I hope that RFK reignites small community activism. I’m not sure how it could happen but getting little rural towns to be more collaborative .. get together around social stuff.... post needs like in a bulletin board on index cards and let those that can help ... help. Maybe government support for all those people AI is going to displace run community centers. Let me share a personal story: I’m the only phone and vehicle within 7 miles. I’m surrounded by Amish with no phone and no way to get to a hospital. So I elected myself at 60 to be the local ambulance. I’m part of the midwife team. Always on call and nearby when babies are arriving. Many 100 mph trips to local hospital later, I had a heart attack. Nine days in hospital. Two Amish families stayed with me. Got home and the community said what now. We think you should build. I guess if I’m not going to die then why not. They said we’ll help. And in 4 days they put up a beautiful 4,000 square foot shop I use now for my small business. And at 75 I still do ambulance service when needed. The power of goodwill must not be underestimated!!
Maybe RFK can recreate the Peace Corp ideals. I see for my small community a big space with a coffee bar, some tables with puzzles or checkers, exercise equipment for us cardiac post rehabers and a giant bulletin board posting need help signs. Plenty of older folks around here just need someone to mow the lawn with the tractor they can’t get on anymore! Some place to gather and have a social life!
I am probably a dissenter of ‘one’. The Peace Corp was JFK’s misguided directive to use citizens overseas to work in other countries (like the USSR did and as China now does). During his inaugural address he laid the success of his world mission on the citizens. “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of ‘our’ course.” Then he stated “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.”
I believe our country is its American citizens, period. Up until 1961 the people (country) were asked to pay taxes, fight in wars, and in return no generation had asked [the government] for anything but the protection of its freedoms. JFK conflated the country with the government. He was asking citizens to leave their homes to become missionaries in other countries on behalf of the US government. Maybe Barbara Lee, he should have asked citizens to serve needed communities here at home but then again, that would be federal government interference in State/Local issues. Oh, and boy do we have a lot of that given the purse strings it flaunts.
I sadly agree. Some of the best intentions lead to the worst outcomes. I actually don’t know much about what happened but if we can reignite the fellowship that made America great and as an aside I think it stemmed from a belief system that said “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and “ love thy neighbor as thyself”. I want to believe that John Kennedy believed that by sowing Peace through help to countries less fortunate than us we could create a world of wealth and goodwill. I’m sure he never imagined that WE would be that third world country!! RFK says the middle class has been hollowed out. Community activism could raise the wealth and health of everyone. But as you say we need a plan that keeps government manipulation out of it and reflects the will of the local people.
Amen. Remember Reagan who warned that government "help" meant government take over. This is when we need the opposite: WE the people. We are the country and we are the government.
I was for Bernie Sanders in 2016. He was the only politician with a plan for turning around our inner cities. Parenting classes should be part of HS curriculum. If you didn't have good parenting it's difficult to be one.
There were good people who joined the Peace Core. They were usually right out of college. Naive and full of a desire to help the poor in other countries. My sister went to Ghana. Not Peace Corp,.as a volunteer. She found out the children are not named until age 2. Most don't live that long. Participating in a 3rd World Country will bring home how fortunate we are to live in the USA.
March 1961, executive order Peace Corp to be agency withing the Dept of State. And Russia's answer to our Peace Corp - missiles in Cuba. Lesson learned. The world is not a friendly place.
Russia was going to be on our doorstep one way or another and probably told Cuba to confiscate anything American on its soil. The world was not a friendly place and sending our young to foreign countries was not going to bring peace around the world. Every decade after the conclusion of WWII there have been conflicts around the world, many 'outwardly' involving the US. A lofty and silly goal. In their hands will rest our success or failure...
His Ask Not speech is famous, historic, rhetoric made for a king you might say. That's why my view is the 'one off' view.
All good points. I too had reservations about that “ask not” sentence. Good communities and neighboring is NOT built on altruism. It is mutual goodwill and reciprocity that makes it work. Not one to one like money transactions but larger picture at community scale. We mow poor elderly lawns because our grandparents had their lawns mowed when they were old and unable. And so forth.
Totally agree. Great story! Our small town does exactly what you described, and it's really refreshing to see for as new arrivals. It's not utopia, because interpersonal issues are often magnified; but it's much better.
Unfortunately, as small towns grow -- which they inevitably do -- they will suffer the same issues as large cities. The key is to keep the small-town thinking (which can be done even in large cities). Think neighborhood by neighborhood. Each neighborhood is its own small town.
Follow the tenets in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and The Golden Rule and take care of your community to keep it clean and well cared for. Do all that, and everything else can work, whether you live in a large city or a small town.
