TSHTF- Google it

Current mood: aggravated

Sooo, just got off the phone with my mom. She wanted to know how to alter my chicken soup recipe so she could make some for her friend who is newly diagnosed with cancer (I swear, I am so sick of this disease). then, while discussing this and that, she brought it out. She told me that once we get settled that I need to begin buying an extra bag of dried beans and rice at each grocery trip, along with large air and water-proof containers to keep it fresh. The reason, you might ask? Ah, because the Arizona Republic published an article yesterday about survivalists who believe the US economy will completely bottom out by 2012 resulting in people stealing resources from those who have stockpiled them. Oh, and they're buying up firearms as well. (my easy solution- fear not for I have not stockpiled)

Now, I am not about to get into a great discussion about the economy and what will or wont happen. I ain't that smart. I do know that things can be much harder than they are now for the average bear, but I would like to believe that at some point, someone somewhere will be able to fix our ills; maybe not all, but some or most would be nice. After all, isn't that a bit of what "Going Green" is all about?

But, that just wont do. Now my mother is convinced that the world as we know it is coming to an end. She told me she wasn't trying to scare me. I told her she wasn't, and I had to kind of choke back giggles when I did. I wasn't trying to be disrespectful. I just think that people need to ease up at least a little. I did read the article online and it wasn't written with a preachy tone about what we need to do or not do. It was merely a story about what some people are doing.

My father did live through the depression of the 1930s and my mother was born just as the US was coming out of that era. I have heard the stories. I do understand that fear that they have lived.

But, just maybe things will work out. Sure, we are all going to be a bit uncomfortable for a while, but I am completely unwilling to admit that we are all going to have to research the Hohokam waterways of the ancient southwest in order to understand how to irrigate our crops while we all barter with the local solar panel dealer to trade venison and pelts for panels. But, until we have to keep a sentry on guard over our generator, STOP SCARING MY MOTHER!

Currently listening : Smile, It's the End of the World By Hawk Nelson Release date: 2006-08-21