Self-reliance is a never-ending quest.
There’s something very ironic going on in America these days. The government tells us how important it is to protect our environment. We’re told we need to conserve energy. We’re even advised to prepare for emergencies with stockpiles of food and water.
But do they really mean it? If so, why do they harass people who take the warnings seriously and do everything within their power to become independent and self-reliant?
Installing solar panels and wind turbines, for example, helps protect the environment, takes pressure off a very vulnerable electrical grid and saves money. Growing your own food in a backyard garden helps you eat healthier and achieve food independence that will better prepare you for the types of emergencies they warn us against.
Those are good things, right? Apparently not, according to our government. Recently, hundreds of people living on the outskirts of Los Angeles – where they’ve been providing their own power through solar panels and wind turbines, and growing their own food – have been harassed by the authorities.
Los Angeles County officials have come in, raiding homes of peaceful residents, conducting ridiculous and unannounced code inspections, and kicking some folks completely off the property that they own.
So, what we have here is a group of independent, self-reliant people who do nothing to bother anyone else. These are people who just want to live their lives in peace. But no, the government doesn’t like that, and so the bullies march in and destroy their lives.
Why the harassment? It’s like everything else in a society that becomes more Orwellian every day. It’s all about government control. If you’re providing your own power through solar panels and wind turbines, then you’re no longer dependent upon them, and they don’t like that. If you’re growing your own food, then you’re no longer dependent upon them for your next meal, and they don’t like that either.
So, do we give up and become their slaves? No, we continue to do everything we are legally allowed to do to maintain independence and self-reliance. The more people who join us in this quest, the more difficult it will be for authorities to harass us.
What have you done to become more independent and self-reliant? Please let our readers know.
I feel like we the people don’t have a government any more. The international mega-corporations own our government representatives and if the TPP goes through we the people will have no rights to protest anything anymore. They will destroy our land and environment and we will have no way to fight them.
There’s a fracking operation.not a tracking operation
They can definitely take your property and don’t need a warrant to search.
Instead of fighting for a democracy, our leaders are becoming dictators and our police are becoming like the Gestapo in Germany and more communist than Russia.
About three years ago I was on the computer looking at YouTube for the first time. I came across the do it yourself, DYI, channels on YouTube. I came across the DYI solar panel video’s. I noticed an ad called “Power4Patriots, Your Guide To Energy Independence.” I clicked on it and watched the video. I liked what this guy Frank Bates had to say. So I invested a little money into his products. I got the paper manual and blueprints to make my own solar panels. It included step by step DVDs to show me how it is done. Long story short, I now have solar panel on my house. One month after the system went on line my electric bill dropped to $1.00. That’s right one dollar. The next month – NOTHING. I have a zero balance with the Edison Electric company. Their program is such that they will pay me once a year, money back in my pocket.
Look, Frank Bates is the kind of guy that hates to see others get screwed over by the Government, corporation, and big business. Do yourself a big favor, look at his web site http://power4patriots.com This is your chance to get off the grid. Getaway from the power companies ever increasing power rates. Learn to take a deep breath and take it a little easier knowing that you don’t have to jump to the power companies demands. You should also take a look at Frank Bates’ http://patriotpowergenerator.com With a portable solar generator you can rest assure that you will survive the next blackout. I have three of these generators. One to keep my refrigerator and freezer running, another for my house hold electronics and lights, and the third as a spare. I rather be safe than sorry.
Frank Bates has some great ideas to help you out. Take a step out of your comfort zone and check it out. You won’t regret it, unless you do nothing to help yourself and your family. Thanks Frank for your help.
YOU GOT FRANKS GREAT OFFERS ALSO. I ONLY HAVE ONE SOLAR 2000 WATT GENERATOR AND A FOLD UP SOLAR PANEL. LOTS OF HIS FOOD. THIS GUY KNOWS HOW TO GET YOU PREPARED. I LIVE IN A SMALL APARTMENT AND DON’T HAVE A YARD TO GROW MY OWN FOOD. BUT IF THE SHTF I CAN GROW IT IN MY CORNER OF MY KITCHEN. GET HIS COFFEE. IT’S GREAT TASTE BETTER THAN STAR BUCKS.GOOD LUCK MY FELLOW PATRIOT.
Your power company lets you use a homemade solar panel? What wattage and voltage is it?
That is a blatant advertisement.. the solar stuff sold here wouldn’t power your whole house. PERIOD.
CliffA DIDN’T say the solar generator powered his whole house. He SAID he had ONE for his REFRIGERATOR/FREEZER, a SECOND for his HOUSE HOLD ELECTRONICS & LIGHTS, and a THIRD for BACKUP. YOu need to learn to read, jimmy.
