What a world.

I find the silence of the people in this country just a bit disturbing. The antics or our President; the Twitter soft "town hall", his use of AF1 for his current campaign (granted all of em are guilty of this one). The antics or our Quite Liberal Government (on both sides of the aisle), The abandonment by the churches (both Bill and Ann cover this one this week.)

Hell, even this little tidbit got my goat this morning.(that in reference to my last post)

And yet, other than a few bloggers, NOTHING. Not a peep. I am sitting here at a fast food joint stealing WiFi listening to the jabberjaws on FOX chattering up, with much enthusiasm, the crap about the 'food police' and how the Gov wants to cut funding to them. (Good say I, but I am just a little shit in a big toilet bowl.) Yet, again, Nothing about what is really going on. The directions that are being herded along with no chance for course correction. How can a change be made when the problems are blatantly avoided by those that MIGHT be able to make a difference? It can't. Plain and simple. The fact that these events are being manipulated and ignored selectively, is proof positive that there is driving force behind it and that it is towards a given end. There is one aspect that I think those responsible fail to see. That is the simple fact that Humans are individuals first and while you can herd them along for some time, eventually some are going to see the cliff and your stampede will shift course against your designs.

I know a few are seeing the cliff. Many are seeing that the grass is giving away to rocky ground but they haven't looked far enough forward yet to see said cliff. Then you have all of the followers that only see the ass of Lady Gaga and nothing else. No cliff, no rocks, everything is good, follow the herd.

And on that note, A little trip back to the 80's for ya.

Enjoy. (and this is how I wish we could deal with stupidity some-days.)


(and for those that aren't familiar with Gwar, Art students with a really sick sense of humor. Good people though. )

when

It isn't a matter of if, it hasn't been for a long time. There are people that have prognosticated our future from several different standpoints over the years. Some of these go back into the late 1800's and for everyone of them, there is an ounce of truth in what is now being played out. From Orwell, to Heinlein, etc etc Ad Nauseam, It is all coming to fruition.

I have little to add and I truly am not the wordsmith of those greats, not even a molecule of their ability. My skills lie in making things you can touch and manipulate, not words or thoughts.

Having read the book, Civil War 2, I am seeing more and more of the actual game plan as it was laid out for TPTB generations ago. To think that all of this is about one mans agenda is a fools errand. Yes O'boy has an agenda, but his agenda would be for naught if it weren't for the generations of communists and socialists that infiltrated out system prior to his "comeuppance". Heck, if it hadn't been for those generations prior, O'boy would never have made it to where he is now. While I don't know the details of his life, and many don't since so many of his records are completely sealed, I can only speculate that his handlers have been doing a lot of work to ease him through the system up to this point. BUT He is only one man, and there is much more work that is in order for the 'End Game'.

But not near as much as you would think. If you have not read the book mentioned earlier. Please do so. I don't ask you to agree with it, I don't even ask you to like it. BUT think about it what the implications are on the premise that, MAYBE, this guy is right. Think about how the game of PC thought is laid out and how it has affected your NATURAL reactions to events. Don't look at what you did: look at the hesitation you had because of an unnatural training cycle in place. Think about that 'reaction' held over 100 million other Americans when things 'break'. Think long and hard about it. Then look around and see what potential breaks exist in your area.
I know that there are some that haven't the means to uproot given they are in a bad location come Civil Strife. With the economy doing its little death dance, The IMF holding the notes, and Our "Representatives" failing basic first level economics: Being able to do much of anything can be a gut-wrenching experience.

I have stated that there is trouble brewing. Fact is, those that don't see it, won't see it until its in their face. IF they live through that, they will start looking for those to blame. Like any junkie in need of a fix, loyalties rarely are deep enough to protect those close to the junkie. Our nation is a country of junkies. Either addicted to drugs or technology,(or money) matters not. When that net is no longer there, the addiction will surge into a frenzy feeding on those close at hand.


