One thing about the 5 days thing… I re-read what was stated and it turns out it is only for non-emergency bills. With his panicky statements and announcements on how we need to rush, I think this made them categorize this as an “emergency” bill. It’s a crock that it would be considered an “emergency” bill when it took him 4 days to get it signed once he was done with his vacation…

Everyone should watch this video, recorded live on the trading floor, shown on CNBC!
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1039849853

love the message you send. it takes a great deal of dedication and i know we all appreciate it!
immigration: deport, everyone? really?
does anyone honestly think this possible? anyone with military experience knows that, short of a great wall (not what exists now) and massing thousands of troops along the borders that this would not be possible.
i agree that something should to be done to control the endless flow of immigrants into the US. boundaries are necessary, but what. what of the humane aspect of this. i am married to an immigrant. did her family not have the right to improve their life condition? or as so often stated “live better when times are tough…or even when they are not?”
I am not drawing a line in the sand and standing on the “pro immigration” side. Yet I am asking that people keep in mind that LUCK is the only reason they were born on US side of the line and don’t be so hard on those HONEST! Folks who simply want to do better for their families. –you would do the same!
“foil hat on now:” given the rate of current events, US citizens could easily find our families immigrating to other countries. would you survivalists out there wait for some careless government worker to process paper work while your family’s well being is at risk?

This is obviously a tricky and nearly impossible issue to resolve.

please keep up the good work!

Jack,
I’m always a day behind in your podcasts and can’t wait to listen to this one tomorrow. I’m not sure if you saw that Texas passed a resolution declaring it’s sovereignty and state’s rights as guaranteed by the 10th Amendment. Here’s the link to the legislation that makes me want to move to your great state:
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HC00050I.pdf
Keep up the great work!

Understanding the Stimulus Package

Shortly after class, an economics student approaches his economics
professor and says, “I don’t understand this stimulus bill. Can you
explain it to me?”

The professor replied, “I don’t have any time to explain it at my
office, but if you come over to my house on Saturday and help me with my
weekend project, I’ll be glad to explain it to you.” The student agreed.

At the agreed-upon time, the student showed up at the professor’s
house. The professor stated that the weekend project involved his
backyard pool.

They both went out back to the pool, and the professor handed the
student a bucket. Demonstrating with his own bucket, the professor said,
“First, go over to the deep end, and fill your bucket with as much water
as you can.” The student did as he was instructed.

The professor then continued, “Follow me over to the shallow end, and
then dump all the water from your bucket into it.” The student was
naturally confused, but did as he was told.

The professor then explained they were going to do this many more times,
and began walking back to the deep end of the pool.

The confused student asked, “Excuse me, but why are we doing this?”

The professor matter-of-factly stated that he was trying to make the
shallow end much deeper.

The student didn’t think the economics professor was serious, but
figured that he would find out the real story soon enough.

However, after the 6th trip between the shallow end and the deep end,
the student began to become worried that his economics professor had
gone mad. The student finally replied, “All we’re doing is wasting
valuable time and effort on unproductive pursuits. Even worse, when this
process is all over, everything will be at the same level it was before,
so all you’ll really have accomplished is the destruction of what could
have been truly productive action!”

The professor put down his bucket and replied with a smile,
“Congratulations. You now understand the stimulus bill.”

This podcast seems to be getting too partisan for my tastes, it may be time to move on. Too bad, Jack seems to have a good tidbit of advice every now and then.

But patting yourself on the back for banning a poster who makes anti-semitic remarks while simultaneously linking a vid that equates Obama with Hitler?
I thought you might have a little more integrity than that Jack, guess I was wrong.

Ah, I must have missed the finer semantic points of the video where it was about Kathy Swada. (my eyes can’t roll far enough back in my skull to do that justice)

It’s very tough to have a fair conversation about politics when solely using the language of one end of the spectrum (porkulus, RINO, etc.)

In my experience there are a lot of vocal “libertarians” who seem to think that they are presenting a fair picture of things when in reality they are pretty consistently towing the far-right line.

IMO, the Dems bailout/stimulus strategy sucks, just as the GOP’s does. I just think that the Dem’s strategy will buy me a little more time to prep before the gig is up.

All-in-all, I think most discussion of our current political system is completely pointless for the purposes of survivalisim, you’re bound to turn more people away than you’ll attract.

To me, survival is also about being aware of the current political environment. Having an understanding of what’s going on will help you know how to prepare. For example, take the NAIS proposal. For those who want to keep a few chickens so they can have their own eggs on hand, fighting this bill will make a HUGE difference in survival efforts. How can I prepare adequately if I don’t know what I might be facing.

I am new to this and tried to leave a feedback earlier…..it’s not here….whats up?