“I am the chief law enforcement officer in this parish, and it is incumbent upon me protect all of the people in it.”

If you’re a gun enthusiast, perhaps it’s time you stock up on some additional high-capacity magazines and pick up that assault rifle you’ve always wanted, just in case.

When an emergency happens, do you really want to be standing at a supermarket, gas station or bank?

We are pretending we are not, just like you can pretend you didn’t really lose your job so long as your credit card does not reach its limit.

The Onion News Network weighs in on the debate.

Generation Zero goes beneath the shallow media headlines and talking head sound bites to get to the source of today’s economic nightmare. With a cutting edge style and haunting imagery, this must see documentary will change everything you thought you knew about Wall Street and Washington.

The best way to understand how the national debt will ultimately affect all of us is to first narrow the focus and examine the impact of debt on a single family.

Ben Bernanke just told Congress that they will not be printing more money to try and inflate our debt away. Whether this is lip service or the Fed actually plans on carrying through remains to be seen.

A global economic winter could come before the end of 2010 and make the last two years seem like a mild spring day.

President Obama spoke with business leaders at the Business Roundtable February 24, 2010.

It’s time to get back to our rugged American roots and start doing for ourselves instead of holding out our hands looking for freebies from a broke government support system.

Stick with me as we walk through this equation, and tell me if it doesn’t summarize quite well why you are preparing.

Extremists are folks like you who care nothing about rule of law, the US Constitution and Bill of Rights or the welfare of any US Citizens.

Our media has failed to report this tidbit. It concerns “why” jobs have disappeared from this country and the reason for it…is hardly complicated. It concerns certain laws which are never discussed, never reported.

We are not attempting to implicate anyone here – we just want answers to these simple questions.

The real estate market is going to get worse – much worse. And while others may be surprised when real estate declines another 20% from here, we won’t be.

In addition to Mr. Paul’s remarks, what’s most interesting from this interview is the response of CNBC talking heads.

The United States is a fairly large target, and if recent events like Hurricane Katrina are any guide, our local, state and federal governments are anything but prepared to manage a serious, coordinated attack on our homeland.

In the past, recessions have lead to job creation and aggressive growth because of technological innovation. Today we have no such technological advancements on the horizons.

The heaviness in the air and the lateness of the hour causes myself no surprises in such events as the plane crash in Austin, TX is just an example of what to expect in the coming days, weeks, and months from a nation of people being urinated on and raped by a group of international banksters that hold absolutely no allegiance to anyone or anything.

The following video shows that sometimes, regardless of your attempts to avoid them, threats can present themselves at anytime, anywhere.

Hoskins said he’d gotten a $170,000 offer from someone to pay off the house, but the bank refused, saying they could get more from selling it in foreclosure.

Military control over civilian affairs often leads to totalitarianism, and not always because this is what military personnel wish for. The military system itself is not built on Constitutional ideals, and is therefore philosophically and politically incapable of administrating a society based on personal liberty.

He believes that it’s turning around. He believes that there’s growth here. He believes that we won’t get double dip.

If your school has issued your child a laptop, you might reconsider letting them use it in your home.