[Vigilanteman]

“The farmers have got their view, but they’re shortsighted — they’re not looking at the country as a whole,” said Mr. Woodhams, who notes that he is a registered Democrat and the son of a Dutch immigrant farmer. “

Isn't this the same area of New York where nearby cities such as Jamestown and Rochester have double digit unemployment and entire neighborhoods who sit around waiting for their next government check?

[Gorzaloon]

Isn't this the same area of New York where nearby cities such as Jamestown and Rochester have double digit unemployment and entire neighborhoods who sit around waiting for their next government check?

Rochester....Rochester.

Isn't that where they used to make rolls of stuff that went into ancient cameras?

[knarf]

“The farmers have got their view, but they’re shortsighted — they’re not looking at the country as a whole,” said Mr. Woodhams, who notes that he is a registered Democrat and the son of a Dutch immigrant farmer. “

I've talked about this for years ....

We've allowed so much to be purged from our American fabric, and a couple of basics are reading, and an honest American history.

Our founders had a vision ... not short sighted, and actually a lot further ahead than what we give them credit for.

We are their ..... posterity.

In an agricultural society, land was the means by which families grew, strengthened and stayed. Communities arose and prospered ... around the LOCAL church (not the mega-TV-crap).

Men prepared for his children .... but like the WW2 song says ... "How ya' gonna' keep them, down on the farm .. after they've seen Paree ?"

So now everyone follows a job, not dad, chases money, not cows and so much is lost for the sake of progress.

I don't know what the solution is .. or even if a solution is possible .. but it's something I think about when I wax nostalgic.