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Franker65

(299 posts)
45. Society really has broken down as we know it
Mon Dec 17, 2012, 10:25 AM
Dec 2012

How would these gun-nuts feel if their own kids were shot in cold blood. Disgusting and needs to change.

I think it's interesting.... ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2012 #1
Many of The Doomsday Preppers Featured On National Geographic... TomCADem Dec 2012 #10
I dunno... OneMoreDemocrat Dec 2012 #64
That's ironic. Fear of breakdown in society actually furthering it. Loudly Dec 2012 #2
Indeed, they are the breakdown. They_Live Dec 2012 #63
Ironic svpadgham Dec 2012 #3
Also DailyMail Agschmid Dec 2012 #4
From your linked article... PSPS Dec 2012 #8
Probably another Glenn Beck inspired nut. Windy Dec 2012 #5
It doesn't sound, then, like it's a big step to say she was a Fox News viewer... Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #6
I seem to recall him just the other day SemperEadem Dec 2012 #40
Ouch! malibea Dec 2012 #57
wow, someone should throw that back in Huckster's face, what an idiot wordpix Dec 2012 #70
And NRA...? Disgraceland Dec 2012 #7
Well this Apocalyptic ideology is presented time and again on the History Channel YOHABLO Dec 2012 #9
The Branch Davidians Were An Apocalyptic Cult, Yet Today... TomCADem Dec 2012 #11
The History Channel has very little to do with actual history any longer. llmart Dec 2012 #49
oh, Lord, so she was a Doomsday Prepper, essentially! Divine Discontent Dec 2012 #12
I am not so sure how much of that is true ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #13
Here's the difference jeff47 Dec 2012 #14
According to my former co-worker davidpdx Dec 2012 #15
Actually we took similar precautions when we were in MD and we went through several hurricanes ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #19
I think you vastly underestimate the speed at which the military can be deployed jeff47 Dec 2012 #22
I know pretty well how fast some units can deploy ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #24
You are totally right. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #26
After Sandy, I adopted a little of that. Patiod Dec 2012 #16
Its not going to be the underclasses, its going to be the Zombies...didn't you get the memo? ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #21
I keep a couple pounds of dry lentils and several gallons of water handy (and coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #29
For short term situations, buy more of what you usually eat seems to be the best way ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #31
Sounds like you're simply being prudent. Hey, if the shit does hit the coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #32
When the big one comes, few people will be driving anywhere ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #33
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You're right; that is pretty cold. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2012 #18
Possibly part of the problem, but I think the son was mentally ill. truthisfreedom Dec 2012 #20
Not sure we know enough to say that yet, but it is certainly a possibility. ProgressiveProfessor Dec 2012 #23
True davidpdx Dec 2012 #25
Last I heard, he was a sane adult. That makes the mother a victim. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #27
No one who shoots up a school full of children is sane primavera Dec 2012 #46
Not true -- sociopaths are sane obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #56
Sociopaths are sane but homicidal sociopaths aren't. Nihil Dec 2012 #66
We have to agree to disagree obamanut2012 Dec 2012 #67
Did you actually read what I posted? Nihil Dec 2012 #68
I agree with you. malibea Dec 2012 #59
Disagree. Myrina Dec 2012 #61
I feel that too, but I'm waiting for the facts to come out. napoleon_in_rags Dec 2012 #65
I wasn't expecting so much debate on the matter primavera Dec 2012 #69
If humanity 'got what it deserved,' Earth would be a people-free planet. How's coalition_unwilling Dec 2012 #30
It is cold. The ex babysitter described her as Chemisse Dec 2012 #35
By all accounts John2 Dec 2012 #39
When the whole story comes out, we will probably see that she got him plenty of help. Chemisse Dec 2012 #42
I ask one question of you? John2 Dec 2012 #43
I've read on other threads here.... llmart Dec 2012 #50
I haven't seen it first hand, but that's what is being said. Chemisse Dec 2012 #55
Highly possible she suffered from some mental health issue herself Sienna86 Dec 2012 #37
I wish she was still alive to see what the fruit of her life wrought. cliffordu Dec 2012 #28
In some respects she's lucky she doesn't have to deal with the fallout davidpdx Dec 2012 #38
Right-wing Media is to blame for this Sky Masterson Dec 2012 #34
Glenn Beck loses another Facebook friend. nt RandiFan1290 Dec 2012 #36
the history channel is part of the newscorp arsenal UpInArms Dec 2012 #41
Look at the power of expectations. KurtNYC Dec 2012 #44
Society really has broken down as we know it Franker65 Dec 2012 #45
There's an entire prepper culture. Nat Geo's had season shows on this. WTF? Is this hype? ancianita Dec 2012 #47
Then she got what she wanted. Zoeisright Dec 2012 #48
Guns will not help concern about Society's collapse, election of Right Wing nutjobs is the problem. gordianot Dec 2012 #51
Fear's a monster, it's a drug - these folks live in that grip toby jo Dec 2012 #52
Thank you, thank you! malibea Dec 2012 #62
I heard the term "prepper" for the first time a couple of weeks ago. yellowcanine Dec 2012 #53
Too Much Rush Limbo and Hubert Flottz Dec 2012 #54
She was a 'doomsday Prepper'? and-justice-for-all Dec 2012 #58
Sounds like she had mental issues of her own ... Myrina Dec 2012 #60
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