Posted on 08/23/2012 8:42:03 AM PDT by Kartographer
What is the tipping point that will really bring this whole thing to a head?
The answer to that question is stunningly simple, and profoundly prophetic. I am sure the children born into royalty are taught this very simple principle in kindergarten. World leaders certainly understand it. And CEO’s of large multi- nationals figure it out early on in their careers.
The answer came to me one day when I stumbled across an article published by MIT’s Technology Review where researchers at the Institute of Complex Systems published their results on the question; what is the cause of riots? The study was headed up by Marco Lagi and his associates. Lagi thought the answer to the question of what was the cause of riots would be, well, complex. It turned out the cause boils down to one thing.
The price of food.
(Excerpt) Read more at survivethecomingcollapse.com ...
Food, or the lack thereof, can till the ground and make it fertile for civil breakdown, but there are two underlying, hand-in-glove reasons why riots happen:
ANGER AND HATE.
The LA riots of 1992 were not about food - they were about ANGER AND HATE.
The 1977 New York Blackout riots were not brought about by food, but when the power went out, the rioters vented their ANGER AND HATE.
The 2011 riots all across Britain were not started over food; the rioters were venting their ANGER AND HATE.
Should we see riots in Tampa, or across the land after the Zimmerman Trial, or as a result of the elections, rest assured the reasons will be nothing but ANGER AND HATE.
a garden can provide vital vitamins and minerals to your diet.....it provides wonderfully tasty meals....it diverts your mind from the troubles of the day.....for these reasons alone, a garden is invaluable.
“A better way to look at this is that a shortage of food guarantees a riot. In addition food riots tend to have a lot more staying power. The loot and burn protests in LA and London were over as soon as the cops started cracking heads. Once the authorities took the fun out of it the riots broke up. However a hungry man will continue to riot until he gets food or is killed.”
This is a keen observation. If one can riot and still eat, there will be an end to the riot. If food is not to be had, the rioter won’t stop until he gets food. If you throw no water in there, the rioter will kill for certain to get it because he is in the process of dying right then.
What causes riots?
Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton to name a couple.
He/she had best do it before the shooting starts. Otherwise he/she ain't nothing but a target.
If cooked properly.
A really tough question! Think long and hard before answering.
Better use is as hog and chicken feed. ;-)
Good article! I'd say the reasons folks riot is because of the lack of knowing (the same and "true") God. A nation filled with Christians most likely would not riot. So that being said, everyone should get down on their hands and knees ... and ... build a garden! Best way to get to know Jesus (it's His turf), your neighbors, fill your belly, and sleep better at night too. They are probably as safe to eat as urine is to drink.
That being said I would never want to put either in my mouth.
But if the choice were forced I'd take urine over liberal any day.
Once you have the canning supplies, you can’t beat canning for savings if you grow your own.
I’ve been doing tomato sauce for years out of the sauce tomatoes I grow. I use Heinz variety which I get through Territorial seed company and they have ALWAYS performed excellently. I always get a good crop and they are supposed to be open pollinated, which means being able to save them, which I am going to try this year and see how they do.
This was not a great year for gardens because of the drought.
We watered through the drought but it still didn’t matter. I probably under-watered.
Our watermelons are about 5” but apparently they are not done.
Tomatoes mostly rotted. I’m big on cherry tomatoes and this is the first year I ever tried large ones. What a dismal failure.
I tried watermelons and they didn’t work either. Not worth the garden space, IMO.
We did an heirloom tomato which all split on the vine. This year some of them came up on their own and I have hardly watered and they’re all doing fine. None are splitting. I’ve never heard of overwatering tomatoes, but who knows? Maybe it’s just the variety.
I grow stuff that’s cost effective. Potatoes, onions, and carrots are too cheap in the stores and take up too much garden space for what you get.
I do beans, peas, scallions, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, and zucchini. I also have rhubarb, blueberries, currants, and raspberries. They are fairly new so not producing a lot yet.
Potatoes and onions are two of my favorite foods and you are right. They are too cheap at the supermarket to grow yourself. We did anyway and it was absolutely not worth it.
BTW, we get TONS of wild garlic here. One of the fields near Springfield was so dense that when I drove by last spring I honestly thought it was an onion field. Apparently it’s a problem regarding dairy cows. It ruins the flavor of the milk.
Funny you should post that photo. I think of it all the time and a couple of years ago I found the clip on YouTube. It wasn’t nearly as cool as I remembered! But the line, “THere’s a storm coming. Yes, I know.” is still good, and timeless.
Could use it to make garlic-butter.
I like that one, but this is what I see as very relevant.
Quark tells his nephew something about humans
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D2SHNqkjbY
The hogs aren’t so choosy.
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