Subculture of Americans prepares for civilization's collapse

[Blowmax10]

An article just came through the main stream media about us

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/21/us-usa-civilization-collapse-idUSTRE80K0LA20120121

[Matt In Oklahoma]

and yet they missed the mark on so many reasons for preparing. Even if there is no collapse there are still reasons that are plenty solid. The day after Y2K i wasnt going oh man and all that for nothing, and after the cold war i didnt go oh gosh wasted all my time, i just kept on just as i will if nothing falls apart. They day after the storms on several occasions i have gone, whew glad i had that and the day after I saved someones life with my training I have gone man i'm glad i could. It's a way of life some folks have just put a different name and twist on it. 10yrs from now it will be called something else and for a different reason if "it" doesnt happen. Life is full of choices, this one is mine

[slingshot]

I don't understand why those people want to advertise to the whole world what they're doing? What happened to OPSEC? Why would anybody want to make themselves a target? Most preppers are very discreet about what they're doing, but not those people. Along the same vein, I have seen several threads saying, "Post pictures of your guns!" I just don't understand it. Do you?

[WiseOwl]

For all yall know, I have 14 years worth of food, more guns than hairs, more land than Ted Turner and more knowledge that the county library......never tell all. Just a lil to guide or be guided........

Now, as I go back into my secret layer. I dont get good wifi reception in there so......;)

[Matt In Oklahoma]

For all yall know, I have 14 years worth of food, more guns than hairs, more land than Ted Turner and more knowledge that the county library......never tell all. Just a lil to guide or be guided........
Now, as I go back into my secret layer. I dont get good wifi reception in there so......;)

more like more tinfoil than a trailer house facing the west, more issues than time magazine and more quotes than Winston Churchill LOL

[WiseOwl]

more like more tinfoil than a trailer house facing the west, more issues than time magazine and more quotes than Winston Churchill LOL

HAHAHHAHAHAH.....I just spit out my homeade coffee that I ground with the stock of my AR-1000. :)

[1Admin]

LOL!

One time the wife and I are joking around. She says something to the affect of "everyone has issues."

I said "damn woman, you ain't got issues, you got subscriptions."

She's a great gal, she got a good laugh out of it also. She's get me better than I get her half the time.

[Klayton]

I don't understand why those people want to advertise to the whole world what they're doing? What happened to OPSEC? Why would anybody want to make themselves a target? Most preppers are very discreet about what they're doing, but not those people. Along the same vein, I have seen several threads saying, "Post pictures of your guns!" I just don't understand it. Do you?

Just a SWAG here... Money???

[monkeybird]

I don't know whether be be offended, since according to the Cathy Gutierrez, an EXPERT on end-times beliefs, I'm 'suffering and afraid'; or be amused that I'm being compare to hippies, who if I'm not mistaken went around with their hands out - begging.

Anyway a little research on the writer Jim Forsyth shows him to be the owner of a clear radio station and writer of numerous unrelated subjects. None of which is appears to be an expert in.

The so called expert - Cathy Gutierrez had several PhD.s all in assorted in religious studies. She even has her own blog. How she can claim to be an expert in end times beliefs is a mystery to me.

These two people think they know all they need to know about preppers. That's today's press for you, always question what you read in print!