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Feds Attack Family Farms. . . Again

Last summer The Blaze reported on the Obama administration’s double-pronged attack on family farms. This was seen in the new set of regulations coming from both the DOT and the Department of Labor.

The main focus of the new regulations proposed last year was on the operation of farm equipment. The DOT was trying to mandate that anyone operating a piece of mechanized farm equipment be subject to the same rules that apply to drivers of semi-tractor trailers. These changes would have essentially blocked all young people who work on family farms from operating even the smallest tractor or truck, unless those people would be able to pass the stringent tests and maintain the detailed logs that are required of truckers.

These rules would also open the door for the potential unionization of all farm workers in America. Even family farm workers.

During the comment period for the proposal,  the outcry from the farming communities seemed to bring clarity to the situation. However, the DOT and Labor Departments continued churning in the background, writing new and different rules that would soon surface. In August the new rules were posted. They proposed barring anyone under the age of 16 from performing dangerous jobs, like driving tractors, handling pesticides and even branding cattle. A december 1st deadline for public comments was set and the public responded with more than 18,000 comments.

After December 1, 2011, a bi-partisan group of 28 Senators and 70 members of the House sent a letter to the Secretary of Labor, complaining about the new rules and asking that they be withdrawn until such time as the Labor Dept can prove the rules will significantly improve the safety of youth workers while having no significant economic impact on the farms.

The Des Moines Star Register’s coverage featured some significant passages from the letter:

“After having additional time to review the Proposed Rule and compare the proposed changes to existing statutory law, regulations, and the Department’s existing interpretive documents, we believe initial concerns were well-founded. As a result of these concerns, we request the Department withdraw the Proposed Rule in its entirety,” the Senators state in a letter to Secretary Solis. “It is puzzling why the Department would suddenly propose changes to existing regulations, particularly considering the advancements in farm equipment and adoption of technologies that have improved operator safety in the last 35 years.”

The statement from the group said “until recently, farms jointly owned and operated by multiple family members had discretion over the responsibilities they gave their children on the farm. But the proposed rule change would do away with that freedom and extend the parental exemption to farms owned solely by a parent. It is common in rural America for siblings to jointly own and operate farms and for extended family and neighbors to participate in agriculture production. With this rule change, the government is proposing to tell farmers and ranchers: We know what’s best for your children, and what they should and should not be doing.”

The note cited the fact that the Labor Secretary was using statistics from 13 years ago. This outdated information regarding accidents in rural settings was flawed and did not reflect the latest safety innovations that have come to the farming world.

Despite the 18,000 comments and Congressional opposition, the regulations appear to be moving ahead as Solis has planned. Local farm communities are quite concerned that this. Here is one of the dozens of local news stories highlighting the problems this will create:

 

Yesterday, Secretary Solis testified before a Senate Subcommittee on Labor, Health & Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, and Pensions. Ms. Solis’ comments on the restrictions on family farms were brief, only stating that her department was open to hearing comments on the new regulations.

It should also be noted that today is the anniversary of the death of State Farming in the former Soviet Union.

On this day back in 1989, the USSR’s Communist party leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced that Central Farming was not working. This was underscored by the fact that his country was forced to import tons of staples like wheat and meat. Mr. Gorbachev sounded like a Free Market Capitalist when he told the Soviets:

“The essence of economic change in the countryside should be in granting farmers broad opportunities for displaying independence, enterprise, and initiative.”

Farmers would be granted the opportunity to be independent, enterprising and succeed or fail based on their own initiative. An interesting concept.

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  • citizen0000
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:56pm

    does anyone else see this pattern?

    “Despite the 18,000 comments and Congressional opposition, the regulations appear to be moving ahead . . .”

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:06pm

      yes. the pattern has been like that for some time. we the people mean absoluetly nothing to them. I don’t even bother calling writing emailing signing petitions etc. I vote with my wallet.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:24pm

      the article states:
      ” This was seen in the new set of regulations coming from both the DOT and the Department of Labor.”

      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

      My question to all is why do we acknowledge that two PRIVATE COMPANIES have any authority ?

      http://www.manta.com/c/mmcmlj6/united-states-department-of-labor
      (Wow, est in 1913, the same year the “gov’t” got the loan from the Banksters, i.e. the Federal Reserve Act.)

      http://www.manta.com/c/mm2w9gj/united-states-department-of-transportation

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    • taksavillage2
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:15pm

      Horsecrazy

      I’ve gotten to the point where I stopped sending in the next protest & the next etc etc but that’s exactly what we should not do. It’s a small price to pay to prevent the bad guys from thinking they can gt away with it and let the good guys know they (& we) are not alone.

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    • mils
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:37pm

      so…why are boehner and others yelling about this and going to the public????
      BECAUSE…they are all in this together..
      Infact..where are our bunch of republican losers at in washington???
      why are not hearing from them on things, ANYTHING??? HELLO!?!?!?! LOSERS ALL.

