o'sign - in Alabama

From: lc Sent: Friday, August 26, 2011 Subject:  New Sign in Alabama

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o'hubris - Two men contrasted.

From: burd Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 Subject: Definition of hubris

No additional words needed.............
WHAT A DIFFERENCE

George W. Bush speech after capture of Saddam Hussein: "The success of yesterday's mission is a tribute to our men and women now serving in Iraq.  The operation was based on the superb work of intelligence analysts who found the dictator's footprints in a vast country.  The operation was carried out with skill and precision by a brave fighting force.  Our servicemen and women and our coalition allies have faced many dangers in the hunt for members of the fallen regime, and in their effort to bring hope and freedom to the Iraqi people.  Their work continues, and so do the risks.  Today, on behalf of the nation, I thank the members of our Armed Forces and I congratulate 'them."

Barack Hussein Obama speech, Sunday, May 1, 2011:      "And so shortly after taking office, I directed Leon Panetta, the director of the CIA, to make the killing or capture of bin Laden the top priority of our war against al Qaeda, even as I continued our broader efforts to disrupt, dismantle, and defeat his network.      Then, last August, after years of painstaking work by my intelligence community, I was briefed on a possible lead to bin Laden.  It was far from certain, and it took many months to run this thread to ground.  I met repeatedly with my national security team as we developed more information about the possibility that we had located bin Laden hiding within a compound deep inside of Pakistan.  And finally, last week, I determined that I had enough intelligence to take action, and authorized an operation to get Osama bin Laden and bring him to justice.  Today, at my direction, the United States launched a targeted operation against that compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan."

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Hubris (  /?hju?br?s/ ), also hybris, means extreme haughtiness, pride or arrogance.  Hubris often indicates a loss of contact with reality and an overestimation of one's own competence or capabilities, especially when the person exhibiting it is in a position of power.

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Vote'm out in '12! - What The Heck Is Wrong With Us? [redux]

As you read this, remember that o'tax'n spend is trying to 'set up' the military to take a fall pay-wise too.  Just like social security and other government 'paid in' benefits, our G.I.'s will end up being shafted royally, if o'who? screws up the military retirement system like everything else he touches.  And, on Tuesday, November 6, 2012, you can take it to the bank, I'm voting against all incumbents! -- rfh

From: ocz/1776 Sent: Saturday, July 09, 2011 Subject: What The Heck Is Wrong With US?

Remember, not only did you contribute to Social  Security but your employer did too.  It totaled 15% of your income before taxes.
  If you averaged only 30K over your working life, that's close to $220,500. 
  If you calculate the future value of $4,500 per year (yours & your employer's contribution) at a simple 5% (less than what the govt. pays on the money that it borrows), after 49 years of working (me) you'd have $892,919.98.  If you took out only 3% per year, you receive $26,787.60 per year and it would last better than 30 years, and that's with no interest paid on that final amount on deposit!  If you bought an annuity and it paid 4% per year, you'd have a lifetime income of $2,976.40 per month.  The folks in Washington have pulled off a bigger Ponzi scheme than Bernie Madhoff ever did.

    Entitlement ... my behind, we paid cash for our social security insurance!!!!  Just because they borrowed the money doesn't make our benefits some kind of charity or handout!!  Congressional benifits, aka free healthcare, outrageous retirement packages, 67 paid holidays, three weeks paid vacation, and unlimited paid sick days ... now that's welfare and they have the nerve to call our retirement entitlements!!!!!

   What's wrong with this?  WAKE UP AMERICA!!!!

   On April 12, 2011, the California Daily  Bulletin paper ran two articles on the front page side by side:

  1- Calif 's 20 Billion Dollar Budget Deficit
  2- The Calif Supreme Court ruling that ILLEGALS can attend college and get benefits.
       Why don't they just deport them when they arrive to register?
  3- Last year they ran an article on the to Calif Taxpayers from Illegals using Hospital Emergency Rooms for their general health care - At just one hospital the cost to tax payers totaled over $25 million a year.
   Someone please tell me what the ****'s wrong with all the people that run this country!!!!!!
   We're "broke" & can't help our own Seniors, Orphans, Homeless etc.,???????????

