@So Very Doomed said, “A 90%+ Die Off seems certain in the Occident.”
Not very likely, even if we were to revert to a late 19th century means of production, although a die off of any magnitude will seem like it’s 90%.
RE made a point (ugh) that as fossil fuels become more scarce, the more powerful will consume them. If that were the case, that would be the end of discussion, however, one has to consider natural gas, and coal production as means of producing electricity, not to overlook nuclear. So, the argument isn’t as simple as RE makes it out.
How does one resolve the poverty problem? How simple does it have to be? Beginning with LBJ and the great society, you pay people to have babies, they have babies. Beginning with Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi, you pay people to not work, they don’t work. The fix is easy, quit disincentivising those who produce, and stop incentivising those who don’t.
I’m not familiar with MA’s five years of hell, but basically, our socialist state created the problem, and we’re experiencing the results. The fix will not be pleasant, but better than continuation of the problem. Until we own up to the failures of the socialist state, we ARE doomed.
At some point, even the statists in Washington will wake up to the fact the socialist model is failure. The only question left is whether they will resign peacefully or by force.
RE’s Daily Rant-4/9/2011 « The Burning Platform
Sunday, April 10, 2011
DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO THE ABYSS « The Burning Platform
What we are witnessing is the end of the socialist revolution, begun in 1917, and we are at a crossroad. Call it a fourth turning, the end of a seventy year business cycle, the decline of the empire, or the end of civilization as we know it, greed at the top levels is about to reach it’s ultimate conclusion.
No doubt there are various forces that conspire to bring about a one world government, but they will govern a wasteland. There are two paths which our society can take, totalitarian government or individual freedom. The statists will prefer any government that maintains status quo, at the expense and to the detriment of all. The alternative is for a right minded and God fearing people to defend their lives, their liberty and their way of life by any and all means necessary to correct the domestic abuses that are causing nations to revolt.
Should the federal government continue in it’s headlong rush toward financial armageddon by refusing to reign in spending, it’s going to find itself isolated from the very states that form it’s constituency, and may very well face dissolution by constitutional convention.
DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO THE ABYSS « The Burning Platform
No doubt there are various forces that conspire to bring about a one world government, but they will govern a wasteland. There are two paths which our society can take, totalitarian government or individual freedom. The statists will prefer any government that maintains status quo, at the expense and to the detriment of all. The alternative is for a right minded and God fearing people to defend their lives, their liberty and their way of life by any and all means necessary to correct the domestic abuses that are causing nations to revolt.
Should the federal government continue in it’s headlong rush toward financial armageddon by refusing to reign in spending, it’s going to find itself isolated from the very states that form it’s constituency, and may very well face dissolution by constitutional convention.
DOWNWARD SPIRAL INTO THE ABYSS « The Burning Platform
Sunday, April 3, 2011
What’s the next Move? « The Burning Platform
Of course, the world is watching, and probably wondering why would the US go into Libya. It's such a lame ass move! Let the fuckers kill themselves. Quadaffi has been in power 40 years, what difference does it make if he stays? I agree once the US committed forces, he has to go, unless we do an about face, which is the right move, but it won't happen. Another post addressed why we're in Libya and not Cote d'Ivoire.
The reason we're not in Syria is because of Russia and Iran, which borders the warm water port of the Black Sea which Russia covets.
It just defies logic why we're in the middle east for oil, when we could just as easily drill for oil here, or convert to NG, just ask T Boone Pickens, he's been an oil man all his life.
It can't be for oil, but there's another possibility. You can't have a one world government with a bunch of tin horn dictators who won't follow the play book. Again, he's been in power for 40 years. Same for much of the ME governments, whether monarcy or dictatorship. Perhaps Libya is the example to be made if the other petty caliphdoms don't line up. That is the most reasonable explanation of the inexplicable.
Freedom is contagious. Armageddon is upon us, and it's a spiritual battle. Every person will have to choose between individual liberty, or totalitarianism. You decide.
What’s the next Move? « The Burning Platform
The reason we're not in Syria is because of Russia and Iran, which borders the warm water port of the Black Sea which Russia covets.
It just defies logic why we're in the middle east for oil, when we could just as easily drill for oil here, or convert to NG, just ask T Boone Pickens, he's been an oil man all his life.
It can't be for oil, but there's another possibility. You can't have a one world government with a bunch of tin horn dictators who won't follow the play book. Again, he's been in power for 40 years. Same for much of the ME governments, whether monarcy or dictatorship. Perhaps Libya is the example to be made if the other petty caliphdoms don't line up. That is the most reasonable explanation of the inexplicable.
Freedom is contagious. Armageddon is upon us, and it's a spiritual battle. Every person will have to choose between individual liberty, or totalitarianism. You decide.
What’s the next Move? « The Burning Platform
Thursday, March 31, 2011
EXTEND & PRETEND IS WALL STREET’S FRIEND
So, everyone is dipping into the taxpayers pockets, except since the end of WWII, federal spending has been increasingly financed by borrowed dollars, to the extent we're witnessing the end game. Extend and pretend is too polite a term.
The next several months should be interesting as potentially bankrupt states have to balance their budgets and the federal debt ceiling breaches as tax season approaches.