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    • Jackers
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:36pm

      Ah… Ms. Hilda Solis of La Raza… Appears to be so concerned for the safety of “the children”… Wouldn’t want young farm hands to get hurt…

      Yet, this same woman has been pushing for wide open borders and mass amnesty for years. If Ms. Solis is “so concerned” for the safety of our young, why would she push for open borders resulting in rampant illegal immigration and endless drug trafficking…

      It’s never “about the children”… Just as Glenn said, it’s all about CONTROL!

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    • db321
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:43pm

      When I was young I remember one painful event that happened to me growing up on the Ranch. I did not do my chores one day, and my Dad gave me a whopping I never will forget.

      10,000 New Regulations – Welcome to the Socialist Republic of America.

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    • Quasimofo
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Yes the ballot no longer works. Time to open the ammo box.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:17pm

      People all over the world are laughing at us! Here people are starving and we are burning our grains in cars. Here in Oklahoma we have to many poor people that have older cars and know of a engine repair bill because of ethinol. Our gas stations have big signs and banners stating “No Ethinol.” My sons signed up for the Government program CRP known as CRAP here to not grow crops. My sons actually made money last year. They didn’t have to buy hay and cubes and are getting paid to do nothing. In 2010 corn, oats and wheat seeds were out of sight. Neighbors lost badly last year because of the drought and had to sell their cows. Some say they will never be able to buy back the herds.

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    • TheCoffinMaker
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:48pm

      When the government shoves a gun in your face and tells you to pay for the lifestyle of illegal aliens and their offspring, you are now a slave.

      When the government shoves a gun in your face and tells you to pay for the lifestyle of an able-bodied Americans on welfare, you are now a slave.

      We need to stop working and bring this country to a screeching halt, before we lose what little freedom we have left.

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    • right-wing-waco
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:04pm

      Yes, I see a pattern. The beaurocrats (sp) are in charge and Congress is now told what to do and what the laws will be. This is absolutely 180 degrees from the way it is supposed to be. Here is my answer to this. Congress simply abolish that department by not funding it. (aka YOUR FIRED)

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:27pm

      OK, here’s my take on ALL of these regulations and executive orders. Every one of them has one thing in common. Do you know what that one thing is? Think about it before reading on please…..

      The one thing in common is that they make people mad. Last week when that reporter asked Obama about gas prices and BHO said, “Now, do you think a President running for reelection would want high gas prices?” And most everyone in the room laughed. That hit me. Obama wants high gas prices. He is trying to make the masses mad, even his own followers. Why you ask?

      For the “bottom up, top down, inside out” to work the bottom (US citizens) need to rise up so the top can come crushing down. Obama needs to make this happen before the Nov elections so there will not be any elections. He doesn’t care about the polls. He plans on martial law and taking over.

      Obama and crew wants everyone to be so mad that they rebel. Expect more regulations at a much more hurried pace. Obama thinks you will become another OWS. Why? Because all of these socialist commies only know one way to react; with violence.

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    • Ron on the Rio Grande
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:48pm

      The DOT and DOL are two more agencies that have outlived thier usefulness and need to go away or be downsized. March 2013 is a good time.

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    • Partyof1
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:50pm

      Glenn missed the reason for the farm regulations. It is an attack on the Amish religion. Obama is attacking religion one faith at a time. It will harm farmers in general but primarily Amish who were also targeted for selling raw milk.

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    • EndTheFedNOW
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:59pm

      AS alex jones has been saying for a long time, now so is mark levin. The republican and dem est has worked together on purpose,to make America a post-industerial nation. Wake up to the NWO

      Resistance to tyranny is obedience to GOD

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    • From Virginia
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:15pm

      Partyof1 is correct. This is to crush the Amish farmers. They have enormous tracks of land out here that the gov’t is just itching to gobble up.

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    • Al J Zira
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:26pm

      @mils: I guess they’re standing right next to the democrat losers. Although at least the republican losers aren’t proposing regulations that turn this country into a communist state.

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    • adeleeeee
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:51pm

      OMG Amish farmers!!!
      Jews, Catholic, Amish, Mormon next would be Jehovah Witness, Protestant and Evangelist…
      Now I wonder what would they do to the elite in Salk Lake City…

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    • glandmr
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:52pm

      This outrage is a perfect reason for needing to elect Governors that believe in and will support and defend the Constitution. These Governors need to tell the Labor Dept and the DOT where to stuff their new regulations. The Governors have the right to do so using the 10th Amendment.

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    • TRILO
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:53pm

      Why are our congressman and senators not working on regulation to take away the authority of these agencies to regulate these issues? Why… Because it is really easy for them to say they disapprove but very difficult for them to do their damn job. And the sheeple will believe them when they say they tried.

      Not to mention the fact that companies such as Tyson, Cargill (big pushers of the “pink slime” ) and other large agri business want these regulations to push out the family farm.

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    • InthelandofWTF
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 10:57pm

      For now people vote with their wallets…. Days a coming when they may have to vote with their “Squrriel Guns”

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    • canadianlady
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:10pm

      Obama is forcing his will on the American people the same way he forced them into Obamacare. He is a dictator, he is a danger and he needs to be removed from office.

