Maybe I'll be
the next big You Tube celebrity.
I have a lot to say.
My wife has pointed out,
You Tube is now used
by many regular folks,
who are reaching more people
than I've done so far,
here at Daily Kos.
Many of them
have thousands of regular viewers.
It's time to get started.
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Means "beautiful voice" from Greek καλλος (kallos) "beauty" and οψ (ops) "voice". In Greek mythology she was a goddess of epic poetry and eloquence, one of the nine Muses.
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Back Yard Chickens 101
Most of you recall
my big topic,
my big message:
The shortage of diesel fuel
that already started,
in 2004,
will gradually get worse,
until it results
in a shortage of food
in the supermarkets of America,
causing death from starvation,
here in America,
sometime around
the year 2050.
I want to get that message out
to as many folks as I can get it to.
My efforts may not save all that many lives,
but it just seems right,
to give folks advance warning
of such a disaster.
So,
if You Tube's the best way
to reach the most people,
then I need to give it a try.
Just before I wrote this diary,
I did a little research on You Tube,
trying to figure out
what category I should work with there,
to reach lots of people,
and to reach the people
who will be ready
to hear what I have to say.
I did a search for
"apocalypse preparation,"
and I got hundreds and hundreds
of videos about
zombie apocalypse
preparation.
Zombie.
Apocalypse.
Preparation.
I don't think that's the place for me.
So,
I looked up back yard chickens,
and that may be
where I'll post my videos.
That way,
I can simply avoid the struggle
of trying to convince folks
who are doing nothing
to feed themselves,
to start doing something
to feed themselves.
I can avoid the struggle
of trying to convince folks
who play video games a lot,
and munch on supermarket food,
to get out to their back yards,
and start raising chickens and ducks.
I can avoid the struggle
of trying to convince those gamer folks
that they have a real apocalypse coming,
and they need to get ready,
in the real world.
Instead of trying to convince them,
I can go to those
already doing something,
already feeding themselves
eggs from their own back yards,
or at least watching videos
to truly learn how.
I can tell them,
they are on the right track.
I can tell them,
keep up the good work,
and always look for ideas
to produce more and more eggs,
and other food,
for yourself and your family.
I can tell them why.
Maybe some of them
will only half believe me,
and only half try
to raise more chickens,
and maybe ducks,
but maybe half measures
will make a big difference.
Maybe some folks
who take my advice
will survive in the decades to come,
while all around them,
most other folks
will starve and die.
I hope to build a reputation
on You Tube
for being the one
who tells the world:
Focus on producing
and eating
animal protein and fat;
eggs,
milk,
butter,
cheese,
and meat.
And maybe insects.
And my other big point
that will set me apart
is my plausible explanation
of why we will have
a terrible famine
here in
America,
the most prosperous nation on Earth.
Preppers don't agree
on why they are prepping,
and they seem to be prepping
for a short term crisis,
with no plan of action
to feed their families
for years and decades to come.
You can't store enough canned goods
to feed your grandchildren
for the rest of their lives.
Back yard gardeners
and chicken keepers
don't treat what they're doing
as prepping,
even though it's far better preparation
than storing up canned goods
and ammunition.
Back yard gardeners
who have no chickens,
no ducks,
no fish,
no goats,
may not realize
the human body needs
animal protein,
and lots of fat.
You can live on eggs;
you can't live on cucumbers.
I may fail to get
the following I hope for
by posting on You Tube,
but my wife has been
encouraging me,
and I have to give it a try.
Keep in mind,
if I'm right,
this topic,
famine in America
by 2050,
this topic is bigger
than any other topic.
Bigger than global climate change,
bigger than economic inequality,
bigger than any problem in government,
since the government we have now
is not likely to continue
in its current configuration
when folks are starving,
dying by the millions.
I truly hope folks learn,
before the famine hits,
the number one thing:
You need to figure out
who your family and friends
truly are.
You need to put together
a very tight family,
even if no members
of your very tight family
are related by DNA,
to each other or to you.
This very tight group
must be a group
in which each member
is truly dedicated
to making quite certain
that everyone
in that group
is simply well fed.
That's because
you'll need to work together,
and take turns,
with no reluctance,
at taking care of the livestock,
the chickens, the ducks, the goats, the fish,
taking care of the crops,
grains and beans and bugs,
grown to feed the livestock,
and more grains and beans and bugs,
with cucumbers and sweet potatoes and other things,
for yourselves.
Everyone in your group,
working with dedication,
might feed everyone
in the group.
One or two,
doing nearly all the work,
will not work out.
Word to the wise.
Thanks for reading.
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