses year after year, it gets lazy and weak, and when it one day comes into contact with a full-strength virus circulating in the wild, it's not in good enough shape to handle the challenge.

Vitamin D deficiency is widespread in Britain

At the same time this is going on, a person who is vitamin D deficient will also have an alarmingly weak immune system response because vitamin D activates the immune system to do its job. In people with extremely low vitamin D levels, even vaccines containing weakened viruses won't solicit an antibody response. But instead of testing patients for vitamin D deficiency and prescribing that with the vaccine, conventional medical doctors and contagious disease authorities robotically urge everyone to just "get multiple vaccine shots" as if following one failed vaccine with yet another failed vaccine will somehow make them both work.

That's idiotic, of course. And the other idiotic thing about all this is that if people had sufficient levels of vitamin D circulating in their blood, they wouldn't need seasonal flu vaccines in the first place! That's because a strong, healthy immune system with lots of circulating vitamin D is universally effective at halting ALL seasonal flu strains, with near 100% success in those with vitamin D levels between 50 - 70 (ng/dL).

The three main reasons behind Britain's flu pandemic

So the real reason Britain is suffering a swine flu pandemic right now is actually three-fold:

#1) It's winter in the Northern Hemisphere, and Britain is so far north (of the equator) that the people living there aren't currently generating any vitamin D whatsoever. This makes virtually the entire British population ridiculously vitamin D deficient throughout the winter.

#2) The majority of the British population has been subjected to flu vaccines in previous years, weakening their immune systems and making them more vulnerable to this year's flu strains.

#3) The flu strain itself is so successful in the wild precisely because so many Britons walk around in chronic states of immune suppression (from vitamin D deficiency, chronic stress, poor dietary habits and so on). This creates a "viral breeding ground" which encourages more rapid virus mutations that make vaccines obsolete anyway.

The question you are not allowed to ask vaccine quacks

The vaccine-pushing quack medical community believes that if they could magically convince 100 percent of the people to get vaccinated, they would have this problem licked. In their own minds, they have unscientifically convinced themselves that a vaccine equals automatic and full protection against a flu virus.

And yet even they won't dare ask this simple question: Of all the people sick from the flu who are right now lying in Britain's hospital beds, what percentage were vaccinated against the flu last year or this year?

The answer to that question will expose the outright fraud of the vaccine industry because the answer is a very large number. No one in the medical industry dares ask that question, of course, because they realize that delving into the actual re-infection rate of flu vaccine recipients would expose their quackery and fraud, causing yet more people to lose faith in vaccines which are, after all, sold based entirely on misplaced faith and clever propaganda.

The flu vaccine propaganda, of course, demands that people never be allowed to collide with the scientific facts about how many people who are vaccinated against the flu still catch the flu anyway. (The flu re-infection rate.) That's why you will NEVER see an honest answer to this question released by hospitals, vaccine companies or vaccine-pushing doctors.

Keep taking your flu jabs, everybody. But don't ask whether they actually work, because that question isn't allowed to be asked in the cult of medicine that dominates the sick-care landscape around the world today.

We wouldn't want actual science to interfere with a really profitable con job now, would we?

Monday, December 27, 2010
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

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Welcome New Members

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Ironfire182

Ive been lurking around here for awhile. Figured it was about time that I introduced myself.....
Relatively new to prepping. Only 21, so I have time to learn.
Not entirely sure what I should be typing here... So yea... Hello.

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Hi all,

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I live on my MIL's farm with my husband and we help out here. Life has been way too hectic the past few years, dealing with health issues and death in the family, but we're still trying. Don't expect to hear much from me, as a result....

Gardener, spinner, weaver, artist. Extremely indifferent canner. Getting into hiking.

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owl

hi all,

just learned about this forum through the Waterman files.
was listening to the tipping point presentation and found my way here.
have been looking for an organization like this for a while now. we all know that everything is going to hell and i figure that in numbers and by networking, all of us stand a much better chance of surviving and probably thriving in the long run.

i am new to prepping also but have got a good stash of food, got a good shortwave radio today. my first ever. sure beats listening to that ad infested, corporate owned, wbz news.

some very scary things going down and i anticipate another 9/11 like event coming very soon. in which case they're gonna lock this country down so tight they'll be breathing down our necks. (like they're not already...)

anyway, hello from owl

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A Site To Behold

by: gman

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Another Water Main About to Rupture

Expect another water outage. Rumor is that a 14' diameter water pipe like the one that burst earlier this year is due to rupture. Parts have been ordered and the administration is keeping its fingers crossed that it holds until all the parts have arrived. If your community gets water from the Quabbin, then I would bottle up some extra water to flush toilets and stuff until it's fixed.

