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Dont go to Egypt...
jj, I was just kidding, I think this country is not that far from being Egypt. We should all be watching as things unfold over there. I'm not going to go run yelling the sky is falling, but it never hurts to be ready.
I agree with you that we are close to going "Egypt" but I don't think people read statistics enough to know why. My main purpose for the thread was to bring out the observations of others and what would be different here.
When it comes to kidding I hope you can take it as well as give it out
jj
Alot to be learned from the riots in Egypt so I got to ask what did you get from this toward your survival so far?
jj
I don't think Americans would be rioting in the streets to the same extreme that the Egyptians are.
They have a different passion and way of expressing it. If Nordstrom's is still open, then all is well for most Americans.
It's instructive for any kind of civil crisis, like a natural disaster due to earthquake or weather. Quick thoughts: keep a pile of cash on hand---The first thing that happened with the protests was that the ATMs went down, and nobody could get money to buy food; Second, stock up on essentials--- the stores either could not get resupplied or simply closed, and the food for sale ran out quickly; Third, public transportation ceased, and gangs of looters roamed and hijacked cars---park your car securely; Fourth, looters attacked private residences, and neighborhood streets had to form their own militias to repel them; Fifth, some areas lost municipal water; Sixth, some government and police buildings were set on fire, as were opposition political offices, and fires spread; Finally, plain-clothes government and police agents attacked people just about indiscriminately. Need I mention that news media reports were heavily censored, and so the protesters got all their news from the internet---until that was shut off quite early in the action?.......................elsullo
This is a really good question JJ. I agree with coctailer's point. I was thinking about this earlier today, I think due to political correctness and affluence, our society generally speaking has been neutered. I think it would take alot for that magnitude of disorder in America. Heck, that was 30 years in the making for them, and even then, I thought what I read said less than 10% of the population is involved.
Could it be then that because the left hasn't been able to motivate it's minions to violence that they have become the allies of the Islamic Extreemist?