which radio transceiver would you choose for emergency communications?

I have been looking into survival and bug out gear on the internet and on you tube. What radio transceiver would you choose if a disaster or terrorist attack hit and you had to leave your home. I have been looking at the YAESU VX-7R & YAESU VX-8R what do you think of these radio’s?

Tell me if i have taken my civil defence preparedness to far because my friends are starting to call me weird?

I have bought over 5 years worth of M.R.E.’s and stored them in the underground fallout shelter i made, plus i have tons of survival gear hidden in secret caches in different secure area’s just in case i need emergency back ups for whatever situation should befall me, i put two underground concrete water tanks in with my fallout shelter, one is a water storage tank and the other is for gray water, i based my shelter on Utah shelter systems(tm) but i have done a few things differnt so as not to incur there wrath, people that know me say i’m going overboard this survival phase they call it, but i would rather be overprepared than underprepared.
I’m at over 1000 feet above sea level, and i do have an air lock in the decon room.
I don’t have guns in my shelter either but that doesn’t mean i can protect myself, i like big game hunting with a good bow and arrow rather than a loud rifle, cross bows and bow and arrows are good enough for me and i’m a very good shot to boot.

Do you think this is a good story im 13 and just want an honest opinion?

Prologue

My name is Jink. A “Gray” as we are called. We are smart, powerful, and dieing out. In the past we fought for racial purity, in doing so we took out genders no male no female just “Grays”. We find a new hope on a planet called earth. Creatures, sentient creatures at that who are amazingly alike to us. If we could harness enough DNA we could create a hybrid with genders!!! No more death… This is our last chance at life and we are willing to cause all-out war to obtain the right, the ability, and the need for survival. This document is classified and should not be exposed to mass amounts of creatures alien or human. Read, if you dare into the truth of the UFO phenomena or be lost in thought to explain it forever…..

Chapter one: Capture

I flew down to the earth. I was on a reconnaissance mission. I was to gather human reproductive organs and eggs/sperm so as to “test our theories on the new hybrid species of the Gray/Human species dubbed ‘Gray-Man’ and reproductive life-forms”. I t was a stormy night over Roswell, New Mexico. Me and my team were about to move in on the air force testing facility. We were closing in when my ship was struck by lightning alarms went off. An artificial voice said “Damage to propulsion systems. Damage to energy tank. Damage to landing gear. Damage to steering systems. Emergency landing recommended.” I thought over my options. If I didn’t land the humans would surly come and either steal our technology or kill us or both. If I did land we might be able to fight them off but the chance was slim. You see, our government made it illegal to harm humans unless we had no other option so we had to use primitive weapons that had to be loaded. I went to the intercom. “Shipmates we have been hit with a potentially fatal blast of electricity from Earths atmosphere. We are near a human installment. We must land and make repairs. I want all willing to risk their lives to save us all to come to my courters. Everyone else will immediately begin repairs on the ship. Make your peace with the lord for this could very well be your last night on earth or anywhere else….”
as the newly made warriors came I handed them our limited weaponry and sent them to victory or death.BANG. Another explosion shook our ship and the computer began telling us the new damage. Damage to all systems. Switching to emergency power. The lights flickered to conserve our precious energy. all the lights went out and the computer (on the intercom) told us the terrible news. Anti-gravity failure prepare for crash-landing. We were all going to die. I knelt down on my knees and prayed. After making my peace I turned and began shouting orders at my men. “ PUT THOSE GUNS ON SAFETY” I yelled at my men over the noise “BUT KEEP THEM READY WE MAY NEED THEM LATER” Then the computer told me the worst news I could hear and to this day I remember the most terrible sickening feeling any being could ever bear to hear. All energy has been drained good-bye and good luck. The computer said and powered down. There was a terrible bump and a flash and we crashed. As I crawled out of the wreckage I saw the devastation. All of my men were dead. Except for a few Gray-Men. I looked around. I saw some humans heavily armed running at us. They will kill us to see what we are and ask questions later. As one came in range of us he cocked his gun at me. I stepped out of the shadows and he saw me. He froze in shock then turned to his men and yelled. “Its a gray!!!” I looked at him, shocked. He knew about us. I pulled up a tranquilizer gun and fired at him and his men. When they were down I walked over and brought him to my ship. The Gray-Men stood there mouth agape. They had heard I was a sharp shooter but… I restrained them and waited for them to awake. They would be awake in thirty minutes or so. It had been no more than ten minutes when the first guy I shot woke up. He looked at me in disgust. I looked at him and noticed he wasn’t a human. His arms were to built and his face was to hard and defiant. He was a Man In Black. Some people say they are aliens others say they are robots but one thing was for sure hes was in league with the humans.

We weren’t going to get any answers from them.

I told the remaining crew the news. They knew what this meant. We decided to take our supplies that still worked with us leaving everything else behind. We weren’t worried that the humans could get new technology seeing as they have employed Men In Black. We had a meeting to decide what to do next. “I think, since they have MIB employees, that they have inter-galactic communicators if we could get in we could steal it or use it if it is to big” one of the Gray-men said “I think we should make contact…It would be the right thing to do” another said “What do you think captain?” “I…….I don’t know….I think we should go in and use the communicator but be careful bring weapons but

TELL ME IF THIS IS TRUe!!?