"May you live in interesting times"

The Chinese cursed us well. Very well indeed. BUT, we are the ones to blame for allowing it. Us and all of the generations that came before that closed their eyes in shallow comfort "because our leaders watch the gate".
Well the gate is now closed but the beast owns the yard. We can only watch as th events unfold now. They are unfolding as I write this, and soon, very soon, it will be a Black/White/Brown question. There will be grey only where the lines are drawn and that will only be due to the fog of war.

I hate people some days.

Last night, before I had to head to bed for work today; My Dad and I rescued three young kittens that had been dropped off on our backwater track of road. These poor things were barely weaned when said asshole dropped them off in the middle of nowhere to 'fend for themselves'.

Now that is bad enough to get my ire up. It happens frequently enough around here that My Dad is a well known face at the shelter. Dogs, cats, matters not, if they can't feed it or whatever, they tend to end up way back here. I guess they figure that no one will care if the animal dies alone in the woods.

BUT, what made this bad was the shape of one of the kittens. This little guy had an abscess on his right shoulder. I have spent part of the afternoon in an attempt to 'doctor' him up. Lost cause. He isn't dead yet but its just a matter of time. The leg is already a lost cause. No blood flow to the pads on his paw, the leakage from the open abscess shows muscle AND bone clear down to the rib cage. This thing has been festering for at least 2 weeks. The poor thing wants to be a kitten with his siblings but just hasn't the energy to get off the towel I laid him on.

The best thing I could do for him at this point is to dope him up. Childrens tylenol straight down the gut. I mixed in some e-mycin but I don't expect him to make it through the night. We can't take them to the shelter till Tuesday, and keeping them is out of the question. Besides, its not like we chose to get anymore cats, we are just trying to keep them from dying horrible deaths on the road. IF this little guy makes a recovery, he will have to have that leg amputated. I figure that the shelter will euthanize him anyway since they just don't have the budget to help hardcases like this. My only hope for him is a sleeping death.

I would do the deed but when it comes to baby anythings, I am a big softy. I can shoot a deer but not a fawn. I can shoot a dog or horse beyond help but not a pup or foal. Just can't do it. (and you can call me a pussy for it all you want. Its just not in my nature.) I can make the crossover as easy as I can but I can't pull that trigger on a baby anything(not even a baby snake).

But people; I hate 'em. The bastards that are cowardly enough to just leave a baby to die of starvation need to be shot, repeatedly, with malice and bad aim, and in small calibers without 'passthrough'. Then they should be left on the side of some lone country road without food or water 'to fend for themselves'.
@!@$$(&&&%!!!!!! Grrr. It makes me angry beyond words.

Just my thoughts on how some judgements should be passed on. (eye for an eye kind of thing.)


Ok, rant over, back to 'vet status' for a while.

Lots got me thinking today.

Maybe its time for me to get off the keyboard and go beat up the rest of a stable. Well, I guess that can wait until I have a day off and time to kill. Better that on those days when I would otherwise sit and stew over stuff like I have been hearing and thinking about all day.

Where to start? Since I am going off the cuff here, with no notes or links or anything, I guess just hitting the accelerator and letting the wheels spin might be a good start.


Coast to Coast. Sometimes Tinfoil hat stuff, sometimes Ghostesesses and creepy crawlies, sometimes very relevant stuff to the days events. Today was one of the latter. A lady was on with George talking about the economy. She had lots of relevant information, not one bit was conspiracy stuff, just hard nosed facts and her take on how things MAY (and she stressed that part) will fall out over the next decade or so. One point of contention she mentioned was the mess with the IMF head swap going on now. (and remember I mentioned that the 'pervert' had probably been set up? well it looks like the trial against him is falling apart. Witness testimony is crumbling under scrutiny. Girl may have been a patsy after all. The fact that it has dragged out this long shows it did what the PTB needed done and now can move on.) Well, her take on it was that the new head is now a puppet to the Banking Cartels and of course those cartels want to keep up business as usual for as long as possible. What better way to squeeze as much profit out of the turnip? She also mentioned that there is a general wave of control going on that once highlighted is obvious but being hidden in the light makes people think otherwise. That is the fact that Corporations are, and have been, setting public policy in the Government for years. This is growing at an exponential rate though. Of course, the Corporates are in control of the banks, the Media, and pretty much everything down to the food you eat and the toilet paper you wipe your ass with, so of course, people would NOT think these same corporations would drive policy to the negative. Of course not. ' That's unfair!' But what better way to control your competition? Regulate them into compliance or out of business. (sounds just like Starving the Monkeys strategy no?) What better way to control your Resource of labor? What better way to make sure you have the room to maneuver than to 'Own' a politician or 5 (or more)

