The Madness of a Lost Society

Act Now - Call Your Senator - Stop S510

Senate Bill 510, The Food Safety and Modernization Act is scheduled to go to vote this evening. Like many bills it is well intended, but like most bills there are unintended consequences and this is no exception. Do your own research. This bill sounds good to most, after all who doesn't want food safety?

"Agri biz" giants like Monsanto and others have been behind this bill for the last couple of years and it is now finally up for a vote. The bill is expected to pass. We must act now before it is too late. Do your own research.

This bill could harm if not bring about the end of small farms, especially small organic farms and farmers markets. Seed saving will no longer be legal. The Government wants to control food production and marketing at every level, but it's all in the name of safety.

I first blogged about this in May of 2009 when the bill was in committee in the House. It was known then as HR 875. I can't believe it has actually gotten this far. Then again most of Congress (both parties) receive huge contributions from the "Agri Biz" giants.

The scariest thing about this, is once open pollination seeds become illegal and are eliminated there is no turning back. We as a human race will be owned by Multi-National Corporations.

I for one will be hoarding my seeds no matter what. I guess I will be an outlaw, but I'll be damned if the government is going to tell me I can't grow food on my own property from my own seeds!

http://www.prisonplanet.com/urgent-call-for-action-last-chance-to-defeat-s-510-food-safety-modernization-act.html

http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474978721405

http://www.topix.com/forum/city/paintsville-ky/TU04QDO2GRRBGG3DT

A Sign Of Things To Come

"It's beginning to look a lot like......." Well you know the rest. Now that Thanksgiving is behind us, it's that time of year and the lake effect machine will begin to crank up. The cold winds coming down from Canada over Lake Ontario will begin to dump prodigious amounts of snow on our side of the lake. Time to dust off the snow shoes and cross country skis. This morning we only had an inch or two but soon we will measure it in feet.

Are You Better Off Today Than You Were Four Years Ago?

http://www.lewrockwell.com/rep/are-you-better-off.html

Can't post the hyper link so copy and paste. Very interesting read.

Keith Thompson: Totally Off The Grid

Pentagon, Military Actively War Gaming ‘Large Scale Economic Breakdown’ and ‘Civil Unrest’

Read the story. http://www.lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo23.1.html

Tune In, Turn On, Drop Out

Great article on the Federal Reserve and fractional reserve banking and the lies that are foisted on us everyday by the Oligarchy.

http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig11/watson-t1.1.1.html

Mortgage Free by Rob Roy

Here is a must read for anyone who is looking to simplify their life, find that piece of land and build your own place without the burden of a large mortgage. Rob Roy is an outstanding author on a variety of "back to the land" type books. I get a lot people asking about Dragonwood and how we did it. How did we find our land? How can you own something without a mortgage unless you have a lot of money? Trust me it can be done. Until I write my book I recommend this one.

Rob Roy is the author of several excellent books and videos including Cordwood Masonry, The Cordwood Sauna,and his latest book Stoneview: How to Build an Eco- Friendly Little Guest House. Mr. Roy also runs Earthwood Buillding School near Plattsburgh, New York.

http://www.cordwoodmasonry.com/

Putting Up Wood

We heat with wood and split most of it by hand. Yesterday my buddy "Timber" Dick Dupre spent a couple of hours at Dragonwood with his splitter. Sure made easy work of a good five face cords. It would have taken us many hours of hard labor to split by hand what we were able to do in less than three hours with the machine.

Photos, Top to bottom: "Timber" Dick Dupre running the splitter, KII rolling a log for me to "buck up" with the chain saw, and the bottom photo shows me gathering kindling.

The Cabin at Dragonwood

The Simple Life: A Value Liberals Share with Libertarians

I stumbled on this article by Everett Sizemore. It ran in, of all places, the Huffington Post. A good read. I can't seem to post this as a hyper link so copy and paste, Sorry!

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/everett-sizemore/the-simple-life-a-value-l_b_290660.html