Originally published at Notes from the bunker…. You can comment here or there.

Tom Ridge finally came out and said that, yeah, there might be some terrorist activity designed to influence the elections. Well no kiddin’, Tom!

This guy drives me nuts. You want Homeland Security? Put me in charge…I’ll show you Homeland Security. People get tax breaks for having bomb shelters. Community emergency/disaster agencies are encouraged. Surplus/out-of-date military equipment gets trickled down to local levels. Every state gets at least one defunct/decommisioned military base to use as a warehouse/staging area for its own emergency/crisis management. Civillians can get military MRE’s and the like at cost. Private organizations all the way from the Boy Scouts to the VFW get options to take special training and become part of the disaster planning. Civil defense shelters are brought back up to snuff. Large businesses are encouraged to provide shelter/supplies for their workers. And not a single wiretap, spycam or no-knock warrant is needed…save that crap for the FBI and other JBT’s. Go to Utah sometime after a blizzard or other disaster and see how preparedness is supposed to work.

I do toy with the idea of somehow getting myself appointed as county OEM/disaster management chief. I’d imagine its mostly an appointed position rather than an elected one, but you never know. Certainly would be nice to know where the county caches its ammo, cots, medical gear and fuel.