If you look at the cities losing population the people there are being lied to the most and have suffered the consequences of these liars the most. There comes a point in all of our lives when we witness a relationship where one person naively accepts the lies of another. You know inside, your naive friends relationship will end. We’ve all been living under this government based in lies. Like your friends relationship this government is unsustainable. Many times the liar themselves are warn down by their own deceptions. Things begin to fall apart and they just leave eventually (Fauci). I’m sure, this will happen to the compulsive liars that are running our government today. There are to many of their lies to list but I wanted to mention a couple. The first and I think the most egregious is watching good descent people be slandered by lies or worse jailed. As much as I have been impatient with the H O Rep. their exposing of these corruptions have not only shown their lies but have had a wearing effect on these liars. A few other disgraceful immoral activities these immoral liars are backing, first Biden’s open border. This has created child trafficking. The second is Hunters sex trafficking “business” for profit. The largest stack of suspicious activity reports (sars) on the Biden’s, and there are hundreds of them, are Hunters bank deposits (and tax write offs) from sex trafficking. These are just a few of the lies, deceptions, and immoral activities the democrats and media have built their house on. As we watch this house built on sand, we sit back and see the beginnings of a great collapse right before our eyes. Live not by lies; Solzhenitsyn 1974. J.Goodrich
I've been a Constitutional Conservative all my life, sadly waiting for a "Constutional Party" to join. Disdain or unnecessary compromise regarding that document is a deal breaker for me. Your prescription of small town America growing and strengthening is our best, last hope. Consolidation in crime, poverty, disease, corruption infested urbanity will destroy our nation. Go, gather, support and rebuild from the land and family out.
I have no idea what it is that people want to hear nowadays. Plain truth is not popular. Frankly, I have to admit I am less concerned over the demons in power than I am the moronic hords who follow them blindly and continue to vote them in. History is a mirror. Over and over again we do the same things, follow the same patterns - like a script. I know this is going to get worse before it gets better, I just hate to speculate on what that means. As for those fleeing the damage done to the blue cities I have seen the results of blue immigrants to Atlanta. They bring their ideology with them without a clue that they are the problem. We are learning the art of low tech as a counter measure.
Both my husband and I travelled out of state this week. Both of my seat mates on my flights to and from were awake to the lies. It’s easy to start a conversation when you have Ed Dowd’s large book in your lap. 😀
My husband was speaking to two people at the bar in the airport (in Jersey no less). Both of them wide awake. One of them brought up the subject of the white fibrous clots. I wish I had left my vial of them with him. 😩
While this is an encouraging sign, when will people speak out? When will they get loud?
Pray for me. My county commissioner is coming to my home this Thursday. Pray that the evidence I present lights a huge bonfire in his gut and in his soul.
Bless you. Perhaps this 68 pages of poll results on numerous issues are skewed. It shows a tight alignment with GOP/IND with DEMs isolated. If one gets the time to glance through it here is the link to a PDF.
I have a different frame of reference. I witnessed the decline of SF first hand and it didn't just happen. It was not an inevitable city thing - no, a concerted effort went into making it a grotesque hell hole. And there was something very unusual about the fires in Santa Rosa and Paradise. For a time I collected bizarre photos it was so strange. So I've concluded there is a plan to make one of the most spectacular places on earth uninhabitable so that people have to leave - creating a vacuum for the 15 minute city of the future. There were all kinds of references to One Bay Area and other Agenda 21 policies. Rosa Koire wrote "The Green Mask" detailing it.
I fled to Oregon. My mother and I would go to Portland, only to find within the space of a year, it, too, collapsed. No more going to Portland and the small town I was living in went full Invasion of the Body Snatchers. My neighbor had a little stand at the street where people could take a free, homemade mask.
So I fled, again, figuring it will be my last stand. Now I'm in eastern TN and I can see what the song is all about. But I can tell you - good ole boys with guns are no match for what's coming. Overnight, the money system could be changed. How are we going to pay our bills if we don't comply and become a part of the Borg? You can't prepay your property tax so you have at most, a year, if they only accept a new digital dollar. I've never lived in a place that ignored non-payment of property taxes.
And as they say, "Information is the new gold". How are we going to figure out what's happening if we can't log onto the internet - unless we comply? I vaguely remember California removing all their ham radio towers so ham radio might not work.
It won't matter if people don't want what's being designed for us unless we have systems in place we can choose to use instead. It's not enough to stock up some food. Those federal reserve notes could all be called in so unless these conservative states figure out some alternative cash, we are looking at a real mess. By design.
Ron DeSantis has made CBDC illegal in Florida. Other states need to follow suit. Unless I’m delusional I believe I heard both D Trump and RFK say they would nix that on day one.
Right. But This is out of their hands. It's in the hands of Biden's Executive Order and the Fed and probably the BIS, the WEF and any number of other international players..
We have had a number of visitors to the farm recently for long talks. Cell phones, watches are left inside and we go for walks around the property. Because these days, you don't know who, what is listening.
True story - the attacks on our internet service/people trying to hack in are like none our IT guy has ever seen. He has installed very specialized equipment to handle them all. Kind of weird and creepy.
Might be worth trying Dr M's Brave or Duck Duck Go ( I understand they are developing a Firefox style full browser). Am sticking with W10 as long as possible. When I read about Win 11's handling of our needs, I'm definitely not happy.
I've heard rumors that the desert around Area 51 is "miked", and they listen for sounds of people trying to sneak a peek. Rumors only, I've never been anywhere near the place.
I guess if you rent, that might work, as long as your landlord was OK bartering rent. But if you own property, you need to be able to pay those property taxes.
Yes. My sons small.town puts the house on the auction block within 6 months of being in arrears. Chicago not much better. I paid by mail. It arrived late. I owed just the interest. They sold my house. Their mistake they had to buy it back.
