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Ready Radio Days

2011-04-13T11:10:00.000-07:00

Ready Radio Days is a program that is selling weather radios at a discounted price.

Here is a list of television stations involved in the Ready Radio Days campaign:

WEAU-Eau Claire
Wednesday April 13
3:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Walgreens at 1819 South Hastings Way

WLUK-Green Bay
Thursday, April 14
9:00 am – 8:00 pm
Mills Fleet Farm at 2460 Main Street

WKBT-La Crosse, WSAW-Wausau, WISC-Madison and WISN-Milwaukee will also participate in the program but have not set a date for their events.

See the pdf press release here

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Virtually Fat Free Cheesecake from food storage foods

2011-04-12T07:00:00.000-07:00

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State-wide Tornado Drill April 14, 2011

2011-04-11T09:14:00.000-07:00

To encourage citizens to be prepared for severe weather, Wisconsin Emergency
Management (WEM) and the National Weather Service (NWS) are once again
promoting Wisconsin’s Tornado and Severe Weather Awareness Week. The
statewide tornado drill will be held on Thursday, April 14, 2011. Many schools
and businesses participate in the annual daytime drill. Wisconsin Department of
Public Instruction, WEM and the NWS have distributed tornado and severe
weather information to schools. If there is actual severe weather on April 14, the
tornado drill will be postponed until Friday, April 15, with the watch/warnings
issued at the same time. Below are the scheduled times for the mock
watches/warnings. Keep in mind that you will not hear weather radio tone-alerts
for the mock tornado watch and warnings on certain weather radios. In these
cases you will have to manually turn on your weather radio in order to hear the
mock tornado watch and warnings.

1:00 pm - Mock TORNADO WATCH for all of Wisconsin

MOCK TORNADO WARNINGS

1:10-1:15 pm - National Weather Service Green Bay issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade,
Lincoln, Manitowoc, Marathon, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Oneida,
Outagamie, Portage, Shawano, Vilas, Waupaca, Waushara, Winnebago and
Wood Counties.

1:20-1:25 pm - National Weather Service Milwaukee/Sullivan issues Mock
Tornado Warning for Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Fond du Lac, Green, Green
Lake, Iowa, Jefferson, Kenosha, Lafayette, Marquette, Milwaukee, Ozaukee,
Racine, Rock, Sauk, Sheboygan, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha
Counties.

1:30-1:35 pm - National Weather Service La Crosse issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Adams, Buffalo, Clark, Crawford, Grant, Jackson, Juneau,
LaCrosse, Monroe, Richland, Taylor, Trempealeau and Vernon Counties.
1:40-1:45 pm - National Weather Service Minneapolis/Chanhassen issues
Mock Tornado Warning for Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce,
Polk, Rusk and St. Croix Counties.

1:50-1:55 pm - National Weather Service Duluth issues Mock Tornado
Warning for Ashland, Bayfield, Burnett, Douglas, Iron, Price, Sawyer and
Washburn Counties.

2:00 pm - END OF MOCK TORNADO WATCH/WARNING DRILL

Source - Ready Wisconsin

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Tornado/Severe Weather Awareness Week

2011-04-11T08:56:00.000-07:00

photo credit - American Red Cross

April 11-15 is Wisconsin's Tornado/Severe Weather Awareness Week.

In order to be prepared for this type of weather emergency you ought to have ready a disaster emergency kit - commonly called a 72-hour kit.

At minimum your kit should include:

- 3-day supply of water for your family (minimum subsistence level of 1 gallon per person per day)
- one change of clothing and footwear per person
- blanket or sleeping bag per person
- rain gear and appropriate outerwear to keep your family warm and dry
- tarp or shelter materials
- a first-aid kit, including prescription medications
- lightweight shelf-stable foods (and any dishes & cooking equipment that might be needed)
- battery or hand-crank powered NOAA weather radio
- flashlights and extra batteries or hand-crank flashlights
- fire starting materials (magnesium firestarter, flint and steel, waterproof matches, etc. in case you need to shelter outdoors)
- some cash
- extra set of car keys
- toys or simple games to keep children occupied
- any special items needed for infants or elderly family members

You should also prepare your family by having an emergency plan in place. Practice the plan by having regular drills with your family members. Know what county you live in and be aware of weather notices. Know what warning system is in place in your community. Keep tuned to radio, television, or Internet weather broadcasts.

Familiarize yourself with weather emergency terminology.

Tornado Watch: Conditions are favorable for the development of tornadoes in your area. Remain alert for approaching storms.

Tornado Warning: A tornado is imminent (based on weather radar information) or has been sighted by spotters. If a tornado warning is issued for your area - move to your pre-designated place of safety. Seek shelter immediately!

Severe Thunderstorm Watch: Conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms with damaging straight-line (downburst) winds and/or large hail.

Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Severe thunderstorms with damaging straight-line winds and/or large hail are imminent or are occurring.

In case of a tornado warning you need to take shelter:

• In a house with a basement: Avoid windows. Get in the basement and under some kind of sturdy protection (heavy table, work bench or stairs), or cover yourself with a mattress or sleeping bag.

• In a house with no basement, a dorm, or an apartment: Avoid windows. Go to the lowest floor, small center room (like a bathroom or closet), under a stair well or in an interior hallway with no windows. Crouch as low as possible to the floor, facing down; and cover your head with your hands. Even in an interior room, you should cover yourself with some sort of thick padding (mattress, blankets, etc.), to protect against flying or falling debris.

• In an office building: Go directly to an enclosed, windowless area in the center of the building -- away from glass. Then, crouch down and cover your head. Interior stairwells are usually good places to take shelter. Stay off elevators- you could become trapped in them if the power is lost.

• In a mobile home: Get out! Most tornadoes can destroy even tied-down mobile homes. If your community has a tornado shelter, go there fast. If there is a sturdy permanent building within close distance, seek shelter there. Otherwise, lie flat on low ground away from your home, protecting your head. If possible, use open ground away from trees and cars, which can be blown onto you.

• At school: Follow the drill! Go to the interior hall or room in an orderly way as you are told. Crouch low, head down, and protect the back of your head with your arms. Stay away from windows and large open rooms like gyms and auditoriums.

• In a car or truck: If tornado is in the distance, drive at right angles to the tornado movement. If there is time, get out of your vehicle and seek shelter in a permanent building. If there is no time, you have a choice – you can stay in your vehicle with your seat belt on, or you can get out and lie flat and face down, protecting the back of your head with your arms. Either way you run the risk of injuries or death.

Sources:
Ready Wisconsin
National Weather Service
American Red Cross

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Free water purification kit from PUR

2011-04-05T10:09:00.001-07:00

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As preppers we all know how very important water - especially properly purified water - is to us all.

This link will allow you to obtain a free water purification kit from PUR. It's designed as a learning aid for kids, but might also work to help you teach your neighbors, friends, and family about safe water purification.

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Flooding along Rock, Fox, and Mississippi Rivers

2011-04-04T07:51:00.000-07:00

According to the State of Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs Division of Emergency Management, "Currently, the National Weather Service (NWS) has issued flood warnings for the Rock, Fox and Mississippi Rivers in Wisconsin. Minor flooding is occurring along these rivers, mainly impacting parks, agriculture or other lowland areas. The NWS anticipates the Mississippi River will remain high for most of April as much of northern Wisconsin and Minnesota still have heavy snow that will melt and will eventually run into the Mississippi River. In addition, they are concerned that any additional heavy precipitation this spring could result in major flooding."

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Upham Woods Spring Explorer Program - Saturday April 2nd

2011-04-01T10:34:00.000-07:00

From the article,

"From 2:00-5:00 p.m. on April 2, the Spring Explorers program will lead family-friendly adventures around the camp. Spring Explorers, free and open to the public, is just one of many events at Upham Woods designed to bring people closer to nature.

Participants can learn to pick out the signs of spring during a guided hike or stay at camp to learn survival skills like building a shelter, starting a campfire and navigating the woods using orienteering. There will also be a spring scavenger hunt around the camp."

This is a family event and, while the survival skills won't be as intense as other events you might have fun and learn something new.

For more information, click here.
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rivers at flood stage or flooding

2011-03-30T14:16:00.001-07:00

Several Wisconsin rivers are at flood stage or experiencing minor flooding. Click here to see river levels.

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how does weather change affect you?

2011-03-30T01:00:00.000-07:00

I know there are plenty of folks out there who don't believe that we're facing major climate change and even some scientists who forward the idea.

This post isn't intended to be a discussion of that, but rather a reporting of information from the University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension Service.

They have a recent article up about a report from the Wisconsin Initiative on Climate Change Impacts (WICCI).

Here is a portion of the article,

"Here are some of the potential impacts of continued changes in Wisconsin’s climate that WICCI working groups have identified:

Agriculture

—While longer growing seasons may help boost agricultural production, hotter summers could reduce yields of crops such as corn and soybeans.

–Warmer winters and longer growing seasons will also provide good conditions for pests and disease.

Public health and safety

–Summer heat waves will become more frequent and last longer.

–Accumulations of smog and ground-level ozone could pose more frequent air-quality hazards.

–Roads, bridges, and urban areas will face greater risk of damage from intense storms, with more heavy rain events overwhelming storm drains and sanitary sewers.

–Diminishing ice cover, changing water levels, and higher winds over the Great Lakes could increase shoreline erosion and risks to shoreline property.

Water resources

–Rising winter temperatures will continue to shorten the average duration of lake ice cover.

–More frequent heavy rains will wash polluted runoff into lakes, triggering more algae blooms and other water quality concerns, and affect the biological integrity of wetlands.

Wildlife

–Earlier onset of spring will alter relationships between plants and pollinators, affecting reproduction cycles.

–Some wildlife, fish, and tree species now at the edge of their biological ranges in Wisconsin may move out of the state, while species more tolerant of warmer temperatures will expand."

To read the entire article click here.

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making greek yogurt or yogurt cheese with powdered milk

2011-03-29T01:00:00.000-07:00

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how to convince your significant other to prepare

2011-03-28T01:00:00.000-07:00

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One of the most vexing problems that face preppers is having an unsupportive spouse or significant other. How do you cope with it and what can you do to convince him/her to come on board and get ready with you?

Here are some ideas that have worked for folks in the past:

- remind your SO of weather emergencies in your area and convince him/her to at least help your family prepare for those

- some folks find it helpful to show their SO government sites like Ready.gov and show the SO what FEMA recommends people do to be prepared

- another tactic is to use your local Red Cross or similar aid agency to demonstrate how a family ought to be prepared for emergencies

- try using economic conditions as a reason to prepare. Unemployment is up and so many people have lost their jobs. Having food stored and other items prepared can be a safety nest if there is a loss of income.

- it's tragic, but sometimes world events like earthquakes or tsunamis can provide incentive for people to get prepared. You might use news reports as a conversation starter to help your SO understand how prudent it can be to be prepared.

- explain to your SO how prepping can be a hedge against inflation. You can take advantage of low prices now to save money in advance of price increases.

- if you SO likes to shop sales, use that to your advantage. Encourage him/her to buy in bulk when items are on sale.

- you might talk about history or your own family history and how beneficial it was for people to have a preparedness mindset. Some historical times/events that are helpful in this conversation are the Great Depression, World War II rationing, and the Dust Bowl.

- use your SO's interests or hobbies as a way to help your family get prepared. Hobbies like gardening, woodworking, sewing, quilting, hunting, shooting, fishing, camping, etc. can all provide ways to help your family increase its preparedness levels.

- take a look at the distinct emergency preparedness conditions your family might face in your community. Do you have chemical plants nearby? If so, your family might be compelled to evacuate in case of a spill. This possible threat can be a great way to introduce having 72-hour kits or BOBs ready.

- remember that skills are as important as gear. If your SO isn't interested in setting aside the funds to gather the gear perhaps he/she is ready to build up skills. Don't discourage any interest he/she might have in becoming better prepared.

- if finances are the main concern, discuss with your SO ways to trim the family budget to free up some money for prepping or ways that you might be able to increase your family income in order to have the funds available for prepping.

What other strategies have worked for you? How have you been able to persuade someone reluctant to prepare to actually start preparing?

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Using powdered milk to make yogurt

2011-03-27T10:29:00.000-07:00

Wondering what to do with that powdered milk in your food storage? How about making some yogurt.

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emergency or camping shower

2011-03-25T08:46:00.001-07:00

When our family went on our week-long camping trip this past summer we enjoyed using our camping shower that we purchased from Cabela's. We have a nylon shower "tent", a cedar "floor", and a cool stainless steel tank that can be pressurized along with a sprayer.

While we were camping I was thinking we really ought to have a back-up shower, but they're pricey and it really doesn't fit into our family's budget right now.

While reading an update post at Adventures in Self Reliance they linked back to their post on constructing an emergency or camping shower. This is the perfect back-up system for us and I just had to share it with you.

It has a number of uses - even if you don't camp.

Have you ever have your city work on water pipes and were unable to shower because the water was turned off? If you store water you can heat some up and put it in your emergency shower and have a nice warm shower!

For those of you with electric hot water heaters - have you ever had a power outage and found that you only had cold water? With this emergency shower you can warm up some water (outside on your camping stove or inside if you have a natural gas stove) and have a nice warm shower using your emergency shower.

Anyway, you get the idea. I think every family ought to have an emergency shower - even if they don't camp!

(disclaimer - the links out to Cabela's are NOT associate links and I receive no compensation for using them. All links used in this post are just informational to assist the reader in understanding the topic.)
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Creative ways to finance your prepping

2011-03-23T13:35:00.000-07:00

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Many people delay getting started on their food storage and emergency preparedness purchases because they feel that they don’t have the money to do it. It doesn’t have to be purchased in one sweep, folks, and even the tightest budget will often give up a few pennies if you squeeze it hard enough.

1. Barter excess fruit from your trees or vegetables from your garden for foods you don’t grow yourself.

2. Barter labor for food.
a. Talk to a farmer to see if you can work in exchange for meat, eggs, milk, etc.
b. Most CSAs offer reduced prices in exchange for working on the farm.

3. Barter skills and services you have for food items. Some ideas – sewing skills, haircuts, woodworking, accounting/bookkeeping, computer programming, web design, carpentry, electrical, plumbing, painting, etc.

4. Ask neighbors and friends if you can harvest the fruit from their trees. Offer to give them a portion of the fruit that you then can or dehydrate.

5. Cook with fewer processed foods. Learn how to cook from scratch instead. Use the money saved toward long term food storage. (you’ll end up eating healthier in the long run, too!)

6. Eliminate a high cost low nutrition food from your budget (common items are soda pop, cookies, other snack foods) and use that money toward long term food storage.

7. Eliminate a restaurant trip and use that money toward long term food storage.

8. Reduce your entertainment budget (turn off the satellite or cable tv, eliminate a movie night, etc) and use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

9. Reduce your reliance on costly cleaning solutions and make cleaning solutions yourself with inexpensive ingredients such as castile soap, borax, vinegar, and essential oils. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

10. Watch the grocery store sales and be prepared to buy in bulk when prices are low.

11. Consider a bulk purchase with friends or family members to buy food at a lower cost. Repackage the foods to store in convenient sizes for your family.

12. Learn how to preserve food yourself – canning, curing & smoking, dehydrating, etc. Foods grown and preserved yourself are usually much less expensive than commercially prepared foods.

13. Eliminate out-of-season foods from your menus and use the savings toward long term food storage. Food is always cheaper when it’s in season because less of the price involves fuel costs.

14. Consider using cloth napkins, cloth kitchen wipes (substitute for paper towels), cloth diapers, etc. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

15. Turn down your thermostat or turn up your air conditioner by a degree or two. Use a programmable thermostat to lower it while you sleep and raise it when you awaken and most people hardly notice the difference. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

16. Switch from incandescent light bulbs to compact fluorescent light bulbs. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

17. Hang your laundry outside on a clothesline instead of using your electric dryer. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

18. Buy used items instead of new. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

19. Eliminate that second (or third) car. Instead use public transportation, bikes, or walk. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

20. Instead of buying expensive baby foods consider making your own. A simple food processor or blender can create pureed foods for your baby. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

21. Shop around and see if you can lower the cost of your auto insurance. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

22. If your checking and savings accounts have associated fees, switch to no-fee accounts. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

23. Consider buying your meat in bulk by purchasing a side of beef or a whole hog. The price per pound is much lower than buying in small servings at a grocery store. Not only do you save money, but you also have a head start on your food storage! You can contact farmers directly or consider buying at auction at your county fair.

24. Shop the perimeter of the grocery store. The cheapest foods are often the least processed foods. Buy from the produce, meat, and dairy departments more and less from the inner aisles. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

25. Have a vegetarian meal once a week and save money by not buying as much meat. Use the savings toward purchasing preparedness items.

26. Plant a garden. You will not only save money on your grocery budget that you can use toward long term food storage but it will yield food as well.

27. Plant berry bushes and fruit trees. Even the smallest city lot usually can fit in a few raspberry canes. Dwarf varieties of fruit trees don’t take much space and larger lots can handle full sized trees. You can also sell the excess fruit!

What are some of the ways you've been able to alter your budget to permit you to make preparedness purchases?

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Dial 511 for travel safety information

2011-03-22T11:12:00.001-07:00

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Did you know that you can dial 511 to get information about real-time travel conditions?

You can also set up your own personalized travel profiles to receive travel time and alert information.

It's a great tool to help you avoid construction delays or check up on road conditions while you travel.

Visit the Wisconsin Department of Transportation Travel Information web page to learn more.

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La Crosse area -Complex store system to affect area into Wed

2011-03-21T09:26:00.000-07:00

La Crosse area -Complex store system to affect area into Wed
Posted by MooMama

"Determining the type of precipitation is tricky due to a feed cold air southward into the system. Currently it appears most of the area should see rain tonight into Tuesday, then change over to a wet snow either Tuesday night or Wednesday as the cold air sinks southward. Sleet or freezing drizzle could also occur during the change-over process."

from the National Weather Service

http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=arx&storyid=65566&source=0

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Preparedness 101 - the get home bag (GHB)

2011-03-15T13:46:00.000-07:00

Preparedness 101 - the get home bag (GHB)

From: MooMama
Website: MooSaidTheMama

So you might wonder what a "get home bag" is. It's just what it sounds like - a bag to get you home again. They're quite similar to the BOBs (bug out bags). A GHB is usually a day pack filled with basic supplies and equipment that you'd need in case an emergency strikes while you're away from your home. It's a basic emergency preparedness item.

Unlike the BOBs, though, you want to keep your GHB with you. Many people keep them in their cars. That works great if your car is always with you. In our household, though, the car is with me part of the week and with the Hubster the other part of the week. If we kept the Hubster's GHB in the car then he wouldn't have access on the days he carpools to work.

So think about how you live and work and decide on a system that works best for you.

For us the answer is to have a kit that stays with the car and also have a pack that stays with the Hubster when he's at work or away without our car.

So what should someone put in their GHB?

Like your BOBs, the GHB contents are going to vary depending upon your climate, your local weather emergencies, and other local conditions.

Some commonly included items are:

- emergency food. might include energy bars, electrolyte packets, peanut butter crackers, etc. the food should be ready to eat and not require any additional energy or hydration to use. Also include a spork - they don't take up much space and are handy in case you need to eat other foods.

- water bottle or water bladder. we pack both water bottles and CamelBak style water bladders in our kits. depending upon your local water situation you might consider adding in a water filter (Katadynand Berkey make some good portable models) or water purification tablets.

- protection from the weather. here you'll want a poncho or other rain gear, warm winter clothing (in season), extra socks, sensible walking/hiking shoes, perhaps an emergency blanket and/or tarp if you'll need to shelter overnight.

- tools. commonly included tools are small knife, Leatherman multi-purpose tool, flashlight, signal mirror, whistle, small alcohol stove or hobo stove.

- fire starters. waterproof matches, butane lighter, cotton balls coated in petroleum jelly, steel wool and a 9v battery (pack separately), hand sanitizer (high alcohol content makes it a great dual purpose item for emergency packs)

- comfort and personal hygiene items. sunscreen, chapstick, soap, hand sanitizer, bug repellent, camping towel, and baby wipes.

- first aid supplies. bandages, steri-strips, antibiotic ointment, alcohol wipes, moleskin (to prevent blisters), ibuprofen, anti-diarrheal medicine.

The most important things to consider when putting together your GHB are the weather conditions you'll likely be exposed to and the distance you'll likely need to travel. You also want to consider the route you'll have to use and the conditions you'll face on that route.

For me I also need to consider transporting children back home and their needs. The kit kept in the car includes a folding stroller and infant carrier to help transport our toddler and assist our five year old. For short periods of time both the Hubster and I can carry the toddler in a sling or mei tai style carrier. For longer distances the stroller becomes more important. If we need to return home on foot from the nearest big city we're looking at 45 miles and that means an overnight stay because our kids can't hike that in a day (and neither can I toting a 35 pound toddler on my back!). Our car kit also contains tarps and rope so we can assemble temporary shelters as well as lots of winter camping gear.

We tend to pack more food in the winter months (cold weather means more calories burned) and more water in the summer months. Our winter kit contains more heat generating materials like a hobo stove and candles than does our summer kit.

Here are some pictures showing you what the Hubster typically keeps in his GHB:

Day pack - this is just a simple pack to hold all your equipment

Clothing - the bags contain a Gore-Tex jacket and Gore-Tex rain pants. there is also a rain poncho, winter gloves, and an emergency blanket.

Light, fire, & emergency items - signal mirror, compass, whistle, flashlight, butane lighter, Buck 110 knife, 9V batteries, and steel wool.

