part II -->PSOR COMING raPture isn't COMING -- ARE YOU GOing ANYWAY?
randall
hi
Part II: below:
of part I here:
May 20 2011 3:40 pm
Subject: The PSOR raPture is COMING or CAMpING?
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.support.skin-diseases.psoriasis/msg/db4f5243b5516c95
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This says it ALL:
PELOSI galore tells kudlow she's against profits.
Look at the crawl for the price of gold/silver/oil etc as nasty galore
doublespeaks her head off.
or her over worked FACE?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dt6urEmkhjc
You wonder why i call them dumbocraPs?
And i don't mean the majority of democrats.
I mean barney the blarney stoned frank, harry hilarious reed, obama i
wanna be your
momma for LIFE and others of that ilk.
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#1 hit
http://blog.heritage.org/2011/05/18/morning-bell-how-about-a-national-obamacare-waiver/
Morning Bell: How about a National Obamacare Waiver?
Posted May 18th, 2011 at 9:28am in Health Care
If you knew a dangerous virus was about to hit America and that you
could beg the government for a vaccine, you’d probably do it, wouldn’t
you? That’s just what states and businesses alike are doing right now
in preparation for Obamacare. But rather than seeking a vaccine,
they’re asking for waivers from the law’s onerous requirements.
To date, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has
approved 1,372 Obamacare waivers, covering 3.1 million Americans.
Yesterday, The Daily Caller reported that among HHS’s most recent
round of 204 Obamacare waivers, “38 are for fancy eateries, hip
nightclubs and decadent hotels in House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi’s
Northern California district.” That’s right: Nearly 20 percent of
exemptions from Pelosi’s crowning health care achievement were doled
out in her backyard.
If that’s not enough irony for you, try this waiver on for size: On
Monday, the Las Vegas Sun reported that Nevada—Senate Majority Leader
Harry Reid’s home state—received a partial statewide Obamacare waiver,
too. If you’re keeping score, Reid was Pelosi’s counterpart in the
Senate fighting to get Obamacare passed into law. Now his state will
be one of three to get a waiver from the law’s requirements, while the
rest of America suffers.
Why did Nevada get a waiver? The Sun reports that HHS found that some
of the law’s implementation requirements “may lead to the
destabilization of the individual market.” Senator Dean Heller (R-NV)
said that that’s all the more reason why Obamacare should be repealed:
It is becoming increasingly clear how flawed this law really is . . .
Not only did it cut a half trillion dollars from Medicare, impacting
thousands of Nevada’s seniors, now the law would have driven health
insurers out of our state if a reprieve had not been granted . . .
This is why ‘Obamacare’ will not work for Nevada.”
But Pelosi’s district and Reid’s home state aren’t the only ones
getting waivers. There are others getting a break from the law, too—
big corporations and labor unions.
All these waivers might sound like a lot to you, especially since most
of the law’s provisions don’t take effect until 2014. But if you ask
the White House, they’ll tell you that it’s no big deal. In a press
briefing yesterday, press secretary Jay Carney downplayed the waivers
and said that it’s “not that many” and that “[t]he waiver is not a
waiver of the law” but just a “provision of the law.” Well, that’s one
way to spin it.
The Heritage Foundation’s Kathryn Nix explains why some of the waivers
are being granted:
Obamacare forbids insurers from placing annual and lifetime limits on
health plans. These “consumer protections” have endangered the limited
coverage plans that some employers currently offer. Unable to provide
more comprehensive coverage, those employers would be forced to drop
coverage altogether if they abide by the new law. To avoid this
consequence of the new law, employers are flocking to secure the
waivers offered by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)
to keep their employees covered.
In the case of waivers for businesses, Heritage’s Ed Haislmaier
recently testified that the Obama Administration doesn’t really have
the authority to grant them in the first place. In the case of state
insurance markets, Congress explicitly allows a waiver, which is an
admission that they knew the legislation would be disruptive.
It makes sense that labor unions, states and companies of all sizes
want to escape Obamacare’s costly requirements. That’s because it’s
clear that Obamacare already isn’t working, even though the law is
barely out of the gate. But granting waivers here and there merely
postpones the effects of the law for a couple of years. It’s not the
solution America needs. A better idea would be to repeal Obamacare and
grant America a permanent nationwide waiver.
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One of my friends said in response to the below:
I'm going back to All Soul's Episcopal!!
