An Open Letter From Gordon
Recognize
Internalize
Strategize
Escape
Hi, Gordon here.
No doubt you have noticed that world events have begun to come unglued, with constant speculation in social media about what the future holds.
As I write today—Sunday, March 24, 2024—war with Russia has officially begun.
As global conflict continues to escalate and the Great Reset gets underway, many fear social breakdown including the failure of distribution systems and basic services that provide the food, electricity, Internet and other essentials that we all depend on.
Maybe you see this too, and it scares the pants off of you.
You may need to grow your own food, generate your own electricity, gather your own water.
But where to live?
And with whom?
Go it alone, join an intentional community, perhaps form one yourself?
Right now you may be living in an apartment in a high population density area.
Or living in a nice home out in the sticks.
You love the fact that you can’t see your neighbors.
Which means that you’re isolated.
A massive cyber attack takes down the grid.
Within a few days there isn’t a single can of food left in the store.
A few days later and even the most reputable citizen is out in the streets looking for food for their hungry children.
The law won’t protect you.
There is no law now.
As for the cops, they’re home taking care of their own families.
As I've been fond of saying for several years now, "You're on your own."
When the mobs in the cities get hungry enough, what do you think they’ll do next?
They’ll head out to the sticks.
That’s where you live.
So maybe you shouldn’t be there alone.
Then there’s market security.
The Crash of 2000 saw equities plummet.
The Crash of 2008 saw equities and real estate plummet.
The Next Big Crash will see equities, real estate and the bond market all crash together when the global multi-quadrillion dollar derivatives complex detonates.
How will you know when to get out of the market?
When it’s already too late?
As for dollar security, your 401k, IRA and other electronic investments are all priced in depreciating dollars.
The dollar has lost 97% since 1913.
It lost 8% just last year alone.
What you need are hard assets that rise in value when priced in dying dollars.
But which hard assets to acquire?
Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
How much of your electronic money should you dedicate to hard asset ownership?
How would you go about calculating that?
Where should you purchase your hard assets?
And how should you purchase them?
If you use a credit or debit card there will be a record of your purchase.
Should you insure your hard assets?
That, too, creates a record.
And where would you keep them?
A bank safe deposit box is the least safe place to keep anything.
Maybe bury them in the back yard?
How about the neighbor’s back yard?
With asset security you would no longer hold your most valuable assets titled in your own name.
After all, when you own something there is the potential for someone else to take it away from you in a lawsuit.
Why?
Because you own it.
Are you a good driver?
I certainly hope so.
You’d better not T-bone another motorist and put them on life support.
You just lost your home to foreclosure, and bankruptcy usually follows.
Anything that can be taken from you isn’t really an asset in the first place, is it?
Have you taken measures to protect your most valuable assets?
Do you even know what that means?
Do you have a mortgage?
Is it privately insured?
Meaning with a life insurance policy that you own?
Private Mortgage Insurance, or PMI, protects the lender, not you.
Losing the income of a breadwinner to a serious medical situation could mean not being able to make those monthly mortgage payments.
And there goes the roof over your head.
There’s a special type of life insurance where you don’t have to die to get the money.
It pays monthly during emergencies.
It provides what are called living benefits.
Do you have those?
With supply chain security, which we call preparedness, you’d have enough food socked away to get your family through a period of distribution breakdown so no one went hungry.
How about medicines, supplements and housewares?
Like soap, toilet paper, Q-tips and garbage bags?
Which of these things should you stock up on now?
Maybe all of them?
But how much of each?
And where to store all of this stuff?
Have you even begun this process yet?
Or do you continue to live a just-in-time lifestyle?
I call this “Family Roulette.”
Are there answers and solutions to all of these risks?
Certainly, they’re just not on the tee-vee.
And they’re definitely not discussed from the pulpit.
God forbid.
Otherwise the church’s lucrative tax exemption might get yanked.
So much for separation of church and state.
Don’t look to licensed experts for the solutions you need.
They need to stay on a tight leash to keep their licenses active.
If only you could surround yourself with people who are educating themselves to the solutions to these risk vectors.
To the truths behind the illusion.
To align yourself with clear-minded people in a growing network of mutual connection, encouragement and support.
Then you’d stand a good chance of creating a real difference in what the future holds for you and your family.
