of mice and men

Many people tend to stall in their long term preps because they focus on saving too large a group of people and either don't know where to start or lack the funds to cover them all. Let's face it: we are often alone in our survival plans and many of those around us don't share the same concerns as us or think we are a bit nutty for that perspective. Oh well, we took the Red Pill right?
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I think I'm going to just give up; maybe I'll even change my screenname here to my real first and last name.

As many of you know, I've tried to play cat and mouse with the ever watchful eyes of those who want to exploit our privacy. I've been vigilant against giving out unnecessary information and warned my friends and family to do the same. I've countered the argument that "Only those with something to hide are concerned about that" so many times that I've lost track of how many...

It takes a trip through 10 states to get an idea of what is going on in the Big Brother arena. A lot of times we think a law or policy is just our quirky state's deal. I remember a friend from California amazed that the labels in Kentucky read "The State of California has determined that this product blah blah blah". He assumed that every states label said that but with, say, Kentucky substituted for Cali.

A lot of patriots are talking about the Real ID act that is supposed to...

Received a call Saturday night at 7:00 PM. Our 17 yr old daughter was at work til 10:00. The caller was a shakey voiced girl that I recognized as one of my daughters friends. She sounded scared.

Being that she asked for Mrs melbo, I handed the phone off. 40 minutes later I was still playing with Emma and trying hard to keep her content. We had found some peace with some music.

When I next saw my wife,...

Rooting for the Underdog



Most of my life I've rooted for the Underdog. I have also found myself trying to be different from the mainstream in almost all ways of life. I just realized this tonight---- Or at least I finally put conscious thought around it...

• I like 9mm over .45
• I like .223 over .308
• I like well water over municipal
• I like herbs over pharmaceuticals
• I bought a .22 suppressor over a 50 BMG

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