posted by Bruce Porter on ל' חשון תשע"א כ"ג טבת תש"ל
How Prepared Are We?
By: Bruce R. Porter
Last night I stumbled upon a late-night interview on the Coast to Coast AM Radio Program. Art Bell was interviewing Dr. William Forstchen, author of the new book, One Second After. Dr. Forthchen’s book deals with the almost unknown, yet incredibly important subject of Electro-Magnetic Pulse, or EMP.
I have followed this subject for several years now, and I must say that it is incredible to me that more isn’t known about this threat to the very survival of our nation. Most people look at me like I just stepped out of an alien spacecraft when I bring the subject up, and even more alarming, our government is virtually oblivious to the danger.Yes, I am being alarmist because I love people.
Do I have your attention yet?
You owe it to yourself and your family to listen to the following interview. It may save your life. I have edited all the commercials out of the audio so you can get right into the ‘meat’ of it. As a believer, I think that God wants His people to be aware of the times, and of a ready and fearless mind to allow Him to use them in times of crisis. He also wants us active in our world, warning, encouraging, and being of service wherever He has placed us.
Just click on the audio link below. (Give it a few seconds to buffer before the audio starts) Those wishing to research this subject further may visit Dr. Forstchen’s website, http://www.onesecondafter.com
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When you finish the audio interview, you might wish to hear this special message from former Speaker of the House, Newt Gingrich. He is one of a few leaders who understands the threat of a nuclear Iran or N. Korea.
A Final Word:
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
(2 Timothy 1:7 KJV)
posted by Bruce Porter on כ"ח אלול תש"ע כ"ג טבת תש"ל
By Bruce Porter
Just when you think you’ve finally managed to get your mind around at least a part of the lunacy going on in Washington, someone like Zibniew Brzezinski, former National Security Advisor to President Jimmy Carter, a well-established NON-friend to the State of Israel, comes out with another outrageous anti-Israel blast.
Now, ordinarily we might dismiss Mr. Brzezinski’s comments as the ranting of an aging far-left shill for the Globalist Elite, but the sad truth is, it’s an open question how prominently Mr. Brzezinski is working in the Obama administration. If this is the case in any prominent way, we are in deep kemshi.
According to ABC news, Brzezinski is quoted as saying: “We are not exactly impotent little babies. They (Israel) have to fly over our airspace in Iraq. Are we just going to sit there and watch? … We have to be serious about denying them that right. That means a denial where you aren’t just saying it. If they fly over, you go up and confront them.” (Read: “Shoot Israeli jets down.”) Okay, here’s a nightmare scenario to consider… what if the Israeli pilots decide they aren’t okay with being shot down, and counterattack U.S. warplanes in self-defense? I don’t even want to go there in my mind!! Israel is OUR ONLY REAL FRIEND in the Middle-East! The story is based on an interview Brzezinski gave to the Daily Beast.
I’m amazed on a daily basis how much the Established Media Complex (EMC) manages to ignore such recent blockbuster scandal stories as the Van Jones debacle (Marxist-radical “Green-Czar” Obama appointee recently thrown under the bus because he was ‘outed’ by Glenn Beck) or the revelation of ACORN’s MASSIVE corruption at the hands of two amature 20-somethings with a vid-cam. NOW ABC news is actually sourcing independent blogs to break this outrageous statement by Brzezinski. But, media bias is the subject for another blog.
Who is Zibniew Brzezinski? This is the pivital question. If you understand where someone stands, you can understand where they’re coming from, and where they’re going. If Obama is listening to this man… Check out the video below for more info.
posted by Bruce Porter on כ"ח אלול תש"ע כ"ג טבת תש"ל
A prudent person foresees the danger ahead and takes precautions;
the simpleton goes blindly on and suffers the consequences. (Proverbs 22:3 NLT)
From Bruce Porter, D.D.
For several years I have been telling whoever would listen to me that the greatest threat to our country and our nationial survival is not really politics or moral corruption. These are certainly important, but these pale in comparison to the subject of an EMP attack.
It is a nearly unthinkable scenario, but an entirely possible one. Most folks find it easier to just ignore the issue, retreating into denial, and marginalize anyone as a “wingnut” who dares to bring it up. I won’t go into how incredibly foolish such attitudes are, but I remain convinced that in the Lord’s Providence, it might be an avoidable tragedy. That is, if enough people take the threat seriously, put pressure on political leaders to allocate enough funds to harden our critical infrastructures and particularly the power grid, and make personal preparations for the sake of themselves, their families, and their neighbors. Ignorance and denial is the last retreat of fools, but I still believe that there are enough wise men and women among us to prevent a national tragedy. We need only awaken them.
