Do you feel better now?

How many saw the press conference with President Obama yesterday? If you did, do you feel safer, more sure of your future, feeling good about keeping your home, being able to have some money to retire on so you are not working 5 days a week at burger king just to keep from eating pet food?

One poll I saw showed 3% felt better, 10% felt no change and 87% felt worse about their future. I admit I am not an expert on high finance but there are many things wrong that throwing billions of dollars at them will not fix them.

This country is on the brink. Of what I am not sure, but I do know I am scared as hell. As money gets tighter, as businesses go under, as people find it harder to feed their families anarchy becomes a real danger.

The news is pointing out that the sale of firearms and ammunition have skyrocketed. Is it the lunatic fringe that is buying this up? No, it is you and me. Mr. and Mrs. American. When it comes down to keeping food you have put away for an emergency (such as is coming in this country) and someone tries to take it from you, when it is what is keeping you and your family from starving, you will have to ask yourself a few questions. The lunatic left will have to decide if all their posturing about firearms is going out the window because they now feel they need firearms to protect their family. The anti gun nuts will have to prove themselves wrong i.e. people don't need guns...the 2nd amendment is not about the average citizen having their own guns and get some themselves or end up giving up any commodities that they own. But of course all of the left who think that you should take from the rich and give to the poor, no matter how or why those people are rich or poor will happily give up their food i.e. they are now the rich because they have food and give it to the poor. They should feel wonderful then, truly being poor and hungry and with little chance of defending themselves since guns are horrid living creatures that kill without provocation.

I am a big fan of a man that posts videos on youtube. Much of it has to do with survival, protection and similar issues. When MOST people (myself included) talk about "survival" people picture the crazies in the woods thinking that the government is coming for them and they are going to have huge firefights trying to protect their "way of life". The real truth is that when I speak of survival it means staying healthy, fed, watered, covered, warm and safe until whatever particular emergency ends and things return to normal. Ask the people that survived Katrina if they wished they had began planning for such an event months in advance if that period of time would have been much easier to live through.

Part of surviving will include being prepared for the possibilities of having to defend yourself, your family, or your possesions. I don't mean your DVD player, but it could be your food, or your sleeping bag or water. Loss of something like that could mean the loss of your life. So you damned well better be prepared to defend it. Going back to the guy on youtube. You can see his videos, just search for videos by nutnfancy. There is some great information there. There are 2 themes that run through his videos (by the way most of the videos are reviews of outdoor equipment, first aid kits, etc). One is the term he uses called "WROL". This stands for "without rule of law". This means what happens when the rule of low is not in effect. Think it can't happen? Look at Los Angeles after Rodney King. If you were not prepared before hand you might have lost your store, your merchandise, your home or your life. What is interesting about the riots at that time was that many that were arrested for looting, and beating and firebombing homes and businesses did not know who Rodney King was, or they had not heard the verdict. The cause was that some people that live "wrol" found it an easy time to commit their crimes, it was not a social outcry to racial prejuduce.

The second idea that nutnfancy that he expounds on is called the sheepdog. He feels, and I agree with, that we have an duty to protect those unable to protect themselves ie the sheep. The sheepdog theory is that you do get involved, you do take chances to help others, that you do not hide when something bad happens. If it was your family would you watch them attacked, cut down, raped, robbed and you would remain in hiding IF you had a chance to stop or prevent the attack? Most likely would defend their family. But do you hide if it is not your family? The theory as I see it is that your family, or not your family, you still step in and protect them. Just like you would want someone to step in for your family if you were not there.

People, please understand that the chance of a large portion of this country living WROL at least for a time looms large. When or if that time does come then I hope that each of you is ready for it, ready to protect your family, yourself, and to be the sheepdog for those that will need our help.