Without the political commentary, you can read similar material at:

http://www.rgemonitor.com/blog/roubini/242290 (well-regarded economist Nouriel Roubini)

Barton Biggs, former chief strategist at Morgan Stanley, advises “buying a remote farm or ranch and stocking it with “seed, fertilizer, canned food, wine, medicine, clothes, etc.” The “etc.” must mean guns.

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=aImBVle3OMyo

The bears are rather bearish ….