Maybe I did ask this before, Ken. Your reply sounds familiar. I guess I don't understand these scenarios except for a simple martial law that has happened before with natural disasters. It's the other scenarios that I'm trying to understand. And although I don't think the govt is pure evil, I do believe that anyone on the internet who is in these survivor type forums already has a pin on a map to their location. North or south, these are the people I would get rid of first if I was in control. My problem I guess is understanding Everyone's thinking, this isn't the 1940's, technology has come a long way since then. Back then people didn't get on forums and tell the world their plans on survival and where their land is etc. I'm not talking about this forum, I've been on some like backwoods or whatever it's called that people even posted pictures. I know in Iraq it was harder to take out a specific target with a missile without civilian casualties sometimes but That wouldn't be an issue and it wouldn't have to go as far. I don't think this will happen though. Martial law, yes...if things get crazy and I hope it's used then. I only see a bad ending if people decide to go against the govt.
@Chrissy Page "I only see a bad ending if people decide to go against the govt." What ending do you see if they do not? Frank
My life staying the same, pretty much as it has since I've been born. Don't forget only half the population usually oppose the government. America is divided in its views and always has been. I know that going against the govt you will lose. It's logical. I don't know the scenario of not going against the government since I don't believe the conspiracy theories of NWO and all that. So, I'm guessing things will stay the same no matter who wins....little ever changes. You tell me what's going to happen. I have no clue to any of these scenarios. I understand Marshall law in catastrophe situations.
I think that our generation is one of the last ones, if not the very last one, where kids grew up learning to be responsible for them self and their life. Sure, we might have made some poor decisions (I certainly made my share of those), but we didn't immediately run down to some government office to be given food and a home and taken care of. We struggled through the hard parts, put the pieces of our life back together again when necessary, and trudged on. Even most of our medical needs could be taken care of at home. The generation of young people today grew up expecting government handouts, and they are used to having all of the laws and rules governing their life. Gone are the days when people had to work hard for a promotion, or even to find and keep a job; now if you are a minority of some kind, those things are all guaranteed, regardless of your abilities or work ethics. We are at the best time in history for a world government to come in and take over. America is one of the last places where we still have most of our freedoms and can own a gun to protect ourselves and fight for our rights if we need to; but the younger generations are complacent with things as they are, and the world of Orwell's "1984" can soon become and unchallenged reality for this country.
I don't know anyone on welfare, Yvonne. I also can't agree with you on America being the last place that has freedoms. Except for guns, many countries are free. Most of Europe, Canada...these I know for sure. Can't speak of ones where I haven't been. I haven't come across a complacent younger generation either. We all have different life experiences and I guess it reflects in how we think. My kids still have to work hard to earn their money and they do. Right now my oldest grandson is getting ready for college and his parents have been on him to do everything right so he gets into the college he wants and that if he wants to continue living the lifestyle he's used to, he'd better work hard and do it. Because if he drops out, he can go work at McDonalds...they won't support him and they could afford to but he needs to learn he won't be getting any free rides. He's lucky in that his parents can afford 8 years of college for him and he won't be starting out with $150,000 loan to pay back like my daughter because we only could pay her first 4 years. But she paid it off. What I see is that my daughters generation did better than we did. This includes people she knows A few might have come from richer families but most didnt. Even when my husband was at his top earning potential and life was pretty good it doesn't come anywhere near what my daughter and husband have in money and assets.
I guess I didn't explain myself very well, @Chrissy Page . I certainly was in NO way referring to you , or to your family, in my post. I wasn't even referring to my own family. Apologies that I offended you ! Certainly, we still have a whole lot of people who live well and make a substantial amount of money. That was actually not my point at all. What I was trying to explain, is not about any family in particular, but that we now have a whole lot more people who are on some kind of government-controlled and financed system, than we have ever had in the histtory of this nation. The amount of people on welfare and food stamps has not just increased with Obama, it has actually doubled just since he took office, and it was already growing every year before that. People are now used to having hidden cameras, and open cameras, everywhere. Our privacy is invaded in ways that it has never before been; and most people don't care. When the book "1984" came out, the thought of all of the government involvement in people' lives was horrifying, but now we pretty much live in that kind of a world, and people think it is normal. http://www.thenewamerican.com/econo...ecord-levels-after-50-years-of-war-on-poverty
You didn't offend me Yvonne, I think we just see things differently. Although I'm pro gun, it's not a very big issue with me. So, if that right was taken away, it wouldn't bother me or affect me because I don't have one anyway. Cameras also don't bother me, they never have or the big brother is watching thing. Something that hasn't affected My life. I like that people have cameras and everyone has a cell phone with a camera because criminals are identified and caught quicker. Maybe I should reevaluate my stand on things. Maybe I'm not a republican and was only influenced by my husband. He introduced me to politics and he was very Republican. I know I'm pretty liberal on social issues and was really only Republican on the fiscal ones. My life is good, I'm content, I have everything I need. I don't worry about my children because they're in great shape financially, hope my grandsons will all follow but that I don't know. My best years are probably over though so the future doesn't matter that much to me. It's my children's job to worry about their futures and what they want to see happen. This is where I'm coming from in my replies and thoughts on some of these things. It might not be right but it's the way I feel and I'm comfortable with it.