tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post4459911590922969460..comments2024-01-03T05:18:54.650-05:00Comments on CDR Salamander: Sal, what is it like in the dark?CDR Salamanderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05981221786954902349noreply@blogger.comBlogger33125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-5154326488405311912010-05-24T07:36:57.000-04:002010-05-24T07:36:57.000-04:00Share ... share ... don't keep secrets, unless...Share ... share ... don't keep secrets, unless of course it is the natural well on your property. cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-65087696135914040112010-05-24T00:49:44.000-04:002010-05-24T00:49:44.000-04:00You feel sorry for us? We aren't the ones shop...You feel sorry for us? We aren't the ones shopping at ammoman.com =-O Ouch! There are much better resources out there; five point loss in the prepared category for that one. Someone_Bloggednoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-57775501111729268662010-05-23T00:34:09.000-04:002010-05-23T00:34:09.000-04:00Great late night thinking; fortunately, economists...Great late night thinking; fortunately, economists are mostly wrong. More hope - not BHO's hopey/changey unicorn version - in our American people, more drinking, ready with a plan & more ammo sums it up.<br /><br />The glass has to remain half full...even with the many challenges.DM05noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-31041848032173965402010-05-23T00:14:58.000-04:002010-05-23T00:14:58.000-04:00Nothing is binary.Nothing is binary.cdrsalamandernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-63750647118210368752010-05-22T23:46:53.000-04:002010-05-22T23:46:53.000-04:00So if the economy crashes, what difference does de...So if the economy crashes, what difference does debt free make?bizjetmechnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-78457361150079789392010-05-22T23:38:09.000-04:002010-05-22T23:38:09.000-04:00I too believe in the US, maybe because history giv...I too believe in the US, maybe because history gives us perspective. US has gone thru Civil War with its then-unimaginable casualties, decisively broke the stalemate of WW I, survived the Great Depression to kill everything Hitler's Germany and Imperial Japan could throw at it, and stared back the Soviet bear for 40 years until the Bear lost the will to fight. Lately you have managed to fight and win COIN campaign in the heart of the Islamic world. And you think a mere econmy crisis is going to finish you off?ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-72149077622546390682010-05-22T23:30:14.000-04:002010-05-22T23:30:14.000-04:00Re; Demographics - sorry, but only alternative is ...Re; Demographics - sorry, but only alternative is State telling people to have more sex without contraceptives and enforcing that. Or do you think society can be propaganded or bribed into having more children?ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74556332657983906092010-05-22T23:13:44.000-04:002010-05-22T23:13:44.000-04:00Not an end timer, but a prudent situational awaren...Not an end timer, but a prudent situational awareness is a potential life saver. My son was at college in DC on 9//11/01 and was walking to school up Mass Ave when the pentagon got hit. We had previously discussed evacuating from DC, cause well, it's DC. We had agreed that driving was impossible to make headway and had selected an evacuation route along the C&O canal towpath west out of Georgetown. Being a backpacker he had all the wilderness equipment to shelter and purify water. With a bike in good repair, along with a little food he would be able to make an easy 100 miles in two days. Depending upon how many else had similar ideas, of course. Not fool proof but it was a plan that gave some comfort as sirens and emergency units flooded into the DC area. As it was he had to do a cipro regimine as he had handeled mail from Brentwood facility in his part time job. NONE of this did I ever contemplate was I dropped him off at college in 98. Only regret is that he could not legally possess a fire arm in the district. Would have been handy to discourage bike thieves. Be prepared.fdchief100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16178883777097155392010-05-22T18:36:46.000-04:002010-05-22T18:36:46.000-04:00We have seen those riots more than once in LA. 19...We have seen those riots more than once in LA. 1968 and 1992. Law abiding citizens in this country use their guns to defend against the criminal element, and the tyrrany of their own government, should it come to that. UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-64325090375711145602010-05-22T18:07:59.000-04:002010-05-22T18:07:59.000-04:00Heh,
I am partial to both Evan Williams and Jim...Heh,<br /><br /> I am partial to both Evan Williams and Jim Beam. However, Maker's Mark is always good, as is Knob Creek. It depends a lot on what you are going to do with it. Since I drink it neat, or with a little ice in summer, I usually go for the Evan Williams or Knob Creek.AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-35108327195526963582010-05-22T17:36:01.000-04:002010-05-22T17:36:01.000-04:00bourbon recommendations?
