President Obama has pushed the “prepper movement” into high gear, sending millions to buy guns, survival gear and food to live through a “civil war,” according to a nationally known survivalist who calls on Americans to prepare in a new book.
Bryce M. Towsley, whose “Prepper Guns” details the best weapons and ammo to survive a political or natural disaster, wrote, “I have watched in horror as Obama has attacked America with the brilliance that has allowed him to succeed.”
The National Rifle Association field editor and a well-known survivalist said he is calling on Americans to be ready for a situation in which authorities can’t be trusted.
“Americans are pitted against Americans as Obama has divided us on a course for civil war,” he wrote in the 270-page hardback that echoes many of the complaints heard by supporters of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump.
“Police are now the enemy and, in many places, can’t or won’t continue to do their jobs. The military has been decimated and he has fired most of the top military leadership. The Supreme Court has been bought and paid for and many of its recent rulings are bizarre, to say the least.
“The justices no longer follow the Constitution, and each time they ignore it, the document becomes less relevant. The Republicans in Washington are corrupt and weak, or they are secretly on his side. It’s difficult to tell which and it probably doesn’t matter,” he wrote in the book provided to Secrets in advance of its May 17 release.
His is a grim, but to those preparing for disaster, and sober warning of economic collapse driven by a massive $18 trillion debt, world disunity and, to some, Hillary Clinton’s potential election as president.
“The law-abiding taxpayer is being punished, while the lawless and the non-citizens are rewarded. Yet the American people do nothing. Our ancestors went to war over much less,” he wrote.
Preppers aren’t standing by. For example, a convention of preppers was held this month just 60 miles from the White House in Berryville, Va. Nationally, preppers meet online via sites such as preppergroups.com. And NatGeoTV is bringing back “Doomsday Preppers.”
His solution to the problems preppers see isn’t going on offense, but being ready with a wall of defense mainly with guns. His choices: an AR-15, a semi-automatic pistol and a shotgun.
“The time is now to prepare for what’s coming,” he wrote.
Rare relic: Iraqi ‘most wanted’ cards, signed by 37 terrorists
An unusual relic from the Iraq War, a signed deck of “Most Wanted” cards used by American troops to identify top terror suspects, is heading to auction.
The “Iraq Most Wanted Playing Cards” includes 52 faces of key officials sought by Washington, from former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein to “Chemical Ali” Hasan al-Majid.
While they became a popular item in the United States at the start of the 2003 war, this deck is signed by 37 of those shown. The signings came while they were in prison and before their trial, execution or release.
The Maryland auction house Alexander Historical Auctions is offering them in the upcoming May 23-24 online sale.
One card is signed by Huda Salih Mahdi Ammash, an American-educated biochemist known as “Mrs. Anthrax” for her alleged role in Iraq’s biological weapons program.
Her card describes her as “WMD Scientist,” but she inscribed: “Leadership? Yes — Scientist? Indeed — But WMD??!! By NO means. A truth that’ll shine one day — By the grace of God not far away.” She was later acquitted.
Another signer, former Oil Minister Amir Rashid, cut the symbols from the corner of his card because gambling “was an affront to his religious beliefs,” said the auction house.
“A unique relic of our very recent history,” Alexander said.
Woodward sees Clintons on Mount Rushmore
Famed Washington Post reporter Bob Woodward is very popular on the speaking circuit, not just for his Watergate scalps but also for his stories of interviewing presidents and wannabe presidents.
One story in his arsenal is about Hillary Rodham Clinton’s reaction to former President George W. Bush telling Woodward that he doesn’t think about his legacy. “History, we won’t know. We’ll all be dead,” Bush said.
Woodward told a National Association of Realtors meeting last week that Clinton was irked by those words, suggesting she would be more in control of her biography.
“George Washington would never think and talk like that. Thomas Jefferson would never think and talk like that. Bill [Clinton] would never think and talk like that,” she told Woodward, smacking her fist into her palm.
Woodward’s reaction: “I remember thinking the ‘new Mount Rushmore. Washington, Jefferson, Bill, Hillary, Chelsea.’ You know, you don’t know, we’re all going to be dead.”
Paul Bedard, the Washington Examiner’s “Washington Secrets” columnist, can be contacted at [email protected]