So, my thoughts were kicked off on that plane for at least the first hour. Then I got to thinking about a book I have, that tends to be rather dogged eared from all the times I have picked it up to use as a crystal ball of the future. That book is 'Friday' by RA Heinlein. If you have never read it, you may want to, just to get a taste of a possible future on this planet. I am not saying that it will happen, just that it might. One aspect of that book that always hits home is how the Corporates took over ALL governments on the world. Wars still happened but they tended to be a bit more obscure than the ones we have now. As RAH put it, "How do you Nuke IBM? Do you know where its headquarters really are? Do you know that they aren't set up with fail safes in every country around the world? " Think about that. Lets say Monsanto 'controls' Mexico. And (for giggles) Google 'controls' the U.S. and Canada. Well, Monsanto wants to change the aspects of the U.S. food market and of course Google has an issue with that. How do the corporations settle it out? Nuke France and call it a draw. or some similar stupidity. Just showing force instead of actually trying to work with one another may be the new corporate norm in the future. Or not. Again, that's just a piece of speculative fiction. (though he did nail the idea for webcrawlers/search engines in it. Go read. You might be surprised)

But then I read a piece on the possibility of future civil war in this country. The author put his book out in 98 and re printed it 2006. (the original links are at WRSA) This falls DIRECTLY in line with what others have been saying about tribes and the fracturing of this country. There were a couple of points that I had to take a face value since I couldn't refute what he was saying nor could I confirm it.(low band width BLOWS) But even with those points, his argument is kinda disturbing.

All of this going hand in hand, well, my thoughts are really gelling up on what is growing more and more possible everyday. And the sad part of it is, IT IS ALL BY DESIGN with NO thoughts given to those that will die or suffer due to these things(other than wanting them to die). To think that EVERY strife issue is coordinated by some jack ass with an agenda of power, EVERY SINGLE ONE, really shows me, just how far this world has fallen from that Glorious re-Awakening called the Renaissance. We are on the verge of another Dark Ages and its guys like us (all 10 of my followers lol) that will hold the fort of knowledge as best we can. The Monasteries are pretty much gone the way of the dinosaurs (there are a few but they are really far and few between unlike those during the European dark ages)


Well, no matter how it falls out, I know that there are more than a few of us out here in Reality that see the possibles, are flexible enough given enough motivation (and we will have plenty) that there will be a rebirth (though not in our lifetimes, of that I am fairly certain.)
But there is that other possible outcome of it never coming to fruition and things just continually declining into further and further hellish versions until there is an evolution of a sorts and the human race divides into two separate species. (ok, I have officially reached beyond my cuffs and hit 'way out there'.) (and my punctuation went to shit. LOL) I think its time to put up the keyboard for the night and go bash a building to splinters (usable ones though)

Community and PT, what a blessing.

LOL Some title eh? It will make sense when you finish this.

Lets start with the PT part. I know many of us are in need of 'getting in shape' in some form or another. Running walking etc, doesn't matter so long as we are able to get a bit further than our original couch butts are/were capable.
The following picture is MY version of a work out. That bar goes by many names: some call it a spud bar, others a tank bar, whatever. Fact is, Its fuckin heavy. Only 50 pounds but when its hot, and you are using it to smash things apart, that 50 turns into 500 pretty damned quick when you are using it over your head. Especially if you are out of shape.(which I am not)



