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		<title>Basic Preparedness Strategy</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2010/01/basic-preparedness-strategy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 21:12:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Basic Preparedness Strategy

This is the document that I used for a recent podcast about a forming basic preparedness strategy. It was taken from a correspondence that I had with a friend of mine, shortly after the 9/11 terrorist attacks. It&#8217;s only one example of how to go about creating a strategy for getting better prepared. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Data, Files, and Important Documents &#8211; Back It Up</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/06/data-files-and-important-documents-back-it-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back it up, is a term many of us have heard and most often relate to computers and the data or information held on them.  This term, or more importantly, idea of backing up and keeping copies of important information applies to any critical document we have.  Many people have or have access [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FUD &#8211; Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/06/fud-fear-uncertainty-and-doubt/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 20:44:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cutting through the FUD.  FUD is a term commonly tossed around on many internet forum and chat sites.  It stands for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt, and is commonly used when untrue information is is used or given as a reason for compliance or as a basis for decision.  Really, it&#8217;s a term [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Principles and Values, The 912 Project</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/03/principles-and-values-the-912-project/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:34:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[An anyone that watches Glen Beck knows, He has come up with a list of nine principles and twelve values.  Today (03/13/2008) on his &#8220;We Surround Them&#8221; episode, Glen unveiled his new website, The 912 Project.  Glen says the site is a place where like-minded folks can come together and reassure each other they, &#8220;they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Top Off, and top off now.</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2009/02/top-off-and-top-off-now/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Feb 2009 20:37:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Top Off&#8221; &#8211; whuzzat?
Top Off, topping off, whatever you want to call it. It&#8217;s the process of getting the last few &#8220;gotta have&#8221; things before things start getting really hectic. Things are about to start getting really hectic about right now. Even though the current administration had firearms control language in its information websites for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See how long that took?</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2008/11/see-how-long-that-took/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2008/11/see-how-long-that-took/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Nov 2008 08:49:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Greg</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-6257
Yep, folks, here we go. Not that we ever stopped to begin with&#8230;.
&#8220;H.R. 6257: Assault Weapons Ban Reauthorization Act of 2008&#8243; introduced June 6th, 2008, but sooner or later will be either A)headed to commitee or B)have the wording introduced into other bills.  Some interesting verbiage to note, too:

(b) DEFINITION OF SEMIAUTOMATIC ASSAULT WEAPON- Section [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Post-Election Gun and Ammo Hysteria</title>
		<link>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2008/11/post-election-gun-and-ammo-hysteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepreparednessblog.com/2008/11/post-election-gun-and-ammo-hysteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the post-election gun and ammo buying hysteria isn&#8217;t proof of why preparedness is needed I don&#8217;t know what is. Gun sales have increased and many places, Internet and traditional, are reporting that they&#8217;ve been almost bought out of their stock. It&#8217;s this mad rush for suddenly (perceived) scarce resources that “preppers” try and avoid. [...]]]></description>
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