December 18, 2007
GS

Steve, I pray this is where you wanted to go with this mindset essay. I have directed this to the ones who are prepped and ready to go, and those who are just now coming on board and starting to prep......for what is coming. At no time have I included anything for those ruddypoots or the ones in denial. I have also sprinkled a lot of how to and should throughout this essay, to insure this didn't become a long pep talk. That time is over. I believe there are two categories of mind set, Steve, a reality mindset (now) and a tactical mindset, (WTSHTF), however, both mindsets will help the other with mutual knowledge and info learned.

THE REALITY MINDSET

This is for NOW,........coming to terms with what we are facing. People need to understand and learn to believe to the core of their existence that this is for real and unlike the television, we can not turn it off and go to bed. We need to understand that it is going to get worse and worse, no matter how rosy the government and their spin doctors in the media paint the picture for us daily.

No where in the Bible does it state that this republic will be restored. Quite the contrary, we will be invaded, and occupied by foreign troops who wish to enslave us all, and put to death all Christians. People need to forget there will be no resale value for your property, once this thing happens. Again, on the contrary, all that we own will be seized, or taken as war booty.

Let us put this in perspective for a minute or two.................here is what we are facing, and remember this is not out of the Bible for now, even though it has been foretold by the same. This information has been in our major newspapers, as well as intelligence presented in the form of alternative news media,for instance Steve Quayle, and Alex Jones, etc. This info is in our faces right now as I speak.

Our economy is failing as I type. Everyone's retirement portfolios are taking huge losses. Were faced with terrorism at every turn, both abroad and here at home. We are facing weather wars -- look around and you can see it today, even the blind can see it! Were facing major drought, famine, diseases, plagues, and pestilence of all types. 
Illegal  immigration is overtaxing all of our  social programs, the middle class is being destroyed. We have gangs in this country that now, out number our military. 

Our economy is facing a major depression, thousands now are homeless and more will be joining them when the housing market implodes. We're facing an invasion of this country by aggressive countries such as Russia, China, Cuba, to name just a few. They are marshalling their forces this very minute! Our government have more people within it working their traitorous acts upon this country than we have righteous statesmen working to save it.

I have named but a few of the woes facing us and our country -- we are like a weakened elk, being attacked by a pack of hungry wolves. Soooooo what to do,...... well, the Chinese have a saying "when you find yourself in a hole, quit digging". As simple as that seems, there is much truth here. Once you have come to terms with what IS going to happen to us, we need to get to work. Channel this fear, despair or anger into useful energy -- start understanding what you need to do, to get ready in the physical, the spiritual and within yourself. 

Here is old GS's definition of FEAR, "Fear is nothing more than not knowing what you fear". Learn all you can about what you are afraid of, and in doing so, you will resolve your fear. For example, I was afraid of heights, so I went out and joined the Airborne. Now we get to the nitty gritty,.......and as I share these ideas with you, place them in your own order of priority, for we all have different levels of understanding, preparation decisions, and dedication for resolve.

What I am about to share with you is not going to overwhelm you,..it can be done. I see people coming on line everyday, and they get with the program and get'er done -- but you can not waste another minute --begin immediately.

First, turn off the idiot box (the satan-vision). Bring the family together, and let them know there are major hardships facing all of us and our country. You do not have to tell them the ugly realization of what is coming. They will learn that as they prepare, and they can digest it as they both prepare and learn.

Look up "key words" and make sure everybody understands them. The reason will be covered later. Look up the word "RESPONSIBILITY" and understand the meaning,...this goes for everyone in your family. We have forgotten this important word and replaced it with blaming it on the other guy, even if we brought it on ourselves. The government has converted us into weaklings to the point where it is easier to blame things on somebody or something else, rather than standing up and accepting the responsibility ourselves. 

We the people are at fault for where this country has gone, and what we are facing, each and every one of us. We need to get off our lazy ASSES and start acting like GOD fearing americkans, (and I will not take the K out of the way I spell amerika, until we earn the right to do so). 

If you are going to be a leader, or want to be a leader, understand a leader is responsible for all that he or she is in charge of. Whether somebody falls asleep while on guard, including yourself, and make the wrong decision -- you are at fault as the leader, and the blame stops at you for not making the right decision, or choosing the wrong person to pull guard -- you, and nobody else! Whether you are a CEO or a house wife who ran the house, while the old man made the living and watched football, does not make you a good leader. Leadership is a quality that not all have -- most are followers, and few are truly good leaders. 

