Urban Survival Secrets

Health Care and the screwed American Public

In the immortal words of Paul Revere

To Arms, To Arms

Our dictator, President Barack Husein Obama, and his patsies Harry Reid and Nancy Pelosi are going to ram health care down our throats. However, there is a glimmer of hope.

What is it? You! You, my fair readers can call your senators and congress folks and tell them what you really believe. You can put your voice out there and tell them if they vote for the bill, they stand a strong chance of not getting re-elected. Please remember – one call is considered to be equivelent to 1000 voters. Yes, 1000 voters.

So, here is how to do it. Go to either Senate.gov or congress.gov and look up who is your congressman/woman or senator. Call all three, regardless of political persuasion, and tell them not to support the 2700 page bill – yes, two thousand, seven hundred plus pages.

After you make the calls, tell two neighbors about the contacts. Make sure that they are against the bill, and then ask them to each tell two friends.

Another little tweak – Comrade Pelosi, you know the botox bimbo from SF (and don’t ask what I really think about her as I met her in the 80’s!) Anyways, Pelosi does not have enough votes to pass the soon to be reconciled piece of Crap Health Care bill. Yes, that is right. Even Michele Bachman from Michigan said this on a radio station (am 1160, Charlotte, NC) today.

If the Dems pass this, they will hold almost 50% of the US Economy. That is really scary! If you trust the government to do the right thing, guess what, you will be paying 70% of your paycheck in taxes. Consider it financial rape by the US government.

God save our country, because too many Americans are not doing their part.

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Your investments – financial survival

Disclaimer: This is my opinion only. I am not an investment advisor, nor play one on TV. You need to invest according to your strategy and with help of a financial professional, etc. This is for entertainment purposes only.

With that off my chest.

What are you planning to do with what’s left of your 401k/IRA/SEP/etc.? With all of the confidence that the Obama administration is giving to our creditors, pushing our bond rating from AAA to AA or worse, time to look at the market and possibly make some adjustments.

I was listening to a financial pro on the radio today, who has a pretty damn good record on his investments. He was stating that the end of a pretty good run is coming to an end, based on the technical indicators.

What to do, what to do. I personally am looking at silver. It is way undervalued in relation to gold and other metals. Heck I am even thinking copper is looking good as well. LME Grade 1 is going for about $2.80 a pound.

Why am I thinking this? Well, the dollar is set to take another dump in the near future I believe. The Chinese are making demands on the banks – how much reserves, etc. Coupled with that, I spoke with a friend who is in the mining arena, who just got back from an overseas trip to Asia. Even the Chinese are purchasing hard assets and holding them.

If copper goes below $2.75 a pound, That is when I will be buying more. Silver – I have a strike price of $12 an ounce. Where did I get those numbers? I have been watching. Both metals are going down, and both are industrial metals. It is now time to sit and watch.

The reason I purchase these two are that both are easy to buy and store. Both are not likely to be stolen, like gold, and both are cheaper in relation.

Lets face facts, Gold hovering around $1000/ounce is not attractive to purchase. I do not trust gold certificates, so I only buy the tangible asset. Lastly, Gold is sliding more than the others.

So, take time and invest wisely.

cw

p.s. I have worked in the mining industry for the last 18 years. With family in it for the past 150 years, I have a little more knowledge of the industry than most.

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Toyota Recall

I know most of my readers drive American Made cars, but please bear with me as most of us who have family or friends who drive Toyota’s.

Toyota’s are excellent vehicles overall. The founder of Toyota took to heart Dr Demmings (yes, an Amercian) discussion on qulaity and production. As a matter of fact, the highest award in manufacturing in Japan is called the Deming Award. Dr. Deming was charged with assisting the Japanese manufacturers in reestablishing their manufacturing ability after World War 2!

The reason why the vehicles are so well built is due to a lack of variation. What that means is that the parts used no only fall within spec, but the size of the window of the variation is much smaller than that accepted in the US. Why do you think we have so many issues with leaking seals on engines and transmissions?

Without a labored explaination, if your family/friends or even you own a newer Toyota, please head on over to : www.toyota.com/recall to see which vehicles are affected. They even have a short video on the recommended stopping procedure.

or just cut to here: http://www.toyota.com/recall/videos/stoppingprocedure.html

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The Govt and your IRA/401k

Did you know that the Obama Administration is trying to hijack your IRA. Yes, you have that correct. All under the guise of ERISA.

Apparently the Treasury Department believes that the American People are too stupid to invest on their own and that your IRA/401k institution (investment houses) are not going to do you right. Their plan: require you to invest 5% of YOUR hard earned money into government annuities (bonds).

Here is the problem. Once they start, it will not stop. Just like the change of Social Security retirement age under the Clinton Admin (if you are under 45, your new Social Security retirement age is 67!) another Dem president is trying to hold you in bondage.

Here is the question I need to ask: Who the hell do they think they are. We are overtaxed and under represented (especially in Washington DC). They – the admin – does not give a *%$& about us, just our paycheck. This amounts to an illegal tax.

I don’t know about you, I am calling a few of the non-democratic puppets in DC today (starting with John McCain and John Kyle) and giving them a piece of my mind.

Do you want to be subjegated to the US government. Can you trust that they will pay you back? Look at all the preferred stock holders in Chrysler and GM who got screwed by the Govt in favor of the Unions and other Special Interests (now that’s Hope and Change for you!)

And watch, they will do this under the cloak of Patriotism – yes, be patriotic, buy our socialistic derived debt!

Friggin Thieves!

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Why the Ammo Shortage

Have you heard about the ammo shortage??

