Starting on the Survivalist Path

As pointed out by Aaron in the comments to Landon's post on getting together your survival library, a great starting point is www.survivalblog.com.  Survival Blog content is along the lines of self-sufficiency and survival - just a bit different form the subject matter here at CMH (although CMH does cover the subjects).  CMH is a general interest blog where we add what we think is interesting that we find, whatever the subject matter.  Jim Rawles has an excellent website with pretty much everything you would want on survival techniques and self-sufficiency.  I highly suggest you read his precepts on "what it means to be a modern day rational survivalist."  I think it sums up the reasons to be prepared.  Now I am certainly no Chicken Little screaming the sky is falling, but I certainly recognize storm clouds on the horizon that tells me that it might rain a little bit (or flood).  Just like the old saying, "It is better to have a gun and not need it, than to need a gun and not have it."

Also on Survival Blog, Mr. Rawles put together a "getting started" checklist.  Now obviously if you had the FRNs to go out and build an airtight retreat, you would have already done so.  But this checklist is an excellent resource to get you thinking about what you can do now, and for which things you need to be planning on purchasing in the near future.  this is just the starting point, and don't overlook my comment to Landon's Ranger Handbook post about printing on high quality paper with high quality ink for long lasting information.

BTW, I will be putting a blogroll on the side in the near future of some websites that I and other CMH contributors check regularly.  It is by no means exhaustive and if you have suggestions, please email me.

Posted by Huffdaddy at 3/22/2009 4:26 PM
Categories: Self Sufficiency,Economics,Food Preparation
 

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  • 3/23/2009 12:30 AM Buzz wrote:
    Face it. I'm a Luddite. Still can't figure out how to post crap despite Huffdaddy's detailed instructions.

    From Matt Taibbi: "We're fucked"
    http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/26793903/the_big_takeover/

    Viva la Revolucion!
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    1. 3/23/2009 10:02 PM Ryan wrote:
      That Taibbi article is probably the best explanation of the crisis (especially with AIG) that've I've read.  I'd advise everyone to talk a look.  And its got profanity, too. 
      And while i am pretty skeptical of gov. regulation, this stuff makes the case for lots and lots of vigilant government eyes looking at Wall Street, instead of the "trust business, because self interest will make sure that they run themselves well" (the Alan Greenspan philosophy that led thinking over the last 20 years).  Here's a snip: 

      [AIG's] wheeling and dealing was regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision, an agency that would prove to be defiantly uninterested in keeping watch over his operations. How a behemoth like AIG came to be regulated by the little-known and relatively small OTS is yet another triumph of the deregulatory instinct....

      Making matters even more hilarious, AIGFP — a London-based subsidiary of an American insurance company — ought to have been regulated by one of Europe's more stringent regulators, like Britain's Financial Services Authority. But the OTS[Office of Trust Supervision ]  managed to convince the Europeans that it had the muscle to regulate these giant companies. By 2007, the EU had conferred legitimacy to OTS supervision of three mammoth firms — GE, AIG and Ameriprise.

      That same year, as the subprime crisis was exploding, the Government Accountability Office criticized the OTS, noting a "disparity between the size of the agency and the diverse firms it oversees." Among other things, the GAO report noted that the entire OTS had only one insurance specialist on staff — and this despite the fact that it was the primary regulator for the world's largest insurer!

      "There's this notion that the regulators couldn't do anything to stop AIG," says a government official who was present during the bailout. "That's bullshit. What you have to understand is that these regulators have ultimate power. They can send you a letter and say, 'You don't exist anymore,' and that's basically that. They don't even really need due process. The OTS could have said, 'We're going to pull your charter; we're going to pull your license; we're going to sue you.' And getting sued by your primary regulator is the kiss of death."

      When AIG finally blew up, the OTS regulator ostensibly in charge of overseeing the insurance giant — a guy named C.K. Lee — basically admitted that he had blown it. His mistake, Lee said, was that he believed all those credit swaps in Cassano's portfolio were "fairly benign products." Why? Because the company told him so.


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  • 3/24/2009 7:34 PM Huffdaddy wrote:
    I agree with Ryan. This is probably the best run down on the whole implosion. ODB has been issuing prophecies on the whole derivative meltdown since I met him. Turns out that bastard was right. I always agreed with him, but I guess I just never could fathom the depths to which it would sink. Oh yeah, I also think it is just getting started.
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  • 3/24/2009 7:35 PM Huffdaddy wrote:
    Oh yeah, BTW - he who controls the spice, controls the universe.
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    1. 3/24/2009 9:51 PM Aaron wrote:
      the spice was a comodity not fiat
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      1. 3/24/2009 10:39 PM Huffdaddy wrote:
        No shit Sherlock! Of course it was a commodity. However in our situation, our fiat just so happens to be the world's reserve currency. And if all the guys at the top gubmint positions are bankers (or owned by bankers) then they control it all. Hence "The Creature From Jekyll Island" and the control it exerts by controling the "spice" of our universe.
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        1. 3/25/2009 1:34 AM Aaron wrote:
          Thulsa Doom began by worshiping the power of the sword. as his empire grew into the cult of Thulsa Doom and he was worshipped as a living god, he began to worship the intangible power of control through manipulation and persuasion. all the way up until Conan chopped his head and threw it down the stairs.

          the penis mightier? i think not
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  • 6/18/2009 2:08 AM Tony Phillips wrote:
    Good post, but have you thought about Starting on the Survivalist Path before?
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