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[WiseOwl]

Whats funny about this is we all saw it coming years ago. I know I am young but I am not a dummy. I have been telling my friends and family for 3 years to quit buying new cars, going on lavish vacations, buying expensive new furniture and home appliances, clothes shopping sprees, and food for just the week. Its sad for so many people to be so blind to whats going on. One of my friends has been on the "wagon" now for a few months, the dude has 3 months of food, a crap load of silver and a few guns with lots of ammo. He is starting to understand. And then I have another buddy that the other day argued with me about my garden and my preps. He said "just go to the farmers market and save yourself from this heat. You have all of this food and gear but yet if someone wanted to, they could group up and come take it" I replied, "True, but you have never worked a hard day in your life and everything has been given to you. Unless its an army of 20+ people with bazookas, no one is raiding my house, and I know how to make things that go pop when I throw em so they aren't getting past the mailbox". He said, "quit watching Red Dawn." I told him that you cant just go through life with the blinders on, you gotta wake up. He replies " well looks like I will just come to your house......." my reply " you wont make it past the mailbox."

[crossbow]

Just to see this on a major MSM network (CNBC) should wake up many people but it won't, maybe if Justin Bieber, Donald Trump or the women on the view said it on their dopey shows, more people would get the message.

[monkeybird]

Younger people don't want to hear the message. I have a wonderful nephew who is engaged to be married. Despite what me or my sister tell him about the coming economy, he just smiles and goes his merry way. Why - he just can't bring himself to believe that for the first time in several generations, he will be worse off than his parents. It's a hard pill to swallow for young people. I remember when I was 23, the world was my oyster. All things good await for me to just reach out and grab them. I would have fought reality too.

Reality isn't real for a lot of people. Even for me sometimes.

[Irish-Tech]

It is sad that people allow themselves to be distracted by toys (ipads, big screens...). Those that don't are the ones that see the writing on the wall and want to get ready. I prep because even if the countries economy gets bad my son will still have food. You certainly can't feed a hungry child an ipod, but those bullets might help you kill some animal that you can feed him.

[qrprat77]

Have you localised your economy yet?
We're working on it!

[Rmplstlskn]

It's coming, to be sure... No way to stop it at this point... But it won't be PRETTY like the first depression (as if it wasn't bad), where people still believed in "the system." No, it will be UGLY and DANGEROUS. A global RESET... But the ones that rise out of it will be the Satori and their Mandarins, not the "people." And a global monetary system will come into being... Economic slavery for everyone else...

May we all be able to economically HIDE and ride it out without the powers that be seeing us as ones who have left the MATRIX...

Rmpl

[antishot]

I just hope that we all have aleast another year maybe two. It just seems like everyday it spins faster and faster every day out of control.

[barfife]

Most people aren't going to make it, plain and simple. Americans have gotten too soft and dependant. Voicing and expecting that somebody (the government) should "do something about things". Most of the populace have no idea if the severity of our economic condition.

Below is an excerpt of a good article written about our economic peril. Interestingly enough, this article comes from the independent press in Great Britian. The entire article can be found at: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/bu...e-2291491.html

The ailing US housing market passed a grim milestone in the first quarter of this year, posting a further deterioration that means the fall in house prices is now greater than that suffered during the Great Depression.

The brief recovery in prices in 2009, spurred by government aid to first-time buyers, has now been entirely snuffed out, and the average American home now costs 33 per cent less than it did at the peak of the housing bubble in 2007. The peak-to-trough fall in house prices in the 1930s Depression was 31 per cent – and prices took 19 years to recover after that downturn.

[californiapatriot]

The Fed knows what it is doing. This is engineered. The Government will say "Capitalism has failed" and attempt to usher in a new government, probably one without a constitution. The Fed will say "the dollar has failed" and use this to start anew with a new currency. Not before one of the greatest land grabs in history though. Ask yourself: why are all these banks sitting on these foreclosed properties? Why not modify the loan? Seems like they want to reposes the property but they aren't in a hurry to sell them. They know the dollar is being debased and why make loans on real assets when they know inflation will wipe out the debt? I think they are holding onto their assets until the dollar crashes.

BTW, hello everyone. :)

[Cimarron]

I just hope that we all have aleast another year maybe two. It just seems like everyday it spins faster and faster every day out of control.

I second that thought and hope for another couple years. Although realisticly, it is going to take me like, ten years to be where I would like to be.

[barfife]

I second that thought and hope for another couple years. Although realisticly, it is going to take me like, ten years to be where I would like to be.

Where would I like to be? A proud citizen in a financialy and militarily secure America. A country that our fore fathers dared to imagine, fought to acquire and formed and protected under the hand of God.

[Rmplstlskn]

Where would I like to be? A proud citizen in a financialy and militarily secure America. A country that our fore fathers dared to imagine, fought to acquire and formed and protected under the hand of God.

Sad to say, such a place will never exist without a second Civil War and Revolutionary War combined...

Men principled enough to lead such a cause, from my little slice of the world, could be counted on one hand...

Rmpl

[Klayton]

Sad to say, such a place will never exist without a second Civil War and Revolutionary War combined...

Men principled enough to lead such a cause, from my little slice of the world, could be counted on one hand...

Rmpl

So true words have seldom been said. I point to the Weiner scandal currently in the House of Representatives. The audacity of democrats to show little to no moral values and then not be forced (if not self excused) from office, is what America is come to. Refer to the recent Republican who sent a simple t-shirt less photo of himself (had pants and belt on-visible in photo) he excused himself that day the scandal broke. Democrats think they have the right to do whatever they want and stupid democrat voters keep re-electing these immoral people, look at Rangle convicted of tax fraud, and easily re-elected. Voting has come down to are you a democrat and willing to sell America to GIVE stuff to your constituents? Are you of the same race (Rangle/Obama) as a minority? These people get the AUTOMATIC vote from the lazy and most of the minorities in America. I know that sounds bad, but it is true. I am married to a minority (Mexican for those that are new to the forum) and she was one of the few that was FURIOUS when Senator Reed made his comment about all Mexicans vote Democrat. (we won't go into the illegitimate use of the word Mexican, as it just boils my blood)

My point? We, Americans, are doing it to ourselves. We allow the freeloaders to vote for whomever allows them to freeload. We allow people who have no dog in the fight to vote and decide the future of our country. Perhaps Benjamin Franklin was right, property owners should be the voters. Those that have no dog in the fight can enjoy America, but not guide America. If that is the case, Rmplstlskn is correct, it would take ALOT.

PLEASE DO NOT MISUNDERSTAND!! I served my country for 22 years, and would NEVER harm another American based on their political views. But I WILL defend my rights. :)

[SCinPNW]

I agree, we definitely need a reset back to what this country was founded upon. It is so frustrating to see everything spiraling out of control, and to watch how the elite career politicians are doing their best to destroy this great country.

As others have already said, we are not even close to where we would like to be preparedness wise. I very much want to be on a larger piece of land that is completely or almost completely self-sustainable, however, there is no way we can sell our house without losing our shirts. We have lots of equity in our place, however, even with that if we sold today we would not have enough left over to pay cash for the next place and paying cash is the only want I want to do it. So here we sit. Although I am not sitting here having pitty party, I am trying to make the place we have as sustainable as possible within the confines of our CCR's, etc. And I am still prepping for as long term as I possibly can for our family.

SC