Renewed Terrorist Threat - What Are You Doing to Prepare (if anything)?
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Zak Smith
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Pretty much the same as I should be doing anyway:
. keep extra cash on hand
. keep a good safety buffer in the checking and savings accounts - a year or two's reserve for expenses (eg, mortgage) is a good idea
. keep some extra food around the house
. keep some extra water around the house
. keep cars in good repair
. CCW as often as possible
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. keep extra cash on hand
. keep a good safety buffer in the checking and savings accounts - a year or two's reserve for expenses (eg, mortgage) is a good idea
. keep some extra food around the house
. keep some extra water around the house
. keep cars in good repair
. CCW as often as possible
-z
Really nothing different. I live on a mountaintop in a sparsely populated agricultural county between Los Angeles and San Francisco. Chances are any successful terrorist attack will be in a heavily populated urban area. I'll just watch the handwringing and recriminations on TV.
JamisJockey
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Cash is really only good for short term emergencies. For long term, ammo (.22lr being the standard), extra food, and TP are beleived to be the TEOTWAWKI barter of choice.
To expound, everyone should have a basic car repair kit, and know a little bit about car maintenece. Keep aftermarket repair manuals for any vehicle you have, that way you can (attempt to) fix it yourself if necessary.
M2 Carbine
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Im keeping my eye on elderly white women to see if they may be hiding nail clippers or one of those little Swiss Army knives. "
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I guess I'll sit and watch the deaths pile up as I reload ammo.
I figure it will take 2 more 9-11's before the politically correct idiots and trators in this country are shut up and we start going after the terriorists cowards like the Jews went after the excaped Nazis after WW2.
One thing for sure it will get a lot worse before it gets better.
"Atticus
Im keeping my eye on elderly white women to see if they may be hiding nail clippers or one of those little Swiss Army knives. "
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I guess I'll sit and watch the deaths pile up as I reload ammo.
I figure it will take 2 more 9-11's before the politically correct idiots and trators in this country are shut up and we start going after the terriorists cowards like the Jews went after the excaped Nazis after WW2.
One thing for sure it will get a lot worse before it gets better.
Joe Demko
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Funny, I don't recall Israel invading anybody or getting embroiled in any wars in the course of pursuing Nazi war criminals. AFAIK, they accomplished it all with good intelligence, bribery (as needed), and some pretty skillful covert ops by the Mossad.
Pheonix
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I will use this as an excuse (to the wife) to buy a back-up gun!!
M2 Carbine
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Golgo-13
You remember back then? I do.
It was called WW2.
The Jews were murdered for no cause.
Kind of like the folks in the twin towers.
I'm sure you remember that.
Don't worry if you don't, there will be more and maybe the first reaction will be to go after the cowards instead of the first reaction being to critize our government and country.
You remember back then? I do.
It was called WW2.
The Jews were murdered for no cause.
Kind of like the folks in the twin towers.
I'm sure you remember that.
Don't worry if you don't, there will be more and maybe the first reaction will be to go after the cowards instead of the first reaction being to critize our government and country.
Joe Demko
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Which events are you even talking about? The Holocaust or the Israeli hunt for escaped Nazis? You made the statement that we should
I pointed out that the Israelis accomplished that w/o a war. That seems to have upset you for some reason.
I pointed out that the Israelis accomplished that w/o a war. That seems to have upset you for some reason.
M2 Carbine
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No, of course I'm not upset except with "us" for being such idiots.
We will sit here taking fingernail clippers away from old ladies instead of hunting down and killing our enemies in every way possible.
And we will continue being "nice guys" and scared of what France, etc thinks of us, until we finally have had enough, which will be many dead from now.
I only mention the Jews because they are the only ones I know of that seem to pay back what they get.
Of course it took six million dead Jews before they got tough.
I hope it doesn't take six million dead Americans before we get tough.
That's all, no more soap box for today.
We will sit here taking fingernail clippers away from old ladies instead of hunting down and killing our enemies in every way possible.
And we will continue being "nice guys" and scared of what France, etc thinks of us, until we finally have had enough, which will be many dead from now.
I only mention the Jews because they are the only ones I know of that seem to pay back what they get.
Of course it took six million dead Jews before they got tough.
I hope it doesn't take six million dead Americans before we get tough.
That's all, no more soap box for today.
M2 Carbine opined that:
At lunch today on the radio I heard some government guy doing a news conference state that there is very strong intelligence pointing to Al Queda conducting a "major" attack on the US during the summer or early fall of this year. He stated that Al Queda spokesman are claiming that 90% of the preparations for that attack are complete ( sounded strange that they'd make that claim to me).
The potential targets he listed were the G8 Summit and the Democratic and Republican conventions.
He also mentioned that the intelligence indicates that Al Queda believes that they can have the same socio-political impact on the US as they did on Spain by conducting this attack.
If the gubmint and M2 are correct we'll be half way to the point of blissninnies in this country waking up.
Personally (unless AQ does something really stupid like setting off a Nuke or something else that kills in the 100's of thousands) I think that Al Queda is right and that the general US population will scream and shout for the country to get the hell out of Dodge and everywhere else we aren't wanted. We'll be curling up into our shell like a snail that had salt poured on it.