Food - spork, granola bars, Emergen-C packets, tuna fish, protein bars, crackers & peanut butter.

First Aid & Safety Part I - Glide anti-chaffing stick, 30 SPF sunblock, chapstick, insect repellent, 50 SPF sunblock in stick form, N95 masks, and crazy glue.

First Aid & Safety Part II - insect sting swabs, wipes, bandages, antibiotic ointment, sunscreen, insect repellent, molefoam padding, and case.

Water - stainless steel water bottle (that's duct tape wrapped around it), 2 liter water bladder, and water purification tablets.

Personal care & hygiene - anti-bacterial wipes, baby wipes, toilet paper, hand sanitizer, tissues, towel, and soap.

Do you have GHBs packed for your family members? If so, do you pack items other than the ones we mentioned?

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Storing Beans and Rice in Mylar Bags and Five Gallon Buckets

2011-03-09T08:38:00.000-08:00

Storing Beans and Rice in Mylar Bags and Five Gallon Buckets
Article Submitted by: MooMamma
Website: MooSaidTheMamma.blogspot.com

It's no secret to folks who know us that the Hubster and I store food. In fact, as member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints we've been advised by our church leaders to be self-reliant in all ways and that advice includes setting aside a supply of food.

There are many reasons we store food. Job loss, inflation, a year without pay raises, and many more economic stresses and strains top the list these days.

Even though the Hubster's job has been pretty secure there are times when unexpected expenses arise and it's nice to be able to pay cash for those emergencies and rely on our food storage instead of buying groceries.

One way to store food and save money is to buy your dry foods locally and then package them for storage yourself. A major portion of the cost of foods ready for long-term storage is the shipping cost. If you can eliminate shipping costs then you can store food at a lower price.

Here we're going to show you how to prepare dried beans for long-term storage. Dried beans properly packaged can be stored for up to 30 years. Now I personally don't want to keep my beans for 30 years because we rotate our food and use the foods that we store. I'd hate to shock my digestive system by suddenly eating a lot of foods that I hadn't previously eaten!

The system that we use for most of our dried food storage is to first seal the food in a mylar bag with an oxygen absorber sealed inside. The mylar bag is also placed inside a 5 gallon food grade plastic bucket and the bucket is sealed with a lid.

The first step in the process is to assemble your food, tools, and equipment.

Here you see the dried beans and some brown rice in the 5 gallon buckets. The afternoon we took these pictures were were sealing up pinto beans, navy beans, and brown rice. As you can see from the picture these beans were just purchased at a grocery store. We checked unit prices to see which sized bags were the best value. For the pinto beans we found that 8 pound bags were the best value. For the navy beans the one pound bags were the best value.

These are the lids for the 5 gallon buckets. Make sure you're using new lids so you get a good seal.

These are mylar bags. They provide an oxygen barrier when properly sealed. Without oxygen the beans will stay fresh much longer. We buy our bags online from Sorbent Systems.

Here are the oxygen absorbers. We also buy these from Sorbent Systems. When we're not actively using the absorbers we keep them sealed in a vacuum sealed bag.

Here you see the rubber mallet, metal level, and iron. The mallet is used to pound down the lid onto the bucket. The metal level is used to heat the mylar bag and create a seal. And the iron provides the heat to create a seal for the mylar bag. They sell machines to seal bags, but we find that using these inexpensive tools does the job quite nicely at a lower cost. Oh, and don't use your good iron for this job! Pick up a used iron at a thrift store or garage sale that is set aside for sealing bags.

The second step is to place an empty mylar bag inside a 5 gallon food grade bucket. We purchased these buckets at a home improvement store. I wouldn't use these particular buckets for storing food that would touch the plastic sides of the bucket, but since we're sealing the food in mylar bags I consider them safe. For food that we store directly in the buckets (like rice and flour that we use daily), we order food grade buckets with gamma seal lids.

Next you'll open up a bag of beans and pour them into the mylar bag you placed in the bucket. You'll continue to do this until your bag is nearly full. We find that about 33 pounds of dried beans will fit in a mylar bag placed inside a 5 gallon bucket and still leave room to seal the bucket.

Here you see five buckets filled with food. We filled four buckets with beans (2 of navy beans and 2 of pinto beans) and one bucket with brown rice. That's a total of 132 pounds of dried beans and 33 pounds of brown rice.

Once you have your food into the bags (inside the buckets) you'll want to heat up your iron. Set it at the cotton or linen setting as you'll need a very hot iron for the sealing.

Before you begin to seal the bag you'll want to drop in your oxygen absorbers. When working with 5 gallon buckets we use two oxygen absorbers per bag.

Then you'll fold down one side of the top of your mylar bag and straighten it out.

Next you'll place your metal level underneath the folded over edge of the mylar bag.

Then you'll fold that top piece down over the level and hold it tightly against the level.

You could use any flat surface to iron your bags on, but we chose the metal level for two reasons. First, it also heats up a bit and the added heat helps to create a good seal. Second, this level has two surfaces and that allows us to make two seals at once. That gives just a little extra insurance that the bags are well sealed and airtight.

Then you'll iron across the top of the level along the edge of the bag. Be sure to remember to leave a small (maybe 3-4 inches) area UNSEALED so you can squeeze out the last bit of air in the bag before the final sealing.

Here you can see where the seal ends and the edge of the bag without a seal.

The next step is to push down on the top of the bag and squeeze out the last bit of air inside.

Then you'll bring up the corner of the bag where you have the unsealed portion.

And once again you'll use the metal level and iron and you'll seal off the unsealed part of the bag.

Next you'll use your rubber mallet to securely attach the lid to the bucket.

Here you can see the rubber gasket inside a lid. When your lid is pounded down tightly onto the bucket this gasket helps to form an airtight seal.

The final step is labeling your bucket. We write the name of product sealed inside and the date we sealed it on the top of our lids.

And then you're done! Find a cool, dark, dry, temperature controlled space to store the buckets and your food will keep nicely for many years. Most families find that basement space is the most convenient location.

You can use this method for sealing any dried food. We've used it for beans, rice, sugar, and flour so far.

When we are ready to use a food we just cut open the bag and then replace the bucket lid with a gamma seal lid for easy opening and closing. You can find gamma seal lids at many online retailers.

What are some of the ways you store food? Do you have a favorite online retailer of dried foods or food storage equipment?

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Wisconsin Preppers Roll Call - All Preppers Please Check In

2011-03-07T06:53:00.000-08:00

The American Preppers Network is conducting a network-wide roll call. Whether you are a member or not please check in and let us know what you are doing to prepare.

This is a good opportunity to network with other preppers near you.

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How to dehydrate eggs

2011-03-01T07:00:00.000-08:00

How to dehydrate eggs

Article By: MooMamma
Website: MooSaidTheMama.blogspot.com

With all the canning tutorials on this blog I'm sure that most of my readers think all I do is can. NOT true! I also dehydrate some foods for long term storage and today we'll discuss dehydrating eggs to make a shelf stable powdered egg.

But first, I want to let you know about a book that I consider my go-to reference for all things dehydrated. The title is Mary Bell's Complete Dehydrator Cookbook.

We bought it at the same time we bought our commercial dehydrator and it's gotten a lot of use! We dehydrate fruits like strawberries, apples, and pears and we've also dehydrated potato slices, green peppers, chili peppers, and made fruit leather using the dehydrator. On my to-do list yet for the dehydrator is celery and carrots.

I don't usually do dehydrating tutorials, though, because it's so very simple. Usually you just slice the food thin and pop it in the dehydrator. Hardly tutorial-worthy, eh?

But eggs are just a teeny bit more complex. With eggs you have some safety concerns that you wouldn't have with fruits and veggies.

For instance, it's not recommended that you dehydrate raw eggs. The first step ought to be cooking them until they're dry.

I also consider the source of eggs. My first choice would be local eggs produced by free range hens. In my neck of the woods in February it's not so easy to come by fresh free range eggs in larger quantities and I hate to run the dehydrator for just a tray or two.

This time I used organic eggs purchased at Costco. Not my first choice, but an okay runner-up.

For this project I used a food processor, a non-stick pan, my gas range, and the commercial dehydrator. Feel free to substitute other equipment if you need to.

I found that working with about eight eggs at a time was the most manageable load for my equipment. I also realized in retrospect that a blender could have been a better choice for whipping up the eggs and resulted in a bit less mess!

So...I cracked open about 8 eggs and dropped them into my food processor and let it whirl a bit to whip them up.

Then I transferred the whipped eggs into a non-stick pan. I found that cooking them low and slow resulted in the best scrambled egg and the least waste. On my gas range that meant a setting of 2.

After scrambling the first batch I transferred the eggs into a bowl and cleaned the pan. It is important to clean the pan between each batch of eggs because you're not using any additional grease and the pan does get gunked up fairly quickly.

After all the eggs were scrambled I then began to spread them out on the dehydrator trays. I used the fine mesh fruit screens to minimize having small pieces drop through the trays.

Then I placed the trays into the commercial dehydrator. Four dozen eggs yielded 4.5 trays of loosely spaced scrambled eggs.

I set the dehydrator at 145 degrees F and set it for 18 hours.

After the eggs were completely dried then I removed the trays and put the dried eggs into the food processor. I let them spin a while to pulverize them into a fine powder.

Then I transferred the powdered eggs into a mason jar and used our FoodSaver to seal to remove excess air and seal the jar for storage in our pantry.

To use the eggs I'll measure out 1 Tbsp of dried egg and add in 2 Tbsp of water to make the equivalent of one large egg.
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Several states consider loosening raw milk restrictions as FDA tries to tighten them

2011-02-26T18:53:00.000-08:00

(NaturalNews)

As the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) evaluates ways to further restrict Americans' access to raw milk and raw milk products, several US states are considering legislation to loosen the regulatory noose that limits freedom of food choice. Texas, Oregon, Minnesota, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Wisconsin all have pending legislation to legalize raw milk sales, relax sale restrictions that make buying the product difficult, or for the first time decriminalize raw milk sales with restrictions.

Recently, the FDA decided to target raw milk cheese, suggesting that it is more dangerous that pasteurized cheese and thus may require increased limitations. But the very data the FDA is using to make this claim clearly shows that contamination often happen after production, both in raw and pasteurized cheeses. In other words, both raw and pasteurized milk products can become contaminated after production (http://www.naturalnews.com/031471_r...).

Despite this and other propaganda efforts to falsely demonize raw milk, consumer demand for the unpasteurized, unhomogenized, farm-fresh food continues to rise. And the rhetoric coming from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the FDA, and various state health agencies and officials hellbent on telling people what they can and cannot drink, is losing ground to the simple grassroots efforts pushing for more raw milk freedom.

In Texas, House Bill 75 and Senate Bill 237 would eliminate the restriction allowing raw milk sales only on the farm, and instead allow them to take place at "any other location where producers customarily sell their products directly to consumers including a farmers' market, farm stand, flea market, food cooperative or fair." The Minnesota legislature is set to have a similar bill presented before it.

Oregon's HB 2222, also known as the Family Farm Act, would expand the maximum herd limits for producers of raw milk in the state, and would offer some tax and other exemptions to local farmers.

New Jersey's bill A743, perhaps the most aggressive of all, would fully reverse the state's current ban on raw milk. Farmers who obtain a valid raw milk permit under a new state program and comply with testing requirements would be permitted to sell raw milk both directly to consumers and in retail stores.

Sources for this story include:

http://www.foxnews.com/health/2011/...

http://farmandranchfreedom.org/

Learn more: http://www.naturalnews.com/031501_raw_milk_restrictions.html#ixzz1F7lWSYQN

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Anarchist Utopia

2011-01-22T08:38:00.000-08:00

Milo Nickels

Activist Post

What do you picture when you hear the word "anarchy?" Do you picture a mob of angry people smashing windows and looting televisions? Do you picture fire, destruction, and carnage? Do you picture idiots with T-shirts tied around their faces throwing rocks and tipping over cars?

If you are like most Americans, these are the exact images that pop into your head, and that is very unfortunate.

Although many people (correctly) believe that chaos would be the absolute end result of anarchy, it is important to remember that "anarchy" itself is not a synonym for "chaos" (although it is quite often and unfairly used that way).

Unfortunately, one bad apple spoils the bunch, and most people who openly call themselves "anarchists" are those bad apples. The ironic part is, most of these people are "anti-capitalists" and, therefore, support political systems where governments control economies. How can you honestly call yourself an anarchist if you support government control of anything?

To assume that all anarchists are riotous punks is no different than assuming that all democrats are welfare bums or all republicans are war mongers. We mustn't focus on the bad apples.

Anarchy, in reality, is nothing but a political philosophy. The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines anarchy as follows:

a: absence of government b: a state of lawlessness or political disorder due to the absence of governmental authority c: a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom without government.

a: absence of denial of any authority or established order b: absence of order: disorder anarchy of nature
Note: the word Anarchy itself is composed of two parts: An · archy, An (meaning without), Archy (meaning government or rule). The literal translation, then, is simply "without government"

Notice what is missing from those definitions. There are no mentions of violence, upheaval, riots, or chaos. The closest they come to any of that is definition 2b whereby anarchy can be thought of as "disorder," but disorder does not automatically or necessarily lead to violence either; nor is disorder always a bad thing. Without disorderly gene mutations we'd still be monkeys. In particular, you should pay attention to definition 1c. Anarchy can be thought of as a utopian society of individuals who enjoy complete freedom. This is the side of anarchy that everyone seems to forget, and it's a far cry from gas masks and Molotov cocktails.

If you are someone who typically equates anarchy with chaos, please challenge yourself to open your mind. Try, just for a minute, to think of anarchy from the utopian perspective:

Would you rather live in a world where police enforce laws, or one where people respect the lives, rights, and property of their fellow man to the point where police and laws are no longer necessary?
Would you rather live in a world where welfare is required to keep people afloat, or one where all people have the capacity and drive to earn their own way?
Would you rather live in a world where banks and businesses must be bound by government regulations and restrictions, or one where the bankers and businesses could be trusted to pay fair wages and sell goods at fair prices?
Would you rather live in a world where governments have to control the people, or where people are responsible, sensible, and thoughtful enough to control themselves?

Obviously, we don't live in such a world. And, sadly, we never will. Like virtually all utopian ideals, a completely free (anarchistic) society is an impossibility--constrained by human nature. Anarchy itself isn't bad; people are. Human nature is fraught with greed, aggression, lust, and ignorance. This dark side of human nature is the only reason that people require governments at all.

Although the vast majority of societal ideals and visions of utopia are unobtainable, simply because they are bound by human nature, this does not mean that we should stop striving for those societal ideals or seeking those utopias. Just as we will never wipe out all racism, all terrorism, all poverty, or all greed, we will never be able to eliminate all government. But the grim reality that we can never be perfect, should not stop us from striving as a people to be better. We can always have less racism, less terrorism, less poverty, less greed, and less government.

Please, if you are someone who automatically envisions destructive chaos when you hear the word "anarchy," try to think about what that word could actually mean. If you are one of the morons in the above picture, calling yourself anarchists but proving exactly why governments are necessary, stop acting like an idiot.

The real road to achieving an anarchist utopia is not through violence, disrespect, and chaos. All of these activities only lead to more government. An entirely free society, where government is no longer necessary, can only exist where people respect one another, accept responsibility, treat each other fairly, and have compassion for their fellow man. In short: we don't need government if humans are humane.

If you truly understand how wonderful our world could be without government, I hope that you will go forth -- and think like an anarchist.

Milo Nickels began blogging and cartooning about politics in the year 2000. After achieving some notoriety at that time, Milo took a break. Now, Milo has launched a new website, Five Cent Revolution where he continues to write about political issues. In particular, Milo focuses on constitutionalism, critiques of modern liberalism and progressivism, and defends individual liberty above all else. Milo wants the government out of our wallets, out of our business, and out of our lives to the greatest extent possible.

Recently by Milo Nickels:

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How To Be A World-Class Survivalist in 5 Simple Steps

2011-01-09T14:32:00.000-08:00

Joy Paley
Activist Post

With the recent econopocalypse, it’s no wonder that people are becoming more interested in what it would take to survive after our current society has undergone a major shift. After all, if something we thought was intrinsically stable—our financial sector, and the guarantee of ever increasing wealth—is actually pretty flimsy, well, a lot of other things can be brought into question too. Take out a seemingly small piece of the puzzle, like access to gasoline, and you find that your local grocery will run out of goods within 2 days. Learning the basic skills to survive without the modern conveniences of society is a way to prepare yourself for these unpredictable shifts. And, the skills you’ll hone in the process—self-reliance, problem solving, and cleverness—are ones that will definitely benefit you in your everyday life.

1. Get In Shape
It’s not that exciting of a tip, but it’s probably the most important in terms of survival. Having an in-shape cardiovascular system will mean that you’ll be able to run, forage, and do any other intense aerobic activity that comes with living outside of society. Keeping your muscles strong is to key for chopping wood, building shelter, and generally being useful when physical brawn again becomes as important as intellectual ability.

2. Learn Basic Wilderness Skills
Before you hit the military surplus store for thousands of dollars worth of MRE rations, first put a little effort into really getting good at basic skills for navigating outside of your comfort zone. First, learn how to build a fire

, without a gallon of fire starter and newspaper. Review how to build a protective shelter outside and how to find water. These three most basic skills aren’t easy—but they are sure to come in handy when you’ve got no lights, heat, or running water.

3. Invest Wisely in Supplies
Now that you’ve shown your commitment to survivalism by knowing a few basic essentials, you can consider investing in the supplies that will make your life easier, after society’s collapse. Don’t head down to your local REI store though—you can burn through your entire nest egg on commercial wilderness and survival gear at those fancy places. Think utility and budget.

• Stock up a pantry of canned goods—think beans, tuna, veggies, fruit, and soups
• Get bulk basics like oil, sugar, salt, peanut butter, rice, lentils, and any other grains you prefer
• Pick up a rechargeable LED flashlight for every member of your family
• Get several 5 gallon jugs of water
• Create a comprehensive first aid kid
• If you don’t have one, purchase a firearm and stock up on ammunition

4. Learn How to Feed Yourself
No matter how many Costco jugs of peanut butter you buy, your food stock isn’t going to last forever. Any survivalist has to know how to feed themselves when the going gets tough. This includes growing food, foraging, fishing, and hunting. Stock up on seeds, and start with a small vegetable garden. Learn to identify and find edible and medicinal plants in your area. If you’ve never hunted, start small. Find, catch, kill, and cook a rabbit or squirrel to start.

5. Learn Antiquated Skills
Back before the days of Super Wal-Mart and excess income, regular people like you and me knew skills for surviving the year. In the winter when there weren’t any fresh fruits and vegetables, people depended on canned, pickled, smoked, and other preserved food that they had prepared in the summertime. Candles offered valuable light, and handmade soap kept them clean. These are the types of skills that will not only keep you alive longer, but will actually make living a little more enjoyable.

Joy Paley is a science and technology writer from Berkeley, California. She is a guest blogger for My Dog Ate My Blog and writes on accredited online degrees for Guide to Online Schools.

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Panic Buying as Britain Runs Out of Food and Fuel

2010-12-28T22:04:00.000-08:00

Last winter, as blizzards hit the US and Europe, an earthquake hit Haiti and a Tsunami threatened Hawaii, we ran several stories pointing out the potential weaknesses in our just-in-time transportation delivery systems, utility grids and emergency response capabilities.

We have yet another example from England, which should be a wake up call to those who have never considered having at least some basic emergency supplies on hand.

Food and fuel were running out in some parts of Britain as the big freeze continued to make deliveries impossible.

Supermarkets were battling to keep their shelves stocked with staple foods such as bread and milk and petrol retailers were running low dry on fuel as lorries struggled to complete deliveries in the icy conditions.

The Independent Petrol Retailers Association warned that up to 500 independent petrol retailers in Scotland and the east of England risked running dry by the weekend.

It stated that road tankers have been unable to leave the main terminals from two refineries from the Total SA (TOT) refinery at Lindsey and from the Jet refinery at Killingholme, both on south Humberside, effectively “cutting the supply chain off at its knees”.

Panic-buying was also adding to the problem as consumers stocked up on essentials.

Consumers have also been stocking up on shovels, water bottles and thermals as the big freeze continues to bite.

Marks & Spencer reported a 121% increase in sales of thermal clothing in the past week while Sainsbury’s said it had increased its stocks of long-life UHT milk which has seen a 20% rise in demand.

Although the weather is expected to improve slightly over the weekend, further freezing conditions are forecast for next week.

When an emergency or natural disaster strikes, and for most of us it will at some point in our lives, you can either be prepared and have everything you need to survive at home, or you can be this person:



Panic-buying: No bread at Tesco in Tunbridge Wells as shoppers were urged to show restraint (left) and milk runs out at Sainsbury’s in Mansfield (right).

Hat tip Goldenfoxx

Author: Mac Slavo
Date: December 6th, 2010
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Sing the health praises of parsley and sage

2010-12-25T11:59:00.000-08:00

Those of us who go back a few years likely remember the line about parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme in the huge Simon and Garfunkel hit song about two ill-fated lovers, "Are You Going to Scarborough Fair". Many have speculated that the reference to the four popular herbs was due to their use in Medieval Europe to help cleanse the air and ward off the infamous black plague. Others have thought that the reference to the four herbs was because the combination may have been used as a love potion. Whatever the reason for their inclusion in the popular song, the many health benefits of parsley and sage are worth loving and singing praises about in their own rights.

