sacred cows and devils advocate

SACRED COWS AND DEVIL'S ADVOCATE
First things first. A warm and obsequious thanks to my two loyal minions ( from the Far East and the Near East [ Texas ] ) sending money snail mail. What a wonderful surprise Friday night ( it was good enough just getting off work, that made it much better ). Once again, thinking only of others and never of myself, I decided my new found riches would go towards helping others. I bought a marine battery to run the computer from. I'll charge it up running into town. I didn't want to rely on the infernal combustion engine for my electricity, but reasoned that even if I couldn't drive anymore, a marine battery wouldn't go to waste. I can always use it with the solar panels. We'll see how well it works the next couple of weeks and get back with you. For now, I don't have to transport the computer to put a charge on it. Creekmores tragedy reinforced the warnings everyone else gave me on protecting that investment. And, thanks, Steve, for the books. I love books ( hint, hint ).
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I wasn't sure what the hideous sound was I heard over the weekend. Maybe some redneck shooting up the sagebrush winged a coyote and injured it. Then I came to work and checked my comments section from Friday's article. So that's what it was- the sound of sacred cows being slaughtered. You would have thought I was suggesting an unnatural sexual position with their mothers. I know I shouldn't feed the trolls, but it seemed a lot of reaction was not from the normal band of idiots but from more stable readers offended by my subject matter. Well, at least it seemed that way since most were articulate to some degree. Look, I simply must play devil's advocate. It is in my nature. I'm not trying to dissuade as much as warn. By all means, rely on farming to save your sorry butt in the coming collapse. At least you are doing something. You are acting to better your precarious position. And speaking of which, and this is mainly directed at the trolls, stop bitching about survival blogs and the way they survive. You are given free information. No charge. And the authors spend time and money and a lot of mental effort writing that information you get free. When they offer something stupid for sale, it is not because they are withholding information. They are hoping you benefit from the free information and throw them a bone by buying their crap. An e-book, a military manual CD, an auction. It is just us trying to get paid. What is offered is besides the point. Do you think I really needed www.urbansurvival.com to sell me a book on cheap living? I can do much better than what the book instructs. I bought the thing because I love his site and wanted to help support him.
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All survival preps are not guaranteed. You are only increasing your chances of survival. Increasing, not guaranteeing. Yes, if you follow the advice from Rawles www.survivalblog.com you vastly increase your odds over what you learn at www.bisonpress.com ( I'll throw in mine on the slim chance you forward this to non-loyal minions ) or Creekmores www.thesurvivalistblog.blogspot.com. Or http://mayberry-keepitsimplestupid.blogspot.com especially since he's doing the desperate jingle mail method ( way to go dude- I'm impressed! ). Rawles does offer the best advice. Because it is the most expensive. Throw enough money at any problem and it goes away. When you get into the frugal survival method, it is all about compromise and making do and doing without. So excuse the crap out of me if I point out that farming amongst the population rather than in a remote heavily fortified heavily manned mountainous hidden valley with a stream that costs a quarter of a million bucks will get you impressed into a labor gang that works your former land and feeds you starvation level meals as your only payment. Plenty of you get it. You appreciate my pointing out the problems any strategy has. Any, including nomadic herding, has their drawbacks. I'm trying to wake you up to the inherent flaws. I'm not telling you to do nothing at all.
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Living in a trailer in a trailer park has flaws. As in, you still pay rent and are one paycheck from eviction. But at least it is living frugal, a coming necessity. I advanced my position and improved my odds by leaving the trailer park. But I'm not in a perfect position, by far. If things fall apart tomorrow, I'll cope. If not, I'll improve my position. But staying where you are, in an apartment or house, because you can't afford the best strategy is silly. Junk land is a compromise, and has its own flaws. But the flaws are less than doing nothing. Farming is better than doing nothing. I'm only trying to tell you its not the perfect strategy. It has its flaws and dangers. Once you know about the dangers you can still forge ahead. But at least with that food for thought you perhaps have a back up plan. I'm feeding your brain. But I can't force feed it. I'm not trying to slaughter those cows, just trying to look at every side of the puzzle. I'm really here to help. I might do it in a snide, bitter, sarcastic and cynical way, but I'm still trying to help. Any higher power, please note my incredible devotion to my fellow mans welfare.
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