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Excellent links

It's been awhile since I posted anything, so I found a few good links this morning over at JWR's site. Thanks JWR.
Really good info.

http://www.grandpappy.info/hpreserve.htm

And this site for pedal power, also including downloadable models.

http://www.mayapedal.org/machines.html

These are .SKP files, so you will need to go here and download the file opener tool.

http://www.filetypeshelp.com/types/SKP.html?keyword=Skp%20file&gclid=CJTXpv7Mi6ICFQWI5godJUL-Ug



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The Federal Food Police

Killing the Family Garden

I recently read an article about a bill currently at the House, that can potentially kill the family garden.
When questioned about the wording of the bill, politicians appeared less than forthcoming. The wording is so ambiguous, that it could include not only the named, "small farms" but family gardens as well. It appears that if you have a garden and give so much as a grape to a neighbor or family member, you would be considered a "food distribution point". This being the case, you would fall under federal regulation which would include the exclusion of heirloom seeds. Now what does that leave, you ask? Well, have you ever heard of Monsanto? Monsanto seed products are Genetically Manipulated. Now, have you ever heard of a suicide gene? This is something that Monsanto is reportedly including, or will include, in their genetically manipulated seeds that will terminate upon germination. In other words, they will not produce viable seeds. Now, having said that, this means that you will NOT be able to produce seeds from their fruit, that will recreate the plant from which they sprang.
If we have to buy Genetically engineered seeds for our family garden, we will have to buy seeds year after year after year, instead of being able to produce our own. Consider a field of corn producing seed corn that will NOT grow corn. If this gene spreads throughout the food chain, what will this mean 20 or 50 years from now. How far will this gene spread throughout the world. I believe this means that 20 years from now, if we want to grow ANYTHING, we will have to go to the corporate giants to buy the seed that will produce one and only one plant. For every plant you grow, it will have to be purchased through the corporate giant Monsanto.
I also read recently that the Bush family are and have been, in bed (so to speak) with this same company. It really makes you wonder when and where this all started.
Are we going to stand by and just wait for this to happen, or are we going to use the voice that our forefathers gave us in the original document that established this country in the first place? In case you've forgotten, it's called the Constitution of the United States. To further remind you, the government is supposed to be afraid of it's people, not the other way around. Did you know that in the beginning, political officers were volunteers and they did NOT get paid. That's why they had jobs outside of their office. It seems now, that they don't need other jobs, because they line their pockets with back alley deals they make with corporations. These deals are taking away our weapons, our rights and now, it seems, our gardens, our ability to provide for ourselves. This new bill is going to go hand in hand with an existing law concerning "food hording". This particular law, disallows us from stockpiling food in our own homes. I'm not talking about buying out a store's entire supply of beef, or tomatoes. I'm referring to a slow build up of your own personal stores, over a long period of time. Again, it's all in the wording. Whether you take 12 days or 12 months to gather those stores, it is still considered "hording".

So, decide, will we just continue to "Prep" quietly, or will we do something about the laws that are being quietly written and quietly passed?
Here's a link to the article that I've referenced: Federal Food Police Coming Soon to a Farm Near You.
http://readynutrition.com/resources/federal-food-police-coming-soon-to-a-farm-near-you_22102009/

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A good site revisited

Here is the site that start it out for me in the prepping area.
I consider his site one of the best that I don't usually hear anyone talk or refer to.
Miles Stair has put a ton of info for everyone to read and archive.
His site is loaded with info. From gardening to kerosene stoves and lamps to fire wood.
He also gets into bee keeping, sanitation, communications and medical info.
I see he has updated his site recently. Alot more info since I was last there.
Its all on one site and you don't have to look through archives.
You can also order his web site in CD format as a PDF file.
Have a look see....

http://www.endtimesreport.com/

Fish or Famine?

Here is a news story from Hannity on Fox from Friday.
I hope everyone will be going full speed with their gardens.
Looks as though we will need it.

http://www.foxnews.com/video2/video08.html?maven_referralObject=4913159&maven_referralPlaylistId=&sRevUrl=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,519631,00.html

ginseng

i have several online friends here and there,,,last fall, one sent me approximately 60 ginseng berries,,,,as i write,,they have shown to be 60%-70% germinated with 9-10 already near 1/2' in height,,,,ginseng i think will be a good addition to my wild gardening plantings...people don't really seek it here,,,been picked clean centuries ago in this area,,,,organic parsnip from grocers has rooted, and should provide plenty of seed this year, as opposed to waiting til next,,,,i love gardening,,without it i'd probably be mad as a hatter.....have a good'un,,,keep preppin,,

If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Sign of the times

Ok, after I got my load of wood, me being the talker I am, was talking with the guy who dropped off my wood. He informed me, that I was lucky to get this load as it was one of the last he had access to. He told me that the wood market has mostly come to a halt. There were 5 sawmills in the area that had folded because of the housing market. No new houses being built so no demand for cherry, maple or oak. This is the reason loggers log certain areas. Firewood is a by-product so to speak. Normally someone would call to have a lot cleared. Someone goes in and marks the good trees and anything around it is considered firewood. Most of them are around 6 - 10 inches in diameter, or twisted logs, or starting to rot.
So, if you burn wood, you may want to start to look for it now instead of the fall and expect the price to go up also. Around here, cut, split, and delivered was going for roughly 200.00 a cord, or 128 cu feet. A cord is roughly 4ft wide x 4ft tall x 8ft long and stacked. Most don't stack it anymore, just trown in the back of a truck.
Good luck and keep preppin.