Well, most folks are thinking that our Socialist government is going to take away our guns, or at least making next to impossible to get weapons. For those who live in New York, you know what I mean.

Well the coward Obamaites are causing us to think that we are losing our freedom. Well, if we are not careful, we will be.

Did you know that heir Obama has an elite group of military personnel who are trained to deal with those of us who are willing to stand up the the crap government that is in power. Add to it, the dictator has the power to shut down the internet if he so pleases. And for those who think that Bush was bad due to an “illegal war” and the Patriot Act, Obama has done nothing but lie to us all for the past year!

With the backbreaking budget, it is apparent that the Obama Administration does not give a damn about the public. He continues to spend like a drunken fool. If congress passes this piece of crap budget, they should be held accountable as well. Quite frankly the three puppets (Obama, Pelosi and Reid) know that their days are numbered in the government. They are probably ready to pull the rip cord and blame their problems on the previous Administration (in other words, GROW UP).

Anyways, what we need to do – send a letter to your congress puppet and tell them how sick you are of the government.

Go out and buy your fire arm. Watch for sales of ammo at walfart or other places. Better yet, support your local gun dealer. Support freedom and fight for your rights.

p.s. even the Obama Girl is bailing out on Mr. Wonderful as she feels he has not lived up to his promises. He is more of the problem than the rest of the puppets as well!

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Our Whiney President

I do not know about you, but I am really getting sick of the President whining about everything. Mr President, It is time for you to stand up and grow some nuts!

I am sick you you doing nothing but blame it on Bush whilst you spend us into oblivion. That nice fellow sitting next to your wife will only be providing an extra 50 jobs to the market for the unholy sum of $100 Million!!! Give me a friggin break

You and the muppets in your out house, oh, excuse me, Whitehouse, need to stop and look at what is going on!! Do you really need someone from the public to tell you that a cranial rectotmy needs to be performed on the administration? Do we really believe that after the parade of special interests going through the front of the White House like it has a revolving door that you will actually do anything with regards to lobbyists?? Excuse me if I sound a little irked – you are killing us financially. And it was in Poor taste to make a mockery of the Supreme Court (your invited guests by the way!) as you did.

I really do not feel like saying anything more but the following:

GROW UP!

Stop worrying about getting ovations and the such. If you want to be the President, why don’t you act the part! Stop being so damn insecure. Take responsibility – and mean it. Stop blaming the past administration, as we the public are sick and tired of hearing that lame excuse.

BTW – you may want to talk with that puppet of yours – Chris Matthews, I found his comment on race pretty stupid and really offensive. I hope you do the same. Maybe if you stick a few rocks in his head, he may get some intelligence. What an ass he was. I wonder if he had a shiver go up his leg again?

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Let it blow

We here in the Southwest are going through a pretty nasty storm. We are under a tornado watch until later this eve. With high winds (60 MPH +) and rain (a few inches) and a few feet of snow falling in the high country of Flagstaff, things are a little messy.

When we had the power bump during dinner, the kids went and grabbed their flashlights without asking. The boss was ready with lighting candles. The stove (natural gas) was fired up with warm water and we were ready. Heck, I even got to test a few flashlight apps on my droid. I would recommend that you get the droid app flashlight as it uses the camera flash.

We checked the food for the eve and made sure we had water ready – face facts, in the flatlands, if the city water system goes down, we could be screwed.

I am not worried about flooding as the level of the house against the neighbourhood would require that all of my town would be under a few feet of water!

I also made sure that the truck (diesel) was fuelled up and ready in case of problems. Tools are all ready and the Bug Out bags are ready – though since I live in a bunker (insulated Concrete form house – 6 inches of reinforced concrete with 5.5 inches of styro and surface treatment, double pained windows and enough plywood and nails to deal with anything, I believe we are ready for a crappy eve. Heck I even charged up the backup flash light radio that I bought since I gave away the other one (that would be the Eton FR150!) Go ahead and check it out – You will not go wrong with this flashlight. And the good folks at Eton are very responsive to email questions!

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Republicans on the Rise

Hmm, are the Dems shaking in their boots worried about losing their plush jobs in congress? Here we have Scott Brown winning the Senate seat in Mass (you know, the one Kennedy placed his fat butt in for way too many years.) Our problem is that the Dems are pushing us to a socialistic realm which will make those in charge say that all are equal, but some are more equal than others.

Fact is, those who believed Heir Obama and his speechs of “Yes we can…” and “Hope” are finally opening their eyes. The world is seeing that the emporer has no clothes and is insecure about himself everywhere in the world, except in the US.

Its good that the tipping of power is finally happening. Maybe we can patch the hold in the hull of the US.

May God Bless our country.

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Help for the Disaster in Haiti

My Friends,

As we are all aware, Port au Prince, Haiti was flattened by an earthquake. The problem over there is a lack of infrastructure and poor building codes which made the destruction all the worse!

Look, we all need to do our part! I am asking that everyone take a few minutes and donate a few sheckles to the RED CROSS. They have a very low overhead and will get the greatest bang for the buck of your donation!

If I can make a suggestion, donate either $5 or $10 or $20 or whatever you can afford.

Once Again, I am asking everyone to take a couple of minutes and click on RED CROSS HAITI and make a donation.

Lets show the world that us Urban Survivalists are ready not only for ourselves, but can do the same for others who may not have the resources or wherewithall to do it for themselves!

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Earthen oven

Well, in my travels, while surfing the next, I came across an “easy” way to make an earthen oven (Emergency Oven). Check it out the Cob Oven built in Australia at:

Cob Oven

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