Does it seem to you that the term survival has taken on a whole new meaning of late? Perhaps you have a growing sense, as I do, that surviving in the 21st Century hits a bit closer to home than some distant wild jungle, mountain top, raging river or desert valley?
For as far back as I can remember survival was synonymous with being lost, seemingly trapped in some unimaginably foreboding and chaotic situation. Survival entailed building an emergency shelter, fending off wild animals or weather, finding food and water, administering emergency first-aid, relying on yourself when you could call no one else. Survival was for super-humans, trapped by chance or accident, built to thrive in the face of risk.
Today, it seems a bit more probable and a good bit more personal for many Americans. Survival isn’t for the other guy. Chaos seems to be creeping ever so closer to home. Threats from wild weather, Wall Street and Washington, DC fill the news. Climate change, corporate welfare, Constitutional assaults, congressional grift and gridlock should serve, if not as a warning, then at the very least as a wakeup call.
Mother Nature or Big Brother, bad weather or bureaucrats.
Power Outages or Political Outrage.
Tornadoes or terrorists attacks.
I cannot think of a better occasion to launch BrianBrawdy.com than on a day when two of the top news stories support my point.
Wild Weather in the Big Apple.
CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens’ rights
At its core, survival and liberty are one and the same.
From the Mountains to Main Street, survival comes home — Brian Brawdy
Does it seem to you that the term survival has taken on a whole new meaning of late? Perhaps you have a growing sense, as I do, that surviving in the 21st Century hits a bit closer to home than some distant wild jungle, mountain top, raging river or desert valley?
For as far back as I can remember survival was synonymous with being lost, seemingly trapped in some unimaginably foreboding and chaotic situation. Survival entailed building an emergency shelter, fending off wild animals or weather, finding food and water, administering emergency first-aid, relying on yourself when you could call no one else. Survival was for super-humans, trapped by chance or accident, built to thrive in the face of risk.
Today, it seems a bit more probable and a good bit more personal for many Americans. Survival isn’t for the other guy. Chaos seems to be creeping ever so closer to home. Threats from wild weather, Wall Street and Washington, DC fill the news. Climate change, corporate welfare, Constitutional assaults, congressional grift and gridlock should serve, if not as a warning, then at the very least as a wakeup call.
Mother Nature or Big Brother, bad weather or bureaucrats.
Power Outages or Political Outrage.
Tornadoes or terrorists attacks.
I cannot think of a better occasion to launch BrianBrawdy.com than on a day when two of the top news stories support my point.
Wild Weather in the Big Apple.
CNN Poll: Majority says government a threat to citizens’ rights
At its core, survival and liberty are one and the same.