tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post5587868363927440686..comments2023-05-20T04:27:43.174-05:00Comments on A Bumpy Path: What if There is No Recovery?Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-1292298025109277892009-06-06T00:03:20.482-05:002009-06-06T00:03:20.482-05:00I hear that!I hear that!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-89143804485817223212009-06-05T11:06:42.665-05:002009-06-05T11:06:42.665-05:00Want Change? We can have it with two words put in ...Want Change? We can have it with two words put in action <b>"Term Limits"</b>. It is as needed for congress as it is for a president.<br /><br /><b><i>"We need to take back control of our lives and remove it from the greedy, inhumane conglomeration of Big Business and government."</i></b><br /><br />Couldn't agree more! :-)Rebeccahttp://www.bkroads.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-1009713219485328182009-06-03T17:04:47.895-05:002009-06-03T17:04:47.895-05:00I don't remember exactly when it was, but 30 o...I don't remember exactly when it was, but 30 odd years ago, there was a big push to pay small farmers not to produce. In rural, upstate NY, it wiped out all the farming. Even today, if you buy a small farm through some federal program (all I can think of is HUD), you have to sign an agreement not to sell anything raised on that farm. With all of our food "manufactured" now, and the local farmers gone, it will be a very tough transition to bring back. But, I agree. That's exactly what needs to happen! Even without the collapsing economy that's what needs to happen. We need to take back control of our lives and remove it from the greedy, inhumane conglomeration of Big Business and government.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-12761404377895015292009-06-03T14:49:57.567-05:002009-06-03T14:49:57.567-05:00Very thought provoking post. I tend to think that ...Very thought provoking post. I tend to think that what we call 'capitalism' is completely unsustainable. Like our food, we need to take our money back down to a local level, invest in our communities, local businesses, local farms. Bring it back to those close to us. That is what sustainability is all about.<br /><br />jen<br />http://www.bodaweightloss.com/blogjhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01209160489199524918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-50794324792089663832009-06-01T21:21:48.982-05:002009-06-01T21:21:48.982-05:00Very few people have the skills needed to survive ...Very few people have the skills needed to survive on their own. But, that doesn't mean that they wouldn't be able to learn! Starvation, survival can be a pretty strong motivator.<br /><br />And that's why it will be important that groups form. Call it tribes if you want. <br /><br />I would much rather stick to holding life as something to cherish and revere. If you were Buddhist, you'd know that if you checked out as the easy way out this time, you'd just have to come back over and over until you got it right. That should be a good incentive to get it right the first time!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-42240765781657179352009-06-01T08:30:12.017-05:002009-06-01T08:30:12.017-05:00Theresa, my thoughts are you had better have the s...Theresa, my thoughts are you had better have the skills to hunt, farm, and shoot your fellow man with a well placed bullet if needed. Anyone not physically fit to do so would be a burden under those circumstances.<br /><br /> We know a farmer that raises his own everything. Has a huge garden, cows, pigs, chickens, turkeys, and even a catfish farm that he fishes from. He makes jerky out of every kind of meat you can imagine. He asked me once If I wanted a piece of catfish jerky he had just made. NO THANKS! lol!<br /><br /> Benny Hicks is the only person I know that if it all came crashing down tomorrow and even if there was no electricity would not only survive, probably wouldnt miss a meal. Ron and I mentioned this to him once and he said...."yeah right, Id survive until someone came along with more, or bigger guns and took it all away from me." Hes right you know.<br /><br /> So unless you are so much the survivalist you could put a bullet in Bennys head to take away all that was his for your own benifit Id say the more noble solution is to leave him alone and "run for ground zero".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-69331313899358305622009-06-01T06:04:35.771-05:002009-06-01T06:04:35.771-05:00K, expand your thinking on this. Not everyone will...K, expand your thinking on this. Not everyone will have the skills and strength to farm, so to speak, but that does not mean that they are without value. If you don't think beyond the transition stage, you won't be working toward anything and that in itself is worthless.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04897998579496410028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7489980026578008309.post-52870874653399120272009-05-31T23:26:48.025-05:002009-05-31T23:26:48.025-05:00Well...T, as my son Shawn said when I asked him wh...Well...T, as my son Shawn said when I asked him what would he do in the face of nuclear war, and he responded "run as fast as I can towards ground zero" In other words, check out, as fast as you can and thereby say goodbye to the too ugly to imagine aftermath.<br /><br /> At first I was shocked that he said that, but after thinking it through some more I think hes probably right.<br /><br /> I honestly dont know enough people I like enough to want to be in a "tribe" with, and some of the ones I wouldnt mind would be for all practical purposes a liability in such a scenario.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com