Preppers

Looks like there's a new word in the national lexicon, 'preppers'. These are what was once referred to as survivalists, but of course that has too many negative connotations, like gun or conspiracy nut, to call themselves that now. I just read an article in Newsweek about the phenomenon and this lady that started this about a year ago (right after Obama won the election and she lives in McCain's home state). I don't believe in coincidence yet not once in the article is Obama's win mentioned as a catalyst. Arizona is one of the least disaster prone areas of the country yet she claims she's doing this in case FEMA doesn't show up. Why doesn't she admit the real reason, that Obama scares her, or Beck told her a social civil war or political apocalypse was coming and she believes it? I've told my friends that if Palin wins election to President in 2012, I'm moving to another country, but if I was asked why I moved that would be my reason! Why is it that the ones with the guns and all the supplies also sound like the biggest pussies in the world? What the hell are they so afraid of? They're afraid of change, especially if it's away from some lifestyle they've become used to or actually like. They almost sound like a bunch of whiney civil liberties libs, but if you tried to compare them to that group they'd freak out. If an apocalyptic event started to happen, I'd want to be killed as quickly as possibly to not have to deal with it. To me, it's not about surviving anything (how many 'scares' have come up only to have nothing happen?) but making some sort of statement of their unhappiness with the way things have turned out.