rarebird, the reason why the pollyannas are so woefully unprepared is due to their misunderstanding of the psychology of fear; they've miscalculated the primary attribute of fear. fear paralyzes, it does not "cause" panic. that paralyzation is primarily observable in non-logical utterances such as permeate y2k threads, except for the effective counterpoint expressed on this thread by yourself and others with experiential wisdom.
someone used the allegory of frozen deer in the headlights earlier this week. this metaphor is totally lost one those who have never observed this frozen by fear manifestation resulting in many animal carcasses strewn across the roadsides of this world since the invention of the automobile.
until fear's cycle, is conquered by movement, which in y2k, means extensive preparation activity, can there be any counterbalancing surge of hope.
our government more than any other is predicating all types of actions, laws, executive orders, contingency plans, and operational military exercises by employing fear as a delaying tactic in sharing redemtive information, simply because fear is such a useful opiate...for the time being.
if this were NOT true, there would be more governmental openness and education as you have stated before.
instead what we have is the government promoting fear by design, by spin, by ommission, by anything but the cold, unvarnished truth, that it is every man, woman, and child for themselves, in just 160 days, and take cover!!! how does goverment do this: in propigating paralyzing stasis on a scale never before undertaken by any administration prior to clinton. said paralysis allows time to strip the most options by law, executive order, presidential decision directive or just plain bully pulpiteering as perot once called it.
when action IS called for, our democratic residents will rebell at the outlawing of such a multitude of options, by stealth, and THAT realization will mobilze, breaking the paralyzing stasis.
to carry the deer frozen in the headlight allegory a step further,
the blinding light of public ridicule and harrassment and dangerous fringe element brought to bear upon the prepared and continually preparing is the last heavy 'light' to be used to perpetuate the statis until...until it simply doesn't work anymore, and someone or something, or some action breaks the concentration of the endangered animal targets, and they can escape.
this escape sequence by the majority scrambling for remaining resources, will be an awesome sight to watch from safety! an awesome sight indeed!!!
people who have looked fear in the eye, and taken overt, long term action, without big brother's guidance and permission if you please, such as the scott olmsteads among us, are labeled as fear mongers, whackos and alarmists, instead of the fear conquering, courageous heroes that they are.
i suspect, rarebird, that the closer the immoveable deadlines become, the more the rhetoric will escalate by the lipservice to preparation crowd, especially but not exclusive to infecting this thread. in all my 70+ years of existance, i've never seen such effort expended upon trying to eliminate the minority, trying to bring us, into the majority fold of paralyzed stasis.
this is sad, very VERY sad.
i further predict there will be more antagonistic hyperbole directed to those of us who have dug our family foxholes and made them as immune to disaster as we know how.
fortunately for me and my family, the non-discriminatory fires like ken speaks of, as well as the executions via the martial law excuse under emergency powers acts heretofore uncoiled against our population, will protect us from 'them'in a wierd sort of backlash.
it is just logical, and in a strange sort of way, nature's way of cleansing the earth and reassigning/re-aligning the animal species by the oldest adaptation known to man: survival of the fittest.
it will matter not, at a soon point in the future whether the non-courageous were ever among us. their charred remains will become fertilzer for a new civilization and our gardens much as a fishhead was utilized in the first pilgrim gardens by one of the oldest, adaptable, courageous surviving cultures on our shores.
i worry not about who will survive with me, you, ken, olmstead, north, yourdon, yardeni, and other visionaries. neither should you, rarebird.
just keep stay alert for any paralyzing stasis setting in. then do something about it while your choices are more numerous instead of more and more restrictive.
the short-sided unprepareds will wither as the desert grass in the heat of noonday Someone Timeless uttered centuries ago.
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