[appleseed]

So some are stocking up and making contingency plans: buying weapons, planting gardens and investing in gold and silver.

Some have done it for years just as a way of life. $8,000 in guns and ammo - She lived through the Great Depression - Sounds like she's ready this time.

[appleseed]

Self Reliant/Survivalist ping list

[djsherin]

Ping

[appleseed]

100 Items Likely to disappear First in a Panic

http://floridapreppersnetwork.blogspot.com/2009/02/100-items-likely-to-disappear-first-in.html

[4rcane]

the survivers with the food/gun and wealth will be the Republicans. Democrats will bet on Obama’s hope and change and fall with it

[RC one]

I was never all that worried about Y2K and I didn't panic over swine flu or bird flu (though I prepared a bit for them). This economic thing is different. This has been a long time coming and the signs are definitely there, something wicked this way comes. So, I'm not betting the farm on the meltdown of western civilization but I have invested in ways that will allow me to survive should it happen. Bottom line, I don't have faith in Barack Obama or this government. We are where we are because of them, so why would I have faith that they will fix this mess; furthermore, why would I have faith that a 47 year old crackhead african american from Chicago with no experience running anything except political campaigns is going to pull us out of this fire? We have our enemies arming themselves with nukes. We have our currency struggling to remain viable in the global economy. We have rampant unemployment, a crushing debt burden, a trade deficit from hell, two wars going on against a determined and resilient foe, another war on the horizon... What me worry?

[wafflehouse]

very interesting comments at this article

[meyer]

Obambi is running the federal government much like Dennis Kucinich ran the city of Cleveland back when he was mayor. The only difference is that the fed has a printing press while Cleveland lived on credit.

Cleveland eventually had to file for bankruptcy, and I suspect that the federal government will reach an equally drastic ending as entities around the world quit buying bonds that have no future value.

[autumnraine]

“She was 80-something and wore the scars of the Great Depression. It had crippled her family, she told store owner Gordon Schorer, wiping out their savings in a bank failure. Now, near the end of her life, she worried the U.S. was headed down the same road, and she wasn’t going to make that trip — not without a fight.

She had stockpiled more than a year’s worth of food, put most of her money in precious metals and today was looking for a little insurance.

“She bought $8,000 of guns and ammo,” Schorer said. “She’s afraid of the future. Afraid she could lose everything.”

Glad to know I’m not the only one and if this woman who lived feels it, I’m not so nuts for my stockpiles of food and stuff.

[ctdonath2]

Actually, $8K isn’t a lot for such purchases.
Roughly,
2 quality ARs: $3000
4+ cases .223: $2000
2 9mm Glocks: $1000
3+ cases 9mm: $1000
1 Mossberg + shells: $1000