And nothing could be more important.
Because history always repeats.
Civilizations come and civilizations go.
Republics become empires, and empires rise and fall.
Right now, we are Rome 2.0, and the Huns are at the door.
In fact, most of the Huns are inside the barnyard already.
I even wrote a song to commemorate the situation.
Let's Do Like The Romans Do
[waltz time...]
The Roman empire, they had it all, from Brittany to the end of Gaul.
The seat of power was in its flower, and Caesar was strutting tall.
But that all ended soon enough; seems old Augustus wasn't so tough.
The bottom fell out, the edges crumbled, Rome done fell and Empire stumbled.
Two thousand years then came to pass for history to repeat at last.
Along came Uncle Sam and the boys, to rumble again and make some noise.
Yes, Empire was back and walking tall; Earth was the prize, they'd have it all.
But Empires don't last, when will we all learn? So Nero move over, it's Sam's turn to burn.
So now let's..
Do like the Romans do
America, you're through
You took your best shot
Was that all that you got?
Retire the red, white and blue.
Let's do like the Romans done.
Their empire had its fun.
Their republic it rotted,
Their leaders besotted
The Huns put them all on the run!
Let's do like the Romans did
Turn out the lights and get rid
Of corruption and crime,
Graft, payoffs and slime
Chop up the bums and feed them to squid!
Yes, when the new Rome caves in
There'll be such an awful din
Gallows and guillotines,
Pitchforks and rope,
Something to give the taxpayers hope!
[repeat first chorus, with feeling!]
Thanks, I hope you enjoyed that.
Any musicians and singers in the crowd?
We need to create the RISE Depression Orchestra
Please, for the love of God, no accordians ...
Continuing…
Odds are high that the United States will fracture along racial, political and economic lines and disintegrate like the old Soviet Union did in 1991.
Once the smoke clears and the rebuilding begins, a New America will emerge.
One in which centuries-old mistakes in governance and economics can be corrected, and a new land of liberty can be created.
But only if the people are sufficiently educated to make that happen.
Who will these future people be?
They will be your children and grandchildren, your nieces and nephews.
And who will educate them?
Why, you will.
Getting from here to there is going to be difficult.
Each family will need to make some very smart decisions if they wish to survive, and possibly even thrive, as a result of what lies ahead.
As a participant in RISE, you will learn that you’re not crazy.
That the system really is designed to keep you down.
That politics, the media, the schools and the monetary system are designed to keep you thinking within narrow, pre-defined bounds.
Do you brand yourself a conservative?
Perhaps a libertarian?
Maybe even a voluntaryist or anarcho-capitalist?
Label yourself, and you’ve already bought a ticket to the Big Game.
The Super Bowl of the mind.
Designed to compartmentalize your thinking.
Political parties are a form of mind control.
People living under a written Constitution don’t need political parties.
As for keeping us all divided, aren’t we all people?
Don’t we all want the same things?
Aren’t we all in the same boat?
Can’t we all set our differences aside and come together to support each other?
Can’t we educate each other to our own points of view?
Can’t we find common ground in the interest of our very survival?
As a participant in RISE you will be taught the truth about the real life Matrix.
I call it the GRID.
G.R.I.D.
Which stands for Government. Religion. Illness. Debt.
The Matrix is easy to leave.
Just wake up and walk out.
The G.R.I.D.?
Not so much.
The Big Four that make up the G.R.I.D. are the major mind control platforms that the global elite use to steer the
public like a sheep herder steers his flock.
As a participant in R.I.S.E. you will be taught the truth about the real history of the United States.
About how our republic became an empire that is now failing.
You will learn to see through the lies.
To create a new life outside of the manufactured reality that surrounds you.
You will learn how you are being controlled, and how to free yourself.
You will learn the truth about money.
About the science of money creation and how to apply this science in your life.
You will learn why society is in collapse and what the future holds for those who fail to wake up.
You will learn how to create a new life outside of the current culture, a life in which you can feel safe and secure.
You will even learn the truth behind the energetic nature of reality.
How we are all one.
How we are all connected.
Why we are all here.
Let me present to you a list of questions that we’ll be discussing on our weekly meetups.
Questions that go to the very heart of what it means to be a citizen; to live as a truly free individual.
As you consider this list, ask yourself honestly whether you have any real idea how to answer most of these questions.