Wilderness survival – prepare for the worst

10 Essential items to bring

1. Extra food and water.
Extra food means food that is not part of a planned meal or snack, food you do not expect to eat. So you won’t be tempted to eat it except in case of emergency, it probably should not be one of your favorites. It does not have to be a large quantity. It probably will not keep you from starving, but it might give you some comfort as well as a few calories to burn to keep you warm. One or two high-energy sports bars might be a good choice. Always carry a full liter of water, and keep it full. Refill at every water source. The next source may be a long way off. Always keep some iodine in your emergency kit (as long as you are not allergic to it) whether or not you travel with a filter in your pack.

2. Extra clothing.
This, too, is gear you do not expect to use. A polypropylene or wool sweater is fine. Even better is a small Mylar space blanket, the kind that comes folded up in a little cellophane package about 2 inches by 4 inches. Add a couple of 30-gallon trash bags, 2 or 3 millimeters thick if you can find them. These are extremely compact, weigh practically nothing, and can be tucked into your emergency kit and forgotten until needed. Garbage bags make good rain and wind protection. They can also be used for gathering food, insulating, as fire-making material, for forming part of a shelter, or for melting snow.

3. Map.
A topographic map is essential for any wilderness navigation. It also can be tucked inside your clothes for insulation or used to leave notes or directions addressed to potential rescuers.

4. Compass.
Be sure you know how to use both a map and compass or they won’t do you much good. If your compass is the type with a mirror, it can double as a signaling device.

5. Flashlight with Extra Batteries and Bulb.
A small AA-battery light is fine. Its most important use is for reading a map, and perhaps for signaling. You will probably find that if it is absolutely necessary to walk after dark, starlight alone provides enough light once your night vision adjusts and you are sure of your footing.

6. Sunglasses and sunscreen.
These might not be critical for wandering through the Eastern woods, but they are absolutely essential for survival in deserts, on snow, or in high mountains above timberline where the atmosphere is thin. Sunburn can lead to severe dehydration. The same conditions can cause snow blindness, a particularly painful, though usually temporary, condition that can occur within less than an hour’s exposure, though the symptoms may not show up until eight hours later.

7. Matches in a waterproof container.
The wooden strike-anywhere variety is best. Just be sure to store them in such a way that they cannot rub against one another and light themselves. An airtight pill bottle or film canister will keep both oxygen and water out.

8. Fire starter or candle.
In rain or wind a match will not stay lit long enough to ignite damp tinder. A candle, or even a small piece of candle at least a half-inch in diameter will give a more lasting flame. Better yet is fire starter, available at outfitting stores in several forms, from tablets or small blocks of paraffin or other flammable material to a gel that squeezes from a tube.

9. Pocket knife or utility tool.
One simple blade will do, though the models with scissors, saws, tweezers, screwdrivers, and other utility tools are handy for preparing tinder, preparing food, first aid, equipment repair, and almost any other task you can imagine.

10. First-aid kit.
Your kit should include a few alcohol swabs or moist towelettes, antibiotic ointment, aspirin or ibuprofen, Band-Aids, small tweezers, and scissors. Also include whatever prescription drugs you take regularly. If you travel alone or carry the main kit for a group, take a more elaborate kit. See Wilderness First Aid by Gilbert Preston (Falcon, 1997) for a thorough discussion of wilderness first-aid kits.

What’s the best food items to store away for emergencies, and how?

Looking to put away some items in long term storage but have no idea where/how to start, don’t want to be hung out like Katrina people were.

Is there any plausable way, perhaps with future technology, of storing food for 200 years?

I know that some freeze-driedd foods can last upwards of, say, 20 years. But I’m wondering if it could be remotely possible to have some kind of storage process that would allow for food storage up to 200 years.

Imagine someone being put into some kind of long-term hibernationn and waking up in 200 years. What the hell is he/she going to eat until they grow or kill their own food?

How do you keep dehydrated foods from sticking to the tray?

I am just getting into dehydrating and am looking for a way to keep the food from sticking to the trays. I don’t want to spray the trays with oil because that would add a fat content to the food and I want to use this for long term storage (fat can make it mold easier). Any ideas? What has worked for you?

Mylar bags – are they potato chip bags?

I know you can buy mylar bags to store food in long term. Are potato chip bags the same thing? Could you store food in potato chip bags for long term storage? Sure would be cheaper and small sizes would be great. Thanks for your input.

Is it okay to buy any kind of herb seeds to plant?

I want to start a little indoor herb “garden”. I notice that at places like gardening stores, the seed packets of herbs are really cheap. Can I trust those seeds will work? Should I get one of those “starter kits” or just buy everything separately? What size pots should I get?

Thanks guys!

Thanks!

What do I do wrong by grewing herbs at home?

Well , a week ago I purchase an herb kit. I followed the directions.
First, I poured warm water in a bowel. Than I put the pellets of soil in them to make them grow and rise. Than I put them into the clay pots that came with the kit. Put the seeds in. Every day following the instruction, I have than sprayed water every other day. Still have not seen anything go up.
So why is it that in the cooking shows they alway’s have these healthy looking growing herbs in their pods?

Please help me save my herb seedlings!?