If the plunge protection teams are successful in sweeping the carcasses under rug, the power elite will have another year to plunder.
I'm not sure what TeresaE means by "CONgress fucked everything up in 2005," but apparently she has an ax to grind about how unfairly small businesses are treated in this country. No, duh!
It isn't anybody's fault federal deficit spending is out of control except the fed's. I read an interesting article about the founding of this nation at a friend's blog, http://tcallenco.blogspot.com/2011/03/secret-societies-and-conspiracies-in.html in which the premise is the founders were to a large extent one worlders, but that Christian principles overrode their agenda.
As the reserve currency of the world is rendered useless, and the consequences unfold, let's hope and pray that Christian principles again win the day.
EXTEND & PRETEND IS WALL STREET’S FRIEND « The Burning Platform
The next several months should be interesting as potentially bankrupt states have to balance their budgets and the federal debt ceiling breaches as tax season approaches.
If the plunge protection teams are successful in sweeping the carcasses under rug, the power elite will have another year to plunder.
I'm not sure what TeresaE means by "CONgress fucked everything up in 2005," but apparently she has an ax to grind about how unfairly small businesses are treated in this country. No, duh!
It isn't anybody's fault federal deficit spending is out of control except the fed's. I read an interesting article about the founding of this nation at a friend's blog, http://tcallenco.blogspot.com/2011/03/secret-societies-and-conspiracies-in.html in which the premise is the founders were to a large extent one worlders, but that Christian principles overrode their agenda.
As the reserve currency of the world is rendered useless, and the consequences unfold, let's hope and pray that Christian principles again win the day.
EXTEND & PRETEND IS WALL STREET’S FRIEND « The Burning Platform
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Short of A Miracle, America Doesn't Stand a Chance
Excellent article and comments. One point I particularly agree with in the article is ending the income tax, as it places an unfair burden on the wage earner.
My wife and I started prepping for our family of four almost two years ago, and I'm thankful we did. We have food, water, a minimalist retreat, and the ability to defend ourselves using deadly force if necessary. OPSEC is probably our biggest issue at this point, and becoming self sufficient, which is a whole other level of preparedness.
Unlike CurryTacoRolls, I don't see the asians, latinos, eurasians moving into North America. More likely, the threat of dislocation comes from our own government. Just ask the Native Americans.
Short of A Miracle, America Doesn't Stand a Chance
My wife and I started prepping for our family of four almost two years ago, and I'm thankful we did. We have food, water, a minimalist retreat, and the ability to defend ourselves using deadly force if necessary. OPSEC is probably our biggest issue at this point, and becoming self sufficient, which is a whole other level of preparedness.
Unlike CurryTacoRolls, I don't see the asians, latinos, eurasians moving into North America. More likely, the threat of dislocation comes from our own government. Just ask the Native Americans.
Short of A Miracle, America Doesn't Stand a Chance
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saunders: Please don't dwell on hell - Saunders - NewsObserver.com
In the bible, heaven is any place above the earth, hell is anything below it, as in a grave, sheol. Gehenna was a place in biblical times where dead bodies were dumped and burned.
Eternal damnation in the book of revelation is reserved for the devil and his anti-christ, whom are spirit, and as such, eternal. Those whose names aren't found in the book of life, i.e. do not have spirit, are thrown into the lake of fire and perish, the second death.
Everyone will be judged and held accountable for the actions. We are saved by grace, confessing Jesus as Lord, and believing God raised him from the dead. (Rom 10:9 - 10).
The great mystery was that Jesus would ascend into heaven, and God would pour out his spirit upon the earth to those who will believe.
It's just that easy, yet difficult for people to accept. I enjoy meeting fellow believers in my daily walk, because it's always an enjoyable experience. I can't say the same for every one I meet.
A knowledge of God's word clears up all kinds of misunderstandings. I question the motives of those who sow strife by attempting to interpret the bible, wherein the bible needs no interpretation. It interprets itself, right where it is written, in the context, or where the word or words were previously used. The mystery was revealed, it is only up to you and I whether we choose to accept what is written.
Saunders: Please don't dwell on hell - Saunders - NewsObserver.com
Eternal damnation in the book of revelation is reserved for the devil and his anti-christ, whom are spirit, and as such, eternal. Those whose names aren't found in the book of life, i.e. do not have spirit, are thrown into the lake of fire and perish, the second death.
Everyone will be judged and held accountable for the actions. We are saved by grace, confessing Jesus as Lord, and believing God raised him from the dead. (Rom 10:9 - 10).
The great mystery was that Jesus would ascend into heaven, and God would pour out his spirit upon the earth to those who will believe.
It's just that easy, yet difficult for people to accept. I enjoy meeting fellow believers in my daily walk, because it's always an enjoyable experience. I can't say the same for every one I meet.
A knowledge of God's word clears up all kinds of misunderstandings. I question the motives of those who sow strife by attempting to interpret the bible, wherein the bible needs no interpretation. It interprets itself, right where it is written, in the context, or where the word or words were previously used. The mystery was revealed, it is only up to you and I whether we choose to accept what is written.
Saunders: Please don't dwell on hell - Saunders - NewsObserver.com
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
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