I've recently stated to a colleague at work discussing preps, "I'm a christian first and foremost, and I hope that Christ returns before it gets too bad", only because if the Devil has his way, it will be hell.
The Devil knows the truth of God's word, he quoted God a number of times in tricking Eve and tempting Christ, the only two people to whom he's shown himself in person.
What doe's God say about the truth and devil? "Thou believest that God is one; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and shudder." (James 2:19 ESV)
You're correct that we live in a crooked and perverse generation (Acts 2:14) and that evil men will wax worse and worse in the last days (2 Tim 3:13), however, in the context of 2 Tim, God contrasts the characteristics of evil men, with that of men who believe God, "that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work." (2 Tim 3:17) and by contrast, overcome evil men.
There are many times, Jesus Christ himself said "fear not", so while I agree with you about what self professed Christians do, none of us is perfect. But, we have a perfect example in Christ, and we encourage one another to uphold the high standard and high calling of Christ.
We have the hope of the return of Christ, his second coming. In the meantime, I believe for the best and prepare for the worst, because, we don't know when Christ will return, but we know for a certainty he will, so does the Devil.
All of the events that are occurring, since just before 2000, with droughts, rolling brown outs, the dot com recession, just as we were beginning to recover from the recession, the 9/11 attacks (false flag?), 2008 global financial crisis, fukushima, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, all of these things, some man made, some not, I believe they are part of a conspiracy to destroy the truth, indeed as there has been since Lucifer rebelled in heaven, and that there is a main conspirator, the Devil.
It seems to me events are unfolding more quickly, facilitated by technology, however, the word of truth can be disseminated more quickly, as well. So, while it is a fact that we live in interesting times, and it can be fearful, we can take comfort in the 23rd Psalm, and a well built, American made, Smith and Wesson, Colt, Browning, or any of a host of reliable firarms, and the readiness, willingness, and ability to use them in defense of our families and loved ones. Let the enemy fear that.
What's your plan.... - Page 10
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Thursday, August 25, 2011
What's your plan.... - Part 3
There have been lots of replies to this thread, which was an open ended question about what if the government tried to take your guns.
It's unlikely the feds would attempt confiscation of firearms during a period of normalcy, but if martial law or worse were to be declared, disarmament and pacification of the populace would be a top priority.
It happened in New Orleans, and the cops basically became the criminals. During a breakdown of social order is exactly when you do need your firearms, and had to be the intent of the 2nd Amendment, as well as to prevent the undue intrusion of government in the lives of it's citizens.
The federal government has taken on a life of it's own because of runaway federal deficit spending. Jimmy Carter was the last president to attempt to take on the bureaucracy in DC. Ron Paul would take them on, no doubt as he has for 20 years, even though I know very little about him. Rick Perry is looking like a viable candidate, however, if he only talks the talk, like Reagan, he's the last thing we need.
As a nation, we are in for a period of severe instability, because people don't have jobs. There are two opposing forces at work, the so-called liberals who want to enslave, and the so-called conservatives, who also want to enslave. Then there are a few individuals who haven't become jaded by national politics, and haven't sold out to the establishment. What the conservatives and liberals fail to realize is we are at war with the banking cartel, and are willing to sell us out for a bribe. This conspiracy is so vast that spineless GWB went along with a bailout for the very entities what conspire to control us, only proving the Bush family is part of the consipiracy. Maybe they don't realize it, but they're working for the chief consipirator, the Devil.
Thankfully, the founding fathers understood the important of self reliance and self determiniation, defensible by force. This nation is one of the few, if not the only nation where the right to keep and bear arms is a right. Any attempt to subvert that right is an attempt to take away our freedom, however crafty or subtle.
What's your plan.... - Page 9
It's unlikely the feds would attempt confiscation of firearms during a period of normalcy, but if martial law or worse were to be declared, disarmament and pacification of the populace would be a top priority.
It happened in New Orleans, and the cops basically became the criminals. During a breakdown of social order is exactly when you do need your firearms, and had to be the intent of the 2nd Amendment, as well as to prevent the undue intrusion of government in the lives of it's citizens.