If you find that you cannot, how will you be able to influence the generations to come and create a better life for them?
Here is that list, and it’s just a partial list.
CURRICULUM
OK, that’s enough for now.
I hope these questions got you thinking.
If they’ve left you feeling a little lost, perhaps your formal education may not have given you everything you need to function as a citizen, not just as a consumer and taxpayer.
Let me close by asking you this.
Would you enjoy the company and community of others on the same journey as you?
Then join us on this journey.
Internalize
Strategize
Escape
Hi, Gordon here.
No doubt you have noticed that world events have begun to come unglued, with constant speculation in social media about what the future holds.
As I write today—Sunday, March 24, 2024—war with Russia has officially begun.
As global conflict continues to escalate and the Great Reset gets underway, many fear social breakdown including the failure of distribution systems and basic services that provide the food, electricity, Internet and other essentials that we all depend on.
Maybe you see this too, and it scares the pants off of you.
You may need to grow your own food, generate your own electricity, gather your own water.
But where to live?
And with whom?
Go it alone, join an intentional community, perhaps form one yourself?
Right now you may be living in an apartment in a high population density area.
Or living in a nice home out in the sticks.
You love the fact that you can’t see your neighbors.
Which means that you’re isolated.
A massive cyber attack takes down the grid.
Within a few days there isn’t a single can of food left in the store.
A few days later and even the most reputable citizen is out in the streets looking for food for their hungry children.
The law won’t protect you.
There is no law now.
As for the cops, they’re home taking care of their own families.
As I've been fond of saying for several years now, "You're on your own."
When the mobs in the cities get hungry enough, what do you think they’ll do next?
They’ll head out to the sticks.
That’s where you live.
So maybe you shouldn’t be there alone.
Then there’s market security.
The Crash of 2000 saw equities plummet.
The Crash of 2008 saw equities and real estate plummet.
The Next Big Crash will see equities, real estate and the bond market all crash together when the global multi-quadrillion dollar derivatives complex detonates.
How will you know when to get out of the market?
When it’s already too late?
As for dollar security, your 401k, IRA and other electronic investments are all priced in depreciating dollars.
The dollar has lost 97% since 1913.
It lost 8% just last year alone.
What you need are hard assets that rise in value when priced in dying dollars.
But which hard assets to acquire?
- Raw land?
- Rental properties?
- Antiques?
- Fine art?
- Precious stones?
- Precious metals?
Each has its advantages and disadvantages.
How much of your electronic money should you dedicate to hard asset ownership?
How would you go about calculating that?
Where should you purchase your hard assets?
And how should you purchase them?
If you use a credit or debit card there will be a record of your purchase.
Should you insure your hard assets?
That, too, creates a record.
And where would you keep them?
A bank safe deposit box is the least safe place to keep anything.
Maybe bury them in the back yard?
How about the neighbor’s back yard?
With asset security you would no longer hold your most valuable assets titled in your own name.
After all, when you own something there is the potential for someone else to take it away from you in a lawsuit.
Why?
Because you own it.
Are you a good driver?
I certainly hope so.
You’d better not T-bone another motorist and put them on life support.
You just lost your home to foreclosure, and bankruptcy usually follows.
Anything that can be taken from you isn’t really an asset in the first place, is it?
Have you taken measures to protect your most valuable assets?
Do you even know what that means?
Do you have a mortgage?
Is it privately insured?
Meaning with a life insurance policy that you own?
Private Mortgage Insurance, or PMI, protects the lender, not you.
Losing the income of a breadwinner to a serious medical situation could mean not being able to make those monthly mortgage payments.
And there goes the roof over your head.
There’s a special type of life insurance where you don’t have to die to get the money.
It pays monthly during emergencies.
It provides what are called living benefits.
Do you have those?
With supply chain security, which we call preparedness, you’d have enough food socked away to get your family through a period of distribution breakdown so no one went hungry.
How about medicines, supplements and housewares?
Like soap, toilet paper, Q-tips and garbage bags?
Which of these things should you stock up on now?
Maybe all of them?
But how much of each?
And where to store all of this stuff?
Have you even begun this process yet?
Or do you continue to live a just-in-time lifestyle?
I call this “Family Roulette.”
Are there answers and solutions to all of these risks?