   In the last months we have provided aid to Haiti, Chile, and Turkey.  And now Pakistan ......home of bin Laden.  Literally, BILLIONS of DOLLARS!!!
   Our retired seniors living on a 'fixed income' receive no aid nor do they get any breaks while our government and religious organizations pour Hundreds of Billions of $$$$$$'s and tons of Food to Foreign Countries!
   They call Social Security and Medicare an entitlement even though most of us have been paying for it all our working lives and now when its time for us to collect, the government is running out of money.  Why did the government borrow/take from it in the first place?

   We have hundreds of adoptable children who are shoved aside to make room for the adoption of foreign orphans.
   AMERICA: a country where we have homeless without shelter, children going to bed hungry, elderly going without 'needed' meds, and mentally ill without treatment - etc, etc.
  YET..................... They have a 'Benefit' for the people of Haiti on 12 TV stations, ships and planes lining up with food, water, tents, clothes, bedding, doctors and medical supplies.   Imagine if the *GOVERNMENT* gave  'US' the same support they give to other countries.
   Sad isn't it? 

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o'blame game - Kudos & Blunders. (opines, Tea Party)

From: TeaParty@TeaParty.org Sent: Friday, August 12, 2011 Subject: Tea Party - Obama Blunders

     Kudos to the tea party terrorists but Obama and the liberals wanted to raise everyone's taxes, but this debt bill does not have any provisions for raising taxes. It strikes the world a bit strange when all the liberal idiots start using the same comments and phrases. It would seem in the world of twitter once a liberal calls the Tea Party folks terrorists, then all the idiots fall in behind in lockstep.

     You mean they are not smart enough to know that they will all appear in the media as a bunch of phony kool-aid drinkers.

     But at the end of the day we all should thank the Tea Party folks for keeping the pressure on. And the bottom line is obvious. If we are ever going to return to capitalism, we need more Tea Party Politicians. So if you get a chance look at the debt bill of 74 pages that our well informed politicians passed. It would seem if they were honest the bill would be about a dozen pages in length. It would be simple. And any idiot could pick it up and understand the law. As it stands most politicians probably did not understand the law before they signed it.

     So it should have looked like this: The debt ceiling which is the amount the Federal government steals to pay for discretionary spending also known as pork barrel spending shall not exceed $1.2 trillion dollars in the next ten years. To clarify: This amount is the money that is spent by the government that exceeds the revenue allotted for to pay for these over-spent budget items.

     For every dollar that the government spends in this $1.2 trillion dollar range must be met with cuts to the existing budget to the tune of one dollar cut for one dollar spent. In plain English if the government spending increases the debt by $1.2 trillion dollars it must be matched with cuts in spending of $1.2 trillion dollars in 10 years. (Wink, wink!) Or should it be (Oink, oink!).

     And the congress will have an up and down vote on a Balanced Budget Amendment by a certain date. It can not be avoided by political shenanigans; it must be presented and voted on. (So the voters can see who voted against it)

     You didn't hear much about this but there is a 2 % reduction built in for Medicare. And there is an elimination of Federal student loans for professional and graduate students. The rest is about procedural crap and paying for and setting up more committees something our budget really needed. That only took about a half a page, why did it take your congress 74 pages? Guess they were looking for a lot of wiggle room!

     The major problem with all of this is why the ten year window? And if you look real close, there is a catch. Bet you weren't surprised. It looks like the debt ceiling can be raised in increments of $400 billion dollars without any big issue for the next ten years. And they only have to account for $1.2 trillion of it in ten years!

     And kudos to the tea party terrorists but Obama and the liberals wanted to raise everyone's taxes, but this debt bill does not have any provisions for raising taxes. So how stupid are we? If they don't cut the debt, they will eventually have to tax you to pay down the debt!

     To recap this fiasco, let's dream like liberals and imagine that the U.S. Congress only over-spends $1.2 trillion dollars in 10 years. That has not happened in a long while, but let's dream. So that means they are $14 trillion dollars in debt today. They add 1.2 trillion dollars and that equates to a debt of 15 trillion plus dollars in 10 years.