The federal government has taken on a life of it's own because of runaway federal deficit spending. Jimmy Carter was the last president to attempt to take on the bureaucracy in DC. Ron Paul would take them on, no doubt as he has for 20 years, even though I know very little about him. Rick Perry is looking like a viable candidate, however, if he only talks the talk, like Reagan, he's the last thing we need.
As a nation, we are in for a period of severe instability, because people don't have jobs. There are two opposing forces at work, the so-called liberals who want to enslave, and the so-called conservatives, who also want to enslave. Then there are a few individuals who haven't become jaded by national politics, and haven't sold out to the establishment. What the conservatives and liberals fail to realize is we are at war with the banking cartel, and are willing to sell us out for a bribe. This conspiracy is so vast that spineless GWB went along with a bailout for the very entities what conspire to control us, only proving the Bush family is part of the consipiracy. Maybe they don't realize it, but they're working for the chief consipirator, the Devil.
Thankfully, the founding fathers understood the important of self reliance and self determiniation, defensible by force. This nation is one of the few, if not the only nation where the right to keep and bear arms is a right. Any attempt to subvert that right is an attempt to take away our freedom, however crafty or subtle.
What's your plan.... - Page 9
Wednesday, August 24, 2011
What's your plan.... - Part 2
That's exactly why I propose retiring the debt by assessing every individual and corporation a percentage of net worth as part of a balanced budget amendment. We will still be paying for the failed welfare state for the next 50 years, but we'll be doing that anyway. Otherwise, service on the debt will continue to increase as debt increases, and you'll have to cut transfer payments for things like social security and medicare, services people depend on to live. No one depends on interest on treasury bills, that can't be earned on some other investment. Sure, no one wants to pay 10 - 20% of their net worth to pay off the national debt. Maybe they would rather the US default on it's debt, or turn senior citizens out on the street. I'm sure they would.
Eliminating the debt, and the deficit will also revive the job market by reducing the competition for goods and services from the public sector, which is increasingly consuming everything. However, you can't contract public spending by balancing the budget without wreaking havoc on the economy. You have to cut somewhere, and what I'm suggesting is that you start with interest payment on the debt, by paying it off.
You also can't default on the debt, because real people depend on the income from treasury bills. If you pay off treasury bills as they become due, those same people and institutions can invest their money elsewhere, and do more good with it. Our government doesn't need to be in the business of guaranteeing interest income, and harms, rather than helps promote the general welfare, which is a constitutional mandate of our federal government, by taking money out of the private sector, and competing with the private sector for goods and services.
I have thought a good deal about this issue, and came up with the idea shortly after graduating from a 4 year land grant university in the 1980's with a degree in economics, and researching the amount of national net worth, which at that time was around $100T. If we were to follow this proposal, and it worked, it would solve the problem of sovereign debt, and restore the national economies of indebted nations, of which we're at the top of list in absolute terms, and in the top ten by percentage of GDP.
Rethinking my proposal isn't necessary because I've thought a good bit about it. I didn't understand your objection to it, rather, it seems you were agreeing with it by correctly stating the interest on the national debt will continue to increase as the debt increases. That money is better spent elsewhere, even though we still must have a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution in order to reign in out of control federal deficit spending.
My vote for POTUS in 2012 will be Ron Paul.
What's your plan.... - Page 8
Eliminating the debt, and the deficit will also revive the job market by reducing the competition for goods and services from the public sector, which is increasingly consuming everything. However, you can't contract public spending by balancing the budget without wreaking havoc on the economy. You have to cut somewhere, and what I'm suggesting is that you start with interest payment on the debt, by paying it off.
You also can't default on the debt, because real people depend on the income from treasury bills. If you pay off treasury bills as they become due, those same people and institutions can invest their money elsewhere, and do more good with it. Our government doesn't need to be in the business of guaranteeing interest income, and harms, rather than helps promote the general welfare, which is a constitutional mandate of our federal government, by taking money out of the private sector, and competing with the private sector for goods and services.
I have thought a good deal about this issue, and came up with the idea shortly after graduating from a 4 year land grant university in the 1980's with a degree in economics, and researching the amount of national net worth, which at that time was around $100T. If we were to follow this proposal, and it worked, it would solve the problem of sovereign debt, and restore the national economies of indebted nations, of which we're at the top of list in absolute terms, and in the top ten by percentage of GDP.
