Bruce’s Poor Man Survival Bulletin
A Digest of Urban Survival Resources
For Independent Minded People!
ISSN 2161-5543
In This Issue:
1. User
friendly emergency kit
2. Extra cash for Moms
3. Prepper sites for Special Needs People
4. Where is the line for Revolution?
Strength is not the absence of weakness, but how we wrestle with our
weaknesses.
- Noah Benshea
- Noah Benshea
I recently watched an American Red Cross video that actress Jamie Lee
Curtis made last year called “What’s
In My Kit”. (see below). In the two-minute spot, Curtis shows how she has
personalized her emergency kit to “make it more user friendly.
We need to be prepared, too. The Department of Homeland Security’s Ready America program says we
should be able to sustain ourselves for at least three days after an emergency,
whether that’s a hundred-year storm or a civil insurrection.
How ready are you?
How ready are you?
Wheeled garbage
cans with seal tight lids make great emergency storage units.
* Create your own personalized list. You may not need everything
included in “ready made” kits and there may be additional items you need based
on your personal situation.
* Budget emergency preparedness items as a “normal” expense. Even
$20.00 a month can go a long way to helping you be ready. Buy one preparedness
item each time you go to the grocery store.
* Request preparedness items as gifts. We all receive gifts we don’t
need or use. What if your friends and family members gave you gifts that could
save your life? Don’t forget to protect them by sending preparedness gifts
their way, too.
* If you are prepared, you may be able to help friends and neighbors
who need assistance. By sharing preparedness supplies, you can help each other.
* Trade one night out to fund your 72-hour kit. Taking a family of four
to the movies can cost upwards of $80-$100. Just one night of sacrifice could
fund a 72-hour ready kit.
Find many
supplies such as first aid items at dollar stores - huge savings over drugstores.
Also, check out this video on Pilot Bread
Give plants a boost by dissolving a pack
of unflavored gelatin in 1 cup of warm water, then add 3 more cups of water and
pour mixture over plants. Gives them a
nitrogen boost.
PM’s
Compendium of Useful Resources
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Special Needs Populations Preparedness Websites
nod.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=1564 –National
Organization For The Disabled’s Emergency Preparedness Initiative
ready.gov/america/getakit/seniors.html — Ready.Gov
Seniors
hsus.org/hsus_field/hsus_disaster_center/resources/disaster_preparedness_for_pets.html — Humane
Society’s Disaster Preparedness For Pets
aspca.org/pet-care/disaster-preparedness — ASPCA Animal
Disaster Preparedness
disaster.ifas.ufl.edu/default.htm — The
Disaster Handbook, University of Florida IFAS Extension
Quick, DIY tooth whitener: take a tablespoon of baking soda, add a few
drops of hydrogen peroxide and enough mouthwash for flavoring to make a
paste. Apply to brush and clean your
teeth a few times a week until whitened.
The Nanny State Updates…
“Over the past five years,” reports the Toronto Globe and Mail,
“net worth per Canadian household has exceeded net worth per American household
(total combined value of liquid and real estate assets minus debt) for the
first time.”
The percentage of Americans living in poverty is about to hit its
highest level since the 1960s, according
to a new survey by the Associated Press.
The latest Census numbers won't be released until the fall, but
economists surveyed by the AP project that the poverty rate will climb from
2010's 15.1% and reach a level as high as 15.7%. This will mean that more
Americans are poorer than at any time since 1965.
The Parting Thought – the line in the sand is growing
Where Is The Line For Revolution?
The subject of revolution is a touchy one. It's not a word that should
be thrown around lightly, and when it is uttered at all, it elicits a chaotic
jumble of opinions and debates from know-it-alls the world over. The
"R" word has been persona non grata for quite some time in America,
and until recently, was met with jeers and knee-jerk belligerence.
However, let's face it; today, the idea is not so far fetched. We have
a global banking system that is feeding like a tapeworm in the stagnant guts of
our economy. We suffer an election system so fraudulent BOTH sides of the
political spectrum now represent a hyper-rich minority while the rest of us are
simply expected to play along and enjoy the illusion of choice. We have a
judicial body that has gone out of its way to whittle down our civil liberties
and to marginalize our Constitution as some kind of "outdated relic".
