Originally Posted By: MoBOB
Has anyone read that guy Strauss' book?


I just finished it about 4 days ago.

He basically went around and took a little training with Tom Brown, Kevin "Mad Dog" McCLung, met Kurt Saxon and a few others, and then proceeded to write a book making fun of them and anyone else that prepares for anything.

80% of the book is taken up with his obsession to get a second citizenship so he can flee the USA in a disaster, while constantly blaming George W. Bush and anyone religious, for all the ills of the world, and gushing with praise for how much SomePolitician PHRASECENSOREDPOSTERSHOULDKNOWBETTER. will save us.

The rest is his attempts to get prepared and practice his newly learned skills, with some funny results.

In the end, he does obtain training and become an EMT and that gives him a whole new outlook and he does somewhat come around to the preparedness mindset.

If you looking for a book with advice about stuff, this one is not it, there is virtually no "how to" in it.

It is well written, I had trouble putting it down overall, but for anyone that is already into emergency preparedness, there isn't a lot there.


EDIT: Why is the forum software automatically changing the name of the current President to "Politician"???



Edited by Bear_Claw_Chris_Lapp (06/20/09 01:09 PM)
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