NOW, community. The below pics represent what happens when a community comes together and manages to keep the monetary squeeze out of things. This old horse stable has been sitting here for years. The last horse that resided here passed on about 6 years ago. The house that sits on the property had been abandoned for 3 and it burned last week. The bank wanted the property cleared off or something. Well, the stable didn't burn. The wood here is mostly Oak and poplar but is all good for the most part. There is some rot at the ends near ground but not really all that bad. All of it is rough cut from local trees sometime in the last 50 years (I know the son of the guy that built it and the son is my dads age.)
Well, As you can see, I am knocking this thing apart to salvage the wood. Don't really know its future destination yet but that is not the point. This mess was pointed out to me by a neighbor that knows that I am building on the cheap and told me about it. The fact that it is on abandoned property doesn't bother me in the least. Maybe it can be considered theft but after several years of neglect, I figure the original owners AND the bank have no desire to actually take any ownership of it. Free wood.

Here is the clean up process including removal of nails and cutting off the rot. Yeah, thats a sawzall on the gate. I am running it off an inverter powered by the truck. Cheating? So what. Thats why we have technology. I am still using hand tools (like that monster bar earlier) in the destruction side.




And here is the end result of one afternoons efforts. I didn't measure it out so I have no clue how many board feet I ended up with. I will be back after a couple of days to recover some more (days off that is. Gotta actually earn a living right now.)


As for how this all ties into community is that people around here actually look out for the people that are decent. It doesn't take long to figure out who the scammers and losers are. When a small community numbers in only a few hundred, there are rarely Secrets. It can be annoying but there are more times when it is a blessing. We are spread out but still close enough that if someone has an issue you can usually holler for help. (or start shooting, that always get attention)


Well, time to get back to earning that paycheck. Talk to you all laters.

previously written but unposted

Overheard on the porch.

There are days where I find myself surprised in the simplest ways. Today was one of those days. Sitting on the porch watching the mountains eat the sun, I was pondering which direction my next couple of days should be focused on. Suddenly, my dad states "what this world needs is a massive die off. About 95% or so."

Flat footed I am! Yes, I agree that a die off in one form or another would do Mama Terra massive amounts of good. It would lessen if not outright end much of the troubles the world population suffers through. 95% might be on the high side IMO but even so, it has potential for a lot of good.(unless you are in that percentile of dead of course)

ANd yes, its a HARSH statement. Truth usually tends to be rather harsh.

But to hear this from my dad really stopped my thought train. Derailed it actually as I haven't a clue what my thoughts were at that point now.

This I do know. 95% die off would be cataclysmic. Not only would it make one hell of a logistic/health issue, it would also lead to a further die off of the remaining 5% due to emotional issues. Of course that thought is debatable, hell the whole premise is nothing but a debatable point.

BUT, Are we on the verge of a massive die off?

Look deep into Monsanto. Really study up on GMO's and Roundup(tm) and just how the AG business has been railroaded into this mess.

Look DEEP into the Food laws that have been shuttled through our Government over the last 30 years (with increasing frequency).

Look at what Soros has been up to the last few months.

Look at how Bees, simple but highly effective lifeforms, are dying off. Find a list of some of the reasons. (hint: some of them are due to the first objective)

Look at how few people KNOW what is edible outside of a supermarket or fastfood joint. (yuppers, us cro-mags that like to cook with FIRE are gonna be the shit when it hits the fan.)

Look at how few people know how to actually cook, properly, when they don't have a computer controlled oven/stove or microwave oven (or even electricity).

Look at how small a percentage of this population knows how to hunt on even a mediocre scale (and lets not even go into how many know how to butcher out the meat without completely ruining it.)

Other than that garden of storebought (and questionable lineage) seeds, how many have stocked up on the basics? How many have plans to do so? How many even know how to plant a garden let alone successfully plant and maintain one?

Then look at how fuel is being manipulated on a world wide basis by TPTB and try and figure out WHY it is being manipulated and fought over. No conspiracies here, just honest figures that the media suppresses by ignoring the connections. Look closely at how 'cheap fuel' has lead to a revolution of growth that is not sustainable if said fuel becomes scarce.

