Media starts to pick up the troubling story
I have been watching the media cover “preparedness” for quite some time. Sure, I come from breakdown-prepared stock (my family had cases of freeze-dried survival rations in the 70s), so I’ve always been more in tune with the topic, but never before have I seen the mainstream media start to treat the subject with anything but scorn.
With regard to the unraveling, that is changing. The media seems to be waking up.
From the New York Times: Duck and Cover: It’s the New Survivalism – A non-judgemental (unless the fops at the Times are keeping their tongues firmly in their cheeks on this one. If so, it was lost on me.
The UK’s Telegraph: RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert This is the Royal Bank of Scotland saying this, by the way:
“A very nasty period is soon to be upon us – be prepared,” said Bob Janjuah, the bank’s credit strategist.
And finally, from the Wall Street Journal: Peak Oil: IEA inches toward the Pessimists’ camp.>
The word is getting out and hitting the mainstream, or more accurately, the non-salacious mainstream. The Telegraph? The Journal? The NYT? To be real, these outlets aren’t reporting the whole story, nor are they reporting it with the alarm that’s due, but it is showing up on their radar, which I find at once, both interesting and very troubling. I’m starting to thing our problems are bearing down on us much faster than we thought.
Be prepared.
Posted in Economy, Global Warming, Housing Bubble, Peak Oil, SocietyTags: Depression, Economy