It’s probably easier to survive a Depression when you’re easily content. A lot of people are incapable of contentment. Materialism and discontent help fuel the economy. Divorce is great for real estate.
bb
August 26, 2015 10:41 am
Pride ,Envy and Greed is the cause of a covetous lifestyle that breeds unrest in the heart. That’s why God gave us the Tenth Commandment.
During the last depression America was 90% white with a stronger Christian worldview. Very little crime and people helped each other .There was a strong sense of nation and we are all in this together attitude. Much social cohesion and trust among neighbors. All that’s gone this time .The ruling class are nothing but Thieves and traitors.1/3 of the population are nothing but parasites.As Pat Buchanan said this will end with every body fighting EVERYBODY.
Bea Lever
August 26, 2015 11:29 am
Damn straight ! That is EXACTLY why old Bea has the entire set of “Foxfire” books that preserved a lot of Grandma and Granpa’s knowledge. Does anyone here know what foxfire is?
John Angelo
August 26, 2015 11:38 am
Anyone care to take a guess what the DJIA will be come TBP get together on October 10th? I’m going with 12,900.
I think it will be in that ballpark. Maybe we should make some signs and take our TBP party down to Wall Street.
dc.sunsets
August 26, 2015 11:52 am
William Lind was asked what he thought the 21st century would end up looking like. He answered “The 14th.”
I’m wading through “A Dark Mirror: the Calamitous Fourteenth Century” currently.
John Angelo
August 26, 2015 12:41 pm
If TBP reunion was at a cafe instead of a bar…
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cantbaretowatch
August 26, 2015 12:56 pm
Grams had a cellar not a Walmart. Grams job was feeding the chickens and hogs for the family. Truly recession proof, not sitting in a cube pushing paper (digits) for a family of multinational corps(more like multinational corpse) . Grams had no tattoos just battle scars from the farm. Grams could cook. Who would want McDs or Village Inn? Grams had key skills that did not include apps. She was an app.
Anonymous
August 26, 2015 12:56 pm
There’s a lot of Long Pork in the Urban Jungles.
starfcker
August 26, 2015 1:11 pm
Bea, I love the foxfire books. Best directions ever for making your own still.
Guy
August 26, 2015 2:12 pm
Homesteading has become more popular in recent years, though there are more and more regulatory pressures against it. Becoming self sufficient is a threat to government power, so expect the EPA to clamp down harder.
A sane government would encourage this. Growing your own food means less energy used for transport to supermarkets and greater resilience in emergencies. There would be less reliance on energy exporting countries and lower trade deficits. If a Katrina or Sandy hit, people wouldn’t need to kill and loot their neighbors, as they’d still have access to their food cellars and berkey filters.
But also, people would spend less on food, wouldn’t be forced into a high paying job to pay for commodities, and wouldn’t pay as much taxes.
Bea Lever
August 26, 2015 2:51 pm
Star- Yes, that is one of the reasons people buy that set of books. I guess nobody could answer the question about foxfire.
Rise Up
August 26, 2015 3:26 pm
Foxfire, according to dictionary.com:
noun, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
1.
organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
2.
any of various fungi causing luminescence in decaying wood.
Tim
August 26, 2015 3:47 pm
I know what the Foxfire series is. And this, without using the google:
It was started back in the late 60’s by a high school english teacher as an assignment for his students. They wrote stories on preserving their culture, skills, and way of life. They were in Kentucky, I think. Although that might be wrong, it was definitely in Appalachia. The series was so popular that it became a regular feature, and then compiled into books.
There are many volumes, maybe 9 or 10. My dad had numerous of them when I was growing up. Sadly, he drank too much whiskey one night, and his house burned down. Foxfire series was lost.
I have since purchased Volume I, as that’s the one that details moonshining and how to construct a still.
DRUD
August 26, 2015 3:52 pm
Never heard of the Foxfire books…have to check them out.
Sorry, just noticed these are under copyright, so I’m not going to get them, but I understand they are available on Amazon.
Guy
August 26, 2015 5:13 pm
Amazon has a surprisingly good collection of hard to find books. I recently picked up Volumes 1-3 of Gulag Archipelago
TE
August 27, 2015 2:37 pm
Home gardens, and industrious grandmas, are the exact reason the most recent USDA travesty was made law.
ALL gardens, including fruit bushes and trees, MUST be inspected, licensed and all sourced from only approved nurseries.
Now, nicely, even though Pelosi is the one that rammed it through the House, and Obama signed it (maybe Bush, I forget which one has screwed us harder), have “promised” us that the home garden portion will not currently be enforced.
Keep in mind these same two institutions promised us that the cops would never arrest you unless you were a danger driving, and that they would NEVER take your cash because they can.
When the grocery stores shut down, bank on your backyard garden being destroyed/confiscated under the USDA orders and the for the “greater good.”