Call me cynical if you will but The folks running this country and the general run of the mill average Joe just don't have the same backbone that our Grandparents did.
At lunch today on the radio I heard some government guy doing a news conference state that there is very strong intelligence pointing to Al Queda conducting a "major" attack on the US during the summer or early fall of this year. He stated that Al Queda spokesman are claiming that 90% of the preparations for that attack are complete (
sounded strange that they'd make that claim to me).The potential targets he listed were the G8 Summit and the Democratic and Republican conventions.
He also mentioned that the intelligence indicates that Al Queda believes that they can have the same socio-political impact on the US as they did on Spain by conducting this attack.
If the gubmint and M2 are correct we'll be half way to the point of blissninnies in this country waking up.
Personally (unless AQ does something really stupid like setting off a Nuke or something else that kills in the 100's of thousands) I think that Al Queda is right and that the general US population will scream and shout for the country to get the hell out of Dodge and everywhere else we aren't wanted. We'll be curling up into our shell like a snail that had salt poured on it.
Call me cynical if you will but The folks running this country and the general run of the mill average Joe just don't have the same backbone that our Grandparents did.
Zak Smith
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The point I was subtly making is that the Islamo-Fascist Terrorists are incapable of causing TEOTWAWKI or an extended SHTF, or any SHTF in my locale that would require guns. The most likely impact would be more or less temporary disruption of the economy. Locally, a fire or chem/bio issue might require a bug-out to a support area.
Let's be realistic. Islamo-Fascist Terrorists cannot cause the dead to rise causing our favorite zombie scenarios; they might be able to detonate a dirty bomb, but they are incapable of causing a nuclear TEOTWAWKI; and they cannot ferry enough Chineese to our coasts for an invasion.
Being prepared against terrorist attack is mainly: keeping your head; having general preparations such as are appropriate for a local natural disaster or big winter storm; and being vigilant with regard to normal personal defense.
JamisJockey
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Which is not why we got involved in WWII. Jews were being rounded up long before we got involved. IIRC right, after Japan declared war on and attacked us, Hitler decided to declare war on us as well.
Without that official declaration, its dubious as to when we would have gotten fully involved against Hitler.
JamisJockey
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No offense meant.
Of course, in an SHTF scenerio, even something short term, food, water, and luxury items like coffee and TP might be more powerful barter items than money.
That said, you may need the money to secure items anyways. I'd make sure to keep it in small denominations (5's and 1's)...even with price gouging the smaller denominations will make it easier ("sorry, I don't have change...if you really want it I guess you need to give me that hundred dollar bill there...")
Gordon Fink
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Even though most of the terrorists will come from Saudi Arabia, I’ll prepare to invade Syria … or maybe Iran.
~G. Fink
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rayra
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Rode out the Northridge Earthquake two blocks from the apartment buildings that collapsed. Plenty of large fires near my current homes north of L.A. and in the Sierras. Thus my SHTF stocks are pretty complete.
When it comes to domestic terrorists, I'm keeping my eyes on the insane Leftists that post on DU and Indymedia. And keeping tabs on the nearest Islamic Jihad HQs / arsenals
When it comes to domestic terrorists, I'm keeping my eyes on the insane Leftists that post on DU and Indymedia. And keeping tabs on the nearest Islamic Jihad HQs / arsenals
Bravo11
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First I'm going to a friends fathers store on the outskirts of town and get all the guns/ammo, sleeping bags and food I can. Then I'm heading for the mountains with all my friends and live off the land while fighting an insurgent war against the terrorists. I think I'll call me group the Wolverines after my high school mascot.
Later we'll hook up with some chicks like Carolyn in the City and the Dirty Dancing girl.
Later we'll hook up with some chicks like Carolyn in the City and the Dirty Dancing girl.
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Werewolf
Call me cynical if you will but The folks running this country and the general run of the mill average Joe just don't have the same backbone that our Grandparents did.
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Werewolf,
One of the advantages/disadvantages of living over a half a century, I'm 66, is seeing how far in most things, our country has sunk.
Since this a gun board this is a gun example.
When I was a young kid in the city, it was no big deal for me to be walking down the street with a 22 rifle under my arm, coming back from plinking.
The only question I might be asked was, Hey boy how was the shooting. Can you shoot that thing pretty good.
There were no drive by shootings, no bad seed little cowards shooting their school mates. Almost no missuse of guns at all by kids.
If you had a beef with another kid you kicked his butt or he kicked yours. Then everybody went and played baseball.
(come to think of it most all the time somebody had a black eye but it was hard to see on the black kids )
YOU know what we have now.
A child is treated like a criminal if he points his finger at someone.
In my wildest dreams I could never have believed this country would be in this shape.
Now kids are taught to be cowards, to be weak, that losing and failure is right and even good, that guns are bad (because they allow you not to be weak).
This has happened so gradually that we accept it as normal.
We even jokingly call some states, the peoples republic of XXX.
Were screwed.
