Why is the government forcing everyone to pay for what they may use rather than forcing those who have received for what they have received.

I’ve received medical treatment a few times in the past years and have always paid every penny as I have no insurance. I’m sure I’m far from atypical in this respect.

I am not a freeloader, I pay for when I get use in lieu of paying far more by paying monthly. I suggest you educate yourself before you embarrass yourself again. Class dismissed.

I seems to be that you live in a progressive community with folks who enjoy cooperating with each other and most importantly have a vision for their future.

Sustainable energy, food and water supplies are most important to achieve such results.

It seems your community has a plan and are also executing the plan.

You made reference to “fusion energy” available to your community. Possibly your community is near Los Alamos, but with my knowledge base of nuclear power generation there are no known successful fusion power generators except possibly within the tokamak realm of generation, but still not commercially viable. I’m hoping the “toke” wins out in the quest for successful fusion power.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokamak
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stellarator

I suspect your only source of fusion source energy is from the sun; ie., solar power…no? ; – )

Your commentary was enjoyable and I’m wishing you and your community success.

Best regards,

Carl Nemo **==

Correction: natural major disaster that would call for such draconian measures; ie, Yosemite Basin caldera eruption, asteroid incoming, pandemic etc.

To me, this is a glaring error and at times I suffer a brain fart. It should read the “Yellowstone basin” and not Yosemite. My apologies for the error.

Carl Nemo **==

Viva la downfall!

This link goes to an interesting read regarding the best places to live post globo/corporo/fossilfuel-o/etcetero planet earth.

http://sharonastyk.com/2010/01/12/reconsidering-cities/

As it happens, I now live in New Mexico in a 30,000 body-count county where, in spite of the abundance of free fusion-sourced energy and a long growing season, we are nearly as tractor-trailer dependent as anywhere in the US of A. There is, however, occurring what I could only describe as a spontaneous movement to live more locally.

Gardens are growing where none have been seen for two generations, the Town is beginning to specify local goods and services as practicable, and we have somehow developed the capacity to build homes from 80% locally manufactured materials (I get to take credit for a big share of that one). I don’t mean hippie shacks or weird tire and dirt stuff, either. I’m talking high quality, high performance AND good-looking (reminds me of my wife…).

Since this is a healthcare thread, I need to mention that several local doctors are now running their businesses on cash payments only, in an amount equaling an insurance copay. They make good money and do far, far less paperwork (one estimates that more than 60% of his cashflow was formerly going to attempts to get paid from insurance companies).

I want the crash to come. But want to be a little bit prepared for it, including being ready to rebuild on some better principles.

GW

I’m in Washington State and visit Idaho on occasion. A number of years back I remember a sign along the road saying welcome to Idaho you are now moving back 20 years in time. : )) You folks are an independent lot and wherever you’ve built solid community and extended family relationships, you’ll do much better than folks in the city and the burbs.

People are inherently lazy and they simply don’t realize how much “intelligent” effort it takes to gird oneself for survival. The lazy will try to mooch or worse predate on the prepared. So my add-on advice is to choose your post crisis associates well, because the actions of these aforementioned lazy and possibly treacherous types will do you in.

You are correct in that CHB along with all other communicative trappings of civilization will be gone in the blink of an eye when our rogue government pulls the plug on the web, cell phones, radio and TV all in the name of national security or a genuine natural major disaster that would call for such draconian measures; ie, Yosemite Basin caldera eruption, asteroid incoming, pandemic etc. So survival groups need to think about how they are going to communicate via FRS, CB radios and the ownership or all band transceivers etc. Also any HAM radio operators in the group will be valuable for keeping folks up on what’s happening outside their tank. They also best learn the guerilla useage of radios in terms of maintaining radio silence with communications kept short and in some prearranged code one networks are set up.

My first blog post to CHB is titled “Do you have a plan?!” written in September 2008. You’ve possibly read it, then again not. If not I suggest you read it just so you know that I and a few others on this site aren’t operating with a bucket on our heads.

http://www.capitolhillblue.com/node/11316

All I can say is you are blessed in that you live in Idaho, the “Gem State” and for the most part are away from the madding crowd. It’s not the crisis itself that will do the majority of folks in, but their fellow men and women.

Thanks for your thoughts. Btw I have seventeen cats on my spread, three house cats and fourteen, “barn cats” that we care for, also one big ol’ dog, that’s seemingly p-whipped by their presence. No high blood pressure meds are necessary, but I have plenty of pussy to pet to calm my ‘fears’… : ))

Carl Nemo **==

Given time the corruption of the Military Code descends on failures in War according to Gods form, command fire.
I as all who hold stake in this fence are having a tough time finding posts, strong points, the opposite of eyes wide closed is never closer to them than,
one more, poop I can’t find a job.

And is the most enabling word next , to War.

Stop the Wars, start prosecuting , don’t hold your breath, exhale.

Carl Nemo **==