Why Prepare For Crisis?

[I wrote this blog post in 2011. While dated, it is still so very true, and especially important in this crisis]

When friends  ask me why I go to the length I do to prepare for most emergencies, I tell them the best advice I could give is what my Dad taught me - Hope for the best, but plan for the worst. And the Boy Scout motto of "Be Prepared" is appropriate. I explain it in terms they can understand. For example, I tell them that 40% of all Americans will encounter a personal emergency each year, whether it is a fire, flood, hurricane, personal health issue, car accident or even a hard fall. In fact, this year over a million people are expected to receive foreclosure notices on their homes. These are all "personal" emergencies.

Since it is almost certain that everyone will experience something similar in the next 3 years, everyone should be prepared for such things. Flares, energy food bars, rope or paracord, matches or lighter, space blanket jumper cables, duct tape and first aid kit should always be in your vehicle. And as I taught my daughter when she was 10, NEVER be without a sharp jackknife and a lighter on your person. When she turned 13, I added "Oh, and here's some Mace..."

More important is the fact that many people just do not realize how likely they are to encounter a greater disaster. Here are some thought-provoking statistics:

In 2011 there were 13,315 earthquakes of at least 4.0 magnitude. And a whopping 185 of those were over 6.0.

In 2011 there were 1,817 tornadoes. In fact, on April 27 there were 173 tornadoes on that single day

In 2011, there were 56 volcanic eruptions

The 2011 Atlantic hurricane season produced 20 tropical cyclones, 19 tropical storms, 7 hurricanes, and 4 major hurricanes

In 2010, fire departments responded to 384,000 home fires in the United States, which claimed the lives of 2,640 people (not including firefighters) and injured another 13,350, not including firefighters

And lest we forget - the Spanish flu of 1917-19 killed as many as 100 MILLION people worldwide

Understanding these stats will go a long way to convincing a person on the need to try and become more prepared for an emergency


Are you ready? When a catastrophe hits, will you be a survivor or a victim? That is a CHOICE you can make, if you plan early.




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Climate Change - The Facts vs The Hype

[EDITOR'S NOTE: If you find any value in this article and want to help in the fight to protect the interests of every American, please pass this on to everyone you know, online and off. Thank you.]

In Takoma Park MD city officials are preparing to ban all fossil fuels in the city, which is estimated to cost every resident upwards of $25,000, all in the name of "climate change". And liberal cities and states across the country are all jumping on board the climate change train.

This article has one purpose - to separate the actual fact from the hype. This article is not going to dispute that the Earth's average mean temperature is rising - it may be. But we do dispute that it will have any appreciable effect that will do us more harm than good, and will provide something the climate change cult cannot do - provide absolute proof. But first - just to get some people thinking for themselves - let's ask a few simple yet pertinent questions:

• Why would the biggest proponents of climate change, like Gore, Obama & Kerry all purchase multi-million dollar ocean-front properties if they actually believe their own speeches?
• In 2001 Gore said coastal cities would be underwater in 10 years. That was 20 years ago. Have any coastal cities been swallowed by the ocean?
• In fact, has the high-water mark at your favorite beaches risen? Not at mine.
• Have we experienced more, or worse hurricanes as promised? Nope - fewer. There were far worse hurricanes in the early 1900's
• Have polar bears become extinct? No, they have increased in number.

Everyone should take a few moments to study these two charts (click to enlarge) - the top one is the "proof" being offered by the climate change cult - a mere 180 years of data out of the 4 billion years that Earth has been spinning around the sun. Think about that - they are basing their claims on .000000045 of the life of the planet. Chances are your calculator won't even go that low.

The lower chart was created by actual climatologists who studied Earth's climate going back over 10,000 years, and published by the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration. It shows that the climate of Earth is normally much higher than now, and Mankind thrived in the warmer periods. So that poses another question - why do those who push climate change conveniently ignore the lower chart?