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    • Paul
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:20pm

      I know some of you are sick of me posting this, but we all have to do what we are led to do…

      Libs/Progressives/Commiebastards/DemonRats/Kenites and satan… I don’t care what you have to say in the least, actually every time (most every time) you have something to say, I find it amusing as you’re led to the slaughter…

      http://theseason.yolasite.com/

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    • ChiefGeorge
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:27pm

      Most farmers lost their farms in the 80s to big corporations, its hard to believe they want more than what they have already basically confiscated through default. GB is right! People will starve when government trys to run the farms….centralized planning of farming has never worked! America is in trouble when her farms are lost to intellectuals. The world will starve as well as a result since we still are the main exporter of foods worldwide esp to those in need. God has blessed us richly and it takes MAN to undo this blessing….its clear to see. Its by choice and freewill! We will all suffer in the near future as a result.

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    • black9897
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:39pm

      Watching as more of our Republic slips away. Become a voluntarist! http://www.marcstevens.net

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    • PERSERVERANCE-2012
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 11:57pm

      Scary thing is that the election is still going to be a close one, even with this crap going on! The obummer zombies will still vote for him in droves…

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    • Mil Mom
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:03am

      @Quasimofo
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:55pm

      Yes the ballot no longer works. Time to open the ammo box
      ****
      Don’t get the cart ahead of the horse, if bullets come out now, Martial Law stops elections in November, and they may not be able to commit enough fraud since they’ve enraged so many voters!

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    • Tyson
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:08am

      You have to vote with more than your wallet. Try the same thing farmers did in 1776, then we may get somewhere!

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    • Patrick Henry II
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:26am

      It is called civil disobediance. Also the states should just say NO. Also the congress should just say NO (and they can). Also the county Sheriff’s should just say NO. The FED has no teath in this without cooperation. I fear that there will be cooperation.

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    • Bum thrower
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 9:12am

      It’ is all about control and punishing the US of A. Higher food production costs equal higher cost of living……….so we revert to 3rde world status where folks stand in long lnes to get their daily bread.

      EVERY Democrat is a statist that HATES america. Vote them ALL out in 2012………got rope?

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    • watchmanwatch
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:06am

      The-Monk

      What you have said makes more sense than most will want to even consider; but I have thought the same thing for the last 2 years… Even when NC gov. Bev P. made the statement 2 years ago that we should forgo the elections for a while until things got better in our financial situation??? Makes you think when other Dem. favorites say things they are thinking???

      And then you hear Ms Obama say things like we HAVE to do this and You WILL do that; really do not like being told what to eat, not eat, etc. Oh well… I think the farm is one of the last freedom areas on the earth and it would be a shame to eliminate the rights of the food growers to plow without a DOT commercial license… What will be next…

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    • watchtheotherhand
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:07am

      What is the mental disorder that allows people to think that socialism/communism works?

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    • georgette
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 10:27am

      The Good Book had some sage advice:

      “Let your yes mean yes….and your no mean no”

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    • turkey13
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 11:43am

      When I was 9 years old a old 76 years old man hired me at $.60 a hour to mow and rake hay. At that time adults were getting $1.50 an Hr. and he told me he was risking equipment for my learning. That winter he died and the next summer I was hired by neighbors for $1.50 and had a stash to buy new cloths for school.

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    • BV FROM TX
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:21pm

      Read “Democracy Denied – How Obama is Ignoring You and Bypassing Congress to Radically Transform America and How to Stop Him” by Phil Kerpen. You will need the duct tape to keep your head from exploding. Obama is using all of the agencies that are not under the control of Congress. The Republicans have been able to push back on some of these by refusing to fund them and are still trying to stop these land grabs. Obama is telling the Czars not to put anything in writing and pretend they have Congress approval and go ahead and regulate. They are using the Antiquities Act of 1906 to set up monuments and grab millions of acres of land that contain oil, minerals, gold, etc., in Otero Mesa NM; Great Basin, NV; Owyhee Desert, OR; Bodie Hills, CA and Modoc Plateau, CA. The US Fish and Wildlife is being used to protect the spotted owl to destroy the timber industry in Oregon; polar bear in Alaska to keep land from being drilled. At the same time, the EPA and the Army Corps are grabbing all of the water and waterways. I WILL NOT COMPLY!

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:34pm

      @watchmanwatch
      Thanks, I thought I’d get more than 1 response. Maybe I should have made the post shorter. I saw the video of Gov Perdue about suspending elections for 2 years. I didn’t know it was a 2 years old clip. Is that true?

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    • riverbend
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:42pm

      Yet, this same woman has been pushing for wide open borders and mass amnesty for years. If Ms. Solis is “so concerned” for the safety of our young, why would she push for open borders resulting in rampant illegal immigration and endless drug trafficking…FROM JACKERS.

      Maybe these two things go together. No more children working the farm and learning farming skills – perfect opening/shove to hire illegals to work the farm.

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    • eashua444
      Posted on March 17, 2012 at 3:03am

      It is time for citizens everywhere to say WE WILL NOT COMPLY!

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    • tradexpertbuysell
      Posted on March 17, 2012 at 8:50am

      They want to beat and starve us to death. That simple.

