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Warpy

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1. Oh, good grief. Republican yeoman farmers are going to be even funnier
Fri Nov 9, 2012, 04:43 AM
Nov 2012

than the hamfisted hippies were back in the late 60s and early 70s when the "back to the land" movement was going on. Most of them found that farming and care of milk and meat animals was a lot tougher and more relentless than the Nearings made it look. Within 5 years, most of them were commuting long distances to jobs, animals had died or been sold off, and the land was largely fallow except for a big veggie garden. I don't know of any who made a living off the land, no matter how generous the trust fund was.

And the hippies were at least literate and willing to do all the yucky stuff. Your average white collar retired GOP male is not going to be willing to do any of it.

This is going to be even funnier than the Doomsday Prepper show where they all stock up on guns and ammo but forget things like toilet paper and penicillin.

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