I think before they come for anyone’s property here in Monroe County Kentucky, they are going to have to get past our Constitutional Sherrif and the 6,000 guns in the hands of everyone who lives here. Maybe ground zero for our second civil war. On the bright side, lots of alternative currencies and banks may pop up.
The small town I live in has a bank that's barely functional. You gave me the idea to check to see if there's a local currency here. Instead, I found the "Crypto Chamber of Commerce". "connecting businesses to the blockchain..."
Yes. I wish they'd start working on an alternative currency here where I live. I know they've appeared from time to time and I think it's legal to have them. We should take full advantage of it.
To your comment about ham radio towers being removed in CA, I'm not aware of that having happened. I used to use the C.A.R.L.A system on trips between CA and NV, and it still exists.
Also, you don't need a repeater if you're talking to somebody nearby. You can communicate radio-to-radio.
Personally, I think it would be beneficial for everybody to get a license (the Tech exam is easy), so you'll have a way to communicate if/when the fewmets hit the windmill. nv7xx
Hard to believe that ram radio operators would allow CA to do that. If my father W6SUN was still alive it wouldn't happen. He told Placerville County he would take them to court if they approved a proposed radio station tower and he had documents to prove it was not a valid location. He won. He lived in Pilot Hill because of the elevation - he was a Ham who had written a book on how to build a quad antenna and wrote articles for magazines on how to move from CB to amateur radio. Back in the day he used to talk to remote people overseas in war areas as a relay person to get information out. I'm not talk CB but amateur radio operators. That is what is needed everywhere now.
A darn good summary Kim. Tom Deweese (American Policy Center) has been fighting Agenda 21 for decades. He is trying to form community groups to keep watch and hold elected official to account. It is very important to be engaged in small towns where citizens are trusted, they are the easiest to heist. He produced a wonderful packet over 20 years ago as a study guide and what to do to combat it. I wish more people would join his group or at least stay abreast of the issues by signing up for APC's Catching Fire videos or its FreedomPods. https://americanpolicy.org/about-us/
Agenda21/30 is the most insidious form of control there is. If just 10% of adults had cared to do due diligence three decades ago perhaps we would be in a different place today.
Although I don't think it's quite as bad as "all resistance is futile," if we don't come back with a better response than what we have shown so far, the "dark side" will almost certainly continue its plunder of life on Earth. For me, the solution is rather esoteric and therefore not that likely. It involves the rehabilitation of some of us to close to a "free being" status. The immensity of their physical power and resources will not phase such beings. Thus, they target any attempt achieve this.
I read The Prince so long ago, I am probably not remembering it correctly but I think it said something about the need to pretty much exterminate those who had known freedom. So I think it's understood that there are some who will not be phased - but unless we figure something out soon, it's going to get ugly for us. It feels imminent.
Yes, Kim. I think about these things too. When they take our houses for nonpayment of property taxes, we’ll either be on the street or packed off to the huge camps that have been prepared for the resisters. I don’t imagine we’ll last long there.
I was referring to a time when we can’t buy or pay for anything because we’ve been shut out of the banking system. Thus far I don’t know anyone who has disappeared, and I live in a state where the camps are ready and waiting.
I got the original question about not receiving emails from sub stack, I saw on sub stack, I think, a second question, but when I went to look for it I couldn’t find it. ??? I may have been looking on the wrong place. How are things now?
And, regarding "small towns," another very important consideration unique to our wonderful form of federalism is the electoral college. The liberal left hates the electoral college for many reasons; one reason is without the electoral college they can ignore "small towns" and focus on the big cities.... except the Electoral college gets in their way.
I wonder what CA would produce, if they didn't have a "winner takes all" approach to their electors. Having once lived there, it almost felt pointless to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, since ALL of their electors were guaranteed to go to the Dems anyway!
That was Okla/Texas prior to Goldwater priming the pump and l.b.j. adding the finishing touch. But as indicated, enough yellow dog dem sentiment residing to provide a hefty rino supply
Perhaps...but they keep track of and watch the entire map...and they all count. I can be assured, in a close...fair...race... they'll come to a small state for those last two electoral college votes if that's what they need.
I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. First in Palm, then in Sumneytown and later in Collegeville.
Agriculture, farms and the infrastructure to support it were prevalent; Agway, TSC, Tractor dealership's and organizations like the Grange. Heck, growing up, one was proud to be a member of the Future Farmer's of America and the 4H.
All of that started to change in the 80's. Farmland was bought up, and housing developments took their place. In Collegeville, big Pharma built several "Campuses" and slowly, the farm equipment dealers realigned to selling lawn equipment and tractors for the hobby farmers. The Agway closed.
The entire culture of the community changed. Gone was the majority with a connection to the land. They were replaced by a bunch of people who wanted street lights and sidewalks.
Sure, there were some good people who moved to the area, but on the most part, none of them had a vested interest in the area, much less who could appreciate the history. As my father once said, "plastic people, in plastic houses."
What is the hope for America? Well, I think that somehow, it involves returning to a sense of community. Getting involved in the Church, getting kids involved with real life; community gardens, little league, the Scouts, community Organisations. Heck, bring back the block party.
