Reasons to prep, Red-light cameras, and A few good laughs

Hi everyone! I wanted to give you a few links to some important info today and then I've got some great clips to make you feel good!

First, under the heading of 'Why you should grow your own food', is this article entitled 'Bribes Let Tomato Vendor Sell Tainted Food'. Yeah, just what's in that jar of tomatoes you buy in the store? I guess if you know the right people, you can actually sell your tomatoes with high mold counts. Hmmmm.

Second, let's not forget there still are drought conditions in California, and much food will probably be lost due to the cold weather in Florida. You know, American farmers are extremely efficient and good at what they do. A very small amount of people produce incredible amounts of food, enough to feed this country (even with the amount of food that get tossed daily) and ship boatloads to other countries. I don't see us starving anytime soon but there could be less food out there. Maybe some businesses will relax their 'throw away old produce/bakery item' rules. Maybe we'll learn to use every piece of food we have. As more people are becoming aware of the need to prep, more food will be scooped up and stored. We definitely need to keep prepping now. And again, growing your own food is one way to ensure that you will have food when you need it.

This doesn't necessarily have to do with prepping, but it has to do with living in Illinois. Many cities have installed red-light cameras which will issue a $100 ticket if the camera takes your picture and you're a teensy bit past the white line. It's an absolutely ridiculous idea, and it's way too big brother-ish. Well, a bill has been introduced in the IL Senate, bill SB2466, which will eliminate those red-light cameras if passed. (Woo-Hoo!) We need everyone to call the members of the Transportation Committee and tell them you want them to support SB2466. Their names can be found here. Click on their name to get their phone number. I did this today and it took less than 10 minutes. At least 2 towns near me have these, and I would love to see them gone. Even if the lights are not near you, could you please make the phone calls? We don't need this bad habit to continue to any other towns.

Now......After all that seriousness, I want to share some joy with you!!!!! Here is a link to the most delightful video! It's a couple married 62 years, hubby turning 90 this year. They walk into the Mayo Clinic and see a piano and start playing. It is so fun and delightful I dare you not to smile and laugh and bop along!! (Note: while linking, it looked like the video might not be working. I really hope not. I'm gonna leave the link here in case it starts working again.)
IT'S WORKING NOW!!! YAY!!!

Another video is one I got a long time ago from my sister. I leave it on my email so I can watch it when I need to laugh. It's a couple news people getting a great laugh at a model on the catwalk. The news guys' reaction is hilarious! Enjoy!

Prep On!
Gen-IL Homesteader

How long 'till folks go crazy?

I was half listening to the tv news this morning as they were talking about the situation in Haiti. I perked up when I heard the reporter say, "People are starting to panic and resort to desperate acts to feed their families". Folks, the earthquake just happened on Tuesday, and people are doing desperate things already!

Now, obviously, if there were any 'preppers' in the area hit by the earthquake, most of their preps are now buried, unfortunately. That's not a reason to avoid prepping, though. For the rest of us, we prep because people (ourselves included) do crazy things when they're hungry. Maybe for us the emergency will be snow or ice storms that keep roads closed so we can't get to the grocery store. Maybe we prep to prepare for job loss. Maybe we're prepping to avoid the rising cost of food. Whatever your reason, take that reporter's words to heart. In only three days, normal people have gone crazy for food!

Most of us haven't ever experienced true hunger. I know I tend to get cranky if I'm late getting dinner to the table. Imagine that feeling intensified by hours, days, weeks! People will do desperate things because their brain is literally dying for food! So, prep for yours, and your family's sanity. Prep to stay focused during an emergency. Prep to be able to help your family and close friends survive whatever comes your way. There are enough things to think about in any emergency. "What am I going to eat?" shouldn't be one of those things.

Prep on!
Gen-IL Homesteader

Food Shortage in 2010??

Hi all! Just a quickie tonight. The following is a link to an article on Info Wars regarding a possible food shortage in 2010. I'll admit that I couldn't get all the way though it; it was way too long and I'm way too tired! But, I skimmed it and got the basic idea. If what he's printing is correct, now is NOT the time to forget about our food preps. We need to work even harder on them!
http://www.infowars.com/2010-food-crisis-means-financial-armageddon/
Prep on!
Gen-IL Homesteader