I haven't been on my economic blogs yet today so you are spared all of that. I know it gets old but I am always looking for the trigger to the collapse of our infrastructure. I still think it funny that the PTB can get ready and stock up and all of that stuff but when we do it as individuals or small groups we are labeled nut cases and extremists. I wonder why the fedgov would be against prepping. They do it. I'm just following my government and my ancestors. Our family always had big gardens and we put up lots of canned good. As a 12 year old kid I raised hundred chicken lots of roosters for the family freezers. If you came out on the day we butchered chickens you got plenty of free meat. Of course that was back in the day when you bought gas to drive out to our farm at a rate of 10 gallons for less that what we pay for one gallon these days. That was back in the day when gasoline producers and vender's actually advertised on TV in order to get you to buy their brand. But things change and we have to change with them.
The ground down at our garden is still too wet, though it will not be tomorrow, more than likely. Publius has given me an okay heads up on my late planting of corn, Big John's ladies have told me they get good results planting late, and Jim Haddix said to go ahead and do it. So I am getting myself squared away to maybe plant tomorrow. We will see how the weather God's react to my plight. 60 chance of thunder storms tomorrow. That means more yes than no.
Obama's message to the world of peace and love and do it my way is not taking too well with the rest of the world. Some folks are even telling him to butt out of their business. Can you imagine anyone with the audacity to tell that to the great Obama? Obama has a lot of power behind him. Power that he never worked for and created. Sorta like someone dropping $10,000 worth of survival food off at your house and leaving it to your personal disposal. He has never had a real job nor run a business. He is a life long theorist, not a practitioner. He got his economic remedies out of a book and not out of his experience. Us plain and simple folks just do what we know to do. What we learned from our grandparents and parents. What we have seen work before. Most all the things I write about concerning day to day living are from my personal experience. And I read the survival blogs just like you do to pick up anything I might have missed along the way. I know what to do to get prepared. It is just a matter of accomplishing it. Limited budget people must watch their finances and spend their money where it is best used. I have in mind a four figure food buy and a wood cook stove installed downstairs. That could be a real blessing if I can pull it off. One does what one can, however, so I make no promises.
The ammo shortage is pretty real. I get complaints from all across the nation these days. Gun manufacturing is making a comeback and they should be in good supply. Buy what you can afford in as good a quality as your money will provide. Your well being could depend on it. Don't forget your medical preps. I told you that Mike Kemp is shooting year-old insulin these days and it is working for him just fine. He says keep it cool and don't puncture that membrane on the top until you are ready to use that particular vial. Once you pierce that membrane you are on the clock as far as using the medicine. In hot weather and in a power outage he has put his insulin in a bag and lowered it down a well casing to keep it cool. Works just fine, he said. You people who are diabetics might want to experiment and see how you can get along using alternative methods of insulin preservation. Write to me about your findings and I will publish it on the blog.
The WIFE is blanching some peas in preparation to freezing them. Good old Amish grown peas. If I can get me some corn planted tomorrow I will have my grain for the Winter. Rice will come with the next food buy. But I already have quite a bit of rice stored. And I love rice. Plain old rice with a little butter and salt will make me a meal if I let it. Way too much carbs for my fat ass but I like the stuff. I am dieting the Atkins way right now and have been on it a couple of weeks. I am already showing sign of improvement. My type 2 diabetes brother-in-law is doing the Atkins with me and his insulin usage has dropped from 25 units a day to 10, with his sugar staying low to normal. He hopes to be off of the insulin pretty soon. The wife is going to a local orchard store to see what they have in the way of good fruit. Maybe some goodies are headed our way. I watch the fish in the lake jumping and I know we have a good supply on hand. Our lake grows good tasting fish. But they were created to do just that. Clean water and spring fed. The lake grows good sweet tasting Channel Catfish that will hit your bait like a Bass. Healthy, strong fish. Just the kind of meat I like, next to local venison of course. You just can't beat the local venison. I'll go for now and admonish you to stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
HAVE WE FOUND THE TRIGGER?