PARSLEY

Parsley is an amazing medicinal herb with a world of health benefits. The root contains calcium, B-complex vitamins, and iron, which nourish the glands that help regulate the uptake of calcium. It is a source of magnesium, calcium, potassium, vitamin A, beta-carotene, vitamin C and vitamin K.

Among the many benefits reported for parsley are:

*It is a diuretic which helps the body produce more urine to keep the urinary system operating smoothly and which helps prevent problems such as kidney stones and bladder infections.

*It is wonderful for removing toxins from the body, such as heavy metals.

*It is an effective breath freshener. It is believed that the practice of including parsley on a dinner plate began due to its breath freshening abilities and not merely for its decorative effect.

*The root and leaves are good for the liver and spleen.

*It helps relieve bloating during menstruation.

*It provides relief for edema, often helping when other remedies have failed

*Parsley root and seeds help relax stiff joints, often making stiff and unmanageable fingers work again.

*It helps remove gallstones when used properly by taking a pint of the tea daily.

*It is beneficial for the adrenal glands.

*It is a powerful therapeutic aid for the optic nerves, brain and sympathetic nervous system.

*Parsley juice is an excellent tonic for the blood vessels.

Note: It is best to avoid large amounts of parsley if you are pregnant, especially the use of the volatile essential oil.

SAGE

Like rosemary, its sister herb in the mint (Labiatae) family, sage contains a variety of volatile oils, flavonoids and phenolic acids, including rosmarinic acid. The oils found in sage are both antiseptic and antibiotic, helping it fight infections.

Besides the antioxidant and other properties shared with Rosemary, sage`s other health benefits include:

*It is effective for symptoms of menopause, night sweats and hot flashes because of its estrogenic action and because its tannins help dry up perspiration.

*Sage helps provide better brain function and has been used in the treatment of cerebrovascular disease for over a thousand years. It helps provide better recall and research has suggested that it may be an effective option to help treat Alzheimer`s.

*There`s also compelling evidence that sage may be of value to people with diabetes for whom the hormone insulin does not work as efficiently as it should. Lab studies indicate that sage may boost insulin`s action.

* The ability of sage to protect oils from oxidation has also led some companies to experiment with sage as a natural antioxidant additive for cooking oils that can extend shelf life and help avoid rancidity.

In an upcoming article, we will also sing the praises of the other two herbs mentioned in the popular song - rosemary and thyme.

Sources included:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarbo...
http://www.healthy-holistic-living....
http://www.greenmuze.com/blogs/natu...
http://www.buzzle.com/articles/pars...

About the author

Tony Isaacs, is a natural health author, advocate and researcher who hosts The Best Years in Life website for baby boomers and others wishing to avoid prescription drugs and mainstream managed illness and live longer, healthier and happier lives naturally. Mr. Isaacs is the author of books and articles about natural health, longevity and beating cancer including "Cancer's Natural Enemy" and is working on a major book project due to be published later this year.
Mr. Isaacs is currently residing in scenic East Texas and frequently commutes to the even more scenic Texas hill country near San Antonio and Austin to give lectures in health seminars. He also hosts the CureZone "Ask Tony Isaacs - featuring Luella May" forum as well as the Yahoo Health Group "Oleander Soup" and he serves as a consultant to the "Utopia Silver Supplement Company".

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Terrorist may poison the food supply (but the food companies already have)

2010-12-25T11:58:00.000-08:00

Always on the terror streak, the mainstream media is now warning Americans that terrorists may strike the food supply by dumping poison into restaurant salad bars and buffets, for example. CBS News broke the story, quoting anonymous "intelligence" sources who insist that terrorists might use ricin or cyanide to poison foods in salad bars.

I have news for CBS, the federal government, and the terrorists: If you really want to poison the U.S. food supply, just use aspartame. It causes neurological disorders and yet remains perfectly legal to dump into foods such as diet sodas and children's medicines. You don't even have to dump it into the food supply in secret, either: You can do it right out in full view of the public. Heck, you can even list this chemical right on the ingredients label!

Or get into the MSG business. MSG, which is often hidden on "natural" foods under an ingredient called yeast extract, is a potent neurotoxin that promotes obesity and even cancer, according to some experts. Feed people enough MSG and they'll probably die of cancer sooner or later, and that counts toward the goal of terrorism too, doesn't it?

If you really want to get nasty and up the body count, start a hot dog company and dump sodium nitrite into your processed meat like all the other hot dog companies do. Sodium nitrite promotes aggressive cancers -- even in children -- and yet the USDA and FDA allow its use in the food supply (http://www.naturalnews.com/007133.html).

Better yet, feed the population genetically modified corn and then wait for the mutations to kick in. GMOs might actually be called a biological weapon because they cause so much harm to humans and the environment. (http://www.naturalnews.com/GMO.html)

Why be a terrorist when you can do so much more damage as a processed food company?

If you're a terrorist looking to poison the U.S. food supply, get in line, buddy! The food companies have beat you to it!

In the U.S. food supply right now, you can find toxic mercury, BPA, acrylamides, petrochemicals, dangerous preservatives, synthetic chemicals like aspartame, pesticide residues and artificial colors that alter brain function. The FDA doesn't seem to care about any of this, of course: All these poisons in the food supply are legal!

So here's a message to Al-Qaeda and all the other terrorists trying to kill Americans: Don't bother with bombs and missiles... just get into the processed food business!

Or, heck, if you really want to kill Americans with poison, get into the cancer industry! The "Al-Qaeda Cancer Clinic" could really rack up some body bags by doing what all the other cancer clinics do: Inject patients with chemotherapy and watch them die (http://www.naturalnews.com/029996_c...).

Seriously, if you want to kill Americans, all you really need to do is keep supporting conventional medicine and the FDA with its do-nothing position on dangerous chemicals that threaten the health of Americans right now. FDA-approved drugs kill well over 100,000 Americans each year -- a statistic that dwarfs the body count of any terrorist group.

Come to think of it, how do we know the FDA isn't already being run by terrorists? Their actions, which blatantly endanger American lives, are entirely consistent with the aims of a terrorist organization. (http://www.naturalnews.com/001894.html)

By the way, this is all depicted in a CounterThink cartoon I created in 2006 called The Food Terrorists: http://www.counterthink.com/The_Foo...

This cartoon anticipated today's terror news alerts by four years. That's because when it comes to the U.S. government's rhetoric on terrorism, it's not that difficult to see where they're taking it.

Want to know what the next four years will bring us? I'll soon be publishing a list of predictions for 2011 and beyond. Watch NaturalNews.com for that announcement.

In the mean time, you might want to steer clear of FDA-approved foods and drugs, because you just never know what's really in them.

Sources for this story include:
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010...

Wednesday, December 22, 2010
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger
Editor of NaturalNews.com

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Wisconsin Preppers Roll Call

2010-11-27T10:58:00.001-08:00

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Hello from Wisconsin

2010-10-04T13:10:00.000-07:00

Welcome new members:

madt0wn

Hi, just found the site. Hoping to learn as much as I can. Thanks in advance!

waackt

Just a shout out from a new member in Eastern Wisconsin. I have been involved in the business of prepping for approximately 10 years and am currently employed in the disaster relief community. I am currently pending graduation with a Bachelor's in Emergency & Disaster Management from the American Military University. I am a licensed amateur "ham" radio operator and have an solid background in communications technology. I look forward to learning a lot from all of you and sharing my knowledge too.

Thanks!

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Hi everyone new to this group from IL and WI. Looking to get prepared feel like I my attemps are moving very slowly. Hope this forum will give me tips and help!

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2010-09-15T15:44:00.000-07:00

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Same old story

2010-08-17T19:58:00.000-07:00

I have been feeling as though I have been living in a bad dream for some time now, one that I just cannot seem to wake up from. It is a feeling of being in an Ayn Rand novel with all the government bailouts, it is complimented with Orwellian 1984 newspeak, such as “mandatory volunteerism” and “war is peace” with a little bit of Huxley's Brave New World floating around in the background.

After much soul searching and pondering, I have come to acknowledge that the life of liberty our ancestors enjoyed is only a fading memory in our nation today. I now serve a master, my owner, if your will.

Even as an adult with full mental capabilities, I am not allowed to own property. Don't believe me? You just try not paying your property taxes and see how long before my master/owner comes to claim payment by evicting you and selling the property to get his due.

I cannot travel without my owner/master's permission. Don't believe me? You just see how long you can drive without a driver's license or vehicle registration or now, car insurance.

I must keep track of every cent I earn and then make an accounting of it to ensure my master/owner gets his cut. Don't believe me? Don't pay your income taxes see how long before you are fined or jailed or both.

I am not allowed to purchase any substance or contraption that my owner/master deems unsafe for me. Don't believe me? You just try using an unapproved medical treatment or device to treat yourself and see how fast you are fined or jailed or both.

If I should come into an inheritance or win the lottery, my master/owner will take his cut before I get mine if possible, but he will get his, no question.

I cannot carry a concealed weapon for my or my family's protection without the permission of my master/owner. Don't believe me?Get caught doing it and you will feel the repercussions pronto. One guy was even arrested for open carrying on his own property; thankfully he fought it and won, but you try it off your property and concealed and just see what happens.

My master/owner can, at any time and for any reason, declare me an enemy and take away me away without question or trial. Don't believe me? Ask some of the so-called enemy combatants.

My master/owner can take my possessions away without cause and not have to return them if it is deemed they have been used unacceptably. Don't believe me? The war on drugs has taken away property from citizens that was declared used in drug trafficking and does not have to return it to its rightful owners, -ever.

My master/owner will not allow me to speak freely in complaint of the treatment I receive. Don't believe me? Go research “free speech zones.”

Welcome to the new world order, only it isn't really new, it's just an old idea packaged with a new pretty nomenclature, but is the same old story, ….serfdom.

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You are seeing "The Calm before the the Storm"!

2010-07-25T09:07:00.000-07:00

The final nails in the coffin of our liberty will come between the first Tuesday in November and the inaugurations in January. (Mark my words as though they were gospel)!
Most incumbents know that come November their worthless asses are fired but yet hope (beyond hope) they wont be. So they're holding back their agenda for now.
I'd love to know how much they were threatened or how much bribe money it took to have them turn their backs on "94%" of the citizens in this country and voted yes on the banker bail out, the taking over of the auto industry and the so called "Health Care" (now we got you under our thumb's you peons) bill!
That period of time between the elections and the inaugurations is when the incumbent "loser's" and the "lame Duck" Obamanation are going to cram through stuff like cap and trade, Internet censoring and God only Knows what else to ruin our country for those that pull their little puppet strings! At that point what will they have to lose? (Hopefully their necks).
Come November it's deer season In Wisconsin. This year might be a nation wide open season on traitors as well.
Might want to save some room for nooses on those buck poles!
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The Boston Tea Party vs the Raw Milk Uprising

2010-06-23T19:32:00.000-07:00

First, a thank you to Northwoods for stepping up and filling in here, great posts too!

Life happened to me and I don't know if and when I can eek out the time to post.

And even tho I am near exhausted tonight, the anger I feel at what is going on in the so-called home of the brave and the supposed land of the free is sickening and infuriating.

Please see: www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=169653

I have been wondering just what might turn the awakened - those who are on to what the goon's agenda is, into people who are finally ready to say enough is enough and become ACTIVE. Well, this just might be it.

The liberty lovers of old dumped tea in protest of the government and their goons interfering in their lives and livelihoods, and now the goons are making us dump milk to show they control us. They think they own us, and they don't approve of us making our own decisions, including what to eat or drink. So good, healthy, raw milk, milk that is a healing elixir, is demonized and we are asked to dump it. I sure would not have helped the $%#%'s. I would have made them do all the dumping.

This is happening all over the country and right here in Wisconsin. Ask yourself WHY?

Did you know a person can exist on raw milk alone? They can and quite nicely too. But the goons sure don't want you to be able to. Ask yourself WHY?

And those who have enforced this "law" and others like it had best take heed. Because saying you are "just doing your job" is not going to cut it the near future.

I am not a violent person and I don't condone violence, but I know there are many who are fed up and if you should just happen to ask them to dump their chosen nourishment, well, .... let's just say, I wouldn't want to be you.

3,
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Truth about the Golf Coast Disaster

2010-06-17T19:15:00.000-07:00

The controlled MSM would have you believe this is just a temporary set back for our southern coast. There's only 5000 gallons a day spewing out and all will be back to normal in... ah... maybe 3..6..or 12 months at the worst. The reality is about 3 to 5 million gallons a day are spewing out of that thing!
The truth is this..
They attempted to drill deeper than had ever been done before on an "off shore rig". When the drill punched though this unexplored stratus, the pressure was so great coming out of the well casing (20 to 70 thousand pounds per square inch) it blew out all safety values and there is nothing in or technology that can stop that degree of pressure. There is NO stopping it!
The well casing from the ocean floor to the stratus is all but non existent, blown out or eroded. The under sea "plumes" of oil found as much as 20 miles from the drill sight are due to horizontal seepage from the pressure escaping from the faults or total elimination of the casing traveling through higher level stratus veins (fishers) are popping up in every direction! Capping it would do nothing but force the pressure to find the next means of "least resistance" and these "plumes" prove that.
To say this is the worst ecological disaster in the history of mankind is an understatement. Obviously this unstoppable oil will ruin the beach's and destroy the aquatic life but the real health threat are the toxic gasses emitted in the air and they are deadly!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYhugmaAL3A (Worth watching all nine segments).
If you think living in Wisconsin puts you a world apart from this...You might want to think again. Imagine 40 million people evacuating from the south and east coasts as a hurricane distributes all that slop on their domain.
Would Wisconsin be safe....Or just one of the last domino's to fall?
Think about that and maybe do some more prepping eh!
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Know thy Neighbor

2010-06-13T22:00:00.000-07:00

As we all witness our country's not so slow slide to Armageddon we need to inventory not only our "Beans Bullets and Band aids" but also our assets, liability's, friends and foes.
Example, how well do you know your neighbors?
Are they awake to what is really happening or are they (head in the sand) listening to MSM and think the fed gov will save them from any hardship? Meaning are they "stupid Sheeple"!
If you don't have a clue of your neighbors awareness level it'd be a good idea to invite them over for coffee or a BBQ and maybe feel em out a bit.
Kinda slid into the conversation your concerns about runaway government, food prices, economic collapse, ext..
You should be able to determine pretty quick if they have half a brain or are totally brain washed!
I recently did just that and was delighted to find that the young couple who'd moved into an old school house (on one acre) near us were born and raised in rural Minnesota, weaned on venison and home grown vegetables and the guy "lives" to hunt and fish...yep that's my kinda neighbor!
Their having only one acre, they were delighted when I offered them a portion of my garden for them to plant...Hey, that's what neighbors are for!
As for the other neighbors I've had for years...we all know if TSHTF we will have each others Six.
If anyone of us were in need of help it'd be there in minutes, be that firewood or firearms...
I'm thinkin' "the new kid in town" might just fit right in.
Get to know your neighbor...sooner rather than latter.
So who's down the street from you or right next door...Friend or foe?
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They can't All be Wrong!

2010-05-23T08:24:00.000-07:00

It's time to put your Prep's in HIGH GEAR people!
The link below has predictions from some very highly acclaimed professionals. Most have been correct about 90% of the time. I have been following several of these guys for years and their accuracy is down right scary.
You can take what they say with a grain of salt if you wish but if I were you I'd be buying as much long term storage food as possible, water filtration, guns and ammo.
These are not some quacks but rather "EXPERTS" who have been "DEAD ON" time and time again!
http://www.morningliberty.com/2010/05/16/economic-collapse-martial-law-24-experts-warn-of-2010-meltdown/
Maybe listen to a few more wise men...Franklin said, "If you fail to prepare then you are preparing to fail"!
Then there's the wisest of them all...God will help those who are "willing" to help themselves!
Now get busy and may God bless you all!
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Appleseed Shoot This June!

2010-05-13T19:56:00.000-07:00

These events are highly recommended. Ladies and kids under 21 are FREE!
Makes for a great family weekend.

Range: Lake Park Rifle Range
Address: Village of Shiocton, WI
South of the Shiocton Airport
South of HWY 54 on Park Avenue.
Website: http://www.shiocton.org/
When: June 5 and 6
2010Range Fee: $10 per person/event, kids under 21 FREE
Camping available: Apple Creek Family Campground
Close to Appleton & Greenbay

Hope to see you there!
HUP

This range will have 500 yards available for this event!
For More Information Contact: Private Message to "Deacon" on the Appleseed Forum, email WI@Appleseedinfo.org
Registration Link: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/567992882

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Something to think about

2010-05-12T07:15:00.000-07:00

Found this article and thought it was worth a read so I am posting for you below. I usually say we need to fight on every front. The article talks about people who kept fighting even knowing it could cost their lives and it seems it did.

My first thought was how much more we can do now, while there is still the pretense of free speech alive. Hopefully enough of us will take advantage of it; many are already too frightened of government and won't single themselves out.

As for the article, this is where we are heading folks.

It is good to prepare physically, but we must prepare mentally and spiritually if we are to really survive.

HUP

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/04/opinion/04iht-edcohen.html

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The price of insanity

2010-05-06T21:34:00.000-07:00

The result of our society's insanity is broken lives and not enough prisons. We don't want to see that though. We don't want to admit that our society, the one that is still supposed to be the best one in the world, is only a memory of an idea of liberty. We still believe the promise that if we work hard, we will reap a reward. Well, maybe that is true, IF you do it the way the goons have devised. IF we are the round peg and can fit into their round holes.

But what if you are a triangle peg, or a square peg, or a rectangular peg? It just aint gonna work. You can reeducate and retrain that un-round peg all you want, they are not gonna fit! If you are a triangle, you are not SUPPOSED to fit into that round hole! But society says that if you don't, you can't be a “successful” member and you must be dealt with and by golly if we don't have a law yet, we'll write one up quick to keep all the round pegs “safe” from your kind! ARGG.

My son's friend, let's call him TJ, is a square peg. He is very tactile and active so they put him on meds and tell him to sit still, follow the rules, be quiet, blah blah blah. He can be a nice kid; helped me in the garden once, pulled out a shrub I wanted out of the ground, worked his skinny little bum off. And with a great attitude. If our stinking law would not have required that he be imprisoned for 18 years of his life in a living hell, he would have been just fine. He would have learned hands-on lessons and if he could have been in the real world, working, making and managing money. Paying real dues, leaning to be responsible. He could have been a very productive member of society. But if we don't indoctrinate and imprison everyone, it wouldn't be fair now would it, and the goons would not have as much influence and control over us.

So TJ gets in repeated trouble and makes some enemies, you know some of the good little worker drones don't like him, or are scared of him. So when they see he has a pocket knife while in the government's indoctrination center, they report him and with our dang no tolerance policy he gets carted off to jail and once in the system, more charges are brought against him. He did get off somewhat after getting a lawyer. But in the end, he still won't obey the stupid rules of the halfway house and etc. and because of their mistakes he looses his job. (This story is much condensed.) Not being able to find another full time job, he is threatened with going to prison for several years. Rather than go back to lock up, he runs away. So now you've got an 18 year old young man on the run. He has nothing. No friend to go with him, no family, no high school diploma, no income, and a hard time trying to get a job because there is a warrant for his arrest. He could be sleeping on the streets cold and hungry right now and it ticks me off. And he leaves a baby behind that was already abandoned by the young mother.

Number one, he shouldn't have had to go to school unless he chose to. We keep our kids dependent and young for way too long. If their bodies are able to produce their own children, but we say they are still children for 6- 8 more years; I think something is wrong with that picture. (Yes, I know some little girls get their periods very early, but that is the exception, or is from getting too many hormones in their diet or from being exposed to estrogen-like substances; that is not what I am talking about. And I don't think a kid should start having kids just because they can. What I am saying is we try and keep them kids too long so we have more control over them.)

Many societies have a recognition ceremony of some kind at puberty and welcome the youth into the adult circle and let them know that they accept them, but now they are “running with the big boys.” This gives the youth an opportunity to understand what being a man is, and letting him start to take responsibility for himself. I think that is great deal better than if the youth is left to being only with others as immature as he is, with little to no responsibility and with little input from the adult community as we seem to think is just the way to do it.

Number two, why shouldn't the kid have a pocket knife? He didn't hurt anyone with it. When I was in high school, kids could bring their shot gun to school in their car. No big deal. But now a five year old can't even say bang bang and make a gun with his hand without being reprimanded, expelled even! And we let the goons keep making these insane rulings.

Number three, why is locking someone up the only answer we can come up with? What good does that do for anyone? It usually makes a borderline kid more of a mess and it costs the taxpayer exorbitant amounts - to pay the guards, the cooks, the medical and cleaning crew etc. and to build the facility itself. And don't forget the family the incarcerated left behind to go on welfare. Now I understand if someone is killing and raping beyond a doubt, they should be removed, but this kid just did not want to play by their insane rules.

We have been so dang brainwashed that we can't even understand the basic premise of what it means to be human. And we have swallowed, hook, line and sinker what the goons have fed us.

I think one of the biggest mistakes, if not perhaps The biggest one we ever made was to allow the creation of “public” schools. In so doing we abdicated our children to the goons. And not only our children, but ourselves. My husband could have run a particular type of processing operation, but because he did not have a sheepskin, they wouldn't even look at his application. But back when he graduated, it was not such a necessity to go to college. It just shows the progression of their control.

You cannot have a career in medicine, law, or a variety of other things without a thorough indoctrination and then the passing of a test. What if you are capable, a genius even, and are competent? Doesn't matter, you have to jump though the assigned hoops and if you don't, you are denied.