     This wonderful debt bill pertains (make-believe) to automatic spending cuts that will bring the debt back down to $14 trillion plus dollars. So you could be the dumbest person on the planet. Or you could be the guy in Problem Child that had the one brain between them to use today and what good is this debt bill? Maybe that's why the AAA rating disappeared as well!

     So if everything works exactly the way it should we are still over $14 trillion dollars in debt. So we have gained nothing. Good thing they called it terrorism!

     So what will the liberals and thieves do with an additional $1.2 trillion dollars in over-spending? Also factor in that they will spend it today (pre-election) and they don't have to make the cuts complete for 10 years. (Don't hold your breath).

     So no matter how you slice it this bill is stupid! And anyone that called the Tea Party politicians terrorists should be the ones sent to Gitmo. There used to be a time if you intended to cause harm to this country it was considered treason. Not any more: We call it left wing socialism....(KEEP READING)

"Obama-Blunders Are Trashing America One Trillion Dollars At A Time"

Steve Eichler - TeaParty.org

     Obama renews call for more stimulus. Pummeled by ghastly economic news, President Obama called Monday for more spending and extended tax cuts that he said would help stimulate the economy - but these also could deepen the deficit problems that helped the federal government earn its first-ever debt downgrade last week.

     The president made the proposals as world stock market indexes were tumbling, and his remarks seemed designed to help the White House regain its political footing by resetting the congressional agenda next month. Mr. Obama said he wants the 2 percent payroll-tax cut extended into next year, the creation of an infrastructure bank by Congress to promote construction, and enhanced unemployment benefits extended for another year.

     "If Congress fails to extend the payroll-tax cut and the unemployment-insurance benefits that I've called for, it could mean 1 million fewer jobs and half a percent less growth," the president said from the White House, as stocks were in the midst of deep losses that would register a nearly 635-point drop in the Dow Jones industrial average. "This is something we can do immediately, something...(KEEP READING)

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It is your turn to save America. The Tea Party needs your help.  Give today, because tomorrow may be the day after we lost America.

Support the continued work of the Tea Party on behalf of our beloved nation.

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News Headlines - RenewAmerica (Th.25Aug11)

RenewAmerica Newsletter

From: RenewAmerica Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2011 Subject: RenewAmerica Newsletter

August 25, 2011

Biden's anti-life policy

WASHINGTON TIMES — Vice President Joe Biden can't keep his foot out of his mouth. On Sunday, he said he "fully understands" and "is not second-guessing" Beijing's one-child-per-family policy. The remark came during an unscripted question-and-answer session with students at China's Sichuan University... (more)

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August 24, 2011

NPR: the statism network

L. BRENT BOZELL III — One of the greatest perversions of statism is the use of taxpayer money to push for ever more government spending and intervention. A casual listener to the far-left end of the FM dial, National Public Radio​, will quickly conclude that NPR is one of America's leading offenders in this perversion... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Chuck Norris: Obama wants to take away our guns

NEWSMAX — President Barack Obama is trying to use a proposed U.N. treaty on the arms trade as a backdoor method to take away Americans' freedom to own guns, actor Chuck Norris says. In an opinion piece Wednesday for Politico, the martial arts expert and star of "Walker, Texas Ranger" says the draft U.N. Arms Trade Treaty would play into what he calls the Obama administration's "secretive itch for gun control"... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Gallup becomes 3rd poll to find Perry beating Romney

NEWSMAX — A third poll in eight days has confirmed that Republican presidential latecomer Rick Perry now enjoys a significant lead over former front-runner Mitt Romney. Gallup's poll released on Wednesday showed the Texas governor zooming to the top of the pile and relegating Romney to second place... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Alabama immigration law goes before judge

ASSOCIATED PRESS — A federal judge in Birmingham is poised to hear arguments from the Obama administration and others Wednesday over whether a new Alabama immigration law constitutes an unfair assault on civil liberties or is a long-overdue effort to protect American jobs and borders... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Quake rocks Washington area, felt on East Coast

