Written by Naomi Broderick

Preparation in today’s day and age is a must. To assume that a natural disaster, a home invader, or a financial collapse won’t affect your family is a tad naïve. Preparation is about attempting to foresee the potential disasters, creating a stockpile [...]]]> Teaching Your Kids About Preparation

Written by Naomi Broderick

Preparation in today’s day and age is a must. To assume that a natural disaster, a home invader, or a financial collapse won’t affect your family is a tad naïve. Preparation is about attempting to foresee the potential disasters, creating a stockpile of goods, learning the necessary skills, and creating a contingency plan to deal with the situation. As a parent, the task of disaster preparation is even harder. You not only have to prepare yourself, you have to teach your children what to do in case of a disaster.

Teach Preparation, Not Paranoia

Before we get started on the nitty-gritty details, I feel I must caution that parent to keep in mind that the information about potential disasters and tactics to deal with them must be imparted gently and with care. If your tactics are scaring or causing paranoia to the point where your kids can’t function normally, you might want to take a step back and rethink your tactics.

Model Preparation

One of the most vital tactics to teach disaster preparation is to be prepared. Be the man or woman that you want your children to be. Children learn a lot of their beliefs, values, and behavior from observing their parental figures. If they see you doing safety drills, stockpiling food, talking about safety with the family, they will be more likely to internalize the values and behaviors that you are exhibiting before they fully realize why. And gradually as the years pass, they will grasp the importance of living their life in a prepared manner.

Talk about the Contingency Plan and Safety

You may be of the opinion that your child isn’t old enough to know about the dangers of the world. That is a valid parenting choice, but you should not leave them completely defenseless and unprepared. You can tell them what to do in case of an emergency without spelling out the potential disasters that might affect the family.

You tell your kids not to get into cars with strangers, but leave out all the potential reasons why someone would kidnap a child. Why? Because you won’t always be there. Preparation for natural disasters, financial hardships, and home invasions are much like that. You won’t always be there when a hurricane approaches or when an intruder invades your home.

And if you are there, you might need to focus on other tasks. You might have a limited amount of time to board up the windows or collect the back packs of supplies. Having a child wander off to play at an inopportune time could be potentially disastrous. Even children must do their part to ensure the safety of their family. Give them the knowledge to do so.

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Regular Drills of Contingency Plans

The goal of a contingency plan is to have the family complete the actions required in a safe and time efficient manner. It may seem juvenile, but drills are paramount. Completing the safety drill over and over again will make grabbing supplies, making home preparations, and getting out of the house second nature. Before the drill the knowledge was intellectual. Intellectual knowledge of what they should do in a natural disaster is faulty. The memory might fail them and fear might make them forget. After the drills, their bodies will know what must be done as if on autopilot. You should do the drills at least once every two weeks until the family can do them effortlessly. After the family has them down, you can do the drills once a month.

Make Learning Skills and Running Drills Fun

Children, especially children that do not understand the importance of preparing for disasters, can be uncooperative. There are so many more appealing activities that they could be doing in their free time. As much as you can, you should strive to get the children to enthusiastically engage in the drills and skills.

• Turn drills into a game or a fun competition.
• If necessary offer awards for willingly becoming involved in preparation activities. You should not give them awards for intellectual or physical merit because your goal should be to promote a life time dedication to preparation. Rewarding intellectual or physical accomplishments might increase the knowledge in the present, but it will decrease their dedication to preparation for the long haul.
• Sign the child up for classes in Karate, Kayaking, Swimming, and other skills. If they take a liking to one of them, sign them up for the long haul.
• Take the child camping and share your love of fishing and hunting in order to teach children to survive without modern grocery stores.

Being prepared is more than an activity. It is a lifestyle choice that has the capability of assuring a long life for you and your family. Through parents, children can learn the importance of preparing for disasters. You can teach your kids in a variety of ways. The end result should always be the same: a child with the tools to survive with and without the parent’s guidance.

Naomi Broderick is a professional writer who’s secure in her abilities and even more confident in her parenting. When she’s not juggling her three children in the front yard and planning out her next safety drill, she writes for ProtectYourHome.com, a leader in home security.