And here you will find the PALEOMAP chart created by scientists who have studied Earth's climate dating back 4 billion years, based on information gathered from Earth cores and other methods.

MORE IMPORTANT QUESTIONS

And here is the most important question of all - why are so many rich, important people and organizations - even the United Nations - pushing a climate change agenda if it is not going to do the damage they have been telling us about? And why have so many so-called scientists all signed onto it? What, exactly, is behind it?

I could say it is simple - just follow the money. Those "scientists" depend on grants for their income - grants from governments, the U.N., rich people with an agenda. And with very few exceptions, almost all the nations in the U.N. want to share America's wealth, and take us down in the process. The U.N. is no friend of the U.S. The geo-political world is one giant game of "King of the Hill", and the United States is King. It is the task of the others to try and take us down. That is how nations survive - or not.

You might note, if you have been paying attention, that the Paris Climate Accord, the United Nations Climate Change Panel and all other international attempts to deal with climate change all have one thing in common - the United States would be required to pay for almost all of it, even though we pollute far less than almost every other nation per capita.

As for Gore, Obama, Kerry et al? They all have their hands in the till. Al Gore claims he is on course to become the world’s first “carbon billionaire” and is estimated to have made over $300 million from climate change activities. It's easy to see why he pushes it!

But even that is not the complete reason behind the climate change push. It gets much more insidious. Getting the population of the world to fear extinction is the surest way to successfully push a globalist, socialist agenda, where the elites would run everything "for our own good" and the masses - you and I - would be little more than peons. We know this because many of them have said as much. In fact, the richest man on Earth, the great puppetmaster  George Soros, is proud to say so, and he funds 123 powerful organizations that are all pushing that agenda - globsalism, socialism and climate change.

No, this is not a "conspiracy theory", as such. It is, in fact, a conspiracy, and not just a theory and you can discover it yourself quite easily. The people behind it are very vocal as to their intent, to those who pay attention to what they are actually saying.

CLIMATE CHANGE IS A BOON, NOT A THREAT

As seen in the chart, above, Mankind thrived in warm periods and suffered in the cold spells. It also shows that climate is cyclical - it is always in a state of flux. But it also shows that we are currently on the "negative" side - temperatures cooler than what is even baseline normal. The reason: we are just coming out of a minor ice age that began around 1300 and did not "end" until around 1850. And it takes many years to exit an ice age - often hundreds of years. That ice age is called "The Little Ice Age", or LIA for short. You should do some research on it - it is a real eye opener. Understand, however - those who have been drinking the climate change kool-aid will likely ignore it, just as they will ignore the chart, above. But intelligent, free-thinking individuals will begin to see the value in the facts that Al Gore et al have conveniently left out of the discourse, in order to attain great wealth and power for themselves - at our expense.

Note that while they tell us we - you and I -  have to give up every modern convenience to fight climate change, not a single one of them is giving up anything at all - not their jets, not their 20,000 square foot oceanside homes, not their $10,000/month electic bills or their fleet of SUV's. By the way - how much of that $300,000,000 Gore has made from climate change fear-mongering has he used to help solve the "problem" he claims exists? And if he REALLY believes in climate change, and that it will destroy us all, why is he not putting up most of that to save humanity - of which he is included?

Trick question, sure. But it points to the truth.

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The Left and Christianity - Was Jesus a "Socialist"?

When I was a child my parents made certain that I not only went to Sunday School every Sunday, but also read and understood the Bible and its teachings. In the same vein they made sure I read and understood the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the United States. And they taught me how the two are connected in principle.

The Framers of the Constitution understood that for this nation to grow and prosper, we needed to be individualists, unfettered by a government that rules over us, instead, having a government that serves us best by not interfering in personal matters - including religion! The only task of government was to provide for our national defense, to protect and preserve our individual rights and freedom.

