Are You Prepared?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if somebody turned off the lights?

I mean, on purpose or by accident your local power company just goes on the fritz.  And no longer produces overpriced electricity.  And out here in Taxifornia, for some of our overpriced growed-up golf cart cars to use.  

What would you do if the lights wouldn't come on?  And the stove or air fryer wouldn't cook your food?  And you couldn't charge your phone?  And your furnace wouldn't heat your home?  Or cool it?  

Have you ever wondered what would happen if our petroleum refineries were all sabotaged?  Blown up, or hacked, and no longer producing refined petroleum we can use in the vast majority of our cars?  Or dummies like our bozo BoyGuv keeps forcing them out of business with his "climate chaos" mentality?  Like Shell, which just announced it's bolting from the once-Golden State.  After more than 75 years of service.  Taking with it some 15% of our total refining capacity.  No refineries, no $6.00 a gallon gas at the pump.  And you don't drive.  Anywhere. 

Since we still live in a "supply and demand" economy (the socialists haven't replaced Capitalism just yet), what do you think will happen to the price of our gas when 15% of the supply goes away? 

Have you ever wondered what would happen if the Internet was unplugged?  No more Google.  No more Facebook.  No more "X."  Just you.  And your family.  Like it used to be.  Back in the "good ol' days," like 40 years ago.  Your family depending upon you to protect them and make sure they are fed and clothed and kept safe from harm.

Do you know how to do that?  Have you ever even considered that you might have to do so?

Have you ever wondered what would happen if our Gubmint decided one day to take your firearms?  Just like Gubmints have done in every other country but the United States?  Would you give up yours?  Do you have any to give?  Did you know that there were more than 150,000 FBI Instant Federal Firearm Background Checks conducted on Black Friday alone?  The precursor to owning a firearm?  And you weren't one of them?  

That's alright.  I have enough for us both...

And speaking of firearms, there were 150,000,000 in American hands as of the day Obama was consecrated.  Now?  After him being named the Greatest Gun Salesman of All Time, it's 525,000,000.  With more than 110,000,000 American households owning at least one firearm.  Is your house one of them?

Can you make a fire without matches?  You know, take flint and kindling, and...  No?  Wouldn't it be a good time to learn?  Do you have a store of the food your family will need if all the grocery stores go out of business?  No gas or diesel for the trucks to bring it?  Because they've all been legislated out of existence?    And because there's no more electricity?  Could you hunt for subsitence food?  You know, because the firearms have all been confiscated, take your bow and arrows and go into the woods and hunt?  No? 

As you may have heard, Russia is in an all-out war with Ukraine.  Putin has already lost more than 725,000 of his own troops.  He's even imported the North Koreans to fight for him.  China and Iran are backing Russia, BTW.  The NATO countries, including the U. S. of A., are backing Ukraine.  They're shooting real bullets at each other.  People are dying.  

Iran, through its proxies, attacked Israel.  Israel is fighting back.  They've destroyed HAMASS, and Hezbollah, and southern Lebanon, and most of the defenses of Iran.  Which has caused the downfall of Syria.  Making it a lawless wasteland.  And the U.S. and Israel are attacking what's left of Syrian offensive capabilities with rockets and bombs.  Sinking their ships.  Removing their chemical weapons capabilities.  Or trying.  But Russia took in Al Asad.  And his $2 Billion Dollars.  Without Syria's aid and protection, Putin is even more vulnerable.  And paranoid.  

He has nuclear weapons, BTW.  And has changed Russia's constitution so that they may be used in more circumstances.  That should worry the pee out of every thinking human. 

It's still not a good idea to back a 5th Degree Black Belt into a corner.  Which we're doing.  A corner from which he knows he has only one exit.  You might not like the results. 

Iran may soon start to come apart at the seams.  Which could bring China and NoKo into the action directly.  China has forewarned us all that it intends to attack the Republic of Korea.  And 90% of our computer chips are made in South Korea.  Should that occur, whether we come to this small island's defense or not, it could bring that necessary supply line to a halt.  And American industry and manufacturing to a halt.  For months, if not years.  Returning us to the technological Dark Ages.

In short, the world's in a terrible fix, thanks to Joe O'Biden.  And one single human, somewhere, who zigs when he should have zagged, could push the wrong button and cause WW Part 3 to unfold.  Right smack in front of us.

Since you were likely born and raised in a "bubble," it's likely you have no idea how to fend for yourself.  I read a poll recently where 22% of Taxifornias believe meat comes from the local supermarket!  And I'm telling you it might be a good time to learn some of the basic skills you'd need if the Fit Hits The Shan.  

How to hunt, how to live off the land, how to build a lean to.  how to build a fire, how to stay warm, and how to stay safe.  One thing you could do is go to your local bookstore and buy a copy of the "Boy Scout Manual."  It will instruct you on all the things you'll need to know to live in a disconnected world, scary, mean, dangerous world.

Good luck, Fellow Patriots.  Sorry for the dose of reality.  I was taught by the U. S. Army to be prepared.  After having been taught by the Boy and Explorer Scouts to "Be Prepared."  I'm prepared.  Are you?

The way things look, unless The Donald can defuse multiple wars allowed to start and fester under the "Mumbler-in-Chief," you might need to get up to speed on some of the more "basic" life skills.*  

Especially if some authoritarian somewhere chooses to attack while O'Biden is still laising away on the beach at Rohoboth.  Still collecting his $400,000 a year...  

*    Or perhaps these are just the ravings of a paranoid old dude.  In which case you should just ignore them and go on back to your unprepared life.