>Hardpan wrote:

>> Assuming that everything you posted here is correct, it doesn't
>> particularly matter very much.
>>
>> Arkansas is a very small portion of this nation and *MAY* represent a
>> portion of the population that existed when this nation was founded.
>> That being people who own and work their own land and don't work a
>> 9-5 job or some other odd hours for an employer or corporation, like
>> most people have since the last century.

>Its not even the state, but only the Ozark portion. The delta is a
>fucking mess. So is Little Rock. But besides farming and moonshine, a
>man can make a living cutting firewood with just a truck and chainsaw,
>and do it in the National Forest, which has signs up asking them to come
>in to cut out the diseased trees. That reduces the fuel should a fire
>get going. There's also rock work, and many entrepreneurs offering dirt
>work and construction to all the flatlanders moving in.
>
>There is no state building code, so anyone with good ideas can build
>and/or sell houses if they look good. No inspectors to pay off. There is
>no motor vehicle inspection either, so if you can make it run, it'll sell.
>

>> Most schools in this nation are nothing more then someplace to send
>> the children to warehouse them for 8 hours a day or more, and to
>> indoctrinate them with politically correct values and an HS diploma.
>>
>> IMO, they do not encourage critical thinking; just a follow-the-herd
>> mentality that leads to the tyranny, injustice and violence that we
>> see today.

>Agreed. But if you can think for yourself, you can make a living here.
>Those that want to do that have been moving in. There are other such
>obscure areas in other states where people get on without hassle.