Get a Grip on Doomsday

Get a Grip on Doomsday

Doom and gloom seems to be a theme touted and bandied about by many “survival” gurus”. It is a scare tactic by many who seem to think they are on to something new.

In my lifetime, fear mongers have not changed their dooomsday chant. A few names have changed, from the Russians are coming to the Koreans are coming to the Chinese are coming—name your favorite country or enemy like the terrorist flavor of the day.

The threats seem real, especially for third world countries in the midst of war and famine. For us, the thought is a terrifying one, if you are easily taken in.

Threat of terrorist groups will not take on a whole country, but will chip away at our way of life and most likely freeze people in place by a few actions that will affect a few.

For at least a hundred years, the fear factor, as fired up by the doomsday gurus, has been with us. For the most part, they have been wrong about the big threats, but it is the little close to home threats that we need to pay attention to.

I, for one, think threats are part real and part our own paranoid self. To be ready for any thing is a good idea, but inflating the price of all goods is a real threat to us all.

We cant all hunker down in a bunker for the rest of our lives. Lawless gangs are on the rise and they are not shy about who they will take on.

We might have a food shortage and in this country is nothing new.

During WW2 we had food shortages. I remember going to the market with my mom and no meat was available. Though the shortages were due to the war effort, back then. Today, big agriculture has taken over and can lead to problems.

The hardened home with alarms, security cameras and a steel door might not be a luxury anymore but might be a must. Violent crime is a real threat we need to deal with.

Just observing the news tells me most will not die in a gun fight in their home. Don;t let the “scare” (news) control you. It is a matter of how you adapt to any new threat . Most of the doomsayers are full of BS and ready to separate you from your hard earned buck. Try to concern yourself with what is real as opposed to a dismal future that is being painted for us, by doomsday gurus who really have their heads up their… A lot of folks keep falling for the same snake oil by the same salesmen peddling another story of doom.

We are better than the stories that are fiction fed to us by the doomsday guru of the day, who is a self appointed know it all.

Step back and and take a look at the bigger picture.