Courtesy of Republican and Governor of Kansas, Sam Brownback, discussing what’s most important, in a manner of speaking:
Gov. Sam Brownback wants Kansans to be ready for the zombie apocalypse.
The governor will officially declare October “Zombie Preparedness Month” on Wednesday – a fun way to encourage Kansans to prepare for actual disasters, such as tornadoes and floods, that are slightly more likely to happen than walking corpses roving the prairie looking for brains to eat.
“If you’re prepared for zombies, you’re prepared for anything,” Brownback said in a news release. “Although an actual zombie apocalypse will never happen, the preparation for such an event is the same as for any disaster: make a disaster kit, have a plan and practice it.”
So, prepare for the Zombie apocalypse even though it will never happen. Got it. Prepare for a state that can educate its kids, provide its people adequate medical care regardless of their financial circumstances or find a way not to run massive budget deficits? Not that big a deal.
Thanks, Sam. For. Nothing. But. A. Bad. Joke.
Because the people of that state are unfamiliar with actual threats.
Sorry, I get what you are saying but this is still AWESOME.
Not well done, Booman.
Preparing for a zombie apocalypse is exactly like preparing for human borne pandemic … like Spanish Flu or Ebola. Right, wrong or otherwise, kids (14-17) are far more likely to pay attention to Zombies than to “OMG the FLU!!!!”.
Brownback has done plenty of things to get on him about, trying a new approach (which by the way, was used by the frickin ARMY about a 5 years ago) for pandemic preparedness is not one of them.
Not well done at all. You should read the link. Its actually quite interesting.
I did read the link.
You’re both right. Playing on the whole zombie apocalypse thing to get people to think about disaster preparedness is kind of clever. Maybe Brownback is not quite as stupid as he seems. But if so that makes all the more despicable what a fracking mess he has made of the state of Kansas.
Oh, you got that right on the head.