If you’re on this site it’s a pretty fair bet you think prepping is the smart thing to do. Of course, you’re right.
Anything you can do that increases your readiness for a crisis is a good idea. The problem is the people who make the laws don’t always agree.
It seems incredible, but many of the common-sense things you might want to prepare are actually illegal in parts of the USA.
Unfortunately there’s a patchwork of federal, state and local laws that can get in the way of your prepping. Let’s have a look at some of the most awkward examples.
Zoning Laws And Livestock
Even on your own property, laws restrict what you can and can’t do – and those laws vary widely, depending on where you live. State, county and even HOA rules can get in the way of your preparations.
Most homes are in areas zoned for residential use, and local zoning codes could ban you from farming land over a certain area, building structures to house animals, or even building a big storage shed. Before you buy a new home investigate the local zoning codes and check there aren’t any restrictions that could stop you doing anything you plan.
If you buy a property then try to get the code changed your chances are pretty low – and if you build something not allowed by the code you could face heavy fines.
Farming is probably the most common zoning issue facing preppers. Some communities have “right to farm” laws, which allow you to farm on any land you own, however it’s zoned.
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State right to farm laws usually only protect farmers and ranchers on land zoned for agricultural use. There are usually strict limits on who qualifies.
In Nebraska, for example, the right to farm only applies to lots that are at least ten acres.
California’s law protects any “agricultural activity” that’s been in operation for over three years – before that, it can be declared a nuisance. The more urban your area, the tighter the restrictions.
In many cities and large towns, it’s illegal to keep any livestock – even a handful of chickens – in a residential area.
As well as zoning codes, check any covenants attached to your property. These can order you not to do some things on your property, and keeping livestock is illegal most of the times.
Zoning Laws and Unconventional Homes
Another issue with zoning codes is that they can dictate what kind of home you’re allowed to live in. You might want to live in a trailer, RV or nuclear bunker – but you need to check if your local codes allow that.
Related: What’s The Closest Natural Nuclear Bunker to Your Home?
If they don’t, it makes no difference that you own the land; you could be ordered to demolish your home and replace it with one that meets the code.
Off Grid Electricity
No state will actually stop you from installing solar panels, and many will even give you tax breaks to do it.
On the other hand, it isn’t always possible to totally unplug yourself from the electrical grid. In several states there are fees to disconnect, even temporarily, from the grid – in Nevada this is $400.
In many municipalities, it’s illegal to completely disconnect from the electrical supply. Even if you’re generating all your own power you’re required to stay connected and often pay a connection fee.
There’s an upside to this, which is that you might be able to sell surplus electricity you generate to the power company.
Unfortunately, there’s also a massive downside. Because you’re still connected to the power grid, any event that destroys the grid – for example, an EMP attack or coronal mass ejection from the sun – has a way to surge into your home.
That could wreck anything you have connected to your own system.
Water Rights
Water is one of the most vital survival resources, and for preppers, it’s a real bonus if there’s a water source on your land. If there’s a stream crossing your yard you have a supply of water right there on your doorstep.
The problem is there are probably serious restrictions on using it.
There are two water use doctrines in the USA. In the eastern states the main one is the Riparian Doctrine. This originates from English common law, and it says any landowner whose land adjoins a body of water can make reasonable use of it.
Related: 10 Off-Grid Water Systems You Should Have On Your Property
The thing is, “reasonable use” restricts what you can do. The main restrictions are that you can’t obstruct, divert or pollute the flow of water. If you plan to use that river to irrigate a field, you could run into trouble with people downstream.
In the western states water rights usually rely on the Prior Appropriation Doctrine. That’s based on who was using the water first, and in most cases the courts now give priority to Native Americans.
In a Prior Appropriation state, you don’t have the right to use water flowing across your land unless the local water department authorizes it.
Collecting Rainwater
OK, so you can’t divert a stream into your vegetable patch because either the people downstream or the local Indian tribe will complain, but what about rainwater? Surely you can collect that? Well, it depends.
Related: Is Harvesting Rain Water Illegal in Your State?
It’s usually legal to collect rainwater for personal use. If you have a water barrel to collect rain that lands on your roof, nobody is going to complain.
Then again there was Gary Harrington of Oregon, who was jailed for refusing to dismantle his water collection setup. Harrington had stockpiled 13 million gallons of water in three “ponds” on his property.
He said they were reserve water supplies for fighting wildfires. One of them had boat docks and was stocked with bass.
Harrington’s real offense was that his land was a major part of the watershed that feeds the town of Medford, and he was collecting so much that the town – which had Prior Appropriation rights – was running short.
You can legally collect rainwater, but if you collect so much that streams start drying up you could face problems.
Gun Laws
Almost every prepper owns at least one gun. Firearms are hugely valuable for hunting and defense, and without one your chances of surviving a crisis go way down. The trouble is gun rights in the USA are under constant pressure, and many of the most popular survival guns are restricted by state or local laws.
In California, it is illegal to own most popular semi-automatic rifles unless they’re heavily modified to comply with a ridiculous “assault weapon” ban (although in June 2021 a federal court ruled the law unconstitutional).
Related: Self-Defense Weapons That Are Illegal In Your State. Do You Have One Of Them?
You also can’t have any magazine that holds more than ten rounds unless you owned it before January 1, 2000.
If you’re moving it’s vital to check your guns are legal at your new home. Even crossing jurisdictions inside the same state can make a huge difference to gun laws, and penalties can be heavy.
Of course, in a country with as many sets of laws as the USA there are a lot of things you’re not allowed to do. Lawmakers can pass just about any law they can get enough votes for, and they regularly do.
In Arizona you need a permit to feed garbage to pigs. In California it’s illegal to eat a frog that dies during a jumping competition (you’ll all remember what a huge problem that was a few years ago…. right?).
There’s a $1,000 fine for holding a dwarf-tossing contest in Florida. Louisiana has a modern, strict hygiene code for any food prepared for public consumption – except jambalaya, which is exempt.
Related: 15 Modern Laws That Would Get Our Grandfathers Arrested
Fortune telling is illegal in Maryland and nobody can say when that will change (because that would be illegal.). In Utah it’s legal to throw things at a bus – but only if you’re a cop. In Wisconsin it’s a crime to sell cheese that isn’t “highly pleasing”.
We have some weird laws, and while some of them are funny others can be a real pain for preppers. Before you buy a property check codes and covenants to see what’s allowed there. Look up right to farm laws and find out what rights are covered.
Make sure your guns are all legal – and, before you start a project, make sure there isn’t some crazy law that gets in the way.
