{"id":40696,"date":"2021-02-16T13:26:26","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:26:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hcsblogdotorg.wordpress.com\/?p=40696"},"modified":"2021-02-16T13:26:26","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T19:26:26","slug":"rolling-blackouts-in-texas-are-just-another-example-of-why-self-sufficiency-and-not-government-dependence-should-be-the-name-of-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2021\/02\/16\/rolling-blackouts-in-texas-are-just-another-example-of-why-self-sufficiency-and-not-government-dependence-should-be-the-name-of-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling Blackouts in Texas are Just Another Example of Why Self-Sufficiency and not Government Dependence Should be the Name of the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Texas did rolling blackouts, but there&#039;s still power outages | The Why\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ii_YKusA-ME?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>I have been hearing a lot of back and forth blame gaming by both liberals and conservatives about the rolling Texas Black-outs currently being done to meet the high demand for power during this unprecedented winter storm. One side says it&#8217;s because of bad energy policy that leans too heavily on &#8220;Green&#8221; energy and the other side says it&#8217;s because of too much dependence on fossil fuels.<\/h2>\n<h2>Actually, the truth is neither of these.<\/h2>\n<h2>The truth as to why these black out are having to occur can be essentially summed up in two words: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.click2houston.com\/news\/local\/2021\/02\/16\/expert-says-power-outages-in-texas-result-of-poor-planning-on-multiple-levels\/\"><em>BUREAUCRATIC INNEFFICIENCY.<\/em><\/a><\/h2>\n<h2>My take as a fellow Texan and person currently living through this mess is as follows:<\/h2>\n<h2>If you are depending on ANYONE else beside yourself (including any Government agency, liberal or conservative led) for your health and well being, you are living in a fantasy land and placing yourself behind the eight ball willingly.<\/h2>\n<h2>Self-Sufficiency is the name of the game if you want to survive and thrive. If you&#8217;re not Prepping now for the next disaster, I suggest you begin before it&#8217;s too late. Prepping is not just a trendy thing to do anymore, it&#8217;s a mindset and culture.<\/h2>\n<h2>A little pre-thought and planning goes a long way in situations like this and can be the difference not just in being comfortable or uncomfortable but actually between life and death!<\/h2>\n<h2>Stay Alert, Armed and Dangerous!<\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; I have been hearing a lot of back and forth blame gaming by both liberals and conservatives about the rolling Texas Black-outs currently being done to meet the high demand for power during this unprecedented winter storm. One side says it&#8217;s because of bad energy policy that leans too heavily on &#8220;Green&#8221; energy and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[74,2086,398,399,2161,3727],"tags":[5823,8908,7733],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40696"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40696"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40696\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}