Posted on 01/16/2020 8:54:48 PM PST by logit1
Response to Adversity :
The Tao of Boyd = the OODA Loop :
Observe - the circumstances
Orient..- analyses and syntheses of new information, prior experience
Decide..- make a decision based all rational (not emotional) data received
Act.....- follow through, and commitment of action, once a rational decision is made
OODA source : https://www.artofmanliness.com/articles /ooda-loop/
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FED.govt. approved Prepper websites :
https://www.ready.gov/ - Plan Ahead for disasters
https://www.ready.gov/plan - develop a rational plan c/o Homeland security
https://www.dhs.gov/ -official Homeland security Website with updates
https://www.usa.gov/disasters-and-emergencies - official U.S. govt.
https://www.fema.gov/ - includes seasonal transportation information, tips, access to podcasts,tool kit, & app. for cellphones.
Thank you for this information. It will be very useful.
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The answer is plain as day, and just as simple. Execution, on the other hand, is severely lacking, for the simple fact that, Americans have accepted peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom.
You see, the Founders gave us the answer to this question, and it's right there in the Declaration of Independence:
"That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed..."
Let me back up just a moment and lay some ground work. You've heard the phrase, "Freedom isn't free". We've all heard it, and our hearts and minds go directly to the men & women serving on the front lines. While the sacrifices they make in upholding and protecting the American way of life are great, the fact is, that phrase applies to you and I, too.
We don't practice it, however, because to do so would require a great deal of responsibility and sacrifice from us, and we don't have time for that. We're too busy working to pay the mortgage, car payments, insurance premiums, credit card bills, keeping the significant other in climate control, keeping food on the table and clothes on the kids, putting gas in the RV/boat/ATV's and hoping we have enough $$$ left over to buy the booze we drink while watching the "Big Game" on that new flat screen TV.
What do all of these things have in common? Money. To make the money we need to keep up this lifestyle, we opt to participate in the employment system. When we participate in that system, we are automatically CONSENTING to having income tax withdrawn from our paycheck every 2 weeks, and to filing said taxes every year to determine the government's "fair share".
"But dware, taxation is theft!"
Well, no it isn't. Don't get me wrong. I don't like it any more than the next guy, but the fact is, as long as we CHOOSE to participate in the system, we are required to play by the rules of the system. And make no mistake: you do, in fact, CHOOSE to participate in the employment system. No one is holding a gun to your head, telling you that you MUST have a job. You WANT a job, in order to pay for all the toys and goodies and creature comforts we enjoy in today's modern society. This is where we begin slipping into that peaceful slavery.
Now, back to the Declaration. According to this Founding document, governments are instituted among men to secure the blessing of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. However, governments are not just legitimate because the government says so. The government in our Republican form gets its power not from thin air, but from the CONSENT of the governed. Basically, We, the People, consent. As long as we consent, the government continues to hold its "just power". The moment we stop consenting, however, it all withers away.
Problem is, we consent, every day, to a whole lot of government tyranny. We consent to a fiat based central bank and its currency every time we accept or spend one of their greenback FRN's. We consent to the destruction of the 2nd Amendment every time we walk into a gun store and submit to unconstitutional background checks. We consent to its destruction whenever we apply for federal permits to buy or sell firearms. We consent to a criminal tax code every time we file our taxes.
Don't misunderstand me here. I'm not suggesting you just not pay taxes. That would indeed be a crime, and you would face jail time. I don't advocate for this. Instead, we can stop consenting by not participating in the system. If you don't have taxable income, you are not held at gun point until your taxes are paid. Of course, this requires some serious sacrifice on the part of the patriot. It all comes down to, do you want all the creature comforts of peaceful slavery, or the dangers of true, unadulterated freedom? Freedom isn't free, you know.
And the best part? This would allow us to end the tyranny without firing a shot, and without spilling a drop of blood. Will we do it? No. Americans would rather hoist the responsibility on to the government. Americans have accepted peaceful slavery over dangerous freedom.
“Chances are. We all are under the governments eye already.
Staying out of sight and hoping to go unnoticed is unrealistic.
Write your Congress critters, protest, speak up for what you believe in.
To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men...A. Lincoln”
Who said anything about remaining silent?
make our culture great again....
breed good church going God believing young people and fill up the country....
I think it is, because a lot of Trump supporters know that if they express any support for him, they might be beaten up, fired from their jobs, their cars vandalized, etc. Where I live, I haven't seen even one Trump hat or bumper sticker. Now, there's got to be some Trump supporters here. I can't be the only one. When I find one, they speak in whispers, looking over their shoulders to make sure they're not being overheard. Trump supporters are intimidated, but they're there. And once they're in the voting booth, nobody can stop them from voting the way they want.
Well said!
Even if you are not a 'prepper', per se,
you should acquaint yourselves to the quotes of Sun Tzu in "The Art of War"
These principles are applicable to life, finance, investment, business, as well as adversity.
Sun Tzu (book at Amazon)
https://www.amazon.com/Only-Award-Winning-English-Translation-Tzus/dp/1929194900/ref=pd_sbs_14_3/136-6228886-8965112?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=1929194900&pd_rd_r=75c4c5e2-5a34-4b4e-917c-519204adda33&pd_rd_w=1EELP&pd_rd_wg=wWzBK&pf_rd_p=bdd201df-734f-454e-883c-73b0d8ccd4c3&pf_rd_r=2VF9HHQNXG5H13ARXZF5&psc=1&refRID=2VF9HHQNXG5H13ARXZF5
Sun Tzu (abridged video/ audio book)( 1 hour, 27 minutes )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31j43R77tO
You can start a gardening club, a cigar club, a chess club, an archery club a men's group, a 4WD club, or similar group without causing anyone any alarm though.
You might even have that thing in common with the other memebers, at least most of them. There are guys in the 4WD club I hang out with who don't own 4WD vehicles - they hope to.
"Chess Club Meet Up - Thursday Night! - the usual!"
A patriot would do what the thuggish globalists on the left are doing, except working on the side of good instead of evil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_long_march_through_the_institutions
Become active and speak up in your church, local schools (including becoming a school board member or a teacher), university, Scouting (no, it’s not permanently dead yet, just resting), media even if that is only commenting with both facts and emotion, political and government activities, and everything else that matters. Speak up in favor of businesses and other organizations that are politically/morally positive, and against those that are negative for our country and culture.
All that, and . . . yes . . . be prepared in all respects.
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Crud ! It was there earlier today !
Try it as 'http', rather than the secure 'https'.
Best thing todo, IMO, is to acquaint oneself with skills to survive, like fixing things, gardening, sewing, preverving food you grow, and to have an adequate supply of food on hand.
Pay ogg debt as you can and move somewhere where you can be self-sufficient.
Cities are not going to cut it.
lol
Sun Tzu online:
The Art of War by Sun Tzu, the most important and most famous military treatise in Asia for the last two thousand years, with side-by-side translation and commentary, cross references, and PDF and text downloads of the full book.
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