I came across a great article on Newsweek that had to do with the modern day “Survivalist“, and how there is a movement of people preparing to take responsibility for themselves. No different than what we should be doing as a part of our own personal disaster recovery plan, but on a larger scale. Not meaning they are building bunkers, but many are preparing to be self sufficient for long periods of time.
Newsweek says, “A decade later, “preppers” are what you might call survivalism’s Third Wave: regular people with jobs and homes whose are increasingly fearful about the future—their paranoia compounded by 24-hour cable news.”
Read the entire article here and be sure to watch the video as well. I’d love to hear your comments. Do you have emergency supplies and food at your house and in your car?
I’m a subscriber to the Vertical Research Advisory Newsletter written by Kip Herriage and in his most recent update there were a number of points he made that makes one pause and really take note. I was going to include a few of his quotes on this post, but because there were too many to include I decided to post the majority of his article. Please view the video included as well. Then, please comment on what you think afterwards…. I’m very interested to hear your viewpoint.
Article by Kip Herriage:
Over the last year, and more specifically, once our governments massive bailouts began (or more accurately, taxpayer funded bailouts), I began to research and write about where these misguided money wasters could ultimately take us. As background I used the Great Depression for my research, as this decade (1929-1940) served as a laboratory experiment for failed policies that should never be repeated.
Under Presidents Hoover and Roosevelt, the New Deal created government program after government program, each with the supposed intention of rescuing continue reading »
Take a look at the post today on BabyBoomersBlueprint for my comments on how quickly the holidays came this year, and more importantly those things I’m so grateful for. How about you, what made it to your gratitude journal?
You can hide your head in the sand or you can take control of your destiny (or someone else will). What can you do to prosper in 2010 so you aren’t affected by the decline in this video?
Jumpstart 2010 by increasing your value because you’re either going to profit wildly from it, or continue reading »
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