Well, I'm back on here and trying to keep up. I believe Silver was in the right, I believe he spoke his mind seriously and dispassionately and was not insulting to Mouse. I'm a little dismayed by the attacks I've seen on him for speaking his mind.
That said, in response to remarks made about lack of participation in the threads here, I've just gotten tired. I'm working harder at a job that pays half as much as I used to make, at the same time trying to prep for what I see as more difficult times in the very near future. At the same time, there *is* outrage fatigue that cannot be avoided unless all contact with the outside world is denied.
Today I see PM Cameron comparing himself and Obama to Reagan and Thatcher. While Reagan and Maggie had their faults, it's statements like this that make me want to spew Today I trust neither party to do anything other than what their handlers allow. It makes me feel like a very very small, insignificant speck of sand compared to the behemoth around me. And that's what they want.
While I agree with Elias's remarks on MindWar, his monologues on how it all came about lose my attention. I DON'T CARE about all of the .gov documents laying out the plan. I'm looking for something *I* can do, with my meager resources, that will not distract too much from my primary responsibilities to my family. The suggestions made about comedy routines going viral sounds great, really - but I don't write comedy. I'm trying to come up with ways to throw sand in the gears, but I'm coming up dry.
I'm beginning to sound to myself like I'm bitchin' and moanin', and I don't want that, but I've gotten all of the homesteading/firearm/other info I can handle at present - the trick is putting it into practice - but that's why I'm not visiting all of the great threads here. I've learned a boatload from all of the great ideas put out here, but in my personal space I'm past most of that. Not that I can't learn more, mind you, but my plate is pretty full.
My point, and I do have one, (stolen from Ellen Degeneres), is that "Mole" activities to counterattack the MindWar are what I'm looking for. I've been absent from these threads for a while, and I'm looking for ideas while trying to come up with ideas of my own.
ML, I don't know if this is the kind of response you were looking for, but it's what I've got. For now.
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