July 24th, 2026: Confessions of a Former “Yes We Can” Chanter

It is the slightly stunted growth of Johnny and Susie that bothers me the most. Heck, they’re just children.  I don’t mind – at least not [...]]]> Is this what the future will bring? Special thanks to a guest for this contribution from their future diary.

July 24^th, 2026: Confessions of a Former “Yes We Can” Chanter

It is the slightly stunted growth of Johnny and Susie that bothers me the most. Heck, they’re just children.  I don’t mind – at least not a lot – the constant waiting in long lines for our rations. I know everyone has to do it. Or at least those of us that are not politically connected. I heard a line the other day from an elderly man who had escaped from Communist Poland in the 1980s that struck me as sadly applicable – “When socialism comes to the Sahara, there will even be a shortage of sand.” Here in California, I don’t think we need to worry about a shortage of sand – but perhaps everything else.  Of course, it is only temporary they keep telling us. I didn’t know “temporary” could last so long, but I guess I need to continue to trust our all-knowing leaders.

I often wonder what the Hollywood types think. The other day I listened to yet another speech by Tom Hankers about how our Dear Leader needed – due to the economic crisis – to suspend elections, and how it was for our own good. That’s what all the Hollywooders say, and they must be correct, as that is what the news also says is true. I must admit, though, that I feel a slight bit of resentment as they drive off in their chauffeured limousines. I can only wish I could afford a car, like my parents could in the old days – it makes it difficult to get the kids from my two ex-wives.  I know I shouldn’t feel resentment, of course. Our “Struggle Sessions,” which Governor for Life Jerry Brownlet developed from similar ideas of self-criticism in the Soviet Union, to confess thought crimes which will enable self-criticism, and thus collective rehabilitation, surely has to help sooner or later. It’s just this darned human nature that never seems to be amenable to any of our Dear Leaders’ “solutions.”  Of course, the problem must be within myself….

The other day, after waiting in line for several hours for my free chicken –which of course, is now not a whole chicken, but just a slightly shriveled, deformed chicken wing – I was able to ride my bike over in the rain to apply for one of those “green jobs.”  I know they are extremely hard to get, and you have to be connected to the party to get one, but I have heard non-connected people occasionally get one – though that may only be a rumor. The pay is incredible, and would be 500 times what I make here at Wal-Mart – that is, when they call me to come in and work, which is very rare these days. And… a job like that would help me pay off my student loan in record time, too. Well, I can dream, can’t I!

Of course, that is another regret – the $200,000 in loans that I cannot discharge. That degree in White Male Oppression and Women’s Studies has not been a big hit with the few employers still left out there in the state. However, I am just thankful that they have not yet re-established debtor’s prisons, as they are currently trying to bring in at the California state level. Then again, perhaps the People’s Supreme Court will find it unconstitutional… Oh wait! I keep forgetting…. of course the Constitution was thrown out the same time Dear Leader Obumbler was re-elected for the fourth time. That’s another issue I’ll have to bring up in my self-criticism class. The thing that gets to me a little bit  – though I confess I shouldn’t think like this – is how people like my ex-professor Dr. “Wee Willy” Ayers, who taught my Undocumented Gay Socialist Basket Weavers of the 13^th Century class, got to retire at age 51, on full pension. It seems unfair – except that I should not be thinking of what is fair – or even just or true –but rather what is good for the collective.

I saw Comrade Smith the other day – one of my old buddies from our “Yes We Can” chant-in days. He’s totally bald now, and has a large gut – which is strange, given the lack of food around. Perhaps it’s all the GMO food from Monsatan. I hear that new high fructose syrup they now have in 100% of food – as mandated by law – has some genetic material from the albino Sri Lankan platypus that is causing obesity, and a shorter lifespan. It is strange how he was so cool and “groovy” at the time. He was one of the top chanters in our group – now he seems so…. well, decrepit. Sometimes, in my heart of hearts, I wonder if this is how an ex-Nazi Youth member must have felt in, say, 1960, after WWII.  But, I had better not let those thoughts get out to anyone! That could be dangerous. And come think of it, I had better watch how I even think, as this might be reflected on my face, which the street cameras, or cameras on the police drone dirigibles overhead might pick up. That would put me away for 10 -20 in one of those North Dakota re-education camps. And besides, buddy John told me the North Koreans they now have running those camps are not pleasant. Or at least less pleasant than the old State Self-Criticism Inquistors (STASI) folks running the place were.