Who gave the goons the right to deny a man from pursuing what he wants to do with his life?
No one did outright, they just outsmarted us and we let them. The price of liberty is eternal diligence and we sure got lazy, so now we are in bondage.

We look back at slavery and wonder how people could have allowed it, but IT WAS LEGAL. And those who helped a slave get to freedom were breaking the law and would have to pay the consequences if caught.

I hope someone helps TJ, even if they are breaking the law.

May God have mercy on you my reader, and TJ tonight, may you both have a warm bed and a warm meal.

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Gold and Silver

2010-05-05T05:19:00.000-07:00

Many are advising that we buy silver and gold lately, even the mainstream advisers. And I must say I have been tempted to do so, especially since I don't feel I can add too much to other preps as we are renting at present, but in reading the scriptures, I am again reminded that there are things that are even more advisable to pursue and attain.

Proverbs 8:10 tell us that we should receive instruction and not silver, knowledge rather than gold. Vs 11 tells us that wisdom is better than rubies and ALL the things that may be desired are not to be compared to it! The Lord tells us that wisdom cries out to all, even the simple and the fool. Wisdom speaks truth and in it you will find understanding, counsel and justice.

I have been listening to Atlas Shrugged again and I have been trying to discern exactly where Ms. Rand and I disagree and where we agree. I do agree with her moral premises, and yet she has been able to predict the world we now live in through following the choices people make to their natural conclusions. I think she was able to apprehend a good bit of truth and wisdom, especially where the man thinks in his heart and how this effects his actions, but I also think she misses the mark of true reality because she could not accept the fact that there are some things we cannot know except by direct revelation from God. She presents religion as being a tool in the hand of the looter and especially the moochers, which I do not think the scriptures support. The Word tells us that we should not cast our pearls before swine lest they trample them under their feet and turn again and rend us apart(Matthew 7:6) and that if any would not work, neither shall he eat (2Thessalonians 3:10). God teaches that we reap what we sow and He is the author of justice. So He would not support the moochers and we can be sure He would not support the Looter, ie Do not steal!

He is also the author of mercy and grace you may say. That is true, but unto whom does He grant that mercy and grace? He offers it to all, and He and bestows a limited amount unto all (God send the rain on the just and the unjust), but He does not grant His unlimited mercy and grace to all. He reserves that only for those who acknowledge Him and accept His terms. Just as those in Galt's gulch, reserve their friendship and brotherhood to those who choose to accept their terms. Galt recognizes a man's will, his choice, his self-determination as being the one thing that he cannot control, but he can see through the man's fruits -in how he conducts himself, if he is a candidate for joining the gulch group. And so Galt waits until the man (or woman) is ready, when they have reached the point where they can no longer reconcile their reality with true reality and they are open to embrace John's logical presentation of truth.

I wonder if that is what God does? Are we to be tolerant of unbelievers (and backsliders) in the hopes that they will come to their senses one day and join us? Yes I think so, but we should not allow them to become moochers or looters.

So often lately I hear, “well there's nothing we can do about it.” And in my mind I hear the echo, Who is John Galt?”

I have seen pictures of Ayn Rand with the former head of the fed and I wonder, did the goons decide to use the book to their advantage? Did they decide it would be a great play book? There are just too many similarities, with the exceptions of the gulch of course.

Just makes one wonder....
HUP

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Would love to tell the goons to go to hell....

2010-04-27T10:06:00.000-07:00

I am so not happy with being legislated into more and more slavery. Dear God, how long before people wake up and smell the chains that bind us? And sooooo very much of it is done in the name of “SAFETY” usually “public safely.” It is usually just an excuse to control people. Why should only those who have gone to school for x be allowed to do x? What if someone can do x naturally and well? Perhaps they can even pass the x test, to prove competency and alleviate the goons outcry, but no, they must go the x approved school and usually this entails getting into great debt and giving up years of their life.

It is all about control; the goons want to control you! With your blessing. And we give it to them!

How many of our kids start out in life with the best years given to being indoctrinated into just what the goons want us to think of the way the world works, and the way we should spend our lives? Just because the kids want a certain type of career? They can't just go learn about how to do something or how to fix a thing, no they must get a degree that demands they are indoctrinated with the latest BS, ie “general education.” They can't apprentice with a master in the field. They must pay to play and pay dearly. Once they are in debt, they must “play by the rules” so that they can pay the debt. Perhaps take a qualifying test and pay for licenses that renew regularly and require more money to be paid and then perhaps so much yearly education for more money to be paid and hopefully for the goons, more debt...

Less and less choices on how to spend your time and more and more power for the goons.

And heaven forbid if you are a square peg. Gotta fit into the round hole in order to do what you like or are good at doing. Cause all those square pegs are hard to control, you see, they are creative, or naturally talented and we can't have anyone who can think for themselves or who don't need the goons to tell them what truth is. So it is best not to let the square pegs have any chance at all, unless they agree to submit to tests and labels and further and better indoctrination in order to be make them think there is something really, really wrong with them, to make them so self-conscious that they won't bring any common sense or inventions forth that the goons don't control.

And they have almost all of unable to do the things that we would need to just survive without them. Like grow food and provide for ourselves. If they cut off the power juice, we are at their mercy...or at least enough of us are - to the point society would come crashing down with death and destruction on every side.

And don't think they won't do it. They couldn't care less about you, especially on an individually level. Why do you think the Personnel Department is now called Human Resources?

So what would it look like if those of us who see the goons for what they are just went Galt? Without a gulch to go to, what would it look like?

Itching to get out of the system,
HUP
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Hoping it all comes out good in the end.

2010-04-26T04:04:00.000-07:00

There was a good post over at our Illinois prepper's site posted by Gen-IL Homesteader and I thought I would post here...check it out, along with my comment/extra info.

http://www.illinoispreppersnetwork.com/2010/04/that-delicate-issue.html

Hoping you have a perfect ending~
HUP

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Sunday reflection on law

2010-04-25T09:27:00.000-07:00

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. (And as I have noted before, the more common saying was, Life, Liberty, and Property.)

If all men are created as equals, no one is to be above another. There is only one above us, a Creator.

I have been recently reflecting upon the arguments that stem from people claiming that we are a “Christian” nation. There were among our founding fathers deists, not “Christians.” But the conclusion I have come to is that the way the documents upon which these united states were formed, shows clearly that those who wrote, supported and embraced said documents at their conception were likely one (Christian) or the other(deists). For how could we give deference to a Creator, if there were gods? Or if there were none whatsoever? And if we are graciously granted rights (if you notice the founders acknowledge that there are more than the 3 mentioned) by this Deity, the question arises, what, if any, are the requirements of this Deity?

To me, the basis of all law is finding out the answer to this question.

And in judging from the numerous courts across this nation that have the Ten Commandments engraved in their walls or otherwise posted in some manner, it would appear that the basis used to answer my question were the scriptures or as some would say the ethics dictated by a Judeo-Christian heritage. We were to a be people that held to the rule of law.

If there is a Creator, a Being that created us, what do we owe to this Creator? As equals with each other (all created beings) what do we owe, if anything, to each other? What is life? What is death? Or as I like to say, “What's it all about Alfie?” How are we to live our lives upon this earth in the time allotted us?

That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. You will note that this is in direct opposition to the Divine Right of kings. But today many preachers would have us believe it still, the Divine right of Kings - only they will use “President” or “government” and site Romans 13. But are they righting dividing the Word?

I note that God Himself gave His people the type of government they wanted; they wanted a king like the other nations, and He warned them, but gave them a king. (1Sam 8) He acknowledged their unalienable right to choose their government.

We have allowed ourselves to become slaves of the state. And by the state, I mean a form of government, not Wisconsin or Michigan. A form of government that “grants” rights as it deems fit, not a form of government that “secures” our unalienable rights. Those of us who have awakened to the understanding of our lost liberty, have found each other through sites such as this one, and through groups that formed to support Dr. Paul in his run for the presidency. We see clearly that our two-party system has become corrupted and is a sham, a front for the oligarchy that now rules. And there are those who are just on the verge of awakening or those who are dimly awakened, who have joined various other groups; I would rate the tea party participants at this stage. All this awakening has prompted the goons to move as fast as they can to pass more “laws” and to declare more “executive orders” to contain those who are their enemies, those who they are even now declaring “domestic terrorists” and “threats to our national security.”

That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.
We are taxed more than the founding fathers, our bonds of slavery are far more reaching and strong, our list of abuses far greater than theirs. So where is the outrage, where the men of courage and principle? Where are our Thomas Jefferson and John Adams? Dr. Paul has heralded the call to awaken, now where are the Sons of Liberty to lead us back to claiming what is ours?

Prudence, indeed, will dictate that Governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes; and accordingly all experience hath shewn that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed. To which we are accustomed. We are the frog in the water that has been heating slowly over many years, but many of us are feeling the heat and jumping out of the pot! Many are going Galt. Some are entering the political arena. Some are moving out of the United States (or at least moving their assets offshore) and many are preparing for the inevitable collapse of the dollar and this nation as we remember it. For this nation is no longer what we are taught that it is, - a republic, a people ruled by law, law that is embraced to protect the unalienable rights of men who are equal under the law.

But when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despotism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Government, and to provide new Guards for their future security. — Such has been the patient sufferance of these Colonies; and such is now the necessity which constrains them to alter their former Systems of Government. The history of the present King of Great Britain is a history of repeated injuries and usurpations, all having in direct object the establishment of an absolute Tyranny over these States. To prove this, let Facts be submitted to a candid world.
And now it is time to begin to enumerate the injuries and usurpations. I am not a lawyer, nor am I an eloquent speaker or writer. But I am ready to get my liberty back. So on this Sunday, I am praying for those who are well trained in the law, who know history and will stand up for individual rights, to step forward and lead on us into the next step of this journey of reclaiming our liberty.

May our Creator bless you today,
HUP

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So just who can you trust?

2010-04-22T03:16:00.000-07:00

Recently there have been discussions about Glen Beck and whether or not he is really for all the things that liberty lovers are for and I do not trust the man. I saw how he attacked Debra Medina (running for Texas governor) and I realized he is not a true lover of liberty. He ratings dropped significantly after the Medina interview, and I bet many realized he is just another front man used to manipulate the sleeple and those on the verge of awakening. Now he is saying maybe Ron Paul was right... sorry, but I don't buy it. But what better way to get some more viewers back?

I also saw video of Alex Jones and how he treated some real liberty lovers at a rally they had organized. He treated them as beneath him and not worthy of common decency. He is very suspect in my opinion.

Now I have run across this article, and altho I don't agree with it 100%, (the author seems to embrace Beck and Palin) I think we should all be as informed as possible so I want to make it available. Here it is: http://www.michnews.com/Tom_DeWeese/td042110.shtml

In summary, don't just assume someone who is throwing a few buzz words out there is a real liberty lover. Do some research. Reflect on what they say and what they do and the timing of what they do. Ask yourself what is the fruit of what they do. Is it really in tune with those of us who want to regain our liberty? Or is it an attempt to get us labeled and discredited?

Be as wise as a serpent and as innocent as a dove,
HUP

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Make it yourself and thoughts of reality

2010-04-20T07:22:00.000-07:00

I love sites that give free instruction of how to make things yourself out of ordinary stuff. Check this one out: http://www.instructables.com/id/Glass-Bottle-Oil-Lamp/

I have been thinking about how we have been so "dumbed down" and how much we are influenced by the ptb. We all live in a sense of "unreality" to some degree, simply because not a one of us can know everything, or in other words, we are not God. But as time has gone on in this "land of liberty" things are getting worse; due to the fact that respect for logic and the belief that the common man CAN reason things out has been "schooled" out of us. To put it another way, we have been conditioned to think that only "experts" can understand certain things. Case in point, the economy. The goons took over these United States in 1913 with the formation of the Federal Reserve. Of course if they had shown their true intentions at that time, there would have been a revolt. There were too many people willing and able to reason, people who were logical, and they could clearly see that a fiat currency a group of bankers printed at will and "loaned" back to these United States was lunacy.

But alas, today, most do not even know that the Federal Reserve is not owned by the United States of America. Most do not understand how economies work and there are plenty of college classes that will either convince you that you can never know, or so indoctrinate you into their gibberish that you spew the same ridiculous mantra. And so we continue to be led down the path to servitude of a magnitude that this generation cannot imagine.

For a brief look check out: http://www.libertydollar.org/

Here hoping people turn off their reality tv shows and enter into the real thing,
HUP

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Self Defense and book review: Brave New World

2010-04-18T05:05:00.000-07:00

I have been really wishing I felt comfortable with concealed carry here in the cold tundra (my name for Wisconsin.) For self defense. Don't know why it is so heavy on me lately to wish the laws in this leftest state were more compatible with liberty. I know many believe if we had a different governor we would have had the right to "legally" carry by now. Perhaps.

Anyhoo, I wanted to share a website, so here it is. http://www.corneredcat.com/TOC.aspx

Lots of good info there. Take what you like and leave what you don't.

Also, I just finished reading Brave New World by Aldous Huxley again. Amazing to me is what people can predict with just thinking things through. Following a path begun to its natural conclusion. And how so many of these "futuristic" books have shown themselves to be prophetic, in areas anyway. Think of the way antidepressants are handed out and how the "common welfare" is held as more important than the individual and his rights. But the sentence that jumped out at me was when, during a little history lesson the goon was giving the savage, he mentions anthrax bombs. Did any of us reading this years ago for college really think we would see the day we really feared anthrax in this country? The author goes on to say (through the goon) how those bombs persuaded the populace to embrace peace at any price. So the people were willingly drugged into a stupor; they would not become upset about anything and were very easy to control. No more war, no more pain. But those who did not "fit in" in the Brave New World as well as in the Savage's birthplace were still ostracized. Human nature still had to be dealt with.

The book was first written in the '30s and I am sure it really seemed far out there at that time, but today, we can see how right he was. And one of the things that really disturbs me, I think disturbed the author; it is the fact that most of us don't have enough available time for just pondering anymore. Most of us have to give the best of our day, of our lives, to "making a living" or "going to work" or "for the man." And with most households having two adults working, there is no downtime once the "workday" ends as then the home and kids need to be cared for. Is it any wonder that the family unit is disintegrating?

We are inundated with attacks on every side that don't give us a moment's peace - unless we fight for it. And I know many days, I feel too tired to fight and just find myself dropping off to sleep that night without feeling that I have really lived that day. I just existed, just gave my best for a system that neither acknowledges me as an individual or as a unique human being. I am just a cog in the machine, a replaceable cog of course, and with the economy being so bad, the ptb know they can push for even more as so many are afraid of losing their job, so it is getting worse. And I don't see any signs of things getting better, no matter what the propaganda machine is saying.

The "laws" and the brazen disregard for our constitutionally acknowledged God-given rights has made me a slave, has made you a slave too, although you may not understand that.

Some are mad, almost fighting mad. And many, no- most, just want their soma.

Hope you have time to reflect today,
HUP

strike

2010-04-17T19:59:00.000-07:00

April 15,16, 17 and 18 were called to be strike days. I only heard about at a late date, but upon searching about on the net, I found that other countries are also going on strike on various days to protest the decisions make by the ptb. And we certainly have some things to protest.
Anyway you can check it out here. http://www.taxfree15.com/
I think a lot of the suggestions they make are good. We need to vote with our frns and build our small communities. And I found my "stike day" to be a nice time away from work and to be with family.
Blessings,
HUP

April 15

2010-04-15T04:18:00.000-07:00

As we all know it is time to settle up with the STATE. Here's hoping they owe you and you don't owe them!
Across the country there will be many protests today and I thank God that the sleeple are waking up.
I was at the bar again last night. Meeting in a back room. It wasn't well lit and there weren't too many there, but the sparks of liberty are still glowing. There is yet hope. Among heated discussions and opposing views, the goal of less goverenmentnot more was held by almost all present.
We prepare now, but after the excrement hits the osculater, there will be the questions of HOW DID THIS HAPPEN? And we need to be able to give real, true answers. First to our own hearts and then to others. Because that will be our last chance to again be truly free - by setting up the ruins of this land to stand again upon the Constitution. If we don't have answers, we will get a totalitarian regime the likes of which we have not seen anywhere. With the technology the ptb have at their disposal, well, you can just image what living as total slaves would be and there you have it.
But, we are not there yet and we need to do all we can to educate. But the first and most important is to understand the whys behind the events. Because if you do not have that, you do not have a foundation and you will crumble when the going get rough.
Enjoyig tea today,
HUP

To blog or not to blog.....

2010-04-10T13:19:00.000-07:00

Are there any preppers out there in Wisconsin? I admit I have neglected to blog for some time, but it seems that there are not readers, and without readers, the inspiration to blog leaves me. Or is it that I have so many other things that vie for my time and attention? I know not blogging for some time is not the way to "build a blog." I know that many times people read a blog but don't post a reply. But I also know that my time is my life and if spending it (time, my life) blogging, is not helping anyone out there, then why blog?
So if there is anyone in Wisconsin who would like to contribute your thoughts as a blogger, please contact me at helpuprep@gmail.com.
If there is anyone one who would like me to continue blogging, please let me know. I need some inspiration.
Preppin still,
HUP

America's death warrent has been signed

2010-03-22T19:32:00.000-07:00

So yesterday they passed the bill, that if upheld, will cause the end of the few remaining freedoms we have left. The good news is that many, many people are very upset about it. We just need a Ron Paul in every state to educate and show the way for the states to stand up to the goons and say no way, we are not going to do what you say! If each state said NO, the feds would not be able to continue this tyranical march over our individual rights. I am all for electing good national reps, but I really think we need to focus on our state reps. God help us here in WI where you can't even protect your own self out there! Not even an off-duty LEO can carry a weapon when off duty legally.
Mark my words, the heath care bill has nothing to do with health and everything to do with controlling you. You are not your own, you now belong to the STATE and the goons that run things.
It is a sad, sad, day for America.
HUP

75% of processed food is genetically modified?

2010-03-17T07:45:00.000-07:00

The goons granted big corporations like monsantogthe right to patent seed (how can a company be allowed to OWN what God has created?) so they took the seed and messed with it and now they are putting the screws to the farmers and we are forced to consume their frankenseed food.
There is reasoanble doubt as to the safety of those products also.

http://articles.latimes.com/2010/mar/11/business/la-fi-food-monopoly12-2010mar12?pg=2

All the more reason to GROW and store your own food, but try to secure heirloom seed now, before it is no longer available.

HUP

Invasion of privacy or legal census?

2010-03-16T16:54:00.000-07:00

So the Constitution calls for a census to be taken every 10 years. Please get informed by listening to the video. And if you are mailed the so-called community survey, I hope you will absolutely refuse to comply, and assert your constitutional rights.

I again recently heard a preacher telling people it is only those who are not living a righteous life (ie they have sins to hide) who care if their phones are tapped or their emails read, etc. The goons are protecting you, don't ya know.
And some would have us beleive the second ammendment is only for the benefit of the governing forces, the milita of the day in which it was written. Ben Franklin and the rest of the founders would not recognize this country; we are not the free society they envisioned and tried to give us. We are slaves.

HUP

Free speech

2010-03-11T19:32:00.000-08:00

Have any of y'all seen this?

http://casadice.com/signs/pages/outside_sign016.htm

I don't agree with all his views, but I think it shows just how fed up people are and he is USING his right to free speech. I think we all could do a little more free speakin....
HUP

New speak

2010-03-09T21:53:00.000-08:00

I am glad to see the main street media actually reporting on this!

They are moving so fast! Makes you wonder why doesn't it?
HUP

Importance of raw milk

2010-03-04T11:13:00.000-08:00

I heard of a man who could only intake liquids due to a health problem and he lived quite well by drinking raw milk. I believe it. Our freedom to determine what we want to have for our food is being attacked in Wisconsin. I reccommend attending the symposium, info below.
HUP

http://www.farmtoconsumerfoundation.org/rawmilksymposium/
2nd Annual International Raw Milk Symposium Claiming Consumer Rights
Sponsored by the Farm-to-Consumer Foundation

Monona Terrace Community & Convention Center
Madison, Wisconsin
Saturday, April 10, 2010
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Followed by Reception & Dinner FundRAISER to benefit the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
5:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.

$50 Early Bird Registration (until March 15, 2010)

$150 FundRAISER to support the Fund's work in Wisconsin

Visit the Symposium Website to Register & RSVP Now www.RawMilkSymposium.org

Print the flyer to pass around. Raw Milk Symposium Flyer
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Prof. Dr. Ton Baars (biodynamic research, academics)
Ted Beals, M.S., M.D. (medicine, pathology & microbiology)
Kay and Wayne Craig (producer's perspective)
David E. Gumpert (noted author and blogger)
Pete Kennedy, Esq. (raw milk legal authority)
Emily Matthews, RN (consumer's perspective)
Mark McAfee (entrepreneur, trail blazer)
Sally Fallon Morell, (Founder, A Campaign for Real Milk)
Sylvia P. Onusic Ph.D. (international raw milk perspective)
Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq. (WI raw milk legal authority)
Michael Schmidt (Canadian pioneer of legal cow-shares)
Tim Wightman (American pioneer of legal cow-shares)
SYMPOSIUM OVERVIEW
Wisconsin was carefully selected as the site of this year's symposium because of the recent spate of actions taken against Wisconsin raw dairy producers and their customers. Wisconsin, as the 2nd largest dairy state in the union, and the state with the most small dairies, is a crucial state for all raw milk activists and defenders to "dig in" against the erosion of their consumer rights.

