The Train is Coming

F.D.R. (Franklin Delano Roosevelt) championed “The New Deal” with his legislative program, while L.B.J. (Lyndon Baines Johnson) pushed for “The Great Society.”  I firmly believe that the legislative agenda being promoted by B.H.O. (the guy who lives in the White House) and so ably abetted by The Speaker of The House and The Senate Majority Leader should be called “The Bum Steer.” 

It seems incredible to me that we elected a man who freely admits that he actively sought out the companionship of Marxists.  Yet, he freely admits virtually nothing else.  What’s going on over the Internet, as this is written, about no classmates of B.H.O. remembering him from Columbia University is alarming.  This is not a recent revelation.  When B.H.O. was a candidate for the nomination, FOX News aired programs on the background of the major contenders.  B.H.O.’s invisibility was brought up at that time, but I guess not enough people actually understood the implication.  That’s the only thing I can think of to explain why anybody except a Communist or Socialist would have voted for the guy.

When I’m not writing columns and articles and other non-fiction, Sharon and I write novels, as most of you know.  If B.H.O. were a figure in a political thriller, we couldn’t draw his character with such obvious strokes.  When I was a kid, one of my favorite cartoon characters was “Mighty Mouse.”  Mighty Mouse was always saving “Pearl Pureheart” and her father from the evil “Oil Can Harry.”  Oil Can Harry looked the part of a villain.  Villains in movies and in theater used to actually look like a villain, so the audience would know when the guy came on stage or in frame and could hiss at him.  In modern fiction, you can’t make your villain so obvious.  We could never have a character with background like B.H.O. supposedly has because it would be like having a guy in dark clothes and a tall hat curling the ends of his mustache as he ties the defenseless damsel in distress to the railroad tracks while the “Special” is steaming around the bend.

The United States is the “damsel in distress” in this story.  And what about the guy with the mysterious past, who hangs out with un-repentant Marxist bombers, who used to attend a church pastored by a man who curses America, who wants to re-distribute wealth, which is a principal tenet of Communism?  He’s tying us to the tracks and the freight train of domestic spending, globalism, socialism and betrayal of the basic principles of a free society is racing down on us.  We can hiss the villain all we want, but to get out of the way of the locomotive is going to take action in the 2010 Mid-Term Election and effort worthy of a superhero in 2012 when, God willing, we re-take the White House.  We must relegate The Bum Steer to its proper place in history – the trash.

Update

I’m sorry to have been away from the website for so long a time, but it was for a good cause.  No, I wasn’t making the world safe for democracy.  We can all do that, God willing, in the November elections, by voting out every leftist, closet socialist and “fellow traveler” Democrat on the ballot, gathering momentum for the 2012 General Election and re-claiming our nation.  No, instead, Sharon and I were working on two new books for Gun Digest Books that had, out of necessity, deadlines way too close to one another.  One of these is entitled THE GUN DIGEST BUYER’S GUIDE TO CONCEALED-CARRY HANDGUNS, while the other is ARMED FOR PERSONAL DEFENSE.  Between those two books and trying to keep up on my regular columns and get a look at THE SURVIVALIST group page on Facebook every once in a while, we never lacked for things to keep us busy.   Family matters, too, of course, demanded time and/or attention, among these our nephew, George, like an oldest son to us in many ways, needing quintuple coronary bypass surgery, our youngest grandchild, Olivia, having a big birthday bash when she turned three and Honey The Wonderdog getting a checkup.  Honey has a clean bill of health and she’s doing just fine.  George is healing up and has a good prognosis.  Olivia’s enjoying being three.  

And, of course, SURVIVE! THE DISASTER, CRISIS AND EMERGENCY HANDBOOK came out on April 14^th.   Also going up on the website today is a copy of the Press Release announcing the book and something the publicity people for Krause – nice folks – put together as JERRY AHERN’S TOP TEN SURVIVAL TIPS.  I want to clarify a couple of things.  First, in the Press Release, mention is made of “…magazines such as Guns & Ammo and CCW: Carrying Concealed Weapons.” I did quite a number Right To Keep And Bear Arms articles for “Guns & Ammo” decades ago and, for twelve and one-half years, I did the holster column for “Handguns Magazine,” which was owned by Petersen and its successor ownership.  And, CCW: CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPONS is a book we wrote over thirteen years ago.

