Posted on 05/11/2012 7:47:07 PM PDT by Lowell1775
Well it finally happened, we have been approached by a production company that shoots reality shows for Discovery and History Channel! Now for the kicker, I turned them down flat.
Despite the fact that this could have really put OSS on the map and likely free’d me from my day job to work full time on bringing you guys, our readers more and better REALITY based survival info, I could not sacrifice my integrity to say yes to these folks.
The premise of the show being shot, is heavy on weapons and prepping, mainly the weapons aspect. They wanted to spend time here at the ranch and that just will not happen, not for a show focused on guns (my assault flintlock would likely befuddle them anyway).
Folks, we have said it again and again, this is not a hobby for us, it’s how we live every day, a simpler, “Jeffersonian” life. It’s not about guns and ammo, and it’s not about how much stuff you have, it’s about the stuff you have in your head and heart and how you utilize it, that differentiates the survivor from the refugee or victim. Until “Hollywood” realizes this, you had might as well just fire up the Walter Mathau and Robin Williams classic “Survivors”, because that is how they see us , they just don’t understand that its about SIMPLICITY and FREEDOM not FEAR.
I was very polite in declining these folks and told them if they ever wanted to shoot a bit on real survival, where exchanging lead is a low priority and self reliance and know-how was a premium, they know where to find us.
Brother Rat,
You don't see this everyday. My second favorite website just turned down a history channel solicitation to be the next "Prepper Dance with the Stars".
If you are serious about how to "stay alive and thrive" as the bad days get worse...check out this guy's tips on solar, beekeeping, gardening, canning, etc. It is page after page FREE on all the really adult and necessary things the "guns and gear guys" will find out will be worth far more real soon than that 3rd AR15 with a Tijicon.
I have used lots of his tips in my own prep. OMG, he even has stuff about guns......like sex in a movie, every prepper site has to have some gun scenes....ooooh baby. Talk dirty to me.
http://www.opensourcesurvival.com/?p=2032
This show also ruins OPSEC and invites local government scrutiny, from CPS to zoning to public health.
Good for them
You have to be a bloomin’ onion dolt to sign up for a tv reality (you’ve been outed)series on being a prepper.
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