I doubt this will ever happen. Most folks are too busy with the mountain of not only paying the bills, but also distracted by the next shiny thing.
I now live in Kürten, Germany. It's a very rural area. We have a very tight knit neighborhood. Heck, we even have our own WhatsApp group. When we first moved to Kürten in 2007, there was a total of 10.000 residents. The population of Kürten includes at least five other towns. Development of the area is accelerating. Now there are over 27.000 residents, the roads have not been improved or something widened.
My wife has a Daycare. We wonder how these young couples can afford a house that costs at least 500.000 Euro, plus new cars. The bright side is that many of them are having at least three children. Modern life is a battle with time. Those wonderful labour saving devices need to be paid for,as well as all of the subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and who knows what else.
I used to close out my posts on Facebook with "Please try to commit random acts of kindness.". That is not enough anymore. I try to commit active acts of kindness. We are all naked monkeys on this miracle of a blue marble. Try to be kind, and failing that, do no harm.
What will happen to Kürten when it is eventually discovered by or forcibly populated by unassimilable aliens? What will happen to the public schools and outdoor pools or the Hallenbad? My hometown of Wiesbaden is unrecognizable to me after being born there in 1952. Of course, things always change over that period of time but not usually for the worse. I think San Francisco, London, Malmö and Berlin are among the worst poster children for gradual and inexorable degradation of once beautiful places. Such a pity.
There are places in the USA where we still have block parties and neighbours help each other. Our block party will be in September. We just had family day in the park on my block. Our nieghbour mowed our lawn while we were away. We mowed his and I made cookies for the children. We're also multi national and multi religions. It's wonderful to watch the children walking home from school. All.ethnicities and religious beliefs getting along.
Great lot this morning! I'm first and foremost with the Lion when it comes to picking a side. My next favorite (IMO that jolly well illustrates the truths of the matters) is the donkey with its herd of sheep. Your points are well taken!
Off topic: picked up, I think it was Smart News, the major attack on the Cleveland Clinic study has begun. Government forbid any dents in the fall Vax bonanza!
Have a rewarding day, your faithful Constitutional Conservative!
Life really is better in small towns. After being born and raised and living in the big city most of my life, I felt the overwhelming urge to escape to re-connect with my soul. I now pursue a career I love in a beautiful mountain town. The only problem is the American funded environmental groups setting up shop in most of the mountain towns, bringing left wing ideas with them and working very hard to influence naive local politicians. People have politely ignored them for years and allowed them to carry on, which is how this insidious march to socialism (which is just communism in disguise) really spreads.
College Students very brain washed to believe in socialism,.apologising for being white etc. Eventually they may grow up, but sadly not until much damage is done.
My little town grew from 482 in 2010 to 530 in 2020. Three new homes each on 10 acres built down the gravel road from me since 2017. Two homes adjacent to my north side with 5 acres each sold last month in less than 5 days at substantial amounts. I fear my property taxes will skyrocket!
What I have been grinching about. We are now n the verge of being a ' burb of new braunfels which is bragging of being the 6th fastest growing city in the US and has been on water restrictions the entire time we have lived here. Insane!!
Az, high-rise buildings in every direction one looks. People are asking the same question. Water? The poor Native Americans had to beg for access to water.
This is what happens when citizens do not hold their officials, including city planners and Land Use Boards accountable to the residences. This is hard to do when no local paper exists or if there is one it is owned by a profiteer.
Determine for yourself that you will neither accept lies as truth nor acquiesce to them by default. Jesus cals us to be a light to a world engulfed in darkness and chaos. Speak truth, in love. Bring the Gospel of Peace with you.
I hope that RFK reignites small community activism. I’m not sure how it could happen but getting little rural towns to be more collaborative .. get together around social stuff.... post needs like in a bulletin board on index cards and let those that can help ... help. Maybe government support for all those people AI is going to displace run community centers. Let me share a personal story: I’m the only phone and vehicle within 7 miles. I’m surrounded by Amish with no phone and no way to get to a hospital. So I elected myself at 60 to be the local ambulance. I’m part of the midwife team. Always on call and nearby when babies are arriving. Many 100 mph trips to local hospital later, I had a heart attack. Nine days in hospital. Two Amish families stayed with me. Got home and the community said what now. We think you should build. I guess if I’m not going to die then why not. They said we’ll help. And in 4 days they put up a beautiful 4,000 square foot shop I use now for my small business. And at 75 I still do ambulance service when needed. The power of goodwill must not be underestimated!!
Maybe RFK can recreate the Peace Corp ideals. I see for my small community a big space with a coffee bar, some tables with puzzles or checkers, exercise equipment for us cardiac post rehabers and a giant bulletin board posting need help signs. Plenty of older folks around here just need someone to mow the lawn with the tractor they can’t get on anymore! Some place to gather and have a social life!
I am probably a dissenter of ‘one’. The Peace Corp was JFK’s misguided directive to use citizens overseas to work in other countries (like the USSR did and as China now does). During his inaugural address he laid the success of his world mission on the citizens. “In your hands, my fellow citizens, more than mine, will rest the final success or failure of ‘our’ course.” Then he stated “And so, my fellow Americans: ask not what your country can do for you–ask what you can do for your country.”
