I have been watching the economy meltdown over the past couple weeks. Banks and insurance companies being bailed out by the US Government (meaning your and my tax dollars). Then last night I saw on the news that the same thing was happening in Europe. I own and treasure a copy of Wolf and Iron by Gordon R. Dickson and the parallels make me shiver in fear. The premise of the book was that the worlds economy collapsed and had to bootstrap itself again. It all started with a small bank failure. With the interconnection of the worlds economy it spread like a virus until the entire worlds economy collapsed. Sound familiar? No government in the world has the resources to bailout everyone. What happens to those companies who don't get the same option when the well is dry? They fail. Their former employees become unemployed. More government monies will be needed to shore up their finances, not that I can say bad things about unemployment right now. So with our beloved government bailing out every large source of campaign funds and screwing the people who pay their taxes I feel all warm and cuddly. Gonna buy me a 12ga and a couple cases of ammo. I already know how to make things that go boom from common household chemicals. The advantage of living in Tim McVeigh country and reading Admiral Bob books. Gotta keep the zombies and copy machine salesmen from coming in the door. (extra points for catching the copy machine reference)
Since I am back home now there will be more posts more often
Ottar
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