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Over all a fair and accurate synopsis of the first two episodes.

I especially very much his take of the 'Liberal' New England preppers. They have know idea what would come at them.

The best way to describe it is my often posted and favorite quote on what happens to people during SHTF.

"Let me tell you something about humans, nephew: They're a wonderful, friendly people - as long as their bellies are full and their holosuites are working."

"But take away their creature comforts, deprive them of food, sleep, sonic showers, put their lives in jeopardy over an extended period of time and those friendly, intelligent, wonderful people...will become as nasty and as violent as the most blood-thirsty klingon." Quark from: The Siege of AR-558 (#7.8)" (1998)

1 posted on 02/09/2012 6:14:53 PM PST by Kartographer
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To: appalachian_dweller; OldPossum; DuncanWaring; VirginiaMom; CodeToad; goosie; kalee; ...

Preppers’ PING!


2 posted on 02/09/2012 6:16:27 PM PST by Kartographer ("We mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes and our sacred honor.")
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“I especially very much his take of the ‘Liberal’ New England preppers. They have know idea what would come at them.”

I don’t think anyone really does. Most important thing is to have family, community and faith. If you think you can survive on your own wits, you will be deeply disappointed.


3 posted on 02/09/2012 6:30:39 PM PST by ari-freedom
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“I was surprised that one prepper went so far as to reveal that the cost of her and her husband’s preps amounted to six-figures. Shhhh!”

I’m not. To some people, prepping is just an expensive hobby like LARPing. They are into the whole experience of roughing it out.


4 posted on 02/09/2012 6:39:50 PM PST by ari-freedom
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These people can prepare all they want, but something will get them that they overlooked. Good to do some prep, but not to overdo it.


5 posted on 02/09/2012 6:41:22 PM PST by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)
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The Range family was hard core but could have cleaned up their junk yard to make it look presentable. Reminded me of a David Alan Foe song.


8 posted on 02/09/2012 6:54:54 PM PST by Sawdring
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Keep in mind this show is heavily scripted and "produced" by Nat Geo.

Megan said she was offered $1,000 by the producers to actually shoot the cat.

To her credit, she refused.

10 posted on 02/09/2012 7:09:33 PM PST by sonofagun (Some think my cynicism grows with age. I like to think of it as wisdom!)
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Well it looks like ONE of the guys on this show just had his guns taken away and told he was “suicidal”

This is why you never ever go on TV bragging about being a prepper.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nUv9pjxq5QI


12 posted on 02/09/2012 7:14:09 PM PST by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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Good evening.

I wonder if Flannigan, Brannigan and Iskovich monitor FR? I have heard rumors that the NSA monitors this forum. Then again, I have second hand knowledge that Janet from another planet Napalotano monitors this site.

Who knows for sure?

There is no such thing as "prepping." You either prepare for x, y or z, or you don't. You either live or you don't. True or false?

Most Code Slingers will tell you, we live in a binary universe...

5.56mm

20 posted on 02/09/2012 7:47:18 PM PST by M Kehoe
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In the show I laughed when that New Englander said. “ People who just want to have guns are stupid. We don’t need guns. If we decide we don’t want certain people around we’ll poison them or cut their throats while they’re asleep”.
Guns are a tool. People kill people. Dead by knife or dead by gun is still dead.


22 posted on 02/09/2012 8:15:00 PM PST by FishinTX (Barak Obama HATES you.)
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I especially very much his take of the 'Liberal' New England preppers. They have know idea what would come at them.

That segment had me and my wife alternately howling with laughter and screaming at the television because of their sheer stupidity. To believe people coming upon your compound would first agree to sit down to a meal and discuss an arrangement is lunacy.

The last words most of these fools would hear would be;
"Kill all the men then tie up the women and girls in the barn."

25 posted on 02/09/2012 8:29:03 PM PST by Bloody Sam Roberts (Do I really need to use the sarcasm tag?)
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We have to keep in mind that the point of this show is to

DISCREDIT

preppers as illegitimate kooks.

The left absolutely HATES any person or group that doesn’t have absolute faith in “the collective”.


30 posted on 02/10/2012 5:25:37 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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