Well, enough for today’s diary. Doing this with pen and paper, as if I do it electronically, that “new/improved” fusion center in Cedar Bluff UT –which I hear now takes up 50 square miles, and which even monitors when my toaster is on – will surely pick this up via my IP address (I hear IP v8 was developed specifically for snooping and keeping track of “citizens,” as well as monitoring those RFID chips under those tattooed numbers under our skin). Boy, Nancy Pelosi sure wasn’t joking when she said a few years ago that, “Every aspect of our lives must be subjected to an inventory … of how we are taking responsibility.”

Maybe tomorrow will be a better day. But probably not.

Epic fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Rising body counts in Nigeria as the Army wages war against Islamic extremists.

The isolation of Christian “radicals” by the United States government while protecting historically violent groups.

All of these points are ongoing themes throughout our [...]]]> The historical struggle between Protestants and Catholics in Ireland.

Epic fighting between the Israelis and Palestinians.

Rising body counts in Nigeria as the Army wages war against Islamic extremists.

The isolation of Christian “radicals” by the United States government while protecting historically violent groups.

All of these points are ongoing themes throughout our daily lives lately. As I sit and reflect on what this means for our future, I start to wonder if there is potentially a religion driven war on the horizon. Will it happen? I don’t know. Where will it happen? This I also do not know. Does it seem possible? Yes. And as the days go by and the headlines compile, I start to think the likelihood becomes greater.

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Recent history has shown multiple violent attacks by religious groups based on perceived persecution in YouTube videos as an example. While many of these attacks have been deadly, the September 11, 2012 attack in Benghazi resulted in the death of the American Ambassador. Please tell me this is not a sign that there is a war against America by Muslims across the globe!

This week in Israel, military forces arrested Sheik Mohammad Hussein(the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem) who serves in that role under the authority of Palestine. While they seem to have a legitimate concern here, it highlights the ongoing division that is driven by religious differences.

And if all that is not enough, Christians across the Middle East are leaving the area at record rates. According to a FOX News article which quotes the U.S Commission on International Religious Freedom, “The flight of Christians out of the region is unprecedented and it’s increasing year by year.”  In our lifetime alone “Christians might disappear altogether from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Egypt.” As an Iraq War veteran, I have witnessed this exodus first hand.

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It is absolutely frightening to think about what may happen if this were all to come to a head. My guess would be that if a holy war were to spark, that it would be a raging fire of Islam that wages attacks on all religion. There will be continued evacuations of Christians everywhere to “safe” locations. History would tell us that a safe place for Christianity is the United States of America which was founded on Christian principles. (I know this can be a hotly debated idea. If you question this concept, I would challenge you to look at a piece of U.S. currency. It would be noted that every piece of U.S. money has the phrase, IN GOD WE TRUST placed on it. God. Not Allah, Buddah, or Mankind. God.) After all, didn’t the Pilgrims first come to America to be able to freely practice religion?

The fact of the matter is, however, that America is not even safe for Christians anymore. We are looked at as extremists and discouraged from openly declaring our faith.

While it may not be driven specifically by religion, in February 2013 a Muslim man killed and beheaded two Coptic Christians. We have somewhat become accustomed to such reports coming out of the Middle East from countries like Egypt. This account comes from Buena Vista, New Jersey. Is it merely coincidence that the Boston bombings last month were carried out by muslims…or that the attacks on 9/11 were carried out by Al-Qaeda, an Islamic Terrorist Organization.

The Democratic Party last year voted to remove God from the platform and then almost as quickly reversed the decision and voted God back into the Democratic Party amongst boo’s from the attendees of the Democratic National Convention. Is it just me, or is it outrageous that one of the two majority political parties in America would vote God out of their platform! This is not Survivor we are talking about, but the Dems still tried to vote God off their island! Is this starting to paint a picture that says Christians are no longer welcome in America?

There is a holy war looming. Now is the time to prepare.

Ask yourself this…What could pOssibly Be driving this divison of AMericA?

If you have 15 minutes available, I highly recommend watching the following video that will help paint a picture of what our own government is telling our military leaders about religion in the military.