Rethinking my proposal isn't necessary because I've thought a good bit about it. I didn't understand your objection to it, rather, it seems you were agreeing with it by correctly stating the interest on the national debt will continue to increase as the debt increases. That money is better spent elsewhere, even though we still must have a balanced budget amendment to the US Constitution in order to reign in out of control federal deficit spending.
My vote for POTUS in 2012 will be Ron Paul.
What's your plan.... - Page 8
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
What's your plan.... - Part 1
We could pay off the national debt by assessing every individual and corporation with assets in the US, a percentage of net worth, with a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, requiring a super majority to raise taxes or issue debt in times of declared emergency. We still have to deal with entitlements, and retiring seniors for the next 50 years, but the interest savings on retiring the debt would go a long way.
It may be the only way of restoring the US economy and bringing back jobs. The reason being is that public spending has effectively crowded out the private sector. Contracting the public sector by the amount of deficit spending will allow the private sector to recover. A public sector contraction without retiring the national debt would send the US into a death spiral, because otherwise you're cutting other spending that ordinary people depend on for their livelihood. No one depends on US Treasury interest, that can't be re-invested somewhere else. That is all, for now.
The text of this post has been sent to North Carolina Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr, and Congressman Brad Miller.
What's your plan....
It may be the only way of restoring the US economy and bringing back jobs. The reason being is that public spending has effectively crowded out the private sector. Contracting the public sector by the amount of deficit spending will allow the private sector to recover. A public sector contraction without retiring the national debt would send the US into a death spiral, because otherwise you're cutting other spending that ordinary people depend on for their livelihood. No one depends on US Treasury interest, that can't be re-invested somewhere else. That is all, for now.
The text of this post has been sent to North Carolina Senators Kay Hagan and Richard Burr, and Congressman Brad Miller.
What's your plan....
Saturday, August 20, 2011
GOVERNMENT SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF AMERICA « The Burning Platform
Voter backlash is coming. The FSA will have their choice of well established liberal candidates from which to choose. The true liberals are the Libertarian party, who want freedom from government, but have never garnered more than a few percent of the popular vote, because most people want their stuff without paying for it.
Ron Paul is the best choice right now for stopping the free stuff parade. There are only tough choices left in dealing with unfunded entitlements. Neither so called conservatives nor so called liberals have demonstrated any capacity to deal with out of control federal deficit spending. We can either slow down and stop, or hit the wall at 120 mph.
In Raleigh, NC, the big spending mayor who is not running for re-election, is defending over $1B debt, which has quadrupled in 10 years by pointing out most is paid for with fees and not property taxes. While he has a point, constrained spending should be the order of the day. The city budget has probably doubled in the last ten years, as well, so the debt picture isn’t the whole story.
With revenues decreasing, city leaders are loathe to give up the standard of living to which they have grown accustomed, so it’s citizens must give up theirs.
We’ll see if we actually make it to election day, 2012, without widespread riots. Extended unemployment and more families on food assistance will mitigate civil unrest, while the looting and plundering of America by the top one percent continues unabated. Where will the next crack in the foundation appear? There is a critical mass at which all hell breaks loose and most everyone is dependent on the same supply chain for basic necessities. When the politicians in DC feel the pinch, they will act, and even then, their’s is a broken system of corruption. When they lose control, and they will, it’s a mathematical certainty, it may be too late.
We could pay off the national debt by assessing every individual and corporation with assets in the US, a percentage of net worth, with a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, requiring a super majority to raise taxes or issue debt in times of declared emergency. We still have to deal with entitlements, and retiring seniors for the next 50 years, but the interest savings on retiring the debt would go a long way.
GOVERNMENT SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF AMERICA « The Burning Platform
Ron Paul is the best choice right now for stopping the free stuff parade. There are only tough choices left in dealing with unfunded entitlements. Neither so called conservatives nor so called liberals have demonstrated any capacity to deal with out of control federal deficit spending. We can either slow down and stop, or hit the wall at 120 mph.