Why?
Check it OUT:
May 11, 2011
Subject: Does your religion determine your income? (NY TIMES)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/15/magazine/is-your-religion-your-financial-destiny.html
<chart of earnings by FAITHs>
Is Your Religion Your Financial Destiny?
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The economic differences among the country’s various religions are
strikingly large, much larger than the differences among states and
even larger than those among racial groups.
The most affluent of the major religions — including secularism — is
Reform Judaism. Sixty-seven percent of Reform Jewish households made
more than $75,000 a year at the time the Pew Forum on Religion and
Public Life collected the data, compared with only 31 percent of the
population as a whole. Hindus were second, at 65 percent, and
Conservative Jews were third, at 57 percent.
On the other end are Pentecostals, Jehovah’s Witnesses and Baptists.
In each case, 20 percent or fewer of followers made at least $75,000.
Remarkably, the share of Baptist households making $40,000 or less is
roughly the same as the share of Reform Jews making $100,000 or more.
Overall, Protestants, who together are the country’s largest religious
group, are poorer than average and poorer than Catholics. That stands
in contrast to the long history, made famous by Max Weber, of
Protestant nations generally being richer than Catholic nations.
Many factors are behind the discrepancies among religions, but one
stands out. The relationship between education and income is so strong
that you can almost draw a line through the points on this graph.
Social science rarely produces results this clean.
What about the modest outliers — like Unitarians, Buddhists and
Orthodox Christians, all of whom are less affluent than they are
educated (and are below the imaginary line)? One possible explanation
is that some religions are more likely to produce, or to attract,
people who voluntarily choose lower-paying jobs, like teaching.
Another potential explanation is discrimination. Scott Keeter of Pew
notes that researchers have used more sophisticated versions of this
sort of analysis to look for patterns of marketplace discrimination.
And a few of the religions that make less than their education would
suggest have largely nonwhite followings, including Buddhism and
Hinduism. Pew also created a category of traditionally black
Protestant congregations, and it was somewhat poorer than could be
explained by education levels. These patterns don’t prove
discrimination, but they raise questions.
Some of the income differences probably stem from culture. Some faiths
place great importance on formal education. But the differences are
also self-reinforcing. People who make more money can send their
children to better schools, exacerbating the many advantages they have
over poorer children. Round and round, the cycle goes. It won’t solve
itself.
This article has been revised to reflect the following correction:
Correction: May 17, 2011
An earlier version of the graph accompanying this article mislocated
“Seculars” on it; 35 percent are college graduates, not 45 percent.
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http://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/05/18/the-economics-of-a-vengeful-deity/?partner=rss&emc=rss
May 18, 2011, 10:18 am
The Economics of a Vengeful Deity
By DAVID LEONHARDT
Naomi Schaefer Riley continues the discussion of religion and income
at the Chronicle of Higher Education’s Brainstorm blog:
[A] religion’s view of education affect one’s education and therefore
one’s income….
It’s not that one religion mandates a college education and another
one suggests only high school. Sometimes religious leaders do talk
about such issues. But it goes back even further than that.
Pentecostals and Jehovah’s Witnesses and some other fundamentalist
Protestants (not evangelicals generally, mind you) have a more
apocalyptic view of the world. That is, they think the end may be
coming soon and so planning for the future (through education,
savings, etc.) seems less important.
In their book, “America’s Four Gods,” Paul Froese and Christopher
Bader write about the effect that people’s view of the divine has on
their financial prospects. Americans, in the authors’ view, are
divided into people who view God as an active or inactive presence and
as either a benevolent or vengeful God. People who view God as both
active and mean often have lower incomes. It’s a little hard to
separate the cause and effect here. Do you believe God has it in for
you because you have a low income or do you have a low income because
you don’t believe you have much chance of doing well in this
lifetime[?]
Two other small points about our chart on religion, education and
income:
First, several readers have asked why we did not include Orthodox
Jews. Our chart was based on a survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and
Public Life, and the survey simply did not turn up enough Orthodox
Jews for the Pew researchers to be confident in the results for that
category.
Second, the original version of our chart contained an error. It
incorrectly placed the data point for “Seculars” (a combination of
atheists, agnostics and “secular unaffiliated”); 35 percent are
college graduates, not 45 percent. Now that the chart has been fixed,
Seculars no longer look like a modest outlier, earning somewhat less
than their education would predict. They’re right in line with most
other religions, modestly more educated and affluent than Methodists
and modestly less so than Presbyterians.
http://religions.pewforum.org/reports# this is the pew survey..
interesting.
christians are 78% of the survey. 12.1% are nothing in particular.
