CRASH BANG BOOM!

We had a drivers meeting yesterday at work. We discussed safety, mostly, as two trucks were totalled this last year because of icy road conditions. This alone cost our company (even after insurance pay offs etc.) $140,000. The big boss also mentioned that the health insurance rates increase by about $100,000 every year as well as the insurance rates are going to go up on the vehicles because of the wrecks. The company also spent $80,000 more on fuel than they did the previous year. I guess it won't pay off if I ask for a raise now, enit.

The Market, as it were, took a wee bit of a DIVE off of a high cliff yesterday. But, thankfully, some of those folks who get paid a lot of money to delay the impending economic collapse were on it, but it looks like it may be a little more difficult to hold on to those thin threads that keep the U.S. economy from collapsing. The Market dipped over 400 points (not a good golf score, either) then was rallied back for the dow to end at -129 points. Economic collapse impending maybe a little sooner than we think...

If you want to read some interesting materials on the impending crash, and probably some of the best advice you can get about it, go to Life After the Oil Crash and read some of their analysis.

A lot of people are talking about investing in or buying actual gold. I have to tell you something here folks, you can't eat the stuff. Well, you can, but really, once you eat the stuff, what is it worth? You see, gold, in all actuality, is only a rock. The value assessed to gold is one assessed by humans in a civilized society, not by nature. This is called..."trust"...in economic terms. You trust that gold has value that has been assigned to it by civilized human beings. It ain't gonna keep you protected, and you ain't gonna be able to eat enough of the stuff to survive.

Personally, I would suggest community. Get with your peeps, find ways to keep yourselves healthy, happy, protected, and survive this shit that is about to happen or, even if the market ass gets saved by lies and illusions which we, as civilized human beings "trust," it isn't gonna last forever. It is doomed to fall sooner or later.

Hang on tight, folks, this may just be a bumpy ride.