      But God’s people WILL prevail!

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    • Madmadgrandma
      Posted on March 18, 2012 at 12:39pm

      I do…and that is why I’m calling him a dictator!

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    • BekC
      Posted on March 18, 2012 at 2:38pm

      Yes, it is familiar…they ignore the will of the people and know what is best for us. Wake up America…do you want Big Brother to tell you what you should do each and everyday? They are invading our homes, our offices and our lives like never before. Take back America.

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    • closetotheedge
      Posted on March 18, 2012 at 8:54pm

      Total control. Are you ready for some chaos as Pee.Obama answers to the UN or NATO? Ask, better yet drive home to your Reps n Sen‘ by e’mail now it‘s insane we’re losing it and alittle flare-up or riot or breakout of a hundred ways. Hang on to you pants people,they want them too.Oh,and Barney is retirering and will marry is boyfriend,a nov-july wedding.After @30+yrs of Franking the American People,it should be nice. But he is a TRAITOR,w/Pelosi,We’ll have to pass the Bill so we can read it and find out…Mr,Reid,Doddetc etc.. But they won’t. Fire them on facts alone.Save $ save time.

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    • Protoham
      Posted on March 30, 2012 at 6:00pm

      AAAhhhhhhhh!! This makes my head want to explode!!!!

      These morons must be set down and forced to read the US Constitution!!!

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  • drphil69
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:55pm

    Control control control….

    Soon we will be starving.

    Please remember the #1 rule….

    DON’T FEED THE LIBS!

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:24pm

      The farmers need to be in the streets with pitchforks…But they like those USDA handouts too much….

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    • NHwinter
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:28pm

      They have their hands in every aspect of our lives. Does anyone else think things have gone too far to stop it? Is revolution coming or will we be stomped down by the Civilian and Military Forces?

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    • one.dakine.howlie
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:40pm

      I’ve had enough. I’m done with following the unconstitutional laws of this country. I WILL NOT COMPLY!!! And if a government worker shows up on my property he’ll be swiftly escorted away, by force if necessary.

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    • USAMEDIC3008
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:59pm

      BADDOGGY

      I grew up on a farm,We had between 20 and 30 Milkers.
      Had to clean out barn every day, used a pitchfork
      Maybe it’s time to takeum to the big barn in DC
      and throw out the $#!T
      Geter Dung

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    • Delta D-5-3
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:00pm

      QUOTE: “Despite the 18,000 comments and Congressional opposition, the regulations appear to be moving ahead as Solis has planned”.

      This is NO DIFFERENT then when 180 MILLION of us called our senators and congressmen and told them that WE DO NOT WANT socialized health care and ALL the other unconstitutional bills that they voted into law. This government DOES NOT AND WILL NOT LISTEN TO US!! If our current government is not voted out of office IN MASS, this great country that we all love will cease to exist as we know it. There are some really dark days coming our way people, you better be prepared…..

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:47pm

      I grew up on a farm. It wasn’t huge, 380 acres, but we had more than 120 ‘milk” cows and a grade B dairy, about 20 rabbits, several horses, miles of fences and a lot of agricultural products, including two large gardens, that needed to be tended to… daily. Going to school only cut the available hours of day light to get the same amount of work done.
      We barely had enough to survive on. As a kid, if I didn’t work, I didn’t get fed. Illness aside. Life “IS” tough all over.

      Interesting how the only time you see government “IS” when they want to take something from you or force you to do something it wants.

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    • readytostand
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:50pm

      NO DISRESPECT INTENDED !!! To all farmers how many wake up calls do you need ! I grew up in the state of MN. and all my life i have heard from farmers, vote democrat ! They would always say that the DEMS looked out for there interest more so anyway ( farm subsidies ,green acre subsidies ) Subsidies are another mans MONEY ! STOP IT !! Your good old DEM farmer labor ain’t what it used to be !! Once the democratic party continued it’s push on the right to kill (ABORTION ) via early 1970′s , any vote for the Democrat party was out of sheer GREED and disregard for human life !! All Americans and FARMERS, might end up paying a heavy toll for such actions (SOCIALISM ) DAMN IT -PLEASE STOP voting for your pocket book only !! You soon will have NO RIGHTS and the only farms that exist will be GOV’T ran corporations ! MONSANTO , ETC . !!!

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:26pm

      @drphil

      “Control control control” – yep, pretty soon the Feds will be telling us what we can & cannot grow in our gardens and when the crops come in they’ll collect the produce and take it to the “people’s“ grocery store”. If you’re caught with a secret stash of vegetables, off you go to the “re-eduction camps”. After all, they have to make sure the 1% doesn’t get most of the lettuce.

      “Soon we will be starving.” – Unless you stand in line at the “people’s grocery store”. The working 50% will be forced to grow enough food to support the other half so I wouldn’t count on being well fed. I‘m pretty sure that other half won’t be planting seeds, weeding or picking tomatoes anytime soon.