I’m a first time container gardener in a condo and started some herb seeds in a Burpee kit several weeks ago (basil, dill, sage, mint, rosemary, & thyme). I planted too many seeds in the tiny starter pots and now that they have 2-3 sets of true leaves; they need to move into larger, permanent containers. I need to know how to safely repot the herbs (method, soil, container size, etc.) to keep as many alive as possible. I tried to thin out the seedlings a bit a while back, but still have 4-7 plants in each tiny Burpee pot. The compact dill and basil will be the most challenging. The dill has a lot of leaves, but they like to flop over. Thanks for any advice!

question about an herb garden………?

i just bought an herb garden kit and i am about to plant the seeds. are there any tips i should know before i start? how much sunlight will they need? i am planting sweet basil, curled parsley, cilantro, marjoram, thyme, and chives.

How can I clean opaque cooking oil containers,?

Spotlessly clean? I am talking about the ones that fast food cafes get the vegetable oil in they use cooking?They are always sticky from the oil on the outside which is hard at best to clean but for example how to clean the inside for say long term water storage?

Can dried legumes be frozen to kill insects/eggs without damaging the protein?

I’ve been told I can freeze things like flour, to make sure the insect eggs are dead, and then store the food for long term in air-tight containers.

But can I freeze whole foods like dried legumes without it damaging the nutrition and storage life of the protein and fats contained in them?

How Long Will A Home-Made MRE last, if it is Vacuum Sealed?

Hi
I am attempting to make some home made MRE’s for long-term preparedness storage.

They will consist mainly of dried goods (pre-flavoured rice / pasta / noodles etc) plus some candy bars, tea, coffee etc.

Assuming that the shortest lifespan (sell-by date) is on the candy bar – lets say 1.5 years – how much could that lifespan be increaced if all the food is sealed into a single bag using a vacuum sealer machine? and stored at the following temps:

room temp
refrigerated
frozen

thanks in advance

How many .22LR bullets do you think it would take to support one person for a year, on average?

By “support”, I mean “How many bullets are necessary to BOTH hunt enough small game [whatever you think can be hunted with a .22LR] animals to feed an average person [with a large appetite] with an AMPLE amount of food [i.e- enough to be well fed AND to be able to eat extra at, say, holidays such as Christmas, New Years, and Thanksgiving; and still have some food left over for long-term storage], for an entire year; AND; how many bullets would be necessary to hunt enough small-game animals to have enough furs, pelts, etc.; to keep the person VERY well clothed and VERY warm throughout an EXTREMELY harsh winter?

By the way, please adjust whatever numbers you may have to incorporate for accuracy, because obviously it is impossible to never miss [assume that the person in question has average accuracy].

WHY is there hyperinflation in Zimbabwe? Quick overview please?

For the past few months, as you may know, we’ve all been ear-clogged with grim news about the ever-growing hyperinflation crisis and general economic instability in Zimbabwe.

But would someone be able to explain this situation to me in a nutshell, and pinpoint the main causes, effects and solutions to this specific crisis.

And what is the golden solution to this problem? Many experts are suggesting revaluing the Zimbabwean Dollar – but what does that mean and how would it really help? If it is so simple, why hasn’t Mugabe done this already?

Many thanks =D

(I have a background in economics, so can understand basic terms etc..)

Why is there hyperinflation in Zimbabwe?

My assuption is that the government is covering expenses by just printing more money but I don’t find that statment anywhere.

Do you know anything about reports related to hyperinflation in Zimbabwe?

I have checked it out on wikipedia but i didnt understand the tough economic language
so could you please tell me in simplified way?
whats the real matter?
There it was written as 4 US dollar equals to 10 million zimbabwian dollar.
thanking you in advance.
tell me please

Article explaining ZImbabwe Hyperinflation?

Hey there. i need an article or website that fully explains hyperinflation in zimbabwe. the causes, effects, and what not. WIkipedia does the best job, but I can’t use wikipedia in my research paper. Thanks! i don’t understand Zimbabwe Hyperinflation at all. I need help

Isn’t Each Step that we Take To Energy Independence a Way of Fighting Al Qaida, The Taliban, and Muslim Power?

If we did not need any oil from the Middle East would we need such a big presence there?

If we spent our next $Trillion on domestic oil production, including ANWR, and domestic Gas production, including hydrogen and hythane, and Solar and Wind and Geothermal, wouldn’t that be more efficient than spending it on DOD so we can have a huge footprint in the Middle East, and in Afghan/Pakis?

Money spent of high quality research and production is a true investment. Money pumped into DOD for big gunboats and big boots on the ground, never comes back, never pays off any didvidends for the American people.

Energy Independence is a worthy national objective like the National Parks System of the 1920′s, the National Highway System of the 1950′s, and the Space Program of the 1960′s and 1970′s.

It is a Megaproject, but one that would pay off — bigtime.

It’s not money down a rathole.

Our goal with Islamist Extremists is to make them irrelevant. We are never going to win their hearts and minds. They will never be enlightened — by us. They may reach Enlightenment, in the next 1000 years or so because information wants to be free and because reason is a force unto itself, but we can’t build any nations, or save any, and we sure can’t build any cultures or reform any.

So they are going to hate us and want to kill us, at least for the next few centuries.

What we need to do is make them irrelevant.

That means we are not there, and they are not here.