It’s frustrating and annoying when our freedom to prepare is blocked by badly designed or oppressive laws, but breaking them can put you in a cell. It’s hard to survive there.
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Thank you for a well written and relevant article. I needed the fortune telling humor. There likely will be a firestorm of comments so I’ll just get mine in early.
The more onerous a restriction is, the more likely it was imposed by local authority. Starting with HOAs and followed by municipalities, counties, states and federal. The authorities closest to us are the ones that touch our liberties the most. It’s remarkable how riled up people get over elections to federal offices, but barely raise an eyebrow for local elections. That’s likely due to the absence of media hype locally. Secondly, not many people think about their liberty. If they are secure with their dollars, they’re blind to anything else.
I’ve made no secret of my disdain of democrats and republicans and my boycott of elections structured around D’s and R’s. That’s because their silly debates of conjured issues aren’t real. Most legislation, on the state and federal levels, only authorize one or more agencies to write and implement the details. Unelected bureaucrats, in league with corporate paid lawyers, write and impose the regulations that touch us.
From time to time there have been congressmen admit they don’t even read the bills they vote on. They vote as their party tells them to vote. Sometimes they respond to public uprising, usually stirred up through TV and social media paid for by the same people that fund their party. Later those people will sit across from the bureaucrats to help write the enabled regulations.
At the county and local levels, the people have more say. Commissioners and council members have open public meetings. Often they have already decided their course of action beforehand and if they detect no opposition in the public meeting they’ll vote according to their predetermined agreement. BUT, if they do detect too much opposition, they will “table” the matter, for further study and counsel. So yes, the people have great opportunities to affect the direction of liberty at home.
Finally there’s the second amendment debate. We’ve been suckered into believing our votes will affect the direction of it. Your congressman absolutely has no say in the matter, other than what he says to you in hopes you’ll send him some money. One Supreme Court after another, all the way back to the 1800s, has ruled that the second amendment does not restrict what the states choose to do. The regulatory authority of the ATF may be questionable, but even in the unlikely event some Supreme Court were to throw out all ATF authority, the states could reimpose those or harsher restrictions by their own authority. My point simply is this; we need to pay closer attention at the state levels rather than falling for the blue’s “we’re coming for your guns” or the red’s “I’ll protect your sacred second amendment”. Neither one is going to do either one.
In closing, my independent self says, I’ll do what I damn well please.
Well said.
I have felt this way for years but didn’t know exactly how to put it. Thank you, so well said.
The truth is all gun laws are illegal and anti 2A. All sides republican or Dems… have trashed our 2A rights and this year alone will bring on the newest attack on 80 percent, and pistol braces. Sadly a lot of the newst attacks will come from the way the bump stock ban was illegally written in by the ATF”
Either be free and do what you want without harming your neighbor or just die a slow death under the jackbooted LEO’s who enforce the anti american laws.
Everybody can quote the second amendment. At least they should with the two-hundred plus years it’s been hyped as a money-making tool. Without Googling, how many can quote their state constitution’s gun provision? How many know their state constitution’s provisions regarding the rights of their counties and municipalities? Not many, I bet.
Raven. The pistol brace issue is hardly “this year’s attack”. That issue has been being kicked around ATF since 2012 with plenty of opportunity to have killed it during the 2017-2020 era of “I’ll protect your precious second amendment” garbage. Truth is, pistol braces will not be illegal (Check the Federal Registry of the regulation). But, the classification of the weapons with pistol braces will change unless the weapon is modified with a longer barrel to be a “rifle”. Otherwise it will be classified as an SBR with all the onerousness thereof. Additionally, the manufacturers have to redesign pistol braces for their intended use, to prevent pistols being used as rifles. Does the ATF have the right to make such regulations? Maybe not, but let’s be truthful about what a regulation is and stop the “one-liner”, emotion-stirring slobbering of the politicians who don’t bother to read the details either.
why would you need to know the illegal laws written in. Shall not infringe is pretty damn clear.
Besides if you need to concealed is always concealed so carry where ever you want to.
hey john the ATF which can’t make rules… but apparently they can violate our 2A… and Infrige…
come august 80 percent and Pistol braces will become “banned” Forcing people to register is as a SBR which is a violation of the 2A. The SBR bs is also anti 2A …..
The ATF should of been abolished along with the FBI after murdering women and children at waco.
Change your ‘status to American National.
Solves that problem.
Raven. What does WELL REGULATED MILITIA mean? It’s about as clear as SHALL NOT BE INFRINGED is.
Well regulated in the context of the 2A refers to the training of the Militia’s…. as in the 2A is a two part statement one for the Militias to train and have whatever they want for weapons. Also the individuals right to own and have whatever they want.
pretty straight forward
Every thing is straight forward to one who believes something. The founding fathers even had trouble defining ‘arms’ at the time. They couldn’t agree or come up with an acceptable alternative. Undefined terms will mean different things to different people. If they couldn’t agree, I doubt we today will agree either. But the endless debate will continue as long as people send money to both sides.
Considering the founding fathers fought a war with mostly private weapons to include cannon and motars…. Its very clear what they meant by “arms” so yes the shall not infringe is rather clear
You can either have freedom or safety…. you don’t get both.
Raven. I rarely agree with most of what you write, but this time, you are SPOT ON.
Most folks don’t understand what the second amendment really is stating. There are, indeed, two points to it. One is our right to keep our guns. The other (A Well Regulated Militia) is fairly straight forward on its intent. They meant “organized and trained”. That’s it! They didn’t mean what most newer folks (younger, more vulnerable?) think of “regulation”. That is: regulation means restriction. No, No, NO! Wrong!
I’m thankful that the majority of law makers and rulers are over the age of 30! Most younger, more vulnerable, follow-the-leader (media believers) aren’t as experienced in LIFE MATTERS as those of us above 30.
i agree with you, but i don’t agree with our law makers understanding it any better.
The state of the union praised the Ukraine for taking guns to the streets but condemned Americans for owning ar15s. Claiming its all about hunting Deer.
They want your disarmed stupid and divided. Once they have you disarmed they will take away your ability to Worship as well.
Raven, they’ve already taken away our right to worship. The Supreme Court – yes, Trump’s supposed 6-3 conservative Supreme Court – agreed that strip joints are essential businesses during the pandemic but that churches could be forcibly shut down. There is no more freedom of religion in the United States; religion is now a privilege to be allowed or not allowed on the whim of the government.
Dale it was the weak pastors and weak sheep that allowed their churches to fold….
