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To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (21588)	4/18/2010 12:47:19 PM
From: Jim S	3 Recommendations Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 49990

Thanks for the reply, Botox, but I was hoping for a bit more evocative plan. I've done some reading, and more thinking about what an individual can do to prepare for some massive crisis. Preparation depends on what a person's scenario might be. The theme that seems to permeate this thread is some sort of global takeover of economic systems, and thus political systems. If that happens, given the massive information databases already in existence, an individual who has ever been part of the system won't be able "hide" and wait for better times. If things get to the point of needing gold to survive, ownership of gold will probably be illegal (a la FDR in the 30s). Use of PM will be because of distrust of a fiat currency, and will be a black market enterprise. Black markets require networks of participants (elsewise it wouldn't be a "market"), and each additional participant exponentially increases the likelihood of detection and infiltration by whatever powers made the activity illegal to begin with. If the scenario followed here comes to pass, and I'm not denying the veracity of that possibility, those in power will want to enrich themselves, not destroy all means of production and labor. So, I'd think that it would be nearly impossible to "opt out" of the new system, at least for any length of time. I return to my analogy of my first post here, that of being on an airplane at 35,000 feet, and losing all engines on the airplane. You know that you're about to crash, and have 20 minutes to think about it, but there really isn't anything you can do except wait for external forces to tear you asunder. Thanks also for the suggestion to listen to Alex Jones. He isn't on any of the broadcast stations I can get here, but I'll try to listen to his webcasts when I have time.

To: Proud Deplorable who wrote (21588)	4/18/2010 5:30:12 PM
From: Jim S	12 Recommendations Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 49990

"Jim, you can find out EXACTLY what you need to do by listening to Alex Jones every day in my opinion." OK, Botox, I just spent the last several hours reading and listening to what seemed interesting and relevant from the Alex Jones program. I can sum it up the same way I do posts here: Interesting, and scary, and full of dire warnings that if I'm not prepared, bad things are gonna happen to me. And I repeat my complaint to Slider, "So, what exactly is there to prepare?" That question remains unanswered. Near as I can tell, just about every avenue of escape has already been blocked. Short of complete withdrawal from the financial system, meaning no checks, no credit cards, no bank or brokerage accounts and living strictly on barter and home grown produce, without electricity or other utilities (including the internet), there really isn't much an ordinary person can do except watch the plane crash. I think the reason nobody makes an attempt to answer the question is because they don't know what to do, either.