Well, all those television shows talking about the world ending on December 21, 2012 were wrong! I don't know about you but when people called me asking what I was doing to prepare for the end of the world I told them I was doing absolutely nothing beyond reaffirming my faith in God and my savior that I would be at peace that everything about my death would be in His hands......
My favorite answer when I got a call was I don't prepare for the end of the world but I do prepare to live in case of natural disasters, job loss, war, or economic collapse. You know the ordinary things that we as humans have had to face for all of our existence.
My opinion is that we as humans and as American citizens are in control of our own destinies but we are not in control of others actions nor are we in control of natural disaster occurences. It is our responsibility to be prepared for survival in the future just the same as the Amish of today and our ancestors in the past made sure they were prepared in case of crop failures, hard times, weather anomalies, etc. We must open our eyes, minds and hearts to the possibilities of the future and protect and preserve our family's well being and be able to thrive in the event we lose our jobs or there is an economic collapse because of the world's economic decay.
Every American knows more than one family that is dealing with job losses and we are all dealing with the price of groceries skyrocketing as well as gasoline staying high, which by the way they removed from the formula that the Government uses to show how we as a nation are doing economically. They say we are improving and we have come out of the recession and have a bright future ahead as long as we let the President and Congress do their jobs. Well, so far I have seen the government change their formula's on how to figure how we are progressing to suit their political agenda's. If you add back in the cost of groceries rising and the cost of gasoline which has more than doubled in 4 years, we not only are still in a recession but are precipitously close to a very bad depression. If they keep making the market so bad that people keep losing their jobs and businesses have to go to other countries to survive then we will be facing a terrible depression. The politicians of both main parties don't want us to think about what has happened under their watches.
Food has gone up for many reasons. Let's take a look at a few of the reasons. Ethanol has taken much of our crop lands to grow corn for additives to our gasoline supply. Big Agra has introduced genetically modified organisms into our food supply as well as hybrid plants to supposedly increase our food supply. If you do even minor research you will find quickly that gmo and hybrids are not able to be replanted because of all the manipulations. The plants either will not grow or will not reproduce the plant in a true form. GMO plants have been documented as making our meat animals ill and even has killed them. Now just think what it is doing to us if it is killing the beef steer, pigs, and chickens which are eating the GMO corn! It makes me squemish every time I feed my family any of the thousands of items containing corn products.
Corn products are in thousands of foods we Americans eat daily such as corn starch, corn syrup, cereals, corn meal, corn in cans or frozen or fresh. If you think about how many foods that high fructose corn syrup is in you would be surprised. Also look as corn meal, corn bread, muffins, stuffing, breading for fish, and corn chips. Let's not forget the movie treat popcorn. I don't trust any corn any longer to be healthy unless I grow it myself from heirloom seeds. Even organic corn could have GMO corn in it because Monsanto pays off the politicians to keep them from passing laws that they have to label the products that contain GMO.
If you spend a little bit of money on heirloom seeds and grow your own vegetables and grains if it is possible for you then you will know that you are eating a healthier diet.
As far as gasoline prices go, we are duped by the oil industry to pay higher prices because we have no choice. They tax the gasoline and control the amount that is produced in our own country. So we are going to continue to pay through the nose for gasoline and diesel in this country. The thing that makes me angry is that there are other means for producing energy or running vehicles which are quite inexpensive but the automotive industry paid the inventors off and have hidden these new technologies from the public. The government again in paid off to keep it quiet by the auto big wigs and the Unions.
Natural disasters will always be a part of our lives and we should be prepared for these occurences. We never know when our Sun will throw a temper tantram and send us a large solar flare or CME. We can't control hurricanes, earthquakes, blizzards, volcanic eruptions, floods or even tsunamis but we can be prepared for them.
Lastly the people who can cause disasters who are in control of our economy and relations with other countries are only minimally controlled by the population through elections and being in contact with our Senators and Representatives. They can go to war or cause a war without our permission. So we must prepare ourselves to survive a possible war whether nuclear or conventional. Wars always seem to bring rationing and shortages.
Lastly take a look at our country and the runaway spending on everything from a turtle crossing costing a fortune to subsidies to museums, auto industries, and the new Affordable Health Care that is starting this year. If we hit the fiscal cliff and dive off of it then we will be hurting by taxation and job losses, reduced military to defend our country, and government expenses skyrocketing. The government goes into debt without our knowledge for unknown reasons all the time. I remember the House investigating where the huge amounts of money was being spent. They asked Bernanke where three trillion dollars was and he answered them with "I don't know". Believe it or not they accepted that answer and dropped it.
There are many reasons to prepare for your future that I haven't even mentioned. You know now that December 21st was not the end. We will have to face the future and if we don't have our preparations in order then we will struggle and fail taking care of our basic needs. I want to help my family to not only survive but to thrive by work and preparations to hold us over till we become more self sufficient and learn to live a basic and frugal lifestyle.
I wish you all a wonderful New Year! God Bless all who try to take care of their families and I pray you all success in your endeavors.