Socialism (literally, government) is the great fiction, whereby everybody endeavours to live off of everybody else. ~ Frederic Bastiat, 1801-1850

David Sirota recently penned an article about the Boston Marathon bombing, while the victims were still bleeding one [...]]]> Thank you to contributor J.V. for submission of this guest post.

Socialism (literally, government) is the great fiction, whereby everybody endeavours to live off of everybody else. ~ Frederic Bastiat, 1801-1850

David Sirota recently penned an article about the Boston Marathon bombing, while the victims were still bleeding one day after the attack, titled Let’s hope the Boston Marathon bomber is a white American.

Of course, Sirota’s reason is simple – he did not want “slander” of Islam, or by extension, any other minorities.  Leaving aside the simple question of whether the Qu’ran is violent or not (I have read it twice, and indeed it is – and in fact was founded by violence), Sirota does have an initial valid point that we may perhaps all agree on: We desire all people to have basic human rights and dignity.  The question is, how do we get there?

Unfortunately the “logic” of Sirota, and others of his persuasion, breaks down in two areas. The first area is that leftists like Sirota – in their Robespierrian attempt to make everyone equal – have no problems running roughshod over other equally intrinsic rights that are also predicated on basic human rights and dignity, such as the right of free speech, or the right of self-defense, which includes the right to bear arms.

But that is not the concern of this article. Rather, the second, and key concern, of this article is the inhumanity, hypocrisy, hatred and Orwellian control that has historically and intrinsically been part and parcel of the very nature of left. Sirota’s article, written while people were still bleeding in pain, is consistent with the inhumanity of the left. And here is the key point: Is Sirota an aberration? Was this article just a “one-off?”  There are certainly people of all persuasions – left, right, center, anarchists, monarchists, etc. – where we can find those who have engaged in violence, so even if there were ten Sirota’s writing in Salon the next day, that would not prove leftists are suspect as a group. And I don’t wish to even hint at the typical Alinsky intellectual fraud of demonizing one person, and then extending that to a full group. It is intellectually bankrupt and – on a different plane – completely irrelevant. I will leave that kind of sophistry to the left. Besides, leftists are much better at it!  And, no, I am not being hypocritical here, for my very point is that the left, with few exceptions, always engages in this type of casuistry. That is why they require their campus speech police, a compliant, “lamestream” media, a well-oiled propaganda machine, and hordes of “Yes We Can!” chanters.   Rather, my belief is that as the conservative and libertarian views have an intrinsic, explanatory adequacy, we needn’t devolve into the leftist shenanigans of organizations like Moveon.org, etc. to win the day. Rather, people of good will and fair-mindedness will see the reasoning behind the conservative argument, just as even after decades of iron-fisted, propaganda filled Soviet rule, the moral and intellectual bankruptcy of socialism – the emperor with no clothes – could still be seen. Yes, it would be ideal if leftists would grant the same fairness to conservatives, but in my experience with the left, basic logic, evenhandedness and intellectual integrity such as this passes by their reasoning like “two sheep in the night” (pun intended).  I learned this lesson the hard way on one of the very first papers I wrote while an undergrad at university, where I was clearly marked down on a paper by a leftist professor who did not agree with a few minor observations made within the writing.

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My concern is that the left, in general, is built around a philosophy that treats people as animals, has utilitarianism as its religion, and is at core one of the most blatantly hypocritical and violent movements to ever un-grace the face of the planet. The left is not so much concerned about justice as they are about their own conceit that they alone have the knowledge to control everyone and everything.  I recall a cartoon from decades ago, the author now lost to antiquity, which had one rich man stating to another “First I thought it was sex, then money… but now I know it is power.” And importantly, power without humanity equals tyranny.  This is exactly what is occurring today.

Where does our humanity – without which everything degrades into utilitarianism and depersonalized “citizens” (here I disparagingly use the term “citizens” as Robespierre did) - derive from? Ultimately, we are left with two choices: God or man. And if the latter, then those rights may also be taken away by the same entity that “granted” them.  The most successful country and culture in the history of man, the U.S., adhered to the former, of course. Thomas Jefferson stated that our rights were endowed by our Creator in our founding document. Other writers such as CS Lewis, in his short book The Abolition of Man, have noted that ethics ultimately have no basis without the absolutes from whence they derive. Or as the Russian philosopher Nicolai Berdyaev once put it, “If there is no God, man does not exist either.” But let me not even go down the “religious” path – Albert Camus, who was no Christian – alluded to the same idea, once stating that a finite point, without an infinite reference point, has no meaning.