I'm on economics again today. Follow the money is the old adage to follow.
Today a friend sent me a detailed copy of the sworn testimony of a man named Chris Whelan that was given in the House of Representatives in Washington. And my, oh my, did he ever have a lot to say. And he is very knowledgeable in the area of investing and finance. Very knowledgeable.
This man is not crude and crass like I am but he calls a thief a thief. He got started on derivatives and ran through it like dose of salts. He talked about the OTC market in these financial products. That means Over The Counter. It is an unregulated market. Nobody keeps an eye on it at all. And the enormous banks and stock brokerages lobby like crazy to keep it unregulated. It is the market that is keeping the doors open for most of them. These multi billion dollar financial institutions make their Super Profits in this market. It is about the only area where they can still get huge profits.
Then he got on the CDS and some other financial instruments and lowered the boom on those guys like you would not believe. He just came out and said, before Congress, that there was nothing to these financial papers. They are essentially hot air. But you can make a lot of money off of them if you can play the game. You can read this article and get the data yourself at
http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=99680. It is a long article but it is full of information. The citizens of this country have been lied to so much by the PTB that maybe it is time to catch everybody up on the scams. And don't think that this will all go away and everything will be fine again because the derivative market will collapse, probably this year, and it will all come out in the wash. This will be the second leg of of the downfall of the American government. And it will all come out to the public. They will get cannibalistic just like the animals that they are and individuals will come forward with the inside story. And Washington, DC will be some smelly stuff in their drawers.
This is all I have to say, so I admonish you to read this man's testimony he gave before Congress. It is worth your time and effort. It's just an exercise in stark reality. Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Today a friend sent me a detailed copy of the sworn testimony of a man named Chris Whelan that was given in the House of Representatives in Washington. And my, oh my, did he ever have a lot to say. And he is very knowledgeable in the area of investing and finance. Very knowledgeable.
This man is not crude and crass like I am but he calls a thief a thief. He got started on derivatives and ran through it like dose of salts. He talked about the OTC market in these financial products. That means Over The Counter. It is an unregulated market. Nobody keeps an eye on it at all. And the enormous banks and stock brokerages lobby like crazy to keep it unregulated. It is the market that is keeping the doors open for most of them. These multi billion dollar financial institutions make their Super Profits in this market. It is about the only area where they can still get huge profits.
Then he got on the CDS and some other financial instruments and lowered the boom on those guys like you would not believe. He just came out and said, before Congress, that there was nothing to these financial papers. They are essentially hot air. But you can make a lot of money off of them if you can play the game. You can read this article and get the data yourself at
http://www.tickerforum.org/cgi-ticker/akcs-www?post=99680. It is a long article but it is full of information. The citizens of this country have been lied to so much by the PTB that maybe it is time to catch everybody up on the scams. And don't think that this will all go away and everything will be fine again because the derivative market will collapse, probably this year, and it will all come out in the wash. This will be the second leg of of the downfall of the American government. And it will all come out to the public. They will get cannibalistic just like the animals that they are and individuals will come forward with the inside story. And Washington, DC will be some smelly stuff in their drawers.
This is all I have to say, so I admonish you to read this man's testimony he gave before Congress. It is worth your time and effort. It's just an exercise in stark reality. Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Monday, June 22, 2009
"MONEY TIME!", IS THE CRY
More rain again today. Had it is the morning and now it is headed to 90 degrees. Sauna anyone? But I don't have it as bad as Kemp in Mississippi. He has days of forecast for 99 degrees. But my beans are growing like crazy down in the garden. It looks like anything we have in will do just fine. We just don't have a lot in the ground this year. Our forecast has NO RAIN for the next 4 days. Hard to believe. Especially when they get the long range forecast wrong so regularly. Nothing seems to have much moderation these days. You either have drought or your rivers are over flowing. I reckon our role is to do the best we can with what we get. That is what being a prepper is all about. Doing the best we can with the cards we have been dealt. No one reading this post has anything to do with the fiasco we are now facing. It has just come upon us and we must deal with it. So be it.
