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Episode-384- Listener Feedback for 2-23-10

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Modern Survival| 12 Comments
Episode-384- Listener Feedback for 2-23-10 [ 55:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we make up for skipping yesterday’s listener feedback show.  Today we have questions about gun rights, taxation, socialism, fascist economics, cutting down trees, survival gardening, permaculture, bug out bags for kids and more.

Join me today as I answer the following questions…

  • Is socialism necessary for “much needed progress”
  • If you need a license to drive why not a license to own a gun
  • Do we need taxes for some things, how much do we actually need
  • What is the real role of government in the U.S.
  • How does the US actually fund “socialized medicine” around the world
  • Should kids have their own BOBs and where should they be stored
  • What plants can you plant at a BOL when you are not able to be there often
  • Thoughts on the need for backing up your data
  • How to balance removing existing non productive trees with out cutting to many
  • How often should you change out ammo in your carry gun
  • What are some rules for keeping your carry gun functional

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Episode-310- Listener Questions for 11-04-09

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Modern Survival| 9 Comments
Episode-310- Listener Questions for 11-04-09 [ 46:37 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

So today we are back to another round of great questions from our listeners.  We have questions today on everything from compost, to politics, to kudzu, to books, to silver and more.

Tune in Today to Hear…

  • Could we ever go to a “flat tax”, why and why not?
  • Should you kill Kudzu on your land, eat it or feed it to livestock?
  • Can you compost in very cold weather?
  • Is a Survival Podcast book coming?
  • What are my three must have books for TSHTF?
  • Thoughts on small town vs. rural vs. remote living?
  • Using solar yard lights during a back up, anything to look our for?
  • Snails in the garden, good for dinner?
  • When is a old rifle to old to fire anymore?
  • On silver coins, pre 64s, bullion like eagles or commemorative coins, what to buy and why?

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Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show

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Episode-141- More Gerald Celente Predictions for 2009

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Modern Survival| 6 Comments
Episode-141- More of Gerald Celente's Predictions for 2009 [ 37:06 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

We discussed some of Gerald Celente’s predictions back in Episode 97 of The Survival Podcast but yesterday I watched a new video (embedded below).  I really think Gerald may be on to a few things for 09, the only question is to what degree will he be right?

Tune in today to hear…

  • Who is Gerald Celente, why should we listen to him?
  • Why we might just really see a commercial real estate crash in 2009
  • What such a crash might mean for an already weakened economy
  • What Celene thinks of Obama, and his non partisan view of Bush (Bush sucked too)
  • What I see happening to commercial real estate in a 1 mile by 4 mile area in a “booming” area
  • What watching one retail space go vacant while new ones are being built next to it really means
  • Why we may very well see “tax revolts” and how it is directly connected to commercial real estate
  • How tax revolts might look and what their impacts could be
  • Is Mexico about to turn into a third world nation?
  • What would 20 Million or more refugees from Mexico en mass mean for the U.S.
  • If there is no threat to a failed Mexico why is the State of Texas preparing for it?

Gerald Celente’s Latest Video Discussed in Today’s Show

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Remember to comment, chime in and tell us your thoughts, this podcast is one man’s opinion, not a lecture or sermon. Also please enter our listener appreciation contest and help spread the word about our show.

You also now can call in questions or comments for the host at 866-65-THINK, please read the suggestions for calling in before you do for the best chance of getting your comments on the air.

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Episode-19- Six More Reasons the Economy Faces Trouble

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Modern Survival| 1 Comment
Episode-19- Six More Reasons the United States Economy Faces Trouble [ 43:34 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

In this edition of The Survival Podcast we cover six things effecting the future of our economy that are not really being talked about. We also officially announced our Listener Appreciation Contest.

Today we discuss six major economic trials coming for the US and the world they include..

  • FAS 157 that take away some of the gray book keeping by US Banks and Insurance companies but still let Freddie Mac hide billions in losses.
  • The combined effect growing illegal immigrants and universal health care will place on an economy already 100 Trillion in the hole. Along with how this is just another attempt to institute a new form of class warfare.
  • The rise of China as a global capitalist force and what it may mean for us long term.
  • The fact that Gas in the US has hit a tipping point that the oil companies have recognized and pushed off additional costs to the airlines in the form of jack up pricing on Jet Aircraft Fuel and how that can only last so long.
  • The coming pull out of many investors and what that means to a market driven by investment.
  • The final nail of our coffin may end up being the return of “common sense economics” by the average American.

Remember to comment, make suggestions, etc. And please check out our Listener Appreciation Contest page and help us grow.

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Episode-18- Choosing a Financial Adviser for Survival Money Planning

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Modern Survival| Comments Off
Episode-18- Choosing a Financial Adviser for Survival Money Planning [ 38:29 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Today we are going to go over how to find, hire and manage a good financial adviser and make good financial planning part of your survival plan. One of my business mentors told me, “life is like a crap sandwich the more bread you have the less crap you have to eat”, there was wisdom there and I have always remembered it.

Tune in to today’s show to learn

  • Why the best financial advisers won’t take the average person in fact they can’t
  • The word you should use over and over when interviewing and talking to advisers
  • How consumer level financial advisers are actually trained and why you need to know about it
  • My personal view of what diversification means and how it differs from the buy and hold herd
  • Why you must treat your adviser like an employee who works for you
  • How to train your adviser to serve you the way you wish to be served
  • How to show up to your first meeting with an adviser and “cut out the BS” up front
  • What your adviser is responsible for and what you need to take responsibility for
  • Why you may not want to do all of your investing in tax deferred retirement accounts

Remember this show is a discussion not a lecture. Comment, question and make suggestions.

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Episode-17- A Libertarian View of our Current Government and Economy

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Modern Survival| 2 Comments
A Libertarian View of our Current Government and Economy [ 24:07 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Note – The date I used in the podcast for “Tax Freedom Day” was April 18th, 2008 the correct date is April 23rd, 2008, that of course just makes it all worse.

Today’s podcast was going to be about how to select a good financial adviser that doesn’t just “follow the herd” but some how I ended up on a rant about taxation, the constitution and the heavy hand of government.  We also discuss

  • How McCain supporters are not really happy with their guy
  • How Obama supporters are in the same boat
  • The real reason for America’s lead in the world and how we are losing it
  • The cost today of past racism and slavery from a new angle
  • How dangerous The Constitution
  • The Bill of Rights doesn’t give you rights it protects them
  • The Bill of Rights doesn’t just apply to Americans
  • It taxation like being sent to a work camp for 5 months a year, would that actually be better
  • Social security checks that show up but buy nothing
  • The continued effects of false inflation of the M3 Money Supply
  • The Government is nothing but a “spoiled brat”
  • The “Constitution Test”
  • The continued effect of utilizing class warfare by the elected elite

Remember this show is a discussion not a lecture.  Comment, question and make suggestions.

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