So, where does the socialist un-vision lead us?  As writer and Fabian socialist G.B. Shaw once wrote, “You would be forcibly fed, clothed, lodged, taught and employed, whether you liked it or not. If it were discovered that you had not the character and industry enough to be worth all this trouble, you might possibly be executed in a kindly manner.” And shouldn’t our dear leaders do as Shaw, suggests, for recall that in the left’s world, your rights are granted by the man created state, and can be revoked that same man created state.  Or, as Fyodor Dostoyevski stated, if there is no God, everything is permissible. And what is this “permissible?” This is simply answered, by taking a look at the track record of the left, which has been one consistent record of oppression, lack of compassion, murder and poverty. To wit:

Dr. Arthur Brooks of Syracuse University has written one of the most important books on the topic of leftist faux “compassion,” entitled Who Really Cares. This book is worthy of being a cornerstone in your personal library, with 200 pages of very heavily documented statistics noting, for example, that religious conservatives are more likely than leftists to give money away, volunteer for community concerns, and even give to secular charities. Most strikingly, if leftists gave blood at the same rate as conservatives, the blood supply for critical, life-saving medical support would increase by 45% (see page 22 in Brooks’ book).

In another must-read book, Do As I Say, Not As I Do, by Peter Schweizer, he profiles the utter hypocrisy of liberal icons such as Nancy Pelosi, who owns - in addition to multiple other properties – a vineyard on Zinfandel Lane in St. Helena, CA, worth $25 million in 2005. What’s the big deal about this? Pelosi, who would like a national holiday commemorating United Farm Workers’ Cesar Chavez, will not let UFW union workers pick the grapes for the Pelosi vineyard’s $100 a bottle wine, says Schweizer. And it’s not that they don’t make a lot of dough off their vineyard – as of the book’s writing, financial disclosures showed $200k to $2 million profits on this vineyard alone in the preceding years. But, as we also see, e.g., with carbon billionaire Al Gore, profit trumps ethics and intellectual integrity.  Babs Streisand, another Hollywood Learjet leftist? Schweizer quotes Brad Meltzer worked for her for a year and half, and commented about her treatment of the working staff, stating that she was “… absolutely mean and niggardly about the salaries of the working people she hired,” and referring to some young illegal immigrants she hired for $3.50/hr to do menial work, when they asked for 25 cents/hr more for overtime work, Meltzer says “She told me to fire them and have them replaced. It killed me, but I did it.”  And let’s not forget other similar examples, such as Hilary Clinton with her miraculous cattle trades, Whitewater and her host of other get rich quick schemes.

Hatred from the left? Here is security camera footage from the homosexual gun attack on Family Research Council, where the perpetrator intended to kill dozens of innocent people, and then wipe Chik-Fil-A sandwiches all over them in a final insult to those he murdered.

I have personally witnessed similar physical threats of violence by homosexuals in a meeting of parents’ elementary school children, so this comes as no surprise to me.

Violence? PoliticalOutcast.com notes that John Wilkes Booth, a Democrat, shot and killed President Lincoln; Charles Guiteau, who was a member of the communist Oneida Community, shot and killed President Garfield; Leon Czolgosz, a leftist anarchist (similar to the useful idiots in the Occupy movement) killed President McKinley. Meanwhile, some other lefties who had failed assassination attempts (whose politics we know) include Severino Di Giovanni, a leftist anarchist, tried to bomb President-elect Hoover’s train, Giuseppe Zangara, a professed anti-capitalist, tried shooting President-elect Franklin Roosevelt; Oscar Collazo and Griselio Torresola, two Marxists, tried killing President Truman at the Blair House; Samuel Byck, who tried joining the leftist Black Panther group, attempted to kill President Nixon. As well, Lynette “Squeaky” Fromme, member of the Manson Family and also a hippie environmentalist, shot at President Ford; Sara Jane Moore tried to kill Pres. Ford as well because, as she said, “the government had declared war on the Left”; Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, a leftist connected to the Occupy movement, tried getting a one-in-a-billion shot at Obama by firing a gun at the White House.