Do they believe in nothing or just LAZY or procrastinators?
i wonder if atheists (1.6%) are like orthodox jews now? How come so
FEW?
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And what did obama say to netyanhahawho?
Nottin Yahoo? LoL
And didn't richard gere bring in a truck load of buddhists to follow
the dali lama?
http://www.adherents.com/people/pg/Richard_Gere.html
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Hawking there is NO HEAVEN---> must be one of those 1.6% guys?
http://news.discovery.com/space/hawking-theres-no-heaven-110517.html#mkcpgn=rssnws1
So, it turns out that world-famous British physicist Stephen Hawking
doesn't believe in a "Heaven" or an afterlife. When we die, our brains
shut down and then... nothing.
Death, according to Hawking, is even more of a drag than we thought.
No pearly gates, no rebirth, no playing harps on cloud tops. These
stories of stuff that happens after death are just that; they're
"fairy tales," Hawking told the UK's Guardian in a recent interview.
But is this opinion really such a surprise?
DNEWS VIDEO: AN INTERVIEW WITH HAWKINGIn September last year, I
playfully branded Hawking a "troublemaker" after he published his book
The Grand Design. In it, he cut "God" out of the universal creation
equation. "Because there is a law such as gravity, the Universe can
and will create itself from nothing. Spontaneous creation is the
reason there is something rather than nothing, why the Universe
exists, why we exist," he wrote.
ANALYSIS: Stephen Hawking is Such a Troublemaker
In this new interview, Hawking drove home his trouble-making ways,
saying, "I regard the brain as a computer which will stop working when
its components fail. There is no heaven or afterlife for broken down
computers; that is a fairy story for people afraid of the dark."
(At this point, if you're asking "where do all the calculators go?"
you're not alone.)
Naturally, this statement has caused another stir, angering people who
think Hawking shouldn't be meddling with religious ideas. Stephen
Green, director of lobby group Christian Voice, told Cambridge News
that "the comparisons to a computer switching off shows a man who is
only able to think of things in a materialistic way."
Rather than debating whether or not Heaven, Hell, God or the Flying
Spaghetti Monster exists, why is Hawking (once again) waving a red
flag in front of the proverbial religious bull?
For starters, he says he's not afraid to die, having lived with the
threat of this reality for nearly half a century after being diagnosed
with a debilitating motor neuron disease when he was 21. "I have lived
with the prospect of an early death for the last 49 years. I'm not
afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to
do first," he said. In the face of his life-threatening illness,
Hawking doesn't need the prospect of Heaven to make him feel better.
ANALYSIS: Pope's Scientist Would be Happy to Baptize an Intelligent
Extraterrestrial
Hawking, famed for his groundbreaking theoretical physics work, spoke
at the Google Zeitgeist meeting in London on Monday to answer the
question: "Why are we here?"
In his presentation, Hawking discussed the quantum fluctuations in the
very early universe that became the seeds from which everything we see
in the Universe grew. For Hawking, no omnipresent "creator" is needed
to form the Universe we live in. From the Big Bang to present day,
science can explain how we got here. There is no "why"; we are here
through chance, nothing more.
"Science predicts that many different kinds of universe will be
spontaneously created out of nothing. It is a matter of chance which
we are in," he told the Guardian.
Fundamentally, Hawking bases his argument on M-theory, an extension of
string theory, where 11 dimensions are calculated to exist; our 4-
dimensional spacetime is therefore only part of the story. The first
step in proving the foundations of M-theory could come from the Large
Hadron Collider (LHC) where supersymmetry particles may be discovered.
Going head-to-head with religion is nothing new, and Hawking has
obviously caused a kerfuffle. However, religion and science are two
very different creatures. Faith doesn't need evidence for the
existence of a God, Heaven or Hell; religion is a belief structure, no
amount of mathematics can disprove a faith -- and no amount of faith
can prove a god.
If Hawking can so easily disprove Heaven using those pesky equations,
can Heaven simply be shoehorned into the equations to make it exist?
Why not! "Hawking is happy to discuss the M-theory, in which the
universe is said to have 11 dimensions, why then could the universe
not have a 12th spiritual dimension?" said Green.
