What this thread has turned into is what is the difference between most of us and the ostriches of our nation:
When it hits the fan, like it did following Hurricane Katrina, it will not be a foreign invading force we will be faced with. It will be our own friends and neighbors who blindly follow the wrong side.
When a foreign force invades it will be our friends and neighbors that encourage us to "just cooperate," and all will be well.
When it hits the fan it will be our friends and neighbors that will be trying to take from those that have prepared for potential issues.
It is Charles R. Swindoll that I heard describe the benefit of adversity by saying "A world without rain is a desert." We have lived several generations without any tests in this nation. So many generations that we don't even notice when our friends are in need and our own life situations are in danger. Boys and girls, those pretty flowers you are viewing in our nation are cactus flowers - LOOK OUT!!!