Straying From the Flock


An open letter to my friends

Hello my friend,

If you are reading this, you consider me a friend.  For that fact alone, I thank you and am grateful for your presence in my life.  Those that chose not to read this will have made their choice clear as well.  Seeing as I will not know who read it, only time will tell who did and did not.  I only say this because I am about to talk to you about what I see in our world and what I am doing about it.

Most of us are in our thirties now, scary I know, with families, mortgages, and jobs.  I say most because some are still single, some are younger, and some are unemployed.  It is a difficult time we live in.  That makes my sense of urgency that much more vital in regards to what I am writing to you about.  Time is running out.

I am neither a fear monger, nor am I a conspiracy theorist.  I am a practical man who has made a great many mistakes in his life.  I cannot spend another day silent as to what has been presented to me, and what I am doing about it.  The world around us has been built on a digital foundation of debt and slavery.  We pay our taxes because we are told that we must.  I don’t want you in jail, so keep paying your taxes, for now.

What I am talking about is putting your hard earned money into a store of value that will be worth something one day.  Your bank account is losing money each day.  With interest rates near zero, and inflation on the rise, you are a fool if you are keeping your money in the bank.  The truth is, most are living paycheck to paycheck and have little to save, let alone invest.  There are some of you that have created a great life for yourself and your family.  I am truly happy for you.  Please continue reading, as this pertains to you as well.

The dollar is not worth the paper it is printed on.  Only tangible assets will survive the collapse of the U.S. economy.  And rest assured, it is a mathematical certainty that it will collapse.  As it is impractical to store, oil, food, and most other commodities, and gold currently priced over$1600 per ounce, silver is the only real thing left available to us.  The bankers (pronounced: Corporate whore slave traders) can keep printing money to keep the government afloat, and the Federal Reserve can keep buying bonds from the U.S. Treasury.  They bought 61% of them last year.  There is only so much silver in the world, and that amount is getting smaller as we go forward.

Right now silver is undervalued and cheap enough for the masses to buy.  It is affordable enough for the average person to give up your daily grande soy peppermint laté and purchase a mercury dime from the local coin shop. One dime per day for a month will cost you $75 a month right now.  If you pay yourself first, you will not miss this minimal amount of money from your check.  That is a wild boast for me to tell you how much you can or cannot afford to put away.  Here is my case for your consideration:

For the last 2000 years and in half the world today, the average days wage was 1/10 of an ounce of silver.  2/3 of the world lives on less than $2.50 a day. Right now you can check coinflation.com and see that a mercury dime has a melt value of $2.2851.  On sale compared to the suffering of 2/3 of the world.  Each one of these you can put away gives you an advantage over the rest of the sheep out there.  Think of the buffer that 10 ounces of silver will give your family, that is the equivalent of 100 days of hard human labor. Can you give up $2.50 a day to protect your family?

Most of the population has no idea of how we are living on the edge of a cliff.  Those in the UK are facing the equivalent of $10 per gallon for gas right now.  We are upset about $4 per gallon.  What would you do if gas were $10 per gallon here?  Would you drive less, or cut money from somewhere else?  Right now you can purchase silver for unheard of prices.

I am not asking you to buy anything from me. I am talking about putting your money into something of value.  Soon the paper storm will come and only the real thing will be worth anything.  If you don’t hold it, you don’t own it.  Don’t take my word on it, do your own research and you will find that what I am saying is the truth, not spin.  All debts come due. I am trying to show you the chair for when the music stops.

But, you say, you cannot eat silver.  To which I say. I agree.  That is why I also believe that you must start growing a hearty home garden.  We have lost our ability to feed ourselves.  We have to pay for our food at the grocery store to eat.  Are we that lazy?  I don’t think so.  We have just put it as a lower priority.  It has become easier to go buy it than put the effort into growing it.  What happens when gas is $10 per gallon and the trucks stop running.  There is a 3 day supply of food in the chain.  That is it.  Take a look in your pantry and tell me if you think that you could survive without the grocery store for a week?  A month?  Perspective.

The last thing that I want to talk about is relationships.  I have not been as in touch with you as I could have been.  Those days are over.  The internet is great, but you are not your facebook page.  A solid local network will be just as important as your garden and your silver.  There are skills that we do not possess that others around us do.  We don’t talk to our neighbors any more.  Why?  Too busy.  It is time to reset the paradigm.

Friend, if you are still with me, I am so thankful for this opportunity to talk to you.  I am putting my best foot forward to start building foundations for the future of our once great country.  Many of you stood by me in the big green machine once, and I know that some of you still are.  For us, it would be a good reminder to look back at the oath we took. It was to protect and defend the constitution from all enemies, foreign and domestic. For those of you who did not choose the military as your path, stand with us now and let your voice be heard.  You are just as much a patriot if you still believe that this once great land can be great again.

We are the generation that will be the leaders of the next human cycle.  Rise up with me and declare yourself free and not afraid.

Your friend,

B



Problems and answers

When discussing the Federal Reserve and the end of our monetary system, the same questions get asked.  I see how bad it is, but what can I do?  You have shown me all these problems, but what are your solutions?  My friends, here is my answer:

This has been a hundred years in the making.  The Federal Reserve has been very patient, and in their maniacal vision, they have worked towards debasing the monetary system of the country it was chartered to service.  I have to believe that this was their goal all along. This is not checkers my friends, this is chess.  We loose our savings to the banks en passant due to almost zero interest, and when you factor inflation, well, now you are in the realm of negative growth.  A stat from zero hedge today said that for each $100,000 you put into the bank, you loose $3400 each year.  That fact alone should have you pulling your money from the bank and putting it into the only real store of wealth left:  Gold and silver.  But which one to choose.

