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  • From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
  • To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] learn to live on the land
  • Date: Sun, 15 Jan 2012 20:31:40 -0700


Hmm I had avoided that particular bit of insanity in the news. And I see
hundreds of news items a day. And thru online channels there's actually tens
or hundreds of thousands of Americans outraged constantly. With social media
there's a growing critical mass or collective consciousness and frustration
with our lives.

But whatever our views or inclinations, those who don't grow miss the special
sense of peace from coaxing some food from a bit of dirt. For more & more of
us lately, growing is not just an option; it's supplementing whatever income
we may have.

Wonder why we work harder & longer? Men's Earnings Haven't Just Stagnated
Over Past 40 Years--They've Fallen 28% on average
http://t.co/yMtzE6ah

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 1/15/2012 at 8:58 PM John D'hondt wrote:

>The only problem I have with the article is that it covers only one
>aspect
>of what is going wrong with the States namely the economic and financial
>woes. The hyped up hysteria concerning non existing "terrorists" and the
>destroying with extreme toxic weapons of whole countries and the killing
>of
>millions of innocent people are things that are perhaps easier seen
>through
>the eyes of a foreigner. But still....there is not a day going bye that I
>don't see some news item that is complete nonsense and I seldom hear an
>American remarking about it. One example but there are hundreds is maybe
>the
>recent video showing four marines urinating on dead "Taliban fighters" in
>Afghanistan. It is not only the urinating that disturbs me but also that
>the
>3 "fighters" are dressed in local farmers garb and without weapons and
>that
>one corpse seems to be of an old man and one corpse of a boy that looks to
>me maybe 12 years old.
>However bad the article below here is, it does not even start to tell how
>bad the situation really is. A few weeks ago I saw some news that both the
>Russians and the Chinese have threatened world war 3 if America should
>bomb
>Iran and I am certain that this is the only reason that has not happened
>yet. It is as if the whole world is racing towards the abyss.
>And so yes, the best thing we can do is start gardening for that may be
>the
>only sane action in a crazy world.
>john
>
>
>
>this would be off topic except for what it implies. this is why we need
>the
>skills & preparation to make a living with the necessities of life, like
>food, shelter, transportation, community. in other words, learn to live on
>the land long term, with a much lower level of technology and resource
>consumption
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>24 Stats To Crush Anyone Who Thinks America Has A Bright Economic Future
>Michael Snyder, The Economic Collapse | Jan. 13, 2012, 9:28 AM |
>
>http://www.businessinsider.com/michael-snyder-economic-collapse-2012-1
>





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