by thomasglee » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:44 am
JLak wrote:John says you can't really do anything about it except general preparedness. I tend to agree because the political process will determine what sort of disaster happens. I do think it's possible to determine what is going to happen in politics by simply figuring out what is going to give the most money to the people with the most power at the moment, but that's not easy.
It sure isn't easy. I used to think (and was debating this with a friend last night) that all we had to do was figure out what was going to make the rich get richer and follow that plan. However, I have come to realize 1) what makes the rich get richer is virtually impossible to do any more unless you have HUGE sums of cash. 2) I realize that they don't know what they're doing. I guess it is generational, but I truly wonder if they really understand what they're doing or if they've become delusional. My friend thinks everything is the plan of a cabal working to take over the world and I think it's just a bunch of narcissistic, ego-maniacal, immature frat boys and girls playing in an area they really don't know as much about as they thought they did. They know just enough to cause trouble, but not enough to actually run the world, much less a banking system.
JLak wrote:Unless you have huge amounts of money to play with, I certainly don't have any answers. You can either spend your life watching and preparing, or just be happy marching along to slaughter.
No huge sums of cash here, but a fairly steady cash-flow generating (even in these bad times) business that I continue to maintain knowing it will likely be my lifeline during the downturn to come. I work in the defense industry as an independent contractor (for nearly 20 years now) and in bad economies, business actually tends to increase. It's just hard to build up a large surplus of cash these days, no matter what you do.
I'm preparing a little at a time, but mostly putting my faith in God, myself and the knowledge that no matter what I try right now, I'll probably just end up marching happily along to the slaughter.
JLak wrote:If you plan on getting laid, however, I suggest the lemming approach to life. Seriously, are there any women on this forum? Hello? Anybody? Yeah, that's what I thought; the survivors colony is going to be a swordfight of epic proportions. Darwinian fail.
Been married for 21 plus years now... I gave up on getting laid a long time ago!
[quote="JLak"]John says you can't really do anything about it except general preparedness. I tend to agree because the political process will determine what sort of disaster happens. I do think it's possible to determine what is going to happen in politics by simply figuring out what is going to give the most money to the people with the most power at the moment, but that's not easy. [/quote]
It sure isn't easy. I used to think (and was debating this with a friend last night) that all we had to do was figure out what was going to make the rich get richer and follow that plan. However, I have come to realize 1) what makes the rich get richer is virtually impossible to do any more unless you have HUGE sums of cash. 2) I realize that they don't know what they're doing. I guess it is generational, but I truly wonder if they really understand what they're doing or if they've become delusional. My friend thinks everything is the plan of a cabal working to take over the world and I think it's just a bunch of narcissistic, ego-maniacal, immature frat boys and girls playing in an area they really don't know as much about as they thought they did. They know just enough to cause trouble, but not enough to actually run the world, much less a banking system.
[quote="JLak"]Unless you have huge amounts of money to play with, I certainly don't have any answers. You can either spend your life watching and preparing, or just be happy marching along to slaughter.[/quote]
No huge sums of cash here, but a fairly steady cash-flow generating (even in these bad times) business that I continue to maintain knowing it will likely be my lifeline during the downturn to come. I work in the defense industry as an independent contractor (for nearly 20 years now) and in bad economies, business actually tends to increase. It's just hard to build up a large surplus of cash these days, no matter what you do.
I'm preparing a little at a time, but mostly putting my faith in God, myself and the knowledge that no matter what I try right now, I'll probably just end up marching happily along to the slaughter.
[quote="JLak"]If you plan on getting laid, however, I suggest the lemming approach to life. Seriously, are there any women on this forum? Hello? Anybody? Yeah, that's what I thought; the survivors colony is going to be a swordfight of epic proportions. Darwinian fail.[/quote]
Been married for 21 plus years now... I gave up on getting laid a long time ago! :-P