I believe our country is its American citizens, period. Up until 1961 the people (country) were asked to pay taxes, fight in wars, and in return no generation had asked [the government] for anything but the protection of its freedoms. JFK conflated the country with the government. He was asking citizens to leave their homes to become missionaries in other countries on behalf of the US government. Maybe Barbara Lee, he should have asked citizens to serve needed communities here at home but then again, that would be federal government interference in State/Local issues. Oh, and boy do we have a lot of that given the purse strings it flaunts.
I sadly agree. Some of the best intentions lead to the worst outcomes. I actually don’t know much about what happened but if we can reignite the fellowship that made America great and as an aside I think it stemmed from a belief system that said “do unto others as you would have them do unto you” and “ love thy neighbor as thyself”. I want to believe that John Kennedy believed that by sowing Peace through help to countries less fortunate than us we could create a world of wealth and goodwill. I’m sure he never imagined that WE would be that third world country!! RFK says the middle class has been hollowed out. Community activism could raise the wealth and health of everyone. But as you say we need a plan that keeps government manipulation out of it and reflects the will of the local people.
Amen. Remember Reagan who warned that government "help" meant government take over. This is when we need the opposite: WE the people. We are the country and we are the government.
I was for Bernie Sanders in 2016. He was the only politician with a plan for turning around our inner cities. Parenting classes should be part of HS curriculum. If you didn't have good parenting it's difficult to be one.
Taught by whom? The educators who reject parenting?
Agree. Also, think the c.i.a. used them as useful idiots.
There were good people who joined the Peace Core. They were usually right out of college. Naive and full of a desire to help the poor in other countries. My sister went to Ghana. Not Peace Corp,.as a volunteer. She found out the children are not named until age 2. Most don't live that long. Participating in a 3rd World Country will bring home how fortunate we are to live in the USA.
I've heard that there were many 'pot' parties going on overseas in their 'down' time.
Pot parties were everywhere. Still.are.
White house lawn???
Funny in 1970 I went to a Dr
I was 5fert 4 and 110lbs. I wanted to loose 10lbs. He prescribed Amphetamines. I was washing walls at 2am.
I think his view was that the Peace corps was a positive alternative to creating military conflicts!
March 1961, executive order Peace Corp to be agency withing the Dept of State. And Russia's answer to our Peace Corp - missiles in Cuba. Lesson learned. The world is not a friendly place.
Castro confiscated the American oil company refineries and we embargoed them and Castro turned to Russia for survival!
Two bad moves!
Russia was going to be on our doorstep one way or another and probably told Cuba to confiscate anything American on its soil. The world was not a friendly place and sending our young to foreign countries was not going to bring peace around the world. Every decade after the conclusion of WWII there have been conflicts around the world, many 'outwardly' involving the US. A lofty and silly goal. In their hands will rest our success or failure...
His Ask Not speech is famous, historic, rhetoric made for a king you might say. That's why my view is the 'one off' view.
Even the best intended plans go astray.
All good points. I too had reservations about that “ask not” sentence. Good communities and neighboring is NOT built on altruism. It is mutual goodwill and reciprocity that makes it work. Not one to one like money transactions but larger picture at community scale. We mow poor elderly lawns because our grandparents had their lawns mowed when they were old and unable. And so forth.
Mutual goodwill all around.
Barbara, Your post is exactly what I was referring to in my post. This makes my heart sing!
Totally agree. Great story! Our small town does exactly what you described, and it's really refreshing to see for as new arrivals. It's not utopia, because interpersonal issues are often magnified; but it's much better.
Unfortunately, as small towns grow -- which they inevitably do -- they will suffer the same issues as large cities. The key is to keep the small-town thinking (which can be done even in large cities). Think neighborhood by neighborhood. Each neighborhood is its own small town.
Follow the tenets in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and The Golden Rule and take care of your community to keep it clean and well cared for. Do all that, and everything else can work, whether you live in a large city or a small town.
God bless you Barbara!
God bless you!
If you look at the cities losing population the people there are being lied to the most and have suffered the consequences of these liars the most. There comes a point in all of our lives when we witness a relationship where one person naively accepts the lies of another. You know inside, your naive friends relationship will end. We’ve all been living under this government based in lies. Like your friends relationship this government is unsustainable. Many times the liar themselves are warn down by their own deceptions. Things begin to fall apart and they just leave eventually (Fauci). I’m sure, this will happen to the compulsive liars that are running our government today. There are to many of their lies to list but I wanted to mention a couple. The first and I think the most egregious is watching good descent people be slandered by lies or worse jailed. As much as I have been impatient with the H O Rep. their exposing of these corruptions have not only shown their lies but have had a wearing effect on these liars. A few other disgraceful immoral activities these immoral liars are backing, first Biden’s open border. This has created child trafficking. The second is Hunters sex trafficking “business” for profit. The largest stack of suspicious activity reports (sars) on the Biden’s, and there are hundreds of them, are Hunters bank deposits (and tax write offs) from sex trafficking. These are just a few of the lies, deceptions, and immoral activities the democrats and media have built their house on. As we watch this house built on sand, we sit back and see the beginnings of a great collapse right before our eyes. Live not by lies; Solzhenitsyn 1974. J.Goodrich
I've been a Constitutional Conservative all my life, sadly waiting for a "Constutional Party" to join. Disdain or unnecessary compromise regarding that document is a deal breaker for me. Your prescription of small town America growing and strengthening is our best, last hope. Consolidation in crime, poverty, disease, corruption infested urbanity will destroy our nation. Go, gather, support and rebuild from the land and family out.