If we insist on making a huge globalist cocktail of the entire world because we are addicted to oil that is under their lands, then our lives and treasure just go into our gas tanks and get burned up to cause more global warming.

If we live independently and within our own resources, then generations of young men and women can produce goods and services in America, and DOD can be right sized down to about 35% of its present size. This does not include a needed build up of NSA and NRO and our military satellites program. If all that is lumped in with DOD, then the net right sizing would be down to about 50% of its present size, which means we only save about $500 Billion per year — but that would be $5 Trillion over 10 years — starts to sound like real money — your money by the way, and that of your kids and grandkids.

Better to invest it and pull in our horns overseas than to squander it and be a global paper tiger that brings democracy nowhere, that builds nations nowhere, that gets eaten by everyone. that eats no one, that creates more foes than it kills every day, week, month, and year, and that is tipping on the brink of national insolvency and economic collapse. You may have noticed a Recession. Get used to it. What we have now is the new normal.

You think that need fixing?

You think you want to be truly open minded to lots of new ideas, so you don’t just do the same failed policies over and over?

OK — this is your teachable moment — how about my idea of a National Megaproject for Energy Independence before this decade is out?
To Trevor M:

A little bit of knowledge is a dangerous thing Trevor. The oil market is global. All purchases outside of USA ANYWHERE affect the price everywhere. When we buy oil from Venezuela, Canada, Mexico, etc it raises the price at which Middle Eastern oil can be sold in the Balkans and in Europe and to China. All extra-territorial purchases affect the global price (and our balance of payments). My point is a tanker from Venezuela to USA puts cash in the pockets of Arabs in Arabia. Drop that purchase out of the system, and that tanker could go anywhere, maybe France or England or China. The more tankers that compete with Middle East oil for customers, the lower the price paid to Moslems in Arabia, and Iran, and Iraq.

The less money they have the less Semtex they can buy. The less of us they see, the less they want to use their Semtex on us, and create children-murder-bombers to do it.

If they never get to come here — it’s hard for them to hate what they don’t see.
To Groucho M

Pat Buchanan says it just like you do. You might enjoy reading him.

Leaving people alone is not our best thing. We seem to be really into globalism.

One part of that is universal Free Trade.
(That way the Iron Law of Wages and the Theory of Comparative Advantage can break the backs of working people worldwide).

One part seems to be Projection of Cultural Ideology worldwide — why can’t everybody be a Post-Enlightenment Majoritarian Democratic Republic just like we are. They were all there on the Mayflower with us, right? And in Constitution Hall, right, you remember all the Iraqis and Taliban and Pashtuns hanging around in the back, they are in the painting, right?

No, not right!

So we have no reason to think that the world wants or will ever be amenable to our Projection of Cultural Ideology Overseas.

We are never going to bring Democracy to anybody. The French, English, and Scottish Enlightenments brought it to us only in the sense of information!

30 days Plan to resemble a command economy in 30 days: free market and progress for all?

Rockwell’s Thirty-Day Plan

By Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr.

