The fine art of Survival and the New Frontier

The New Frontier that is springing into into life after two long years of Barack Obama is hard at work. Down through the decades they’ve always been there, but only now are just coming into their own via growing numbers. While the talking heads on television argue the pros and cons of the enemy in the White House, members of the New Frontier are checking out the information that matters (Farmer’s Almanac, seed catalogues and the like), tilling the fields, stockpiling, canning, food saving, sharing tips and making new friends. They are following all paths to self-dependence, hunkering down, preparing to stay safe in any coming storm.

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Theirs is a community organizing style that really works because it’s based on teaching and sharing with others, rather than leaning on politics. The New Frontier has always included Canada Free Press (CFP) friends like Sarge, in Pennsylvania, Hank in Michigan, Dixie and Bettye in Texas. Now, thanks to the Internet, they are not only coming together but planning on staying together. Unlikely leaders of the Back to Basics Movement are cropping up across North America. (Canada has its share of corrupt politicians, too). CFP’s own is the irrepressible, diamond in the rough, Doug Bronson (“Dub” and his wife Deb of Ridin’ Out The Recession fame. ) It can be downright depressing watching the Obama administration leading America into the dark of socialism. But NF advocates keep busy getting ready to plant the garden, staying in touch with each other and understanding what matters most. They’re not ignoring DC, many are Tea Party members. They’re getting ready to hang tight. In some ways, Obama has done them a favor. He’s making them more savvy in the art of survival and reminding them of the importance of family and friends looking after each other. So many average people are making the mid-Recession discovery that where there is a will, there is most likely always a way; one of the ways may be going into the hen house rather than the Safeway for breakfast eggs. Sure times are tough but morale flies as high as Old Glory at the homes of New Frontier members. Hard to escape depression when the President helps manufacture “democracy” in Egypt, but has a mainstream media at the ready to smear any dissidents against the Transformation of America? There are no televisions blaring out in the farmer’s fields or in the garden; pea-stealing wildlife is more afraid of the homemade scarecrow than of self-appointed Marxist monsters. Birdsong is a free orchestra even as the politicians shout each other down in Congress. Even the stress from the news of the kitchen radio can be avoided by tuning in to Sirius Radio. Indeed, if the New Frontier had a theme song, it would be White Cliffs of Dover, or Hip Hip Hooray, Livin’ in the USA. In the end, the cows always come home. At the day’s end, all Obama is really doing can be filed under `P’ for “Politics”. Politicians like Obama always come and go. The people of America, its backbone, will still be there long after he’s faded into a bad memory.