GP5K back in the house after a brief hiatus....
So the election, Sandy, and Iran are getting me refocused back on prepping. My first order of battle is to redo my GHB to make it lighter. I've also started reading through the Sandy threads, as I think these are some of the most practical lessons learned.
But, I am still digesting what happened. Several of my far right friends are in total despair. I've spent enough of my life in despair to let the reconfirmed assclown-in-chief (he doesn't deserve capital letters) bring my mood down. My closest friends are not even answering their phones, farting around with Facebook, making weekend plans, etc. It's a bit silly I think. Is B.O. bad for this country - you bet. But he isn't the first in my lifetime and won't be the last. Life is what you make out of it.
I am however, more concerned about the prospects of an economically bad future for the country. I do believe the weather patterns are changing and not for the better for the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast. So I am redoubling my efforts to be better prepared and more self-sufficient.
Soooooo....how did the recoronation of King Hussein affect everyone's plans?
As a parting thought, here were my summary thoughts on the election:
Last night was somewhat of an awakening for me. I'm still mulling things over, but I've come to the conclusion that 1/3 of the country wants free **** and another 1/3 of the country wants free **** from their parents. As a nation, we are rapidly becoming morally bankrupt and firmly on the path to becoming a full-blown welfare state. The complicit mainstream media has helped usher in this new er
a where presidents are no longer elected to office based on their values, accomplishments, and what they can do to make America a better place, but rather on their star power, ability to raise money, make talk show hosts swoon, and make their supporters feel "cool" because they are rising up against the system. Unfortunately, that "system" is the same one that made this country great, gave them their free ****, and it will be the same one to grind them back down.
The only thing we can do at this point is to ensure that our children are not sucked into this sphere of influence where rap music is cool, everyone is a winner, everything is given to them by parents without earning it, and expecting to be on easy street as soon as they are done with college. The sense of entitlement by the younger generation, more specifically the sense of entitlement by the disenfranchised merging with the pop-culture urban wannabes of suburban children, is creating a new generation where things are only going to get worse. We can only influence our own little spheres. I fear our ability to defend this country in another 10-15 years - "Sarge...I am NOT going to charge that hill...it's toooooo dangerous."
The kumbaya has never worked and will not work going forward. In life there are winners and losers. And while my candidate of choice may have been the loser, it is those that caused him his loss who will become the bigger losers in the long run. A rising tide lifts all boats."
So the election, Sandy, and Iran are getting me refocused back on prepping. My first order of battle is to redo my GHB to make it lighter. I've also started reading through the Sandy threads, as I think these are some of the most practical lessons learned.
But, I am still digesting what happened. Several of my far right friends are in total despair. I've spent enough of my life in despair to let the reconfirmed assclown-in-chief (he doesn't deserve capital letters) bring my mood down. My closest friends are not even answering their phones, farting around with Facebook, making weekend plans, etc. It's a bit silly I think. Is B.O. bad for this country - you bet. But he isn't the first in my lifetime and won't be the last. Life is what you make out of it.
I am however, more concerned about the prospects of an economically bad future for the country. I do believe the weather patterns are changing and not for the better for the Mid-Atlantic/Northeast. So I am redoubling my efforts to be better prepared and more self-sufficient.
Soooooo....how did the recoronation of King Hussein affect everyone's plans?
As a parting thought, here were my summary thoughts on the election:
Last night was somewhat of an awakening for me. I'm still mulling things over, but I've come to the conclusion that 1/3 of the country wants free **** and another 1/3 of the country wants free **** from their parents. As a nation, we are rapidly becoming morally bankrupt and firmly on the path to becoming a full-blown welfare state. The complicit mainstream media has helped usher in this new er
a where presidents are no longer elected to office based on their values, accomplishments, and what they can do to make America a better place, but rather on their star power, ability to raise money, make talk show hosts swoon, and make their supporters feel "cool" because they are rising up against the system. Unfortunately, that "system" is the same one that made this country great, gave them their free ****, and it will be the same one to grind them back down.
The only thing we can do at this point is to ensure that our children are not sucked into this sphere of influence where rap music is cool, everyone is a winner, everything is given to them by parents without earning it, and expecting to be on easy street as soon as they are done with college. The sense of entitlement by the younger generation, more specifically the sense of entitlement by the disenfranchised merging with the pop-culture urban wannabes of suburban children, is creating a new generation where things are only going to get worse. We can only influence our own little spheres. I fear our ability to defend this country in another 10-15 years - "Sarge...I am NOT going to charge that hill...it's toooooo dangerous."
The kumbaya has never worked and will not work going forward. In life there are winners and losers. And while my candidate of choice may have been the loser, it is those that caused him his loss who will become the bigger losers in the long run. A rising tide lifts all boats."