When Eastern Europe broke free in 1989, we all realized just how little thought had been given to the transition from socialism to capitalism. Mises had told us the collapse was coming, and we should have been prepared.
As America comes to resemble a command economy, we need a transition plan here too. Yuri Maltsev proposed a “One-Day Plan” for the U. S. S. R. We’re not in that bad a shape (yet), so we could do it in 30 days.
DAY ONE: The federal income tax is abolished and April 15th is declared a national holiday. The 40% reduction in federal revenues is matched by a 40% cut in spending. The budget is still almost twice as big as Jimmy Carter’s.
DAY TWO: All other federal taxes are abolished, including the corporate income tax, the capital gains tax, the gasoline tax, “sin” taxes, excise taxes, etc. Businesses boom, and the few legitimate federal functions are funded with an inexpensive head tax. People who choose not to vote need not pay it. (Note: this was a mainstream view in the 19th century.)
DAY THREE: The federal government sells all its land, freeing up tens of millions of acres for development, mining, farming, forestry, oil drilling, private parks, etc. The government uses the revenue to pay off the national debt and other liabilities.
DAY FOUR: The minimum wage is reduced to zero, creating jobs for ex-federal bureaucrats at their market wage. All pro-union laws and regulations are scrapped. The jobless rate falls dramatically.
DAY FIVE: The Bureau of Labor Statistics, like the rest of the Labor Department, is sent to that big hiring hall in the sky. Without detailed economic statistics, future economic planners will be blind and deaf.
DAY SIX: The Department of Commerce is abolished. Big business has to make its own way in the world, without subsidies and privileges at the expense of its competitors and customers.
DAY SEVEN: The plug is pulled on the Department of Energy. Oil and gas prices plummet.
DAY EIGHT: All regulatory agencies, from the Interstate Commerce Commission to the Federal Trade Commission, are deep-sixed. Competition is legalized.
DAY NINE: HUD is squashed like a bug. There’s a buiding boom in cheap, private, apartments.
DAY TEN: The interstate highways reopen as private businesses. Road entrepreneurs price travel according to consumer demand. Using modern technology, drivers get bills once a month. Credit risks-and drunks and dangerous drivers- aren’t allowed on the road. Non-drivers no longer subsidize car owners.
DAY ELEVEN: Government welfare is wiped out. Bums work or starve. The deserving poor find a cornucopia of private services designed to make them independent. Private charity explodes, as the American people, already the most generous in the world, find their incomes almost doubled, thanks to the tax cuts.
DAY TWELVE: The Federal Reserve closes its open-market operations and stops protecting the banking industry from competition. But banks can now engage in all the non-bank financial activities previously forbidden to them. The business cycle, which is caused by monetary expansion through the credit markets, is liquidated.
DAY THIRTEEN: Federal deposit insurance is scrapped. All insured deposits are redeemed from federal assets, which include the personal assets of high-level government employees. The threat of bank runs forces banks to keep 100% reserves for their demand deposits, and prudent reserves on all other accounts. There are no more inherently bankrupt banks propped up by the government, at taxpayer expense, and no more bail outs.
DAY FOURTEEN: The shaky fiat dollar is defined in terms of gold, with the ratio determined by dividing the government’s gold stock by all existing dollars on that day.
DAY FIFTEEN: The federal government sells National and Dulles airports to the highest bidder, and stops all subsidies to other socialist airports around the country. All constraints on airline prices and service cease. It costs more to fly during peak hours than off-peak, but overall, air travel drops in price.
DAY SIXTEEN: All government regulations that create and sustain cartels are abolished, including those for the post office, telephones, television, radio, and cable TV Prices plummet, and a host of new and unforeseen services becomes available.
DAY SEVENTEEN: Centrally planned agriculture, as imposed by Hoover and Roosevelt, is repealed: there are no more subsidies, payments-in-kind, marketing orders, low-interest loans, etc. Farm prices drop. Entrepreneurial farmers get rich. Welfare farmers go into another line of work. The poor eat like kings.
DAY EIGHTEEN: The Justice Department shutters its anti-trust division. Companies, big and small, are free to merge – up, down, or sideways. Stockholders can buy any other company, or sell their stock to anyone else. Marginal producers can no longer battle their competitors with bureaucratic weapons.
DAY NINETEEN: The Department of Education flunks the constitutionality test, and is kicked out. Private charities set up remedial reading and writing programs for the former bureaucrats. Federally subsidized sex education and other anti-family programs go out of business. Local school districts become responsive to parents or close, pressured by a fast-growing private school sector (which many more parents can now afford).
DAY TWENTY: All federal monuments are sold, in some cases to non-profit groups based on the Mt. Vernon Ladies Association, which owns and runs George Washington’s home. The VFW buys the Vietnam memorial. There is much bidding for the Jefferson and Washington monuments. Nobody wants FDR’s, so it’s torn down and the land sold to a farmer. (With the federal government cut back to its constitutional size, much of Washington reverts to productive uses like agriculture, as in late 18th century.)
DAY TWENTY-ONE: The computerized financial and political dossier maintained by the government on every American is erased. The public wanders through the federal offices to make sure, in a reprise of the East Berliners’ visits to Stasi headquarters.
DAY TWENTY-TWO: Equal rights are granted to all Americans, even members of non-victim groups. There is no affirmative action, no quotas, no set-asides, no public accommodations laws. Private property and freedom of association are fully restored.
DAY TWENTY-THREE: The EPA is cleaned out, with all “clean air” and similar big-government laws repealed. Ten thousand lawyers leap from their balconies. Private property is established in air and water. Americans harmed by pollution are free to sue the polluters, who are no longer protected by the federal government.
DAY TWENTY-FOUR: Americans are given complete freedom of contract, restoring rationality to malpractice and product liability law.
DAY TWENTY-FIVE: Government scrambles for more assets to sell (i.e., the National Zoo, also known as Washington, D.C.) to pay off the liabilities of the privatized Social Security system.
DAY TWENTY-SIX: Porno artists have to earn their own livings, as the National Endowment for the Arts tries to raise its budget through sidewalk painting sales.
DAY TWENTY-SEVEN: Foreign aid is outlawed as unconstitutional, unjust, and un-economic. Foreign politicians have to steal their own money. The World Bank, IMF, and United Nations close their super- luxurious doors.
DAY TWENTY-EIGHT: The American people are given the unrestricted right to keep and bear arms.
DAY TWENTY-NINE: The Defense Department is reoriented towards defense. American troops come home from all around the world. We adopt a policy of armed neutrality, remembering the Founding Fathers’ teaching that we could not have an empire abroad and a constitutional republic at home.
DAY THIRTY: All tariffs, quotas, and trade agreements are put through the shredder. Americans can trade with anyone in the world, without barriers or subsidies. Japanese car prices drop an immediate 25%.
In just 30 exhilarating days, we have established the outlines of free market. Radical? Maybe so. Me, I can’t wait until Month Two.
__________
Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., is president of the Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com. rockwell@mises.org. This article appeared in The Free Market, March 1991.
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http://www.mises.org/story/2685

Former Mexico official believes immigration overhaul is crucial without it America will collapse you want that?

Immigration reform is either right around the corner or may be postponed once again to next year by Congress and the White House, depending on whom you ask.

But one thing is clear for former Mexican Foreign Minister Jorge G. Castañeda: It could prove to be a key factor in helping the U.S. move out of the current financial crisis.

