What does it matter?

Through some careful thought and prayers I've decided to keep this blog, but change the style of posting. In reality we will never "fix" the current political system in this country because it's not the political system that's broken. It's corporations in general that are the problem.

I recently read Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand and at first thought I have finally read an author that thought the way I did. What I've realized though is she only got part of it right and another part very wrong. She believes in less government and telling them to butt out of our lives which I agree with completely but her problem is she favors the corporate life which is where I am beginning to understand the problem lies. (no pun intended) Her choices leave you with be a slave to the government or slaves to corporations. I choose neither.

My other blog Dreaming of a Country Life is our story getting to true freedom. Our own land, growing/raising our own food, and zero debt. the problem is that is also going against what our government really wants for us so I still need to wear the tinfoil fedora now and then.

I also refuse to walk away from God as she would have everyone do. I do have serious questions about what I've been taught a Christian really is, but those will be answered by a higher power and as long as what I do is based on scripture I can't go wrong.

-mike

Overpopulated or just spoiled?

I find myself wondering sometimes if we as a species have over-populated the planet. Here in Los Angeles alone we have 3.8 million people living in 498.3 square miles. That's 7626 people per square mile or 3655 square feet per person which is a square with 60.5 feet per side.

Now per person you need power generation, water treatment, sewage treatment, roads, a place to work, a place to sleep, a place to heal, a place to grow/raise food, a place to vacation, a place to be buried, a place to give birth, etc.

Add to that the fact that this is a desert so you have to pump in the water we need and then pump out the waste. You need to pump oil from the ground and refine it for fuel, lubrication, etc. And I'm sure there are a thousand other things I'm not thinking of. Is the reason our country is falling apart because we have too many people?

Nope :^)

There are acres and acres of land in the country where there is nobody living. Yes you have weather to deal with but that's why they're called seasons. I have no idea why I have subjected myself and my family to this crap for 20 years. Okay, I just removed a couple of paragraphs from this post going down that road, but I kept it for another post. I hear people gripe and complain every day that they don't get paid enough, don't have enough money, blah blah, but then the next time you see them they're wearing a new shirt, or driving a new car, got a new toy, etc. and are still complaining about being broke.

A three bedroom house in Los Angeles around 1600 square feet on .15 acres of land will cost you about $380,000 right now. This is land you can't do anything on without someones permission. the same home in Henryetta Oklahoma can be had for about $30,000 but the problem is it's on an acre of land so I guess you'll have to do a little more yard work. $350,000 will buy one heck of a lawn mower. this doesn't even include just buying raw land where there are no restrictions or CCR's written by a bunch of nimby's.

There are nations where they are so crowded together they are instituting plans to control the population yet we crowd together on purpose while we leave perfectly good land we cold spread out on but that would require real work to live on rather than being spoiled and having others do it for you. I know people that own their homes free and clear in Southern California yet complain daily that the utility rates and other costs are too high and they don't know how they're going to make it. I tell them it's easy, sell your house move to a different state and buy one for a third of the price and retire on the balance. I then hear the excuses of I don't want to drive in the snow, it's too cold, they have tornadoes, it rains to much, etc. They're spoiled.

As for me and mine, we're out of here just as soon as it's feasibly possible.

Property Location

I have to admit that I wasted my afternoon watching the superbowl but at the same time I also researched and emailed back and forth on some property in Texas and Oklahoma so it wasn't a complete mind numb. I actually do like watching a good football game even though i believe the players are way overpaid and just a bunch of spoiled overgrown kids. Let's not even go into the fact that Homeland Security inspected the area and used it as a part of their tattle-tale program. I wonder how many of the people at the game knew the stadium has built in sniper stands that were manned during the game? This is what our country has come to so that you can walk into a staduim and watch a football game. You have to get groped then sit under the eyes of a sniper.

As for the property, it looks like thay both might be exactly what we're looking for it's just a matter of which one and how much. Both at 10 acres and wooded with one being about $100 a month and the other at twice that. The one that is at $200 has a little easier access and the main town is a little closer as well. One way or another it looks like we might actually have a plot of land to call our own in the next month or so.