I've been stockpiling weapons, ammunition, and food for some time. Kinda difficult to store petrol in my closet though...
FEMA and Homeland Security should hire this woman to give lessons on disaster preparedness.
end/sarcasm
I get a heck of alot of catalogs but today beat all.
Military one inch needs?
LOL I am far from but hey LOL we can order a swamp spec ops suit to be incognito when hiking down to the mail box.
I got another thick book on fishing eqipment....must be on someones joke list.
Howerever the special ops shirt with a stow for the fire arm was cool.
I'm just not seeing it.
What I'm seeing is the media getting hyperbolic about it, as usual.
"Anyone who says this war has a solution is wrong," says Abdallah, his family's recent ordeal etched in sunken, blood shot eyes. "This is truly a civil war now. There is only hatred, envy and a blood-thirst for revenge."
Foreboding!
This could be interesting.
http://www.c-span.org/homepage.asp
At 9:15 this morning:
Call-In
U.S. Policy in Iraq
C-SPAN, Washington Journal
Washington, District of Columbia (United States)
ID: 191549 - 6 - 03/16/2006 - 0:45 - No Sale
Peters, Ralph, LTC (Ret.), U.S. Army
Retired Lieutenant Colonel Ralph Peters talks about his recent trip in Iraq and media coverage of the war. He's currently a New York Post columnist who traveled to Kuwait & Iraq from Feb. 24 to March 7 and wrote about his daily experiences. One of his columns titled, "Dude, Where's My Civil War," questioned the media's coverage of the war and the existence of civil war in Iraq.
I can't remember if it was before or after March 20, 2003, but the question was put to some of the media's talking heads, "Will the Iraqis fight for their freedom?". Perhaps that anwswer will become apparent soon...
It's all about safety over there. ;-)
Why do I react to any artical such as this one with skepticism and a default to exaggeration or outright fabrication by the reporter?
I wonder how they find these people to interview? Is this field work from the lobby bar of whichever hotel they roost in?
"...frozen chicken livers in the freezer..."
I doubt I could get my cat to eat that!
How long will those last once the power goes out?
They bought a Kalashnikov rifle
Look for the crime rate, especially the murders of children, to go through the roof. They're more likely to be murdered by a member of their own family now. Insert tirelessly and endlessly every Brady Center cliche you've ever heard about guns here.
I stockpiled guns and ammo once upon a time, too. During the Clinton administration. I've since sold off a small part of what I call "the Clinton arsenal" (more like the anti-Clinton arsenal, and NO, that statement isn't a veiled threat against him).
"We are afraid of what will happen in the coming days," she says. "Maybe there will be a monthlong curfew, or maybe fighting in the streets will force my family to stay in the house for days at a time."
Sounds like just another day in Detroit.....
Sounds like the Y2K crowd around here....
How many Iraqis did this guy interview to determine that just a few think the "crisis" has been averted? Something for you to think about the next time you decide to wet your pajamas.
What you have over there is not civil war, but gang warfare. It's more like the Crips and the Bloods rather than all out civil war.
"looks like all hell is about to break loose over there."
Or not. This is a report from a newspaper with an agenda. It has the same credibility with me as the polls showing that Bush was going to lose in 2004.
And you believe this, why? (But make sure your explanation of why takes into account the actions of President Kerry, who defeated Bush in 2004 according to media predictions.)
Will Y2K and all that Millenium stuff show up before the Iraqi civil war starts? I'd like to be able to plan my weekend.
Anecdotal observations by a reporter who then extrapolates them into a general trend and mood of the people. I don't trust such observations, but rely instead on those of people like General Abizaid who testified before Congress and stated on news programs recently that,
"I don't see civil war as being on the horizon. I think a civil war is possible if everything goes exactly wrong. If people abandon the path towards a sovereign and free Iraq and start moving only towards the selfish interest of specialized groups; I don't think that's likely."
"I don't sense that; our commanders in the field don't sense it when you talk to Iraqi politicians -- they clearly know that we're not trying to build -- and when I say "we" I don't mean we the United States, I mean we, those of us that are involved in this project in Iraq -- we're not trying to build a Shia Iraq; a Sunni Iraq or a Kurdish Iraq; we're trying to build an Iraq that's for Iraqis, and I think everybody recognizes that, that's the same politicians; and so they will move in a direction that is inclusive."
"It will be contentious because it's political, but it doesn't necessarily need to be violent. I'm cautiously optimistic that the way ahead will be one that leads to a better Iraq, one that is one moving down the path towards representational institutions."
"But I also understand that there is going to be an opportunity for violence during this period and so we should all exercise a bit of patience and a certain amount of "wait and see" attitude to make sure that the political process moves forward in the way that tamps down the violence and not encourages it."