As you can see, science and religion often mixes like oil and water.
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WILL we have economic problems before the raPture?
Some think so... a friend sent this yesterday:
The Treasury's Raid on the Retirement Funds of Federal Workers: A
Prelude of Things to Come
Gary North
May 18, 2011
To stave off a declaration of default, Treasury Timothy Geithner plans
to raid the pension program of Federal employees. That will give him
until August before the Day of Reckoning.
This has been reported widely. Here is the summary by the Washington
Post. "Geithner, who has already suspended a program that helps state
and local government manage their finances, will begin to borrow from
retirement funds for federal workers. The measure won't have an impact
on retirees because the Treasury is legally required to reimburse the
program."
This means that the Treasury will borrow from the Treasury, with a
promise issued by the Treasury to repay the Treasury.
We live in the kingdom of the Madhatter.
Here is the key that unlocks the riddle. off-budget accounting. Social
Security is off-budget. The debt that the government owes to Social
Security does not appear on the on-budget budget. This enables the
Treasury to spend the money coming in from FICA taxes, but without
adding this liability to its balance sheet. The money is owed to the
Social Security Trust Fund in the form of non-marketable IOUs. These
are not counted as debts of the Treasury, even though they are debts
owed by the Treasury.
It's all an accounting illusion. It is done to conceal the magnitude
of the government's debt.
This finally caught up with Social Security in fiscal 2010. The
revenue from FICA taxes is not sufficient to pay all of the
obligations to Social Security's recipients. So, the Trust Fund sold
some of its assets back to the Treasury, and the Treasury wrote checks
to the Trust Fund, which in turn paid recipients. (Thanks, guys!) This
accounting illusion has now impacted the on-budget deficit. It is
larger.
The same sleight-of-hand operation applies to Medicare.
It is about to apply to Federal pensioners. There is so few IOUs in
the funds' portfolios, and the monthly deficit of the government is so
huge, that the borrowed money will tide the government over only until
August to deplete the IOUs. Then the Treasury will owe the retirees
money. The Treasury will have to start writing checks to the pension
funds to pay to the retirees. At that point, the deficit will get
worse.
So, by stalling the day of reckoning until August, Congress will face
a larger deficit after August.
If Congress refuses to raise the debt ceiling, then defaults on
portions of the debt will begin.
The government's legal wiggle room is limited.
Congress will buckle. It always does.
The point is this: the government is willing to raid pension funds in
order to delay the day of reckoning. Anyone who thinks otherwise is
naive.
The person who thinks that the government would never raid private
pension funds is naive. Desperate governments do desperate things in
order to extend the illusion of solvency. They are all insolvent. They
will all default. But they want to delay that day of reckoning.
Geithner is buying time. He knows the Congress will capitulate. He is
playing a game of chicken. But in playing that game, he is willing to
play accounting games with Federal workers' pensions. A word to the
wise is sufficient.
<snip>
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after talking about economic collapse a few times today with BUD xyz.
we figured our women will not allow us to do anything too nutty.
Ah shucks... guys love being nuts... or something with those nuts...
But HOW nutty is what i or YOU DO to protect your family and economic
reality?
$$$ ties with a collapse of the US$ would create a calamity
understandable by reading FerFAL Aguirre's account below of his recent
Argentinean predicament.
TIME TO BECOME A PACK RAT OR JUST PACK IT IN?
OR PACK it OFF?
Preparing for Economic Collapse (lessons from Argentina)
Friday, May 13, 2011, 9:19 am, by FerFAL
Today's contributor is Fernando "FerFAL" Aguirre. Many of our readers
have expressed interest in hearing accounts from those who have lived
through economic collapse. FerFAL experienced the hyperinflationary
destruction of Argentina's economy in 2001 and continues to blog about
his experiences and observations of its lingering aftermath. His
websiteand his book Surviving the Economic Collapse offer windows into
the probable outcomes to expect during a collapsing economy. Note: Our
site's What Should I Do? Guide offers specific guidance relevant to a
number of the steps FerFAL recommends below.
“How can I prepare for an economic collapse?” is one of the most
common questions I get. It usually takes me a second to start to
explain how complex such a question is. It’s like asking an auto
mechanic, “Say, how do you build a car?” or asking a computer
engineer, “What’s all that stuff inside my laptop?”