On a side note, look at how WATER is being hoarded by countries. Water covers most of this planet but there is only so much that is actually able to be used by people, the rest is salinic or poisoned (see first objective and the petroleum industry;just to name a couple)

Things aren't looking good. At least for the majority of people on this planet. Is this going to happen soon. In some eyes, NOT SOON ENOUGH. In others, too soon for comfort.

How does this effect those with our eyes open? Simple. If you are solo, you are going to die.

If you aren't solo, you are probably going to die.

If you are in tribe/group/community etc You may die.
IF you are ready to do what needs to be done, even to the point of defending your efforts from the most pathetic of sad eyes, you MIGHT live. (and I have little doubt as to where I stand in this. I am working on getting into the right position.)

When is all of this going to happen. 2012 is too soon IMO. But then again, as I have said, my desires and reality rarely have a common ground. It may start that soon. Those little gardens I have mentioned in the past, will probably be plowed under in ignorance by some .GOV employee; leaving a small group to die of starvation. At best, it may be confiscated to be 'redistributed', again, leaving a small group to die (so that some lazy couch potato can live another week)

Doom and Gloom? Yup, more than a little. But reality is going to be playing hard and fast with the rules soon. The PTB are seeing to it. The unintended consequences of thier actions are going to trickle down slowly at first to become a torrent of sewage fairly quickly.

I feel for you if you don't see it coming, but not enough feeling to warrant suffering for your lack of planning. Just remember the rule "Lack of planning on your part DOES NOT constitute an emergency on my part." And there is going to have to be more of that hardnosed attitudes to get us through the next decade or two. Cruel? Yeah, but better than the alternatives in my opinion.

a boon

Being netless the last couple of days has allowed my mind to twist and turn upon itself. This is actually a good thing. My little world needed the break too.

To that end, I have spent the morning doing a little catching up. Seems that we have hit that 'stability' that was mentioned recently in various predictive sites. Not much going on, and while that may or may not be a good thing in general; to me it means that the beast is flexing its coils for the next round. This party is long from over and each new round will grow progressively more sick and twisted.

Bill mentioned the other day about DHS rolling some rather interesting vehicles around the country.
I cover quite a bit of area in my runs but only one of importance when it comes to this 'topic'. I haven't seen DHS vehicles but I have seen the TSA tractor trailers that are mobile screening booths to include the full body scanners. This is only part of the story. Here is the other part.(broken link though dont understand why or how. Curiouser and curiouser methinks)
Thanks for the headsup from Craig and Shy Wolf. Worked just fine on original posting but went shitty pretty quick.
Like I said, This party isn't over by a long shot.

I have also stated that I don't believe we will see Civil "war" in this country again. How can we when the government has been at war with its civilians since the mid 70's. A war within a war? Maybe, but the way I see it, each time someone one either side dies, its just one more, Highly localized battle. There will never be the "facing across the fields, honorably displaying strength against the King" type of battles, EVER. This war will always be about small group tactics, and propaganda. The PTB don't want an all out fight as that would dissolve far too much of the artificial power they hide behind. They like the fact that there are so many cop shows on the tube providing the needed anesthetic for numbing the masses to just how horrible the real issue is. Tom B. put it well with building up our reserves by finding those that have been abused by the system and fostering them into reality. There has to be quite a bit of vetting going on here as there are some that are afoul of the machine that have every legit reason for being so.
There are also a lot of tools of the machine out there too. Be careful.

But, don't be afraid to get your hands dirty either. This mess isn't going away by nitpicking around the ick.

And it isn't going to happen tomorrow. There is a lot of give in the minds of those that don't understand just how far down the rabbit hole we have fallen. There are many that just DO NOT care one iota what befalls this country as they don't understand it anymore than TPTB like it. We, the ones that do, and see, are far and few between. There are inroads to make us so inconsequential to be nearly non-existent.

I don't need to go into anymore about it. My question is, when it fails, who rebuilds? Will it be us, the ones that have been aware and unable to stop the madness? Or will it be the likes of Soros? Or the PRC?

You know where My desire lays, but what I want and reality tend to be mutually exclusive on a regular basis.