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The Self-Reliance Manifesto

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The Self-Reliance Manifesto

We live in a society made up mostly of rabid consumers. As soon as the advertising pros on Madison Avenue point them in a given direction, people flock to it like the zombies on The Walking Dead lurch toward a fresh human, completely oblivious to everything else. They yearn for these things that are produced across the world and then delivered at a cheap price. They fill up on cheap food that has been government subsidized, making it unrealistically inexpensive. They are enslaved as they work to pay for it, or in some cases, accept a handout to pay for it. More people are deeply in debt than ever, living a fancy First World Lifestyle that would crumble with one missed paycheck. They are slaves and they don’t even know it.

Rural Grafton is God’s Country

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Driving back through rural Grafton earlier this evening around dusk, I got thinking how much I love the rural upcountry once it turns gray as November approaches. From the wild turkeys and deer along the road to the wood smoke to the old houses and shacks to the many shades of gray and brown in the hills around, I’m reminded this is truly God’s Country.

Thoughts About One Tin Soldier

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I often find myself listening to Coven’s antiwar anthem, One Tin Soldier that we featured in the Legend of Billy Jack. I really like the meaning of that song as it is so illustrative of the politics of hate practiced by both the left and the right of spectrum in America.

Pretending to be vitreous in treading on other people’s rights is a popular thing today. Too many people act like they are doing God’s work in politics, being the oppressor in their fight to raise up the oppressed even when they the oppressed have much more political power than they believe to have.

I think we should live and let live. Is it really necessary to look down at people who live differently than yourself? Now I get the different people can conflict and infringe on others rights but sometimes one needs to ignore the other in the common good.

Found my Gadsden Flag in my truck

As my flag says, “Don’t Tread on Me” and I won’t tread on you.