“The U.S. is seeking a reorientation of its manufacturing base, and it’s not easy to do without cheaper labor and the Mexican industrial base,” he said Wednesday.

Castañeda will head to North Texas next week to talk at the University of Texas at Arlington about his latest book, Ex Mex: From Migrants to Immigrants, and about the mutual need in the U.S. and Mexico for immigration reform. He will deliver this year’s Center for Mexican American Studies Distinguished Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the UTA library.

Castañeda remains bullish about the prospects of enacting immigration reform sometime during President Barack Obama’s administration, despite all the heated and polarizing rhetoric surrounding the issue.

“I don’t put much stock in those [anti-immigration] voices,” he said. “Obama wouldn’t have been elected and health care reform wouldn’t have passed if they were the majority.”

He believes immigration reform is a crucial component not only in reviving our economy, but also in creating a North American community, similar to the European Union.

It’s not a new idea – former Mexican President Vicente Fox mentioned the idea of a free flow of labor and trade on a visit to Dallas in 2000. And the U.S. Council on Foreign Relations issued a trinational report in 2005 in which it proposed the creation of a North American community involving the U.S., Mexico and Canada for enhanced security and prosperity.

Castañeda’s vision for this broader relationship goes beyond the North American Free Trade Agreement and involves a free flow of labor and energy, security provisions, integration of currencies, and greater social cohesion.

“NAFTA has run out of steam, and it is not generating jobs in Mexico,” he said. “The U.S. and Mexico are further apart in economic development today, and the gap is getting bigger. We cannot leave it to the market alone to solve our issues.”

The relationship with Mexico is a lot deeper already than many realize. Castañeda has noted that one in nine Mexicans lives in the U.S. today, and therefore suggests that Mexico can no longer be viewed solely as a Latin American country.

Roger Meiners, an economics and law professor at UTA, said the U.S. and Mexico have been actively talking about a follow-up to NAFTA for years. Former President George W. Bush and Fox were in talks shortly before 9/11, when everything was derailed.

But “opening up the borders for more trade makes sense,” Castañeda said. “Increased economic activity would benefit the U.S., and all levels of income would rise, on both sides of the border.”

It would be to our advantage to expand NAFTA, he said.

“You don’t want an unstable country on your border.”

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/localnews/columnists/molivera/stories/DN-olivera_10met.ART.State.Edition1.4cd41a6.html

Question for liberals about stimulus?

What will become of the millions and millions of people thrown out of work when the stimulus jobs run dry ?

What happens to the millions of energy produces laid off when the automated wind mills and solar goes on line ?

Aren’t we setting our self up for a perfect economic storm of collapse?

As the rest of the economy free falls, who exactly will be left to pay the stimulus tab anyway?

Isn’t this like refinancing your house to buy groceries ?
Bush started it – Whaaa ! (Jesus is this kindergarten?)

Who cares WHO started it, if its a fricking STUPID idea, why is OBAMA continuing it then ?

Why is OBAMA acting like BUSH then?

Do plastics in food storage containers absorb dish detergent?

Anytime I microwave food in a plastic container or glass container with a plastic lid…there is this hint of chemical flavor?
My theory is the detegent used for dish washing is absorbed into these plastics and when heated, are discipated into the food. Maybe I over think these things.

What type of food can I cook to store in food storage containers?

I need some ideas on what to cook. i want to get home and just reheat it in the microwave. please, help me.

Looking for BPA free dog food storage containers and water bottles?

I’m using an Iris storage container currently and it’s the perfect size. 12 QT I think. I’m not convinced it’s BPA free. I haven’t seen anything on ‘net confirming they have BPA, but nothing disproving it either. Suggestions?

Do they make food storage containers in the shape of tv dinners?

Something I could put one meal in then keep it in the fridge then heat it up in the microwave when I want to eat it.

Is there a reasonable alternative to bankruptcy?

I was laid off in February of 2009 and have not been able to find a good job since. I have been without medical insurance for almost 3 years and have to pay out of pocket for a required medication costing roughly $200 per month. I have moved back into my mother’s house (I’m 26) and I am overdrawn on my bank accounts every week just from paying off my car, my storage (I moved home from another state since I could no longer afford rent,) my medicine, groceries, and then attempting to make payments on my debt. I have spoken with a credit counseling organization (MMI) and they have offered me a plan by which I would pay them about $600 per month. This plan would entail $600 per month for debt payment, $485 for car payment, $125 for my student loan, $200 for medicine and $285 for storage of all of my possessions. This is $1695 per month. It does not include food. It does not include emergency preparation. And it is also $400 over my monthly income.

Issue #1: I need a new job. On average, I apply for 20-30 jobs PER DAY. I have been told that, since the economy went bust, EVERYONE checks the credit of a potential employee. Obviously my current poor credit is enough to render me unhireable. If I declare bankruptcy, how much worse can (will?) my job hunting situation be? I currently temp at a front desk for just 30 hrs a week, no benefits.

Issue #2: I need to be able to move out of my mother’s house. She is very kind to have opened her home to me when I am in such need, and I try very hard to stay out of her way, but she makes it very clear that it’s a huge burden on her to have me around (I know she is right, but it makes it no easier). She is also 100% against me declaring bankruptcy, not only for the impact it will have on my life but for the stigma it will bear on hers. I need to be able to have my own place again. But, my current credit is so poor AND declaring bankruptcy would remain for 10 years on my credit report, that no one would possibly rent to me. Which is less devastating to a potential landlord? Terrible credit and a ridiculous debt-to-income ratio, or a recent bankruptcy claim?