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    • B-Neil
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 4:29pm

      Just say “NO! not today”. The Government is going way beyond what we hired them to do. Just say “NO! not today”. GOD BLESS AMERICA and INDIVIDUAL FREEDOM p.s. just becouse government workers don’t like to work, does‘nt mean RED BLOODED AMERICANS DON’T. shove the unions up your government A**.

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    • genea
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:09pm

      This is the biggest bunch of CRAP I have ever heard of in my entire life. When I was young and during the summer months I would stay at my Grandmother and Grandfathers farm as well as my uncles farm. I worked at doing lots of things and loved it. This is Obama changing to his dictator for of governent. Folks, he hjas got to be stopped. He is giving away US land to a foreign country and now he is placing trucker rules on farmers. Its big BS.

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    • turkey13
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:13pm

      Until the kids are age 21, we need to waive the union dues. If you start at age 16 you might scare them away! If a kid is between 10 and age 16 waive the rules if Farmer Jopn pays an extra $500.00 for a temp permit.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:18pm

      This is an Agenda of the United Nations. The habits of the old Corporation are not “sustainable”

      The United Nations Owns and Manages the Corporation you all refer to as The “United States” or America.

      They have Left-Wing Democratic and Right-Wing Republican employees to keep the slaves happy, thinking that they have representation.

      Until you learn this, you all are wandering aimlessly.

      In 1992, AGENDA 21 was born. This was the same year that bush signed Executive Order #12803
      The Infrastructure Privatization Act.
      AMERICA was for SALE or long-term lease !!!!!!

      The United Nations was tired of holding the lien on the bankrupt Corp, so in 1992 they began foreclosure.

      Only problem are these Americans “that cling to their bibles and guns” and think the land is of the people.

      No, the land is of the foreign-owned private corporation. Namely, the World Bank and IMF (United Nations).

      People, do your research or simply read this:
      http://www.teamlaw.net/history.htm

      This is another substantiation:
      http://www.barefootsworld.net/usfraud.html

      I have spent thousands of hours researching this. This is all TRUE !!!!!

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    • CapitalistUno
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 5:36pm

      Food Insurance. Better stock up now, and be ready for price increases in every aspect of the food industry. We’re going to be paying prime rib prices for hamburger and filet mignon prices for a round steak.

      Way to be, dumb*** libs. You’re going to be the first to not get fed by me! I don’t accept food stamps either!

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:20pm

      Union jobs are becoming scarce these days now they must steal the children’s jobs and mandate only a union worker qualifies to do the chores. Unions have always cut their own throats and then wonder why there are no jobs.

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:41pm

      @ProbIemSoIver
      So how do we get out of this and back to our Constitution?

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    • The-Monk
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 9:49pm

      @CapitalistUno
      “We’re going to be paying prime rib prices for hamburger and filet mignon prices for a round steak.”

      You forgot “pink slime”….

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:09am

      @Problemsolver

      “United States Department Of Labor in Washington, DC is a private company categorized under Labor Regulatory Agency.”

      I don’t think people that blog read other posts. If they did, they’d realize that the government being a “privately company” is MUCH different than being a PUBLIC institution and what this actually means.

      Thank you for your continued posting. I don‘t think there are many that understand the nature of who we’re are up against.

      The “government” are employees that want to keep their jobs. The employer is NOT the taxpayers, therefore, there is no loyalty or FEAR of us.

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    • rawmilker
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 2:47am

      We are in the dairy business and still hanging. My family is one of the largest landowners in this part of the state and there is no way in hell any govt is going to take our land. At least while we are vertical. While we have some good business helping to keep us afloat, I enjoy the taste of raw milk & so do my friends….

      Myself & extended family are all prior military whith two nephs in the stan right now, & most of the hands are also military fellows. Theres one way up to the main CP and from our vantage point we can have it covered in seconds flat.

      We are praying the administration changes hands this fall, & they can seriously make some changes to these out of control useless thug bureaucrats & deliver a serious blow to the DOL in relation to private sector farms.

      I have heard through my contacts that the unions have been asking around about me, and from my response that filtered back thru the community , they got a real good idea what’ll happen to them if they come around here…..there’s alot of swampland around these parts& we’re well armed…..We handle issues the old fashioned way, I’ll defend this milk operationg base until my last dying breath…..One poster above was right, with the ballot boxes being as rigged as they are, it may well be time to crack open the ammo boxes….Semper Fi!

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    • OUTRIDER WRITER
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 8:29am

      @BADDOGGY
      You make a very good point. And farmers/ranchers themselves are the only ones who can truly do anything about it. The remedy is not complicated.

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    • ProbIemSoIver
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 11:21am

      @Monk

      My plan to save our Country is to Quit the UN and Grant authority BACK to the U.S. Treasury to Print AMERICAN money that is based on silver, gold and other minerals. As long as we have a foreign-owned NOTE based on NOTHING, Inflation will sky rocket and the Fractional reserve system will keep destroying us.
      The UN technically owns us due to the Bankruptcy of 1933, so we will have to dishonor the Unconscionable Contract. The Banksters System is perpetual debt that is designed to keep us inslaved forever.
      We have to vote in REAL REPRESENTATIVES using paper ballots, and eliminate these De facto
      politicians that answer to the Corporation.
      75% of all Politicians were Lawyers. They all know about the Corporation. It is a Secret they keep from all non-lawyers.
      For all these people, my name is PROBLEM MAKER.

