yeah, I know.
I didn't quote him because he's an expert- though he is a very sharp guy. It just sounded eerily like what Matt said this winter- his exact words were "It will make 1929 look like a walk in the park. Start growing vegetables and stock up on ammo."

Matt is someone whose job is to travel around the world and inspect conditions on the ground and find out financial stuff for himself rather than relying on official figures. He's someone I respect. He's called it exactly so far. If he tells me that it's a global crisis, I believe him.

That said, I agree that radical fundies are an even scarier threat. I'm not as much worried about a suitcase nuke as I am about EMP bombs taking out our power and communications networks. As they can be built using high explosives and materials from Lowe's, I consider that to be one of the biggest threats we face- they could paralyze the country without killing anyone or hijacking airplanes.

Just between us, I really hope that Matt turns out to be wrong and that I'm being scared over nothing. I'd love nothing better than to be proven wrong about this.
( The Resident Loon Not a demographic. Do not measure., Mon 15 Sep 2008, 21:57, Reply)