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Two Must-Have Survival Items

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Facing an extreme survival situation like the one depicted in NBC’s Revolution is a nightmare for anyone, but for the unprepared it could mean the end.

Wine, Ammo, & Toilet Paper

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Hardly bedfellows, right? Well, in fact, yes. This needy threesome comes up high on my personal security and preparation platform. I have prepared an inventory of everything we would not wish to be without were the electric grid to go down for a month or more. Obviously, water and food head the list. We are […]

Part B—Are You on the Right Survival Security List? Probably Not!

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You may be terrified or just simply shocked. Your personal concern for your family’s security and wellbeing has to be a function of how much time you have put into reading about the vulnerability of America’s citizens. Quite honestly, I have found few who have the remotest idea about personal security and vulnerability. Our country […]

Barack Obama Must not get Reelected—Your Personal Security is at Stake!

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Here is some real irony: the naked vulnerability surrounding the Wall Street barons and Hollywood yahoos. America’s wealthiest citizens are among the most exposed. Just think of those Manhattan high-rise co-op buildings and banking palaces. When the juice blinks off for an extended period, all those Wall Street skyscrapers and movie town estates will go […]

Are You on the Right Survival Security List? Probably Not!

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I have a rundown of a list of my friends and associates around the country and something quickly jumps out. A large percentage of the group residing in the old Confederacy states (especially Virginia) is prepared to the max, and I mean the super max. Most have me beat by a long shot because they […]

A Family Survival Quintet for You!

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OK then, for those of you as concerned as Debbie and I are, here is the second in my list of inexpensive, easy-to-order personal survival items. I have owned all for a while, and I will add to my holdings of each in 2012: