Armchair Survivalist offers good advice

I highly recommend Wealth, War and Wisdom, by Barton Biggs, and I also recommend that you pick up a good shortwave radio, if you don’t have one.  I have had great success with Grundig shortwaves over the years, but get whatever your budget will allow.

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Source: seattlepi.nwsource.com

The Armchair Survivalist believes the nation is falling into chaos, and he wants to help.

He offers practical advice for dealing with riots, wars, natural disasters and food shortages, which he says are imminent because of the worldwide economic meltdown and the incoming Obama administration.

“Too many things are occurring at the same time. It’s upsetting people,” said the Survivalist, whose real name is Kurt Wilson.

So this Martha Stewart for the camo-and-compound crowd provides valuable information on nonperishable foods, portable water purifiers and defensive weapons. His catalog business, Survival Enterprises, sells what you need for the coming hard times.

Northern Idaho has long been a magnet for anti-government types and Wilson moved his business here from California in 1998.

He operates out of a modest strip mall that is, ironically, on Government Way in Coeur d’Alene. Much of the work is packing and shipping orders for survival supplies such as canned bacon with a camouflage label and cases of military MREs.

Wilson started “The Armchair Survivalist” radio show about a year ago because so many people were asking him for advice on what he considered simple problems. The Saturday show can be heard over his Web site, on shortwave radio, or a few broadcast stations.
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“Some conspiracy theorists and fringe “Patriot” radio hosts are seeking to reverse that course by calling on their friends and countrymen to arm themselves, organize and head for the hills in preparation for a fast-approaching second Civil War,” the SPLC said on its web site.

Jim Rawles, editor of survivalblog.com said unique visits to his site are climbing. They’ve doubled to about 107,000 a week, he said. But he doesn’t think Obama’s election is the main reason.

“The main driver right now is the economic situation,” he said. “A lot of people are deeply concerned we are on the cusp of another economic depression.”
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Barton Biggs, former chief global strategist for Morgan Stanley, recently wrote a book (Wealth, War and Wisdom) in which he warned that people should anticipate the breakdown of civilized society. He suggested creating a “safe haven” and stocking it with canned food, liquids, medicine, seed, fertilizer and other tools for survival.

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