Gonna throw this out there, sumpin to chew on.

This is going to be a bit long winded and I may drop bombs all along the way. Bear with me.

First and foremost, and I believe I have covered this frequently; AIN’T NONE OF THIS NEW. We see the pubescent bickering of a two party system continuously throughout the history of our country. It was designed to be that way. It’s one of the smoke and mirrors designed into the system by John Jay and Alexander Hamilton. The distraction needed to allow the growth of an infantile Banking/Government complex. It had its opponents, within the system, for many years, but those opponents have long since moved on or just disappeared. The last Great opponent was Jackson. Since then, our government has continually grown larger, and more oppressive.
I think the best term I heard about how our government works (?) was from Boston T Party.
“Having the three branches regulate each other is like having fourth graders grade each other’s tests.”
All you have to do is look at the Rangle mess and see just how effective the current ‘standards’ are. Censure. What a joke. Even into my H.S. years, we had corporal punishments.(swats) Far more effective than a ‘stern talking to’.
But all of that is coming to a very painful end. It isn’t going to be an uprising like the Sons of Liberty. It won’t be a revolution in the voting booths either. Too be quite honest, I haven’t a clue what it’s going to be, but I do know what it won’t be. It won’t be the people of this country getting up and saying ‘ENOUGH’. If the crowds of the Tea Party can be so blatantly ignored and downplayed. If an armed group within 20miles of the capitol can be blatantly ignored; I just don’t see much getting these jackknobs off the pot. (short of extreme violence and I just don’t see that happening in any effective coordinated way yet)
What I do see is ‘a fundamental change’ coming that we all wish to avoid. I see them pushing the ‘amnesty bill’, and I worry about what that means. Will it pass? Probably not in its current form, but yes, something will slip through. There is too much demand from the traitors to not have something pass. What does that mean for the country as a whole? Serious unintended consequences. Lots of them. All you have to do is look at the signs some of the Amnesty callers are carrying. Free everything? Obviously not a true American (well, not in the classic definition. Not so sure if that applies so much any longer.).
So, keep that in the back of your mind for a minute as I shift gears and launch to the other side of the planet for a second.
Egypt. Tunisia, Yeman, Iran, Iraq, Afghanistan, etc etc. I won’t bring in the Al-queda as I don’t believe that is the real problem. The Muslim Brotherhood is much more that issue. All of the support that group pours into the smaller groups should concern most of the world. I know one person that sees the imminent problem.
And this one on Tribes.
Tribes have long memories, and lots of patience. The Muslim brotherhood still remembers the crusades have never forgiven the Christians. Nor will they. Not till every 'Infidel' is rotting in a ditch.

This is a growing concern, not because of the strife they are causing directly, but because of the precarious position the world is in, in general. Food shortages, Fuel shortages, financial instability in EVERY large country. All of this is a recipe for change, violent change, on a worldwide basis. Funny how some say we never won the cold war. I say, we are still in the vestiges of the Crusades: only no one bothered to tell us.

There is still a war on, our troops are scattered to the winds, worn out from multiple back to back deployments, moral is dropping as indicated by the suicide rates within active duty, and fewer and fewer people are volunteering. (no brainer as to why) We have a growing Religious threat in the world, open borders (kinda) and growing armies of dissent within the borders of our nation, along multiple lines.(and I am guilty of being a member of one of those armies in a sense)
Only one thing comes to mind when I read the news, watch the propaganda broadcasts, and watch the market tickers.

We are going down.

Not just as a country, but as a world. Things are getting ready to explode and what will survive is going to be fractured apart (tribes?). Things will continue for the most part but nothing will be the same ever again. It is this fracturing, that EVERYONE with a voice (preppers being an exception) is in denial of. They can’t seem to understand that the changes we are seeing are inevitable, unavoidable, and while painful, are part of life. We have had it too soft for far too long.

Let me alliterate a bit on that “Things will continue for the most part”. During the Civil war (I use it because documentation is available to me) Even though the country was ripped apart, brother against brother, LIFE WENT ON! People still went to the markets, kids still went to school, churches still operated on Sundays. Money continued to exchange hands. Even while battles raged within miles of town.(or in town in some cases)
Another great example would be the invasion of Stalingrad. People continued to live within that city while the Nazi’s and Soviets were ripping it apart. Maybe schools and churches weren’t operational but there was a trade system in place, people continued to live there.
LIVE WENT ON.
Yes, there is going to be a time of great trouble and we may see hordes of people fleeing the cities. But I have to wonder if ‘The Golden Horde” is going to be as bad as it has been made out to be. Don’t get me wrong, even I have made commentary to that Hoard, It is a real possibility. I only wonder how likely. I think it will be more a question of how quickly collapse happens. If it continues its incremental decline; I don’t think we will see it. If something massive happens, (IE Nuclear, Natural Disaster)than I see the hordes being an issue. (Katrina was a great example of that.) And the horde is always made up of those that can’t do for themselves as individuals.(strength in numbers)
So long as our greatest trouble is Financial, live will go on here in the states. It may not be the most comfortable, but it will go on. People will get hungry, grumble about the cost of things, complain about how little ‘a buck will get you’ but things will just ‘keep on, keeping on’. There just isn’t enough backbone left in the country to really make a stand. Look how the Tea party movement has dwindled since the Mid-term elections. Yes it is still there but now the “Fair weathers” have gone back to watching sports, making a buck and trying to figure out how to pay the bills.
Business as usual. Maybe a bit tighter in the belt area, but back to normal.
Maybe where I am headed with all of this, isn’t very clear. It will be, just bear with me.
It really all boils down to Apathy. Most people can’t get the Ire up for anything outside of their MonkeySphere. If they do get it up, it isn’t sustainable. It takes a unique person to be able to maintain that level of drive indefinitely.
I am not one of those unique individuals. It's one thing, having the drive to fight education nightmares locally,(at least for me) but long term NATIONAL survival is much harder. Remember this, the Patriots of yore, Our Founders, fought for a principle that encompassed a finite are of land that was not much bigger than the State of Texas now. Yes, the Principles are the same, but the land mass and the Mentality of those within that land mass are VASTLY different. I have quite a hard time fighting for something that 90% of those I meet, haven't a clue about, nor any inclination to understand.

APATHY. It's infectious.

We all get it.

And there really isn't all that much you can do about it. When people are paying $25 for a loaf of bread, the majority still won't get it.


NOW, to the point: Do we start trying to splinter the country up NOW, or do we wait for it all to hit the fan before trying to pick up the pieces?

Got Tribe?