Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
ISSN 2161-5543
In This Issue:
1.
Free series of gun and shooting reports
2.
Host a coupon,
free sample party
3.
Tips for
keeping unwanted pests from your home
4.
Find a new
career field with this free site
5.
Where is
America-historical time lines for the end of nations
The tragedy of modern
war is that the young men die fighting each other - instead of their real enemies
back home in the capitals.
—Edward Abbey
—Edward Abbey
Government Makes Us Poor: The free market
sparks innovation and creates wealth.
Competition forces people to become more efficient and to get rid of stupid rules. What if we let people take over some unused land in America to create areas with fewer rules, simpler legal systems, smaller government? John Stossel says we should give it a try. After all, freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor.
Competition forces people to become more efficient and to get rid of stupid rules. What if we let people take over some unused land in America to create areas with fewer rules, simpler legal systems, smaller government? John Stossel says we should give it a try. After all, freedom works, and government, when it grows beyond the barest minimum, keeps people poor.
For those keeping score,
the unemployment rate has hovered around 9 percent for all of 2011, was over 9
percent for all of 2010 and most of 2009, and will remain above 8 percent until
2014 according to the Congressional Budget Office (and that's a generous estimate that didn't account
for the most recent economic slowdown). If you demand more and want to see full
employment in America (about 5 percent unemployment), you'll have to wait until
2018, and that will happen only if employers regain their confidence and begin
hiring at 176,000 jobs per month--much higher than the rate seen in September
and, for that matter, all year.
Why there is no recovery
Business owners are saying
they’re not hiring due to Obama’s anti-business policies. Taxes and over-regulation have topped their
concerns for decades but it’s getting worse.
Fear and uncertainty over government policy have created a rotten
mood. Everyone, consumers and business
alike are in an ultra-cautious mood right now.
Bank of America’s recent $5 monthly fee to use a debit card sort of
topped the cake this month with consumer anger…want to post a complaint? There’s a fee for that!
It is as Bastiat (French Economist and author) said: the real cost of the state is the prosperity
we do not see, the jobs that don’t exist, the technologies to which we do not
have access, the businesses that do not come into existence, and the bright
future that is stolen from us. The state has looted us just as surely as a
robber who enters our home at night and steals all that we love.
Before you store your
patio furniture for the winter, scatter baking soda under the chair cushions to
keep them fresh.
PM’s
Compendium of Useful Resources
Helping to
educate, motivate and empower Americans to expand skills, entrepreneurship,
prosperity and freedom
I recently watched an interview with John Ratzenberger (remember
him from Cheers) and he made a lot of valid points about vanishing skills for
US workers and how folks can benefit from learning a trade vs. an expensive
college degree. Download their free PDF
report on how you can help America at their site.
As more and more of
the economy’s resources are controlled — mismanaged...and misallocated — by the
government, we need to help ourselves.
Free Reports
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Want samples
and coupons? Join the party
How would you RSVP to
an invitation to spend an evening eating, drinking and talking about a new cereal
or critiquing a new video game?
If you have friends
with wide social networks, there's a good chance such an invitation will land
in your inbox. And, chances are you'll answer "yes" if you love to
participate in that great American pastime -- consumerism.
This year, more than 2
million consumers will be receiving such invites, according to the Irvington,
N.Y., firm House Party, a major organizer of these fests in people's homes for
corporations such as Kraft Foods Inc. and Microsoft Corp.
Read more: Want samples and coupons? Join the party |
Bankrate.com http://www.bankrate.com/finance/personal-finance/want-samples-coupons-join-the-party-1.aspx#ixzz1a5YQP5s8
Useful sources of
information when you're reading about or researching food or nutrition science. The Cleveland Clinic has an excellent guide to considering reputable
sources on the web. We also suggest
checking up on food news and new research with the American Dietetic Association, the US Department of Agriculture's Food and Nutrition Information Center, and the US Department of Health and Human Services' Healthfinder.gov portal for reliable food and health information.
Tips for
Keeping Unwanted Pests from Your Home
As winter approaches
all kinds of little critters seek shelter for the long months ahead, often in
your home or garage. Here are a few
ideas to keep them out.
>Keep your property
clean and free of food, trash and other debris, especially around your
foundation.
>Keep trash can
lids on tight
>Prune trees and
shrubs that touch your home
>If you own
livestock, keep their feed inside metal or plastic containers
>Winterize your
home with by sealing gaps, cracks and entry points
>Place a wire mesh
over the top of chimneys and space vents
Find a New
Career in a New Field
Odds are careers in
your chosen field are hard to come by.
Consider trying a new field.
At this site, type in
your skills or work history and this free search engine will provide you with a
list of types of jobs you qualify for, plus typical salary, training
requirements and links to current openings.