As if the murder and terrors of Robespierre weren’t enough of a clue, the outcome of leftist philosophy reached its nadir a century later, starting in the USSR. When the Russians opened their archives after the fall of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, they admitted that there were 61 – 62 million “excess deaths.” Dr. RJ Rummell of Univ. of Hawaii, in his book Death by Government, has painstakingly detailed that roughly 170 million people were murdered by their own governments in the last century, with about 99% of those deaths coming at the hands of socialist countries. Meanwhile Stephane Courtois, et al, in the highly regarded Black Book of Communism, stated the numbers murdered by the left were around 100 million. You say tomato, I say tomahto….but any way you slice the leftist killings (assuming knives are not yet banned), the left has murdered and oppressed more human beings than any other movement in the history of the world.

Interestingly, there is one key word in the paragraph above that needs special attention: the word “excess” used by the Russians. The significance of this is that even after many decades of socialist propaganda, dehumanization, oppression, there was still a conscience in people, as well as an innate recognition that what was done was simply evil. It almost as if they couldn’t bring themselves to us the word “murdered,” and needed some Cain and Abel type euphemism to attempt to hide the blood of their murdered brothers.  And therein lies some hope for us.

While the list could go on for dozens of pages about the hypocrisy and violence of the left, what is the real point of the above? Just to mud sling? Certainly, conservatives have their own failures, and a list could be made of that, too. I, myself, could also have a list made of my own failures and hypocrisies. But this objection proves the very point: All men and women are fallible, and truly absolute power corrupts absolutely.  Which is why the basis of the American Constitution, with its separation of powers, is utterly central, and why the erosion of Constitutional principles will lead to disaster, totalitarianism, and worse. Generally speaking the core of the conservative and libertarian views is that this very recognition of fallibility is built into their guiding principles, in a way that socialism denies theoretically, or practically.  It is also the reason why conservatives and libertarians will not be shut up, as the alternative is a fate worse than if Hitler took over the world… and why this post is written.

In conclusion, returning to the Russians – who know a thing or two about the abject failure of socialism – as one observed “The future kingdom of socialism will be a terrible tyranny of criminals and murderers. It will throw humanity into a true hell of spiritual suffering and poverty.” (Fyodor Dostoyevski). But, of course, the hypocrite elite, the Learjet leftists and limousine liberals, will still be living in splendor, and as Orwell warned us, while we will all be equal in this socialist dystopia, some of us will be “more equal” than the others. Just ask leftists George Clooney with his multiple megamansions (you can Google this for your own verification, and to see actual pictures), Sean Penn and his palatial digs, Mikey Moore with his NY penthouse and multi-million dollar mansion on Torch Lake, MI, Madonna, or a thousand other Hollyweird glitterati – when not even one of them will open up just one room in just one of their zillion square foot mansions. Just think of Obama supporter Tom Hanks, who in 2010 purchased a 14,500-square-foot mega mansion in Pacific Palisades for $26 million, which was  the largest transaction for a single-family home in Los Angeles County that year. Any tent people you know of bunking there?

In conclusion, even socialists sometimes have an inkling of the inherent insufficiency of socialism. Leftist French writer Andre Gide wrote, after visiting the socialist workers paradise of Stalin, that “I doubt that in any country of the world, even Hitler’s Germany, is thought less free, more bowed down, more terrorized,” while on the opposite side of the world, Chinese philosopher Lin Yutang wrote of socialism he saw in communist China that included “making 12 year old children subject to capital punishment, sending women to work in underground coal mines, harassing workers during their lunchtime with threats of prison – or worse – if they were late returning to work.”

Friends, we have our work cut out for us. That work is non-violent in nature. But we need to speak, communicate and educate. That is the path forward. The alternative is a fate worse than if Hitler had won.

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Body armor is a very important part of proper protection in many different areas. Body armor can be used by the military, law enforcement officers, security guards, and even regular civilians. There are different situations, needs, and requirements that should be met for the former two. Every situation heavily influences what body armor gear is essential for you.