The other consideration is that this event might be some prophetic fulfillment that cannot be avoided by human effort. If so, then we can be sure God has a plan. In that case, we are being forwarned to prepare us to endure whatever may come. We can be sure that nothing comes as a surprise to Him, and we can trust Him to work all things out toward a greater good we can scarcely fathom.
The videos and article below will give you a pretty comprehensive overview. Share with people you care about.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009 10:26 AM
By: Ronald Kessler
The federal government is doing “nothing” to protect against an electromagnetic pulse (EMP) attack that could wipe out American civilization, Dr. Peter Vincent Pry, a leading expert on the subject, tells Newsmax.
For only $200 million to $400 million, the government could protect a key element of the power grid to keep electrical power from being wiped out for years, according to Dr. Pry, a former staff member of the congressional Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse Attack.
Yet neither Republicans nor Democrats have been willing to spend that small sum, says Pry, who is president EMPACT America, which is meeting in Niagara Falls, N.Y. this week to spotlight the scandal.
A single nuclear bomb exploded over the Midwest would generate an electromagnetic pulse that would destroy the chips that are at the heart of every electronic device. While military and intelligence networks may be shielded against EMP, most of the rest of the country’s technological infrastructure is not.
An EMP attack would wipe out personal computers and the internet. Cars would not start, gasoline pumps would not work, and airplanes could not take off.
Heat and air conditioning would shut down, supermarkets would have to close, telephones would go dead, water would go out, and radio and television sets would not turn on.
Banks and ATMs would shut down, credit cards would become useless, and emergency services and hospital operating rooms would close.
In the ensuing chaos, most Americans would die from starvation.
“We have a 60-day food supply in big regional warehouses,” Pry says. “Typically when hurricanes take out the electric power grid locally, that food spoils, because it needs temperature control systems and refrigerators to keep it preserved. And if you lose the electric grid across the whole country, you’re going to lose all that food that is the best hope for feeding the American people.”
The 2008 report of the congressional commission found that the country is shockingly unprepared for an EMP attack. Terrorists or countries like Iran or North Korea could launch an EMP attack and “possibly end us as a civilization, and take us out as an actor on the world stage,” Pry says.
At the least, Pry says, 100 to 200 large transformers used in electrical transmission should be protected against EMP attack.
“The key for our electric power grid are these big transformers,” Pry says. “All together, there are about 300 of them. They are absolutely indispensable to the operation of the power grid. If you fry those things, there are only a couple of countries in the world that sell them for export, and it takes a year, at least, to make one of them,” Pry says.
Equally important are small computers that regulate the power grid.
“This country can’t survive for six months without electricity, let alone a year,” Pry says. “Everything else would go down after losing electric power.”
To harden those transformers against an attack would cost a mere $200 million to $400 million, Pry says. For perhaps $20 billion, the entire power grid could be protected, Pry says. By comparison, the stimulus bill costs nearly $800 billion. Yet without electricity, no one would have a job.
Pry notes that the Iranians have written extensively about the possibility of wiping out America with an EMP attack. North Korea would also likely be in a position to do that, he says.
To be most effective, an EMP device would be detonated by a missile 200 miles above earth. A strong missile defense would knock missiles out of the sky before they reach the U.S. But going back to President Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative — dubbed Star Wars — Democrats have consistently ridiculed the idea of an anti-missile defense.
President Obama’s administration already has cut the Pentagon’s missile defense budget by $1.4 billion, or 15 percent.
However, Pry says a missile with a nuclear device launched from a ship would be just as effective at taking out the U.S., and no missile defense would work quickly enough to defend against it. Moreover, he notes, a great geomagnetic storm could unleash destruction almost as devastating as an EMP attack. Therefore, Pry says, the only sure defense is the hardening of targets.
Pry says the Department of Homeland Security has plans for 15 kinds of disasters, but none of the scenarios deals with an EMP attack. Nor, he says, are there any plans to harden the power grid.
“The Department of Defense has contingency plans, and they put a lot of effort into planning to come to the rescue in places like Africa and Indonesia in the event that there are natural catastrophes,” Pry says. “But they don’t plan for such contingencies for the American people.”
Like the government, the press has been asleep on the threat, Pry says. Liberals perceive efforts to prevent an EMP attack as a way to push for funds for anti-missile defense, which the left abhors.
“If they’d trouble themselves to read the EMP commission report, they would find the EMP commission is not saying strengthen missile defense is the answer,” Pry says. “While missile defense can be useful against EMP, it’s not the first solution, or the best solution.”
Instead, Pry says, “The best solution is smart planning to protect and recover the critical infrastructures, especially the electric power grid.”
Ronald Kessler is Chief Washington correspondent of Newsmax.com.
