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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >Yeah, we have some here who are pretty sure theirs is the only answer.

In a video of the Nearings made in the mid 70's, Scott is pontificating, 
gestures with his hand at the surroundings and says, "This is the good life"  
 He 
immediately corrects himself and says "This is *a* good life...."

The problem I see, and it is certainly why I think some otherwise useful 
discussions and threads run aground on this list, seems to be the assumption 
and 
belief that if anyone is advocating *a* way that works, they must defacto be 
saying that it is *the* way that works.

Homesteading per se, the direct use economy, works.  It works for anybody.  
It works no matter the times nor the general economic vicissitudes. The 
overly 
techo-geeked 'homesteads' don't often seem to pan out, nor do the miniature 
agribusiness operations.  But the simple fundamentals of a homestead economy 
work, they always have and the always will.   </HTML>