Wednesday, June 23, 2010

The Bubba Effect?

I have recently viewed an episode of Glenn Beck titled "The War Room". This episode basically was putting forth idea's or worst-case scenarios of the future of America. In this they state a possible scenario called the "The Bubba Effect", in which residents of rural America basically horde supplies such as canned food, ammunition, weapons and money and/or some form of tradeable goods. What I am able to determine from this idea is that the metropolitan areas, i.e. "big cities", such as New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, etc., will be in total chaos, which in affect will bring about "Marshall Law". This theory states that people will be forced out of the cities into rural areas due to rioting, gang violence, civil unrest and looting. This means that to all fellow "country" residents, we will be in a sense overrun by our own countrymen, refugee's. If this theory becomes reality we will be forced to protect our property, and maybe even protect it with deadly force. You have to look at or break down the mindset of someone, male or female; who lives in the city or a suburb to someone who lives in a rural or country area. People who live in the city are used to having things "there". What I mean by there is this: water, trash pick-up, utilities such as electricity, basically everything is at their fingertips. As you know and anyone knows that lives in the country we do not think that way. When a thunderstorm knocks out the power, we simply light the kerosene lanterns and wait until the power comes back on, if it does or doesn't we manage. Most of us have ancestors that have lived in conditions that were a lot less comfortable than we have today. With having these relatives means stories, traditions, ways of life that have been handed down to us thru the years that we carry on today. Were not naturalist like "hippie's" that believe by living in a tee-pee they are getting back to nature. All we have to do is hearken back the stories of old and conduct ourselves as did our grandparents before us. Neighbor's helping each other, becoming a community again instead of a central urban center that we all congregate to. The little communities that merely have a sign as you pass by, stating only by the name that at one time this was a thriving community that came together in times of trouble, not only relying each other but relying on our self. Not looking to the government for a handout.
So in closing, remember the old stories your grandparents told you, put some of these practices once part of history, back into practice. Not just practice, but a way of life. You'll be glad you did!