Research what it takes to make a good leader, and look for it in the ones who are taking charge of the group. STOP supporting bad leadership RIGHT AWAY; don't make the same mistake in your family or group, that we have in electing those who have gotten us into this mess. DO NOT support one bad leader by supporting another who is less DANGEROUS, that is going to get people killed or WORSE -- CAPTURED! Find a good leader, develop trust,...pray that they make the right decision and support him or her in their decisions once made. Enough said on this topic.

Once you have found a good leader, everyone come together and develop a plan of action; listing the priority of things to acquire, get accomplished, or fields of knowledge to study up on and become extremely familiar with. Everybody needs to develop traits that will keep you alive right now and later on. It will also advance you in your daily life, job, family safety, education and so on. It is called "situational awareness", (being aware of what goes on around you). Everyone can be involved in this, from the youngest to the eldest in the family. The youngest will advance in this technique much quicker than the eldest, because they are still inquisitive, energetic, and their memory is much sharper than those older than they are. 

Make it a game -- here is how you do it,.......begin by telling people in the family or group for instance, to walk down an aisle in the store, not fast or slow, but taking mental note of all that they see in the aisle -- then have them go out to the car and write down all that they remember during their particular walk. Assign a different aisle for each member, and once done, go as a group down each aisle and read what that individual remembered -- you will be surprised at how easy it is after awhile. 

Do the same in your dad's garage, or your sister's room, or mom's pantry. Have everyone do the same thing at once in the car on the way to a movie. Always go back mentally and debrief this exercise together -- reward and praise those who do well -- this is an exercise that healthy competition within the family or group will most likely save somebody's life at some point.

You will be surprised who this will carry over to within the family-- and family members might pick out suspicious persons in the neighborhood because they seem out of place,...or possibly keep one of your own out of harms way, by not going into a convenience store because something does not "look right".

"Paying attentions to detail" is another trait to develop -- begin making sure that this is done by both children and adults. Start by not accepting excuses for something not being done, whether it is picking up their room, or the old man not stopping at the store on the way home...............Paying attention to detail, will save lives or keep important gear from being lost in the woods..............You must emphasize that ones actions, or lack of paying attention to details, has consequences. Consequences of ones actions or decision is another trait that has been bred out of this society, or taught in our school that it is not necessary, which is bulls**t..........If you go to sleep while on guard, you might get somebody killed or WORSE -- CAPTURED; now YOU are responsible for your "inattentive situational awareness"...... and many may suffer gravely from the consequences of your actions......Do you see how this all ties in? Our traitorous government has done this on purposely and it is our responsibility to make it right, but like quitting smoking, it will not be easy at first, but gets easier everyday after thereafter.

Lastly for traits this session, all of us need to learn to adapt, adapt, adapt, this was a trait that founded this country, but in the last 6 or 7 decades, has been forgotten.........too many times now I hear the two words I hate the most.................."I CAN'T"......this is pure laziness -- outright spoiled laziness, and it needs to be weeded out of the group right now! Too many people in history have done great things, that most thought could not be done. It is because these two words, "I CAN'T", was not in their vocabulary.

I have saved this statement for now. You may have noticed in the essay up until now, I have always stated this term "killed or WORSE, CAPTURED"! Maybe you wonder why -- here is my explanation, and it is from somebody who has been captured and tortured by the enemy. If you are killed, you are dead, end of statement. If you are captured, you have LOST ALL CONTROL OVER YOUR BEING -- you have lost control over your physical, spiritual, emotional, and nutritional well being. They who have control over you can do anything they want to....... Do not expect Amnesty International, or the Red Cross, or even the U.S. Military to come to your aid. You are theirs to do with you, whatever they want to do.  

Not 15 years ago, there was a conflict in Europe, some might remember Kosovo. These were not natives in loin clothes, but educated, civilized people, and yet they had practiced genocide, and had rape camps, etc, for their soldiers! Many of their bloodlines can bet traced to here in the U.S. -- and we're no different than they are. In China, they serve up aborted babies as delicacies next to abortion clinics. We may not eat them here, but women each day smear dead babies flesh on their faces -- do the research. Those who are coming here, will end up doing horrors upon our people, such as not seen in today's history -- so I would take heed to what people like SQ, Hawk, and myself are warning you about. Now maybe you can understand why I  say, "killed or WORSE, CAPTURED". Get right with GOD, get ready -- get in the right mindset, or WORSE, GET CAPTURED.

