tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post1819777508802618742..comments2023-05-30T04:41:22.725-05:00Comments on Between Two Rivers: The War on Agriculturestrandediniowahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08069932615393852640noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-65296348981966834852011-12-14T06:53:59.432-06:002011-12-14T06:53:59.432-06:00Another thought occurred to me. Why is Human Right...Another thought occurred to me. Why is Human Rights Watch so concerned about Johnny running a tractor when we have nations all over the world now under sharia law, cutting off appendages, whipping, stoning, and killing people while some other nations still actively engage in slavery, in the most literal sense of the word? Don't they have bigger fish to fry the baling hay and picking up rocks?Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-25010408069742251122011-12-13T19:27:08.082-06:002011-12-13T19:27:08.082-06:00Well said! They have never had to work hard in the...Well said! They have never had to work hard in their life and are afraid someone else might and get ahead of them! Twits. Idiots and twits, are what are surrounding us!Jinglebobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529477409184907395noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-52555220739555698372011-12-12T05:52:33.372-06:002011-12-12T05:52:33.372-06:00(Long string of profanities) Deep breath.
Some of...(Long string of profanities) Deep breath.<br /><br />Some of my best memories of childhood are about baling hay, drinking water out of the hose, kicking back with the neighbor kids when done, and having a huge supper at the end of the day. Or bringing in corn and filling the bin long after dark under a harvest moon. Or discing or cultivating; I loved to watch the kestrels and red-tails following above me waiting for the field mice I stirred up.<br /><br />None of the idiotic bureaucrats and do-gooders involved here ever get out of a climate-controlled office and have never done an honest day's work in their lives. Rather like the politicians who fund them and let them run rampant.<br /><br />Alas, I think we have reached the point where "We the People" can't stop this kind of government insanity. <br /><br />The Republic ain't quite dead, but it's on life support.Bawbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10194337224433517477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-63078338636225534312011-12-11T15:15:52.486-06:002011-12-11T15:15:52.486-06:00Thank you, Jim. OSHA would have shut down every fa...Thank you, Jim. OSHA would have shut down every farm I worked on as a kid if these regs were in place then.<br /><br />MidwestChick, I never detassled as that was usually the time we baled hay for us, relatives and neighbors. I agree with you about teaching you something. Now, most of the detassling is done my "migrant" laborers and not young kids (although my son worked on a crew before his shoulder injury).<br /><br />I didn't hear about these regulations until after the deadline and I'm guessing they will be put in place. You're right that it won't stop until we make them.strandediniowahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08069932615393852640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-59676872557791192372011-12-11T09:18:01.559-06:002011-12-11T09:18:01.559-06:00I detassled from the time I was 11 to age 22. Did...I detassled from the time I was 11 to age 22. Did me a world of good--taught me responsibility, self-reliance, and the necessity of being prepared. It was my spending money for the year. <br /><br />The government is only going to stop when we make them--they are trying to take over parental roles and turn all kids into useless drones.Midwest Chickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17296327673871169304noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697841611561648399.post-54489172558952273622011-12-11T06:08:04.451-06:002011-12-11T06:08:04.451-06:00Never mind that the poor urchins might have to bre...Never mind that the poor urchins might have to breathe dust.<br /><br />Never mind the potential for immolation when the teen-age lad adjusts the carb on the Interntional Harvester H.<br /><br />And a guard rail around the four-high stack of bales would make it harder to jump off into the pile of loose hay, laughing like Hell, just for the sheer fun of it.<br /><br />Post of the week in my book, Stranded.Jimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034752526895428019noreply@blogger.com