Obama turns 'prepper,' warns of coming 'crisis' 'Families should assemble a disaster supplies kit'

WND ^ | August 29, 2014 | Bob Unruh

[Perseverando]

President Obama on Friday turned prepper, with a proclamation regarding National Preparedness Month that warned emergencies, “from hurricanes and wildfires to cyber and terrorist attacks, can strike anywhere at any time.”

In his proclamation, he said each household should have its own plan.

“Before emergencies occur, we must make sure we are ready to respond, and it is every American’s responsibility to be prepared. There are simple but important steps we can all take to ensure we know what to do and have what we need in the event of a crisis. National Preparedness Month is an opportunity to talk with our families, friends, and colleagues about the risks in our communities and to practice our responses in all the places we regularly visit.”

He said Americans “should be familiar with local threats and hazards and take steps to reduce their devastating impacts.”

“Families should assemble a disaster supplies kit well in advance and have a plan to reconnect after a tragedy,” the president said.

He said his administration has invested “billions of dollars” in disaster relief.

“We bolstered coordination with our local, state, tribal, and territorial partners to cut through red tape and kept our commitment to rebuild stronger and fully recover together. We are harnessing our nation’s innovative spirit to develop new tools and technologies that will empower survivors and better inform Americans before, during, and after an emergency.”

And he boasted of launching “America’s PrepareAthon!” to help with readiness.

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

I like how he got the beer in his back pocket as well. Yep, during a massive hurricane and massive flooding, nothing is more important than getting as much Heineken as you possibly can.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

“Hey, I don’t have a strategy to repel ISIS, so you all better be prepared for whatever they are going to throw at us. That is all.”

[VerySadAmerican]

So, how much ammo does he suggest we have on hand?

[Mortrey]

BenghaziBarrySoebarkah is heading for his new bunker under the SpiteHouse.

Hope he’s got his supply of cocaine and little boys...THAT’S right! He’s already imported them via the Southern border!!! He/she’s SET! Let the games begin!

POTUS=Pimp of the United States.

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

I hope the liberals wear coexist tshirts so I’ll know not to waste ammo protecting them

[Blue Highway]

Looter guy has a Heinie for his Hiney! Way to stay classy!

[BenLurkin]

[Beowulf9]

Hope and change?

[roadcat]

Yep, during a massive hurricane and massive flooding, nothing is more important than getting as much Heineken as you possibly can.

Stock up on hard liquor. It is a good anesthetic, and can clean wounds. You can barter with it, trading for shotgun rounds. And you can drink to forget the misery you're in because of Obama.

[blueplum]

so, for the Preparathon, will they be handing out little swag bags of duct tape and plastic sheeting?

[Kartographer]

Preppers’ PING!!

Hat tip to TADSLOS for the heads up.

[miss marmelstein]

Zero really thinks hurricanes can happen anywhere at anytime? What a dope.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

If ISIS attacks, will the Ferguson crowd support them?

[Kartographer]

Well, well ‘Bammy’ telling us to prepare to take it in the a$$, because of his incompetence! Isn’t this a fine mess.

It is your choice you can prep or you can stand around on a bridge waiting for ‘bammy’ to send FEMA to bring you a bottle of water, a MRE, a warm blanket, a kiss for your boo-boo and a Qur’an for your conversion. Who knows maybe you can even get your picture as you stand there on the national news.

The world is dry tinder just awaiting the right spark.

So listen to what the bible says: A prudent man sees danger and takes refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it. NIV Proverbs 22:3

Selco covers this in this article many times people just can not except that a breakdown is occurring even as they watch it happening before their eyes. Why don’t they realize it? It’s caused by a condition called ‘Normalcy Bias’ a mental state people enter when facing a disaster.

It causes people to underestimate both the possibility of a disaster occurring and its possible effects. This often results in situations where people fail to adequately prepare for a disaster, and on a larger scale, the failure of governments to include the populace in its disaster preparations. The assumption that is made in the case of the normalcy bias is that since a disaster never has occurred then it never will occur. It also results in the inability of people to cope with a disaster once it occurs. People with a normalcy bias have difficulties reacting to something they have not experienced before. People also tend to interpret warnings in the most optimistic way possible, seizing on any ambiguities to infer a less serious situation.

A good article on ‘Normalcy Bias’ is on our own ChocChipCookies Blog The Survival Mom:

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2010/12/29/normalcy-bias/

You either prepare and stand on your own beholden to no one or you become dependent on others to provide your basic needs and become their ‘serf’. Me I don’t want to be beholden to anyone for providing what is needed for me and mine. I certainly don’t want to have to kiss some ‘gubberment’ third class bureaucratic to try and coax some help from them, I don’t want some ‘jack booted’ thug herding me in line and telling me where to stand, sit, eat or sleep. And last but not least I don’t want to be shut up in with a bunch of ‘zombies’ and have to worry about not only trying to get basic necessities but having to fight to keep what I manage to get.

Just getting started or an old hand you might find my Preparedness Manual helpful. You can download the manual at:

http://tomeaker.com/kart/Preparedness1j.pdf NOTE! THIS IS A FREE DOWNLOAD. I DO NOT MAKE ONE CENT OFF MY PREPAREDNESS MANUAL!

For those of you who haven’t started already it’s time to prepare almost past time maybe. You needed to be stocking up on food guns, ammo, basic household supplies like soap, papergoods, cleaning supplies, good sturdy clothes including extra socks, underwear and extra shoes and boots, cash (I myself have been putting up change for the past few years both for the metal content and the fact that using change places to make what purchases you can will move you down the the list of possible marks during shtf), tools, things you buy everyday start buying two and put one up.

As the LDS say “When the emergency is upon us the time for preparedness has past.”

Again I like to recomend FReeper’s ChocoChipCookie Blog The Survival Mom (Please Blog Police let this one slide!) Where you can get lots of useful information like:

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2011/11/20/8-morale-boosters-for-any-worst-case-scenario/

http://thesurvivalmom.com/2010/02/02/survival-priorities-the-rule-of-three/

And More

Also there is Ferfal’s Blog a survivor of Argentina’s first collapse:

http://ferfal.blogspot.com/

And there is Selco’s Blog a Bosnian War survivor at:

http://shtfschool.com/

“There is no greater disaster than to underestimate danger. Underestimation can be fatal.”

[miss marmelstein]

Didn’t the previous idiot, Bloomberg, blame right wing fanatics for the little explosion in Times Square a few years ago? Ya know, before it turned out to be a muzzie.

[Political Junkie Too]

Obama is prepping us for his Reichstag fire, so he can respond with his weaponized NOAA and USDA.

-PJ

[optiguy]

I re-read his statement through the perspective of him trying to go on record for later plausible deniability when it hits the fan. I think that’s what he’s doing.

[Sun]

Beans and bullets.

[The Duke]

Good planning article: http://www.theprepperjournal.com/2014/08/11/advanced-disaster-planning/

[Kartographer]

To help in his effort to be able to claim plausible deniability Obama has stop watching or reading news reports so he won’t learn of anything that might be a problem.