I hear you. Voted for Goldwater. Been disappointed ever since
I was for Goldwater. He lost. Partially, because people thought he was a jew.
But more because the dems with oodles of help from lamestream media convinced the rubes he would have us in a nuclear war
I have no idea what it is that people want to hear nowadays. Plain truth is not popular. Frankly, I have to admit I am less concerned over the demons in power than I am the moronic hords who follow them blindly and continue to vote them in. History is a mirror. Over and over again we do the same things, follow the same patterns - like a script. I know this is going to get worse before it gets better, I just hate to speculate on what that means. As for those fleeing the damage done to the blue cities I have seen the results of blue immigrants to Atlanta. They bring their ideology with them without a clue that they are the problem. We are learning the art of low tech as a counter measure.
Az seeing the same. California residents moving by the thousands.
Great post as always..the thongs meme made me laugh out loud!
It made me laugh out loud too...
The UN/WEF is driving towards a new world order based around fascism (corporatism) and socialism (a global command economy).
That’s one powerful sentence. I’m going to use it and quote you.
Both my husband and I travelled out of state this week. Both of my seat mates on my flights to and from were awake to the lies. It’s easy to start a conversation when you have Ed Dowd’s large book in your lap. 😀
My husband was speaking to two people at the bar in the airport (in Jersey no less). Both of them wide awake. One of them brought up the subject of the white fibrous clots. I wish I had left my vial of them with him. 😩
While this is an encouraging sign, when will people speak out? When will they get loud?
Pray for me. My county commissioner is coming to my home this Thursday. Pray that the evidence I present lights a huge bonfire in his gut and in his soul.
WE NEED TO GET LOUD!!!!!
Bless you. Perhaps this 68 pages of poll results on numerous issues are skewed. It shows a tight alignment with GOP/IND with DEMs isolated. If one gets the time to glance through it here is the link to a PDF.
https://harvardharrispoll.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/HHP_July2023_KeyResults.pdf
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I have a different frame of reference. I witnessed the decline of SF first hand and it didn't just happen. It was not an inevitable city thing - no, a concerted effort went into making it a grotesque hell hole. And there was something very unusual about the fires in Santa Rosa and Paradise. For a time I collected bizarre photos it was so strange. So I've concluded there is a plan to make one of the most spectacular places on earth uninhabitable so that people have to leave - creating a vacuum for the 15 minute city of the future. There were all kinds of references to One Bay Area and other Agenda 21 policies. Rosa Koire wrote "The Green Mask" detailing it.
I fled to Oregon. My mother and I would go to Portland, only to find within the space of a year, it, too, collapsed. No more going to Portland and the small town I was living in went full Invasion of the Body Snatchers. My neighbor had a little stand at the street where people could take a free, homemade mask.
So I fled, again, figuring it will be my last stand. Now I'm in eastern TN and I can see what the song is all about. But I can tell you - good ole boys with guns are no match for what's coming. Overnight, the money system could be changed. How are we going to pay our bills if we don't comply and become a part of the Borg? You can't prepay your property tax so you have at most, a year, if they only accept a new digital dollar. I've never lived in a place that ignored non-payment of property taxes.
And as they say, "Information is the new gold". How are we going to figure out what's happening if we can't log onto the internet - unless we comply? I vaguely remember California removing all their ham radio towers so ham radio might not work.
It won't matter if people don't want what's being designed for us unless we have systems in place we can choose to use instead. It's not enough to stock up some food. Those federal reserve notes could all be called in so unless these conservative states figure out some alternative cash, we are looking at a real mess. By design.
Ron DeSantis has made CBDC illegal in Florida. Other states need to follow suit. Unless I’m delusional I believe I heard both D Trump and RFK say they would nix that on day one.
DEsantis fought the federal mandates from day one. He is a very brave man.
Right. But This is out of their hands. It's in the hands of Biden's Executive Order and the Fed and probably the BIS, the WEF and any number of other international players..
Time to buy local and learn how to trade. Also get rid of this trackable iPhone.
We have had a number of visitors to the farm recently for long talks. Cell phones, watches are left inside and we go for walks around the property. Because these days, you don't know who, what is listening.
True story - the attacks on our internet service/people trying to hack in are like none our IT guy has ever seen. He has installed very specialized equipment to handle them all. Kind of weird and creepy.
My only problem is a pc that locks up when I use certain words in the browser.... Then I have to reboot. Happens daily.
Might be worth trying Dr M's Brave or Duck Duck Go ( I understand they are developing a Firefox style full browser). Am sticking with W10 as long as possible. When I read about Win 11's handling of our needs, I'm definitely not happy.
Like the Mafia. Scan everywhere in your home for a hidden device.