If you are a civilian, you can’t just buy a complete military body armor gear with helmet, arm and leg pads, and whole bunch of other stuff and expect to just walk on the street. You will get a lot of looks from passersby and will definitely be stopped and questioned by the law enforcement representatives about the reasons you are wearing all this stuff on the street.

However, UK and USA civilians are allowed to own and wear body armor gear whenever and wherever they want and can be bought online and delivered directly to your door legally from trusted armor suppliers such as SafeGuard Clothing. It’s just that the police will consider there’s a threat – either in you or somewhere near – if you get out on the street, like it’s a war out there. Before you get a body armor set, it is better for you to take time and make the effort to research what you actually need.

First of all, define what type of body armor you need. There are bullet proof vests and stab/spike proof vests. There are also combined vests, but this is a separate topic. So, if you live in a dangerous neighborhood and are afraid that you may catch a stray bullet, you obviously need a covert bullet proof vest to minimize the threat. If you are a security guard at a mall, store, or any other type of premise, your body armor choice will depend on the object’s strategic importance. In this case, you will also have to take a deeper look into your work to decide whether you need covert or overt body armor. Covert body armor will provide less protection, but will provide more mobility, whereas overt armor will provide more protection and will hamper your movement. If you are a policeman or soldier, you should talk to your commander on this matter, in case you aren’t provided with body armor and must get your own.

Let’s narrow the choices. If you are a regular civilian, who just wants to be safe, while traveling to work and back, you don’t need any additional pads, except a stab proof or bullet proof vest, depending on the threat. If you are a military person, you will probably have to take a wider look at the body armor assortment and check out helmets and various armor pads. All of the gear should be bullet proof in this case. It doesn’t really matter, if you choose overt or covert body armor, but if your choice is overt gear, make sure it matches your camouflage in color.

Don’t forget about the US NIJ and UK HOSDB protection levels to get the most optimal protection. Bullet proof vests differ in the calibers they provide protection from. Stab proof vests have two types of ratings. Make sure you sort it all out before buying a set, because if you purchase body armor that doesn’t respond to your requirements, you can lose your life. And this is definitely the last thing you want to happen to you.

In a late-breaking story over the weekend, Sen. Chuck Scheamer (Communist-NY) announced the latest addition to his gun control amendment, called the “Let’s Use [...]]]> Thank you to J.V. for this great piece of satire that highlights the current political climate of the U.S.S.A.

Late Breaking Gun Control Amendment Annouced Over Weekend

In a late-breaking story over the weekend, Sen. Chuck Scheamer (Communist-NY) announced the latest addition to his gun control amendment, called the “Let’s Use the Kids as a Propaganda Stage Props to Destroy the 2nd Amendment.” While commenting during the press announcement that “You’ll have to pass the bill to find out what is in it,” the 8,497 page amendment – drafted by the Young Pol Pots of America Organization, a division of BowelMoveOn.org – did indicate that one significant section of the bill will include the “Running with Scissors” provision (Section 9,834b, Part 835, Subsection 998, Sub-Sub Section 89b34c2).

Addressing lamestream reports Tuesday, Sen. Scheamer, flanked by a cadre of 9 year olds dressed in Hugo Chavez red, stated: 

It is high time we stopped the carnage in our schools caused by kids running with scissors. And we must also outlaw all scissors even with rounded edges as well, simply because the sharp cutting edges could also injure someone. My legislation will mandate 10 – 20 years in Leavenworth for any child caught coming to school with any pair of scissors or other cutting equipment. In keeping with precedent, we have, however, made an exception for children of cronies such as “The Don” Corzine, owners of Solyndra, and similar.

This bill is expected to contain similar language to the “Let’s Jail the 9 Yr. Old Girls Selling Lemonade on Street Corners” bill, passed last year by the Socialist Workers’ Dystopia of Kalifornia.

Additionally, representatives inside the Scheamer camp, speaking off the record, indicated that a subsequent bill, the “5 Year Olds Eating Paste Bill” – designed to criminalize more children – is expected to pass the Democrud Senate National Security subcommittee shortly as well. Dept. of Homeland Security czar Jannut Mussolini-Napolitana indicated a “paste detection system,” manned by the TSA, and created by ObummerCronies Inc., should be in all schools by start of school year, 2014.