Christianity says much the same; that it is our personal interaction with others that defines us, and not what government does. The Bible speaks often of how little faith Jesus had in any government. "Pay unto Caesar that which is Caesar's, and pay unto God that which is God's". And while many on the left believe that is proof that Jesus wanted the government to take care of the less fortunate, the opposite is true - based on his other teachings, He was saying that yes, we need to follow the laws of Man and pay our taxes, as that is the law, but our responsibilities - the ones God gave each of us to care for one another - is OUR responsibility, not that of government.

Saying government and not the individual should handle our responsibilities to the less fortunate is like paying the government to hug your family for you because you don't want to be bothered or don't have the time. NO! It is for each of us to do, not Government.  Not socialism. Jesus was the opposite of a socialist - He did NOT ask government to do ANYTHING. He asked US, each individual, to do God's work. He did things Himself, and implores us to do the same. It is the task of each individual to take care of one another - we are our "brother's keeper."

The left also claims Jesus was a socialist because he did not believe in capitalism. After all, He overturned the tables of the money-changers, did He not? Yes, He did, but they seem to miss the entire context. He did not overturn the tables out of any disdain for capitalism. The Scriptures clearly state that the money-changers were operating in God's house, and on the Sabbath. THAT was his gripe - not capitalism. And He said as much.

As for capitalism, itself, Jesus very much believed in capitalism, as clearly indicated in his Parable of the Talents, where the servant who did not grow his wealth was punished and the servant who grew his wealth the most was richly rewarded. There are other instances in the Bible where both Jesus and God Himself promotes increasing one's wealth, because if you do not, you would not be in any position to help the less fortunate.

Christianity is quite clear - it asks YOU to care for the less fortunate, not the government. YOU are the one God looks to, not our government. It's a lot like asking someone to say "I love you." If you have to ask for it, it isn't worth anything. If the government has to take from you in order to use it to help others, then YOU have failed in your responsibility to God. You passed your responsibility off to others. Much like sending your kids away to some boarding school, paying strangers to raise your kids, and then trying to take credit for how they turn out (or passing the blame if they turn out badly).

No, Jesus was the furthest thing from a socialist, or even a "social justice" warrior. Whenever you add a qualifier like "social" to a noun like "justice", you change its entire meaning, often to something quite opposite. For example, "social justice" would presume that people "take from the rich and give to the poor". But "justice" is the opposite - justice would dictate that the person who works for, and earns something is entitled to it. And if that individual then chooses to use some of it, out of his good heart, to benefit the less fortunate, then that is justice, and God's will.

SHORT TAKE: It is the individual - you, me and uncle George - who must each and on our own - attempt to earn our path to Heaven. No government can do that for us. Governments do not go to Heaven.

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Russia Collusion Part Deux? Really?

Considering what Democrats and other anti-Trump people in the government have put us through in a quest to prove President Donald Trump somehow colluded with Russia to win the 2016 election, and despite that their Independent Counsel, Robert Mueller, found no evidence of it even after spending $35 million and over two years looking into it, and despite the Horowitz Report that only found corruption in the upper ranks of our intelligence agencies and not the Trump administration - considering all of that and seven other investigations by House and Senate committees that found nothing - the Democrats, deep state operatives and "mainstream media" are at it again.

The New York Times and Washington Post, both now infamous for their hatred of the President have published stories once again claiming Russia is again trying to meddle in the 2020 election (FACT: they never stopped, and have been meddling for decades) and that they are trying to help Trump get re-elected. And in doing so, they have propelled a false and harmful narrative around the world, thanks to Twitter trolls and others who are always salivating to spread any anti-Trump fake news they can get their hands on. The liberal, Trump-hating Twitter trolls, blinded by their hate are actually HELPING Russia to meddle.

Here is why their entire narrative is insane and doesn't pass the smell test:

Let's begin with common sense. The record shows that President Trump is the first president to arm the Ukraine with military aid designed to help them fight off the Russian invaders. The record also shows that President Trump has levied the toughest sanctions against Russia, and against their interests in Venezuela, Cuba and world-wide. And the records show Trump increased oil and gas exports to Europe to further decimate the Russian economy which is dependent on selling their own fossil fuels to those countries.