Certainly, they’re just not on the tee-vee.
And they’re definitely not discussed from the pulpit.
God forbid.
Otherwise the church’s lucrative tax exemption might get yanked.
So much for separation of church and state.
Don’t look to licensed experts for the solutions you need.
They need to stay on a tight leash to keep their licenses active.
If only you could surround yourself with people who are educating themselves to the solutions to these risk vectors.
To the truths behind the illusion.
To align yourself with clear-minded people in a growing network of mutual connection, encouragement and support.
Then you’d stand a good chance of creating a real difference in what the future holds for you and your family.
And nothing could be more important.
Because history always repeats.
Civilizations come and civilizations go.
Republics become empires, and empires rise and fall.
Right now, we are Rome 2.0, and the Huns are at the door.
In fact, most of the Huns are inside the barnyard already.
I even wrote a song to commemorate the situation.
Let's Do Like The Romans Do
[waltz time...]
The Roman empire, they had it all, from Brittany to the end of Gaul.
The seat of power was in its flower, and Caesar was strutting tall.
But that all ended soon enough; seems old Augustus wasn't so tough.
The bottom fell out, the edges crumbled, Rome done fell and Empire stumbled.
Two thousand years then came to pass for history to repeat at last.
Along came Uncle Sam and the boys, to rumble again and make some noise.
Yes, Empire was back and walking tall; Earth was the prize, they'd have it all.
But Empires don't last, when will we all learn? So Nero move over, it's Sam's turn to burn.
So now let's..
Do like the Romans do
America, you're through
You took your best shot
Was that all that you got?
Retire the red, white and blue.
Let's do like the Romans done.
Their empire had its fun.
Their republic it rotted,
Their leaders besotted
The Huns put them all on the run!
Let's do like the Romans did
Turn out the lights and get rid
Of corruption and crime,
Graft, payoffs and slime
Chop up the bums and feed them to squid!
Yes, when the new Rome caves in
There'll be such an awful din
Gallows and guillotines,
Pitchforks and rope,
Something to give the taxpayers hope!
[repeat first chorus, with feeling!]
Thanks, I hope you enjoyed that.
Any musicians and singers in the crowd?
We need to create the RISE Depression Orchestra
Please, for the love of God, no accordians ...
Continuing…
Odds are high that the United States will fracture along racial, political and economic lines and disintegrate like the old Soviet Union did in 1991.
Once the smoke clears and the rebuilding begins, a New America will emerge.
One in which centuries-old mistakes in governance and economics can be corrected, and a new land of liberty can be created.
But only if the people are sufficiently educated to make that happen.
Who will these future people be?
They will be your children and grandchildren, your nieces and nephews.
And who will educate them?
Why, you will.
Getting from here to there is going to be difficult.
Each family will need to make some very smart decisions if they wish to survive, and possibly even thrive, as a result of what lies ahead.
As a participant in RISE, you will learn that you’re not crazy.
That the system really is designed to keep you down.
That politics, the media, the schools and the monetary system are designed to keep you thinking within narrow, pre-defined bounds.
Do you brand yourself a conservative?
Perhaps a libertarian?
Maybe even a voluntaryist or anarcho-capitalist?
Label yourself, and you’ve already bought a ticket to the Big Game.
The Super Bowl of the mind.
Designed to compartmentalize your thinking.
Political parties are a form of mind control.
People living under a written Constitution don’t need political parties.
As for keeping us all divided, aren’t we all people?
Don’t we all want the same things?
Aren’t we all in the same boat?
Can’t we all set our differences aside and come together to support each other?
Can’t we educate each other to our own points of view?
Can’t we find common ground in the interest of our very survival?
As a participant in RISE you will be taught the truth about the real life Matrix.
I call it the GRID.
G.R.I.D.
Which stands for Government. Religion. Illness. Debt.
The Matrix is easy to leave.
Just wake up and walk out.
The G.R.I.D.?
Not so much.
The Big Four that make up the G.R.I.D. are the major mind control platforms that the global elite use to steer the
public like a sheep herder steers his flock.
As a participant in R.I.S.E. you will be taught the truth about the real history of the United States.
About how our republic became an empire that is now failing.
You will learn to see through the lies.
To create a new life outside of the manufactured reality that surrounds you.