I do have some first-hand experience in this matter, though. The
economy in my country, Argentina, has gone through various crises, but
none as large as when the economy collapsed in 2001 after a decade of
apparent prosperity. The currency devaluated, and Argentina defaulted
on its USD$132 billion debt, the largest default ever. The middle
class took to the streets after bank accounts were frozen, and the
president was forced to resign, escaping the presidential building in
a helicopter.
What I’ll do is, provide five quick foundational steps, based on what
I know, for you to follow so as to be better prepared if something
like what happened in my country ever happens in yours.
Step #1: Secure a percentage of your savings in bullion.
Five years ago, even the most paranoid person claimed you would never
see “nationalized” banks in USA. The gung-ho survivalists claimed the
entire country would go up in flames and open revolts would start
before something as insane as a $700+ billion bailout to save the "too
big to fail" rich elite was laid on the backs of the American working
class. Yet here we are.
When I try to explain this very important issue to my American
friends, they tell me that banks would never steal people’s money
because there are laws against that in the USA. Their money is
insured. We had those same laws in Argentina, but still it happened.
We had a constitutional right to private property. Yet the
constitution mattered little during the collapse. Go right ahead --
sue the government of the United States if something like that ever
happens. Maybe you’ll get some of your savings back in a few years. If
they feel like returning it.
What people don’t understand is that laws are written by men, not some
greater power. As soon as those running the show feel an emergency
decree or law is in order, existing laws are simply rewritten. They
may even be ignored all together! What do you do if something like
that happens? You may complain, you may sue, but you’re not changing
the cold hard fact that as of right now that bank door is closed, that
ATM has no money in it, and you still have to survive. This is
something Argentines have experienced and know very well. Hundreds of
thousands of us have banged the doors of our banks, for years, without
a penny being returned. You still sued, and waited, and spent the
little money you had by hiring a lawyer. You lose, they win…unless you
have some of that money at hand before they decide to steal it.
Every single Argentine wishes he could go back in time, close his bank
account, and put that money into gold. We would all do that if we had
a time machine. Since you can't guess the future, all you can do is
estimate what can happen and play the odds in your favor. In the event
of a full economic collapse, if you have 20% of your savings in
physical gold and silver, that’s a percentage of your savings that is
spared. It's not an investment; don’t go crazy over gold and silver
going up or down a few dollars, just be content that it's not getting
any lighter as it sits in your safe. If the economy collapses or even
if there’s simply inflation (as there clearly will be), that
percentage of your savings in precious metals is safe and will likely
go up in price beyond its standard purchasing power as things get
worse.
During the first stages of a severe economic crisis, you will see ATMs
running out of money fast, and many stores won't be accepting credit
cards. As the saying goes, “Cash is king” during those times. Your
precious metal can be sold to a dealer, but you better keep that
stored for now. When everyone is running around looking for an ATM
with a few bucks in it, having a month's worth of expenses in cash
means you won't be one of them. Why not more than a month´s worth of
expenses? Because if the economy fully collapses, that paper money
will lose its value within hours. It may drop 50%, 60%, or 75%, as
happened in Argentina. Who knows? All you know is that as the currency
loses value, the value of the precious metals you have stored goes up
in proportion. Still, during those first days, a wad of cash gets you
what you need.
So, step one is acquiring precious metals (I generally recommend 20%
of your savings but each person is a separate case) and a month’s
worth of expenses in cash, kept safe at home.
Step #2: Stock up on food.
The more you have, the better. There may be periods of civil unrest
like the ones we saw where stores are being looted and closed after
that. There may be problems with resupply because of logistical
complications. It's better if you already have 6 to 12 months worth of
food in your expanded pantry. Also, keep in mind the food you buy now
will be considerably cheaper compared to post-inflation prices.
This large supply of food will bring peace of mind in case of job
loss, as well. Who knows how long it will be before you find another
source of income? After the 2001 collapse, some people genuinely spent
YEARS looking for a job without finding any. I can’t emphasize enough
the peace of mind it brings knowing you still have some time, and that
you can, in fact, put food on the table the following night.
The food should be long-term storage type, requiring little or no
cooking, at least for some of it. Water is also essential, so having a
two-week supply is advised. The minimum amount is a gallon per person
per day, and you should double that for flushing toilets and taking an
elemental bath in case the water service is interrupted.
Step #3: Acquire the essentials by putting together a survival/
emergency kit.