p'raps i need to exp...bourbon recommendations?<br /><br />p'raps i need to expand my palate.butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-17550969658112082902010-05-22T16:55:02.000-04:002010-05-22T16:55:02.000-04:00Then imagine the downtown LA in case of rioting on...Then imagine the downtown LA in case of rioting on the Greek scale, and even in a "gun restricitve" state theres more guns than in whole Europe (-Switzerland). Law abiding citizens arent usually the rioting ones, anyway. In Greece worst rioters are youth without jobs and poor perspectives for any soon.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-84399984826240335362010-05-22T15:50:39.000-04:002010-05-22T15:50:39.000-04:00 More is always better, where bourbon is concerned... More is always better, where bourbon is concerned. That's been my experience, at least. ;)AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-74090311875986212132010-05-22T15:43:40.000-04:002010-05-22T15:43:40.000-04:00Stumbled across this site http://www.survivalmonke...Stumbled across this site http://www.survivalmonkey.com/forum/ while (unsuccessfully) trying to find a link to the "Lights Out" post-EMP SHTF story online. Looks fairly comprehensive.<br /><br />I think I've got enough space between me and the Hordes of the Potomac for most situations, but still way too reliant on fossil fuels for long-term survival.<br /><br />At least according to http://www.carloslabs.com/projects/200903A/index.html I'm outside of the 1psi ring for anything smaller than about 10Mt. That assumes that Dear Leader actually hits what he aims at, though.Grumpy Old Hamnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15114730870332823962010-05-22T15:08:08.000-04:002010-05-22T15:08:08.000-04:00My wife and oldest daughter used to think I was nu...My wife and oldest daughter used to think I was nuts, some sort of end-timer. However, after Katrina hit they took a little more notice.<br /><br />My point was to start your preparations dor survival by learning the skills you need for day-to-day efforts. All the gear in the world won't help if you don't know how to use it.<br /><br />My talks to the family were simple: I'll give you a situation, and you think it through. Say, for example, that it's the middle of winter. There's something coming, and we have 24 hours before we evacuate. What do you do? What do you pack? Priorities. Where are we going, how are we getting there. etc. Now suppose we have only 12 hours to eveacuate. Or 1 hour? How does that change your plans. Are we leaving for a few days or forever?<br /><br />Thinking it through BEFORE it happens is always better than having to make it up as you go along. Knowing where the escape routes are, where the fuel and water stops are, camping areas, etc. It all matters, and just a few hour's thought can mean the difference between life and death. Between being a survivor or a statistic.<br /><br />respects,AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6553151876130807642010-05-22T14:57:07.000-04:002010-05-22T14:57:07.000-04:00You Betcha!You Betcha!AW1 Timnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-13104084130526171712010-05-22T14:52:47.000-04:002010-05-22T14:52:47.000-04:00Sorry, Ewok.
Downtown LA is already unsafe with a...Sorry, Ewok.<br /><br />Downtown LA is already unsafe with an incredibly high murder rate. And the ones that have the guns in such a gun-restricting state like CA are NOT the law-abiding, nor largely the ones reliant on the government dole for their income. If law-abiding citizens were allowed to possess guns as our Constitution is supposed to ensure, such a situation would not exist. <br /><br />Of course, law-abiding citizens by and large DON'T have guns because intrusive nanny-state politicians make it far too costly and onerous to possess one, because the think they know better than the citizens what is best for them. They also believe there is no right to self-defense (despite public pronouncements), as that is the government's (read: law enforcement's) job. <br /><br />Precisely the philosophy of government and freedoms that got us to the precipice we currently overlook.UltimaRatioRegisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-16513724284246338092010-05-22T14:28:45.000-04:002010-05-22T14:28:45.000-04:00this is why i've stopped drinking.
maybe i sh...this is why i've stopped drinking.<br /><br />maybe i should drnk more, instead.butchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-23107937204014868162010-05-22T13:14:00.000-04:002010-05-22T13:14:00.000-04:00Ireland acttually quietly has emergency-slashed bu...Ireland acttually quietly has emergency-slashed budget, with quiet acceptance from the unions frozen any public sector salaries for time being and started reducing etats. I have faith in them.<br />As for the Greek mobs, imagine every one of them has a gun or 3. Then move situation to downtown LA. Shudder.ewok40knoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-6968526569497154262010-05-22T12:44:26.000-04:002010-05-22T12:44:26.000-04:00What's that poison you're drinking, Phib? ...What's that poison you're drinking, Phib? Pass me the bottle. I'm hiding under my bed. =-O <br /><br />Demographics will get you all the time. No one has been listening to the warnings.<br /><br />Although Ireland looks dire, I predict they won't do the same rioting as the Greeks. The Irish expect life to <a href="http://www.cracked.com/article_16017_6-reasons-irish-arent-so-lucky.html" rel="nofollow">crap</a> on them. They don't live in the land of sunshine and ouzo. They live in the land of rain and beer. And they actually have a dark sense of humor. Which they throw at themselves like rocks, as opposed to the Greeks who go looking for windows and policemen. <br /><br />Plus, the Irish like policemen. <br /><br />So: My prediction: When Ireland's economy goes Tango Umbrella (for the 5th time in a century at least), they'll just laugh at it, invent some really funny new jokes, and pour themselves another Guinness.<br /><br />Just my theory based on personal experience. And another thing... really... beware of Greeks bearing gifts! ;)DeltaBravonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-81748582314952437712010-05-22T12:38:12.000-04:002010-05-22T12:38:12.000-04:00"A human being should be able to change a dia..."A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently and die gallantly. Specialization is for insects."<br /><a rel="nofollow"> -- Robert A. Heinlein</a>ponsdorfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-12334873348857511352010-05-22T11:56:15.000-04:002010-05-22T11:56:15.000-04:00Interesting times.
