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Obama Dismisses Farmer's Concerns About Regulations: 'Don't Always Believe What You Hear'
Fox News ^ | August 17, 2011 | B. H. Obama

Posted on 08/17/2011 1:55:10 PM PDT by Texas Fossil

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To: T-Bird45

Good...they’d have a revolt on their hands.


21 posted on 08/17/2011 2:18:03 PM PDT by Jeff Head (Liberty is not free. Never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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To: omega4179

He and his Leftie Minions suffer from terminal arrogance.


22 posted on 08/17/2011 2:20:02 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: the invisib1e hand; Ladysforest

It’s true. From Wiki:

“Tea, coffee, sisal, pyrethrum, corn, and wheat are grown in the fertile highlands...Coconuts, pineapples, cashew nuts, cotton, sugarcane, sisal, and corn are grown in the lower-lying areas.”


23 posted on 08/17/2011 2:22:33 PM PDT by rogue yam
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To: Texas Fossil

"Pay no attention to that bureaucrat behind the curtain".

24 posted on 08/17/2011 2:28:05 PM PDT by comebacknewt (Sheesh. Go away and stay away Newt.)
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To: Texas Fossil
"don't always believe what you hear"

"Change we can believe in"

Yes We Can

He's 'The One'

He acted stupidly

Don't Call My Bluff.

feh.

Just words. Just speeches.

25 posted on 08/17/2011 2:32:22 PM PDT by NorCoGOP (Obama's approval ratings: so low that Kenyans now accuse him of being born in the USA)
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To: NorCoGOP

Just Lies and Lies and Lies and More Damn Lies.


26 posted on 08/17/2011 2:38:01 PM PDT by Texas Fossil (Government, even in its best state is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one)
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To: Texas Fossil

My advice to the Farmers Obama spoke to, Grease yourselves, bend over and STAND BY FOR THE RAM.


27 posted on 08/17/2011 2:38:37 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Texas Fossil

Old joke: A guy at the Department of Agriculture is going past a cubicle and he sees one of his colleagues sitting at his desk, crying. He wonders what is wrong and stops to ask his colleague what has happened. The guy looks up and, through his tears, says: “My farmer died.”


28 posted on 08/17/2011 2:45:34 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: Texas Fossil

“don’t always believe what you hear”

And do not believe anything from owebama.


29 posted on 08/17/2011 2:49:53 PM PDT by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: Ladysforest
“partly because I come from a farm state”
Are there any states that don't have farms?
30 posted on 08/17/2011 2:51:05 PM PDT by jmcenanly ( "We pay a person the compliment of acknowledging his superiority whenever we lie to him." -Samuel)
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To: 4Liberty

Could you change that beautiful unicorn to a black jackass?


31 posted on 08/17/2011 2:54:54 PM PDT by Rannug ("God has given it to me, let him who touches it beware.")
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To: Texas Fossil
What a effing jerk! The farmer isn't just "hearing" about new regulations-- he has to deal with them.

Maybe Obozo would understand if he ever ran a lemonade stand--if, of course, he could get the permits to do so...

32 posted on 08/17/2011 2:55:42 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Texas Fossil
'Don't Always Believe What You Hear'

We need to add a new rule in the Code of Federal Regulation that requires the above to be in at least 72pt font above the Presidential Seal each time it is displayed and on the front of the press room podium at the White Crib.

33 posted on 08/17/2011 2:59:49 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all......)
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To: Jeff Head

These regulations will hit more than just small farmers. Even the porta potties, which are moved from field to field where ever there is vegetable or fruit production have wheels on them & moving them with the ranch/farm pickup truck will require the driver to have a CDL.

For those of you who think this won’t apply to you because YOU don’t raise a crop, etc., think again.

I have horses. I have 2 horse trailers: a 2 horse & a 4 horse.

I cannot for one little second believe that NObama & his minions won’t also consider my horse trailers as “wheeled agricultural equipment”. They won’t differentiate between me & someone who has a large horse raising business.

I have been hauling horses for over 25 years, all over the country. Never had a problem. I don’t need a Commercial license to pursue my hobby, nor does anyone else.

