tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post780773555303750592..comments2024-03-26T09:49:07.212-07:00Comments on The Scratching Post: A Self-Inflicted Scorched Earth CampaignK T Cathttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-90801473378727388792020-12-05T08:56:42.744-08:002020-12-05T08:56:42.744-08:00One more factor to consider in the re-supplying is...One more factor to consider in the re-supplying is that almost all the manufacturing capacity is in the blue areas. The blue areas run out of food, the red areas run out of bullets, seeds (most farm products now are non-germinating), gasoline, etc. They still wind up needing to trade. Over the long run, the red areas lose the transfer of cash from the blue areas, as well. They become more and more impoverished.<br /><br />The two areas need each other.One Browhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11938816242512563561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-17648376744442669922020-12-04T16:15:34.196-08:002020-12-04T16:15:34.196-08:00I wonder if a flash point might be the businesspeo...I wonder if a flash point might be the businesspeople who have been whiplashed and bankrupted by lockdown decrees. I've seen enough of them ranting and raving to wonder if they might be pushed too far. Throw in a disputed election and some Kamala overreach and who knows. <br /><br />In any case, I think I've concluded that a band of 30 or so anti-ANTIFAns operating from the perimeter of Portland could do way more damage in a week than what the loons have done in four months.<br /><br />One more thought. Our Army bases are almost all in red states and then in the red regions of the red states. Unlike the leadup to the Civil War where soldiers stationed outside the nation of their allegiance took their weapons with them and headed home, a Blue tanker at, say, Fort Hood, wouldn't be taking their Abrams home to Laguna Nigel with them. They'd leave with the clothes on their backs and that's all.<br /><br />As you say, though, it's far more of a thought exercise than anything else.K T Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10259428595745509790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22301740.post-10810022851471089732020-12-04T10:30:22.228-08:002020-12-04T10:30:22.228-08:00"I have no idea what the outcome would be bec..."I have no idea what the outcome would be because I don't think there are coherent demands on either side except maybe the Reds asking to be let alone."<br /><br />That's exactly the problem I have with understanding what a "civil war" would be like, or why one would start. It is not clear exactly what any of the plausible participants would actually want, or how they think fighting would help them get it. And to be fair, I am not really seeing a lot of sentiment around here for actually fighting with anyone. <br /><br />Like up here in the UP, for example. Supposedly the UP is "crawling with militias" (but only if by "militia" you mean, "bunch of guys who like to get together to target-shoot and maybe gripe about the government). But so what if it is? Nobody is invading. Heck, hardly anybody even wants to live here in the first place, let alone invade. And if they did invade, what would they get for their trouble? Lumber? Iron ore? Bits of native copper? Snow?<br /><br />And going the other way, it's an 8-hour drive from here to Lansing, even assuming the roads are clear and nobody is trying to stop you. And out of the 10 million people in Michigan, about 9.5 million of them live south of Bay City, which is still a 7-hour drive. So who the heck are they going to engage in combat with? And over what?<br /><br />Now, I can see the possibility of specific cities being mismanaged so badly that all the police just throw up their hands in disgust and quit, and roving gangs tearing the place apart until they get reorganized. But I don't see why it should happen to more than a few cities. And I really can't see why any rural people would care to go to the cities to participate in this. I mean, what would be the point?tim eiselehttp://somethingscrawlinginmyhair.comnoreply@blogger.com