[quote=Aecetia]I do not have a ham radio, but I have some friends in the emergency services business that do. I think I will talk to them about that. If the fairness doctrine quashes talk radio and most do not migrate to satellite radio, then we will need a network for freedom of speech. I agree about getting strong both mentally and physically. However, I wonder if a medium layer of fat might be a good idea to survive. After all, that is how humans survived during the ice age. Getting medical taken care of now is a good idea, because under Obama there will be long lines. Maybe old fashioned docs will go back to bartering for service. I do not see your thinking as classical Freudian defense mechanisms, but I do see a lot of these ostriches evidencing a lot of denial and projection. I think genetically, people with some degree of anxiety live longer because they do not sleep so soundly they do not hear the sabre tooth cat coming for them. I liked the movie “Red Dawn”. Maybe that scenario is still not out of the question, but substitute Cubans with Chicoms. Now who is paranoid?[/quote]
There are, indeed, a lot of ostriches on this board. Are you paranoid if you buy car insurance or fire insurance? LOL. According to some of these posts, one would believe that buying insurance means that you are expecting your home to burn down or your car to get stolen. And what’s completely hilarious is that people feel totally comfortable buying insurance when the indicia/likelihood of disaster for their home or autos are MUCH lower than they are in the global markets right now.
And your sabre tooth analogy is one that I have often used. I’m sure the early cave men who slept with one eye open and managed to escape the jaws of predators didn’t mind being called “paranoid” the next day after their soundly-sleeping cave mates were mauled. At the end of the day, as long as you’re still doing the things that you WANT to do and ENJOY doing in life – and believe me, I am living it up as long as I can – then the cost of preparation is minimal. It’s the best insurance possible.