ASSOCIATED PRESS — The most powerful earthquake to strike the East Coast in 67 years shook buildings and rattled nerves from South Carolina to Maine on Tuesday. Frightened office workers spilled into the streets in New York, and parts of the White House, Capitol and Pentagon were evacuated... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Earthquakes and hurricanes, oh my

JOSEPH FARAH — Many Americans are scratching their heads today wondering what in the world is going on with a rare earthquake hitting the East Coast to be followed by a hurricane a few days later. It reminds us that our world can change very quickly. Things don't always stay the same... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Obama's immigration shake-up

EMILY MILLER — President Obama is using his executive authority to grant backdoor amnesty to millions of illegal aliens. In a letter sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced that the administration's immigration-enforcement efforts would ignore "low-priority cases"... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Pander-mandate mania!

MICHELLE MALKIN — Hey, you know what the beleaguered American economy could really use right now? More special-interest mandates imposed by the White House on employers and taxpayers. Team Obama is "Winning the Future" by strangling it in red, green and rainbow-colored tape... (more)

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August 24, 2011

Legal obedience

WALTER E. WILLIAMS — What laws are we morally obligated to obey? Help with the answer can be found in "Economic Liberty and the Constitution," a 66-page pamphlet by Jacob G. Hornberger, founder and president of The Future of Freedom Foundation... (more)

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August 23, 2011

Ruling by decree when leadership fails

PETER LEMISKA — In recent years, the entire country has been focused on its plunging economy. Housing prices are at historic lows, and the jobless rate is at 9.1%. The number is significantly higher in minority communities. The stock market is collapsing, and roughly one in seven Americans are now on food stamps, another historic high... (more)

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August 23, 2011

Libyan draft Constitution: Sharia is 'principal source of legislation'

HERITAGE FOUNDATION — The dust has not yet settled over the Libyan capital of Tripoli since rebels took control over the weekend. But already, a draft constitutional charter for the transitional state has appeared online (embedded below). It is just a draft, mind you, and gauging its authenticity at this point is difficult... (more)

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August 23, 2011

Obamacare already dying

WASHINGTON TIMES — The federal appeals court ruling that struck down the centerpiece of Obamacare has dealt a massive, possibly fatal blow to the government-imposed health care system passed by a Democrat-controlled Congress over bitter public opposition... (more)

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August 23, 2011

The Palin factor

EMILY MILLER — Sarah Palin is the elephant in the room of the Republican primary. The former Alaska governor says she is still considering whether she will join the crowd seeking the GOP presidential nod. That has the chattering class watching her every move for signs that she's leaning one way or the other... (more)

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August 23, 2011

FCC formally erases Fairness Doctrine

NEWSMAX — The Fairness Doctrine, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) implemented in 1949 to require broadcasters to present both sides of controversial issues, became less relevant as cable TV exploded in the 1980s. So the FCC dropped the rule in 1987, but it never erased the language implementing it -- until Monday that is, Politico reports... (more)

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August 23, 2011

California's 'Amazon tax' already proving a bust

BIG GOVERNMENT — California recently instituted as part of its budget solution an "Amazon Tax" aimed at forcing out-of-state, online retailers with no physical presence in the Golden State to collect and remit sales tax in respect of goods sold to Californians where the retailer in question advertises, or maintains an "affiliate" referral relationship, with websites based within state lines... (more)

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August 23, 2011

National debt growing by $3 million a minute

NEWSMAX — The national debt is now growing by $3 million a minute and has increased by $4 trillion under President Barack Obama. When Obama took office the debt stood at $10.626 trillion and the Treasury Department now shows the debt has reached $14.639 trillion, CBS News reports... (more)

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August 23, 2011

Does Obama have any idea why New Deal failed?

