Bed-Wetter Nation: Alabama kids do mock-terror exercises at a summer camp.

[marmar]

from OurFuture.org:



Bed-wetter nation
Submitted by Rick Perlstein on October 5, 2007 - 9:38am.



Never too early to turn the kids into pants-piddling vassals of the conservative culture of fear. Down in Alabama, sixth graders learn that the dominant reality in America is terrorism (so you'd better listen to what your government says) at "Be Ready Camp," courtesy of the Alabama Department of Homeland Security:


Be Ready Camp is an educational experience for sixth-grade students focused on building preparedness skills for natural and man-made disasters. The Be Ready Camp curriculum includes an introduction to survival and first aid, disaster psychology and terrorism awareness, as well as instruction on creating a family emergency plan and an emergency supply kit.

Be Ready Camp culminates in a disaster exercise, with kids stepping into the shoes of public safety professionals, such as police officers, firefighters, dive teams, doctors, soldiers and first responder volunteers. The mock disaster allowed students to use the skills they learned during their time at camp and also allowed them to work side-by-side with actual first responders. During this exercise, the first responders quickly arrived on-scene when students called for their assistance to rescue victims in the woods and water, and smoke-filled buildings.


Now, preparedness is swell. But isn't this—"Students graduated from the Be Ready Camp the morning after completing a full-scale disaster exercise"—a little bit much? And were these recruiters there?

http://commonsense.ourfuture.org/bed_wetter_nation?tx=3

[Joanne98]

1. Forming the Department of Homeland security was a BIG mistake!

They seem to be doing everything BUT fighting terrorism.

[Retired AF Dem]

2. Yep, all our beds smell like piss down here

in Alabama. :eyes:

[marmar]

3. I don't think Rick Perlstein is focused only on Alabama with "Bed-wetter nation"....

This particular example is from Alabama, but it's an ongoing series. He highlights similar examples across the country..... Bed-wetter NATION, not Bed-wetter (fill in state name here).

[AZ Criminal JD]

4. I think a few in Montgomery do