Got wood?

Got an unexpected call last night from a co-worker who does firewood on the side.
"Just got a call from Mike and said he lost your address and phone number to deliver your load of logs. He wants to drop it off at around 8:00am."
"OK Cool!"
Needless to say, I wasn't quite ready for it, but such is life. Yesterday was supposed to be yard clean-up day, but mother nature wasn't cooperating. Cold, windy, and a stray snow shower. Not good for burning brush and such. I still have some unsplit wood left from last years load.
I'm a bit lazy at times, as the wife will let me know more often than I care to hear. LOL
Anyway, there is approximately between 6-8 cords there. I paid $650.00 for this load. I like to think and say it costs me that much to heat my home every year. Heating with wood is awesome. Nothing better than throwing a couple pieces in the stove and not having to feel the cringe of turning up the thermostat. Depending on the temp outside, it is usually around 70 -75 degrees inside. My furnace is oil fired as is my hot water. I filled up the tank in Nov. and I just ran out last night. I knew the tank was near empty, but the "I'll order it next week" phrase kept getting moved up. LOL Worse thing was, was my son was in the shower when it ran out. "DAD! The water is cold!" Ahhhhhh Crap. Down to the gas station with my 5 gallon fuel cans and got 40.00 with of diesel fuel. 15 gallons should last me till Wednesday. Fingers crossed.

Oh BTW, you can use diesel fuel for heating oil. It is pretty much the same thing. Same thing in reverse. Just don't get caught by the DOT. Heating oil is normally dyed as it is a Non-taxable fuel. Diesel fuel is taxed. They put the dye in heating oil so that truckers can't get around not paying the tax. The DOT has a test kit for testing for the dye.
Back to the wood. We had a relatively normal winter with only a few days of sub-zero nights and almost no zero degree days so I didn't burn much wood. If it does get that cold the furnace might kick on overnight. I have it set for 65 so it won't get too cool. Hopefully with the wood left over from last year, and this load, I won't have to buy any next year.

There is one bad point of get wood this time of year. It's the sap. Spring and fall are the worst times to get firewood. Here in the Northeast we have an abundance of maple trees. The reason New Yorkers come up here in the fall for leaf-peepin. Cold nights and warm days makes the sap flow for the maple syrup fans. Some of the logs are sapping as we speak as the sun is shining on them.

This just makes for a little longer drying time. No biggie. If I have it all cut up and split and stacked by May, it will sit till October when I start to burn. Actually I'll use up last years wood first and won't use the new wood till Jan. or Feb.
Wish me luck.

early mornin jitters

i've spent entirely too much energy in attempting to keep my kids at least aware that their biggest domestic enemy is government,,i have no intention of abiding by some NWO ass' agenda that would deliver their minds into an atmosphere which would no doubt prove to be anti-American,,,this could be my tipping point,,,sure, there are a lot of other reasons to resist strenuously,,but i,like many others that i am aware of,,still find it necessary to engage in the day to day drudgery of "life",,,,this,,,this will force me to action ,,we've all heard of it... HR1388 and now, with the navy "laying off" sailors,,perhaps the soon to come increases in military commitments will be justification to re-institute the draft,,,and this one is NOT your fathers draft either,,,,maybe have to carry private health insurance???,,,hehe,,,History of the Draft,,,from what i have gathered, the age cutoff has been advanced significantly,,and some are pushing to include females as well...maybe a little over reaching here on my end,,but i shall be paying close attention....i raised my kids with a love of Nation,,and the idea that service(voluntary) to that ideal was a noble undertaking......but to kill or be killed to fill some &^@*$ pigs bank accounts,,,and destroy, completely, innocent lives and cultures...that IS NOT what this Country is about,,,,,i think the time is closer than ever,,the burning question i, and others face, is how much are we willing to sacrifice??can i do as was done in the past,,live(or die),in opposition to tyranny?here, in my own back yard?,,,,druther not find out,,but, seems there may be no choice real soon,,,have a good'un,,keep preppin..peace

By liberty I mean the assurance that every man shall be protected in doing what he believes is his duty against the influence of authority and majorities, custom and opinion. John Acton

some of what's out there

fairly recent improvement on an old classic,,,,YouTube - AA-12. World's deadliest shotgun!
a lot of people don't keep up on these things,,but they're worthy of consideration in a climate of
uncertainty.....i think anyway

Survive The Worst: The Dangers of Gangs in Your Community

Survive The Worst: The Dangers of Gangs in Your Community