If you are planning on hitting the woods, I would encourage you to hook up with a Viet Nam vet -- a real combat arms vet, not a cook, clerk or jerk, but a real combat vet -- and bring him into your group or family......He has been trained, and fought in an environment much like you have chosen to go to in seeking safety. If you are planning on sheltering in place or staying within the city or a built up area, I would urge you to find a vet from the Iraq War, they have been trained and fought in that kind of environment................

If you live in an arid area like the southwest, here again, you might want to find a vet who served in Iraq, that is his expertise. Whatever the vet may be, and their area of expertise, they all know about recon, security, defense, support, escape and evasion, and many other subjects.........but DO listen to them, for they can offer a wealth of knowledge -- do not expect to sit back and let them do all the work, or you might wake one morning and find them gone, and who an blame them...........Remember those words I had you look up and the traits, I said were important.......If you lost him as your guide, it was because you became lazy and spoiled and most likely deserve what you got.

GET IN shape, or at least, do the best you can..........forget those words "I CAN'T", 'cause I am not there to hear them.........you will harvest what you sow, the Bible says.....
Start eating the type of foods you have planned on taking with you to allow your body the time to adjust to them and to be able to absorb all the nutrients that you can from them.
****** Here is an important piece of info, a little body fat is good. Being too lean, or very muscular is bad, for they are the first thing to go, if you're under a lot of stress, or have a set caloric intake............With body fat you body can at least make up for the calories used under stress. When I had been captured, during just those seven days, I lost forty-seven pounds............you cannot imagine how many calories you might burn just worrying, or being afraid. I am not saying to get fat, but the more fat you have on you, the less damage you will do to your body, as you build muscle, and lose weight under that type of stress...........I guarantee all of you, that you will undergo what I call a radical weight loss program, when you are scared to death and under much stress................sleep will become a stranger as well.

Many have expressed that they have a mate who had their head where the sun doesn't shine, or in the depths of denial.............Do not try, nor waste the energy trying to teach them at this late date...........Let them be -- and do all your prepping behind their back, even if that means for the time being, that you must rent a storage unit, and place your gear there until it is "unsafe" to do so any longer. Maybe by then, they will have woken up and want to prep themselves also. I know of family members who will be turning in those within their own family.......I have two sons and a daughter who would gladly turn me in for free food, or to keep their own asses out of a sling.

I know this is the wrong time of the year to say this, but if you haven't already placed caches outward from your present location, to your bug out spot -- place a cache about every 15 to 30 miles with resupplies material to replenish your needs, in case you left too late and have to walk to your retreat.

NOW THIS LAST THING IN THE REALITY MINDSET SECTION IS ALL CAPITAL LETTERS FOR A REASON. BE READY TO GO; BE COMMITTED TO GO; AND GO WHEN IT IS TIME TO GO. BE PREPARED FOR THOSE WHO WILL DECIDE NOT TO GO -- LEAVE THEM. IF YOU CAN NOT, USE THE DUCT TAPE SOLUTION -- BUT GO! I PROMISE YOU THIS IS GOING TO HAPPEN, AND BY THE TIME YOU ARRIVE AT YOUR RETREAT, YOU WILL KNOW BEYOND A SHADOW OF DOUBT, THAT YOU MADE THE RIGHT DECISION. KEEP YOUR LOCATION SECRET -- KNOWN ONLY TO THOSE YOU KNOW FOR SURE WILL BUG OUT, AND KEEP THAT NUMBER IN THE SINGLE DIGITS.

TACTICAL MINDSET

UNDERSTAND THIS......once this happens and you have to bug out, what life you had is gone --IT IS NO MORE, and it will never be the same. Your country will be gone, you way of life will be gone, and everybody it seems will be after you -- from gang bangers, to foreign troops, to our own people, who chose to be the secret police,....will be chasing you. You can flee and be free, or you can choose to go to the camps, and lose all of your personal rights and freedoms............that is your choice -- not mine, I have already made up my mind and prepared for what is to come. Myself, I am under no illusion -- it is as the Bible said it will be, as no other time before us. 