BURTON FOLSOM, JR. — The Great Depression dominated the 1930s, in large part because President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal programs failed to create jobs. In May 1939, shortly after learning that unemployment stood at 20.7%, Henry Morgenthau, the secretary of the Treasury, exploded: "We have tried spending money. We are spending more than we have ever spent before and it does not work"... (more)

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August 22, 2011

Warren Buffett's quest for 'sacrifice': you first

WES VERNON, RA ANALYST — Right up front, let us stipulate the following: 1 -- I respect Warren Buffett. How can anyone not? Wall Street's most famous investor did not attain that status without abundant smarts. He is a prime example of what makes the free enterprise system work... (more)

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August 22, 2011

Rep. West: Obama's rules scorn Constitution

NEWSMAX — Conservative firebrand Rep. Allen West is castigating President Barack Obama for "shredding" the U.S. Constitution by aggressively pushing to impose his agenda through executive-branch rule-making rather than via Congress... (more)

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August 22, 2011

Here comes more failed stimulus spending

WASHINGTON EXAMINER — President Obama will deliver yet another "major speech" after he returns from his Martha's Vineyard vacation. Among other things, he promises the speech will contain details of a new "stimulus plan" for getting America's stagflating economy back on the right track... (more)

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August 22, 2011

'She will run,' says organizer for Palin

ROBERT COSTA — Political organizer Peter Singleton tells National Review Online that Sarah Palin will likely launch a presidential campaign by the end of September. "I believe that she will run," he says. "I can't see her sitting this election out"... (more)

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o'robin hood - Michelle Obama spends 10 million on Vacation

Michelle Obama spends 10 million on Vacation

Posted by Floyd on August 25, 2011, http://www.westernjournalism.com/michelle-obama-spends-10-million-on-vacation

Michelle Obama riding on your money.

     The Obamas’ summer break on Martha’s Vineyard has already been branded a PR disaster after the couple arrived four hours apart on separate government jets.
     But according to new reports, this is the least of their extravagances.
     White House sources today claimed that the First Lady has spent $10 million of U.S. taxpayers’ money on vacations alone in the past year.

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Prepare - 10 + 5 C's of Survivability (2 videos)

The 10 C’s of Survivability – Dave Canterbury
Posted by Prepper http://teotwawki.ws/?p=1229 Jul 18

5 Extra Items Carried Beyond the 10 C’s – Dave Canterbury
Posted by Prepper http://teotwawki.ws/?p=1237 Jul 19

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Prepare - Walled Neighborhoods After TEOTWAWKI (By David Morris Th.25Aug11)

article source: http://secretsofurbansurvival.com/1034/walled-neighborhoods-after-teotwawki-and-what-happened-to-gold/

Walled Neighborhoods After TEOTWAWKI

by David Morris on August 25, 2011

     Welcome to this week's Urban Survival Newsletter, brought to you by my new survival training course, "40 Days and 40 Nights."

     This week, we're going to talk about a slightly "dark" topic…the role I see walled neighborhoods playing after a breakdown in civil order.  We're also going to discuss why the gold roller coaster happened this week, so hang on and let's get started!

     To start with, take care if you're on the Eastern seabord.  My family and millions of others are praying for you.  Hopefully, it will be a non-event and simply a wake-up call to millions of people about how unexpectedly disasters can happen.

     If we do experience an end of the world (EOTW) scenario, end of the world as we know it (TEOTWAWKI) scenario, or even a severe economic collapse, one of the most practical security measures that homeowners, neighborhoods, and small towns can take is to find ways to increase security with minimal manpower.

     And one of the simplest ways to do this is by using physical barriers.  The TYPE of barrier is going to depend on your resources, budget, time-frame, and the threat that you are defending against.  As an example, chain length fence topped with barbed wire will keep most 2 and 4 legged predators out of your garden, but won't stop a truck, tank, or helicopter.

     What we're going to talk about here is one of the ways I see good people responding to long term breakdowns in civil order…not defending against tanks and helicopters, but defending against robbery, home invasions, and other violent attacks.  In particular, creating small safe zones within cities.

     Of course there's a precedent for this.  From the time that people started creating population centers to expand commerce and join together for common defense, people have used physical barriers to keep hostile invaders out.

     Some historical physical barriers were purely functional.  Others are beautiful after the fact, like old west forts, castles, and the Great Wall of China.

