Angry Mob or Just Really Frustrated Americans?

I heard on the news last night that the DNC has taken out an ad calling Americans dissatisfied with the government “angry mobs”.   Apparently, if you disagree with what comes out of Washington, you have no right to protest. Pardon me, but the last time I checked, America WAS still a free country. Has it [...]

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Nation of Consumers

We looked at furniture recently – just to get an idea of what was available and price.  While looking at one store, we were told that there are only TWO furniture manufacturers left in the US.  Everything else is made overseas and shipped in. We were disappointed in the selection available – everything was leather [...]

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Are we there yet?

As in, have we hit bottom yet?  I don’t think so based on lots of late night, bleary-eyed searches on the internet.  I heard this morning on the news that GM will need another $70 BILLION dollars in help before this is all said and done. At what point is it enough? I’ve been pondering [...]

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The Famine of 2009 article

Found this today and thought it was worth passing along.  THIS is one reason everyone needs to have food stored and also learn how to garden: http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/11/27/11143/168/114/667032

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Stockpiling on a budget

I know all of us are pinching pennies nowdays, so I thought I’d do a sample of how you can add to your food storage/stockpile for about $20 a week using sale items.  Please note that Walmart rarely runs sales, but most grocery stores *do*.  Our local store puts a sale flyer in the paper [...]

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