Obama has turned the cigarette industry over to the Food and Drug Administration. They will now make pronouncements concerning our smokes. They will probably stop torturing the cigarette makers when the price has gotten to $10 a pack. Waterboarding is torture but $10 a pack cigarettes is just good government. You believe that don't you?
Californicate is sliding down into the ooze of bankruptcy. By my calendar they have a little over a week before they face the music. Obama and the Fedgov have said no more money! You get your stimulus package and no more. Fine by me. California has the tenth largest economy in the world, or did have. Now they are busted. No money. So California will go back to square one and start over again. That means they will probably get out of this mess before the rest of the country does, because they went into the washing machine first. New York State is scheduled to follow after them. If you haven't been paying attention, all bets are off on July 1, 2009. That is the date the vast majority of next years budgets kick in for the states. It is the time when all the hanky panky bookkeeping will show up. What money that has been moved from next year to this year will become evident. A milion here, a million there, it all adds up and eventually someone will be called upon to pay up. No cry babies. I forget how many states will be starting their fiscal year on July 1 but it is far and away the majority of them. I wonder how many will go into bankruptcy? Ain't gonna be anyone to loan them the money! Most of the banks are the same as insolvent these days and are just making it from day to day. That is one of the reasons why there will be a Bank Holiday. One writer said it allowed the banks to get out of business gracefully and with no shame. The only problem with this is that you and I cannot get any of our money out of the bank during this time. Not allowed.
I read something I seriously doubt but I will submit to you readers for conformation or denial. I read where a regular mortgage was excusable and you just give up the house if you couldn't pay. But then the writer went on to say that if your had refinanced your home then you were NOT allowed off the hook like a regular mortgager. I haven't heard of this. If someone knows of it, please tell me the straight truth!
I'll go for now and see you later. I hope you have pleasant days and you stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Obama has turned the cigarette industry over to the Food and Drug Administration. They will now make pronouncements concerning our smokes. They will probably stop torturing the cigarette makers when the price has gotten to $10 a pack. Waterboarding is torture but $10 a pack cigarettes is just good government. You believe that don't you?
Californicate is sliding down into the ooze of bankruptcy. By my calendar they have a little over a week before they face the music. Obama and the Fedgov have said no more money! You get your stimulus package and no more. Fine by me. California has the tenth largest economy in the world, or did have. Now they are busted. No money. So California will go back to square one and start over again. That means they will probably get out of this mess before the rest of the country does, because they went into the washing machine first. New York State is scheduled to follow after them. If you haven't been paying attention, all bets are off on July 1, 2009. That is the date the vast majority of next years budgets kick in for the states. It is the time when all the hanky panky bookkeeping will show up. What money that has been moved from next year to this year will become evident. A milion here, a million there, it all adds up and eventually someone will be called upon to pay up. No cry babies. I forget how many states will be starting their fiscal year on July 1 but it is far and away the majority of them. I wonder how many will go into bankruptcy? Ain't gonna be anyone to loan them the money! Most of the banks are the same as insolvent these days and are just making it from day to day. That is one of the reasons why there will be a Bank Holiday. One writer said it allowed the banks to get out of business gracefully and with no shame. The only problem with this is that you and I cannot get any of our money out of the bank during this time. Not allowed.
I read something I seriously doubt but I will submit to you readers for conformation or denial. I read where a regular mortgage was excusable and you just give up the house if you couldn't pay. But then the writer went on to say that if your had refinanced your home then you were NOT allowed off the hook like a regular mortgager. I haven't heard of this. If someone knows of it, please tell me the straight truth!
I'll go for now and see you later. I hope you have pleasant days and you stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Sunday, June 21, 2009
WEEKEND WORDS
Well. we had our combination Summer Solstice and 4th of July fireworks last night. What a show! It lasted at least a solid hour. Big boomers and lots of those kind that come out of a box and shoot multiples. Just amazing. The whole valley populace was there to witness the display. Lots of cheering was heard from those assembled. Great time!