      @MetalPatriot

      It is not only my pleasure to destroy the Global Elite, it is my duty.
      I am Glad to see you refer to the “government” with quotation marks because it is a Government in name only.
      People need to call it what it is; a Corporation.

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  • pap pap
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:54pm

    We need to redefine the jobs of our congressmen and women and senators to one of repealing laws and regulations instead of composing them to decomposing them.

    This would keep them busy for about 100 years and our country and our lives would be so much better year ofter year without these elite’s getting rich under the guise of trying to make things perfect for us.

    If they want to make things more perfect for us just get rid of all these stiffling laws and regs and then get rid of themselves.

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    • goahead.makemyday
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:13pm

      Maybe we should limit their time frame for making laws. In stead of having vacations make them have sessions like we do in FL, the less time they have making laws the better for all of us. Also it would take away one excuse for them to stay away from their constituents.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:24pm

      End the USDA, FDA. and all subsidies for a start. We will see a slight recovery right then and there and assure ourselves that we dont starve or run out of meds…

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:47pm

      Doggy-
      They may have gone too far, too many times. 46 billion yearly in new regs and no one can remember what happened in Rhodesia, not too long ago. Off tangent a bit, why did the recent Chicago mayoral elections have the topic of reparations openly chatted about ad nauseum, by every candidate? Sure, I breath and pay taxes so I must be a racist, but come on- we have no idea what the next confrontation will be on, where the next avenue of destruction will be coming from. We no longer have democrats we can sit across a table from and have any semblance of a decent conversation. We may be beyond constructive conversation, so where does that leave us? Harvard and Columbia only produce litigators and obfuscators…not a big arena for the FFA and 4H. We be screwed…

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    • Smiley Face
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 4:41pm

      I totally agree about repealing bills. Until this country’s deficiet is under control and it is living within a balanced budget no more bills should be proposed or signed into law.

      Let the people of America live their lives. Some good and bad may come of it but at least we can stand up and say I had a voice and could make my own decisions without the government interferring.

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  • Joisey
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:53pm

    Congress shouldn’t be begging the Dept. of Labor for anything. They should be passing a law which would abrogate these rules. After that, they should pass a law taking away the funding for the Dept. of Labor and abolishing the department. Why is the Federal government even involved in labor? This is a power reserved in the Constitution to the States. This is the legacy of FDR creating all these alphabet agencies to enable the Federal government to run the economy and usurp state’s rights.

    These new Labor Dept rules, by the way, are the first step being taken by the radical communists in the Obama Regime to collectivize our farms. Its what commies always do and it leads to sharp declines in food production and famine.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:07pm

      exactly. congress has given away so very much of their power with the creation of all of these departments. defund them and be done with it

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    • ConstitunalAmerican
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:38pm

      You are so right Joisey. And what are our well-paid congress and senate doing during their working days to stop these radicals?? When you contact your representatives, do you ever get a response, or is it a pacified response? You almost never hear them speak up about our concerns, the regulations being forced in this country against the American people. The day will come, if this isn’t stopped, that every aspect of our lives will be under a microscope, a human gps. You already see the control this admin is pushing forward and why he wants gun control.
      Obama’s dear friend and financial supporter, George Soros, has purchased thousands of acres of farm land for pennies from the African people, Sierre Leone, and Venzuela. Much of this land will be used for ethanol, the rest…..well if you can afford it you’ll have food like gasoline.
      This farm land regulation is just the beginning. Obama and his cult have already discussed how much land is too much for individual citizens and they do not want people farming/planting. Starvation days will be here in this country. Read about Soros and his land grabs purchased with hedge funds. Food prices will be government controlled. Think of what you and your families need to survive, then watch the regulations mount up.
      Even our presidential candidates aren’t speaking out on any of this except for Newt Gingrich. One candidate pouts when he gets a negative comment. They talk only on each other, not the issues.

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    • tricia
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:48pm

      Exactly, the congress, who hold the purse strings, act like a bunch of castrated sheep.
      Bah, Bah Bah, they cry, but never act. The rules and regulations coming out of DC are oppressive.
      op·pres·sive
      adj.
      1. Difficult to bear; burdensome: oppressive laws.
      2. Exercising power arbitrarily and often unjustly; tyrannical.
      3. Weighing heavily on the senses or spirit
      The definition is to correct the liberals who like to use it to advance their position with minorities.
      The “oppressed” are all the freedom loving people of the United States of America who are being suffocated by the tyranny coming out of the administration.

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  • Stoic one
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:52pm

    The American family farm is not broken. This administration is in a china shop going nuts with a baseball bat. So they are trying to smash the American farm.

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    • ConstitunalAmerican
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:32pm

      And that’s from the inside out. I’m happy to hear some of you have contacted the dol. I’m passing their phone # for others who want to call and let your voices be heard now before that right is taken away. Thanks to Jamiel for providing it:
      Department of Labor (866) 487-2365 – it’s a toll free number and just hang on the line to talk to a Customer Service Representative.

