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Impossible is Nothing

When we face a challenge that has never been done before, we say it’s impossible. Climbing Mount Everest, descending into the Marianas Trench, raising a child – all thought impossible by someone – until they did it!

I am not a self-actualization guru. I’m a guy who believes that we can do what we set out to do. If we make mistakes or don’t hit the intended goal – it’s a learning event and not the end of the world.

If we don’t even try, then we truly have failed. Not just ourselves but our family.

Prepping is the same way. If we try and make mistakes we can still recover and accomplish the goal. We may never be successful every time we try, but we succeed at failing every time if we never try. Prepping requires effort, time, money, dedication, patience, and self-sacrifice. These are traits found in so few people in the American culture that we, those that have these traits are the last hope of the American way of life in a post-apocalyptic world.

And I love America!

Impossible Is Nothing is my latest book to help you understand that you can prep, you can be ready, and you can use those materials around you to survive your personal doomsday.

The book only comes in the electronic version so that you can print it out and put it in a binder or put it in your doom computer.

I am only charging $9.00 for the book. I’d rather you have the information at your fingertips than get rich.

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Food and weapon confiscastion becoming more of a reality

By James Smith

18 May 2013

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This is the begining of an article I wrote, “Tyranny raises it’s ugly head again – but Preppers ARE the target“:

I hate to be the bearer of bad news – but I’m right. Again.

Not to sound too self aggrandizing but yours truly, The Covert Prepper, was right about food confiscation happening right here in the United States. We may be the most technologically advanced nation in the world, but small minded men only need a poorly thought out reason to act. Greater minds will see that this is absolute folly, but staring down the barrel of a gun will ‘change’ their minds.

I received this early this afternoon in my email box from Anonymous:

just got word that our church (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) is shutting down dry pack canning operations soon. The rumor that apparently was squelched by the gov’t back several months or so was actually factual. the gov’t came in demanding names of those who were storing food so that they could come in and use their food “in case of emergency” and apparently have dictated that they have the rights to information on who has food and guns and so forth. (emphasis added)

a lot of other regulations as well being pressed down on the Church. I can only assume it is all due to some really bad crap that’s coming down the pike here soon.

So on today’s podcast I’m going to talk about how to hide your food and your guns.

Just get started hiding stuff, will ya?

James also discusses a strategy to growing great tomatoes, and the kinds you can plant to get some great tomato sauce.

The rule is Bulk – Thicken – Sweeten.

  • Beefsteaks for Bulk
  • Roma for Thicken
  • and Cherry for Sweeten.
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Is the Prepper mindset really “Us versus Them”?

By James Smith

11 May 2013

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In a recent article, Associate Professor Peter Behrens stated that Preppers have a “Us vs. Them” mentality. From the article:

It isn’t monolithic, this movement. There are New York city preppers with subway maps and no guns, there are rural preppers with tons of camping gear, like in Virginia, and there are preppers out West, who can seem apocalyptic and one step away from Mad Max and the Thunderdome.

They all share characteristics, Behrens says:

Coalescing around a single identity, unifying around a main theme, like the end times or fear of a meteor strike.

Shunning contradictory information.

Finding meaning in signs.

Having their own shorthand or language for things.

Not wanting people who’ve stumbled into it to walk away from the group.

What’s the difference between them, and say … the Boy Scouts?

“It’s what the intention is, the intention is to protect oneself against impending doom,” Behrens says, whereas the Scouts intend to mold responsible young men. “I have nothing against preparations, we all make preparations. A notion of a 72-hour bag makes sense.”

Is it me, or is this an over generalization of humanity?

And what exactly, Professor, is wrong for preparing against doom? Doom comes in so many flavors, Baskin and Robbins can’t hold a candle to it.

Do you want everyone to die because they failed to prepare? Do you really believe that the government will come to our aid in the event of a MAJOR disaster? How can they help at a national level if they can’t even help a small section of one town in one state (Hurricanes Sandy and Katrina)?

I reject the Professor’s reality – as it represents a failure to consider the entire gambit of possibilities.

Or, let’s put it a VERY FINE point on the matter:

If your family is to be affected by a major disaster – do you really think your 72 hour bag is going to be enough? Or a two week supply?

No. And telling everyone else that it’s enough is tantamount to manslaughter if they take your advice. Professional homicide – like vehicular homicide when you drive drunk and kill someone – is homicide when your professional opinion is sorely lacking facts and someone dies because of your advice.

Think about that.

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Thought Exercises – Why preppers should use them

By James Smith

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A thought exercise, in my little world, is the opportunity for a prepper to imagine and complete the sentence, “What would I do if…”

  • What would you do if you are stuck in a blizzard in your car?
  • What would you do if you are stuck in a building that has partially collapsed and you’re stuck in it?
  • What would you do if a riot breaks out near you?

But these are not easy questions. These are questions that require you to understand the following:

  • What do I have on hand with me?
  • What kind of people are near me (handicapped, violent, elderly, ???)
  • IF I had _____________, I could do ______________.

So you see the problem isn’t just a simple pat answer. In order to survive a building collapse – you may think that you’ll need communication (cell phone or FRS radio), water, and food.

  • Where are you going to keep this?
  • How can you have access to it?

 

See… It’s a bit more detailed than just a simple answer. And cutting your imagination loose is the best way to come up with solutions.

You can do it. You’ve been doing it all your life and now you know the name for it.

Until next time Preppers..

 

-J

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