This will include your typical camping gear: a tent, sleeping bags, a
stove (have enough fuel for it in case services are disrupted), first
aid kit, medicines, LED flashlights and several spare batteries.
Depending on how bad civil unrest gets, there may be problems with the
infrastructure. After the economy collapsed in Argentina, the power
company simply couldn’t afford the repairs needed, and it hadn’t
planned for something like this, either. Rolling blackouts became
common, and having LED lights and rechargeable batteries was a
blessing. You could easily spend two or three days without power
during summer. At one time, downtown Buenos Aires was left without
power for five days. Imagine the complications this brings. If natural
gas service is interrupted, you may need other ways of cooking. A
camping stove and enough fuel will get you through it.
Step #4: Improve your personal and home security.
If you ask any Argentinean what concerns him the most, 9 out of 10
people will have the same answer: security. In second place is the
economic situation. Ten years after the economic collapse, things are
nothing like they used to be. Half of the middle class became poor,
and its standard of living has decreased considerably. We’re still a
high-risk economy, and it shows. Inflation is still rampant and can be
anywhere from 5% to 10% per month, usually hitting the middle class
the worst. But that’s something we’ve grown used to. That’s something
we can live with.
What concerns Argentineans the most is the crime problem, and the out-
of-control violent crime we suffer is the major legacy of the 2001
economic collapse. Poverty sure didn’t help, nor did social
segregation. But the greatest cause responsible for the crime levels
we suffer is our own government. The liberal government that took
control after the collapse considers criminals to be poor victims of
brutal capitalism. The unofficial stance is that criminals have a
right to steal, murder and rape - in their view, it's how the “poor”
get back at the rich and middle class who thrived during the 90’s. Of
course, with a government like that, the crime problem just keeps
getting worse.
During the first days after the economy collapsed, civil unrest,
rioting and looting was out of control. A state of siege and military
law was declared, enforcing curfew hours after 10 pm. This lasted a
few months, and for months after that, while order was recovered in
the capitol district, there were still occasional revolts and looting.
The sense of lawlessness extended way beyond the visible accounts
depicted by the TV and general media. It's during times like these
that you realize you must have means of defending yourself and your
family.
My advice is to make your home as secure as possible against criminals
that may take advantage of the lack of control during the worst of the
rioting. After that, a better security plan for the entire family must
be worked out. As things get worse, you understand that you can no
longer afford to be lax about your personal and home security. Those
that are quickly become vicitims. With a more secure home, you may
want to consider having a weapon to defend yourself. Certainly not an
easy decision, and one you must be extremely serious about. If you
have the self-control and maturity to handle one, having a firearm and
getting the minimum training to know how to use (it if it ever comes
to that) is something you should consider doing.
Crime and insecurity will be one of the greatest threats people all
across USA will suffer, and very few will be ready for it. It won't
happen one dark gloomy night after watching the latest horror movie.
It will happen in the Walmart parking lot at 3 pm, with plenty of
people around (people who will hurry out of the way, pretending not to
see anything). You’ll be thinking about what you just bought, that you
maybe should have bought Lucky Charms instead of Corn Flakes. That’s
when the nice-looking person with two other buddies, all well-dressed
(with neat hair cuts, too), pulls a gun on you. Developing a sense of
awareness will be the most important part, as well as making the rest
of your family comprehend that times have changed and you can no
longer be careless regarding security.
Step #5: Embrace a different mindset.
When Argentina went through its economic collapse, people handled it
differently. Maybe the most common response was denial. The “I can't
believe this is happening “ attitude was pretty popular. Others
complained, but you soon understood it changed nothing: It only made
you feel more miserable, more stressed, and that was something you
could do without. Others just ended their misery. Suicide rates
doubled after the collapse, with people sometimes jumping under the
train at early rush hour in a desperate attempt to make their misery
noticed by others.
What you need to do is become more positive, more active. Be someone
who, while accepting those things you can’t change, does something
about the things you can. Get involved now, do what I just recommended
right now, it will bring you peace of mind. Remember to stay positive
and put every problem into perspective. Complain less. You’ll have
enough to complain about when inflation gets worse. Soon you'll
understand that material things can be replaced, and you become more
grateful for what you have instead of worrying about what you don’t.
It's essential to keep a positive attitude. Being someone that gets
easily depressed will be the end of you as the economy worsens.