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    • AxelPhantom
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:54pm

      Which accident and death rate is higher? Kids growing up on farms or those growing up in the inner cities?

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  • Pattondog
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:52pm

    . “It is puzzling why the Department would suddenly propose changes to existing regulations, particularly considering the advancements in farm equipment and adoption of technologies that have improved operator safety in the last 35 years.”

    Actually no its not., this is a blatent attempt to soft peddle the unionization of family farms.
    the union pension system is a ponzi scheme, they simply need more # in the form of union membership to keep up the farse.

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    • 2theADDLED
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:44pm

      It is all payback and revenge nothing more. Just a poke in the eye to see how you respond.

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  • USAMEDIC3008
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:44pm

    Democracy in action
    gota luv it
    “ Said while cleaning my rifle”

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  • shreward
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:43pm

    Teaching my 10 year old daughter to drive the tractor earlier this week.
    In light of this story, I guess we’ll have another lesson tonight…

    1972 2414 (14 HP) Powerking

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  • Mark0331
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:41pm

    I guess using illegal immigrants who border hop is ok in the feds eyes?..no crackdown on that I see…but a farmer employing his own family to teach hard work and valuable life lessons is a problem…I get it..illegal trash ok..your own family not ok…got it.

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    • booger71
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:58pm

      And a farmer is going to join a union against his own farm?

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:06pm

      Mark, if you teach them values, then they won’t need the government food stamps. What are ya thinkin’, man…?

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:11pm

      No,a farm family should not join a union..point made..thats my point..whats the point of a fed telling a family what to do?..sorry if I was misunderstood…no food stamps..family values is what I am talking about..sorry if I confused..thanks for the ‘upbraiding’..thats what I meant..how does the fed dictate what a family does…I am with you guys..all the way, you know this…sorry for the confusion…

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:23pm

      So sorry if my ‘original’ was not clear enough..I live in S. Jersey and see Haitians and Mexicans work the blueberry fields and wonder….you guys are right…a family that owns and works the farm should be free from fed intrusion..100%…sorry to be misunderstood.

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    • Mark0331
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:27pm

      Be a legal citizen..thats the point…regardless of origin…be a legal citizen in this nation..like my ancestors, American..enough said.

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  • BlackCrow
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:39pm

    These Connecticut born, Yale educated elitist no nothings have no understanding of life “on the farm”. Neither do they understand that it will take an army of inspectors to ensure compliance with their dictates or the pushback that will come from the intrusion into family business.

    This is no longer one country.

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    • liberty49
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:54pm

      It‘s time we demand our representatives put an end to this legislation or we will and it won’t be pretty!

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:29am

      An example of how the government “regulates” an industry…

      My wife has been a licensed manicurist in CA for 23+ years. She follows the state board rules. Her salon gets visited fairly regularly…once a year. If anybody’s station is out of compliance (typically would be a sanitation issue…same as restaurants) a citation is given with a time limit to be corrected, if corrected, everything is fine.

      HOWEVER…the salon in the same center uses illegal (extremely toxic & dangerous) products, full of workers who don’t speak English with NO LICENSES displayed (every person who does a service MUST be licensed).

      The state has NEVER gone into that salon. We’ve visited several of salons of this same profile in the area & witness the same lack of licenses & use of illegal products. The odor is a dead giveaway.

      Only the LEGAL/LAW ABIDING salons get visited by the state. We’ve spoke with several other salon owners & the trend is the same.

      What does this say?

      It tells me it doesn’t pay to follow the law. What a pathetic excuse for government. All for the “safety” of customers & employees. I‘d say it’s a joke…but there’s nothing funny about it.

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:35pm

    Communism in the USA.

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:34pm

    .
    Some farmer probably caught some DOT/Department of Labor Guy, Stump Jumping in his field. Now he’s getting payback……..

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  • SHERIPLUS5
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:29pm

    Did anyone notice that the statistic they used 74% – what other industry’s are kids working in?? I worked in my dad’s printing plant when I was young but I knew a LOT more kids that worked on their family farms. Using this percentage without going into more detail makes the number of deaths look huge. 74% of what number? I don’t want any kids to be killed but death is part of life and accidents happen.

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    • Madmilo
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 6:49pm

      I started working in my dads butcher shop in 1969. I was 8 years old at the time. I ran a grinder making hamburger and sausage. there were no O.S.H.A. guards on any of the machines at that time.
      My dad taught me how to use them properly and safely. Still have all my limbs. Did‘nt need no stink’in government then and I don’t need them NOW.

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    • Snidely
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 7:40pm

      From what I’ve seen around here, most of the accidents involving youth working in farm jobs is city kids. Seems like deaths due to suffocation in grain bins is the most common. (The grain in the top of the bin goes out the bottom first. If you’re standing on top of the grain, it sucks you to the bottom.) It all goes back to what the mom in the video said, kids who grow up around a farm are taught the dangers. Kids working on a farm for the first time when they‘re 16 don’t understand the hazards. I would much rather trust a 12 year old, that grew up around equipment, driving a tractor than a 16 year old that had the department of labor required training, but hasn’t been around equipment. (Although, I wasn’t allowed to drive a tractor until I was big enough to sit in the seat and safely reach all the controls.)