Trump is bankrupting Russia. Trump is providing arms to those who fight Russia. So it appears that ordinary common sense would seem to indicate that Russia does not like Trump, and would like to see him replaced by a Democrat (or fellow socialist). After all, for the decades since  Reagan smacked down Russia, administrations have ignored Russia and allowed Russian power to expand. And Trump has stopped that.

Common sense says that Russia would NEVER help President Trump.

Our Deep State Intel agencies say that Russians are actively promoting Trump. Of course they are! And if you were a Russian being screwed by Trump, you would promote him, too. Why? Because common sense would tell you that if the people of America think Russians LOVE Trump, they would turn AGAINST Trump. Our intelligence agencies, however, do not appear to have any common sense, and they fall for that every time, as do the puppets in the media and Democrats in Washington D.C..

If I were Putin, and I wanted to get rid of Trump, I would have my people praising Trump, and putting out ads that favor Trump (making sure those ads can be traced back to Russia, to fool the clowns in American intel).

And the worst part of all - American mainstream media and Democrat politicians are unkowing pawns of Russia, doing exactly what Russia wants them to do - take down Trump, the one man who is bankrupting the communist nation and providing arms against them. And they are too stupid to see it.

If anyone in America is colluding with Russia, it is the mainstream media, the corrupt intel agencies and the Democrat  politicians who all, like lemmings, buy into the false narrative pushed by the very country they think they are fighting. They are not colluding with intent, but out of sheer ignorance and stupidity.

I am not saying the mainstream media, intel agencies or Democrats are anti-American. What I AM saying is that they are stupid, and in ignorance they are inadvertently harming the very country they claim to love.

It is high time that the media, intel agencies and politicians read the book, "Mein Kampf". Written by Adolph Hitler, it will  expose them to how a diabolical mind works, and how such a mind deceives people into working to promote the evil. Or, just read the Bible, where it says that the evil ones are "deceivers". And, if nothing else, Russia and other communist countries are evil. EXPECT them to use deception, or suffer the consequences.

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Health Care MAY be A Right, BUT...

In a very contentious election year, it appears that the rights of individuals have taken center stage. In Virginia, it is the right to keep and bear arms that is under fire. And freedom of speech is being contested by many on the left as they seek to get conservative discourse banned from campuses and on the internet.

And now many on the left have decided for themselves that they somehow have a right to health care. Maybe that is so - let's assume for a moment that there is some unspoken right to health care. I will accept that - provided they will accept a truth - that every right comes with responsibilities. If they cannot accept that basic premise, then their argument goes right out the window.

The right to free speech comes with the responsibility to not defame, not incite violence and to not "bear false witness". The right to keep and bear arms comes with the responsibility to learn safe use, and to not use them unlawfully. And the right to vote comes with the responsibility to be well-informed.

Any right to health care would necessitate that people make lifestyle choices that are not detrimental to health. Smoking, drinking to excess, use of illegal drugs and unhealthy food choices all contribute heavily to costly health care issues. If health care is a right, those costs are paid for by everyone. No one has any right to impose excess financial burden on others simply because they choose unhealthy lifestyles.

Therefore, if health care is to be a right, then the people need to choose healthy lifestyles. And like violators of any other "right", if a person chooses an unhealthy lifestyle, he no longer has the protection of the right to health care, just like a gun-wielding criminal loses his right to keep and bear arms, or a perjurer goes to prison.

Life comes with responsibilities, like it or not. Health care should be a right, but like any other right an individual can forfeit it if he or she fails to live up to the responsibilities it comes with.

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If A Pandemic Hits Your Community...

With the coronavirus scare, a lot of folks are (rightfully) concerned.


It's not enough to be concerned! Every community, family and individual should be prepared, because a pandemic is not a question of "if", but of "when".


