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   Do we really need more Democracy?

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Ayoob on firearms:
   Home handgun defense: simplicity suffices

Think of it this way:
    Would the United States be better off if it was a Christian nation

Original poems:
    John Silveira

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Contents

Building/tools

• Simplify life in your backwoods home by using these easy mountain methods
• Here’s how my family makes its diverse country living

Making a living/saving money

• There’s money in wild mushrooms — if you know what you’re doing

Farm/garden

• Victory Gardens
• Enjoy cheap, delicious lettuce all through the winter months

Country living

• Get a jump start on homesteading with a recreation vehicle

Self-reliance

• Canning your meats and vegetables at home — it’s not only easy, it’s safe and inexpensive
• Use common herbs to treat the common cold
• Long-term food storage
• Build a backwoods cat-boat— it’s super-simple, inexpensive
• Buy your country place from the government
• WebTV: Economy transportation for the information highway
• Preserve mushroom harvests

Recipes

• Dreaming of a Civil War Christmas dinner
• Dad’s incredible (secret ingredient) holiday ham
• Can you boil water?
• Try these tasty solutions to those pesky problem critters around the homestead
• This year brew your own holiday beer