tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post8704582671777811218..comments2024-03-28T19:35:24.365-07:00Comments on Rural Revolution: Echoes of the past?Patrice Lewishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-78506001413350904762014-02-19T04:06:30.695-08:002014-02-19T04:06:30.695-08:00Oh, thank you! Well-written posts.
A thought: co...Oh, thank you! Well-written posts. <br /><br />A thought: considering that medical knowledge and skills (which don't go bad) will be at a premium should your family be cut off from doctors, might I suggest one of y'all become an EMT? (I know, with all that spare time!) If you don't have a community college nearby, there are still lots of solid online options. I'm a paramedic, and getting to the EMT level was simple enough, and equips you with a solid base of tools to recognize when someone is truly sick, how to manage life threats, and the like. Just a notion. Thanks for the blog, it's a fun read!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-57442951024329427022014-02-15T14:12:45.205-08:002014-02-15T14:12:45.205-08:00So Very True about History repeating itself ! Esp...So Very True about History repeating itself ! Especially if 'one is Complacent and puts All their Trust into: government entities, or organizations, who are Only Looking Out for Themselves Certainly Not Anyone, Not us Citizens'...<br /><br />As far as Bitcoins are concerned, if 'the Most Secure Govt./Military/Financial Institution computers are able to be Hacked! then why would a person believe any form of e-money is safe or more secure'? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-3990199549581520422014-02-14T08:42:51.961-08:002014-02-14T08:42:51.961-08:00Steve, excellent advice in my book.
Montana GuySteve, excellent advice in my book.<br />Montana GuyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-25740384367530258722014-02-14T05:38:28.092-08:002014-02-14T05:38:28.092-08:00Anon 6:36, please take a look at these posts:
htt...Anon 6:36, please take a look at these posts:<br /><br />http://www.rural-revolution.com/2013/01/new-years-activities.html<br /><br />http://www.rural-revolution.com/2013/01/drug-expiration-dates.html<br /><br />- PatricePatrice Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06012022335047974670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-58234676461339142112014-02-13T18:36:07.125-08:002014-02-13T18:36:07.125-08:00Hi there! I have a somewhat off-topic question. In...Hi there! I have a somewhat off-topic question. In the spirit of living as self-sufficiently as possible, how are you handling medical needs? For example, are you stockpiling bandages or medicines (simple things like acetaminophen), or learning skills like how to suture? Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-20777069384504938222014-02-13T13:43:07.773-08:002014-02-13T13:43:07.773-08:00".....there are endless precedents in history...".....there are endless precedents in history which should give us fair warning that things are not as stable and cheery as our government would have us believe."<br /><br />Word.<br /><br />A.McSp<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-52745855547410713212014-02-13T12:04:16.852-08:002014-02-13T12:04:16.852-08:00There have been economic collapses/depressions/pan...There have been economic collapses/depressions/panics for a long long time. "The Panic of 1873 stands as the first global depression brought about by industrial capitalism... industrial capitalism is controlled by access to venture capital and the productivity of capital investments in stocks, bonds, and large-scale mechanization. Money, not labor or goods, remains the critical factor in economic growth." (teachinghistory.org) <br /><br />"Who really controls the money?" For many of us, the answer is clear.<br /><br />The real issue, however is choosing God or mammon. People throughout history have shown that given a choice, they will probably choose mammon. And they have. Especially the change agents of our time. To our hurt. <br /><br />While some say that there will be a delineating event that will produce TEOTWAWKI. The jury is out on this one. The world that I was born into and remember was not like it is today. But it did not happen overnight. We have been on a steady, descent into the abyss as a nation, and as the world as a whole.<br /><br />Events in history do not "just happen." They were planned that way . I am not surprised about the stock market similarities.<br /><br />Concerning prepping, a wise person will always have his/her house in order, no matter what looms on the horizon.<br /><br />We must learn to keep up with the sharp turns in policy and economics. We should not be caught with an empty cookie jar.<br /><br />How to prepare for hard times is a turkey shoot. Where there are two people there will be three opinions. How one chooses to prepare physically is one choice. The real choice, however, is choosing worshiping God or mammon. <br /><br />Matthew 6:24 " No man can serve two masters: for either he will hate the one, and love the other; or else he will hold to the one, and despise the other. Ye cannot serve God and mammon."