Wisconsin Dept. of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) through creative interpretation of law, and legislators through ill-advised legislation, want to ensure that raw milk never passes consumers' lips - by harassing the farmers that produce it - all in the name of "public and food safety".

That's why this symposium, at this time, in this state is so important.

We'll begin by hearing the personal stories of Wisconsin producers, Wayne and Kay Craig and raw milk consumer activist, Emily Matthews. Sally Fallon Morell and Dr. Ted Beals will delve into the science of raw milk nutrients, microflora and benefits. Then, we'll step back and see the role of raw milk from an international perspective with speakers from Germany and Slovenia.

German biodynamic academic researcher Prof. Dr. Ton Baars will describe his research exploring unique raw milk healing properties and Syliva Onusic, Ph.D. will illustrate what enlightened leadership in other countries are embracing on behalf of their citizen's health. We'll hear from the lawyer defending Wisconsin farmers, Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq., who will discuss the legal distinction between the public good and the private right which will set the stage for the grand finale.

Michael Schmidt, in a rare public appearance (outside of the Canadian courtrooms), will kick off the highlight of the symposium and introduce "Joining in the Battle for Food Rights" panel discussion, moderated by the champion of raw milk rights, revolutionary blogger David Gumpert. Panelists include Sally Fallon Morell, Pete Kennedy, Esq., Mark McAfee, Michael Schmidt, Tim Wightman, Ted Beals, M.D. and Elizabeth Gamsky Rich, Esq.

Those that attend the FundRAISER reception and dinner following the symposium will be treated to a delicious four course meal featuring local, organic and grass-based food, and Mark McAfee at his finest, presenting a not-to-miss keynote "Raw Milk as Medicine.... Proudly Violating FDA Drug Laws'.

This is THE symposium and FundRAIASER to attend this year. Your attendance is IMPORTANT and NECESSARY. Don't think you can stay at home on Saturday, April 10th. You are needed.

Save and Register Online www.RawMilkSymposium.org To register by phone, call 703-208-3276.

Want to donate cheese or butter? Want to exhibit or become a sponsor? Want more information? Please contact, Symposium Coordinator, Cathy Raymond info@farmtoconsumerfoundation.org

Serpico

2010-02-27T06:57:00.000-08:00

I hope everyone gets a chance to read this article.
http://www.frankserpico.com/documents/chronogram_aug2002.pdf
HUP

Dear God!

2010-02-26T19:41:00.000-08:00

It is sickening and close to unbelievable that our nation, once a republic founded on the belief that the rights of the individual are to be recognized as God given and are to be PROTECTED, has now said that the STATE, the government, can deem any citizen it so chooses, as worthy of assassination. Without charges being brought against them. Without a trial. With no due process whatsoever. I hope that shocks you! It should. There should be people up in arms all across this nation! But the government mandatory youth jails have done their job well and most of the populace does not even know this has happened; some know and say, “Yea, but what can you do?” and the rest of us cuss a bit and look for more ways to prep and make our plans to disappear even sooner.

The goons truly believe that they OWN us. That we are their property to do with as they so choose. Just as we would shoot a wild animal that was attacking our flock of chickens etc. they feel they have the right to take out any citizen of this county at will. They place absolutely no value on human life or the rights of the individual.

If you at still living in lala land, thinking that life will continue to go on as usual, please wake up, oh please WAKE UP!

I have been wondering how they were going to make us 100% slaves instead of the 50-60% we now are, and I wonder if this is the way they will do it. They know that we won't hand over our guns without a fight. So, the goons can now just pick us off, one by one. Can you imagine living in a world where you don't know when or where you will meet with the assassin's bullet? You wouldn't be able to feel secure anywhere or at anytime. In your home, going shopping, tending your garden. Because you would not know when, or for what, the ptb decided you were an “enemy combatant.” Did you download a “how to” video that is not approved by the goons? Did you go to a meeting that could be deemed a threat to the STATE? Did you write an opinion on the net that did not extol the virtues of socialism? Or perhaps you were just mistaken for someone who did one of those or a various number of similar things.
How long before we take to the streets in protest? I think this would be a worthy cause.
And I want to give thanks to Gen-Ill Homesteader at http://www.illinoispreppersnetwork.com/ for the video and getting us the info on this. She does a great job and y'all should check out the blog she runs.

HUP

Just how stupid are we?

2010-02-26T18:30:00.000-08:00

One thing that really gets me up on my soap box is the subject of property taxes. Anyone who has read this site knows that not one of us owns our own property; we are renting it from the state via the property tax. Good Golly Miss Molly! How stupid are we?
First we pay the goons a fee and get permission to improve their property (think building permit), then we improve the property on our dime, then we let them charge us MORE for rent via an increase of the property's value. Now check this out: thttp://www.spokesman.com/stories/2010/jan/13/short-handed-assessor-wants-help-from-above/
Yup, now add to the list: you get to have your hard earned frn's go to taxes so that the state can buy pictures of where we live (and whatever we may be doing at the time they do the picture fly overs), all so that they can be up-to-date on any clandestine improvements. Wouldn't want anyone improving the state's property without the state getting to sock it to 'em even more with higher rent.
Like I said, just how stupid are we! Talk about being dumbed down. I don't think we can go too much lower... but I have been wrong before.
HUP

Bringing the OUThouse IN

2010-02-26T17:51:00.001-08:00

Been thinking about this since we moved into a house with a "holding tank." What a stupid way we deal with our wastes. I knew that there had to be a better way. Sure would like to hear from some folks who have one of these installed and "running" so to speak.

http://practicalaction.org/practicalanswers/product_info.php?products_id=131

It sure would be a lot easier to install a second bathroom in a house when you did not have to install a regular water closet. And if you woke up one day without running water, well, I wouldn't mind having one of these already in use. Seeing as it may become dangerous to go to OUT to the OUThouse in the future, well, those who had an "INhouse" would be a step ahead me thinks....

:)
HUP

a little truth

2010-02-23T05:26:00.000-08:00

Please check this out:

http://www.amconmag.com/tactv/2010/02/22/ron-paul-people/

Kinda puts it into perspective....

HUP

Latest Ron Paul speech

2010-02-21T17:04:00.000-08:00

Go to about an hour in...
http://cspan.org/Watch/Media/2010/02/19/HP/A/29824/CPAC+Continues+In+Washington.aspx
As usual, he is right on.
HUP

long time no blog

2010-02-18T20:11:00.000-08:00

So life has been too busy and it has not been so easy to get here and blog.
I have been looking at candidates for the 8th congressional district and I think Terri McCormick beats the others hands down. I hope if you live in that area you will check her out.
I have also heard Scott Walker who is running for gov. and I like what I heard, but have not researched him enough to endorse. Anyone out there know much about him?
Things are heating up where inflation is concerned. We may be seeing some higher prices soon. Got preps?
HUP

Words as a creative force; taming the tongue and speaking in love, a Sunday reflection

2010-02-07T08:47:00.000-08:00

We, each of us, have a voice in this world, within our sphere of influence. We can use that voice to encourage or deflate, to share what we know or to keep our knowledge to our self, to pursue liberty or to join those whose goal it is to enslave. The choice is ours. But if we choose to bring light and liberty, we need God's help. We need His principles to guide us. We need to speak the truth, but we must speak it respectfully, always honoring the other person's right to disagree. As long as they do not infringe upon our free will and our God-granted right, they must be allowed the same liberty we seek.

Words have tremendous power, and as you have probably heard, “the pen is mightier than the sword.” Words are tools of persuasion. If you can use your words to change minds and hearts, you can change the world. And as preppers, we are trying to persuade men to see the light of liberty and join us in the battle to once again make this the land of the free and the home of the brave.

I was thinking about what God has to say about our our words. It is quite amazing to think that the entire universe was created by the Words that God spoke. He said “Let there be” and there was! Then He created us “in His Image” and gave us the ability to speak also.

The scriptures tell us that God's Word is a living sword in Ephesians 6:17 and Hebrews 3:12. And it is a sword that is sharper than a two-edged one, able to divide our soul from our spirit. When I think of a two-edged sword, I think of the fact that it will get you coming and going, forward and back, there is no escaping it's truth. What power!

We speak with our tongue and the tongue is addressed quite a bit in the scriptures also. James 3:5-12 tells us that the tongue is a little member, but is a fire and just a little spark can start a huge inferno, i.e. just a small indiscretion can cause loads of damage. The tongue can defile the whole body; it cannot be tamed. God goes on to tell us that the tongue is full of deadly poison. We use it to bless God and then to curse men, which are made in His Image. He tells that this should not be, as sweet water and bitter should not come from the same fount. So what am I to do? Again I look to the Word of God for wisdom. In Luke 6:45 I read that the words that we speak come from the abundance of our heart. Abundance speaks of what we have lots of...of what will overflow out of us. So I see that my tongue and the words that I speak come from my heart. But then I read in Jeremiah 17:9 that the heart is deceitful above all and wicked! That man's heart is evil from his youth, Genesis 9:21. Just when I thought I was getting somewhere! Now how do I tame this evil member? How do I keep from discouraging my kids with my sharp words, from spewing my frustrations about upon everyone around me and causing grief as I travel through this world? From alienating those that I want to bring to the knowledge of the truth, be it their eternal soul or the rights of the individual to self-determination?

I find myself searching the Word again for some light on what I am to do... Ezekiel 36:26 tells me that God can give me a new heart and a new spirit. Hope at last! When I read spirit, I think of attitude. So many times I recognize the fact that I need an attitude adjustment. How quickly I can get caught up in worldly pursuits that have no redeeming qualities. And to me, heart speaks of my will. The thing that makes me, well, me. So God is able, and by His grace, will do for me that which I cannot. He will take this evil, unbelieving heart, and turn it to Him. He will take this ungodly attitude and in its place put a new one, I believe one that is a part of Himself. And then He will work with me, as I seek Him, for He will never cross my free will or force me, to continue this change in me. Receiving this new heart and new spirit happens in a moment, the moment that I believed and received the truth, but it is also a process that I walk out, day by day, as I grow in grace and learn of Him and His ways. He is teaching me to guard and keep my heart above all things that I guard, for out of my heart come the issues of life. (Proverbs 4:23) Life! And it is His will that I have not only life, but abundant life! (John 10:10)
So I am learning that as I guard this new heart and attitude, I will be filled with truth and love, and as I grow in the fruit of the Spirit, I will speak out of the abundance of my heart to the edification of all who listen. (Ephesians 4:29) And if what comes out of my mouth is not sweet, then I need to look within and see where I am missing the Truth, where I need more revelation. Where I need His help and guidance. If I am getting frustrated in my pursuit to persuade a person, perhaps I am neglecting to respect them and it shows.

I like the saying that goes, “they will not care how much you know, until they know how much you care.” Respect must come first. All are created in God's image and as such are worthy of respect, of the acknowledgment of their human dignity. And the other saying I think of quite often is “people may not remember everything you say, but they will remember how you made them feel.” And last, but not least, “because nice matters.” I do not know who was the one(s) to start those sayings. But they resonate with me.

I feel/hope that I have changed over the years, that as I have become older, I have become wiser and that I treat people with more respect than I did when I was young. I cringe now when I think of the way I treated people in my youth. Still, I can be quite short with people, especially when I am under stress, to use a tone of voice that is not one that I would want used with me. I did not know how I sounded, and I did not, at least consciously, purpose to say things in a demeaning way. It took hearing myself on a phone message that I had sent, and then at another time having a person that I worked closely with tell me that my tone of voice was an issue, that opened my eyes to how I sounded. But awareness is the beginning of change. And soul searching is the beginning of more change.

So in using our words to persuade, we not only have to be aware of the power of the words themselves, we must be aware of the tone with which they are spoken. And to that end, the attitude we take as we speak them.

I try to remember that at one time, I did not believe all that I believe today, that the first time I heard some of what I believe as truth now, well, it felt like it was down-right unbelievable, the ravings of some lunatics. And it is with that memory in mind that I approach others who do not understand that many of those people who say they are here to help us, really are here to keep us slaves. I seek to respect the sleeple as I try to help them awaken to the truth and prepare for the coming hard times.

Trying to keep perspective,
HUP

Wolf man and Craig's List

2010-02-06T20:00:00.000-08:00

I happened upon this article and found it by intriguing.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1243709/My-life-wolf-British-naturalist-dared-infiltrate-pack-wilderness.html
Talk about adapting! It is amazing how these wolves took into their care a human.
But he could not live with the wolves indefinitely. The information he was able to gather has helped save wolves and people's property.

A site to help you start with the basics of tracking animals is
http://www.bear-tracker.com/mammals.html
and it is good information to know. We should all know the animals that live in our own area and how to deal with them if necessary.

I got to see a new little dappled dachshund today...so cute. I had found some shelves for sale on Craig's List and the gal I got them from had just gotten it.
Craig's List has got to be one of the best inventions of the Internet. If you have not ever visited it, you must check it out. www.craigslist.com and then find your local area. I would also encourage you to look at your neighboring cities. I drove 30 minutes to purchase some equipment for $250 that was like new and new would have cost over $800. Craig's List also has a search bar which makes it very convenient, but make sure you do some browsing under the different categories too as you will be amazed at what you will find, and always check the "free" category.

Lovin' a bargain,
HUP

The day God cried

2010-02-02T20:21:00.000-08:00

Now when I think of deity, I tend to think of strength and power, not weakness and certainly not crying and grief. I may think of anger, and we talk about the wrath of God. But how often do we talk about the grief and pain of God? In the 11th chapter of John, there is the story of the day that God cried. And I must admit, like most of my contemporaries, I tend to view crying as weak. In Genesis it talks about how God repented that He had made men, but Noah found grace in the eyes of the Lord. I imagine that when He repented, He was also in deep pain and grief, but it is not recorded for us that He cried until John 11.

God made us in His image and after His likeness, and we certainly feel grief and sadness, so it is not far-fetched to think He can also feel grief and sadness to the point of tears. But what would make Him cry? He who sits on His throne and looks down on the circle of the earth? He whose Word reigns forever and holds the universe together? What would move Him to tears? I will tell you.

I used to wonder why He didn't just go to Lazarus right away when He heard he was sick, but I think I know why now. Both Mary and Martha proclaimed that Lazarus would not have died had He been there, so their faith would have pulled healing virtue right out of Jesus (just like the woman with the issue of blood) and Lazarus would have been healed on the spot. But He did not come until Lazarus had been in the grave four days. I have been told that many thought the spirit of a dead person hung around for 3 days, but after the 4th day, well, you were definitely a goner. I don't know if that is true, but perhaps. Anyway, there was no disputing that Lazarus was dead; he was not just in a coma after 4 days of being in a cave without food or water and after having been very sick. And after four days there were still friends and family grieving and hanging around the grave. So different from our culture. Usually after the burial, most everyone leaves. I imagine part of that is because we use chemicals to preserve the body and we take a few days to wrap our minds around our loss, and we grieve before the burial, whereas they would bury their dead quickly as the body would begin to decay and as Martha said, would stink! But I digress.

Jesus came to His dear ones in their grief and asks where they have placed His friend Lazarus. He sees them sobbing, He feels the palpable grief that encompasses them, that permeates them to the depths of their souls and He becomes deeply troubled in His Spirit begins to weep. With them. For them. For Him.
There is such deep pain at being separated from a loved one and knowing you will not get to see them, or to talk with them ever again in this life. It is final. No more second chances.

But God.

Jesus was moved and felt the same things the others there that day felt, the same things any of us who have buried a loved one have felt. Only He was not helpless against this enemy, the last enemy, death. He prayed and then called Lazarus back from the grave, back to life; and Lazarus obeyed. He came forth, wrapped in the grave wrappings they laid him to rest in. Back from paradise. I would have loved to hear what he had to say about his time there, but that is not recorded in the book of John. I have talked to someone who died and was revived. She did not want to come back! It is better on the other side for those who are saved by the shed blood of Jesus Christ. And I am sure the Lord knew this. But for those who are here in the three-dimensional part of the universe, those of us who have not seen the other side; we grieve with a grief that is beyond words, a grief this is commonly expressed with ….tears. And this grief, what we feel at the loss of our loved one, Jesus Himself experienced and it was what moved God to tears.

When Adam sinned, in that day he died. It was a permanent separation from the Father. He was no longer able to commune with God in the cool of the day. That is what death represents...separation. But God being God, stepped in and just as Jesus defeated death by calling Lazarus forth from the grave, God called us forth from our graves, from our sins, and from our separation from Him. He is calling to you today. Will you obey? Will you come forth? You will still be wrapped up in the grave cloths, but your family will be there to help you get them off. Just as they helped Lazarus.

In the days ahead there may be more death than any of us have experienced. There may be more pain and grief than we can bear.

But God.

He will still be on the Throne and He will still be in control and He will still be able to work miracles.

I pray you get to know Him now, so that when we face TEOTWAWKI, you will really, truly know Him and not just know about Him. That you will be able to call upon Him and hear and distinguish His voice from all the other voices round about you, so He can lead and guide you.

I say all of this for in the days to come, I believe we will need to be led by Him in order to survive.

Preppin' with Jesus by my side, in my heart, and leadin' the way,
HUP

Racing

2010-02-02T05:49:00.000-08:00

My son was already home when I got there Sunday night which doesn't happen very often. He was sooo excited and I can't remember when the last time was that I had seen him that happy. He had gone out to drive around on the ice (a favorite winter past time) and found some guys who were racing on ice, (remember this is Wisconsin) and they let him run the track in his old beater. He got the best time out of all the cars that had run it with the street tires. (I guess most of the cars were outfitted with special tires that get traction on ice or some such, this is the first I ever heard of this type of racing.) Any way for years all he has talked about is racing, and more specifically “drifting” which is a type of racing. Now, we don't have oodles of moola to burn, so he has hardly even been to the races let alone able to enter one. (He has had numerous and expensive tickets and marks on his driving record....but that is another matter.) After he ran the course, the guys there wanted to know where he had raced and on what tracks etc., and they were surprised to hear that was his first time ever to actually run on a track. So they started giving him advice and suggested invited him to come and do it again next weekend. He just has to come up with the entry fee...

I don't particularly like the thought of him racing, but he has unbelievable hand-eye coordination and took to driving like a duck to water. He is a natural. And it makes him happy. My heart was thrilled to see him so dang happy. So this mom will support him in his dream and hope it comes true. Even in the midst of seeing TEOTWAWKI on the horizon.

And that is my subject for this post. How do you encourage your kids, spouse, yourself even, to continue to dream and aspire to make your dreams come true in our circumstance, in this time and place? How do you plan for the future when you know in your knower, things are gonna change for the worse before too long and the life that we now are living will only be a faint memory?

It seems like I can get so caught up in prepping and trying to do my part to keep the world from going out of control that I don't live in today and I forget to try to see the world from my teenager's eyes. He doesn't understand what might be just over the horizon; he just sees the possibilities. And because I don't know just how soon we will be needing those preps, I will hope that he has more time to dream and pursue those dreams and somehow see them come true, if only a little bit. Memories made can never be stolen, but can be pulled out at will and treasured for a lifetime. And today is the only time that we have to make a memory.
I guess we should try and live in both worlds as best we can; we prep for all the what ifs, as we try to still live as though tomorrow will be better than today.

Preppin' for tomorrow, but livin' in TODAY,
HUP

wondering....

2010-01-29T04:24:00.000-08:00

Has anyone out there read "Starving the Monkeys" - fight back smarter, by Tom Baugh?
I am perusing it at present and have mixed feelings. I am not reading it start to finish, that comes later.
I understand his basic premise, and some of his statigies, but I also take great pause at some of his "suggestions."
So I am just wondering what others think. I know the book is only beginning to make the rounds, but if you have read it, please feel free to give me your feedback.
Thanks,
HUP

Man or Borg?

2010-01-23T07:06:00.000-08:00

You came into this world, alone, an individual. There could have been thousands of others born the same day, but your experience was yours alone. You will leave this world alone, an individual, even though you may have died at the exact same moment as thousands of others. And you will stand before God alone, an individual, even though every single soul that was ever created will also stand before Him.

These United States were founded on the self-evident truth that God gives rights to the individual, but today it is not politically correct to espouse this truth. For we live in a time when those who wish to rule the world (the goons and those who serve them knowingly and unknowingly) have made great progress through educating and training the populace at large to think that it is the “collective” that matters, and that serving the collective is the true and noble path. We have been and are being deceived.

Think of the “Borg” in the popular tv series. Do you really want to be part of the the collective? Or do you want to be a man? (For those still bound by politically correctness, I also mean woman in this term.) Do you want the freedom to live your own life? Or do you want to live for the collective? Do you want your blood, sweat and tears to benefit you and those you choose, or do you want to hand your life over to the collective, to distribute your life – your efforts – your tax dollar, over to the goons and to those they deem worthy?

We preppers are made up of vastly different individuals who have certain things in common. One of which is the love of liberty, and as liberty-lovers, we recognize the inherit right to self-determination. So we prepare, because we know that those who embrace freedom, must also embrace responsibility.

