{sound of announcer}
“In the left hand corner, wearing camouflage shorts is the Heavy Weight champion - Jim Rawles!”
*applause* *whistles*
“And in the right hand corner, wearing olive drab shorts is the challenger - James Dakin!”
*whistles* *applause*
This is the way it would appear at least to anyone following TEOTWAWKI/Survival/SHTF blogs. There’s more drama here than an episode of The Young and the Restless. It all started with a reader comment Rawles posted Tuesday that included the line: “that clown Dakin at the Bison Blog drives me crazy with his un-tested ‘this might work’ ideas.” Or did it start earlier? I don’t know, and frankly, I don’t care.
Dakin, in true Dakin style, followed with an entire post today trashing Rawles and the reader comment (Rawles post: http://www.survivalblog.com/2007/12/letter_re_thanks_for_survivalb.html; and Dakin post: http://bisonsurvivalblog.blogspot.com/). Dakin should at least get some credit for having the guts to allow reader comments where most people are trashing him . . . I also commented - lol.
Oh the drama!
Here we have Rawles whose idea of blogging is to let everyone send him letters that he can copy and paste into a post (posts that typically tout how great he is and how they’re sending him money), and angry Dakin whose idea of blogging is to trash everyone making more money than him.
Is there a conspiracy theory to develop here? C’mon party peeps, play along, for entertainment’s sake. Was this a planned exchange between the two to drum up traffic? I’m reminded of the Beastie Boys lyrics: “I can’t stand it, I know you planned it, I’m a’ set straight this Watergate. Listen all of y’all it’s Sabotage!”
TEOTWAWKI homies, can’t we all just get along? It’s only together, with our combined might, that we can survive the post-apocalyptic world with our sunglasses still on.
Personally, I read both blogs. Dakin for a laugh and Rawles . . . well, because he’s Rawles. But hey, whatever. Until the dust settles I’ll be nuking popcorn in the microwave, cracking frrrrrosty cold beverages, and working the mouse between the sites as the drama unfolds.
Now, let’s hear from the Beastie Boys.
This is Ranger Man reporting for SHTF News.
4 responses so far ↓
1 bob // Dec 9, 2007 at 1:21 pm
conspiracy to generate traffic? doubtful. what has rawles to gain by comparing himself to a nobody with virtually no audience? pepsi compares itself to coke. coke has never compared itself to pepsi. the contender has everything to gain by challenging the champion. the champion only puts his title at risk.
2 Walter Mitty // Dec 23, 2007 at 5:22 pm
There is alot of good info on Rawles site. Alot of people send him links to sites that have usefull info. He post’s alot of good info.
just my .02
3 Ponce // Jan 7, 2008 at 8:54 pm
I have learned a lot from James Dakin and in the next three days $100,00 is going his way.
His only problem is that sometimes he talks a lot before getting to the point…..but is ok.
Jim Rawles is more serious but less informative for my liking…..but I do read him everyday.
Even an old dog like me can still learn something from someone.
4 Coffee! Coffee! Coffee! // Mar 24, 2008 at 4:01 am
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