I've heard rumors that the desert around Area 51 is "miked", and they listen for sounds of people trying to sneak a peek. Rumors only, I've never been anywhere near the place.
I guess if you rent, that might work, as long as your landlord was OK bartering rent. But if you own property, you need to be able to pay those property taxes.
Yes. My sons small.town puts the house on the auction block within 6 months of being in arrears. Chicago not much better. I paid by mail. It arrived late. I owed just the interest. They sold my house. Their mistake they had to buy it back.
Yikes. I was stressed before. Now I won't sleep tonight. So glad you got it back!
I think before they come for anyone’s property here in Monroe County Kentucky, they are going to have to get past our Constitutional Sherrif and the 6,000 guns in the hands of everyone who lives here. Maybe ground zero for our second civil war. On the bright side, lots of alternative currencies and banks may pop up.
The small town I live in has a bank that's barely functional. You gave me the idea to check to see if there's a local currency here. Instead, I found the "Crypto Chamber of Commerce". "connecting businesses to the blockchain..."
Yes. I wish they'd start working on an alternative currency here where I live. I know they've appeared from time to time and I think it's legal to have them. We should take full advantage of it.
To your comment about ham radio towers being removed in CA, I'm not aware of that having happened. I used to use the C.A.R.L.A system on trips between CA and NV, and it still exists.
https://www.carlaradio.net/
Also, you don't need a repeater if you're talking to somebody nearby. You can communicate radio-to-radio.
Personally, I think it would be beneficial for everybody to get a license (the Tech exam is easy), so you'll have a way to communicate if/when the fewmets hit the windmill. nv7xx
Hard to believe that ram radio operators would allow CA to do that. If my father W6SUN was still alive it wouldn't happen. He told Placerville County he would take them to court if they approved a proposed radio station tower and he had documents to prove it was not a valid location. He won. He lived in Pilot Hill because of the elevation - he was a Ham who had written a book on how to build a quad antenna and wrote articles for magazines on how to move from CB to amateur radio. Back in the day he used to talk to remote people overseas in war areas as a relay person to get information out. I'm not talk CB but amateur radio operators. That is what is needed everywhere now.
A darn good summary Kim. Tom Deweese (American Policy Center) has been fighting Agenda 21 for decades. He is trying to form community groups to keep watch and hold elected official to account. It is very important to be engaged in small towns where citizens are trusted, they are the easiest to heist. He produced a wonderful packet over 20 years ago as a study guide and what to do to combat it. I wish more people would join his group or at least stay abreast of the issues by signing up for APC's Catching Fire videos or its FreedomPods. https://americanpolicy.org/about-us/
Agenda21/30 is the most insidious form of control there is. If just 10% of adults had cared to do due diligence three decades ago perhaps we would be in a different place today.
Although I don't think it's quite as bad as "all resistance is futile," if we don't come back with a better response than what we have shown so far, the "dark side" will almost certainly continue its plunder of life on Earth. For me, the solution is rather esoteric and therefore not that likely. It involves the rehabilitation of some of us to close to a "free being" status. The immensity of their physical power and resources will not phase such beings. Thus, they target any attempt achieve this.
I read The Prince so long ago, I am probably not remembering it correctly but I think it said something about the need to pretty much exterminate those who had known freedom. So I think it's understood that there are some who will not be phased - but unless we figure something out soon, it's going to get ugly for us. It feels imminent.
Yes, Kim. I think about these things too. When they take our houses for nonpayment of property taxes, we’ll either be on the street or packed off to the huge camps that have been prepared for the resisters. I don’t imagine we’ll last long there.
They already do that.
I was referring to a time when we can’t buy or pay for anything because we’ve been shut out of the banking system. Thus far I don’t know anyone who has disappeared, and I live in a state where the camps are ready and waiting.
Yes. But don't lie awake worrying about it. I have faith we can turn this around. Vote and pray.
Vote and pray your vote counts.
Those who don't value our rights don't value our lives either. After they eliminate our rights our lives are the next thing on the agenda.
Amen!!
I got the original question about not receiving emails from sub stack, I saw on sub stack, I think, a second question, but when I went to look for it I couldn’t find it. ??? I may have been looking on the wrong place. How are things now?
And, regarding "small towns," another very important consideration unique to our wonderful form of federalism is the electoral college. The liberal left hates the electoral college for many reasons; one reason is without the electoral college they can ignore "small towns" and focus on the big cities.... except the Electoral college gets in their way.
Without it 5-6 cities elect the president
I wonder what CA would produce, if they didn't have a "winner takes all" approach to their electors. Having once lived there, it almost felt pointless to vote for a Republican presidential candidate, since ALL of their electors were guaranteed to go to the Dems anyway!
Sounds exactly like Hawai’i. It’s incredibly frustrating and sad.
Just like Chicago. Republicans don't run. Sadly they usually control the State
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That was Okla/Texas prior to Goldwater priming the pump and l.b.j. adding the finishing touch. But as indicated, enough yellow dog dem sentiment residing to provide a hefty rino supply
It has been decades since any pres candidate visited states with few electoral votes, unless they are the early primary states. DJT was an exception.