Issue #3: My car is currently worth about $9k less than what I still owe. I have tried to sell it back to the dealership, they charged me $5k and even when I left the car with them, they immediately called me back to pick it up because apparently something in the undercarriage was repaired wrong (oh and getting my $5k back was a real hoot, let me tell you.) It has already been repo-ed once and I had to pay money I didn’t have to get it back. I have tried selling in private forums, I have tried refinancing, I don’t know what else I can do. No one will buy a car worth almost ten grand less than they’re paying. I want very much to keep it, but I can’t afford it. And yes, simply letting it go would COST ME MONEY. Dave Ramsay says, “sell the car.” What would Dave Ramsay suggest in this situation?

Issue #4: I have no savings. If I declare bankruptcy, I will be living off of my income alone (my savings deteriorated during my time when I was unemployed, after which my debt increased exponentially. HOWEVER. If I declare bankruptcy and can divide my piffle paycheck so that at least SOME of it can go towards savings, then at the end of ten years when the bankruptcy falls off my credit report I will have something, instead of nothing. Or just…more of the nothing I have right now.

Issue #5: I can’t pay these bills. (see the price outline in the first paragraph.) Won’t these companies just sue me anyway, if I don’t declare?

Look. I love and respect my mother (who is not a financier.) I do not want to make her sad because her daughter went bankrupt before the age of 30. But let’s be realistic here. How much worse could my situation POSSIBLY GET if I declare, file for Chapter 7 and get my debts forgiven so that I may begin to rebuild.

I would very much appreciate ANY input, on a REALISTIC, REASONABLE alternative to me filing for bankruptcy. I have listened to “Financial University” by Dave Ramsey about 1000x and I’ve read Suze Orman’s books and seen her show.

It would bring me so much comfort, and I would so appreciate it, if my peers on yahoo who have experience or knowledge with this kind of thing could reach out and give me their honest, informed opinions.

Aside from marriage, when would you need an ORIGINAL birth certificate? Is a COPY good for anything?

Here’s the background to my question: First off, my husband and I are already married, and I can’t remember if we needed or used our original birth certificates, or even any birth certificate at all back when we were filing for marriage in the state of California.

However, For the purpose of disaster emergency preparation, I’m trying to compile/locate papers to stick into our safety deposit box at the bank. Original Birth certificates is one of them.

I have a copy of mine, and my parents have the original. As of now, the plan was to put my COPY in my safety deposit box, and let my parents keep the original, I suppose…

…but I’m wondering what good is the ORIGINAL for, and what good might a COPY be for? Is the copy for any good use?

I left the original with my parents because they said it’s hard to get anymore copies since it’s from Asia and then translated, so he gave me the option of taking the copy or the original. I thought, its been safe with them (they’re organized) for this many years, maybe I should just continue to leave it there and just take the copy. It’d be some work trying to find the original myself if I ever needed to though…

What do you think…do I need to go back and grab my original birth certificate afterall? Is having the copy of it ever going to come in handy, or is having just a copy pointless?

I can’t imagine when I would ever need the COPY OR the ORIGINAL. Please enlighten me.

Also, is it worth it to majorly search all houses for my husband’s, and if we can’t find it, to order a copy? Or should we wait until the need arises (which I don’t know when that would be) to order the copy if ever needed?

Thanks in advance : )

Is the WHO planning on taking over Canada and forcing vaccines?

This is a lengthy article — read it for yourself — but here are the highlights

http://preventdisease.com/news/09/092309_mandatory_vaccinations_Canada.shtml

After recent reports that Canada’s public health officials are engaged in cover-up operations to conceal flu origin, there is now evidence and growing concerns and that all the warnings, dire predictions and preparations for the H1N1 swine flu are leading to mandatory vaccinations under the guise of “voluntary cooperation” initiatives from Canadian health agencies.

Under the WHO charter determined in 2005, it has the authority to dissolve Canada’s government policies on emergency planning, mandatory vaccinations and to take control should there be a “pandemic”. This applies to any country signed onto the WHO.

When it comes to the legal framework under the WHO, PHAC has absolutely no details or restrictions in terms of who will administer the inoculations and how. This means that once WHO pandemic policies are enacted, it could allow non-healthcare personnel, such as police and military to vaccinate people against their will to enforce mandatory vaccinations

“Canada is deceiving the public and promoting a whole new dimension of voluntary cooperation for vaccines,” said Margaret Sauvé, a nurse and medical administrator from Montreal, Quebec. “If this is their idea of voluntary cooperation, I would really hate to see what a mandatory policy would look like, because we have no choice if we want to keep our jobs” she added.

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Now please read this as well

http://www.theflucase.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=647%3Alen-horowitz-files-pandemic-charges-against-rockefeller&catid=1%3Alatest-news&Itemid=64〈=en

Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz and Sherri Kane, an investigative journalist, have released evidence in legal affidavits that leaders of a private global biotechnology “trust” are behind the pandemic flu, including its origin and alleged prevention via vaccinations. Their documents, being sent by attorneys to the FBI this week, evidence industrialists are operating a crime ring within the “Partnership for New York City” (PNYC), and are behind the pandemic’s creation, media persuasions, vaccination preparations, and health official promotions.

