Economic Collapse of Argentina and how we can prepare.

for smaller trades.

"Those that want to harm you/steal from you don’t come with a pirate flag waving over their heads."

Agreed.

I want to point out that my website, www.sniperflashcards.com, is NOT a survivalist site. When I advocate zeroing your rifle for 300 yards, I am talking about OFFENSIVE action against uniformed soldiers, not defensive action against civilian criminals.

My tactics page is titled, "How To Defend A City From Invasion Using Civilian Snipers as an Auxiliary to the Regular Army." It is NOT titled "How to Defend Yourself Against Robbers and Thugs."

Think Grozny or Sarajevo - that is what I am talking about, NOT Buenos Aires.

Against civilian criminals, my weapon of choice would be a Ka-Bar, with a weak-hand pistol as a backup:

1) Knives are faster to draw than pistols - I've won fights because the other guy had a pistol, not in spite of that. He stood flat-footed groping at his SOB holster while I stuck him in the ribs. If he'd boxed with me, he might have won - he was bigger, after all.

2) It is almost impossible to get a knife yanked out of your hand, especially if you hold it blade up (blade on the thumb side of your hand) with your finger over the little tab on the back of the knife.

3) After the initial few seconds, if they are still at it, you can hold them off with the knife while you draw your pistol with your weak hand - and, yes, the pistol should be in a weak-hand holster.

4) Even when you have enough warning to get your pistol out first, you will still need a big enough knife to cut off their hand if they grab your pistol. Autoloaders and revolvers can be disabled by grabbing them and preventing the slide from sliding or the chamber from revolving.

As for the rest of this post (water, food, gas, electricity, etc.), I'll leave that for the survivalists to discuss. My personal survival technique is to locate the nearest Outback Steakhouse - if that doesn't work, I don't know what I'd do. Probably cannibalism!

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Shaka, you so crazy! www.sniperflashcards.com

I am single, living alone in a town that is surrounded by Los Angeles City. In other words, it's a neighborhood, but in the middle of miles of urban settings with potential for chaos.

I've often thought about what I would do after an earthquake if we had days without power and other services.

The #1 thing: hold a block meeting with my neighbors.

Have them all show up (bring your own chair) and decide who's going to block the street at each end (to prevent looting), who has medical expertise, who can babysit, who can cook pot-luck style, how to conserve water, and mainly: how to make sure your neighbors remain calm and civilized. I'll certainly keep a libertarian approach. The key is to minimize fear. Fear does not produce good results.

Then, you invite the next street over to do the same.

Now, when I wear my screenwriter hat, I would not let this happen until the last act after lots of conflict and drama. ;) Which reminds me, I need to dust off the script I wrote in 1983 which is set after a monetary collapse.

IMissLiberty

I was on the orginal board the author posted this on live there is more then posted above, the entire collection of postings is here I believe: http://www.frugalsquirrels.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ub....

At first we questioned his authenticity but soon realized he was the real deal. He goes by the handle Ferfal, He has a blog http://ferfal.blogspot.com/

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Another way to defend yourself is with a bow and arrow. Women can do this more easily than a shotgun. My boyfriend is a trapshooter and I am the archer.

Trade with all nations; alliances with none. ~Thomas Jefferson

terms of the U.S. dollar? As I understand, things got so cheap in Argentina during the crisis in U.S. dollar terms and it was a great opportunity to buy up good assets for those who had the dollars, mostly foreign investors.

So, what is the parallel between Argentina back then and the U.S.A? Well, as I understand, the Argentina debt was denominated in the U.S. dollar, and they could not pay the debt. Our debt is also denominated in the U.S. dollar. In my opinion, we are also likely to have a deflationary crisis in terms of the dollar just like Argentina when we can no longer service our debt. Also, in my opinion, the U.S. government cannot print the dollar just as Argentina could not because this is now up to the international bankers as I understand.

So, those who think that the U.S. government would just print its way out are simply fooled by disinformation, in my opinion.

As for gold, I think it is likely do what it always does: hold value in the long run. But, in the short run, especially during a deflationary crisis, I don't know what it might do. This is my concern. It might do well, but it might not. I think it is speculative.

So, if you are a rich person who has enough wealth that you want to preserve in the long run, I would think it's fair to say that gold has a good track record.

But, if you are trying to gain during the crisis with gold, this is very speculative, in my view.

In my opinion, it is a good idea to make sure that you have enough U.S. dollars to pay your bills and taxes before you participate in a speculation.

"Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters." Benjamin Franklin
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to resurface. Peace

I would quibble with this person in their advice to buy gold jewelry over gold coins or bullion. When buying gold jewelry (at least in the USA), one is going to pay many multiples of the value of the gold in a given piece of jewelry ---- for example, a $200 14kt gold ring might typically have only $15 or $20 worth of gold in it. It would be FAR better to buy any gold coins, even the higher-premium 1/10 oz. sizes, than to buy jewelry just for its gold value. You just have to know what the coins gold content is, and make sure you don't sell them to some sleazy junk gold dealer as he describes.