My parents barely escaped the Spanish Flu pandemic of 1917-191 9 that killed as many as 100 MILLION people. Today, a pandemic could kill a billion or more because rapid and regular air travel (not available in 1917) could allow a bug to spread worldwide before we even start seeing symptoms. By then it is too late.


And even though social media reduces the amount of personal contact in some circles, that is not enough to stem an epidemic. Therefore it is wise - even imperative - that we take steps to protect ourselves at least to some extent. Here are some things everyone can do to lessen the chance they will fall victim.


On a COMMUNITY level, if an epidemic hits your area, close the schools. Set up teams that can take turns at picking up and distributing everyday necessities to residents, and checking on the elderly and disabled so the number of people "out and about" is reduced.


On a FAMILY or PERSONAL level:

• Have appropriate medical and purification supplies on hand - at least several Lysol canisters, several bottles of hydrogen peroxide surgical gloves and masks (rated N95), as well as building up a supply of any prescriptions you and family members require 
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  Keep a supply of expendables like toilet paper
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  Use gloves when touching ANYTHING that comes from outside, including mail. Immediately dispose of junk mail and opened envelopes
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  Wear gloves and mask when venturing out of doors, and keep at least three feet from any other person
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  Avoid using cash unless you pay the exact amount - you do not want to handle change that perhaps an infected person handled And wear gloves when using a card, and place it into an envelope after using. When you get home, spray it with lysol and dispose of the envelope.
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  Wash hands and face regularly and often, with the hottest water you can tolerate for 30 seconds. A virus can withstand up to 130 degrees, so it would be wise to increase the setting on your water heater to 140
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  Spray lysol on all fixtures - doorknobs, fridge handles, toilets etc. on a regular basis

Take the time to THINK about everything you do, and take steps designed to reduce your risk.


If a pandemic hits your community, I wish you luck. And if you are not properly prepared, you may need more than mere luck.

[Brought to you as a PSA by "The Simple Man's Guide top Real Estate Investing"]

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What Trump Knows that Democrats And the Media Don't

Ever since Trump won in 2016 the mainstream media and all Democrat politicians and people on the left  have slammed him for not understanding how "foreign policy" works. They said he would start a war with North Korea - nope! They said he would start a war with Iran - nope again. And even the so-called diplomats, claiming expertise, trashed Trumps method of dealing with both allies and enemies. They, too, were proven wrong, as he gets countries to pony up with NATO, and gets concessions in trade deals.

There is one thing that Trump knows that seems to have escaped the attention of the naysayers. Perhaps it is because dealing with nations is not all that different from dealing with contractors, banks and local governments. And no one in the media or in Congress has "been there, done that". Not like Trump.

It's a little something I like to call "learning from history."

America helped China in their Sino-Japanese War. China is an enemy now. We helped Russia fight off the Nazis in WWII - Russia is now an enemy. We helped Osama BinLaden fight the Russians in Afghanistan - he then turned our own weapons against us.

On the other hand, we went to war with England - twice - and beat them. They are now an ally. We went to war with Mexico and beat them. Mexico is now a "sort of" ally. We went to war with Germany - twice - and beat them. Italy. Japan. Beat them. They are now allies.

Are you seeing a correlation? Every time we befriend a nation, they turn on us, and every time we beat them in a war they become our staunchest allies.

Democrats and the media have never figured that out - but Donald Trump has. Trump knows the truth in the words of Teddy Roosevelt and Ronnie Reagan - "Speak softly and carry a big stick", and "Peace through strength."

When Trump butters up Kim Jung Un, that is the "speak softly" part. But then he backs it up with a big stick. He is doing the same with Iran. And while there is no guarantee that it will bring peace, it is the best option short of having to go to war.

For those who fail to see why it is that war turns enemies to friend and vice versa, it is as simple as this - everyone respects strength, and everyone detests weakness. That is in our genes - human nature - because it all goes back to the First Law of Nature - survival of the fittest.

Trump understands...

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