The wonder is that folks like ...Interesting times.<br /><br />The wonder is that folks like Phib and crew are doing the pondering and planning, while our "leaders" do nothing but perpetuate or aggrevate the problems that are the root causes.<br /><br />Perhaps the alternatives, although horrible to contemplate, must be faced and prepared for at the household level, across the red states, as the blue states wil likely just continue their lifestyle of dependency, descending into looting when SHTF.<br /><br />Amen to Mark Steyn being a lucid voice inthe wilderness, although singing a song we rather not listen to.Johnnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-48179361472924538412010-05-22T11:44:36.000-04:002010-05-22T11:44:36.000-04:00Oh my. You guys are a treat to read on a Saturday...Oh my. You guys are a treat to read on a Saturday morning. :)Kristennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-15166801570802919762010-05-22T11:05:18.000-04:002010-05-22T11:05:18.000-04:00<span>Phib,
Gret topic and one I consider ...<span>Phib, <br />Gret topic and one I consider also. Down in Hurricane country, in the after math of our own SHTF, I didnt like the mobs of unprepared soccer moms fighting over a bag of ice and a lousy MRE or the news showing one of the "entitled class" complain on TV cause "my RME was cold and unfit for my nourishment"... meaning she had no idead how to heat it nor the inclination to figure it out. My point, you can be prepared and must be prepared but the people around you are not and they will surely try to take what you have put aside as the parable Ant and the Grasshopper shows. SO OPSEC! <br /> <br />What I am doing? stocking up the pantry and learning to garden like AW1 is. I am conserving the brass to learn to reload, I am teaching my family not only how to point and shoot the AR's but what to consider beyond the mob that is sure to come. Water is a hard fact and how to get it, that is my one main concern. Strange and scary, now when I drive around my neigborhood, I think about the what if's now of how to barricade my street and what to say to the neigbors when the time comes to defend the hood from the roving baddies. I hope we have a canary to send the signal when the time has come, but what if we do not? Will we Balkanize? Will we get a say in it locally? Or will we be moving in mass migrations out of the areas where the idealogy and govt does or does not suit us? </span><br /><span></span><br /><span>The time to develop a plan is before the battle. A shame we are even contemplating such dire future events, but we at the gates usually are the most atune to it.. as for debt? won't matter in the new balkans... the gun will matter. those with the guns will matter. Your own polity will be the differance and your standing with your neighbors will be the edge.</span><br /><span></span><br /><span>Old Salt, My Flag will be flying also... but I hope it will be a symbol of whats ahead rather than what was behind us.</span>MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704146.post-37635712301570529312010-05-22T10:55:46.000-04:002010-05-22T10:55:46.000-04:00Phib,
Gret topic and one I consider also. Down in...Phib,<br />Gret topic and one I consider also. Down in Hurricane country, I didnt like the mobs of unprepared soccer moms fighting over a bag of ice and a lousy MRE and then have the news show one of the "entitled class" complian on TV coause "my RME was cold and unfit for my nourishment"... meaning she had no idead how to heat it nor the inclination to figure it out. My point, you can be prepared and must be prepared but the people around you are not and they will surely try to take what you hav eput aside as the parable Ant and the Grasshopper shows. SO OPSEC!<br /><br />What I am doing? stocking up the pantry and learning to garden like AW1 is. I am conserving the brass to learn to reload, I am teaching my family not to point and shoot the AR but what to consider beyond the mob that is sure to come. Water is a hard fact and how to get it. that is my one main concern. Strange and scary, now when I drive around my neigborhood, I think about the what if's now of how to barricade my street and what to say to the neigbors when the time comes to defend the hood from the roving baddies. I hope we have a canary to send the signal that the time has come, but what if we do not? Time to develop a plan is before the battle. A shame we are contemplating such dire future events, but we at the gates usually are the most atune to it.. as for debt? won't matter in the new balkans... the gun will matter. those with the guns will matter. Your own polity will be the differance and your standing with your neighbors will be the edge.MR T's Haircutnoreply@blogger.com