I finished the book "Emergency- This book could save your life". I would not recommend it over Patriots by Jim Rawles, however. Strauss is a neophyte compared to Rawles and it is evident in the story. Strauss is a die hard city boy and he is just smart enough to realize that the system, if not doomed, is in for a very uncomfortable time of long duration. But he is making his bed in the city and that is that. I do not wish to be there with him. He needs to get the hell out of Dodge. He has acquired a number of skill sets in his journey since becoming aware of the fragility of our existence on this planet. Things he never dreamed of doing. But it is evident in the tone of his writing that he changes with every newly acquired skill or discipline. He just needs to get the hell out of Los Angeles, California. Talk about the heart of the Beast! He finally got his citizenship for St. Kitts, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea. I consider that a waste of good money. For the money he stuck into St. Kitts he could have bought some land in a fairly unpopulated part of the USA, put himself up a fine little house with a huge basement, and started to work to become self sufficient. But he may come around.
Sometimes, in our figuring out of contingencies, we get too complicated. Just think land, water, food growing, firewood and wood stoves, and some densely packed storage space. Focus on simple issues in your ability to live a life. Try not to get complicated. You must never forget that the erasure of your planning list is right around the corner and your plans could turn out to be blank spots in your self ordained pattern of life. So get the simple stuff done before your human nature starts to make things tougher for the long run. Jim Dakin and Mickey Creekmore can give you lots of hints for doing it on the cheap. If I had not already been building the survival machine at my home these last 38 years, I would be paying close attention to these guys. I'm not saying to do everything they say, and they aren't either. But they can damn sure help you out. Use their experience to your benefit. There is no one way to security but there are many ways to use in your thinking. I use lots of survivalists for my ideas and my thinking. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Learn to think like a survivalist. You can't beat it.
The media will not get off of the political unrest in Iran. Day in and day out we keep getting news reports from the corporate media. Knowing as I do that the corporate media is bought and paid for by the fedgov, what is the gig? I think we will find that American money is financing the Iranian elections, at the opposition party. Those "demonstrators" over in Tehran are pros. They know exactly what they are doing.
The other thing the media is embracing with all-encompassing arms is the nut case up in North Korea. If he fires an armed rocket at Hawaii or Alaska, he is dead meat. Firing an armed rocket at Japan or South Korea would be another stupid move. The only thing North Korea can do to us is to get us engaged in another Asian war. And we do not need another war. Period.
So stay alive and treat your existence with a little respect. It deserves it.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
I finished the book "Emergency- This book could save your life". I would not recommend it over Patriots by Jim Rawles, however. Strauss is a neophyte compared to Rawles and it is evident in the story. Strauss is a die hard city boy and he is just smart enough to realize that the system, if not doomed, is in for a very uncomfortable time of long duration. But he is making his bed in the city and that is that. I do not wish to be there with him. He needs to get the hell out of Dodge. He has acquired a number of skill sets in his journey since becoming aware of the fragility of our existence on this planet. Things he never dreamed of doing. But it is evident in the tone of his writing that he changes with every newly acquired skill or discipline. He just needs to get the hell out of Los Angeles, California. Talk about the heart of the Beast! He finally got his citizenship for St. Kitts, a small island nation in the Caribbean Sea. I consider that a waste of good money. For the money he stuck into St. Kitts he could have bought some land in a fairly unpopulated part of the USA, put himself up a fine little house with a huge basement, and started to work to become self sufficient. But he may come around.