     Fast forward to today, walls are used in 2^nd and 3^rd world countries around the globe to protect individual houses and neighborhoods from outsiders.  My friends from Mexico City weren't upper class, but they still lived in walled neighborhoods with guards armed with Uzi's.  One of them ran a daycare for wealthy families from their house and several of the pre-schoolers had their own armed guards who stayed outside the house during the day. Interestingly enough, these guns that the armed guards carried were "illegal."

     Regardless of what towns and cities will officially do in a TEOTWAWKI situation, people with the means to do so WILL protect themselves.  And one of the best ways to insure that you live to a ripe old age is to make sure that you never look like the easiest target and physical barriers go a long way towards helping criminals decide to go after someone else's stuff instead of yours.

     Almost all houses in the US are vulnerable to attack.  Flimsy interior doors, sliding glass doors, multiple BIG windows, insecure entry doors, and non-rock/brick/cement construction all add up to big vulnerability from determined attackers.

     One thing in particular that I see happening is that wealthy urban US homeowners follow the example of wealthy homeowners from around the world and wall themselves in…with walls around both their individual properties and bigger walls around their neighborhoods.

     It could be with Hesco barriers, prestressed concrete walls, silage walls, conex boxes (shipping containers), brick, stone, walls made of lumber, or whatever happens to work best in a particular area used alone or in conjunction with trenches and/or barbed wire.

     If you're not familiar with Hesco barriers, they are big stackable "boxes" of dirt.  They come in several sizes, but are basically collapsible weaved fabric boxes measuring 1 meter tall by 1 meter deep by 10 meters long that you fill with sand/dirt with a front end loader.  They're effective against firearms, small bombs, and vehicle assaults.  You can set them up single or double thick and stack them several layers high.  Our troops have used them extensively in Iraq and Afghanistan.  They've saved countless lives and are MUCH more efficient than sandbags if you have the equipment necessary to load them.

     If you've ever seen a cement commercial building go from nothing to all 4 walls being up in a few hours, you've seen prestressed concrete in action.  Silage walls are also prestressed concrete, but they're generally made with wider bases so they are self supporting…like highway barriers, only taller.

     Why do I bring this up?  Because I see opportunity here, and you can take advantage of it.  First, if you are in a neighborhood/apartment/condo where it might be practical to pool money to build a common defensive wall, you might want to start looking for resources as you're going about your daily life.  Identify people who use heavy equipment, companies that own heavy equipment, concrete companies, independent truckers, etc.  Also start thinking about where you would place the walls and openings/checkpoints.  How would you alter it if you can't raise enough money?

     I would love to say that the need to build improvised walls around your neighborhood has little to no chance of happening, but we just don't know.  People probably thought protective walls weren't necessary at some point in most of the places in the world where they're in use today.

     In any case, the sheer volume of low probability threats that we're currently facing adds up to a significant risk. (Like this week's East coast earthquake AND hurricane.)  Even so, this is an idea that I'd let your mind chew on and start identifying solutions, but I wouldn't dedicate money or a significant amount of time to it at this point unless it makes sense in light of your current level of preparedness.  You're MUCH more likely to benefit from taking the steps necessary to have 40 days of food on hand than you would be to benefit from spending the same amount of time and money on physical barriers.  Even so, just introducing the concept will help you start identifying opportunities around you.

     As I've mentioned before, I've seen and talked with officials from cities in the US where they either have concrete barriers pre-positioned near where they're needed or have heavy equipment operators on standby to close off access to the town by outsiders in the event of a disaster.

     Second, if you happen to have skills or assets that could be used to help secure semi-wealthy or wealthy neighborhoods, start thinking about how you would sell your services after a disaster.  Would you sell your services for money?  For a place to live within the wall? For a share of water? Maybe you don't currently live somewhere where it would be practical to put up physical barriers, but you might be able to figure out how to provide enough value to people who DO live in areas that can afford to erect physical barriers to be able to move in.

