Thanks to all the folks that have emailed me over the last couple of days in support of the topics I’ve been covering. I appreciate the feedback. I haven’t been able to respond to each email individually yet but I will try to get back to each of you! We are really in this together and I think there is a kindred spirit that we all need to acknowledge.

 

   I’m going to do another “Reader Question” post today as there is one email in particular that I would like to address. This will be a long answer and I will probably only cover this one question today…

 

 

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QUESTION  -     “Why do a lot of my posts seem to be almost un-American or at least less than patriotic? Do I secretly have a problem with my country and plan to use preppernation.com as a pulpit to bash America?”

 

 

   As I have promised, I will not out any of my readers on this website. I do appreciate the fact many people take their OPSEC seriously. However, unlike many emails I get from hecklers, this gentleman did give his name and so I will address his question with the respect it deserves. I believe the spirit of the question is sincere or I wouldn’t give him the satisfaction of a response! So here goes…

 

  The short answer to your question is that my posts may seem unpatriotic because I’m being honest in how I approach what’s happening in our country. It does no one any good to sugar coat the fact that we have issues. We are all living under a system that isn’t being honest with us. We are given a set of rules to play by and or a road map that is suppose to guide us to the destination we desire that is at best deceptive and at worst, fraudulent. 

 

   In the same vein as yesterdays post, we have a gift as preppers that allows us to see the world from a slightly different perspective. I believe we are a little more aware than many of our fellow Americans. Does this make us un-American? Absolutely not! I think it makes us better Americans, the kind that won’t be as easily fooled into what I call “Herd Think”, believing whatever the idiot box tells us.

 

   As preppers, we are prone to asking WHY? Why is this happening? Why do I believe this? Why should I do it that way? I remember with pride learning about the people that came to America or even “The New World”, before it was America. These were hardy folks that I bet had this same question on their lips, even before they arrived on these shores. Why does it have to be the way YOU say? They were unhappy with the status quo and decided to act on this feeling and make a new life for themselves and their families.

 

   These immigrants or settlers, depending on what the historical time frame was, didn’t act outside the law or even go against the grain. This country was full of free thinking individualists. This is the type of person I am and hope all of you are as well. We have the ability to create our own destiny guided by our own goals. If this is contrary to what your beliefs are, I can see why you might suspect me of being anti-American!

 

   Has anything I’ve written suggested I would advocate breaking any law? I don’t think so, as that isn’t something I would encourage. Each of us has to make our own decisions but we have all the room we need to become self- reliant and or self-sufficient, while working inside all the laws I’m aware of!

 

   My goal with this website is to encourage each of us to always push for more freedom. Freedom from the government systems of support. WHY, because we don’t need them and they don’t make us more free, they enslave us. When I was growing up my father had a saying and it only makes more sense as the years go by… He would tell me – “Never let the government do anything for you that you’re capable of doing yourself because if you do, they will no longer allow you to do it for yourself!” These words ring true over and over as I see and hear the non-sense that is BLASTED at us everyday through the mainstream media.

 

   Each day I post an idea or short article to help instigate thought! Definitely not to instigate anti-American sentiment. It is very American to honor freedom and self-reliance. I believe that this current economic situation will be solved, eventually… When we, AMERICA, emerge on the other side we will have had a chance to regain a foundation of what is truly important. Hopefully, McMansions and the ever growing urban sprawl will be replaced with a renewed honor of family. I would like to see our American traditions restored and when that happens I believe we will see a reunited American populous with new energy and national pride.

 

   Freedom is our National Treasure, it needs to be protected. We are all suppose to be free to succeed or fail without the interference of the government. We have a government and I dare say even a large percent of the population that want to have everyone be taken care of cradle to grave… Not me brother, get out of my way and let me do it myself. In this respect I do have a problem with my country, I don’t like the direction its going!

 

  Do I advocate a revolution – yes, but not in the sense that a lot of “Preppers” do! The revolution I seek is a silent, non-violent one! One that all can participate in. It’s a freedom revolution, one that will be waged inside the law. By removing ourselves from the systems, simply opting out of their game, at every opportunity. By doing this we are denying the system what it requires… US, meaning our participation and taxes… Just stop playing, pay what you must but don’t give anything additional. We have legal ways to opt out, as simple as buying second hand over new or via the internet instead of local, avoiding the sales tax where ever it is LEGAL to do so. Every dollar that isn’t inserted into the system, starves the system.

 

   I do hope that this post clarifies my position, I see myself as an American Patriot and I’m proud of what my country really stands for, even if it isn’t being properly represented in todays government. I wouldn’t be surprised if there aren’t others that might have questioned these same things about me and preppernation.com, if there is one person that has misunderstood, there are usually more. I actually want to thank the person that asked this question as it gives me the opportunity to make sure we are all on the same page. So -Thank You! I want to encourage anyone else that has a question, speak up and lets talk about it even if we may disagree…

 

 

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