We have an executive branch that issues special orders like monarchical
edicts every month, each new order even more invasive and oppressive than the
last. And, we have an establishment system that now believes it has the right
to surveil the citizenry en masse and on the slightest whim without any
consideration for 4th Amendment protections.
There are plenty of pessimists out there who would assert that
Americans are totally oblivious to these developments
The real question is; where is the tipping point? What causes a
population to tolerate or ignore certain crimes by governments, but not others?
Where is the line in the sand that if crossed, turns an apprehensively meek
citizen into an "enemy of the state" ready to lay down his life
against the very system he was born into?
Revolution takes time...
As difficult as it is to rationally gauge the exact moment or
circumstance that triggers revolt, the intensity or build up to conflict can
certainly be felt. That pressure is tactile in America today, and is becoming
difficult to ignore. The reasons are obvious. In the past 10 years alone elements
of our government have cemented into place the "legal" framework to:
1) Detain U.S.
citizens indefinitely without trial under the guise of enemy combatant status.
2) Assassinate U.S.
citizens without trial and without due process under the law, including the
very clear requirements of the treason clause.
3) Confiscate
resources, including your private property, in the name of national security
and preparedness.
4) Take control of
or eliminate all communications networks including phone, radio, television,
cell, internet, etc. in the name of national security.
5) Unleash a swarm
of unmanned Predator Drones over our homes and towns to make mass surveillance
of the public easier. All without probable cause or the protections of the 4th
Amendment.
6) Capture,
collate, and monitor the communications of millions of citizens without
probable cause or a warrant under the FISA domestic spy bill.
7) Declare martial
law without congressional oversight and embed active serving military amongst
the populace in a law enforcement capacity. This includes the institution of
Northcom, which is a standing military presence in the U.S. whose primary
mission is to quell domestic dissent.
Most of the laws and executive orders that qualify this behavior from
our government have been tested, at least in a limited capacity. These abuses
of power have already galvanized a groundswell of activists across the country,
and I believe that if implemented in a broader manner, will instigate
revolution. Where is the line? I believe the line will be drawn with these
trespasses:
1) Any action that
involves the standardization of indefinite detainment or rendition against
American citizens will result in rebellion. The second due process is thrown
out the window and the right to a trial by jury is revoked, there is not much
left for a population to do but fight back. This includes pre-emptive
assassination as well. The more often enemy combatant status is applied to get
around Constitutional protections, the more exponential public anger and fury
will be. Black bagging people will lead to war.
2) Economic
mismanagement or deliberate derailment by banks has been accomplished with the
aid and collusion of government. This has been made abundantly clear by
numerous instances of exposed fraud, including the Libor Scandal, in which the
private Federal Reserve and agencies within our own system have openly admitted
to hiding the precarious nature of our financial situation. Any further
implosion of the overall economy will be blamed on this fraud by a considerable
portion of the public. When people's wallets and bellies become empty, it's
amazing how quickly they will get off their couches to solve a crisis. If they
can't find justice within the system, history has shown that they will look for
justice outside of it.
3) The institution of checkpoints, invasive technology like naked body
scanners, and exaggerated law enforcement presence on a wide scale, will invariably
lead to revolt. Dealing with TSA thugs in an airport is one thing; people fly
voluntarily, and when they do it often involves a particular level of fear and
anxiety, which can be used as rationalization for extreme security measures.
Dealing with blue-shirts on the streets near your home, at the bus stop, or on
the highway, on the other hand, is not going to go over too well. These tactics
have already been experimented with on a small scale. I don't care how sheepish
the American people appear to be in this era; start invading their personal
space on a regular basis and many will eventually respond with fists instead of
shrugged shoulders.
Finally, as apathetic as many people seem, they still do not l ike to
feel bullied or subjugated. Being surrounded by armed troops at every turn with
the executive granted legal authority to detain or kill without verifiable
cause would make any man a little perturbed. I do not believe many in the U.S.
will quietly accept a martial law scenario, regardless of the excuse given by
government (terrorism, economic disaster, foreign war, etc.). A move towards
military administration of domestic affairs will lead to revolution.
“Until the next revolution”, the Poor Man
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