Paying extra for
an extended warranty is rarely worth the cost.
Two that you should consider include one for your laptop or anything with
heavy moving parts such as treadmill, 3-D TV, or refrigerator. Always read the fine print before you commit.
The Nanny
State Updates…
Reason.tv: Couple Heading to Court after
Hosting Home Bible Study! (Nanny of the Month, September 2011)
Nanny of the Month turns two-years-old this October, and the busybodies who mind your own business show no signs of letting up. This very special nanny comes to us from a California city that is fighting (and fining) a couple that hosts Bible studies at home. Presenting Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for September 2011: San Juan Capistrano City Attorney Omar Sandoval!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE7BxY2DxQ&feature=channel_video_title
Nanny of the Month turns two-years-old this October, and the busybodies who mind your own business show no signs of letting up. This very special nanny comes to us from a California city that is fighting (and fining) a couple that hosts Bible studies at home. Presenting Reason.tv's Nanny of the Month for September 2011: San Juan Capistrano City Attorney Omar Sandoval!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgE7BxY2DxQ&feature=channel_video_title
Consumers to get hammered again financially…
Already weary of high gas prices and 9.1 percent
unemployment, many Americans are about to get another kick in the wallet thanks
to large increases in their electricity bills.
From Alaska to Georgia and Wyoming to Florida,
utilities are seeking permission to pass on hundreds of millions of dollars in
new charges to customers to help upgrade aging infrastructure and build new or
retrofitted power plants that comply with tougher environmental regulations, a
Daily Beast review of regulatory filings has found.
Winter weather brings on chapped hands…treat by
rubbing a thick layer of petroleum jelly and place them in a plastic bag for 15
minutes. Result-supple hands!
The Parting Thought – Where do we stand historically?
The Law of
Historical Cycles
Social cycle
theory (also known as sociological theory of cycles) is one of the earliest social theories in sociology.
Unlike the theory of social evolutionism, which views the evolution
of society and human history as progressing in some new, unique
direction(s), social cycle theory argues that events and stages of society and
history are repeating themselves in cycles
Interpretation of history as repeating cycles of Dark and Golden Ages was a
common belief among ancient cultures.
Sociological cycle
theory was also developed by Pitirim A. Sorokin (1889-1968) in his Social and Cultural Dynamics
(1937, 1943). He classified societies according to their 'cultural mentality',
which can be ideational (reality is spiritual), sensate (reality is material),
or idealistic (a synthesis of the two). He interpreted the contemporary West as
a sensate civilization dedicated to technological
progress and prophesied its
fall into decadence and the emergence of a new ideational or idealistic era.
Fascism is the system
of government that cartelizes the private sector, centrally plans the economy
to subsidize producers, exalts the police state as the source of order, denies
fundamental rights and liberties to individuals, and makes the executive state
the unlimited master of society.
This describes
mainstream politics in America today. And not just in America. It's true in
Europe, too. It is so much part of the mainstream that it is hardly noticed any
more.
“The average age of
the world’s greatest civilizations from the beginning of history, has been
about 200 years. During those 200 years, those nations always progressed
through the following sequences:
1. from bondage to
spiritual faith;
2. from spiritual
faith to great courage;
3. from courage to
liberty;
4. from liberty to
abundance;
5. from abundance to
complacency;
6. from complacency to
apathy;
7. from apathy to
dependence;
8. from dependence
back into bondage
Undeniably, we
live in uncertain times. A changing of seasons...a transfer of power...a period
of destruction before creation begins anew.
In the meantime, a growing number of individuals are actively seeking an “insurance policy” against imminent chaos. They recognize opportunity abounds post-collapse...but they also want to preserve the necessary resources to capitalize on it when the dust finally settles. Some see their safety in gold. Others, in sustainable farmland, others in international diversification of their assets.
In the meantime, a growing number of individuals are actively seeking an “insurance policy” against imminent chaos. They recognize opportunity abounds post-collapse...but they also want to preserve the necessary resources to capitalize on it when the dust finally settles. Some see their safety in gold. Others, in sustainable farmland, others in international diversification of their assets.
If you’re like
me, I feel most of America is at stage six.
What do you think?
Yours in freedom, the
Poor Man.
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1 comment:
Hi Bruce,
Still readin' just not at work anymore. I read on the patriot post how the occupy movement is like e populist movements in Russia 100 years ago, interesting. also check out Herrick Kimballs blog at the deliberate agrarian. good stuff right up our alley cool stuff he is doing with his whizbang business. We need someone to make US made small farm tools for guys with 5 to 25 acres. right now the small stuff is too wimpy and the big stuff is too pricey.
take er easy
JN
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