Are we going to be okay?

 

 

"When it comes to paying attention, there is a difference between Chicken Little and acting like an ostrich..."

Now I really try not to buy into a lot of conspiracy theories. Many have a modicum of truth mixed in with quite a bit of urban legend. That being said, I am perplexed with the clandestine use of Army Ranger copters buzzing around downtown Minneapolis at night. Because of our Posse Comitatus law, these military assets can simply not be training for a domestic disturbance. No, I suspect this is something bigger. Something our government is really trying to keep the lid on.

There are some additional disturbing facts that something might be going on behind the scenes. This past April, the United States Post Office put out a solicitation to buy some small arms ammo. Our letter carriers? Really? That however, was just the latest of U.S. Government solicitations for agency ammo. Some of the other eye openers are:

• DHS - 450 million rounds
• FBI - 100 million hollow point rounds
• Agriculture - 320,000 rounds
• NOAA - 46,000 rounds
• SSA - 174,000 ".357 Sig 125 grain bonded jacketed hollow point" rounds

One of the things I learned after working for more than two decades with NSA is this - many times our government is like a duck. Things may look calm on the surface, but under the water things are moving very quickly.

So what does all this mean? I have no superior knowledge on this. Heck, I could not even hazard an intelligent guess. However, my spider senses are starting to tingle a bit. With more and more experts believing that ISIS has already breached our borders, along with more and more  Boko Haram and ISIS terrorists holding or Euro US passports, are we preparing for an urban assault on our shores?

The witch's brew of bad things committed terrorists will do is daunting and growing.  They are bold and growing bolder. Their attacks can range anywhere from small incursions on soft targets to something much bigger and bolder than 9/11. Again, I am not trying to be a conspiracy theorist - however, I can also read tea leaves. Something is up. Something our government is not telling us. This might all be much to do about nothing - or, it could be "something" so scary, it could cause domestic panic.

I have said this dozens of times before, and I will say it again. As citizens, we can only really only do two things. The first is to PAY ATTENTION. There is so much going on right now, you really need to separate the wheat from the shaft. Filter though the maze and find what is relevant in the news. Number two is to bunker up. Think of worst possible scenarios and how you and your family would survive them. Make sure you are not as helpless as thousands in New Orleans were after Katrina hit.

Are we going to be okay? I sure hope so. We live in very turbulent times right now. Not to believe that is no different than living in the Matrix. And we know how that turned out.