Sometimes it’s a little hard to believe what you hear or read, the media only shows and tells you what their agenda is not the true facts. Like a lot of emails going around talking about Muslims, Obama, etc. I run them thru snopes.com to test the validity, some are true some are false. Today, I don’t put any trust in government officials, but many times there are business men behind a lot of land grabs all in the name of progress. Many folks all over America lost homes and property to Imminent Domain. They basically tell you that you are not contributing to the growth of the city, county, etc. so we are going to take your property and give it to a developer that will make millions off of your and your neighbors property. that is fact and well documented, all in the name of the law. Remember this “In God We Trust” it’s the government that you have to watch out for…
Evidence is good and growing the wrong things is a dubious thing at best. Sometimes the reason for being bothered in the your yard is a simple matter of neighbors not taking care of there own problems and complaining about someone else. Sometimes sitting back and observing is a good way to understand. Other times changes in the establishment is needed. Be careful not to jump on the wrong bandwagon. And yes I enjoy the views that everyone presents.
Need more evidence, not saying I don’t beleive it didn’t happen. In some counties in MO. you need to keep smiling while you are doing an outside project because the county will be taking your picture. Here’s one for you, taxes increased because of landscape improvements, What a fence which didn’t require a permit to build.
elander, what you need is to get off your lazy butt and look for the information yourself, just Google it. LA County raids on homes that have solar panels.
Keep smiling you never know if some county worker is looking in your window trying to take your picture.
I want to see the evidence of what is stated in this story.
Whats up with these people??? Why do you folks need to be spoon feed? Can’t you look it up yourselves? How are you going to be self reliant if you guys can’t look it up. Come’on Rod, get with the program.
I can’t help but wonder if the people in California who were allegedly harrassed were groing something else besides food. I’ve stockpiles a few extra groceries, and I’ve grown a few tomatoes. I really don’t have a lot of room for a big enough garden unless I take down all my trees, and I don’t want to do that. Besides if I had a lot of stuff stockpiled how long would it be in a real emergency before somebody else tried to take it. Then I’d have to shoot somebody.
Man you beat everything, you know that! Allegedly? Really? Don’t you know that if the government comes over to your house and inspect it they will find some sort of code violation? City, County, and State codes change every year. But they never tell the public that these changes are in effect. So if they want your property, all they have to do is paper it with code violations. These violations come with fines. These fines can get outrageously high and expensive. The government will then come in and condemn your property, take it over and turn it over to a money making company. if you still doubt this then look at it this way. You are in your car. A cop pulls you over. You didn’t do anything wrong, so you think. But the cop finds something wrong with your car. He runs your plates, he runs your license for wants and warrants; then Bingo he finds something that was on the books for years. Now he arrest you and you go to jail while your car is impounded. You have to pay to get out of jail, BAIL, you have to get your car out of the tow yard, and then you have to get an attorney to fight the charges. You just dropped no less than $5,000.00 to $10,000.00 dollars. Are you aware that legally the police department can confiscate your car if they want to under several new laws and a few old ones?
Look, I’m not saying believe everything you hear. But listen to what is being said, then check the sources and make up your own mind.
Why am I spending a lot of time and energy responding to your remarks: because I live in the LA area and a very good friend of mine had this happen to him until he called me for help and I went up to the high desert and help put a stop to this bull shit. The county wasn’t happy the way I did it. But I wasn’t taking prisoners either. I called the News agencies and put the County into the spot light. You do what you have to do to help your friends and neighbors. We are all in this together.
Join the foragers group.
Read Revelations about the beast and remember the one world government was set in motion at the end of ww2 , count the horns on the beast, #3 was John F.
Read the end of the beast and where we are today. The statue of liberty was the Frenchman’s” Isis” goddess of Babylon. And yes the USA is in the Bible.
Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel and John foretold about her. The king of the North and the king of the south. Putin and Obama. Putin was born north of Jerusalem and Obama was born south of Jerusalem. Putin in Moscow, Obama in Kenya or Hawaii.
Last summer in the news China, Iran and Russia met on the changing the world currency base from the dollar. Iran doesn’t have to build weapons, China can build them cheaper and have their own missiles pointed in our direction. They have the capacity to deliver.
We sit on fault lines and a volcano that is not if but when it will go. already things are going as predicted 2000 years or more. My advice to young people would be to get out of the US and go to another country before our natural disasters begin.
They talk about the sounds they can’t identify. Could what they’re hearing be the breaking of the magnetic field for the shift of poles.
He’s right on, go to Akron, Ohio and see how many houses they have torn down. Also look at the tax base before the houses were demolished. Instead of a program to help fix up neighborhoods, there’s a tracking operation in that area and over the years there was underground mining.
And we look at the fault line in the Ohio valley that is not good for the problems of cracking and big gas companies wouldn’t want so much liability when disaster strikes. The more houses down the less damages to pay for. For houses condemned, the taxes aren’t lowered.