As to my SURVIVAL TIPS, I’d like to clarify a few points.  Tip #3 should not imply that the police don’t want to protect you.  Of course they do.  But, in a major league crisis, the police will be spread so thinly you cannot count on them protecting you, try as they might.  Tip #6 talks about your GPS device possibly not being reliable in the wilderness.  In certain types of disasters/emergencies, the GPS System might not function at all, might even be knocked out or rendered permanently inoperable.  And, of course, the satellites themselves are getting older. You don’t have to be in the wilds to need a compass.  Tip #9 isn’t aimed at making you someone who won’t help a stranger; rather, it’s intended to remind you that, in a life-altering crisis, there are going to be lots of people who are prepared for nothing at all past ten minutes from now and won’t think twice about killing you and your family in order to steal your stuff.  That’s a sad commentary on modern life, but it’s true.    

Sharon and I hope you read SURVIVE!  Bob Anderson, an old friend and a man whom I truly admire, was kind enough to write a review which is way too flattering.  We’re posting it anyway and are indebted to him for his generosity of spirit. 

SURVIVE! is a book written for a purpose, beyond the obvious one of writing books, columns and articles as the means by which we make our living.  Sharon and I know way too many people who seem amazed when you remind them that, should the power grid go out, their ATM cards won’t work, gas pumps won’t work and grocery store cash registers won’t work.  Good people all, their woeful failure to think through the fragility of their daily existence could well be fatal in a crisis.  Sharon and I kind of think of SURVIVE! THE DISASTER, CRISIS AND EMERGENCY HANDBOOK as a wake-up call.  Hopefully, people will heed it.  Life’s too precious a thing to be wasted.

Survive! Reader Review

from Bob Anderson, PhD, CMSgt(Ret)

SURVIVE! The Disaster, Crisis and Emergency Handbook hits the mark better than anything I’ve read in forty years.  I could not put it down!  Realistic and complete yet an easy read, as usual Ahern cuts through political correctness and urban myths to tell the truth in an entertaining and educational master piece.

This not only is a life altering book, it is a life preserving work of art.  For forty years I have been frustrated with half-hearted, undocumented efforts on this subject that have done little more than promote fear and failure and set our citizens up for failure and probable death if it was ever necessary to implement their suggestions.  Jerry Ahern has created a comprehensive, concise guide for individual, family and community response to circumstances that can occur, and some that already have occurred; Jerry has done the research and testing of products that I can use to protect myself and my family when the unthinkable becomes reality.  This should be required reading for every member of the U.S. Military, law enforcement and first responders and publicly distributed by the Department of Homeland Security.

Jerry Ahern’s Top Ten Survival Tips

1. Be Informed of What’s Happening. Monitoring news and world events and always have an emergency radio nearby.
2. Don’t Get Caught Unprepared. Have emergency supplies of food, water and other necessities always on-hand.
3. The Police Won’t Protect You. Protect yourself and those for whom you are responsible.
4. Be Prepared to Handle Medical Emergencies. You may have to go beyond antiseptic spray and band-aids.
5. You’ll Need Light When the Power Grid Fails. Keep a flashlight, matches, kerosene lamp and candles ready to go.
6. Carry a compass. Your GPS Won’t Always Work in the Wilderness. Learn how to actually use it and learn how to read a map.
7. Invest in A Good Strong Lockblade Folding Knife. The knife is one of mankind’s most versatile tools.
8. Keep your cell phone charged. Explore alternate ways of charging phones like battery packs and DC outlets.
9. Be Wary of Strangers. Disasters make people panic. Protect what’s yours.
10. Whenever legally possible, carry a handgun you know how to use.

From the book, Survive! by Jerry Ahern

Krause Publications

Available at bookstores everywhere!

Survive! The Disaster, Crisis, and Emergency Handbook