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To: wolfcreek
My Wife reads a blog out of Argentina from people who went through this. I wasn't pretty. (wish I had the link)

Now you do:

Lessons from Argentina's economic collapse

Key lesson for FReepers: rural residency and gun ownership are no guarantee of safety. If anything, isolationists are begging for trouble if a similar SHTF scenario happens here.

149 posted on 02/19/2009 2:46:07 PM PST by Mr. Jeeves ("One man's 'magic' is another man's engineering. 'Supernatural' is a null word." -- Robert Heinlein)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Thanks. You’re are so right. A generator, solar battery charger and a little more ammo and we’ll be OK for a while.

It’s tough because there are so many different scenarios to prepare for.

The idiots who think none of this could happen will be eaten.


153 posted on 02/19/2009 2:54:32 PM PST by wolfcreek (There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Argentina is NOW. People want to act like we are immune. We are not immune and the government ignoring all of America in this stimulus is an indicator we are not in control anymore.


155 posted on 02/19/2009 3:08:34 PM PST by autumnraine (Freedom's just another word for nothing left to lose- Kris Kristoferrson VIVA LA REVOLUTION!)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

I love this part.

“After TSHTF in 2001, only the most narrow minded, brain washed, butterfly IQ level idiots believed that the police would protect them from the crime wave that followed the collapse of our”


169 posted on 02/19/2009 3:50:56 PM PST by wolfcreek (There is no 2 party system only arrogant Pols and their handlers)
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To: Mr. Jeeves

Thank you for posting that Mr. Jeeves. I will be using the informaiton at the link to sober up a few family members.


193 posted on 02/19/2009 8:01:41 PM PST by Smokin' Joe (How often God must weep at humans' folly. Stand fast. God knows what He is doing.)
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