Raven, it was upheld by the Supreme Court. You’re probably right that the people who belong to those churches should have taken to arms over it but short of taking up arms, freedom of religion is officially ended, by order of the Supreme Court.
The constitution was not referring to “regulated” as in controlled… it was used in the context of trained…
Raven. Truth is the prerequisite of freedom
What truth
“Well regulated militia” is far from clear on its face. In fact this amendment has been misinterpreted for quite a while, and on purpose. “A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State,” has to be looked at in an historical sense. Our founding fathers had just fought a war where the government of Britain had used regular Army troops against citizens, and had seen the same thing across Europe many times. A standing Federal army is something they did not want here, at that time, for just that reason. So knowing the need for some kind of military force they expected the several States to provide for their own, and the common, defense since the States had that right and the Federal government did not per the 10th Amendment. However, they wanted to codify a check against even State militias, by the people, just in case some State, or States, decided to use their militia against the people, hence “the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” The first part of the 2nd Amendment explains the reason for the second part. It has nothing to do with militia training or service, but instead defines and codifies the God given right of man to protect himself against those that would attempt to do him harm in any fashion. With the abhorrent idea that the Federal government is the be-all, end-all, authority over the citizens, this misinterpretation was widely spread so that people would eventually “know” that they did not have the right to dissolve a corrupt and entrenched government by force of arms. This misinterpretation also explains why we have had so many legal, but unconstitutional, infringements on this fundamental right.
We are all the militia just like all fighting age males in Ukraine right now. For the question of militia look to:
U.S. 10 Code – 246 Militia: composition and classes
The militia of the United States consists of all able-bodied males at least 17 years of age…
(b)The classes of the militia are—
(1)the organized militia, which consists of the National Guard and the Naval Militia; and
(2)the unorganized militia, which consists of the members of the militia who are not members of the National Guard or the Naval Militia.
Also go back to the time of the writing of the constitution and understand why they wrote and put the 2A so high in the list and why every man is the militia. Existing laws in our colonies required common men to buy their own firearms, powder, lead balls. They get very specific with types of weapons and for example “two pounds of powder and ten pounds of bullets”. There is even language about drilling after Church every Sunday. Even after the constitution was ratified they went beyond and strengthened the 2A with The Militia Acts of 1792 saying citizens must arm themselves.
This all has roots in centuries of English laws with examples like the 1511 Weapons of War Archery Laws “all fathers were to provide sons with appropriate bows and arrows and teach them how to shoot starting at age 7”. Archery Laws of 1363 “forbade, on pain of death, all sport that took up time better spent on war-training especially archery training”.
Notice the language “weapons of war”. In all examples these are weapons of war. Not weapons for hunting or defense from common criminals.
*some of this is from memory. Some minor mistakes may have been written.
Practicing archery on Sunday was also a law. English archers were feared not only for their marksmanship, but for the range they could ‘accurately’ engage the enemy from. Even though the bow and arrow were considered a weapon of war, they were also used to put meat on the table. An interesting tid-bit…the crossbow was an automatic death sentence if a commoner had one…as they could pierce armor.
The National Guard is not the militia. That’s the big lie in the gun control movement. The National Guard is standing army reserves.
The National Guard became the Offical Militia and it has nothing to do with gun control. As the 2nd Amendment states…. in two statements one in regards to regulation…. or aka training in a militia and secondly the part of invidiual freedom.
The National Guard is NOT the official militia. The government claim that the Guard is the official militia is a lie intended to enable taking away your guns.
The National Guard serves as a reserve force for the Standing Army. There is nothing in the Federal powers that allows the governors to permit or the Federal Government to order the militia to serve in foreign lands.
The militia can be called up only for the following power of the Congress: To provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections and repel Invasions;
That the government can send the National Guard to Iraq and Afghanistan, and any other place outside of the United States, proves that they are standing army – one of the things that the Founders feared from a standing army was the international mischief from a standing army. The National Guard is very key to that international mischief today.
The Founders and other notables from their time and before wrote about the need to destroy the militia before the standing army could force the will of the government on the people. Do you expect the government to say, “We’re going to end the militia and replace it with our standing army and you will all obey”? Of course not. They masked their destruction of the militia by creating a reserve force and letting the governors think they run the show and convincing those gullible enough to believe it, including you, that the Guard was the militia.
Only fools believe the Guard is the militia intended by the Founders and the Constitution.
The debate and arguments on what is meant by a “Well regulated militia” will go on and on. My personal take, right or wrong, is that the ‘militia’ is the entirety of able bodied citizens capable of bearing arms. “Well regulated”…could mean many things, from training to various organizations or even that citizens know where to form up, if needed, for the common defense. The big thing is that we have the right to own and bear arms and that right shall ‘not’ be infringed on. The Left has chipped away at that right for years, taking little nibbles here and there, trying to void this right. The ‘Gun Control Acts’ of 1934 and 1968 were major attempts to hamper our rights under the 2nd amendment. Some of the legislation for these Acts were taken directly from the ‘Nazi Gun Control Act’ of 1938. The Left has become more and more draconian in trying to scrap the 2nd amendment. ‘Gun Control’ will not stop criminals from obtaining or using firearms.
“If gun laws in fact worked, the sponsors of this type of legislation should have no difficulty drawing upon long lists of examples of criminal acts reduced by such legislation. That they cannot do so after a century and a half of trying – that they must sweep under the rug the southern attempts at gun control in the 1870-1910 period, the northeastern attempts in the 1920-1939 period, the attempts at both Federal and State levels in 1965-1976 – establishes the repeated, complete and inevitable failure of gun laws to control serious crime.”—Orrin Hatch
“The right of citizens to bear arms is just one guarantee against arbitrary government, one more safeguard against the tyranny which now appears remote in America, but which historically has proved to be always possible.”—Hubert H. Humphrey
We must remain vigilant and proactive in the protection of our rights or we will lose them and once lost, we may never get them back.
It wasn’t just the left that did it too. Regan in 86 signed the Huges act which banned production of Machine guns after 86. Bush Sr signed in the import act banning military looking rifles Bush JR would of signed in the AWB had anyone brought it to the table. Trump banned Bumpstocks which caused the ATF to rewrite the definition of a machine gun and now….. you see them go a after pistol braces and force reset triggers.
All of them supported the assault weapons ban as well. Regan even wrote a letter to clinton giving his support.
oh and pirate face dan crenshaw using his thank me for my service to gain votes for red flag laws….
