People are weird.

Ever get caught up clicking from one link to another and you find yourself at some remote part of the internets?  I did.

Today’s journey started at a simple google news search for Iran and post-election coverage.  Then I found some link to Obama’s Wikipedia page, then some link on Alan Keyes, then some half crazy, have not-so-crazy website that seems to have a pretty large following, then I started reading an article on there and then I clicked an ad on the page because…

… well because it noted a national shortage of ammunition and warned that food would be next.

Obviously.

I was not ready for what would ensue.  I encountered, the Freedom Unit.  For only $1,682 per person, you can have a years supply of emergency food!  And do not be fooled, the Freedom Unit is not just bare essentials — that duty is relegated to the Liberty Unit, which is available for $107 less per person per year.

Despite all the questions about this guys sanity, or the market for a years supply of dried food, their intent behind naming their products Freedom and Liberty, the real question I have is this:

For $1682 per year, you could buy 4 things off the dollar menu daily and still have a few cents to put into your piggy bank — why not just do that?  I mean, as long as they get your order right…