Perhaps...but they keep track of and watch the entire map...and they all count. I can be assured, in a close...fair...race... they'll come to a small state for those last two electoral college votes if that's what they need.
That is what Willie told the Hag and she didn't listen. Wouldn't have won them anyway so hence the future cheating.
Greetings from Texel, the Netherlands.
I grew up in rural Pennsylvania. First in Palm, then in Sumneytown and later in Collegeville.
Agriculture, farms and the infrastructure to support it were prevalent; Agway, TSC, Tractor dealership's and organizations like the Grange. Heck, growing up, one was proud to be a member of the Future Farmer's of America and the 4H.
All of that started to change in the 80's. Farmland was bought up, and housing developments took their place. In Collegeville, big Pharma built several "Campuses" and slowly, the farm equipment dealers realigned to selling lawn equipment and tractors for the hobby farmers. The Agway closed.
The entire culture of the community changed. Gone was the majority with a connection to the land. They were replaced by a bunch of people who wanted street lights and sidewalks.
Sure, there were some good people who moved to the area, but on the most part, none of them had a vested interest in the area, much less who could appreciate the history. As my father once said, "plastic people, in plastic houses."
What is the hope for America? Well, I think that somehow, it involves returning to a sense of community. Getting involved in the Church, getting kids involved with real life; community gardens, little league, the Scouts, community Organisations. Heck, bring back the block party.
I doubt this will ever happen. Most folks are too busy with the mountain of not only paying the bills, but also distracted by the next shiny thing.
I now live in Kürten, Germany. It's a very rural area. We have a very tight knit neighborhood. Heck, we even have our own WhatsApp group. When we first moved to Kürten in 2007, there was a total of 10.000 residents. The population of Kürten includes at least five other towns. Development of the area is accelerating. Now there are over 27.000 residents, the roads have not been improved or something widened.
My wife has a Daycare. We wonder how these young couples can afford a house that costs at least 500.000 Euro, plus new cars. The bright side is that many of them are having at least three children. Modern life is a battle with time. Those wonderful labour saving devices need to be paid for,as well as all of the subscriptions to Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu, and who knows what else.
I used to close out my posts on Facebook with "Please try to commit random acts of kindness.". That is not enough anymore. I try to commit active acts of kindness. We are all naked monkeys on this miracle of a blue marble. Try to be kind, and failing that, do no harm.
What will happen to Kürten when it is eventually discovered by or forcibly populated by unassimilable aliens? What will happen to the public schools and outdoor pools or the Hallenbad? My hometown of Wiesbaden is unrecognizable to me after being born there in 1952. Of course, things always change over that period of time but not usually for the worse. I think San Francisco, London, Malmö and Berlin are among the worst poster children for gradual and inexorable degradation of once beautiful places. Such a pity.
There are places in the USA where we still have block parties and neighbours help each other. Our block party will be in September. We just had family day in the park on my block. Our nieghbour mowed our lawn while we were away. We mowed his and I made cookies for the children. We're also multi national and multi religions. It's wonderful to watch the children walking home from school. All.ethnicities and religious beliefs getting along.
Great lot this morning! I'm first and foremost with the Lion when it comes to picking a side. My next favorite (IMO that jolly well illustrates the truths of the matters) is the donkey with its herd of sheep. Your points are well taken!
Off topic: picked up, I think it was Smart News, the major attack on the Cleveland Clinic study has begun. Government forbid any dents in the fall Vax bonanza!
Have a rewarding day, your faithful Constitutional Conservative!
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Life really is better in small towns. After being born and raised and living in the big city most of my life, I felt the overwhelming urge to escape to re-connect with my soul. I now pursue a career I love in a beautiful mountain town. The only problem is the American funded environmental groups setting up shop in most of the mountain towns, bringing left wing ideas with them and working very hard to influence naive local politicians. People have politely ignored them for years and allowed them to carry on, which is how this insidious march to socialism (which is just communism in disguise) really spreads.
College Students very brain washed to believe in socialism,.apologising for being white etc. Eventually they may grow up, but sadly not until much damage is done.
My little town grew from 482 in 2010 to 530 in 2020. Three new homes each on 10 acres built down the gravel road from me since 2017. Two homes adjacent to my north side with 5 acres each sold last month in less than 5 days at substantial amounts. I fear my property taxes will skyrocket!
What I have been grinching about. We are now n the verge of being a ' burb of new braunfels which is bragging of being the 6th fastest growing city in the US and has been on water restrictions the entire time we have lived here. Insane!!
Az, high-rise buildings in every direction one looks. People are asking the same question. Water? The poor Native Americans had to beg for access to water.
This is what happens when citizens do not hold their officials, including city planners and Land Use Boards accountable to the residences. This is hard to do when no local paper exists or if there is one it is owned by a profiteer.
Yep, yep and yep
Ditto to what is happening all around me!
Determine for yourself that you will neither accept lies as truth nor acquiesce to them by default. Jesus cals us to be a light to a world engulfed in darkness and chaos. Speak truth, in love. Bring the Gospel of Peace with you.
“With the internet allowing remote work, people may actually be able to settle into an area without having to move again and again for a new job.”
The internet made cities obsolete in theory; COVID made cities obsolete in practice.