Raven…
Yes, both sides have done it. Today, though, the Left is the main culprit. There are a few RINOs, but, as-a-whole, it’s the Left trying to take away our rights.
The ban on ‘bumpstocks’ was unique…in that it was neither passed by Congress, nor was it signed by President Trump. Instead, an administrative agency simply changed one of their definitions in order to institute the ban. Think ATF.
The ‘Hughes AMENDMENT’, (not Act), as the name implies, was an ‘amendment’ to the Firearms Owners Protection Act of 1986. The FOPA itself was an update to the Gun Control Act of 1968. This act loosened restrictions on a variety of gun laws, such as no longer requiring records of non-armor piercing ammo purchases. In addition to the other firearms regulations in the FOPA, the Hughes Amendment added a section banning civilian transfer or ownership of machine guns…except for those already legally owned at the time the law went into effect on May 19, 1986. It did not ban the production of fully automatic firearms. The actual ‘Hugh’s ACT’, or Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act of 1970 was signed by Nixon, on December 31, 1970. This legislation was also known as the Hughes Act for Senator Harold Hughes.
Both sides have been guilty, but it is mainly the Left that is dead-set on stripping our 2nd amendment rights.
Dave prior to the ban a man could build a machine gun and do the tax stamp. after the ban nobody can just build a transferable machine gun. The 07 FFL’s can build one for sole purpose of a demo but it can”t be sold. Can’t be transferred …. It basically made current transferable machine guns a limited supply.
Trump banned bump stocks he took credit for with his arrogant speeches like people expected him to give a shit about the 2a. … He was a backer of universal back checks and red flag laws.
Regan also banned open carry in Calif because he was afraid of black people with guns….. sad isn’t it
The laughable part is the NRA backed it all too.
As far as Rino’s go….. you have a handful of people who support the 2a… the majority of republicans have no clue and will give away the rights just as quick as the left…
watch how many republicans back this violence against women bill…
Well Regulated does NOT mean well controlled.
It simply means to put and keep in good working order.
“The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren’t enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws.”—Ayn Rand
its why you never trust cops or law enforcment
There is a book called “Three Felonies A Day” in which the author describes how, due to the complex rules issued by almost innumerable federal agencies, the average citizen unwittingly commits on average three felonies a day. He describes how federal attorneys general brag that given enough time to research laws and regulations they can convict anybody of committing some felony.
You wouldn’t believe how many people deny that book… Sad isn’t it.
Things like you can have your money taken by the cops. Because you shouldn’t be driving around with more then 5,000 in cash on hand ?…. A small business had 100k taken from them by the cops. Then after 3 years of federal court. They had to settle for 25 k of it back. They figured after legal and court fee’s…. They ended up with nothing.
The cop and feds robbed them for 100k from a honest working company. The corruption of our law enforcement is sick and disgusting.
Interesting thing about that book, and it’s why I often refer to Donald Trump as Saint Donald: Dozens of Trump hating prosecutors, well over a hundred million dollars spent, millions of pages of documents, hundreds of thousands of interviews, and the left could not find a single crime with which to charge President Trump. How many of us could survive that without doing hard time?
lol saint trump for crying outloud ….. the dude is a corrupt skirt chasing dude that spent time on epsteins island….. Don’t get me wrong the guy did good things but not break the law or commit crimes lol get real he isn’t any better or worse then any else in office.
Raven – as I understand it, Trump rode on Epstein’s plane ONE time, from Miami to New York, before Epstein’s first arrest. No evidence Trump ever went to his island.
The problem is we are nothing but free range humans living on a tax farm. Almost anything you could do even 50 years ago now requires government permission and a fee aka tax.
“How a politician stands on the Second Amendment tells you how he or she views you as an individual… as a trustworthy and productive citizen, or as part of an unruly crowd that needs to be lorded over, controlled, supervised, and taken care of.”—Suzanna Hupp
“Without either the first or second amendment, we would have no liberty; the first allows us to find out what’s happening, the second allows us to do something about it! The second will be taken away first, followed by the first and then the rest of our freedoms.”—Unknown
My city wouldn’t let me replace my front door, which literally fell apart. F ’em. I did it anyway. No one noticed and no one will. But trying to do it “legally” meant never getting it done.
This article was not principally about what “arms” are, or various other questions on interpretations of our second amendment. I would have hoped that there would be more comments about other issues like what “farming” is, rather than becoming so concentrated concerning personal defense vis-a-vis firearms. The Supreme Court has grappled with those questions and continues to think and rethink the historical record with an ongoing lack of conclusion. Since I have a small overflow ditch at the rear of my property, I have been contemplating using some of the water there for my purposes, and this article also provides some valuable guidance for me in possibly pursuing that. And what about placing booby traps near one’s nuclear bug-out bunker?
Dr Bill,
On Agriculture laws. It is illegal to plant and grow “fruiting” olive trees in the Phoenix area. Why?? The seeds are eaten by birds and “transported” to other places. A person can be sued for having a “messy fruiting olive tree” on their property.
Now just a minute, If I like it, I want to grow or produce it. With the lack of consistent grocery availability, the fact I have my own sources is very appreciated. There is a way to not be held hostage to TP. The latest is Distilled water. A small distiller isn’t too expensive, dug deep and bought one. All the stores raised their prices, even walmart is now over a dollar, IF they have any. My usual grocery went from $1.19 to $1.29 with the next shipment. I’ll sell locally for $.75 if we have massive shortage. Expect to pay for the machine by the end of ’22. Where I live CPAP machines must have this and my Colloidal Silver machine.
There are many plants that are illegal to grow. Different plants for different states and I am not talking about perception altering plants but ornamental plants that many of us unknowingly grow or started years ago before some governmental agency wanted to extend its reach into our private lives and passed a regulation with a fine (much preferred by the agency) or imprisonment.
See my comment above with regard to three felonies a day.
dr. bill, all of the other rights mentioned as assaulted in this article rest on the right to keep and bear arms. Read the Declaration of Independence and learn that we should not lightly change government but that we will accept their abuses for as long as we are able. But the time may come when the abuse is too much or has gone on too long. Without the right to keep and bear arms there’s no option except to surrender to the abuses, no option to put right those things mentioned in the article.
The problems facing colonial patriots had no alternatives to “surrender or fight”. If you disagreed with the king you needed to rebel. That was a dictatorship (similar to the objectives of our 45th president).
In our society today, if you disagree with the decisions of our elected leaders you can petition, write to complain, organize politically, attempt to convince most of us to see things your way, and possibly elect leaders who will do as you wish. That is called democracy, in which change sort of begins with elections instead of violence (the means employed by dictators like Trump and his most virulent followers).