Werewolf
Call me cynical if you will but The folks running this country and the general run of the mill average Joe just don't have the same backbone that our Grandparents did.
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Werewolf,
One of the advantages/disadvantages of living over a half a century, I'm 66, is seeing how far in most things, our country has sunk.
Since this a gun board this is a gun example.
When I was a young kid in the city, it was no big deal for me to be walking down the street with a 22 rifle under my arm, coming back from plinking.
The only question I might be asked was, Hey boy how was the shooting. Can you shoot that thing pretty good.
There were no drive by shootings, no bad seed little cowards shooting their school mates. Almost no missuse of guns at all by kids.
If you had a beef with another kid you kicked his butt or he kicked yours. Then everybody went and played baseball.
(come to think of it most all the time somebody had a black eye but it was hard to see on the black kids
)YOU know what we have now.
A child is treated like a criminal if he points his finger at someone.
In my wildest dreams I could never have believed this country would be in this shape.
Now kids are taught to be cowards, to be weak, that losing and failure is right and even good, that guns are bad (because they allow you not to be weak).
This has happened so gradually that we accept it as normal.
We even jokingly call some states, the peoples republic of XXX.
Were screwed.
RevDisk
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Hmm, my generation. Civil rights are pretty much a joke these days. Ask anyone in their 20's or younger 30's if Social Security will be around when they retire. Ha! Public schools are moreso prisons than educational institutes. Oh yea, and you get charged with a felony if you bring a pair of nail clippers or a screwdriver with you.
My boss told me that when he was drafted, a carton of smokes cost $2 in the PX. Last time I looked, they were $38. Buddy of mine in NYC told me smokes run $8 or $9 a pack, and you really can't smoke anywhere outside your home. Reading newspapers informed me that the people that waged a war against tobacco are next going after junk food and alcohol. Yea, Prohibition worked so well last time.
Terrorism is not about the innocent people killed. The point of terrorism is to scare a population, to terrorize them. I'm a thousand times more likely to die in a car accident, get cancer, fall in the shower, bitten by a shark or get struck by lightning than to be killed by a terrorist.
I'm a lot more concerned about giving up civil liberties than dying as a result of terrorism. I don't give terrorism any more thought than I do any other remote SHTF situation. Earthquakes, fires, floods or snowstorms are a lot more likely. Shady energy companies intentionally shutting down power grids to make a profit is a stronger possibility than terrorists knocking down the grid.
Want to really combat terrorism? Patrol the borders, allow citizens to carry, stop prop'ing up evil regimes that brutally repress their people, and stop letting certain corporations run America into the ground.
Zak Smith
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I hope you don't consider SS a "civil right."
Let me opt out of SS today.
-z
Chris Rhines
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I'm cowering in the basement.
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Shanghai McCoy
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Well let's see,in the 50 years that I have stumbled around this planet we have had Kruschev,Cuban missle crisis,civil unrest in the 60's,some earthquakes and fires when I was still in California and a host of other "threats".Frankly,I'm tired of it all.If the Islamo-whatevers hit then ,hopefully,we will "deal with it".Since I live in a part of the country that is ignored by most citizens I won't sweat this latest worry of the week.
Besides,it's Tornado season so I have enough on my mind as it is....
And to keep it gun related,we are well stocked in guns and ammo down in the basement.Back off Auntie Em,that's MY stuff...
Besides,it's Tornado season so I have enough on my mind as it is....
And to keep it gun related,we are well stocked in guns and ammo down in the basement.Back off Auntie Em,that's MY stuff...
Moparmike
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What am I doing for the RTT? Sitting at ground zero of a potential terrorist target. Not 100yds behind me is the preparation for the Walmart Shareholders Convention, and I once heard that it was supposedly #3 on the hitlist. A rumor I am sure, but a plausible one at that, as it is the world's largest retailer, and knocking out either the shareholder's convention or the HQ in Bentonville would deal a serious blow to the region and the nation.
Can you imagine if every Walmart on earth was suddenly unable to sell any products, or only had a 2-day supply for the month it would take WM to get back on its feet?
Can you imagine if every Walmart on earth was suddenly unable to sell any products, or only had a 2-day supply for the month it would take WM to get back on its feet?
Eric Bryant
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I plan a night of reloading and knife sharpening.
In other words, exactly what I had planned before this morning's hysteria.
By tomorrow morning, I'll probably be taken-in by all the hype and I'll grab an extra mag to throw in the car. Like I need an excuse
I do love the fact that we've got 7 people that are wanted by the FBI based on "credible intelligence" and a "hightened threat", and yet Mr. LiteBrite isn't raising the threat level? I guess I'm kinda curious now exactly what justifies an increase.
In other words, exactly what I had planned before this morning's hysteria.
By tomorrow morning, I'll probably be taken-in by all the hype and I'll grab an extra mag to throw in the car. Like I need an excuse
I do love the fact that we've got 7 people that are wanted by the FBI based on "credible intelligence" and a "hightened threat", and yet Mr. LiteBrite isn't raising the threat level? I guess I'm kinda curious now exactly what justifies an increase.
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