That would lead to many other problems, all of them financial:
a. A Commercial license costs much more to obtain & renew.
B. A full physical, similar to that of a pilot, must be taken & paid for at least every other year.
C. The states may/will come after me & other horse owners to demand a higher registration fee on our horse trailers “because we have Commercial Licenses”.
D. The insurance companies may/will come after us for higher premiums—because we have a Commercial License.

There are many farms in this country where the offspring run field equipment. In states like Kansas, some fields can be miles apart & the equipment is used in one field & then taken to another field- miles away on a county or state road. This has been done for over 100 years & family ranch & farm operations need every family member doing their share.

Does anyone here on FR really believe that ANY state will be willing to give a 14 year old family farm hand a COMMERCIAL LICENSE????

The Amich & Mennonites use horses to pull their “Wheeled Agricultural Equipment”. Are they going to required to have COMMERCIAL DRIVER’S LICENSES????? Since they use nothing motorized, how will they pass such an exam???

My hay grower has his wife running the swather & the baler. She would have to have a Commercial License, also. More costs & more paperwork. He’s struggling to grow his crops now. He doesn’t need more interference from a part of the country that can barely spell “BALER”.

Remember: Washington wanted to “retrain” the cattle guards in the Clinton administration. They didn’t even know what a CATTLE GUARD was!!

ANY property that is more than a city lot & has horses-sheep-llamas-chickens-ducks-goats all have “WHEELED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT”. Feed your animals with an ATV & a small trailer? That qualifies. Need a CDL!!! I feed by hand with a wheelbarrow!!! That is “WHEELED EQUIPMENT”!!!! Need a CDL!!! Plow your private driveway with a jeep or ATV & a small plow? Need a CDL!!!

Even your favorite grower that comes to your local Farmer’s Market weekly or more often has “WHEELED EQUIPMENT”—even if it is a small trailer that is pulled by a Honda ATV!! They need a CDL!!! To bring your favorite veggies & fruits into their roadside selling location!! How much impact will that be to their operations??

My sister in law used to grow a fine garden. She used a plain kids “little red wagon” to move her harvested items from the garden to the house. She sometimes gave stuff away, but I don’t think she ever sold anything. Would that ‘little red wagon’ qualify as “Wheeled Agriculture Equipment’. Should she need a CDL???
How about your grandma who grew the best berries & rhubarb & tomatoes? Want to have her be required to have a CDL????? I grew up in Wisconsin & I saw many an elderly person, both male & female who did the bulk of the family gardening. Wouldn’t want them to be required to have a CDL, tho.

The loss of those family workers will be beyond destructive. This is another effort at killing off the American rancher & farmer. It is also another blatant attempt at keeping Americans from growing their own food.

NObama & the DOT & any other Washington agency needs to BUTT OUT!!!!!!!


34 posted on 08/17/2011 3:01:44 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Jeff Head

The wording I have heard says: “ALL WHEELED AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT” which includes many items which have no engines or self-propulsion. It would be much more wide ranging than tractors, etc.


35 posted on 08/17/2011 3:03:41 PM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: Texas Fossil

All the while all the farmer heard was Ol Flap ears belt buckle hit the flour as he walked away from him.


36 posted on 08/17/2011 3:07:18 PM PDT by crz
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To: ridesthemiles

Great post. Great post.


37 posted on 08/17/2011 3:08:58 PM PDT by combat_boots (The Lion of Judah cometh. Hallelujah. Gloria Patri, Filio et Spiritui Sancto.)
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To: Ladysforest

obama bin farmin’ da kine
pineapple and pakalolo
Maybe jus’ pakololo


38 posted on 08/17/2011 3:21:50 PM PDT by silverleaf (The super rich do not pay taxes, they collect taxes.)
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To: rogue yam

My point was that he made the issue about HIMSELF.

Not about what is farmed in HI.


39 posted on 08/17/2011 3:26:36 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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To: silverleaf

What is “pakololo”? :)


40 posted on 08/17/2011 3:27:58 PM PDT by Ladysforest
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