You will learn how you are being controlled, and how to free yourself.
You will learn the truth about money.
About the science of money creation and how to apply this science in your life.
You will learn why society is in collapse and what the future holds for those who fail to wake up.
You will learn how to create a new life outside of the current culture, a life in which you can feel safe and secure.
You will even learn the truth behind the energetic nature of reality.
How we are all one.
How we are all connected.
Why we are all here.
Let me present to you a list of questions that we’ll be discussing on our weekly meetups.
Questions that go to the very heart of what it means to be a citizen; to live as a truly free individual.
As you consider this list, ask yourself honestly whether you have any real idea how to answer most of these questions.
If you find that you cannot, how will you be able to influence the generations to come and create a better life for them?
Here is that list, and it’s just a partial list.
CURRICULUM
- Are all individuals born with the same natural rights or only certain individuals?
- Where do rights really come from?
- Can rights be taxed?
- What about privileges?
- Is it the very nature of government to be corrupt?
- Has there ever been a government that was not corrupt?
- How much of the Constitution is still in full force and effect today?
- How much power does the Constitution give to judges to make law?
- What is the peacetime equivalent of treason, like when Congress passes laws without reading them?
- Is a nation of limited conscience a prerequisite for corrupt government to thrive?
- Is anyone above the law?
- Is it possible that most Americans alive today don't know what form of government they live under?
- Is it possible to have political freedom without economic freedom?
- Is the Constitution too old-fashioned to still work?
- What was the high water mark of the American Republic?
- On what date in history did America officially adopted socialism?
- On what date in history did America cross the line into fascism?
- What is the difference between freedom and liberty?
- What is the highest lawful authority in the United States?
- What is the true nature and function of government?
- Whom do public servants serve first?
- What is the true purpose of political parties?
- Are your rulers honest today?
- Why type of government did America start out as?
- Why type of government do we have in America today?
- At what point throughout history have all democracies failed?
- Which types of government have slaughtered the greatest numbers of their own people?
- What are the hallmarks of a true American?
- What did Thomas Jefferson predict would happen after the Constitution had been in force for a while?
- What did Patrick Henry say when he first laid eyes on the Constitution?
- What would have to happen for the Constitution to be officially discarded?
- Are you willing to entrust your rulers with absolute power?
- Should any individual have the absolute power to dictate to another how he or she must live?
- If absolute power wishes to violate your rights, even end your life, what are your appeal options?
- Where could you go to be safe under a one-world government?
- Why did the drafters of the Constitution take an oath of silence until the last one had died?
- Is there any constitutional authority for the government to give billions of dollars to other countries each year in foreign aid?
- Why doesn’t Congress give this money to taxpayers instead so everyone can pay off their credit cards and mortgages?
- The Supreme Court said the 16th Amendment did not authorize the income tax, so what did it do?
- The government can print all the money it needs to meet its obligations, so why does it tax anyone?
- Do most Americans living today enjoy greater freedom than they did 50 years ago?
- Does applying for a license convert a right into a privilege?
- Does the law require you to apply for a license? What happens if you don't apply?
- How predictable are market cycles?
- How can you insulate yourself from the greater economy and create your own economy?
- How can you rapidly, even scientifically, escape the debt trap?
- What should you do to handle a falling market and protect your nest egg?
- How can you hedge against rising inflation and protect the purchasing power of your life savings?
- If food became scarce, how would you deal with armed, hungry neighbors?
- Since people engaged in producing things tend not to work for government, what types of individuals does government tend to attract?
- What are the actual facts behind the JFK assassination, the Moon Landing, Pearl Harbor and 9-11?
- What is the truth about global warming?
- What is the truth about public school?
- What is the truth behind successful investing?
- Under what economic conditions does prosperity flourish?
- What forms of gold and silver are most likely to avoid confiscation again?
- What forms of real money will be accepted in barter if the economy fails?
- What will the warning signs be when the dollar is on the brink of collapse?
- Where are the best places to live in the event of economic and social upheaval?
OK, that’s enough for now.
I hope these questions got you thinking.
If they’ve left you feeling a little lost, perhaps your formal education may not have given you everything you need to function as a citizen, not just as a consumer and taxpayer.
Let me close by asking you this.
Would you enjoy the company and community of others on the same journey as you?
Then join us on this journey.