Sometimes, in our figuring out of contingencies, we get too complicated. Just think land, water, food growing, firewood and wood stoves, and some densely packed storage space. Focus on simple issues in your ability to live a life. Try not to get complicated. You must never forget that the erasure of your planning list is right around the corner and your plans could turn out to be blank spots in your self ordained pattern of life. So get the simple stuff done before your human nature starts to make things tougher for the long run. Jim Dakin and Mickey Creekmore can give you lots of hints for doing it on the cheap. If I had not already been building the survival machine at my home these last 38 years, I would be paying close attention to these guys. I'm not saying to do everything they say, and they aren't either. But they can damn sure help you out. Use their experience to your benefit. There is no one way to security but there are many ways to use in your thinking. I use lots of survivalists for my ideas and my thinking. Never look a gift horse in the mouth. Learn to think like a survivalist. You can't beat it.
The media will not get off of the political unrest in Iran. Day in and day out we keep getting news reports from the corporate media. Knowing as I do that the corporate media is bought and paid for by the fedgov, what is the gig? I think we will find that American money is financing the Iranian elections, at the opposition party. Those "demonstrators" over in Tehran are pros. They know exactly what they are doing.
The other thing the media is embracing with all-encompassing arms is the nut case up in North Korea. If he fires an armed rocket at Hawaii or Alaska, he is dead meat. Firing an armed rocket at Japan or South Korea would be another stupid move. The only thing North Korea can do to us is to get us engaged in another Asian war. And we do not need another war. Period.
So stay alive and treat your existence with a little respect. It deserves it.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Saturday, June 20, 2009
SHORT POST
Well it's Saturday morning and I am back to my blog. Reason? It poured down rain again last night. I am getting a little tired of this. But I reckon it is better than a drought. I got a tip from Jim Rawles to go see a Sean Hannity video and it turned out to be the best of the morning. It is about urban survivalists and it is well done. It's here. I hope you enjoy it.
The wife is down at the Amish today getting those good eggs I like every morning. My brother-in-law and I went to a little country cafe and got good breakfasts for half of what we would have paid to the big chain restaurant in town. Our last breakfast run to Bob Evans cost us $9.14 each. This morning we got by for $9.38 for the both of us. Betcha you have our next breakfast outing figured out!
I am going to read a bit today. I am into a book called "Emergency-This book will save your life" It is by Neil Strauss and you can see him in the video I linked to this morning. He is a pretty smart dude. So far I like his writing.
Stopped by the garden and everything is growing, including the weeds. Thank God my brother-in-law got it all tilled this last week or we would just have to bulldoze it over until next year. He went down there the only couple of hours it could have been tilled. Amazing timing. The best blogs this morning were Brother Dakin over at Bison Survival and Brother Creekmore over at Survivalist blog. Dakin got really erudite this morning.
That is all for now. Read the news. Read the financial blogs. Keep abreast of the times. Your future depends on it. And stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
The wife is down at the Amish today getting those good eggs I like every morning. My brother-in-law and I went to a little country cafe and got good breakfasts for half of what we would have paid to the big chain restaurant in town. Our last breakfast run to Bob Evans cost us $9.14 each. This morning we got by for $9.38 for the both of us. Betcha you have our next breakfast outing figured out!
I am going to read a bit today. I am into a book called "Emergency-This book will save your life" It is by Neil Strauss and you can see him in the video I linked to this morning. He is a pretty smart dude. So far I like his writing.
Stopped by the garden and everything is growing, including the weeds. Thank God my brother-in-law got it all tilled this last week or we would just have to bulldoze it over until next year. He went down there the only couple of hours it could have been tilled. Amazing timing. The best blogs this morning were Brother Dakin over at Bison Survival and Brother Creekmore over at Survivalist blog. Dakin got really erudite this morning.
That is all for now. Read the news. Read the financial blogs. Keep abreast of the times. Your future depends on it. And stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Friday, June 19, 2009
THE LATEST
I've seen a couple posts on Big John Lipscombs blog and I have been prompted by Jim Haddix to write some more so I am writing tonight. So much rain keeping us out of the garden that I may as well write. But there is so much to say that I don't know where to begin or end. The volume of data is growing like an avalanche.
