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I guess it's the Boy Scout in me to be prepared
1 posted on 05/25/2009 6:45:49 PM PDT by Kartographer
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I can’t blame people for wanting to stock up on things. With Obama as our “Dear Leader” who knows what might happen!


2 posted on 05/25/2009 6:47:59 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Ignorance of Scripture is ignorance of Christ. St. Jerome)
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The most important thing to do is to organize a neighborhood defense plan with your neighbors.

When the gangs come looking to loot, the best deterrent is a large armed presence in your neighborhood.
3 posted on 05/25/2009 6:48:30 PM PDT by atomicweeder
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But do you have Cheeseburger in a Can?

From Switzerland - Cheeseburger in a Can! A Swiss company has created this easy eating solution. It's an all-beef patty, lettuce, tomato and cheese on a sesame seed bun - sold in a can that retails for about 5 bucks and can stay fresh for up to a year!

4 posted on 05/25/2009 6:51:33 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)
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To: Kartographer

already posted


5 posted on 05/25/2009 6:51:49 PM PDT by omega4179 (Boycott government communist tractor factories!)
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We are on our own in the age of Zero so be prepared!
6 posted on 05/25/2009 6:52:01 PM PDT by Cheetahcat (Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
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Having some canned goods, a few gallons of water, a generator, and a supply of batteries on hand does not make you a survivalist. It just makes you prepared for a big storm or a riot. Now a years supply of food, fuel and ammo, that's a different story. A happy story, likely to have a good ending, but a different story.
7 posted on 05/25/2009 6:54:32 PM PDT by GonzoGOP (There are millions of paranoid people in the world and they are all out to get me.)
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Please Help Keep The Lights On
9 posted on 05/25/2009 6:57:38 PM PDT by ButThreeLeftsDo (FR. ....Monthly Donors Wanted.)
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There was no mention of guns and ammo in this article. Now that everyone knows who he is and who’s got the food, guns will be required to hold onto his stash.


10 posted on 05/25/2009 7:04:34 PM PDT by blam
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No it's smart.

The police is reactive and deals with crime AFTER it happens. Likewise, FEMA the Red Cross etc. deal with a disaster AFTER it happens and what you get, when, how much etc. is all questionable.

The wise man accepts the fact that he does not own nature. Volcanoes, earthquakes, floods, avalanches, tsunamis, tornadoes, hurricanes/typhoons, massive fires, epidemics, war, technological/infrastructural failures, civil unrest happens and preparing accordingly is the prudent thing to do. The ones laughing and calling those preparing names, claiming they are silly idiots who cling to their guns and God, they are the ones who like after Katrina seldom look back and ask why they didn't make basic preparations. Their abdication of all personal responsibility to prepare is the same reason why these folk beg Obama for social health care or breathing more life into the dead social security. They are the ones who see no need in owning a gun and in fact see it antiquated and silly. Ultimately as humans we are responsible for ourselves first and foremost and no government can substitute for this.

11 posted on 05/25/2009 7:15:05 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Excuse_My_Bellicosity; autumnraine

Ping!


13 posted on 05/25/2009 7:20:08 PM PDT by 2Jedismom (Μολών Λαβέ)
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The way I see it, at best we’re heading for huge inflation, with the printing of all this money, due to the inability to pay interest on the national debt. So just about any product, be it soap or motor oil is as cheap as we’ll likely see in our lifetimes.

That’s best case. A worse case will be shortages, as the government tries to placate people screaming about inflation by trying to control prices. With shortages, you wait in line to buy rationed quantities of goods...life is miserable. So why not buy your soap and motor oil now...when you can still buy unlimited quantities (I have about 300 bars of soap stockpiled).

That is a worse case...just a miserable life. The worst case is civil breakdown. Then have guns ready and hope you can fight off the barbarians. I don’t expect to do well in that case...heck, I cannot even find ammo.


14 posted on 05/25/2009 7:20:53 PM PDT by BobL (Drop a comment: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2180357/posts)
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In that entire article, not one mention of gold, guns or ammo.


24 posted on 05/25/2009 8:39:02 PM PDT by Travis McGee (--www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Question (& not rhetorical)... why would people feel they could be safe & just hunker down and somehow sit out unrest, hyperinflation, etc. in urban or suburban areas? Perhaps it depends on who is doing the maurroding...civilians or brownshirts?

Would it not be wiser to go either off the grid to some totally rural area or even to Canada or Alaska?

Thots?


40 posted on 05/25/2009 10:02:07 PM PDT by Freedom56v2 (If you think health care is expensive now, just wait till it is free PJ Orourke)
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It’s not the economy, stupid.

It’s the stupid communists!


42 posted on 05/25/2009 10:28:15 PM PDT by clee1 (We use 43 muscles to frown, 17 to smile, and 2 to pull a trigger. I'm lazy and I'm tired of smiling.)
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