We have lost our freedom here in the land that was once a bastion of liberty, sought out by all the peoples of the world. And the sad part is, most of us have not awakened to this simple fact. So preppers not only prepare, we sound the alarm, and God willing, the last little vestige of hope that we have of turning the dial back will not be snuffed out, but will grow into a full-fledged and peaceful revolution resulting in the restoration of liberty and justice for all.
Be a man, prepare!
HUP

Politics and Prepping

2010-01-19T09:19:00.000-08:00

Reading the prepping sites, you are inundated with political views and rants that inspire and/or nauseate. If you are new to this movement, you may wonder why. I feel it is because many of us who have awakened from the sleep of the undead, now realize that we have been duped by the goons into believing the .gov't had our best interests at heart, were people basically like us, working on our behalf, and we are incensed to find out the truth about the way we have been deceived and used. This in turn has motivated us to demand our liberties and right to self-determination back. We are fighting on every front available. One of those most obvious fronts is “politics.” Having been made aware of the true state of the union, we seek to inform others of our findings and to use any opportunity that presents itself to carry our message forward.
Here is Wisconsin, I have been recently encouraged by the number of people who are coming forward to let the goons know that we are not pleased and it is not “politics as usual” anymore. The meetings that I have attended to hear the announced candidates have had record turnouts. And the choices we as voters have are much improved, as there appear to be real choices for the liberty-lover this go round.
I attended a meet-and-greet last night for Scott Walker, candidate for governor, hosted by the Fox Valley Initiative. I will say that on this first go-round, he has passed the basic test. Now, I am aware that many have been trained in how to answer questions to veil their real intentions, so I will hold my endorsement until I have become more educated concerning his views and past record, and have had an opportunity to know more about the his contenders. We all have have been hoodwinked too many times to just go with the silver-tongued.
If there are candidates in your neck of the woods who you feel embrace true liberty, please feel free to post a comment so others can look into them.
And I also would encourage all who are available to do so, to get involved with keeping the ptb honest by volunteering to oversee the voting process itself come voting day. Definitely could be the subject of another post, but I am sure most of you know to what I am referring.
Hopeful in Wisconsin,
HUP

So much information

2010-01-17T08:55:00.000-08:00

I took the morning and read online..hooboy, there is so much going on.
We need to keep up to date on things but good golly it take a toll, time wise and with the emotions.

This is a good video to view to remind us that we need to get our troops home and stop giving our young men and women as fodder to the goons.

One of the things that just does not make sense to me is how we could have protested the war in VietNam and then embrace the war in Iraq. I guess the goons are just that much better at newspeak, um, marketing?
I don't agree with the young man in the video 100%.He implies that seeking profit is evil and causes wars, and I do not beleive that. I beleive that anyone acting unlawfully here on our soil should be caught and dealt with. But this war is wrong and with that I can agree with this young man. The war is not protecting us or benefiting our country in any way.

For anyone in Northeast Wisconsin you might want to check out the upcoming events designed to help you get to know people running for office here:

http://foxvalleyinitiative.net/?p=251

http://foxvalleyinitiative.net/?p=261

Be blessed,
HUP

Going Local

2010-01-16T09:18:00.000-08:00

I think one of the ways to fight the goons is by establishing a local currency and I was wondering if any of our readers live around the Madison area and are using “Hours.” Check it out here: http://www.madisonhours.org/about

It is interesting to note that complimentary currencies are deemed legal as long as they are not coin and they do not resemble frn's. Of course the goons don't really want competition, so we cannot coin our own real money, ie silver or gold, thus the ban of coinage and the opportunity to let the true free market operate. And of course they expect you to pay your pound of flesh, so the competing currencies are to be added into your income as you would frn's.

I do wonder how easy it would be to counterfeit these complimentary currencies. Nonetheless, using a local currency would put you into contact with local business owners and let them know you appreciate them and their services.

There are many of these currencies operating in the world today and many let you buy them with frn's or that particular government's approved fiat currency at a discount, so you are effectively getting a percentage off any local goods you purchase.

As times get harder and things get worse, we will be forced to deal locally (soon other countries will not trade with us because our frn's will not be good for much more than TP) and anything we can do now to build up our local producers of real goods and services could be a life-saver later.

If Farmer Fred or Repairman Ron or any other local business person down the road is forced out of business due the expansion of big Ag, Corporate this and that, etc., you will not have them to go to a few months or years from now when the chinamart/big chain grocery store has empty shelves. Soooo many small farmers have been forced out of business and we will suffer for it when we do not have trucks running from California to the New York Islands.

I personally think (or maybe it is hope) that we are going to experience a slower slide into the total collapse of the dollar. Of course there could be some tragic events along the way that hurries the collapse, but my point is building and supporting your local economy now will pay you dividends later.

If anyone happening across this blog has used any complimentary currencies and would like to share your experience, please don't hesitate to post a comment.

Seeing as we are forced to use fiat currencies, I for one would prefer to use one that benefits my local economy over of the goon's.

Prepping tip: Don't forget to stock up on plastic bags when you establish your preps. Just think how many times a day you use them and all of the uses they have. I especially appreciate the lightweight convenience of using them to store and organize my preps. And then there is the fact they are great for keeping things dry...

Hoping you store more than you consume today~
HUP

What water filter do you have?

2010-01-15T04:55:00.000-08:00

My inspiration to write the last couple of days has waned and everything I think about writing I know I have addressed before. Is that what you call writer's block? I don't know, but trying to daily blog, well DAILY, is a challenge.

So for today, I will just throw this thought out there. We like to say we prepare by getting our 3B's, beans, bullets and band-aids, but if you have been reading about what is going on after the earthquake, you know the real and most pressing need is water. Being a hard commodity to store, the most logical thing to do is to get a water filter. I will confess, I only have a travel one and I am close to purchasing a big Berkey. I would love to hear from some folks who have the Berkey or some other filter that they are happy with. Any and all feedback is welcome, especially if you like one brand or type and have found it to really meet your need/expectation.

Cast all your care upon Him, for He cares for you,
HUP

What do you "Pledge"?

2010-01-13T06:01:00.000-08:00

Has anyone else out there stopped doing the “pledge of allegiance” when the time comes? You know at a public assembly of some kind? I can't do it any longer. I refuse to say it. The first time it happened, I hadn't really planned it, I just knew it was wrong. And I then noticed I was not the only one who was not participating.

Yesterday I read that the person who wrote it was a socialist and it was pointed out that the part that says “indivisible” was to get people to think that the states could not secede, and of course that was a good thing...not. And what better way to get it into the minds and psyches of people but to have them memorize it as children and say it day after day in the day-jails, our government-run indoctrination buildings.

And now I read that our dear prez is wanting to lay the groundwork to make sure states don't think they can exercise their rights individually, by forming some other unconstitutional committee made up of 10 state governors. I found the article and info on Mayberry's site, great guy that Mayberry. Take a look-see here

http://mayberry-keepitsimplestupid.blogspot.com/2010/01/got-paddle.html

And for those that are saying this is a slow revolution, well, personally I don't think we have time for a really slow revolution. You know, take the attitude that we don't really have to apply ourselves, it will happen, it just takes time, don't worry, be happy.

The things that are happening may seem to be happening slowly, but in our world of microwaves and instant everything, just-add-water world, we expect things immediately and the awakening of the sleeple seems to be going slowly. I guess what I want to say is that things are progressing and I know it takes time, but anything that we can do to restore our liberties faster, we need to do it and not think it can be put off to another day.

I want to encourage you, if at any time you have an opportunity to mention a political or economic issue to another sleeple, or point out the lies that bombard us, etc, take advantage of that opportunity! You really don't know when you will get a second chance; use any and all platforms. I have been finding that there are more people out there than sheeple lately in my probing for their thoughts on the issues.
And then remember, pehaps you were brought across that person's path for such a time as this...

Stayin' in the battle,
HUP

Rand quote and a slight rant

2010-01-12T17:27:00.000-08:00

"When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion — when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing — when you see money flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors — when you see that men get richer by graft and pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you — when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice — you may know that your society is doomed." -- Ayn Rand, Atlas Shrugged

Well, according to Ayn, we are doomed; but still we fight, we prepare, we keep on day by day; what else can we do? Most of us do not have the option of leaving the country, and really I don't think there is going to be much of anywhere you can go where you will not be affected by the coming financial crisis. Yes, I said coming. I don't think we've even begun to see the worst of it yet.

What is the most important thing you can do? Pray. Next, obey. And finally secure access to clean potable water, store food and store seed to grow more food. Repeat. You can't have too much stored food or seed, because if you don't need it to eat yourself, you can use it for charity or barter.

Got a worm on one of my computers today. Saw it start to go weird and turned to off and drove it over to ds to see if he can fix it. He said it is a new worm, he just saw the same on another computer today. I was going to the bank, so I changed my passwords just in case. I am so thankful that I have more than one computer...my access to the world of other sane patriots and preppers. Ds works in the computer world and he says it is really getting bad with the hackers and malware.

Actually, I have been thinking about the word patriots. So many today are “patriotic” but they equate that with being pro-military and pro-government and I am certainly NOT pro-military or pro-American government as it is today. Just to start thinking about what our troops are being used for and it makes me ill. We have perpetual war for the goons --- not for our safety. How long before the sheeple, no - the sleeple, WAKE UP?

If you go from day to day, just going through the same routine with very little to look forward to except maybe the game on Sunday or the fish fry on Friday night.. just working to pay your taxes and then a little of something for yourself and your loved ones, what type of life is that? You're sleep-walking through life. You're a sleeple. Go along to get along. Don't cause waves, be a good little worker bee. Don't have an independent thought. In fact, don't think at all! Swallow all the .gov't propaganda; Thank you, sir, may I have another? Bow to the almighty bureaucracy; May I please have a license for (you fill in the blank) and soon you will be paying them for breathing the air!

You are a slave. Or a donkey following the carrot hung out in front of you on a stick....almost there, can't wait to retire and not have to work all week, almost there, got to get junior that college education, almost there, got to give little princess her dream wedding, almost there....working for everyone but yourself!

WAKE UP! Your freedoms have been stolen from you in broad daylight by the very people you thought were supposed to protect them...yourgovernment!

WAKE UP! While there is still a glimmer of hope to do something about the liars, cheaters and murderers up on Crapital Hill.

WAKE UP! Your fellow sovereign citizens need you in the fight.
If you don't wake up soon, when you finally do wake up, it will be to hunger, destruction, and heart-wrenching regret that you didn't wake up when there was still a glimmer of hope to make a change.

God have mercy,
HUP

inspiration and honey

2010-01-11T04:30:00.000-08:00

I just figured out how easy it is to embed a video...yep, I am slow, but learning. And it was so easy. Anyway this is a well-done inspiration.

I have been running low on honey and need to procure some more. It is one of those items that is an absolute necessity in my estimation. It is anti-bacterial and the best thing for wounds and skin problems. It is also a great sweetener and soother. But do not give to babies, most say under one year of age, but I always waited until 18 months. Here is just one of many articles touting the uses of locally grown un-heated honey.

http://www.globalhealingcenter.com/natural-health/health-benefits-of-organic-locally-grown-raw-honey/

I had tried to use honey for my allergies for years and thought it was a bogus claim that it was supposed to help allergies, then I happened upon local unheated honey. After consuming the local unheated honey, my hay fever just up and left! That is until I ventured out of state...then the ragweed got me big time. I take 1 tsp to 1 TBS a day in the summer to keep the allergies at bay. I also apply honey to skin wounds and dry skin that is troubling me. I have heard reports from people I trust saying honey put into even deep wounds has seemingly miraculous powers to heal and prevent scarring. Honey will keep for many, many years, which makes all us preppers happy.

Hope your Monday is sweeeet~ (As my kids would say!)

HUP

Sunday reflection

2010-01-10T06:37:00.001-08:00

Today I read the 103rd psalm and it is definitely becoming one of my favorites. Now, it takes years for that to happen, lol. If you want to be blessed today, I suggest you take out your sword and give it a read.

In my world the bible is the source of all kinds of good things. It gives me the spiritual, and then it naturally follows, the psychological strength to endure hard times. It challenges me to see the truth of a matter. It brings me comfort and cheer. It points me in the right direction when I have lost my way or taken a detour... And it is very down to earth about how to live physically too. When you read a lot of the laws they had to follow in the O. T. you see they pertained to cleanliness and how to avoid disease. Bury you excrement, put a person with a contagious disease outside the camp, etc. , some very practical advice. I don't eat pork or the other things it says are not good for you. I do it because I just think it good advice, and I don't condemn those who choose to eat pork etc. (Truthfully, I really miss bacon.) I don't think what you eat has anything to do with your relationship to God or others. I just think the book was giving to us by a loving Creator and the things He suggests, well, I think He had a good reason for them, even if we haven't figured out what they all are yet... Now I don't mean to get into anyone's business with this post, just sharing my views.

In the fight for freedom, we realize we need to self-sufficient, responsible, and able to work together towards a common goal. In this fight we find ourselves agreeing with people that have totally opposing views on religion and other issues, but that is the beauty of liberty. We can take good ideas and promote them for the common good. We can share the strategies we are comfortable with and let others do the same. In a 12-step group I was once in we liked to say, take what you like and leave the rest. You don't have to agree 100% to get something useful out of what someone else shares.

I found this song and really enjoyed it, hope you do too. It is not a “Christian song” but so what. It has a lot of truth in it.

Happy Sunday,
HUP

Quiz

2010-01-09T04:36:00.000-08:00

This was originally posted at the OPN by Scarecrow, and I think it's a great post, worthy of re-posting here.

It's 6:30 am Saturday morning. You are a sleep. All through the house not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse...Don't you just hate tests? You are suddenly awake. There is a loud pounding and some shouting at the front door. You get up, put on your housecoat and slippers and head to the door. Peering through the peep hole you see a fireman continuing to assault your reinforced steel ingress/egress system.Upon opening the door, the fireman explains that your neighbourhood is being evacuated because [insert reason here]. He further explains this is a mandatory evacuation and transportation will be here in 30 minutes to transport everyone on site to a temporary relocation centre some 12 miles to the west. You are informed that when the transportation arrives, law enforcement will escort you onto the bus by force if necessary.You realize your mouth is hanging open so you close it it, but not before asking, "can I self-evacuate?" The fireman replies in the affirmative. You cannot however, park anywhere in the vicinity of the shelters as there is no parking on the surrounding streets as they must be kept clear for the large numbers of transport vehicles that will be using them. You ask if you can go somewhere other than the shelters and the fireman says, "you can go anywhere you want as long as it more than 10 miles from here and you are gone before the bus arrives."You close the door, notice that your mouth is open again, you close it and head towards the bedroom to wish your wife a good morning.

29 Minutes:Do you:
a) Wake everyone up and gather in the kitchen to explain what is happening? b) Wake up your wife and ask her what she thinks you should do?c) Wake everyone individually and explain why they need to get up?d) Go back to bed because this has to be a dream?

25 Minutes:You've explained the situation, everyone's mouth is hanging open:Do you: a) Take charge and issue instructions for what you want everyone to do in the next 7 minutes? b) Ask for suggestions as to what everyone thinks should be done. c) Call aunt Ethel and ask, "what's for breakfast?" d) Get the coffee machine going because no one can believe its only 06:35 am?

18 Minutes:Everyone is dressed, no one has combed their hair or brushed their teeth.Do you: a) Instruct everyone to gather their emergency evacuation bags and put them in the car? b) Tell everyone to grab some clothes and other useful stuff and wait for the bus? c) Ask if there is anywhere anyone would like to go, aunt Ethel is serving prunes? d) Suffer a debilitating emotional breakdown because someone forgot to buy coffee?

12 Minutes:The car is loaded, well it would be if little Johnny could tell the difference between his Bug Out Bag and his book bag.Do you? a) Consult your prepared list of items to gather in an emergency if there is sufficient time? b) Hurriedly go through drawers and cupboards looking for stuff you might find useful? c) Try to remember where all the insurance papers and other documents were put? d) Ask everyone which is more important, the TV or the dog?

5 Minutes:Times up! Do you: a) Hop in the car and proceed along one of the preplanned routes to where you want to go? b) Queue up at the driveway with an arm load of stuff and watch as the long haired freaky guy next door is put in handcuffs and punted down the stairs towards the bus? c) Peel out of the driveway and head for the nearest gas station with a Tim Horton's? d) Have everyone hide behind the sofa and be very, very quiet? Oh yeah, and tape the dog's mouth shut?

30 minutes:You're well on your way. Did you: a) Remember to turn off the power, gas and water to the house? b) Have more than one prearranged destination just in case this was to happen? c) Manage to load everything that you need for the next few days? d) Remember to advise the important people in your life where you are going? e) At least remember to turn the coffee pot off?

Did you pass the test? Were you still fiddling with the coffeepot when the door was battered in?Or are you just really glad that you were prepared and were able to get out in less than 30 minutes and still have a choice as to where to go and what to do?

Gets you thinking doesn't it? It would be impossible to be thoroughly prepared for every single thing that might happen, but being prepared for this type of bug out is certainly doable and worth the time and effort to prepare for. It happens more than we like to think. Trains derail or there are accidents where noxious gasses are released and whole neighborhoods have just a short time to be evacuated, etc. And it is much better to be able to choose where you will go, instead of the .gov telling you where to go. Just ask all those people who were trapped during Katrina...

Hope you have a very productive weekend,
HUP

What does liberty look like?

2010-01-08T04:51:00.000-08:00

What does liberty look like?

Pondering this, I realize I can only take an educated guess because I have not lived in true liberty and I dare say, neither have most of you, if not all of you who happen to visit this blog.

I can tell you a bit of what liberty is not...

It is not having to ask the .gov for a license to do anything.

It is not renting any and all land from the government, or another way of putting that is not having a property tax. If you were truly a free man, you could own your property outright.

It is not having to file for permission to improve your property and pay some government entity to come and inspect your property. You know why they do that don't you? They know they are the one who actually own the property and they are protecting their interests.

It is not working for half the year for the government; by the time you take what you made in a year and figure the taxes you had to pay, well, you basically are a slave who gets to keep a portion of your wages. Hey, they don't want you to know you are their slave, so they let you think you are working for yourself, letting you keep a little
discretionary income.

It is not having to prove who you are to the authorities when you have done nothing wrong.

It is not being fingerprinted in order to enter Disney World.

It is not having your every move recorded, having the library books you borrow being recorded, your purchases at the local mart, and then having these lists of what you do/have done reported to the .gov at their will.

It is not having your medical record available to everyone the “authorities” deem permissible and not being able to have a say in the matter. It is not having your record kept “online” without your permission. At present, health professionals can record their judgment of you and about you, and you do not have any true recourse. (Unless you can prove they made a mistake, which not an easy task.)

It is not being afraid to speak out against the authorities or political leaders it in your nation.

It is not being restricted to who, how, when and where you can carry a firearm.

It is not having so many laws on the books that it is impossible to know when you are breaking the law. And it follows that it is not being jailed for not filing the right paperwork!

It is not having to ask permission to open a business and run it the way you want. (As long as you are willing to take responsibility for your actions.)

It is not having to pay the .gov every time you exchange goods or services with someone.

Now, I know there are many more things, so I encourage you to add to this list in your comments. I bet there are some really good ones I haven't even thought of yet. You know, the things that make you go, Aha! I did not think of that!

Let's all make an effort to see things in a new light, and share those insights with each other. That is what make the sheeple into people after all, having the light of reason shine into the stupor and reveal the truth. It's what keeps us in this fight. Let's call things as they really are and not the politically correct way. May common sense become common again!

Keep your powder dry,
HUP

A new look and meeting in back rooms

2010-01-07T06:15:00.000-08:00

A big thanks to Tom, (the guy who started this network), for the new look, - isn't it cool?

I love seeing cows grazing on green grass. Did ya know that many say we could not have all “gone west” without the family cow. The cow could graze on grass and give milk and cheese to the family, nutrition on the hoof. And some fantastic nutrition at that. Meat and milk, fresh milk, from cows that graze on grasses only, no grains, have superior health benefits. Check out Weston A. Price Foundation for the scoop. http://www.westonaprice.org/

They are a great group and I have met the most wonderful people through them; I have learned a great deal also. Sally, the founder, is a down to earth, regular person with a passion to educate people on health and the part nutrition plays in brain development and etc. She also makes a great argument on how dairy farmers selling their goods direct to the public can revitalize the local economy. Very cool indeed. If we Wisconsinites can only get our legislature to stop demonizing raw milk and allow the free market to operate.... Please check out the Farm to Consumer site. http://www.farmtoconsumer.org/index.html
You can get updates on where the battle is here and in other states.

Came across this quote, I think Gen-Il Homesteader had it posted somewhere on her site, or it could be another of our sister prepper sites, gosh I need to pay more attention where I see stuff...anyway it is a great quote. Here it is: “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”- Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Whoa, that will make you think. So much of me just wants to run and hide with all I see in the world, but there are too many folks out there who need to hear while we still have the public square in which to speak, while we still have platform open to us. I believe there are sheeple becoming real people that take a stand and just say NO to the goons. If you haven't seen it yet, this is a neat inspiration: http://www.pioneerliving.net/apps/videos/videos/show/6225479-the-time-is-now-

What he describes in the video is happening all over the country! Although I am not given to partake in the downing of alcoholic beverages, I am frequenting bars in order to meet in back rooms and be a part of the awakening. It's not just the menfolk this go-round, planning the way to liberty, you will find soccer moms, executives and folk from every part of our society...Praise God! And boy oh boy, when you get those soccer moms on the warpath..whoohooo! Watch out! I still give a bow of recognition and thanks to Ron Paul for leading the battle cry and assembling the troops. He has fought the battle singly for some time, but now is the time to get him some like-minded folks to join hand -in-hand with him in the CONgress, so that we may have a small glimmer of hope for a better future for our kids. Because as things stand right now, our kids may not even be able to remember what folks say liberty looks like. Maybe I'll post on that tomorrow.

