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[Clansgian AT wmconnect.com]

> >I don't think the world  
> economy is going to crash. I don't think the USA is going to go  
> bankrupt. I certainly might be wrong.

No.  I don't think you're wrong in that.  Although it might in the end depend 
on what the defintion of "crash" is.  We have to transcend into an economy, a 
form of capitalism, that does not depend on growth to exist.  We can do that 
the hard way or the very hard way.  But the world marketing and trafficking 
isn't going to come to a Kuntslerian sudden halt (as in "World Made by 
Hand").  
How-some-ever, it is going to change drastically.



> 
> >I always seek balance. Right now I seek the best balance between what  
> is and what might be.

I wish you'd expound on what "balance" means in the context, I have a hard 
time applying the concept.  There are things we can know fairly for sure.  
One 
of Scott Nearing's diatribes begins, "With a certainty, a turnip seed will 
produce a turnip, and an onion seed will produce an onion ... given the right 
care 
and right circumstances."

Other than that, thinks I, one has to keep oneself in a stance to make the 
most of whatever circumstances present themselves.  But a clue as to what is 
likely to happen is a powerful tool.  Storm clouds are on the horizon and I 
smell 
rain in the air.  So I'm not going to hang out the wash and I'm going to make 
sure the axe and saw are oiled and put away.  And at the same time I will 
keep an eye on the sky for signs of change.

> 
> >I asked Don and I will ask you: do you know of other lists where I  
> might be more comfortable?
> 
Most of the lists (and blogs) where I get the best info and the cleverest 
insights are pretty grim.  I read a lot of blather saying that the present 
woes 
are going to blow over, and quickly, but when those posits are questioned, it 
is almost Sara Palin like "Gosh, darn, if we all just smile and keep a good 
attitude, that old dollar will be sound again in no time!"    

The other homesteading lists I'm on are different from this one in that they 
are about homesteading whereas this one is more about homesteaders.

James