These people might be able to deliver on their promises?  http://www.transamerica.com/retirement.asp
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US congress on the internet!THOMAS was launched in January of 1995, at the inception of the 104th Congress. The leadership of the 104th Congress directed the Library of Congress to make federal legislative information freely available to the public. Since that time THOMAS has expanded the scope of its offerings to include the features and content listed below.  http://thomas.loc.gov/home/thomas.php
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Lee,heres a link to that knife you want. http://www.simplesurvival.net/survivalknife.htm

You also mentioned that certain groups of people act out their frustrations in the streets.I watched a program I think about Americans during the great depression in which they claimed the great majority of Americans suffered at home and did not riot in the streets on a huge scale.I wonder if that could hold true this next time around?triffid

Well, what about everyone's favorite survival knife the USMC K-bar knife? I was issued a couple of these knives at different times in the mid 1970's and while I loved the design and the battlefield history of the knife (WWII, Korea , and Vietnam ) I found the K-bar to be too big and difficult for me to use for most field tasks. I prefer a smaller blade than the large seven inch blade on the old military issue K-bar. Keep in mind, this knife was never intended to be a survival knife, but rather a knife to kill with by stabbing. It is actually considered by many military members and survival professionals as an assault knife, not a survival knife. However, if you do an online search, K-bar will come up as a survival knife.

The blade on a government issue K-bar is longer and thinner than the USAF survival knife (there are commercial K-bars with shorter blades available) and that feature is to allow deeper penetration when stabbing. The K-bar blade is also made of 1095 carbon steel with an epoxy coated finish (to reduce shine and aid in camouflage) and the sheath is re-enforced with metal rivets at six locations. This knife does not have a metal sheath tip cover, which could cause injuries during falls. And, yep, I found it hard to sharpen and to keep an edge on as well, but then again I strongly dislike all coated knife blades. Oh, and I have seen some K-bar's sharp enough to shave with, but I just didn't want to spend that much time working on a blade. However, once you pick up a K-bar you will love the way it feels in your hand, because it feels like an extension of your arm. That, my friends, indicates a very solid and well built knife design. But, honestly, there are better knives, in my opinion, on the market these days and for about the same price, at around fifty dollars.


Not me talking just a cut and paste of a section of the article on k-knives.triffid