Most that are educated in the world of pm’s know that silver is undervalued when compared to gold.  The industrial uses of silver, on top of the investment desire, makes it a very coveted material for the entire world.  Gold has been saved, silver has been discarded.  The total above ground sliver supply has dramatically shrank over the last three decades, and some have begun to speculate that within this decade, we may see such drastic reduction in silver that it may become virtually extinct.  Gold?  Nope, still have tons in the fed vault and all over the world.  Virtually zero silver held in reserve anywhere in the world.  For me, silver is the obvious choice, but it has occurred to me that metal alone, while providing a solid foundation for your paper ponzi fallout shelter, will not save you from what is on the horizon.

We have lost our way. Especially when it comes to taking care of ourselves.  Our great nation used to pride itself on self-reliance.  No longer.  The average American would starve to death, were it not for the local supermarket.  The ability to feed ourselves has been lost to convenience and self-imposed time restrictions.  A hearty home garden will be the difference between life and death when those who are not prepared begin to panic.  And panic they will, rest assured.  I have learned that our people would trample one another for a pair of glow-in-the-dark shoes, let alone a meal when starving.  Self-reliance will only take you so far.  We have silver and we have a garden that will feed us when the rest are wading through the empty store shelves, searching for scraps to try to maintain life.  The way I see it, there is one thing missing.

The final piece of the puzzle is a strong local network.  If you have been sucked into the digital prison that has caused us to stop valuing individual relationships, please, please unplug yourself from the machine.  You are not your facebook page.  Talk to your neighbors.  This may seem like a foreign concept now a days.  I assure you, the odd looks and timid smiles only last a few minutes.  Human beings are social creatures.  We have been retrained to stop behaving this way.  Reach out to someone and they will reach back.  I cannot stress to you enough that if you do not have the knowledge to do something, you have to either pay for it, we do have all that silver, or you barter for some skill or good that you possess.  Building a strong local web of friends and associates will give you the advantage over the masses.  Trust is easier built before the calamity, for after it comes, everyone will be out for themselves. For we as humans, still possess the instinct to survive.

I am sure that if you have made it this far, you already are in agreement with me on one or several of these things.  If you are still reading and you didn’t believe before, I hope that you do now.  Please, don’t get me wrong, there are lots of other things that you are going to need: guns and ammo, shelter, water, and the like are vital to survival, but without the first three tenants of my philosophy, the latter are not worth much.  I would argue you couldn’t live without water, but as neither will your garden, I figured that you had found a water supply. (when all else fails, look up)

This can be the dawn of a new era of human existence.  When the fiat experiment ends, as we all know it will, those that have prepared the right things will be the future of man.  Those that do not, will be a lesson learned:  That when we allow the banks and government to decide what is in our best interest, we subject ourselves to economic slavery.  Break your chains and live free.

Stack faster,

RGD



Must Read!!!

This may be the smartest and most important thing ever written:

http://www.zerohedge.com/news/must-read-jim-grant-crucifies-fed-explains-why-gold-standard-best-option

 

RGD



Grow your own food

Or eat this:

 

RGD



The Silver Bullet and The Silver Shield

Watch, learn, and make informed decisions:

RGD



Manipulation of the PM markets

Here is a great posting from The TFMetals Report:

Thursday, March 29, 2012 at 7:59 am

As you are all well aware, years of observation and trading has led me to the conclusion that the precious metals “markets” are grossly manipulated, managed and suppressed. My confidence in this assumption is what makes the price analysis we do here relevant.

What is satisfying to me and the many others who have been trumpeting this cause is the gradual awakening of the investing public. The long-term policy of currency debasement combined with the long-term bull markets for the metals has brought attention to the metals sector like never before. With that attention comes additional critical analysis and, not surprisingly, much of this analysis comes to the same conclusion many of us “grizzled veterans” have been spouting for years.

Just in the past 24 hours, we’ve seen three very important “research” pieces be released. First came the latest newsletter from Sprott Asset Management. Though Eric tries to rein in some of his conspiratorial impulses, he nonetheless lays out some convincing statistics regarding the latest “Leap Day” samshdown:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/3586/latest-sprott-newsletter

Hot on Eric’s heels came Chris Martenson. I feel like I know Chris a little bit. He is a sober and rational analyst who is trying his best to warn and educate as many folks as possible. Unlike yours truly, he is not prone to bouts of hyperbole, profanity and screaming. He is a serious individual doing serious work. (He’s going to be a podcast guest in a few weeks so you’ll get to know him better soon.) All of this makes his blog entry from yesterday all the more credible and relevant. If you haven’t yet, please be sure to read it:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/3587/more-required-reading-chris-martenson

And this brings us to the Piece de Resistance. I first became aware of Paul Mylchreest last year. He’s a serious analyst who works hard but likes to keep to himself. Again, unlike yours truly, he’s not shouting messages from the rooftops, attempting to draw attention to himself. He takes a long time to study a subject and often writes lengthy and diligent missives, which he releases about every 90 days or so. Yesterday afternoon, he sent me a copy of his latest piece. Out of respect for his effort, I didn’t want to just blindly shove it out into the public domain without his permission so I sat on it…which killed me because it’s fantastic! As an endorsement, as soon as I read it I sent it off to Santa for his impressions His reply was: “This is spot on. Look at today as a prime example.”

Read the rest here:

http://www.tfmetalsreport.com/blog/3590/traveling-thunder-road

A great deal of information here and I suggest you read a bit further into what this man has to say.

RGD