In Raleigh, NC, the big spending mayor who is not running for re-election, is defending over $1B debt, which has quadrupled in 10 years by pointing out most is paid for with fees and not property taxes. While he has a point, constrained spending should be the order of the day. The city budget has probably doubled in the last ten years, as well, so the debt picture isn’t the whole story.
With revenues decreasing, city leaders are loathe to give up the standard of living to which they have grown accustomed, so it’s citizens must give up theirs.
We’ll see if we actually make it to election day, 2012, without widespread riots. Extended unemployment and more families on food assistance will mitigate civil unrest, while the looting and plundering of America by the top one percent continues unabated. Where will the next crack in the foundation appear? There is a critical mass at which all hell breaks loose and most everyone is dependent on the same supply chain for basic necessities. When the politicians in DC feel the pinch, they will act, and even then, their’s is a broken system of corruption. When they lose control, and they will, it’s a mathematical certainty, it may be too late.
We could pay off the national debt by assessing every individual and corporation with assets in the US, a percentage of net worth, with a balanced budget amendment to the constitution, requiring a super majority to raise taxes or issue debt in times of declared emergency. We still have to deal with entitlements, and retiring seniors for the next 50 years, but the interest savings on retiring the debt would go a long way.
GOVERNMENT SUCKING THE LIFE OUT OF AMERICA « The Burning Platform
Monday, August 8, 2011
RECESSION A CERTAINTY « The Burning Platform
What do you mean the Emperor is wearing no clothes? It’s hard to fathom, considering markets have long run global trade, through thick and thin, that of a perfect storm, if even there is such a thing.
The fourth turning is merely a crisis in leadership. I will stake my claim in the truth, and know that I was known before the foundations of this world, made a little higher than the angels, of which lucifer was one.
The world will be a better place when it is a much simpler life. If it takes the return of Jesus Christ, so be it. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
RECESSION A CERTAINTY « The Burning Platform
The fourth turning is merely a crisis in leadership. I will stake my claim in the truth, and know that I was known before the foundations of this world, made a little higher than the angels, of which lucifer was one.
The world will be a better place when it is a much simpler life. If it takes the return of Jesus Christ, so be it. Come, Lord Jesus, come!
RECESSION A CERTAINTY « The Burning Platform
Tottenham Riots - Coming to Your Town Soon?
There's another thread running about the mob riots in Wisconsin, apparently the same stuff happened over the fourth of July, now the state fair. It's happened in Chicago, and more recently in Philadelphia, and occurs regularly in NYC, where it was first called "wilding", now "flash mobs". We've also seen it in recent memory in New Orleans (2005) and LA (1991).
These most recent riots are hate crimes and terrorism, by definition.
Unfortunately, there isn't a lot you can do about it, except stay out of their neighborhoods. If there is a disruption in the supply chain, whether it be economic instability, or fuel, or pandemic, or other natural or man made disaster, if aliens land, or the mother of all asteroids hits earth, and Jesus Christ hasn't returned first, then it will be everyone person for themselves first, then it will be neighbor helping neighbor as they are able.
Grocery stores will run out of essentials faster then Greg Fischel can forecast a light dusting of snow. Therefore, it is every person's responsibility to store several weeks, if not months worth of food, even if it's spaghetti noodles and canned spaghetti sauce.
My wife and I started "prepping" a couple of years ago, and I sleep a lot better at night knowing I can survive at least six months against a zombie invasion. But not alone. Neighbors should team up, and worst case, have a plan to get out of dodge if lawlessness becomes the order of the day. Most likely, however, martial law will be declared, and you should be ok during the day in your own neighborhood, if you have food, water, and the ability to defend yourself, even if it's a shotgun and a box of #6's. You may want to spring for a few more boxes, as you stock up on food and water, as well.
That's how you deal with riotous crowds, stay away from them, and keep them out of your neighborhood. A few Koreans with only small arms kept rioters away from there stores. It shouldn't be too difficult to keep them out of your neighborhood, even if you have to set up barricades, and stand guard. But, you don't want to be stranded with no food, water, or defensive capability, either.
Tottenham Riots - Coming to Your Town Soon?
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