I couldn't have said it better myself. A reader wrote in asking "What should I do?" and this is the response. Taken from "Urbansurvival.com":
In no particular order? Dehypnotize from mainstream media. Downsize voluntarily. Use your downsize as a tool to get out of debt. Pay your credit card off so you don't pay banks interest. Get 6-months to a year of money in the bank at a subsistence level - better: get it in gold. Banks can close. Move to a few acres if you can and put in a garden. Grow food. Have a well. You need to plan on being self-sufficient. Partner with neighbors. Demand Constitutional accountability. Vote against American family dynasties, such as the Kennedy/Bush/Clinton, etc. clans and the liberty-stealing plans (like the North American Union) fomented by their minions. Own a gun. Guns. A side arm, a long arm, a shot gun.) Have ammo. Take gun safety courses. Shoot regularly. Spend time with your kids. Get a ham radio license - no code required now - ditch the cell phone. Don't eat GM foods. Get/grow heritage seeds. Keep organic wherever possible. Cut out unnecessary monthly recurrent bills. Have one parent in the home when kids are of school age. Build a shop. Own a generator. Read books. Learn new skills constantly. Own your life.