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Madness, from D.C. to Denver (NOW, we can take over Agriculture - or at least TAX IT TO DEATH)
summit daily ^ | March 10 | Liddick
Posted on Fri Mar 13 2009 09:15:06 GMT-0700 (Pacific Daylight Time) by jessduntno
Have we all suddenly gone mad? Have our wits suddenly deserted us? Has common sense been completely routed from our lives? The indications are not good.
In a little-noticed verdict last week, a U.S. District Court of Appeals has decided that the Clean Air Act requires the Environmental Protection Agency to act against farmers who endanger public health by kicking up dust in the course of their business. Expect anti-dust regulations and fines to follow.
For those unfamiliar with pastoral activities, allow me to enlighten: I grew up on a farm, and can personally attest that most types of agriculture require close contact with dirt. Especially for the dry-land types of farming that produce most of the world’s cereal crop, a cloud of dust is the unavoidable consequence of preparing the land for planting. Even using the most modern and minimal cultivation techniques, it’s a grimy business.
But the Big Wazoos of regulation in the District of Columbia don’t care about details. According to the EPA’s spokesperson, the agency’s goal is “to protect public health,” so the dust must go. How that will be done is somewhat less clear. Perhaps gigantic plastic sheets to trap the noxious stuff before it offends the nostrils of those who eat what farmers grow?
>>>For those unfamiliar with pastoral activities, allow me to enlighten: I grew up on a farm, and can personally attest that most types of agriculture require close contact with dirt. Especially for the dry-land types of farming that produce most of the world’s cereal crop, a cloud of dust is the unavoidable consequence of preparing the land for planting. Even using the most modern and minimal cultivation techniques, it’s a grimy business.<<<
I can sure attest to that!
I think that these judges made a visit to Epcot and think that what they see during the days there is all that there is to Agriculture... Maybe they need to visit with the night shift and do some of the dirty work that is involved preparing the displays for viewing.
Yep, farming is dirty work, but the most fulfilling thing I think that anyone can experience.
Does this remind anyone else of that cartoon of the OSHA Cowboy from a few decades ago. Seat belt, training wheels, safety net, hard hat, face shield, even a built-in pooper scooper... Horse would have been immobile.
I am also reminded of the lawsuit against an Amish sawmill - seems someone bought a plot of land next to the mill and built a half million dollar home, then sued to try to keep the sawmill from making all those loud cutting noises...
Then there was a neighbor who had a 160 acre field with one single tree in the middle of it - since he was installing a circular irrigation system, he took his bulldozer out to remove the tree. Since the roots were pretty substantial, he had to cut a trench on one side of the tree to push it over. Then after he finished pushing out the tree, a thunderstorm came up, so he stopped the dozer and went to the house. Next morning when he went out to finish and fill in the trench, Natural Resources met him and prohibited him from filling in the trench... Since it had water puddle in it, they declared it a ‘wetland’ - It still stands there - one dip that maybe once a year holds a bit of water for a day or two... Since the trench is right where the wheels run, he has to run the irrigation system up to that point, then reverse and go back the other way, just like he did when the tree was there.
Now I hear that Maryland is trying to outlaw fertilizer and all chemicals for lawns and gardens... Say that since it is uncontrolled, it might run off into a creek and then into the bay...
OK, OK, I’ll quit... Hehehe Just that maybe my sensitive buttons get pushed and I can’t help myself... Seems to be happening more nowdays than it used to... LOL Øbama is just the latest part of it - it has been building for quite a while.
But the Big Wazoos of regulation in the District of Columbia don’t care about details. According to the EPA’s spokesperson, the agency’s goal is “to protect public health,” so the dust must go. How that will be done is somewhat less clear. Perhaps gigantic plastic sheets to trap the noxious stuff before it offends the nostrils of those who eat what farmers grow?<<<
I can think of lots of ways to protect the public health, like teach those fools a little science.
I get mad when folks clear off their whole 2 acre lots, you can look across the valley and see where they are building, by looking at the small sandstorms.
But, I never asked for a law on it, even if I did have a hard time breathing when they cleared for the new house across the street.
I usually have the last laugh, for the fools will fill in all those little one foot deep washes that God put there to drain the land and a wall of water will hit with such force that it opens up new washes, so what if it now runs in the front door and out the back?