Is it Time to Hide Under the Desk?

[Ravi]

This thread is making me paranoid.

 

[Missourian]

listen to yall....first of all...none of you have the type of storage that is needed for a years worth of rations...and water...you may get by with dehydrated stuff left and right but you must have water...ow how much water are you going to need per person and where are you gonna store it? and remind me again who were are fighting with all this ammo? mexicans, blacks, who? and why have the police and nation guards collapsed to the point that citizens must arm to the hilt...o because yall are a bunch of paranoid fucks who got no clue what you talking about...

Aren't you from the woods Bones?

You get water from a well or catching rain water or even lakes, rivers and streams. You can purify it by running it thru a charcoal filter and adding 2 drops of bleach per gallon. Heck, you can even make your own charcoal by smoldering wood without allowing it to burn.

The ammo is for hunting and self defense. If we were to fall victim to another depression, it won't be civilized like the '30.

EDIT: I see PC beat me to the punch.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

I got a barrel of flour, lawd I gotta bucket'a lard.
I got a barrel of flour, lawd I gotta bucket'a lard.

Ain't got no blues, got chickens in my back yard.

I got corn in the pit and cotton growin' in my patch.
I got corn in the pit and cotton growin' in my patch.
I got that ol' hen sittin' waitin' for that ol hen to hatch.

YoDeLay-e-o, no hard time blues....

~~Jimmie Rodgers, circa 1932

 

[Diuretic]

horror of the times...hm no polio....no blood poisioning....no rh factor deaths...no pandemnic flus...
no small pox....yellow fever or malaria...war in iraq...compared to ww2...some of those guys served the entire time..there was no 15 months limits or tour limits...the country had been attacked by an overt enemy...the vietnam war..the tet offensive...the horror of kent state...watergate the pardoning of president nixon....we live in interesting times...always have..always will

Nicely put and it does give perspective. If anyone thinks this current blip is a disaster then they need to cross their fingers and hope that the next influenza pandemic is a hundred years away because the next one is going to be a problem.

Now I've got that Billy Joe song going through my head. Nice site here:

We Didn't Start the Fire

Oh I just heard a report on domestic radio here, things might be settling down in China. If that's the case then there could be a little bit of light there.

 

[Diuretic]

i am not getting on that ice floe....you can just forget about that

I like that allusion.

You know, I must admit that I was always partial to "World Destruction" fiction and sci fi, but I never actually thought that I would have to stock up on army rations and ammo.

Just don't be thinkin' you'll drop in for a snack.

Have you heard of the "Spanish" influenza pandemic of 1918-1919? It's more scary than sci-fo because it happened and it's scary because it could happen again.

 

[Diuretic]

Yep. Wishful thinking. No transsexual dudes on my jock.

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I have to agree. But I think there's a bit of stereotyping of the left there. Having said that it's pretty pointless to have a go at Coulter because of her physicality. This business about "Ann the man" and the rest of it. I don't understand it. I couldn't give a rat's even if she was a transexual. In fact it's rank hypocrisy by some who proclaim themselves as supporting gay rights and what's the phrase, something about "gender-challenged" or some other phrase, then they turn on Coulter with those types of remarks. I just think her views are offensive but then I think she's as cunning as a shithouse rat too, she's made an excellent living out of those views, whether she holds them as core view or not is probably irrelevant.

 

[xsited1]

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Any board members ready or preparing for an apocalyse?

Yes. Even though the US may not survive, my family will.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

I hope so. I think we need an International emergency response system.

Don't say that too loudly and especially in this climate. A massive amount of UN tanks, weapons and equipment have been moving by rail to "trouble spots" all over the country.

Wonder why we need UN military operations on our soil?

 

[Diuretic]

UN military operations? I was under the impression the UN didn't have its own military.

 

[Missourian]

I don't see the logic in mounting an argument against being prepared. Having a pantry full of canned food is always a good idea. It is protection against all manor of disaster...economic, natural or man made.

Don't think your vulnerable to natural disasters...ever heard of an earthquake in Missouri? At the beginning to the 20th century we had an earthquake so strong the Mississippi River ran backwards.

http://www.ready.gov/america/getakit/

 

[Midnight Marauder]

UN military operations? I was under the impression the UN didn't have its own military.

It does, always has. They're the goons with the powder blue uniforms, equipment, helmets, all that.

 

[Diuretic]

But drawn from member nations' military I think.

 

[catzmeow]

I was pretty sure we were going to have thermonuclear war with Russia when I was growing up. Now it's hard to get me too riled up.

 

[Midnight Marauder]

I was pretty sure we were going to have thermonuclear war with Russia when I was growing up. Now it's hard to get me too riled up.

Commander Akhil: How many things are there to fear?
Captain Krenn: I don't know, that's what scares me.

 

[PoliticalChic]

I was pretty sure we were going to have thermonuclear war with Russia when I was growing up. Now it's hard to get me too riled up.

I know someone who can do that, but she's not here today.

 

[tonyarn]

Yep. Wishful thinking. No transsexual dudes on my jock.

I think I've lost my supper...how distasteful can you be?

 

[tonyarn]

Any board members ready or preparing for an apocalyse?

Yep...

Seriously, it's just my couponing hobby, but it'll come in handy should the worst occur.

 

[Missourian]

Any board members ready or preparing for an apocalyse?

Yep...

Seriously, it's just my couponing hobby, but it'll come in handy should the worst occur.

Way to go!!

I am totally jealous.

 

[Shadow]

Yep. Wishful thinking. No transsexual dudes on my jock.

Please. The "wishful thinking" is that you actually believe anyone but you is interested in your "jock".

 

[Sinatra]

Old school meets new school...