Problems much worse that what you are used to will be a daily
occurrence. You’ll just have to roll with it and learn to cope with
the new world you live in. Reinforce your relationships with people.
Fight stress by finding a hobby you enjoy, hopefully one that has a
practical side as well. After the collapse, lots of people started
their own businesses when they realized there were no jobs to be
found. It would be better if you get started now, just in case you
ever need it in order to earn a living.
These are my recommendations. I know many people could have used such
advice back when our economy collapsed.
Some common questions regarding hyperinflation
How quickly does it happen?
These events occur fast, but there are warning signs: lack of
investment; higher interest rates; unemployment. When banks start
coming up with excuses so as to not give you your money right away
when closing an account, that’s usually not a good sign.
As for inflation and hyperinflation, they happen right in front of
your eyes. It actually happened to me that the price of an item I
picked in a store almost doubled in price by the time I reached the
cash register. The employee just placed the sticker with the new price
over the old one (no time to remove them) Employees rushed around
changing prices several times a day, all day long during the ongoing
crisis. It was fun to peel back the stack of stickers with the
different prices and see how they had gone up in a matter of hours.
Rioting happens fast, too. Once the banks close rioting is just
minutes away.
What happens to your savings/investments?
I didn’t have much but managed to close my account just a day before
the banks closed their doors. My parents are accountants and saw the
signs mentioned earlier. When we went to the bank a nice lady told us
they didn’t have USD$1,000 in the bank. Our jaws just dropped. That
same day we went to the main branch and closed the account my sister
and I had. The next day all banks closed, the accounts where frozen.
As for real estate, that was a pretty safe investment. Eventually
rents went up so as to compensate for the devaluation. Of course you
were much better of with your money in bricks and mortar than in a
bank account.
How does the populace react?
Violently, as you’d expect when your life savings are stolen from you.
What is the government saying/doing?
Laws were changed to make everything nice and legal. The excuses the
then-president Fernando De La Rua came up with in his speeches during
the crisis just made everything worse.
Just days before the bank holidays they promised none of that would
happen. Same thing before the devaluation. They swore on their
mothers's names they wouldn’t do such a thing, then did it the
following day. Politicians tend to do such things, and they are all
similar worldwide.
What happens to the capital markets?
The stock market dropped like a rock, then shut down. What surprised
you the most was how everything was simply frozen in expectation. No
one wanted to spend a single cent, not even to buy half a gallon of
paint for a work site because you just didn’t know what would happen
in a matter of hours, let alone next week. The biggest investors had
sold and left the country months before everything went down. Another
sign to look for.
Does violence and crime become an immediate concern?
Yes it does. While stores were the more common targets, houses were
looted, too. The best thing to do was stay home, have a defendable
position and be armed. I had looters not 20 yards away from my home.
What do you do if they rush your home? Can you just open fire on them?
What will they do when/if you do? All these things flash into your
mind.
A significant amount of people behave because they believe there’s a
punishment if they do otherwise. Once that fear is removed because the
authorities have clearly lost control, you see the worst of people’s
nature. It's not a pleasant thought, but it's better to be ready.
Take care,
Fernando “FerFAL” Aguirre.
Todays message from FerFal
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Wednesday, May 18, 2011
500 yard AK47 Shot?
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Wow... guns... don't dumbocraps want to tAKE yours away?
Why would they do that if their not turning mayHAM in to easter ham
and your the EGG in this scenario?
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Can or should we move to a PLACE that went through where the USofA
may be heading any DAY now?
Looked in to buying property down THERE (Mendoza Argentina ) about
this time period (2001 - 2004) and have a few RE broker links for
ranches and things.
Mendoza is a one hour flight to Santiago Chile.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza,_Argentina#Climate
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mendoza_wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean_wine
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen%C3%A8re
And they've got the highest mountain in TOwN.. So SKIING is a stone's
throw from Mendoza.
But some of YOU being vino aficionado's might rather SAIL and SIP the
PATAGONIA regions
Brought to YOU via the COLLAPSE of the North AMERICAN Dream?
But who wants to leave paradise and our beautiful Ocean weather and
temps?
Not i....
Oh well...
So much for nutty things.
Will our GOV become a Giant NUT CASE?
Time will TELL.
We certainly have the worse president in modern times.
Jimmy Carter must be very HaPPY now....
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randall.... yeah i know... you think the raPture isn't COMING FAST
enough?
so your a quick DRAW sorta guy?