I apparently missed all the fuss lately. Since I don’t watch television, all of the bird flu stories have just “flown” right by me. But I’ve been absolutely buried trying to get the new shopping cart shipping module fully functional, so I’ve not yet seen or even read the stories regarding these MSM reports.

I don’t suppose I’ve missed anything. I’ve been keeping up with the bird flu as the stories are being posted on the Net. But here is something interesting: I’m now tracking the site visitors to my website (food store). This is averaging well in excess of 120 - 160 visitors per hour right now. I’ve never seen anything like it. You’d think my phone would be ringing off the hook, but it’s not. Apparently, lots and lots of people are taking a look around on the site and then leaving.

This could mean many different things.

a) they didn’t find what they wanted
b) they didn’t like what they saw
c) they were just window shopping
d) their having problems accessing the site
e) they don’t have any money
f) they’re really not serious about preparations
g) they’ll order elsewhere
h) ??

Having done price comparisms, I know that we still have the best prices around. So I opt for c, e, and f. But the sheer numbers is rather staggering, my ISP is already complaining.

If I’m right, if people are just window shopping, and they don’t have any money, and they’re really not serious about taking measures for self-preservation, then comparing this to the actual completed orders I’m seeing (far less then 1%), this means that in the face of bad news, more bad news and repeated warnings, people still “don’t get it”. And aren’t likely to either.

Don’t get me wrong - I’m not complaining or worry about getting orders right now, I’m busy enough, but I am really pondering the significance of the numbers I’m seeing. These numbers represent over 2,000 people per day, or using a very conservative estimate of 75 visitors per hour, 75 x 24 = 1800 visitors per day.

Let’s drop that number a little bit just for discussion purposes. I could check the logs and pick apart the actual unique visitor traffic, but don’t really have the time to do that just now. The numbers are what the numbers are. The real proof of the pudding is what are people actually doing? Are they just window shopping? Is that what you are seeing? Are they just checking things out but are still not making their individual preparations?

The danger here should be obvious. My site is only one of hundreds that are out there. Using a very conservative estimate of 1200 visitors per day x 200 sites, this is 240,000 people. That’s a quarter of a million people per day. Not 1% of them “get it”, even though they are “kicking tires”, looking around, checking things out, etc.

I’m not sure expolating the numbers over a week is the least bit accurate, but we could be talking about at least 1 - 2 million people per week who are window shopping. Does that sound about right? I know the MSM reaches a far, far larger audience then this, but how many are taking the time to get serious enough to simply window shop?

I don’t know. I don’t think there is any easy way to find out. But here is what I do know:

I’m still seeing serious “disbelief” that personal preparations are a smart idea. I have received plenty of phone calls that husbands and wives and family members think “you’re crazy” for wanting to stock up, “just in case”. Some callers have revealed that simply discussing the issues is causing major fights, disagreements and anger. I can believe it.

But the state of denial that is obviously evident is representative of a far more serious problem and that is dependency. People in vast, vast numbers prefer the dependency of the system and what it represents for them (the good AND the bad points). They’re simply not willing to take charge for their own lives. The very thought of doing so brings about resentment, anger, fear and upset and sometimes, they lash out. This has caused more then one divorce. I know of many divorced couples who have reached the “irreconcilable difference” stage because one spouse vehemently disagreed with the other over these things.

This is sad and terribly tragic and when you come right down to it, it makes no sense at all. It’s insensible and illogical to fail to take care of oneself. This doesn’t have anything to do with me and buying food stuffs - I’m talking about how people come to severe disagreement over something as logical and sensible as taking responsibility for their own future. When you wipe away all the dross and all the heated arguments, it comes down to this: are you responsible for your own welfare, or is someone else?

The answer to that is self-evident, if you possess reasonable mental faculties. Which means, since so many reject this simple answer, they are neither reasonable nor in charge of their mental faculties. This as tragic as it is, is probably the case.

People have long since given up their “independence” and instead are highly dependent upon the existing infrastructure and system to keep them alive. And why not? It was easier that way (and still is). But this over-dependence has created an entire culture of mentally handicapped people who are incapable of simply thinking and understanding what their dependency really means. They will be (are) victims of their own lack of self-interest. In other words, the lack of self awareness and self discipline to take care of their own needs, even something as simple as being prepared for bad times, makes them victims to everything that could and does happen in their lives, everything that is outside of the “norm” or outside of what they system is designed to support.

I’ve written about the Katrina victims who exhibited this same dependency and “victim status”. This is prevelant in the general population, it’s everwhere. With millions upon millions of people in America alone that embrace and live by this code of dependency, this all by itself is a cataclysmic disaster of uncountable proportions. They will simply be totally unable to cope with any sort of disruption or disaster because they have failed in one especially crucial area : mental preparation.

There are other crucial areas, but a mental attitude towards “taking care of oneself” is the most crucial. From this begets emotional preparation, physical preparations and planning (financial, physical, etc.).

If they won’t prepare now, when there is time, opportunity, abundance and threads of “properity” (money), what do you suppose will happen when disaster actually strikes? Answer: chaos.

What I find the most disturbing of all is the lack of self-awareness this all signifies. The “dependency” conditioning that is so pervasive, so permeating and so saturating the very thought processes of millions of people. This is surrounded by tripwires and alarm bells, so that if you even simply discuss some of these issues, it’s instant verbal war and conflict, even divorce.

How do these people live? Well, I know the answer to that already. It’s a world I “left behind” in a sense by rejecting the commonly accepted reasoning and corresponding dependency that is found everywhere today. I’m not seeking to compare myself to anyone else, but I am trying to convey just how very strange this dependency lifestyle is to me - in the face of tons and tons of bad news, more bad news and even more expected bad news.

I’m not the one who making up this news - I’m just “reporting” it as I do on this blog. These are events that are happening now all around the world yet it still fails to register in the cognitive thought processes of people, which makes me think they are sombulent zombies - they’re not awake at all.

One person told me to stop selling food and quit trying to save people. The thought has crossed my mind. It’s going to be bad enough with dealing with the survivors of post-crash, post-peak, post-global warming (that doesn’t exist), post-economic depression and on and on. People who did “get it”, people who prepped, prepared and who cognizant of the dire need to wake the hell up, realize what was happening in our world and were prepared to take charge of their own lives and do something about it.

Wow! Getting distracted here. Just checked this hour’s shopping cart activity, there are 266 active connections right now (no sales). Now I’ve NEVER seen numbers that high. But this is only proving what this blog post is about.

They don’t get it. And they probably won’t either - ever.

Why? Because what people do is what really “proves” anything. Got a pet desire? Prove it (do it). Believe in what you say? Then do it. Believe in what someone else say’s? Then do it. It’s not what is being said - it’s what is being done that counts. This is why we can safely call Shrub a liar and a murderer (and all of his henchmen).

This is why the “get it’s” will be easily demonstratable by their actions, even though they don’t have all the answers (nobody does).

This ties into my blog post, The Source. The party continues, even in the face of repeated warnings. As expected.

I also hinted in that post as to “the answer”, which isn’t a single answer (I hope you weren’t expecting that), but a multi-faceted, multi-layered conclusion-response to an equally torturous global crisis and mass consumer conditioning.

It will probably prove to be the hardest thing you have ever done. But I see no other way for the (potential) survival of the human race unless this is undertaken. More to come.