We are statist sheep just waiting our shearing. And it is coming, good and hard.
At least marijuana growers have shown us that it is entirely possible to grow plants and hide them from the man if you use some common sense.
It’s probably easier to survive a Depression when you’re easily content. A lot of people are incapable of contentment. Materialism and discontent help fuel the economy. Divorce is great for real estate.
Pride ,Envy and Greed is the cause of a covetous lifestyle that breeds unrest in the heart. That’s why God gave us the Tenth Commandment.
During the last depression America was 90% white with a stronger Christian worldview. Very little crime and people helped each other .There was a strong sense of nation and we are all in this together attitude. Much social cohesion and trust among neighbors. All that’s gone this time .The ruling class are nothing but Thieves and traitors.1/3 of the population are nothing but parasites.As Pat Buchanan said this will end with every body fighting EVERYBODY.
Damn straight ! That is EXACTLY why old Bea has the entire set of “Foxfire” books that preserved a lot of Grandma and Granpa’s knowledge. Does anyone here know what foxfire is?
Anyone care to take a guess what the DJIA will be come TBP get together on October 10th? I’m going with 12,900.
John
I think it will be in that ballpark. Maybe we should make some signs and take our TBP party down to Wall Street.
William Lind was asked what he thought the 21st century would end up looking like. He answered “The 14th.”
I’m wading through “A Dark Mirror: the Calamitous Fourteenth Century” currently.
If TBP reunion was at a cafe instead of a bar…
[img
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Grams had a cellar not a Walmart. Grams job was feeding the chickens and hogs for the family. Truly recession proof, not sitting in a cube pushing paper (digits) for a family of multinational corps(more like multinational corpse) . Grams had no tattoos just battle scars from the farm. Grams could cook. Who would want McDs or Village Inn? Grams had key skills that did not include apps. She was an app.
There’s a lot of Long Pork in the Urban Jungles.
Bea, I love the foxfire books. Best directions ever for making your own still.
Homesteading has become more popular in recent years, though there are more and more regulatory pressures against it. Becoming self sufficient is a threat to government power, so expect the EPA to clamp down harder.
A sane government would encourage this. Growing your own food means less energy used for transport to supermarkets and greater resilience in emergencies. There would be less reliance on energy exporting countries and lower trade deficits. If a Katrina or Sandy hit, people wouldn’t need to kill and loot their neighbors, as they’d still have access to their food cellars and berkey filters.
But also, people would spend less on food, wouldn’t be forced into a high paying job to pay for commodities, and wouldn’t pay as much taxes.
Star- Yes, that is one of the reasons people buy that set of books. I guess nobody could answer the question about foxfire.
Foxfire, according to dictionary.com:
noun, Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
1.
organic luminescence, especially from certain fungi on decaying wood.
2.
any of various fungi causing luminescence in decaying wood.
I know what the Foxfire series is. And this, without using the google:
It was started back in the late 60’s by a high school english teacher as an assignment for his students. They wrote stories on preserving their culture, skills, and way of life. They were in Kentucky, I think. Although that might be wrong, it was definitely in Appalachia. The series was so popular that it became a regular feature, and then compiled into books.
There are many volumes, maybe 9 or 10. My dad had numerous of them when I was growing up. Sadly, he drank too much whiskey one night, and his house burned down. Foxfire series was lost.
I have since purchased Volume I, as that’s the one that details moonshining and how to construct a still.
Never heard of the Foxfire books…have to check them out.
I did print to .pdf a bunch of stuff from here:
http://grandpappy.org/
lot of great info.
The first 5 Foxfire books are available here in pdf for download, I’m going to get them:
http://nagual.yuku.com/topic/1770/The-Foxfire-Series-Of-Survival-Books#.Vd4i7njn8kK
Sorry, just noticed these are under copyright, so I’m not going to get them, but I understand they are available on Amazon.
Amazon has a surprisingly good collection of hard to find books. I recently picked up Volumes 1-3 of Gulag Archipelago
Home gardens, and industrious grandmas, are the exact reason the most recent USDA travesty was made law.
ALL gardens, including fruit bushes and trees, MUST be inspected, licensed and all sourced from only approved nurseries.
Now, nicely, even though Pelosi is the one that rammed it through the House, and Obama signed it (maybe Bush, I forget which one has screwed us harder), have “promised” us that the home garden portion will not currently be enforced.
Keep in mind these same two institutions promised us that the cops would never arrest you unless you were a danger driving, and that they would NEVER take your cash because they can.
When the grocery stores shut down, bank on your backyard garden being destroyed/confiscated under the USDA orders and the for the “greater good.”
We are statist sheep just waiting our shearing. And it is coming, good and hard.
At least marijuana growers have shown us that it is entirely possible to grow plants and hide them from the man if you use some common sense.
Yep, they hate us for our freedoms.