Either basic type of leadership is possible but the founding fathers clearly intended the latter in setting up the USA. Why is that so difficult to understand? We have elections and democracy, as Americans are taught in our universal public schools.
no we dont have a demoracy we have or i should had a republic ….
In this democracy we see the majority steam roll us the small people and wonder why we are pissed off and can’t win.
Yes our founders setup the whole thing and knew eventually we screw this all up and have to fight for it again.
you want to sit at home and think all you need is a vote… go for it. we lost and been losing for a hundred years. Once in a while we get a shitty person our side gloats about like a regan or trump but they really didnt do much other gun control and over spending… make a few good speeches and didn’t solve anything.
Raven Prepper expert:
Certainly it is frustrating to a minority that their views in certain respects are rarely, if ever, implemented. It is ALSO a possible choice to move towards a hermit-type existence, divorcing from the bulk of society. That is hard and humans are not built for that type of existence, so that societal life becomes a sequence of compromises. And if the USA is not the kind of place for someone, they can move to somewhere else, also generally a difficult choice.
By “small” you might mean “relatively poor and powerless”, which is virtually everyone in reality. Americans without privilege need to band together to obtain influence, and that is quite difficult with so much diversity today.
My point (about violence against our society) is that if you don’t like something, that feeling does NOT give anyone the right to mess things up for others. Obey the majority and our laws as best you’re able, or expect the consequences of disobedience.
enjoy those chains of slavery
The 45th president was a dictator? Did he order wholesale injection of a very expensive commercial product into those who had virtually zero risk of infection? Which president is the dictator?
Do you believe that the Founders created, or even believed that they created, the final government form of the world and that it would stand forever? They actually warned of its impending demise before the ink was dry on the Constitution. It would have been nice had there been no Democrats, socialists, or communists in our government and that the Constitution been upheld but all of those anti-Constitution groups do exist in our government and they are sworn to the destruction of our Constitution and our republic. I don’t know when it will come but the day will come. Even if we turn things around by elections for now, the left will not give up their fight to end our republic. One day, it is inevitable, the fight will happen again.
Did you ever hear the terms “regulars” and “irregulars?” “Regulars” in 18th century terminology meant troops who were trained in the close order drill so necessary for 18th century battle.
While I was in boot camp the Marine Corps switched from old drill to new drill. How many male readers on this list who were in the military service ever performed the maneuver of: Company! Right front onto line! March! ?
That was the close order formation to move a company marching in file to a company marching in ranks. Marching in ranks was necessary in order to bring maximum volley fire on the opposing force.
Does anyone remember General von Steuben who taught the troops and officers at Valley Forge close order drill and turned them from a disorganized rabble into a — you guessed it, a well-regulated militia.
The armed rabble did well when fighting in a densely wooded area where the well-regulated British “regulars” were not able to form up and perform according to command from officers and NCOs. When it came to fighting in a more open area they got creamed because the “well regulated” British “regulars” were able to maintain a steady wall of fire by means of — you guessed it and win the cigar — close order drill. It wasn’t every man banging away on his own. It was a closed rank of musketeers firing in unison that broke the opposing force. Front rank fired on command and fell back to the rear on command. Next rank moved forward on command, fired and the routine repeated with all four ranks firing and falling back until the front rank again presented to the enemy force now loaded and ready aim and fire.
The almost constant sheet of flame and roar of a line firing simultaneously with the concomitant multiple falling of the wounded and dead In the opposing force caused opposing forces to falter and flee the carnage, this leading to more commands for the bayonet charge.
That was the reason for the militia to present for drill with a musket, bayonet, shot bag, powder horn and a couple other items that were necessary for flintlock muskets, probably spare flints but I am not certain of that.
In lieu of a bayonet, the militiaman could furnish a “hanger.” That was a large sword to be used in either an offensive manner when the opposing force had broken and ran or in a defensive manner against the deadly British bayonet charge. The bayonet was a significant weapon on the 18th century battlefield. Many battles were won by the bayonet charge. Again, a successful bayonet charge depended up THE WELL REGULATED militia man. It had to be a concerted effort with the troops presenting a wall of bayonets as the force moved forward in a “well-regulated” line. A fearsome sight and would force non well-regulated forces to break and run, at which point the cavalry would take over slaughtering the fleeing opposing force.
That’s all for today’s lesson on 18th century battlefield tactics and the real meaning of well regulated which has been lost to the poltroonery of those who would enslave us by trying to change the meaning of the operative words of the Second Amendment. I don’t think the Founding Father’s has any confusion in their minds. I think they expected the citizenry to be armed with the equal weaponry of the “regulars”. It was not unusual for the guys in the town militia to have one or more cannons furnished or loaned by the wealthy of the town or by subscription with everyone chipping in voluntarily to buy the local guys a cannon and paying for the powder and shot to make the thing work. Firing a cannon was expensive then as it is today.
The old movie Zulu, depicting a battle between out numbered British Regulars and the Zulu Nation in 1879, has a very good depiction of the Brits forming up in close order and firing by ranks. The movie is mostly a typically silly depiction of war in which bullets make tidy little holes and swords don’t spill entrails out of the bellies of screaming men, but gives you a good idea of close order fire, also it was Michael Caine’s 1st starring role and he is brilliant. European colonization was SHTF and TEOTWAWKI all rolled into one for the 3rd world. We need to stay strong and guard our own freedoms, if you don’t you lose.
Great movie. Even today…there is something to be said for ‘volley fire’…if used correctly against ‘massed opponents’.
When that movie was made…showing the exact damage done by spears, etc. was not allowed as it would be considered too realistic. Again, a great movie and one worth watching. You get to see what ‘arrogance’ can lead to, also. Michael Caine was brilliant in this movie…as only he can be.
Dale:
The original (real) Republican President spoke about how government “of the people, by the people (and?) for the people” would not perish from the earth. “Republicans” today seem to want to cause its disappearance, even at the risk of destroying their own conservative movement in our country.
While I’ve been a centuries-long liberal, I have a number of doubts about that brand’s recent affection for socialism. While communism (basically a synonym for Christianity) and Democrats (big or little d) are truly wonderful and very dominant in the USA during most of my mortal life so far, our country desperately needs its conservative movement else we become a potentially disastrous economy. Too many financial and scientific idiots among the national Democrat party. And the arrogance of, and refusal to communicate by, the ignorant is rampant in both major parties’ leaderships.
Yes there are adjustments needed at times in details, but democracy should remain our charter system of governance. Only anti-Americans would posit otherwise.
