http://blogs.cdc.gov/publichealthmatters/2011/05/preparedness-101-zombie-apocalypse/

I really do find this funny coming from this administration.  You’ve got a great many liberals convinced that “zombies” is conservative, Republican, and racist “code speak” for liberals and minorities. We know better and no, I’m not linking you to the podcast to THAT show!  I’m all for disaster preparedness, it’s part of what I do professionally in my day job.  But, the thing this administration consistently leaves out is making sure you’ve got the ability to protect and defend yourself from looters and others who often take advantage of the loss of access to emergency services that of often accompanies a major disaster.

Having a water supply, food, extra meds, et al is just fine. That should be standard fair for any of us.  But the realities of life on the Gulf Coast have shown us that if the fecal matter ever truly hits the spinning impeller, we are on our own because the people charged with helping us, may just abandon us.  You can’t call 911 if the cell phone and land line telephone networks are down.  This means you may very well have to provide your own emergency medical care and when the “zombies” do come, you will be all that stands between those zombies and whatever provisions and shelter you have in place.  That fact, predictably, is not something they mention in this advisory.

While we’re on the subject of “zombies,” lets take a second to state the facts for our liberal friends. “Zombies” can and will be of any race, creed, or religion. The “zombies” will likely be people who look just like you. They may in fact be, your next door neighbor. At the end of the day, the “zombies” we are concerned about are those who were not prepared for a disaster. It is a sad reality that most “zombies” will be those who have been dependent on the government for all their essential needs prior to any major disaster. But again, some of them will be your neighbors.

So in addition to all the stuff the CDC says, you should at least consider buying one or more guns (probably a semi-automatic rifle and/or handgun), a dozen or so spare magazines for each, and several hundred or even several thousand rounds of ammo as well as the training to use the gun(s) effectively.  Also, you and those in your care need to know how to administer CPR and stop or at least control severe blood loss from a traumatic wound. James Preston of Preston Tactical offers a great curriculum on this as do others. Few if any first aid kits for the home include the necessary items for treating traumatic wounds but many retailers like Preston Tactical and Practical Trauma offer pre-assembled trauma kits with the necessary supplies to treat severe blood loss to give you a chance to seek professional medical care.  Guns, ammo, trauma kits and the training to use this stuff are not cheap but, how much is your life worth?

– Gary

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-september-5-2012/hope-and-change-2—the-party-of-inclusion

I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve watched the Daily Show but, I’ve been frustrated by the alleged “openness” of the Democratic Party for years. The claim of tolerance, inclusion, and the willingness to accept a different point of view is as false as that of any Republican you care to name but, you’d never know it if you only believe what the popular media tells us. Stewart might have done this as a joke but, I’m convinced he’s stumbled into the truth and the truth is very, very, ugly. -Gary

On the eve of the seventh anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, New Orleans, Louisiana and surrounding areas on the Gulf Coast are again facing a tropical cyclone that is taking it’s sweet time to soak up as much of the Gulf of Mexico as it can before coming ashore.  As has happened before, there are strong indicators that NOLA will take a direct hit on the worst side of the storm. As a result, NOLA and the surrounding areas are, again, in many people’s thoughts and prayers.

For all the blame that went around after Katrina, this time, no one should be blind-sided by the facts.  We know for a fact that the exception of the French Quarter and a few other areas, NOLA sits about three feet BELOW SEA LEVEL. It is bordered on all but one side by Lake Pontchartrain, Lake Borgne, the Mississippi River, marshlands and ultimately, the Gulf of Mexico.  It also has more than enough bayous and canals running through it to make one question the idea of Houston being called Bayou City rather than NOLA.  As I learned when I last visited NOLA in 2001, the only things keeping NOLA from being flooded by the surrounding bodies of water on any given day, are the levies and pumps that in some areas, run 24hrs a day, seven days a week, whether there is a storm approaching or not, just to keep the streets dry.

Over the last seven years, millions of dollars have been spent building new levies and installing bigger pumps.  Keep in mind that all of the those latest “improvements” in NOLA were built by the lowest bidder for a government contract.  Above all else, it should also be noted that in the ongoing battle between man’s technology and that which God had created, God has never, ever, lost.  In the end, God takes who or what he wants, when he wants, according to HIS plans, Samuel L. Jackson, whether you understand it or not.  So with all of this in mind, if you’re in NOLA and surrounding areas, it might be time to exercise your own judgement and to get out of dodge rather than waiting for the government to tell you to do so.

-Gary