We are being led around by the nose with the tender fingernail of our dear government. I am so tired of those people saying that the depression is over and it being a lie that I can hardly read what they have to say. The audacity of these folks is astounding. They are trying to say that the problem has been healed and that now it is just a matter of time. Horse manure! It has only just begun. The banking collapse was the first leg of the stool to hit the ground and become part of the daily grind. It has started the collapse of everything we had going for us. It has so far put every household in America in debt to the tune of over half a million dollars. One minor detail to remember is that we ain't gonna pay it. The country will have to bankrupt itself. Us poor folk just don't have the money. To tell you the truth, I don't want to have the money. I think we are heading for an economy based on food and fuel. Money won't be any good.
While listening to Internet radio this evening I heard Gerald Celente say that he and his people don't see any food problem coming to this country. I am a great fan of Celente. He has lifted me up on many occasions. But I think he missed it on that one. I find too may articles in various news sites pointing toward a very bad year for crops around the globe. I can barely get into the garden these days. The rain is eternal! I have a decent bean planting and some Cayenne Peppers and that is the extent of the 'crop' volume I might produce. At least I will have something to spice up my beans!
My leaning is to buy a lot of canned food withing the next week or so. Several hundred dollars worth. My brother in law has moved in and he is quite a wood-crafter and can build us some very nice storage. Then we will fill it up. The peppers will be strung together in ristras and hung from our kitchen ceiling. They do quite well up there. The beans will be shelled and given a three day freeze before being put in sealed plastic bags with a generous dose of Bay Leaves in each bag. Gotta keep the bugs out, you know. But my beans are looking good right now. And nothing has come to eat holes in the leaves as yet so I don't have to make my bug juice. Will wonders never cease. The rain is probably washing all the evil bean borers off the plants on a regular basis. What ever it is, it is working so far!
The fedgov is still trying to call everyone who does not agree with them a possible terrorist. Sure is a mighty big group these days. But the guns and ammo keep going out the doors of the gun stores and getting squirreled away in safe places. It's nice to know that some people still have their heads screwed on properly. Big John said he was staying at home and cleaning his guns. Damn fine idea. If something is worth having then it is worth protecting. The congress is moving a bill through the process that is to clean up a lot of legal problems facing the Bush gang. That sure is a wonderful thing for those rotten bastards. Seems like I remember a clause in the Constitution that says there will be no laws made after the fact. But who pays any attention to the Constitution any more?
The commercial property crash is coming up next on the scene. It is gonna be a whopper! All those buildings put up between 2000 and 2007 will be empty. Ain't any business to move in them and rent them. Another big chunk of meat for the banks to swallow. Then after the commercial property fiasco we will get the death struggle of the derivative market. It will be huge. The countries of the world will turn their back on the dollar and it will be over for the US of A. At least as far as trading with anyone. Oil could go for $800 a barrel. That would put the price of a gallon of gas at about $20 or more. Got any horses out on your retreat property? They may be the coming thing! The wife watched a 10 year old Amish girl plowing a field with a big team of draft horses last week. Her daddy was right behind her with another team. Can your 10 year old daughter plow a field with a team of horses? Quite an advanced little girl if you ask me!
While listening to Gerald Celente this evening I heard him say that there are over two million refugees from the Swat Valley over there in Pakistan. Those are going to be some very bitter people, my friends. Bitter enough to attack anything connected with the American government.
It's getting late and I am going to bed. Y'all take care of yourselves and prep like crazy. I am.
Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
We are being led around by the nose with the tender fingernail of our dear government. I am so tired of those people saying that the depression is over and it being a lie that I can hardly read what they have to say. The audacity of these folks is astounding. They are trying to say that the problem has been healed and that now it is just a matter of time. Horse manure! It has only just begun. The banking collapse was the first leg of the stool to hit the ground and become part of the daily grind. It has started the collapse of everything we had going for us. It has so far put every household in America in debt to the tune of over half a million dollars. One minor detail to remember is that we ain't gonna pay it. The country will have to bankrupt itself. Us poor folk just don't have the money. To tell you the truth, I don't want to have the money. I think we are heading for an economy based on food and fuel. Money won't be any good.