Today’s Republican party has little to do with Conservative values or the Constitution. Yet it is far closer to the ideals of the original Republican president than the party of Fascist Dictators calling themselves Democrats.
It’s a republic not a democracy. Damn public school education you fools have
Democracy is not our way of life; we’re a representative republic, sometimes called a constitutional republic, but, in any case, a little r republican form of government. By your standards, if the majority vote for slavery, we have slavery back. And all those who don’t like it just shut up and follow the law.
I have long argued that I support the Constitution and our government. If anyone here or elsewhere wants to overthrow the government, I’m fighting with the government – even with Biden’s government, though I don’t believe Biden is legitimately the president but I have not yet lost all hope of a fair election in the future. I hope things never change to the point that I change my stance.
curious how christianity is communist …. when things like you don’t work don’t eat and people are encouraged to use their talents to build success.
I used to be a democrat as was my parents. But in the last 20 years or so the democratic party has changed to socialism. I am a christian but I believe in freedom so I am no longer a democrat and have not been for at least 18 years. All of the things democrats want to do has the effect of reducing democratic/republician way of life. I register as a republican now but I will vote for who in my opinion will do most of what I want.
Trump has been called everything from a lier to a crook which most of I don’t believe because of the lying media but he did mostly what I wanted done so I would vote for him again. I would never have voted for Hilary Clinton or Biden because of what they said they wanted to do in office. Gun control is a main issue without the second amendment this would never stay a democrocy/republic.
The thing is it does not matter if they are a thief, womanizer or general pain in the A if they get the job done that is I want. There is nobody perfect and so there will always be something made of the least thing.
the dnc party has supported socilaism from the Wilso era so over a 100 years sorry your family has been tricked.
Good post, Raven. Christianity is not communist. Christianity is charitable. There’s a big difference. When Christians give, it is from the heart. When socialists and communists give, it’s at the point of a gun.
More detailed explanation of how all true Christians are communists:
Jesus himself proposed the basis of Marx’s communism which has been distorted, through ignorance, to include the reason the Eastern Bloc failed (socialism which will fail if extended beyond its capacities to make life better) PLUS a totalitarian government.
Communism (Marx) was the statement, “from each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs.” It did NOT include the notion of a handout to the undeserving, but it does include disability payments to those UNABLE to contribute, and to children who lack parental resources. No decent person (Christian or otherwise) would object to providing resources for the young, old or infirm (Medicare, Medicaid, school lunches in public – or private – schools, tax-supported schools, SNAP, disaster assistance, Social Security, WIC, energy assistance and the list has grown since the Roosevelt era). Our graduated federal income tax system now provides about $10,000 annually to state and local programs PER PERSON, as counted in the decennial census which was specifically mandated by our constitution. While the purported purpose of the census was for congressional (and electoral college) apportionment, the census makes our extraordinary communism a great charitable act by our predominantly Judeo-Christian society.
Unfortunately for the USSR, Vladimir Lenin assumed that Marx’s error (saying that communism needed to be supported by workers owning the means of production, which is socialism) needed to be implemented at the highest levels of government so that bureaucrats in the Kremlin decided how to run farms, factories etc. The Soviet Union was set for failure as soon as the “red” Russians won their civil war over the “white” Russians (actually the literal translation of Byelorussia).
Anyone who does not want to live in one of the world’s great communist societies should live elsewhere than ours. Selfishness and greed by many of our most fortunate have subverted some aspects of our charitable society, and our federal government is threatened by that because of a federal debt which exploded dramatically under Reagan, then yet more so again under Trump. Right-wing destruction of our taxation systems might make our federal government bankrupt should interest rates rise significantly (they have fallen quite steadily for now nearly forty years since the mid-1980’s).
The reason American and Western communism have been so successful is because we have deployed and grown communism within a capitalist economy instead of complete socialism (five-year government-run economic plans, etc). Our world-leading capitalist model has created the greatest economy (and one of the best governmental systems) in the history of humanity. The US needs to build upon most of the aspects of our society which have made all of us among the luckiest people who have ever lived. It is NOT the time to fight, factionalize and refuse to communicate or negotiate, because the destruction which would result will damage the incredible results we have achieved during nearly a century of nearly continuous forward progress for the vast majority of Americans.
Yes, rock the boat, but please do not continue to try to capsize our ship of state. My grandfather was one of the greatest ambassadors ever, and the reason we need diplomacy is to prevent wars. Similarly, we Americans need to COMMUNICATE (the ability which basically created humanity and civilization) instead of fighting.
More detailed explanation:
Jesus himself proposed the basis of Marx’s communism which has been distorted, through ignorance, to include the reason the Eastern Bloc failed (socialism which will fail if extended beyond its capacities to make life better) PLUS a totalitarian government.
Communism (Marx) was the statement, “from each according to his abilities; to each according to his needs.” It did NOT include the notion of a handout to the undeserving, but it does include disability payments to those UNABLE to contribute, and to children who lack parental resources. No decent person (Christian or otherwise) would object to providing resources for the young, old or infirm (Medicare, Medicaid, school lunches in public – or private – schools, tax-supported schools, SNAP, disaster assistance, Social Security, WIC, energy assistance and the list has grown since the Roosevelt era). Our graduated federal income tax system now provides about $10,000 annually to state and local programs PER PERSON, as counted in the decennial census which was specifically mandated by our constitution. While the purported purpose of the census was for congressional (and electoral college) apportionment, the census makes our extraordinary communism a great charitable act by our predominantly Judeo-Christian society.
Unfortunately for the USSR, Vladimir Lenin assumed that Marx’s error (saying that communism needed to be supported by workers owning the means of production, which is socialism) needed to be implemented at the highest levels of government so that bureaucrats in the Kremlin decided how to run farms, factories etc. The Soviet Union was set for failure as soon as the “red” Russians won their civil war over the “white” Russians (actually the literal translation of Byelorussia).
Anyone who does not want to live in one of the world’s great charitable societies should live elsewhere than ours. Selfishness and greed by many of our most fortunate have subverted some aspects of our charitable society, and our federal government is threatened by that because of a federal debt which exploded dramatically under Reagan, then yet more so again under Trump. Right-wing destruction of our taxation systems might make our federal government bankrupt should interest rates rise significantly (they have fallen quite steadily for now nearly forty years since the mid-1980’s).