     Third, think about what skills you have that would be of value to people inside of communities that might put up walls.  Are you a master hydroponic, aeroponic, or conventional gardener and are you wanting to expand your operation?  Are you skilled and experienced at raising animals, but don't have the secure space to do it?  The answer to both of these questions MAY lead you to growing food or raising animals on someone else's property within a walled neighborhood or property…especially if it's more secure.  Heck, I even see opportunities for armed house sitters to watch over people's houses while the owners are on vacation or at other (rural) properties.

     This brings to mind a conversation that I had last fall when I was visiting with a friend of mine 2,000 miles away from home.  He asked me what I would do if a fictional "Jericho" type event happened that day where my family and home got wiped out by a nuclear bomb, shortly followed by an EMP that knocked out power across the country.  My answer was that I'd find the wealthiest neighborhood I could find and figure out what their particular needs were and how I could make myself so valuable that they'd be eager to give me food, fire, water, shelter, and medication…even though I was a complete stranger visiting from out of town.

     David Morris
     P.S.  I'd love to hear your thoughts on walled neighborhoods after a breakdown in civil order.  I'm particularly interested in hearing from people who have lived overseas in walled "compounds," whether they were US enclaves or simple civilian neighborhoods.  I know many of you have been DOD/State dependents stationed overseas and I would appreciate any insights you have to share.

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   Hesco barriers continue to be used for their original purpose. ... During the June 2008 Midwest floods 27000 feet of Hesco barrier wall were shipped to Iowa. ...

2. Hesco Barriers - HESCO Barriers Blast Wall Plus EEC

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   HESCO Barriers Blast Wall is extensively used in the protection of personnel ...

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o'bamanomics - Debt Analysis Chart

"The national budget must be balanced.  The public debt must be reduced; the arrogance of the authorities must be moderated and controlled.  Payments to foreign governments must be reduced, if the nation doesn't want to go bankrupt.  People must again learn to work, instead of living on public assistance."-- Marcus Tullius Cicero, 55 B.C. (quotes: http://harrold.org/quotes/quotesonly.html)

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America's debt stands at $14 trillion.  That's the same as your family making $20,000 a year but spending $37,000 and putting the difference of $17,000 on a credit card on which you already owe $144,000.   Now just add 8 zeroes [..000,000.00]  and you can see we don't have much time left before America defaults on its loans.   This week's index is 82.3% - and the "collision date" is 4/11/12.

( If your email works with javacript, you'll see the graph displayed.  Otherwise, to see the graph, visit: http://debtwall.org/the-debt-wall-index/ )

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o'blame - "B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault" (o'toons'n opine)

From: bham Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2011 Subject: B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault!

B-b-b-But It's HIS Fault

     The Washington Post babbled again today about Obama inheriting a huge deficit from Bush.  Amazingly enough, a lot of people swallow this BULL. 
     So once more, a short civics lesson. 
     Budgets do not come from the White House.  They come from Congress and the party that controlled Congress since January 2007 is the Democratic Party.
     Furthermore, the Democrats controlled the budget process for Fiscal Year 2008 & FY 2009 as well as FY 2010 & FY 2011.
     In that first year, they had to contend with George Bush, which caused them to compromise on spending, when Bush somewhat belatedly got tough on spending increases.
     For FY 2009 though, Nancy Pelosi & Harry Reid bypassed George Bush entirely, passing continuing resolutions to keep government running until Barack Obama could take office.  At that time, they passed a massive omnibus spending bill to complete the FY 2009 budgets.

     And where was Barack Obama during this time? He was a member of that very Congress that passed all of these massive spending bills, and he signed the omnibus bill as President to complete FY 2009. Let's remember what the deficits looked like during that period: (below)

     If the Democrats inherited any deficit, it was the FY 2007 deficit, the last of the Republican budgets. That deficit was the lowest in five years, and the fourth straight decline in deficit spending. After that, Democrats in Congress took control of spending, and that includes Barack Obama, who voted for the budgets.

     If Obama inherited anything, he inherited it from himself. 


     In a nutshell, what Obama is saying is I inherited a deficit that I voted for and then I voted to expand that deficit four-fold since January 20th.
     There is no way this will be widely publicized, unless each of us sends it on!
     This is your chance to make a difference.

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