<br /><br /><br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-90905769525018363172014-02-13T08:30:53.117-08:002014-02-13T08:30:53.117-08:00Has anyone ever heard of the "BIT COIN"?...Has anyone ever heard of the "BIT COIN"? It is a new form of exchange that works on a block chain where there are no more intermediaries, banks or middle men to get between our personal transactions while taking huge profits. <br /><br />I am not saying that this is the answer to anything, but I feel that the world is already trying to find ways to get away from the middlemen like the banks, lawyers, Wall Street and everything that has sapped our very lively hoods for the last 100 years. What we need is a"reset" in the financial system......for the world. <br /><br />When money, corruption and the cabal have had a wonderful field day with virtually every human being on earth, our history DOES dictate that all of these powers will eventually fail. I believe we are going to get rid of the whole bag of leaches and go back to gold backed currency. Debts will be forgiven and we will have a "reset" of the entire world and go to a world wide new money system. <br /><br />Don't know how.......don't know when.......but it is inevitable and I believe it is in the very near future. BJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-71392774555319519062014-02-13T07:44:44.339-08:002014-02-13T07:44:44.339-08:00I have started to pull money from my IRA as fast a...I have started to pull money from my IRA as fast as practical. I am buying practical things with the money and livestock. I have completed redoing the barn and preparing to increase the chicken flock as well. I feel that with the announcement of the myra that it will only be a matter of time till the gov. moves all moneys now in IRA and 401K's into treasuries (myra) and I want as much money out of their reach as possible.stevenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-42586450555416719022014-02-12T21:33:40.760-08:002014-02-12T21:33:40.760-08:00TY for this Patrice, I shared on FB because it is ...TY for this Patrice, I shared on FB because it is so true...I am in the midst of getting my money out of the system and I will say, in the past month, I've seen the values only go down. I can't get to it soon enough IMHO and plan to use it to get my family more preparedgrammypreppernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-14931216097408158982014-02-12T20:33:07.323-08:002014-02-12T20:33:07.323-08:00well said although with the use of QE this madness...well said although with the use of QE this madness may go on longer...Michael Powershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13627646095892715304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-81844328765524002792014-02-12T19:46:53.224-08:002014-02-12T19:46:53.224-08:00That's chilling.
I don't find it humorous...That's chilling.<br /><br />I don't find it humorous AT ALL.<br /><br />I might laugh it off if I hadn't studied the twentieth century in extensive detail (nothing like a curious Aspie for extensive detail, believe me-- when you spend an entire summer writing 20 page reports on historical events for fun, you learn more than you really wanted to know). But, I did do that one summer...<br /><br />...and the graph isn't the only thing that looks the same. Other than the extensive welfare state, government policies are the same (and there were just as many people so desperately poor that they were dependent on charity then-- it was just the charity of the progressives and the churches). The social climate of lauded excesses for the wealthy while the bottom half struggled to eat-- the same. The worship of an advertisement culture that was never realistic or desirable-- the same. The disregard for common sense, and for our neighbors, friends, and relatives as people with needs and struggles-- the same.<br /><br />I talk too much, and I'm not very good at it.<br /><br />I am, however, VERY good at recognizing patterns.<br /><br />The one I see right now makes me want to turn my family's current prosperity into more seeds, more silver, and more canning. <br /><br />I am a cheerful person by nature. So cheerful I'm almost complacent. The only thing that makes me feel cheerful these days is that we are, at least, completely debt free.<br /><br />I am afraid.MCnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5526768924178592295.post-23620430191901939532014-02-12T17:47:53.990-08:002014-02-12T17:47:53.990-08:00Patrice, I'm looking at this picture of your b...Patrice, I'm looking at this picture of your beautiful preserves.You mentioned I think ,that you live in an area that could experience earthquakes.with that in mind have you taken steps so that those gleaming jars of food stays on the shelf ? It would be a shame to waste all the work and all the food. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com