The reason American and Western communism have been so successful is because we have deployed and grown communism within a capitalist economy instead of complete socialism (five-year government-run economic plans, etc). Our world-leading capitalist model has created the greatest economy (and one of the best governmental systems) in the history of humanity. The US needs to build upon most of the aspects of our society which have made all of us among the luckiest people who have ever lived. It is NOT the time to fight, factionalize and refuse to communicate or negotiate, because the destruction which would result will damage the incredible results we have achieved during nearly a century of nearly continuous forward progress for the vast majority of Americans.
Yes, rock the boat, but please do not continue to try to capsize our ship of state. My grandfather was one of the greatest ambassadors ever, and the reason we need diplomacy is to prevent wars. Similarly, we Americans need to COMMUNICATE (the ability which basically created humanity and civilization) instead of fighting.
DrBill, charity at the end of a gun barrel is not charity. Charity is what we do when no one knows we did it – or at least only a small group know we did it. Neither socialism nor communism are charitable at all.
At least in my state of DesantisVille , state laws trump HOA regulations.
I’ve argued with our HOA reps, publicly on our Facebook group so others can see, their several unenforceable guidelines in their documents.
Primarily concerning preppers, regulations that state no entity can enfringe on any solar collection, to include solar panels, clothes lines, solar water heaters etc.
Even though they have publicly admitted they cannot enforce it, which is prohibited in our HOA documents, they are also not going to remove them from the docs either.
I know some HOAs we’re even trying to make up regulations that prohibited their neighbors from bringing home their take home vehicle if they were LEO, or even Fire Rescue in the past 2 years with all those peaceful protests that were going on. They got shot down real quick.
Dale:
Socialism has NOTHING to do with charity, as it is an economic notion and not a social one. Socialism is the means of production being in the hands of the “people”, which is why the USSR failed.
To allow communism (charity) to succeed, you need capitalism (profit-seeking private enterprise- like the stock market) so that there are sufficient resources to provide for the needy. But capitalism can become exploitative unless there is sufficient oversight. Laissez faire (essentially runaway libertarianism) will concentrate too much wealth among the privileged, as Reagan’s absurd notion of “trickle-down” has proven that wealth ALWAYS trickles UP in a capitalist economy unless taxation law forces wealth down to the masses.
To respond to your idea that tax-enforced trickle down is NOT charity, when (representative) democracy leads decent voters to vote for politicians of decency, you get laws with which most voters agree, that provide opportunity and a decent life for the young, infirm and elderly financed by the riches of a successful economy. When my grandparents, parents and I have “voted” for Social Security, Medicare, WIC, TANF, Medicaid, “ObamaRomney”care, the various recovery plans etc, those votes were charitable votes which Americans have generally supported at fairly substantial majorities. The electorate make charitable choices when we have those opportunities in fair elections, during much of the past say 100 years.
America has the greatest capitalist-supported communist (charitable) society in human history. We are successful when we work mostly together and support the rights of all.
“When you see that trading is done, not by consent, but by compulsion – when you see that in order to produce, you need to obtain permission from men who produce nothing – when you see that money is flowing to those who deal, not in goods, but in favors – when you see that men get richer by graft and by pull than by work, and your laws don’t protect you against them, but protect them against you – when you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming a self-sacrifice – you may know that your society is doomed.”—Ayn Rand
“If you surrender everything to the government and give it total power to plan the whole economy, this will not guarantee your economic security, but it will guarantee the descent of the entire nation to a level of miserable poverty–as the practical results of every totalitarian economy, communist or fascist, have demonstrated.
“The reason this country continues its drift toward socialism and big nanny government is because too many people vote in the expectation of getting something for nothing, not because they have a concern for what is good for the country.”—Lyn Nofziger
“Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism; it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.”—Ludwig von Mises
DrBill, you didn’t vote for Medicare, WIC, or any of those other socialist programs. Your representative did but you didn’t. It is unfortunate that our representative government made those choices.
You mention fair elections making sure everyone’s rights are protected but the things you mention are not rights. There’s no right to get pregnant irresponsibly and then ask the masses to pay for your mistake and to pay to raise your child. There’s no right to the fruits of another’s labors in any way, shape, or form.
You really don’t know much about your favorite political system, communism, do you? Communism, according to Marx, does need capitalism only to create a society of those who have and those who won’t work and, therefore, do not have. It is used by Communism to divide the population so that the population will revolt.
Ahh yes the 2A arguments. Well here’s my 2 cents.
The Right to protect yourself, your property, your family and your way of life exists … Period. It exists for all living creatures. Deer have camouflage and speed, bears have teeth and claws, squirrels can climb, ducks, rabbits, all animals have a Right to protect themselves. I’ll make a bet that if deer had thumbs they would have a rifle.
The purpose of 2A is to require the government to defend that right… And As we know the government does a poor job.
The fact is the RIGHT exists with or without 2A. RIGHTS ARE NOT A GIFT FROM THE GOVERNMENT and THE ONLY AUTHORITY ANYONE HAS OVER YOU IS THAT WHICH YOU ALLOW THEM.
No such thing as illegal in the land of the free. Just objected to freedom. As long as you don’t hurt anyone, anything or yourself, do it. Be smart, don’t attract outside attention, live life on your terms as best as possible. Learn your rights, obey the Constitution. Prep, pray, stay out of the way- head on a swivel. If your state or area is not free, consider moving somewhere you will be based on YOUR own agenda. Forget code enforcers live free or die.
We built our shed exactly 1 ft smaller than the permit required size. Haha.
Kansas has rainwater laws, but with a permit you can use the water from your roof. It’s easily available online now. We don’t get a lot of water except during spring, and the crops need as much as they can get. Also, we are fire risk land, and several thousand acres can go up in a single day, but you won’t hear about it on the news, because there aren’t many million dollar homes in the way. Just your bread and beef.
We have Constitutional carry rights here, and even though my husband is a retired cop, ii still put the pistol brace on my shoulder, otherwise I’ll smak myself in the head when firing. At least the only time I’ll ever need it, the laws won’t matter because teotwawki is here.
Be free and safe, friends, you can do both.
Kathysedai,
A piece of advice we all have to live with in these uncertain days. Always be aware of things around no matter how minor. You said only time I will ever need it is if a teotwawki is here. That is not exactly true, but I hope it stays true for all of us. The problem is no matter where you live there is always the chance no matter how slim of some bad guy ending up trying to harm you or your family.
My AR is not the weapon I would use in a home defense situation. I’ll use either the 9mm carbine or handgun. Or last resort, the 12ga.