Make it a good one,
HUP

food preps

2010-01-06T04:25:00.000-08:00

Sure have been wanting to stock up on more food lately, but with being in a rental and knowing whatever I buy I will have to move is a conundrum.
But if I was in my permanent place of residence I would be getting as much food put by as possible, so my suggestion to you readers is to get whatever you can manage set back. Buy what you eat and eat what you store, rotate, rotate, rotate. It's the new location, location, location!
I liked the idea I read on some blog, sorry I can't give credit as I can't remember, but they mentioned buying frozen fruit on sale and then bringing it home and dehydrating it. Great idea! I really like dried fruits and veggies too. Easy to store as they are lightweight and drying really helps to keep a lot more enzymes available over canning as the high heat destroys them. Dried foods are much easier to move as they are light weight and can be keep in baggies, also a lightweight item. I have also stored the baggies in an old tin and I don't have to worry about critters getting into them.
Dried fruit is also so yummy without having to re-hydrate! Nuff said!
Have a great day,
HUP

In the news and always praying

2010-01-05T06:39:00.000-08:00

Do you have means of protection in your preps? I hope you at least have the basics.

I will open with this link: http://www.examiner.com/x-5619-Atlanta-Gun-Rights-Examiner~y2009m12d31-Court-upholds-police-pointing-gun-at-lawful-carriers

Unbelievable. And here in the lovely state of Wisconsin we can't “lawfully” conceal carry, and with rulings like this, no one will be able to. I often wonder if I should move to a more 2nd amendment loving state. I seriously ponder this. On one hand, after the coming crash, I don't think anyone will be without protection, no matter the law on the books. But we don't know how long until that point and how slow the process might be, thus making a progun state a much more appealing place to live. But to just up and move to a state where at present we have no employment is a daunting task and perhaps this is where we are supposed to be... Not too many folks will be heading to the cold north woods when food gets scarce and you have to grow your own, so we will not be inundated with the thundering herd. People here are used to working hard and still have a sense of morality for the most part. I am open to moving, seeing as we don't have a mortgage right now, it would be easier than just a few months ago. But I (we) would really need to know that it was God's will to have the wherewithal to actually do such a thing. We are no longer 20 or 30 somethings.

Which brings me to my other thought today on not giving up. Have you ever been going along in your life, things may not be perfect, but they are ok and then you get hit up side the faith with something you just don't want to even think about? Something you just want to run from, or block out from your consciousness, or perhaps it is so bad, you just want to give up... I have, and it is not fun, but God is faithful, and for that I am grateful. He does not leave us off on our own, He is still there, even if it doesn't feel like it and He softens our heart once again and draws us to Himself. I know this from experience. And having those experiences has cause my faith in His goodness to grow.

Today, I am having to fight another spiritual battle. I was given a verse from my morning devotions that helped me to know God is with me on this and the victory will be won. But it is still something that must be walked out. Step by step. I also feel the Holy Spirit recalled to my mind Luke 18:1 that tells us we are always to pray (or fight the good fight) and not to give up, not to lose heart and not to lose our earnestness in seeking God for the answer. We are to always trust His promises.

So I encourage you today to go to the Word and find yourself one of the many wonderful, amazing promises He has given us and hold onto it with all that you have within you. Rightly divide the Word and partake today. It is life-giving. Sustaining. Good.

God be with you,
HUP

On the lighter side...

2010-01-04T04:38:00.000-08:00

You are from Rural Wisconsin If....
Dressing in layers is not a fashion statement.
You know it’s traditional for the bride and groom to go bar hopping between the ceremony and the reception.
You actually know how to polka.
You know what knee-high by the Fourth of July means.
You were delighted to get a miniature snow shovel for your 3rd birthday.
You buy Christmas presents at Fleet Farm.
You spent more on beer than you did on food at your wedding.
You get your supply of milk from a tank.
You hear someone use the word 'uffda' and you do not immediately break into uncontrollable laughter.
You think fast food is hitting a deer at 65 mph.
You or someone you know was a 'Dairy Princess' at a county fair.
You let your older siblings talk you into putting your tongue on a steel post in the middle of winter.
You think Lutheran and Catholic are THE major religions.
Football, Deer Hunting & Opening Fishing schedules are checked before wedding dates are set.
:)

Got this emailed to me and I thought it was really cute:
For 2010:
May peace break into your home and may thieves come to steal your debts
May the pockets of your jeans become a magnet for $100 bills.
May love stick to your face like Cotton Candy and may laughter assault your lips!
May happiness slap you across the face and may your tears be that of joy
May the problems you had forget your home address!
Happy 2010!

God loves a cheerful giver, and I don't think He just meant money. If you can give out to others from your heart with joy, it can be contagious. Just think how hard it is not to laugh when you find yourself in the middle if a group of people who are in stitches with laughter!

Perhaps you can share a positive light on prepping with someone. Just knowing your family is prepared for the next winter storm, power outage, or other challenge is a reason to rejoice. If you are excited about being a prepper, you can easily get others excited too. We don't have to be thought of as the “doom and gloom” people. Rain falls into every life, but when you have a rain coat, umbrella, slickers and a shelter in which to weather the storm, you have something to be grateful for.
Smile at people today, even if they look grumpy; if nothing else they will wonder what you've been up to!

Attitudes can be contagious; here's hoping we all start some cheerfulness today.
HUP

Second hand shops, Goodwill, Pawn shops and the big BUTs

2010-01-02T04:59:00.000-08:00

With the new year and all the good intentions and resolutions floating about I thought I would try and be more consistent with posting. I know there are those who would like to be able to come here for a good word on a daily basis, so I am going to attempt to post every day...or most every day~

So, if you have not availed yourself to find all the second hand shops and Goodwills in your area, let me encourage you to do so. Believe me, you will eventually find a steal of a deal. And they will spoil you. Some time ago I was very upset with the spouse (I won't bore you with the details about our tiff) and I determined that I was going to spend some money any way I wanted, price be damned! Ha! I could not do it, I could not shop at the mall and spend the money knowing if I waited, I could get what I needed or wanted so much cheaper at one of the “used goods” stores! I did buy a few extras things, however, and I am not sorry about it. I got good deals too and some things I had been putting off getting for being frugal. Which brings me to another point...sometimes you can be too frugal and you must be wise above all. Those items that you know will be crucial to survive teotwawki, you need to address now while trade is unimpeded and trucks and freight are running on schedule. (I am also preaching to myself here as usual.)

And if God impresses you to purchase something, do it! How do you know if it is God impressing you to buy something, you ask. Well, for me, He just keeps gently nudging me in that direction. And when I finally say, I think I am being led to purchase this or do that, the nudging stops. I got it, I heard, and now He expects me to act on it.

Which brings me to thinking about God in my life. To begin each day, I have found that I need to get up early enough to spend time in prayer and reflection and read from the Bible and a devotion book or two. I have to focus my mind on God's goodness and greatness and His love for me. I have to remind myself that I am not alone, that the Creator of the Universe is there, and He is there for me. I have found that this lays the foundation for me to navigate through the day. If I don't do this each morning, I am so prone to fall into fear, and no good comes from that type of fear. Good comes from my trusting God, from trusting that He cares and He is there and that He hears my prayers. I love the verses in the Bible that state all the problems someone or some group of God's people is going through, and then in the middle of it all comes the BUT.
BUT God. I think I have mentioned this before on the blog, but it bears repeating. It might be stated just that way, or it might be more subtle. The Israelites were caught between a rock and a hard place, BUT God opened the sea that they might walk across on dry ground. They sought Peter out to pay taxes, BUT Jesus directed him to find a coin in the mouth of a fish. The people were hungry and the disciples had not brought enough to feed the 5,000; BUT God multiplied the loaves and fishes. As you look around today, and you see our liberties being assaulted on every side, and you are tempted to think it is useless to continue on in the fight, remember that the end of the sentence has not been completed just yet and it can still say, BUT God.

Hope you find wonderful bargains and start seeing the BUT God's in your life,
HUP

Happy New Year; A time for new starts

2010-01-01T05:33:00.000-08:00

Today I awoke thinking about new beginnings. We just went from “being” in 2009 to 2010. The first double digits of the new millennium. How fast the time has gone. I remember when I was just a kid and somebody started talking about the year 2000 and it seemed so far away and I wondered if I would live to see it because I would be sooo old! I now have a such a different perspective on age...I wasn't very old at all 10 years ago, now I must admit, I do feel my age on occasion!

But I digress...I awoke thinking about how it was God's idea, new beginnings. It was His idea to have a new day every 24 hours and a new year every 365(6) days. The new birth was His idea also. I especially love the scripture that says His mercies are new every morning; He knew we would need abundant mercies and He wanted us to know He had already known that and provided for us. How wonderful to contemplate His love for us, His mercy and grace!

I try to start everyday thanking Him for those new mercies and entrusting Him with my family, with the day that lies ahead. I ask for His protection and guidance also. You see, I come from a long line of “worriers” and believe me I know how to worry! But worrying is bound to fear and the Lord does not want His people to be bound by fear. He is the Author of Faith and over and over again tells us not to fear. He tells us to obey Him and walk in faith. To rightly divide the Word. To encourage each other as long as it is “today” and that is what I am trying to do.

Since I was a kid I have been interested in living off the land and being self-sufficient. I don't know why. I have also had visions of a day when life would be very different from the one of luxury that we have --even now with the economy heading south, we are still living in luxury with clean running water and abundant food, heat and shelter. Yes, I know there are homeless and hungry people here and it will increase, but there are also homeless shelters and soup kitchens. I see a day when there will be little resources for the downtrodden as so many will find our way of life has simply evaporated.

But God will still reign and if we can keep our hope alive, we can overcome.

It is our spiritual fervor, knowing we are in the right, and that we can petition the all-powerful God of Heaven and Earth, to assist us in our fight against tyranny that will be our rock, our firm foundation in the days ahead. I believe He will also work miracles on our behalf and in response to our faith. I expect to see them; I hope you do too.

Happy New Year; Happy New Beginnings,
HUP

Christmas Day Prayer

2009-12-25T00:28:00.000-08:00

Dear Heavenly Father,
Today is the day that we remember and celebrate the birth of Your Son, Jesus. I know many would say it is a day made up of more pagan rituals than Christian practice, and they could and do make a good argument, but I choose this day to reflect of the greatest gift ever given, the life of your Son. And we will gather and give each other gifts out of our love for each other, just as You, out of Your great love for us, gave us Your Son... and thus, Yourself, in human form.
What can we possibly say in response to this? Words are not enough. When we begin to realize the depth and magnitude of the Gift, we fall before You in worship and adoration. We give ourselves to You, out of a grateful heart, out of our response to Love Incarnate.
Father, here in this land, the ole us of a, life is changing. Hard times are upon us and our very way of viewing the world is changing as many of us are finding the economy collapsing about us. We have not remembered to put Your kingdom first and to love others as ourselves. We have not stood and fought to retain the freedoms won for us by our forefathers, nor have we taught our children diligently of meaning and cost of Liberty. And now we are beginning to reap what we, our parents, and the generations before have sowed. So I ask that You would have mercy on us. That you would continue to raise up strong men, men who know history and the true meaning of Liberty, to lead the way back to our county's foundation.
May we not forget that this nation was founded on the principles found in your Word. May we again seek Your principles out, study them, learn to apply them, and teach them to our children with great care and diligence. May we humbly come before You in prayer, with faith, recognizing that there is life beyond this one, and that we have hope for true Liberty in Christ, even if we cannot experience Liberty here in this country any longer. May we realize that there are fates worse than death. May we find the strength we will need to face the future and remain true to our mission. May we be prepared to endure what lies ahead.
I also pray for those who will be on Liberty's front line. It will not be a fun place to be and I know there are tears and grief ahead. Help them, Father, to continue on, fighting and demanding and standing for Truth and Justice and to re-establish a country where we can be free once more. Protect them. Let them know there are many of us here, like me, who are too old or too infirm, or too physically limited, to fight on the same plane as they do; but who will pray for them, work behind the scenes, and thank them for their efforts and for their sacrifice.
Grant us all the stubborn will to continue in the face of persecution and threats from the ptb. Let our voices still be heard, let the sheeple continue to awake and become aware of the true battle raging in this world and join us.
Surround us with Your favor and uphold by your Grace,
HUP

Heading for the second american civil war

2009-12-21T18:53:00.000-08:00

I have my favorite blogs as most of us do. Purusing them today has not been fun, or should I say more upsetting than usual. I don't think it will be long before we will be at war, and it will be on our soil, and brother against brother again, "get its" agaisnt "don't get its" and there won't be a place to hide. The people with their head in the sand will be forced to pull it out and look about. The question will be wheter they will believe the well-oiled media machine or the common sense of the prepper and the constitutionalist.
I am just wondering how long before our elected leaders will all have body gaurds and bullet proof vests because it will not be safe for them to go about in public, ditto the supremes.
I don't like violence, but I can put 2 and 2 together and too many people are getting pushed into a wall with no where else to go. I know if I was falsely accused and arrested and deemed an enemy combantant, I would hope someone would come to my defense. I fear this is what we will begin seeing all too soon. I hope and pray that many of our leo's and military peeps are aware and a huge amount are on board with "orders we will not obey' so the goons can't use our own troops against us.
And something else that bothers the you know what out of me is how everyone is so "patriotic" and so many "support the troops" and do not even begin to see that we should not be using our troops as a u.n. police force. Dear Lord in Heaven why can't the sheeple see the injustice of this?
We are so going the way of Germany via WWII. We have the example of what happened to them; but I fear the majority will not wake up, will refuse to demand a stop to the loss of our human rights.
Many are trying to pull out of the beast and not support it, but it is not easy task. Yes, some of us can work and get paid under the table, but most can't. If we were just allowed to really own our land instead of having to rent it from the government, pulling out would actually be doable, but then we would border on being free and not be their little worker bees.
Well, I guess the more that pull out, the better. Just wish we had a Gulch to dissappear to. If we did, I would be there in a heartbeat. Less than a heartbeat.

Random Thoughts

2009-12-12T06:24:00.000-08:00

Have ya ever noticed how and when language changes? May I point out the changes over the years in the words we use? Thirty years ago who would have thought that we would all know that a mouse is a necessary work tool in the “information age” and everyone would begin to call mail, snail mail to differentiate the difference between it and email? So as times change the language can reflect that, but also as change is forced onto a people, or manipulated into a people, language is used as a tool. I remind you, dear reader, of the novel 1984 and how language was approached and controlled in order to control the populace.

In fact just thinking about 1984, I am feeling a need to go back and reread it, as I sometimes feel I am living it. The best example as of late is the President's push for “mandatory volunteerism.” How can volunteering be mandatory and still be something you do voluntarily? And yet have you heard even one reporter challenge the concept or point out this oxymoron? I have not, but I cannot be everywhere all the time. (Smile.)

Mandatory volunteerism. Could slavery be made to sound any better than this? I think not. George Orwell would have been proud.

Anyway, the point is we are being duped on every side and it is very hard to get at the truth, for in my view there is no more “truth in reporting.” I don't think they even try to report the truth or be objective any more. Which reminds me of how every single time I have had the newspaper report on a function I have attended or quoted me in their publication, they have been wrong. ARG. How can they take such, how shall I say it....liberties? But take them they do...literally. (Can't words me fun!) But I challenge you to begin to pick up on how we are being manipulated with words and how we are being out-right lied to.

I was going to post about the word and concept of patriotism, but perhaps another day...

Most of my readers know that I want my God-given liberties back and someday, by His grace, I will have them. I have taken to saying I was born into slavery, but hope to die a free man.
Which leads me to my main point today. I just got my new copy of Backwoods Home mag and again it has an excellent article addressing our liberties lost, titled “Abandoning the Constitution! (Who's to blame for the loss of rights?)” Written simply, without malice or a preachy-type feeling, it approaches the subject of our Constitution and what it stands for in a very low key, yet informative manner.

Good publication, Backwoods Home. I highly recommend it. But the current article should be spread far and wide to help open the eyes of the sheeple. I do not know if it will be one that they post on their website or not. But I encourage you to go out and find the Jan/Feb 2010 issue in order to have this most excellent article and let it start you on a journey of research to see whether the things that are stated are so...they are, but some of you need to gather your own proof. And some of you just need something to hand to a loved one and say, “I just read this and it really got me to thinking...and I was wondering if you would read it and tell me what you think about it?”

Hope you are having a great day...I am, the Sun is shining and it is not snowing!
HUP

Solutions

2009-11-28T05:24:00.000-08:00

I have given much thought to ways we can stem the tide of what I see coming upon this nation. Some of the most important are: encouraging the use of alternative currencies, ie real money, educating as many people as we possibly can, (especially concerning natural rights verses .gov granted rights), becomig self-sufficient, and the last I will mention today is to promote Oathkeepers. Please visit their site: http://oathkeepers.org/oath/2009/03/03/declaration-of-orders-we-will-not-obey/ and then pass the info along as you can.
When you come down to it, the goons cannot do too much unless they have the cooperation from enough of the sheeple to do their bidding. The way they get that cooperation is to deceive us, to get us to believe the outright lies they tell us. They rewrite history and present it as truth. They infiltrate our groups and cause infighting. They use good moral and even Godly people for their ungodly purposes. May God have mercy on us and grant us to see true truth.
If the ptb do not have “boots on the ground” they will be severely limited. So much of what we need to know is common sense, but common sense is now uncommon! Oathkeepers lays it out so well. And if you think that the things oathkeepers lays out could not possible happen, I beg you to think again. It has happened in the past, and history is often repeated, so we do face these issues that oathkeepers raises.
We think that we are so advanced due to the technological wonders of our day, we think we are all that and a bag of chips, but human nature has been and will be unchanged. We were born into sin and only through the grace of God can we free ourselves of the bonds we were born into. The founders, knowing this, puts checks and balances into the government so as to keep human nature from taking over. Well, it took some time, but we are no longer the land of the free. But most of us still think of ourselves as free...we don't even know just how enslaved we are! Now how's that for the perfect strategy? Get a people to cooperate and do your bidding all the while thinking they are free and working for themselves!
Ayn Rand had some things right when she wrote Atlas Shrugged. I do not care for her morals; she was an atheist and it shows, but the conclusions she draws as to the course we are on were correct. She saw what was coming concerning collectivism and how the ptb would make us into a socialistic society. She understood that capitalism works. I differ from her in that I feel it works based on the principle of “you shall reap what you sow,” and I do not agree with her when she views altruism as a very evil thing. But we do agree about the individual's right to self determination. The difference between us is that I view self determination as granted by God, and individual rights as granted by God. I also feel it is not immoral to lend a helping hand to those in need, but it must be an individual's choice to help, and not forced, either by the threat of violence or through manipulation; the right to own property is the foundation of capitalism. And foundational to all biblical law is the right to own property and self determination. The government the founders wanted was created to secure these individual rights. And that is the limited government to which I would like to return.

I encourage you to fight on every front, to use every platform you are granted and to pray to God for mercy,
HUP

simple pleasures

2009-11-24T21:36:00.000-08:00

A friend at work recently told me she didn't care how hard times got, she wasn't going to give up her hobbies. “What is the use of working if I never enjoy myself?” she said. I was a little taken aback, seeing as times are hard and so many are out of work and some are beginning to get desperate. But on inquiring what her hobbies were I found they were fishing, and camping etc. and I thought she had chosen some good “hobbies.” But it got me to thinking...what do I really look forward to? What do I really enjoy? Am I so busy prepping that I am losing out on the joys that I could be experiencing today?
The older I get the more I recognize that it isn't the “fancy stuff” that really means something, it isn't that big house, or the new car, or the expensive night out on the town. It is found in the jars of home dried and canned foods lining the pantry, the smell of fresh air as I walk around the country side, the phone call to a best friend back home, and the pride that swells up in my heart when I see one of my kids reach out a helping hand to someone in need.
Simple pleasures. Not contrived by some media hype, some “you need to keep up with the times, so buy this, it's the newest thing” baloney.
There is a timeless, priceless treasure in seeing your baby smile for the first time, or having your grown son search high and low for the perfect song for your mother-son dance at his wedding. I have been so blessed. Not that I haven't had to live through hard times, times when I wish I could just stop the world and get off, times of unbelievable physical pain and gut-wrenching emotional suffering. But by the grace of God, I made it through those times to once again enjoy life's blessings.
Sometimes, I just have to stop and breathe and say for right now, today, I have a warm home to live in, plenty of food to eat, clean water to drink and bathe in, and my family is healthy. I have people who love me, people that I love and that is so very much more than many, many people have. And I have to take a break from prepping, and trying to figure out which scenario could be the one we will need to be ready for and worrying about being ready for every possible contingency. Sometimes I have to choose to be in the present moment, this moment, one where plenty still reigns for most of us and there is peaceable travel and order in society.
I know it won't last long, because on every side I feel the oppression closing in. I know we are not far from the tipping point, a time of upheaval the likes of which few of us have ever seen or can image.
But for today, right now, I will choose to be grateful for simple pleasures. I will seek the face of God and enjoy my family. I will make some beautiful memories. I will count my blessings and I will rest.
May God grant you a grateful heart and a peaceful spirit today,
HUP

Lost liberty and ungratefulness

2009-11-21T05:38:00.000-08:00

Warning: Post related to writer's spiritual interpretation based on Christianity. If you are adverse to Christianity, you may want to skip the read today, thanks.

Have you ever wondered why we lost our freedoms? Where this great experiment called America went wrong? It is not surprising that we are no longer a free and sovereign people, you know. There are two ways of looking at the issue, and today I want to explore the spiritual one.

“The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.”

