Posted on 11/29/2011 9:29:32 PM PST by Kartographer
I was looking for it in the article text posted above too.
It’s in the YouTube video link at the top of this thread. At 0:27, Senator Rand Paul says “Someone who has more than seven days of food in their house can be considered a potential terrorist”.
During the Civil War the right of habeas corpus was suspended. Newspapers were closed down. Fortunately, these rights were restored after the war.
***Having More Than 7 Days Of Food Makes You A Suspected Terrorist***
As a child, my Brother-in-law saw this in action during WWII. His family operated a ranch in West Texas and put up their own food for themselves and the hired hands.
One day the LAW swept down and confiscated every bit of food because someone had dropped a dime on them, claiming they were “food hoarding”.
How did they survive? They had another stocked cellar hidden way out in the hills that only the family knew about.
It's a backdoor Obama campaign plot to spirit away Mittens & Huntsman...Mormons are supposed to have a year's supply of food stored.
I have a fully stocked pantry & freezers that can be raided like that.
I also have food stored all over the ranch: deer, turkeys, fruit trees, squirrels, cottontails, berries, perennial veggies...and the means to harvest it.
BTW, I did end up making your mother's fruitcake as per directions (no adulterating embellishments) last winter and it was GREAT! I'll be making more this winter.
Firstly, there are lots of ways to lose fingers, including the use of explosives with no intent to hurt anyone, and, secondly, if they come to lock me up for having too much food or too many guns I will do more than intend them harm.
Possibly a nit, but this doesn’t sound like Abe, “America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter, and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.”
The thought is exactly his, but I doubt the words are.
We cannot allow the rules to change to fit the whims of those in power - Remember, Chertoff and the SR 511 committee, including Hussein and Hillary, all agreed on the definition of NBC as TWO US CITIZEN PARENTS. Seems to me rules are changed every day in D.C. The usurper has thrown out the Constitution and acts on whims without the need for Congress.
What worked then isn't so easily accomplished these days. Most preppers don't have access to land as far as the eye can see. Many are stuck (yes, choice) on a tiny city lot or even if they're in the country have neighbors too close for comfort in such times. Rural today isn't the rural of just a few years ago. We used to hardly see a dozen cars on the drive to town but now it's constant traffic. Far too many people are moving in and crowding this neck of the woods.
They have the ability to view your spending in real time. Anything purchased with a check or credit card. Many companies collect your phone number as well, which allows them to track your purchases even if you pay cash.
I hope this does not pass. It is not Constitutional.
As far as the 7 days of supplies: this is beginning to sound like the start of the Ukrainian Famine. Not a good sign.
And quite frankly, the numbers of seditious families would be in the 10 of millions.
I wouldn’t be surprised in the least that homeschoolers would qualify under new federal guidelines, since we don’t fall in lock step with the system.
Ping as it is of general interest to homeschoolers.
I wondered how long this would take,
when the “prepping” movement has gained so much steam these days.
They, the elitists, DON’T WANT YOU TO BE SELF-SUFFICIENT.
They want you dependent and controllable.
To paraphrase Ernest Hollings,
“Dere’s too much preppin’ goin’ on out dere...”
Just as with your guns or other preps,
you should have your food hidden in multiple locations.
If they come beating on your door, give them the two buckets of wheat berries you have in your back closet,
THEN GET THE WORD OUT.
Just make sure your personal stash is hidden somewhere really good.
All of our survival food got lost in a boating accident last year.
Is it really choice to live in cities when economic policies have forced so many of us to live there. There simply are no jobs or ability to create wealth outside of the cities.
This week's "House" tv show featured a patient who had a secret stash of weapons for SHTF. The writers had the patient give up his guns and made a point that the one House has is bad, bad, bad. IOW, preppers are insane.
Could you add me to your preppers list? Thanks.
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