Think of all the evil and horror man has done to his fellow man, and it is going to be worse than that. You as a believer, and a amerikan, your position in life will go to the bottom of the food chain -- heck, even packs of wild "dawgs" will be hunting you. Do not forget once the wild animals have tasted human flesh and found out how easy it is to acquire, even they will be chasing us. Situational awareness, and adaptability come to mind when I think of what is coming.
Forget the life you had................from walking around in a stupor, as most amerikans do these days -- your alert level will go through the roof, and from this point until you die, or the Second Coming of Jesus, your alert level will never leave your side. 

Even in your secure retreat, with security out, and roving patrols, you should never get so comfortable as to allow your alert level to drop. You should be as a deer during hunting season, always aware, and alert. You need to be alert always; able to react or respond; or regress immediately to a preplanned rendezvous. This is also why you should cache most of your food and supplies -- even at your retreat.

You can not be sloppy.............people can see this from the air........and bear can smell is for miles..............be neat, be clean, be orderly, be concealed.

Constantly think camouflage and concealment, stay out of clearings, open fields, anywhere someone can see you through a telescope or from the air. Never look up directly at an aircraft in the sky looking for you -- your cheeks and forehead will shine and give you away...if you must observe an aircraft do it under cover, or from behind a tree or bolder.

Learn and practice being adaptable, much like our ancestors did, when they settled this country.........calculators and computers, won't help you much in the wilderness, Dorothy. Common sense will return due to necessity, and survival.....otherwise, you will die.

Always remain flexible, be able to adapt and overcome................If you stay ridged, you will die or WORSE, BE CAPTURED!

Learn all you can from those who are experienced -- your life will depend on it. Make sure everybody is cross trained, so if one does die, his or her knowledge does not die with them.

******DEVELOP A CHAIN OF COMMAND******

Develop a chain of command and follow it -- so one person is not over burdened on decision making or matters of importance.

You will have to develop a form of JUSTICE within your group -- you will have to ABIDE by it, and ensure that everyone understands the penalty of breaking a law that governs the clan, group, or family.

DEVELOP AND SOP (STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURE)
For fires, when and when not to have them
Food
Security Watches
Noise
What to do with captured gear, prisoners, etc
What to do with dead bodies -- (get used to seeing and handling a lot of dead)
Sop's will be covered at another time

You get the idea -- to run an orderly base camp -- there will be rules, rules, rules........but in this case, you are making and enforcing the rules not some bought and paid for idiot in D.C.

You will have to learn that it is your responsibility to keep your own gear clean, and when told to clean the camp gear, treat it as your own. You probably won't be able to replace it at the corner store.

Get over the fear of the dark, 99% of amerikans are seriously afraid of the dark.......and I am not talking about city dark, or dark in your house. In the wilderness, on a moonless night or when very overcast, dark is when you can not see the hand in front of your face -- that is dark! Knowing what the dark is all about, your fear will disappear.

Develop the self discipline to conserve ammo -- learn if you have to fire your weapon one shot, one kill...........

In closing here is what I have learned to do in my walk through life, I will share it with you and do with it what you will.......it has worked for me and just maybe it will work for you-- "EXPECT NOTHING FROM OTHERS, AND DEPEND ON NOBODY -- the end result is -- YOU WILL NEVER BE DISAPPOINTED OR LET DOWN", anything above that will be a blessing from the Almighty, and frosting on the cake.

There is tons more to cover, but you get the idea. Understand when this thing goes down, life as we once knew it will be no more. We will be at war, for ourselves, not the country, and for the right to worship GOD as He intended. If you still have flush toilets and electric lights once this goes down, you have most likely sold your soul to satan, and your just reward will be waiting for you in hell.

There is no place on this planet you will be able to run and extend your present level of living, for our state department and government has managed to piss off every other nation in the world, against the United States and it's people. You had better come to the conclusion that we are in the times of tribulation, and you can die, you can surrender, you can resist -- but if you are really lucky, you will make it to see the greatest event in man's history, the Second Coming of Jesus the Christ. There will be no free passes for anybody, for those who want to go to heaven, will have to be humbled, and find much humility.....................there is no other option...............

GW, Vietnam Vet