When a group of people get blessed, they tend to become lazy and selfish. It goes back 1000's of years. It was even predicted by God Himself when He warned His people of the danger of becoming ungrateful. Being ungrateful leads to prideful thoughts and prideful thoughts lead to thinking you are self-made and the blessings you have are directly related to your own doing. Your own strength, your own mental acuity, and/or your own talent was what got you blessed and if your think this way, it follows that your blessing(s) is not linked to the Almighty, your relationship to Him and His mercy.

Deuteronomy 8:13,14,17,19 And when thy herds and thy flocks multiply, and thy silver and thy gold is multiplied, and all that thou hast is multiplied.. Then thine heart be lifted up and thou forget the Lord thy God which brought three forth out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage;...And thou say in thine heart, My power and the might of mine hand hath gotten me this wealth....and it shall be, if thou do at all forget the Lord thy God, and walk after other gods, and serve them, and worship them, I testify against you this day that ye shall surely perish.

On the one hand, we can see many areas that we lost our way in, such as allowing certain amendments to the Constitution. But on the other hand, we also lost our way on our spiritual path. Of the first people to sail across the ocean seeking freedom, many had come out of spiritual bondage, being told how they must worship. (Yes, I know the arguments concerning the native Americans and such, but this post does not deal with the injustice they had to bear.) Here in the New World, they were able to pursue God as they saw fit in their our conscience and not as one church or the “State” dictated. Do you think they were grateful?

As the new states were formed, you can see our heritage of honoring God in each state's constitution. Even our federal Constitution relies on the Jewish and Christian traditions of truth and morality and gave honor to God. Prayer was common and still to this day, many governing bodies open with it, albeit to the chagrin on the atheists.

Those that fought the battle for freedom from England called upon God to help them. It took great courage and a granite resolve that they were doing the moral and right thing before God and all of mankind to rebel, and to give their lives in the fight against the tyranny that held them in bondage. And they made certain that they addressed the issues according to the moral and proper procedure, thus keeping a clear conscience before God and man. It was only when King George would not acknowledge their petitions, and the injustice they suffered became intolerable that they understood there was no peaceful options left and began the rebellion. (And in order to again fight this battle today, we will need to understand that we are morally called upon to fight tyranny; that it is our duty before God. But will we come to understand this when most preachers have been indoctrinated into believing that rebellion against the state is rebellion against God? When so many scholars of the Word of God cannot rightly divide it?

Over the years, we as a people were blessed and we grew fat and selfish, not to be confused with self-sufficient, but full of ourselves and we were not vigilant to give thanks to God and diligent to teach our children about Him and the true reasons this nation came to be. We grew lazy and forgot that we needed the Lord and His blessing upon our work, upon our sovereign states. We lost our grateful attitudes and our diligence. We stopped seeking Him and stopped trying to please Him in all our ways.

We, the common people, allowed ourselves to be brainwashed into thinking the “experts” had the answers and we did not have the capacity to understand the way of the world, to teach our own children, to run for office, or even to understand the issues we face. We allowed our history to be re-written and we allowed our children to be taught by others, by those with an agenda. We allowed our children to be indoctrinated into this mentality of thinking that only a few gifted people are capable of understanding the Constitution and the way the world works. Even Naomi Wolf, who is well-educated and now is the author of The End of America: Letter of Warning to a Young Patriot, says she felt separated from the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. To her credit she acknowledges that she had to ask a lawyer friend to explain due process to her. She relates that we are told not to worry about liberty, that we have a special class of people who will take care of that for us. (Please view Naomi relate this and other things you may need to hear at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjALf12PAWc) And so in our ungrateful, selfish and lazy state, we have let them – the self-proclaimed experts, take care of our liberties. And we are now enslaved.

Those who were power hungry devised ways to get more power for themselves and they were diligent and they were successful. Our representative republic was slowly dissolved before our very eyes without our notice, for we did not understand what we were losing. It took time, many years in fact, but now we are very close to the end of even the illusion that we are free as the ptb are running faster than ever before to ensure their absolute control over we the people. How long will it be before we are not able to post thoughts such as these? How long will it be before you will not have the right to choose what you put into your body? (Even now there are mandates being debated to force you to take the H1N1 vaccination.)

I propose the first step into the slow slide of liberty lost began with our becoming lax in our giving of thanks to the Lord, of not being diligent to remember His ways, His works, and His word, to hide them first in our own hearts and then to be diligent to speak of them to our children “when thou sittest in thine house, and when thou walkest by the way, and when thou liest down and when thou risest up. And thou shalt bind them for a sign upon thine hand, and they shall be as frontlets between thine eyes. And thou shalt write them upon the posts of they house and on thy gates. (Deuteronomy 6:6-9) That scripture gives us the clear picture that we must be constantly reminded of God, His blessings and His ways, that we must be determined to walk in them, and not be slack at any point in our day.

The second step was forgetting the price that was paid for our freedoms and being thankful for the men and women who sacrificed their lives and fortunes, who pledged their sacred honor to the cause of liberty. As it is often said, if we do not learn from history we are bound to repeat it. We have a great need to learn from our own history, and we cannot depend on others to teach it to our children when we are not aware of exactly what is taught when we are not present. It is a short list of who God looks to where children are concerned and it is not a village! Parents are the ones who answer to God for their children.

So where do we start today? We start by being grateful for the few liberties we we still have available to us and if we are truly grateful, we will use these liberties to the fullest. We will use the free press - the internet, and our right to freely assemble. We will use any platform God gives us. We will use everything we have to our advantage to restore our liberties and when we have exhausted those, men and women of honor will again rise up and will do what must be done.

May God have mercy on us,
HUP

How dare you!

2009-11-17T21:37:00.000-08:00

How dare you? How dare you act as self-appointed slave masters over me...over my children! How dare you steal from me, the little that I have, and all the while go on your way, nodding and smiling, while you vote yourself special privileges. You say men of integrity, true men, men who say what they mean and mean what they say, are a threat to our “way of life.” No, they are not a threat to “our way of life,” they are a threat to you and the power you have found yourself to possess. So you take good men's words and twist them, or more effective yet, you totally ignore them and pretend they and their high moral standards and ideals of liberty are not plausible or are simply, “non-issues.”
So here you are, living the high life, ignorant of, or opposed to, the God-given rights secured to us..WE THE PEOPLE.
You take every precaution to keep your position and power. You carefully choose your words at all times, crafting what you say and how you will say it, always seeking to appease the sheeple. You purposely veil your real agenda, and walk in deceit without repercussion. If forced, you blantenly lie; this has also been without consequence.
Furthermore, you have allowed unconscionable laws to be enacted out of loyalty to special interests groups or your hidden agenda, laws that are used to incarcerate honest, well-intentioned people, people who exercise common sense and good judgment. And you do not have an ounce of conscience left to care.
You sanction laws that teach the young of our society by example and by experience that enslavement is the natural way of life by compelling them to attend the ungodly public institutions of indoctrination called the public schools; and all the while you give your nod of approval as you join in the mantra of “It's all for their good.” Socialism is presented as the answer to all our problem in these institutions, and no one is the wiser because we have been deliberately dumbed down over decades.
You seek to regulate and control everyone you possibly can, ensuring no one can craft a career without paying ridiculous fees for attaining the required “higher education” and then following the “rules” as dictated by you and the State, i.e. requiring people to pass tests and to apply for the privileges of licensure in order to “practice.” And of course the State also reaps fees intermittently for these licenses, thus padding the coffers.
You seek to eliminate my right to defend myself, my family and my property by passing unconstitutional laws that restrict my right to bear arms, thus putting my life and the lives of my loved ones in jeopardy. How dare you!
I have given a portion of my life, of my numbered days, in exchange for a fiat dollar that you allow to be devalued at the whim of few elite bankers so that you have the funds to fight wars and the funds to distribute as you see fit, so that you can keep your position and power.
I am tired of being your slave, and I am not alone. I want you out of my life! I do not need your help or protection and I do not want it. I want LIBERTY.
You have sold your soul and you are about to reap the consequences. WE THE PEOPLE are no longer being deceived by your tactics and we are moving to end your reign of tyranny.
Continental Congress is in session.
Go to www.cc2009.us

HUP

Healthcare bill

2009-11-12T18:49:00.000-08:00

Now this guy tells it like it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=G44NCvNDLfc

HUP

Must view youtube

2009-11-10T20:44:00.000-08:00

Well I've said it for a while now, they can't go to a one-world gov unless they get rid of the good ole us of a. How to do that? Destroy our dollar. If there are things you need to buy, buy now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpgZx-9FLbE

HUP

A Small Victory

2009-11-07T16:19:00.000-08:00

My last post expressed my concern for the fed gov. pushing the "Hyped Up" Swine Flu vaccine on our children and administering it in our Schools.
I for one, raised local Holy Hell over this and convinced others to do the same!
I spoke with the school administrator and school board chairman as well as many parents in our area.
Without my previous knowledge my 12th grade daughter asked for a private meeting with her principal and with tears in her eye's said to him, "You are responsible for the students in this school....That's your job....Please don't let my friends be hurt...don't allow this vaccine in our school"!
She told me he turned his chair to face away from her and said "You are a very brave young lady and I'll express what you've said to the school board"....
It was announced Friday that our local school district has told the County Heath Dept. they will not allow them to use the school building to vaccinate anyone.
They have since made arrangements to use the Town Hall (for the uninformed/clueless).
I can't say for sure if either I or my daughter made the major difference in that decision but I will say this, "Don't ever think your voice doesn't matter...it does"!
One thing I can say for sure is " I'm one proud Dad "!
Northwoods

Good to see

2009-11-06T14:45:00.000-08:00

I went to a political forum the other night and I was so encouraged to see about 150 people show up to hear and ask questions of the candidates for a vote one year away.
The questions were good, and some answers were excellent.

"Dear Candidate, when is it morally acceptable to take my money, my tax dollar, and give it to someone else?" "That's easy, never!" DING DING DING - RIGHT ANSWER!!!!!

One candidate said he would end the fed, one said he would say no even to his own party on principle and one was blah blah blah. Hey, two possible "get-its" out of three made my day!

Of course, I was disappointed that none felt we should be bringing our troops home and get out of other nations' affairs, but I think they will listen and I did have conversation with the two potential liberty lovers after the event.

Time will tell, but I am thinking with the numbers of the Repugnant Party down, it could prove to our advantage to get involved on a state level.. and shouldn't that be where the power rests really?

It was awesome to see and hear people come out and basically say, "We want our freedoms back!" Yuppers, look out you power hungry goons, the natives are definitely restless...

HUP

A way to kill your kid for free?

2009-10-26T07:40:00.000-07:00

Yes Citizens...you heard me right!
The federal government will now "Free of charge" stick a lethal needle into your child's arm and thus save you the expense of any further nurturing of any kind! (They call it a vaccination against the flu.)
Just imagine the money you'll save on stuff like food and clothes. Not to mention collage tuition and car insurance!
Just think of the countless hours you'll save not having to hug them and say "I love You"!
Yes folks the fed gov (as always) has your best interests in mind...So tell the little tot's to roll their sleevees and take their medicine!
NOW COMING TO A SCHOOL NEAR YOU!!!
Or you can do as I did when receiving a permission/ denial form from my Daughter's school.
Under "Other" in the refusal form I wrote..."Severe reaction to New World Order Genocide"!
If you truly love your children you will research the unneeded crap they have in this poison.
Do the research and you wont just say "No" you'll say "HELL NO"!!!
Northwoods

Socialist agenda 101

2009-10-25T15:55:00.000-07:00

I have a couple kids in college and it is interesting to pick up their text and peruse it. They say they present both side of the story, but they really are biased. They present as truth their very leftist view point. In my kid's sociology class the text says that the goal of the text book is to connect the kids with the political issues in the world and to explain what politics are about. I thought a sociology class was to teach the kids about how to study society. Silly me.

It starts with laying the ground work by stressing the fact that personal troubles as really "social issues" that effect other people also. Basically implying that you are not responsible for yourself, you can blame society for your troubles, especially because many people have trouble through no fault of their own. It goes on to say that politics is the process a society uses to define social problems and politics is also the process that enacts specific policies as solutions. By stating these things it assumes that the Nanny state is good and everyone acknowledges that, and that is just the way it is, and that it has always been that way. NOT!

I wish I was taking this class. I would give this prof a run for his money on these assumptions. First by confronting the fact that they manipulating people by not even acknowledging things exist that they don't want the kids to think about.

The book also defines the loss of choices as a bad thing, for you know the poor don't have the same choices as the rich...really? What about the choices I loose when the .gov steals my money through excessive taxation to give it to those I would never chose to give it to? I pay my taxes or I go to jail. Some choice! But I forget, the socialists don't recognize every one's individual rights as being a good thing, let alone the self-evident truths as outline by the Constitution. They don't even bring up the Constitution or the principles that our government was founded on. And that is so easy to do since our history teachers and texts all across the country have been successful in removing that lesson from the history books. And that is just one more reason to home school your kids.

And the book extols collectivism. If they really wanted to be fair and impartial they would discuss Ayn Rand and credit her for her insight into "collectivism" and discuss the outcome if you follow it through as she did in her book Atlas Shrugged.

I guess it has just been brought to my attention so much lately what a racket our whole education system is. You want to learn how to do something, and then go out into the world and do it. But to get that degree you also have to be indoctrinated into the socialist agenda by taking all these stupid classes that really do not have anything to do with your ability to work in your field. But seeing as many companies won't even consider you for the job if you don't have a degree, you have no choice but to take the stupid classes.

And then they kill two birds with one stone; they get you in piles of debt to get a degree, thus making sure you are a full-fledged slave to the system as soon as possible.

Well, I do definitely agree with the writer of the text about one thing. If enough of us join together, we can change our society. And politics is important, if you mean the form of government that we have. I say let's get back to basics. Let's get back to the Constitution, freedom, and a government that protects my inalienable rights, not one that has made us all into slaves.

Freedom, Frogs and Goons and I feel the preach coming on...

2009-10-23T16:18:00.000-07:00

My friend Mayberry has a good rant on his blog http://mayberry-keepitsimplestupid.blogspot.com/ It is from yesterday, titled "Equal Opportunity Offender" and a good read, altho he does like to use "colorful" language. I for one appreciate his switch to a few well placed # and * though! I can understand the sentiment behind the word choices...pure frustration and burning anger. Many of us are there also.

I think it would be a good thing for many of our troops and law enforcement officers to be introduced to Oathkeepers as well. See http://oathkeepers.org/oath/ and check out the 10 orders they will not obey. Then maybe you could print some out and hand out to those you know in those occupations. You might get some good, stimulating conversations going.

We must get this through our heads: there are more of us than there are of them. We have just needed to have the sheeple wake up ... and now they are. Our numbers are increasing every day as more sheeple wake up. And I think the NWOgoons are scared because they are waking up and the goons know that is not good for them. I say PRAISE GOD!

So as I see it, we are in a precarius state. The plan to disarm us, to bring down the US of A, to implement a new currency, i.e. Euro like, has had to be changed. They don't dare waste any precious time. They have had to move up their timeline so that they can still accomplish their goal of total dominance. Because with every day that passes, more people are standing up and looking around and asking where their freedoms went. More people are buying guns and ammo. More people are stock piling food. More people are forming supportive groups. More people are realizing that they were duped by obamanation.

But with their speeding up of the timeline, it becomes even more apparent what they are doing. The water is heating up a little too fast and even more frogs are jumping out of the water. So the race is on. Who will win, the goons or us?

I know that I don't have much personally in common with some who seek freedom, but if you aint a goon, and you are against the goons, then you are on my side and I am on yours.

We have some good discussions going on here in our old Ron Paul group about whether we should all join the GOP as their numbers are down significantly and we could really make some changes. Sounds good to me; I say fight on every front. There are others who say it won't matter if the goons are controlling the voting machines; that surely makes sense. So if that seems the top priority to you, fight on that front. Meself thinks one of the most important fights is for real money, hard silver and gold that don't loose value so you are rewarded for being frugal and saving. Real property exchanges that can't be taxed into oblivion. And my other beef is the property tax. If you can't own property free and clear, you are not free, period, end of story.

There are other ways to fight and some are not pretty, fight still. Some ways to fight use deception, fight on. Some who fight are in the front lines and everyone knows their name, others are hidden behind enemy lines causing the enemies' plans to go haywire. But all are fighting.

Just know what it is you are fighting for...freedom. Freedom is self evident. It is your God-given right, not the .gov's proclamation.

This present government does not have my consent any longer.

ie our Constitution states: governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed and it states: whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their safety and happiness.

Well I aint happy, are you?

I don't feel too safe either, do you?

Guess it's time for a new government.

So what front are you going to fight on? There are many to choose from, but the important thing is that you know who is with you and that you fight.

And that is what the goons are most afraid of ~ that we realize this is war, and we fight.

HUP

H1N1oink oink

2009-10-17T05:35:00.000-07:00

So dd was told their her malady was the swine flu because she tested positive for type A flu and so can assume it is the H1N1 virus because the regular flu has not hit yet. Same thing I was told when I had my son (and me too) in to the doc this summer. "Any flu this time of year is the swine flu." It costs well over $200 to test for the swine flu and most doctor's offices are not sending the tests in. So you don't have specific proof you had it, so I am sure the PTB will still push for you to take the vaccine. How convenient. Also, the numbers can be manipulated as seen fit. Are they using all Type A positives to add to the swine numbers, or are they keeping them out? Also, there was not a fever a the beginning with this bout of flu, which is uncommon. And when a fever did show up, it was low. My dh had been sick with the same crap not too long before dd. He kept working etc. as he always does when sick, and I am sure this is also what is going through the staff of my local hospital. If you have the flu or flu like symptoms, you must be off for at least 7 days, more if symptoms have not subsided. Many people are not going to set themselves up to be off work for that long as they cannot afford it, so they don't report symptoms or go to doc. Most people are not going to their doctor's offices to get swabbed and most are not being conscientious about their spewing germs about. So this stuff is really going around right now here in our state. Side note: got an email saying someone in my area had been confimed as having swine, so we should clean our keyboards and phones each day with alchohol. --- That is not going to stop a air-born infection.
Dear daughter also did not get that bad of a cough, but she was taking a homeopathic remedy and vit D3. She is also doing some other health promoting things. Still she felt like she had been hit by a truck for a couple days and just yucky sick with sore throat, runny then stuffy nose etc.
We will see what happens when they offer her the shot or should I say "snort" at work. Yup, the first batches of flu poisen comes in the form of an inhalant. If you are young and relatively healthy, you must take the snort, not the shot. I wonder what data they are gathering there?
So now I figure that most of my immediate family have had the dreaded flu and have some immunity to it for which I am grateful.
If you don't have any vit D3 on hand, reaserch its effects on the influenza virus and then go stock up so you have it if needed.
Here to your health,
HUP

Ramblings from Northwoods

2009-10-10T18:41:00.000-07:00

I'll start this post all "warm and fuzzy" and then get down to cold cruel reality.

It's been a busy last few months with tending the garden then harvesting and canning.

Last night as I sat in my recliner feeling the warmth of the soapstone stove and watching the flames dance through the glass door (knowing we have plenty of wood for the winter) I felt I and my family had it pretty darn good.

The cupboards are full of produce grown from our own garden by our own labors. There is a full years worth of long term storage rice and beans secured. There is venison both canned and in the freezer with hopefully more to come. I mentally inventoried our backups to our backups to draw water from our well. Via our solar electric system, the lights are on and the wife sits happily feeding her addiction to the damn television.

All would seem well. We are as independent as we can possibly be.... So why then do I not feel content... and in fact, have a feeling of vulnerability?

It is because all that I have done in my 55 years toward Independence is being trashed along with the US Constitution and our Bill of Rights! Sheeple and Ostriches with there head's in the sand have allowed this to happen! You mention to them the laws that have either already been passed or are in legislation that take away their right's to have a garden, to have a garage sale, to baby sit a neighbor's child, to have federal inspectors enter your property without warrant to assess the mud puddles in your back yard......the list goes on and on. They stand there fat, dumb and happy like a deer in the headlights and say "Nah...that couldn't (didn't) happen in the USA"!.... No?... Well guess what happened while you were sleeping dumb ass!

For those who still think a "New world order" agenda is just some conspiracy theory I suggest you goggle the term and spend a few days reading. Don't let reality sink in as you and your family are being hauled off to a FEMA camp then separated by color code and life worthiness.

Once you accept the truth then connecting the dots becomes real easy!

Now I've got a deer stand to get to.

May God bless us all!

Northwoods

Water usage

2009-10-03T21:16:00.000-07:00

So lately we have been very cognisant of the amount of water we use every day. We are renting a house that has a 2000 gal tank for all, and I mean all, our waste water etc. When it's full, it cost $70 to have it pumped out. When the house was built the owner had the grey water pumped out to the ditch, but when the inspector came the dear old lady who lived here tipped them off and it was all redone and checked to make sure allllll the water goes to the tank. So while I was looking forward to having a well and septic to where I did not have to think about paying that water and sewer bill, I am now feeling the pinch. Ouch!
We are taking very fast showers. And turning off the water while brushing teeth. I am glad the washer has a water saver feature...now if we can only get it to work! The water we collect in the dehumidifier is going to water the plants. I always did wait until the dishwasher was full to run it, so not much change there.
I am glad we found out that these things exist. I had never heard of such a thing before. I only knew of city water and sewer or septic tanks etc. These holding tanks are not cool. What if they can't get to you to empty? Then what.... not a pretty thought.
I sure hope we find our new place soon and don't have to have this thing pumped out too many times...Did I mention we were only here about 10 days before the alarm went off and we had to have it pumped?
Not taking water and sanitation for granted any longer,
HUP