While listening to Internet radio this evening I heard Gerald Celente say that he and his people don't see any food problem coming to this country. I am a great fan of Celente. He has lifted me up on many occasions. But I think he missed it on that one. I find too may articles in various news sites pointing toward a very bad year for crops around the globe. I can barely get into the garden these days. The rain is eternal! I have a decent bean planting and some Cayenne Peppers and that is the extent of the 'crop' volume I might produce. At least I will have something to spice up my beans!
My leaning is to buy a lot of canned food withing the next week or so. Several hundred dollars worth. My brother in law has moved in and he is quite a wood-crafter and can build us some very nice storage. Then we will fill it up. The peppers will be strung together in ristras and hung from our kitchen ceiling. They do quite well up there. The beans will be shelled and given a three day freeze before being put in sealed plastic bags with a generous dose of Bay Leaves in each bag. Gotta keep the bugs out, you know. But my beans are looking good right now. And nothing has come to eat holes in the leaves as yet so I don't have to make my bug juice. Will wonders never cease. The rain is probably washing all the evil bean borers off the plants on a regular basis. What ever it is, it is working so far!
The fedgov is still trying to call everyone who does not agree with them a possible terrorist. Sure is a mighty big group these days. But the guns and ammo keep going out the doors of the gun stores and getting squirreled away in safe places. It's nice to know that some people still have their heads screwed on properly. Big John said he was staying at home and cleaning his guns. Damn fine idea. If something is worth having then it is worth protecting. The congress is moving a bill through the process that is to clean up a lot of legal problems facing the Bush gang. That sure is a wonderful thing for those rotten bastards. Seems like I remember a clause in the Constitution that says there will be no laws made after the fact. But who pays any attention to the Constitution any more?
The commercial property crash is coming up next on the scene. It is gonna be a whopper! All those buildings put up between 2000 and 2007 will be empty. Ain't any business to move in them and rent them. Another big chunk of meat for the banks to swallow. Then after the commercial property fiasco we will get the death struggle of the derivative market. It will be huge. The countries of the world will turn their back on the dollar and it will be over for the US of A. At least as far as trading with anyone. Oil could go for $800 a barrel. That would put the price of a gallon of gas at about $20 or more. Got any horses out on your retreat property? They may be the coming thing! The wife watched a 10 year old Amish girl plowing a field with a big team of draft horses last week. Her daddy was right behind her with another team. Can your 10 year old daughter plow a field with a team of horses? Quite an advanced little girl if you ask me!
While listening to Gerald Celente this evening I heard him say that there are over two million refugees from the Swat Valley over there in Pakistan. Those are going to be some very bitter people, my friends. Bitter enough to attack anything connected with the American government.
It's getting late and I am going to bed. Y'all take care of yourselves and prep like crazy. I am.
Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
WET WEDNESDAY WRITING
It's wet Wednesday here in southern Indiana. Ain't gonna be any gardening today! Since my brother-in-law has moved in with us we have been down at the garden a lot. He is a worker and that is no joke. Yesterday he tilled up the remainder of our normal garden plot and it is ready to plant. The far end of the garden is not used so that will be utilized by "garden crop" Michael at the soonest opportunity. I am thinking corn and tomatoes for down there. Wife is in town with her brother buying some corn manure compost to see that the corn gets fed. Corn is a big eater. You gotta feed it. If I was a nomad I would be in my Summer quarters now and would be planting in the Three Sisters mode.
I ran up on a new term this morning called re-tribing. It would appear that children are moving home to live with their parents in great numbers. My kids are not intent on moving to their Papa's place right now. School, bar exams, etc. are all the vogue right now. But I am sitting on the main nest just like a settin' hen in case they decide to make the move. You gotta keep the thought that daddy is waiting In Their Head At All Times. I am aware that the outer society is run on 'divide and conquer' but that is for losers as far as I am concerned and I don't like losing. My ancestors lived in tribes for hundreds and hundreds of years, maybe millions of years. We know what happens to the guy found out traveling alone. He gets stripped and branded, all his personal possessions taken from him, and he goes to work making other people's living for them. The idea of a tribe is one of basic survival.