Thank you for concern, especially in these troubled times.
my pistol ar is my home defense rifle… 7.5 inch barrel makes it a decent rifle with plenty of ammo .. 40 round mag or the 100 beta drum
Kathysedai,
Just saw your comment. Back when I said that I did not need it, it was true. But things have change in the last month. The shootings, killings and robberies’ have tripled in my area. It is mostly drug users and gangs but I now Conceal Carry. I have a 9mm and I know how to use it and when. I have practiced with both my Glock 9mm and my carry gun which is a tarus 9mm. Put it this way if they are within 75 ft they are dead. Double tap and a third to the head, if that did not drop them. I can head shot first but i was trained two to the chest first.
Where I live used to be peaceful with very little violence but back about 3 months ago the city about 10 miles from me got tough on drug users and ran them out now they are in the country area around me.
I have always been aware of what is happening around me so my head is always on a pivot.
Good plan, Dreaded, and you should continue to practice for that. But don’t get over-confident. Research shooting success and failure by the police. On both sides of the fight, the number of misses is astronomical. It’s not nearly as easy to shoot straight when the target shoots back.
nice i like my open carry glock 20 in 10mm its been at my side for over 6 years.
Dale I agree with you about when the shooting starts you will not know how you will react. All you can do is hope you react the way you need to to survive.
I had a county engineer come out to my two acre place and told me a street was needed through my place to serve a local subdivision. They didn’t want the through street either! I live in the county (thank God). He wanted his street to right through the land that I purchased. My wife and I talked about it and visited him as his county office. I promptly told him I would dig a fox hole in the middle of where his street was planned, put a couple of thousand rounds of big boy ammo in it, along with some big boy rifles and call every idiot with a camera and a helicopter and he would need to kill me on live tv to put this street through. His eyes got big and I haven’t heard from that idiot yet and it’s been about 15 years. Moral of this story, politicians HATE bad publicity!
Ever heard of you can’t fight city hall lol. That is only true by real fighting or legal means. the only way fight city hall or and government is through publicity and public opinion.
If you have a problem raised the roof through neighbors, online posts etc. then things will start to change but it will not be an overnight change.
On the subject of Freedom to Worship I have to finally side with Ravens comment. Politicians are scum and DemoFascist politicians hate organized religion and Christianity in particular. Thus grabbing the opportunity to close churches was almost to be expected. My problem with the church closings is that church leaders seemed to not care that they were closed. Very very few said anything and only a handful actually try to fight it.
In my opinion church leaders showed their lack of faith in what they were trying to sell the believers. It did not change my faith in God but changed my relationship with the church to this day.
Well do what we did. Leave the church and start your own. Gather the flock of people that live close to you and are inside your group. Take turns leading and the family that is leading makes a main dish to eat. The others bring the sides and stuff. Rotate it out and nobody is stuck having to think of something every week to say. It can be as simple as reading verses together and talking about it.
This is one time I agree with you. Churches/Preachers/practioners used to live by what they preach now they preach and live in sin or at least the ones I have visited did.When someone makes a mistake admits it, and tries to attone for it then that should be accepted. Sadly it is not in most churches. Preachers are not supposed to favor certain practioners over others but if you watch close they will favor a rich person over a poor one most of the time.
I left the church I was baptized at because of this and my family followed me. My mother had the flu was in the hospital as did this lady that was well off. They were in rooms on the same hall. Our preacher comes to the hospital and brings flowers and candy to this other lady but never even comes into my moms room. Some tried to say he did not know, well a friend told me had told him so I know he did.
I had my papers sent to another church that my wife went to and she wanted me to go to her church. This was several years later. I went there for about 6 months until I saw things happening just like the church I left. I told my wife about it and she started watching. She said she did not apporve either. So we both left. As far as I know my papers is still there.
It say in the bible not to judge least you be judged. Well I am of the type I can not help it when I see wrong doing. Over the years we have visited various churches but neither of us has found one we wanted to join. So I believe all you have to do is worship God and try to do right.
I have a very good friend that is a Methodist preacher. But there is things I do not believe in that the Methodist believe in. We have discussed religion many times and he sees my reasons and told me you do not have to attend church to be saved.
Well now I get it Mr.Bill oh, I mean DrBill. … in other words, Blah, blah, blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah…… … BLAH HA.
DR BILL,
I am for helping the needy but I am for freedom. There has to be a balence and has to be checks and balances. Trump did not increase the USA debt as much is this Biden adminstration has which you used Trump as an example becasue I think you did not want to draw attention to the fact that the democrats has spent a Trillions more than Trum did.
Trump was forced to do something by the circumstances the Democratic party setup, caused the release of the Covid Virus. Take a close look at what happened and this is the reason I say this.
The democrats funded the Chinese lab (fact). The Chinese lab released the covid virous (fact no matter what is said the first victums was shown to be from that lab). This was during Trump (fact). The Democrats had to come up with a way to defeat Trump (fact). The democrats made changes to the voting system that would help them in elections (Fact).
Is this all a coincidence that they happened during the Trump administration. I do not believe in coincidences and these are 5 of the ones I see as true but there are many more that do not have proof. So it appears the demcrats done all this release of the virus on purpose because it was the only way they could win. If this is true which I believe it is then the Democratic party is the EVIL. They have shown this EVIL over and over by what they have done.
So what you have said which may be historically true becomes a communistic/democratic view becuase of the way it was put.
“Dreaded”!claims that I only present things that are historical truths. Whereas he presents “facts” (which are not generally information available from reputable sources). His facts are claims found in right-wing commentary and are in general refuted by what I guess I need to call mere “historical truth”.
But in one respect there are actual government documents which do support my claim that the hugest (relative) increases in federal debt occurred during the Reagan and Trump administrations. And most people realize that the most massive tax cuts for our wealthiest Americans occurred during the 1980’s, and the Trump administration. Both times the (effective) taxes on our middle and working classes increased while making our rich, far richer. Trump went before his (financial billionaire) buddies to brag he had just made them incredibly richer.
Whatever facts one might think relate the COVID-19 pandemic to Democrats (in Trump’s final year as President?), and whether one believes it was a deliberate or accidental release from the lab in Wuhan (current expert belief still leans to a food market in that community, but workers in the lab would have had frequent monitoring so that when they became infected they were the first to be identified) what facts are really there remain confused.
It was not solely Democrats who felt a serious need to defeat Trump in 2020- there were huge numbers of Republican leaders even including many, many former leaders of Trump’s own highest executive officers, who felt that need to defeat him for the survival of our nation.
Get containers. Plant crops. WITH those crops, plant some flowers in them as well.
They are then FLOWER POTS.