Among the revelations from the Horowitz-Kane research are those linking Larry Silverstein of Silverstein Properties, Inc., and the 9-11 terrorist attacks, to the drug cartel’s geopolitical, economic, and population reduction activities. Mr. Silverstein, leaser of the World Trade Center who authorized to have Building-7 “pulled” [detonated] is a chief suspect in the “9-11 truth” investigation. Silverstein is currently landlord and co-partner in the biotechnology trust founded by David Rockefeller and implicated by these new discoveries.

Given the unprecedented nature and urgency of these findings, Dr. Horowitz has posted his affidavit for public review on FLUscam.com, hoping wide spread dissemination will prompt governments worldwide to cease mass vaccination preparations to avoid becoming accessories

Would I be excluded to do this because of my sex?

I plan on joining the National Guard soon and I really want to serve through 68W (health care specialist). On their website it says
“Injured or wounded Soldiers need immediate attention, and the Health Care Specialist is usually the first to provide basic and emergency medical care in preparation for a doctor’s treatment or evacuation. The Health Care Specialist is primarily responsible for providing emergency medical treatment, limited primary care and health protection, and evacuation from a point of injury or illness.”
Would I have to work in a hospital/clinic setting because I am a female? Or is there a way that I can opt for working in an aid station? I have heard that hospital and clinic settings are terrible because you barely get to do anything in a clinic and in a hospital all you do is clean bed pans. I want to do something that will actually help our wounded soldiers, so can someone help me haha?

What food and items should a person store for long term survival?

Stocking up on food and items because I believe something big is going to happen.
Want to know what I am storing up for? Click these two links below.

What foods and items should a person store for long term survival of Martial Law or something along those lines. Their is going to be a Bank Holiday so we are preparing.

http://www.prisonplanet.com/bank-holiday-rumors-swirl-amidst-currency-crisis.html

http://militantlibertarian.org/2010/11/05/november-2010-bank-holiday/

Would you ask for food or panhandle if you had no choice?

You had a good job, always paid your bills took care
of business had a nice house, nice car. Self sufficient
you didn’t need help from anyone. One day all of that’s
gone, accept maybe the car and a few belongings.

Would you let deep rooted pride get in the way of
your survival, or go into that bakery and ask for
something to eat or panhandle in front of
a store? Yes, I know there are food banks
but what if there weren’t any?
When it comes to stealing food, there’s
a conflict indeed. I witnessed an incident
like that, the owner of the store said, just
let him go. Now there was a boss with
a good heart.

how do i get financial help for my family, 2 disabled adults and 2spec.needs kids who lives on only soc.sec.?

I am 60 y/o gal,was RN for 35y,now disabled with collapsed spine,heart failure.husband of 33 yrs disabled with copd and heart disease with 5 way open heart bypass, was employ 20yr at same place. Raised 4kids, then adopt 2 spec.need kids before disability.Now live on only mates Soc.Sec. income. $14.00yr too much for Section8housing, $100.yr to much for Tanf/food program. All on Medicare&Me.Care.Need help for kids clothes,food,transp.glasses,other survival.we are not trash, workrd all life lived in own rural home 25yr now lost,bankruptcy cleared 3 yr debt owed from Soc.Sec. battle and wait for income.Now live in urban apt. with culture shcok and poverty! have tried multiple avenues for help even work at food bank for food.we barter some services because we are educated and have many other valuable skills to teach and share. we now beg for charity of any kind to help us raise a 6 yr old girl and 9 yr old boy adopted with multiple probs from birth and abandoment issues.Can you help?

If a massive EMP hit he Earth and fried all the electronics.?

What would happen to all the bank balances and global debt. If we where thrown bank 100 years, until we were able to rebuild. Is it possible we could all start getting along in the interest of mutual survival or would it make us all more cynical and scared of each other.

Would any of you resort to cannibalism when food supplies started drying up? Who would be your first meal?

How will you manage when the U.S. Dollar vaporizes due to hyperinflation?

http://www.businessinsider.com/japans-hyperinflation-nightmare-2010-1

Thanks 0bombo!

What’s your guess on a hyperinflation timeline?

I’m moving from thinking “a few years” to “a few months”. When (not if) do you expect hyperinflation?

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2010-09-28/u-s-dollar-is-one-step-nearer-to-crisis-chinese-former-adviser-yu-says.html

If this past disastrous year is just a preminition of what’s to come, what can we expect from Obummer in 2010?

Another failed stimulus? Increased unemployment? Hyperinflation? Increased acts of terror due to Obama’s inability to be strong? Open borders for unlimited immigration? Unparalleled taxation?

What are your predictions — for the US in the next 1 to 5 yrs — 2010 to 2014?

Brzezinski is predicting class war — others are predicting riots civil unrest and so on

Some see a new dawn and a new hope

Some see a world at war —

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The speculation I have heard runs wild — land for US debt where the creditors take land in payment

Hyperinflation — massive deflation FEMA camps nuclear war — the list of dire predictions appears endless and a little worse each day

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Where are you — what are your predictions and why do you think that?