The figures look to me to be about 150 to 250 people as the optimum number of folks in a tribe. That is about the number the chief or head man can reasonably be expected to know. You get too big and it takes the clannish flavor out of the strew. Then all you have is the same thing we have right now, a strung out mess of idiots who have no rational hold on life whatsoever.
I want to get back on the topic of basic survivalism. You know what it entails; Beans, Bullets, and Band-aids and the attendant articles of materialism you feel you need. I am writing this blog post today because it is raining cats and dogs outside and I won't have a thing to do in the garden until Friday at the earliest. But survivalism still goes on. My brother in law is in buying supplies to finish his room and checking on Walmart prices of 870 Wingmasters. The wife is buying Cayenne pepper plants and compost. I already have plenty of bean seed to get my crop in. And the bean seed I grew is good seed. About 10 rows that got put in last week were all out of the ground by Monday of this week. You almost can't beat the sprouting vigor of non-hybrid seed. The damn things just want to get it on ! And I want to let them! By the way, I have Cayenne pepper seed but my wife is a plant nut. She is a transplanter from a long way back. I like doing it from seed. I do not have the window space to start a bunch of seedlings every year. Our porch is South facing but our cats have a mania for trying out new ground to defecate in.
I want to say that Mayberry over at Keep It Simple Survival had a most rewarding post this morning. Excellent. Among other aspects of survival it brought to my mind the great need to get your land in the proper area for what you will have to do. If you will have to grow your own food then I suggest you move someplace that has proper dirt and rainfall. It's that simple.
Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
I ran up on a new term this morning called re-tribing. It would appear that children are moving home to live with their parents in great numbers. My kids are not intent on moving to their Papa's place right now. School, bar exams, etc. are all the vogue right now. But I am sitting on the main nest just like a settin' hen in case they decide to make the move. You gotta keep the thought that daddy is waiting In Their Head At All Times. I am aware that the outer society is run on 'divide and conquer' but that is for losers as far as I am concerned and I don't like losing. My ancestors lived in tribes for hundreds and hundreds of years, maybe millions of years. We know what happens to the guy found out traveling alone. He gets stripped and branded, all his personal possessions taken from him, and he goes to work making other people's living for them. The idea of a tribe is one of basic survival.
The figures look to me to be about 150 to 250 people as the optimum number of folks in a tribe. That is about the number the chief or head man can reasonably be expected to know. You get too big and it takes the clannish flavor out of the strew. Then all you have is the same thing we have right now, a strung out mess of idiots who have no rational hold on life whatsoever.
I want to get back on the topic of basic survivalism. You know what it entails; Beans, Bullets, and Band-aids and the attendant articles of materialism you feel you need. I am writing this blog post today because it is raining cats and dogs outside and I won't have a thing to do in the garden until Friday at the earliest. But survivalism still goes on. My brother in law is in buying supplies to finish his room and checking on Walmart prices of 870 Wingmasters. The wife is buying Cayenne pepper plants and compost. I already have plenty of bean seed to get my crop in. And the bean seed I grew is good seed. About 10 rows that got put in last week were all out of the ground by Monday of this week. You almost can't beat the sprouting vigor of non-hybrid seed. The damn things just want to get it on ! And I want to let them! By the way, I have Cayenne pepper seed but my wife is a plant nut. She is a transplanter from a long way back. I like doing it from seed. I do not have the window space to start a bunch of seedlings every year. Our porch is South facing but our cats have a mania for trying out new ground to defecate in.
I want to say that Mayberry over at Keep It Simple Survival had a most rewarding post this morning. Excellent. Among other aspects of survival it brought to my mind the great need to get your land in the proper area for what you will have to do. If you will have to grow your own food then I suggest you move someplace that has proper dirt and rainfall. It's that simple.
Stay alive.
Michael
mboone@rtccom.net
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