I am now dumber for having read this.

Wow.  Thanks, Fox News for not only uneducating sheeple on how to prepare for a storm, but to make a backhanded comment towards those who do.  I guess I'm not a survivalist without my bunker and iodine tablets.

Here are the 4 "gadgets":

1st.  You mentioned a crank radio, then complained that it wouldn't completely charge your iPhone.  It would have been nice to mention that the crank radio is usually used for the radio.  Just saying.

2nd.  You mention an LED flashlight.  Please complain about the price.  Since you mentioned the above radio has a built-in LED flashlight, couldn't you use the radio for looking for stuff too?  And my flashlight that lights up Chicago used 2 AA batteries and I used it for a month before changing batteries, so why are they plugging a model that uses 8 AAA batteries and is good for 24 hours?

3rd.  A lantern.  A rechargeable, electric lantern.  How freaking dark does it get?  All they mentioned so far is stuff to light up the night.  Here's an idea:  use the crank radio (you need it to hear the news) and some of those solar outdoor lights.  I got 20 of them lining my driveway.  If I need to, I can leave them out during the day to charge and bring them in to use each night for houselight.  And it is cheaper than all this garbage.  And maybe a oil lamp and/or homemade candles.  But then again, I'm not trying to be a yuppie.

4th.  A solar charger.  Good, because the iPhone battery might go dead and then noone gets to play Angry Birds on the phone.  Really people?

You got 3 gadgets for lighting up a house.  And 2 that can charge your iPhone.  Seriously, when I was out of power for 2 weeks for Hurricane Gustav in 2008, we got a small generator for the fridge, on demand hot water heater, and some A/C.  If you wanted to charge your phone, you plugged it into the car.  Cars still work in a power outage.  Just run the engine for a few minutes to charge the car battery, then let the phone charge for an hour.

Good to see that none of the "gadgets" included a non-electric can opener, a gas BBQ grill for cooking, or a Steripen for water sterilization.  But I guess as long as you can see, and use your iPhone, then everything will be OK, because food and water aren't important if you are trendy.

Sheeple.


Fox News Article.

Why I prep.

There is an article on Yahoo news about a Navy SEAL that was killed a short while back.  I've never been in the military and never plan to, I have immense respect for those who defend my right to write this blog and to live as I see fit.  


Man's best friend mourns death.

The following is one of the commenters:


"this guy is NOT a hero, he's just a casualty of war his death was caused by bad luck THIS guy died in a helicopter crash OK it's not like he used his body as an armor to help save his buddies from a grenade and besides I'm sick of all you veterans talking about fighting for my freedom that's BS my freedom is backed by the Constitution your fighting and alleged sacrifices ain't shit"


The above person is sadly a growing trend of moonbats and mouthbreathers growing in this country.  


I prep because one day his ideals will become mainstream.


I prep because one day I will have to defend my lifestyle from people like him or her.


I prep because people like him or her is leading this once-great county to its' doom.


I hope and pray that the above commentator will one day, even for an instant, realize how wrong they are.  Probably the split second before a biker gang takes their life for a gallon of water and a can of green beans.  


This guy made me sick to my stomach.  

Shopping in Denver.

Took the Beautiful Wife to Denver this weekend.  She earned it.  I promised her a new purse if she helped my put in a fence for the new garden and let me get a nice big greenhouse.  As we drove into the outskirts of town where all these yuppie communities lie, she mentioned that it was pretty and was thinking about moving there.

She could if she wanted to.  Without me.  You couldn't catch me in East California that is Denver for more than 48 hours.

The hillside was beautiful, rolling hills of what was once green.  Now stucco homes fill the hillside.  How can anyone pay half a million for a house with no yard, your neighbors can look out their window into your window, and one could hop from rooftop to rooftop for miles, not to mention that every house looks identical.  It boggles the mind.  Never the less, we made it to our hotel by the mall that we love.  It's so convenient to our visits and it keeps us on the edge of town, away from their God-ugly stadium.

One trip to the mall changed the Beautiful Wife's mind.  The parking lot was filled with high-end, brand new vehicles.  What depression?  These must have been the people Fearless Leader has been saying wasn't paying all the money they have  their fair share.  Once inside, we were glad we live in the middle of nowhere.

It was a competition to be the richest, snootiest, fakest person you can be.  My weekend garb in town is usually sneakers, shorts, and a collared shirt with a 5 day scruffle on my face.  These guys tried their hardest to replicate my look, but to notch it up to the nth degree of douche-iness.  There were 6 year olds in heels with a cell phone up against their heads.  I could have sworn that there was a teenage hooker convention in the mall.  It was saddening to see such a waste of human life.  I did enjoy Pottery Barn.  I do love a store that copies antiques and makes them look really old, then sells it for three times it should be worth to people that want to impress their neighbors.

Dinner was at a nice restaurant (thanks in-laws for the gift card).  Beautiful Wife made my day when she pointed out how shallow these sheeple were that were in the restaurant.  I agreed.  Most of these people looked like they were up to their neck in debt, and the instant the country looked worse and interest rates would go up, they were sunk.  Probably most only had a few days worth of food in their house.  Power loss and water loss would mean they would stand in front of their sink, turning it on and off for hours, hoping that it would come back on.

It was nice for a minute to bask in the knowledge that when SHTF happens, we are much better prepped than most of the sheeple, and it takes more than a tank of gas to get from that urban center to our homestead.

Oh, I have to mention that I saw a teen with a shirt on that read "Friends don't let friends vote Republican".  He looked like he hadn't bathed in a week, his hair was wild and he had a vacant stare.  I just shook my head as such an obvious example on why I don't vote for liberals.  That kind of stupid should be painful.