(06-22-2023, 05:03 AM)NightskyeB4Dawn Wrote: I hear you. That is why my spidey senses says look at trees on this one.
Americans are being pulled into a thousand directions at one time. We are afraid of everything. It seems that we are being attacked at all angles. Our food is being threatened, our homes, our children, our finances. our religion, our health, our future, our rights, our freedoms. We are so overwhelmed and feeling hopeless that we are very likely to latch onto any snake oil salesman that comes down the pike.
In reality, if the SHTF, which it is very likely to do, we will end up in exactly the same spot regardless. The main difference will be, and the determining factor will be, are we in control, or are we being controlled.
I for one will either be in control, or else pushing up daisies. There are no other viable options. I may die on my feet, and probably will, but will never live on my knees. I believe it was Patrick Henry who said "give me liberty, or give me death", and that spirit has not yet been bred entirely out of the population.
They can either leave us alone to live free, or they can lord it over an ash heap littered with rotting corpses as their new kingdom. If I'm dead, then I won't care which it is.
For decades, I've known death was coming whatever I do, so I might as well do what I need to while I'm still breathing. I'm honestly surprised I made it this far, all things considered. I'm just waiting for that bullet with my name on it, just to see if I can still dodge it.
You kinda have to watch for all those bullets addressed "to whom it may concern" too, though. They are usually the ones that get you while you're waiting for The Big One.
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