…And now this too on our doorstep: Food Rationing?

Take a few minutes to shut your eyes. Try to invision life 10 years ago. What do you see? Think about what you were doing…what news and current events were going on…and what life and society were generally like.

Then, open your eyes again. Look around you…drive to the store or mall, talk to friends and family. Turn on the radio, tv, or surf the internet. What do you see? What situation do you find yourself in now? Are there any main differences in comparison? What do you see? And…can you guess at what these next 10 years will bring if even half of the current trends continue? If you had to guess, are things getting better, worse, or staying the same?

…And now this too has been quietly dropped on American doorsteps: periodic food rationing. On both the East and West coasts, various laws and local regulations have for the past few years made limits on how much of certain items people can purchase, such as specific types of food. This has been supposedly done to ‘limit’ food runs and shortages in times of emergency, such as during hurricane season in Florida or various natural disasters in California. Therefore, it does not matter if you can buy the item…if policy or local law says you are not allowed, then…you are not allowed!

And now, a short segment from a story from local KPTM Fox affiliate out of Omaha, Nebraska:

“NY Paper Reports Food Rationing Appearing In US”

http://www.kptm.com/Global/story.asp?S=8202003&nav=menu606_24_8_1

“OMAHA (KPTM) – Food shortages and rationing has been a third-world problem as of late, but recently, the phenomenon once thought unthinkable in the United States could start happening.

The New York Sun newspaper is reporting that major retailers on both coasts are limiting customers’ purchases of flour, rice and cooking oil.

The Sun reports that a Costco Warehouse in California ran out of rice, frustrating shoppers. “Where’s the rice?” an engineer from Palo Alto, Calif., Yajun Liu, said. “You should be able to buy something like rice. This is ridiculous.”

The rice that is left is selling at near one dollar a pound, and in some areas, customers report paying about $30 for a 25-pound bag.”

Admittedly, this is not a national, widespread problem at this time. But with the fight against terrorism….sickness….crime….fight on global climate change and biofuel production…..fight for many companies to legally sell whole sale synthetic foods (beyond what has become ‘normal’ genetically modified crops)….What are we to expect next?

Is this a sign of things to come? Does this show in any way potential societal impacts? What about prophetic impacts? Could this is some way reveal a move toward parts of prophecy, as food and other shortages begin to occur worldwide? Or are these questions simply ‘overthinking’ and blowing everything out of proportion? (And, would you have also thought those things 10 years ago if someone had told you all the new laws and political happenings happening in today’s newspaper?)

What do you think?

Law Enforcement News: From microchipping officers to training kids for Homeland Security jobs

You’ve probably heard some form of the phrase “History always repeats itself.”  If that is true, then what kind of history are we on our way towards repeating?

Some news came out again this week featuring stories which are not new, but appear to become more frequent and mainstream each time they are reported.  Today there are two stories which you may want to read and research for yourself:

1) microchipping of the population:

Maybe you have not heard about it yet, or maybe you are already totally aware of this trend.  More and more jobs are requiring each worker to be microchipped and follow other security measures in order to hold their job.  From the UK:

“Met officers to be ‘microchipped’ by top brass in Big Brother style tracking scheme”

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=558597&in_page_id=1770

“Every single Metropolitan police officer will be ‘microchipped’ so top brass can monitor their movements on a Big Brother style tracking scheme, it can be revealed today.

According to respected industry magazine Police Review, the plan – which affects all 31,000 serving officers in the Met, including Sir Ian Blair – is set to replace the unreliable Airwave radio system currently used to help monitor officer’s movements.

The new electronic tracking device – called the Automated Personal Location System (APLS) – means that officers will never be out of range of supervising officers.

But many serving officers fear being turned into “Robocops” – controlled by bosses who have not been out on the beat in years.

According to service providers Telent, the new technology ‘will enable operators in the Service’s operations centres to identify the location of each police officer’ at any time they are on duty – whether overground or underground.”

How much information should be collected about each one of us, and who has the power over that information?  Does it matter?

2) training youth for a future job in law enforcement

With so many jobs moving to places such as Mexico and India, there does appear to be one business sector which is alive and well in the US.  What is it?  Well, if many new US charter schools have anything to say about it, it’s careers in future law enforcement.

“Charter schools will focus on Homeland Security”

http://www.ledgerdelaware.com/articles/2008/04/05/news/news.24.txt

“The first high school dedicated to preparing students for the front lines in the Nation’s homeland security has gone from theory to planning in Wilmington.

The Project Manager for the Delaware Academy for Public Safety and Security, New Castle Attorney Thomas Little, signed a contract with Innovative Schools, a professional firm which will coordinate the mechanics of preparing the school for its eventual opening.

The process to find and fund a site for as many as six-hundred young men and women in Wilmington’s inner city is underway.

Curriculum choices for students, who are to be called Cadets, range from SWAT (Special Weapons and Tactics) through prison guard, water rescue, paramedic, fireman, professional demolition and emergency response operator, according to a Board statement.”

A question that comes to mind is:  With this new boom in law enforcement and other related industry jobs…What will all these new people and jobs be working on?  What will they spend their time and efforts trying to do?  Are there so many criminals and terrorists that we need new waves of enforcement officials and agencies?  If so, how many are needed and what rules or laws will they follow (or not have to follow)?

What kind of society are we building for ourselves and our loved ones?  What does the evidence show?  What does your common sense tell you?  Are we moving towards spreading freedom, or spreading bondage?  Knowing that words do not necessarily translate into actions…What words are coming out of our leaders’ (be they spiritual, political, etc) mouths versus what actions do they put into play?  (And furthermore: what are the practical results or outcomes of their words and actions?)

Are we seeing this one world government coming into view?  How much control and oversight should be allowed?  Or should there even be a limit?

What do you think?