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  • abbygirl1994
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:26pm

    How disgusting… farmers and their families are amazing.. things I found over the years since my childhood are that children have more responsibilities at a younger age, are trusted more have more religion.. a family that prays together, stays together. The family on farms and ranches are tighter knit..children don’t wile away the hours playing games on the computer or play station they are up and doing things outside. Child labor.. good grief.. they want our farm/ranch kids to become less responsible.. like the city kids.This administration is so blatantly trying to destroy family traditions.. is it any wonder that city kids are for the most part so messed up.. they haven’t the responsibilities that country kids have. Getting uo and making your bed and taking out the trash is totally different the plowing the field, or feeding the livestock or milking the cows.. This administration sucks!

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    • NancyBee
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:57pm

      The most disturbing news is they want farmers to “unionize”…….vote them out….no matter who gets the Gop nomination…we’ve got to stop this take over

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  • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:23pm

    If you check, I bet there is someone in the administration that was a traveling salesman, who had a very bad experience at a “Family” farm, probably involving a farmers daughter. So that would explain the hostility towards these farms. The emotional scars haven’t healed.

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    • gulfland
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:39pm

      I think it was a government official and the problem he/she had was with a farm animal. You seem to be lowering the standards of our farm kids.

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    • Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:57pm

      I was really thinking “Milking Machine” but I was trying not to go gutter.

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  • momrules
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:23pm

    This is all part of Agenda 21. The American government is working hand in glove with the U.N. to strip all rights and priveleges from Americans. Our rural lands are in the crosshairs of these people.
    Take away our rights to grow our own food, tell us what seeds we can use, who we can sell to and who we buy from.
    Make us all dependent on the government or we are going to jail or starve.

    Laugh all you want to you doubters but I’ve read the Revelation and I see where we are headed.

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    • islamhater
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:32pm

      Yes this is 100% AGENDA 21 !!!!

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    • kentuckypatriot
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:34pm

      I’d rather go to jail than cave to the govt. This is such insanity. the more they push us, the more we will rebel. I‘m sure that’s what they want, so we can be controlled. F the govt, F this marxist regime, I’m doing what I want when I want, I will not bow down and take it, they will have to kill me.

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    • HKS
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:35pm

      Most all average people have no clue what’t going on right now. However, on the bright side, the information is out there on the net, just look for it. Warning, your going to be depressed when you find it.

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    • Airb0rne4325
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:28pm

      I’m right there with you Kentucky. F these people who think they have the right to come onto MY property and DICTATE what MY family can and can not do. Where does it stop? Are they then able to come into your home and make sure that the kids aren’t doing any house cleaning with harmful chemicals like Ajax or, for the love of God, Bleach!!! Where does the line start and stop? I personally think it needs to be redrawn.

      S what is the punishment for having your child work on your farm? A fine? What if you don’t pay the fine? Jail? So an American goes to jail for raising his child the way that he sees fit in the environment that he sees that is best for his child. Truly sad.

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    • Micmac
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:43pm

      Yes this fits into the Agenda 21 agenda. First take away what one can do on their property – already been happening for decades – then, just take away their land. One little step at a time.

      NoBama 2012

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 1:38am

      Agreed folks.

      For those that don‘t have time to look it up or who haven’t heard what Agenda 21 is or who think it’s not real or a conspiracy theory. It’s real & in operation…well under way.

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TzEEgtOFFlM

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  • scjeff
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:21pm

    How in the Hell do they expect to enforce such a sweeping regulatory change? Banning controlled substances, liquor, driving too fast, etc have proven how little control the government has over what someone does. They will make scapegoats, but in the long run, they will lose even if it is by being ignored.

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  • barber2
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:19pm

    Big Daddy doesn’t like children learning to be self-reliant. Big Daddy likes them dumb and dependent on Big Daddy ! Big Daddy wants 4 more years….

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  • johnpaulkuchtajr
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:19pm

    Does anybody realize how long it’s going to take to “purge” the ranks of the regulatory agencies of all the half-wits that this administration has planted?

    A new President should fire or “early retire” the top 20% of all federal regulatory agencies.

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    • islamhater
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:38pm

      No they need to get rid of these agencys all together they are unconstituional…. This should be at the state level. Does anyone know real America anymore? I think alot of people don’t know what or how America is supposed to run. Civil war is the only way to get this country back on track. To many have been brainwashed. See even you think they should be involved only wanting 20% gone.. We are screwed BIG time.

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    • Baddoggy
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:28pm

      @Islamhater. If we would go back to the Constitution there would be unlimited prosperity…after all the riots calmed down and we rebuilt the cities that the Government teat suckers burned down…

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    • islamhater
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:29pm

      @BADDOGGY: Yes you are correct sir. But with all these liberals in the country it won’t happen they have to go. It’s like sleeping with SATAN. All these people say they want America back and the constitution. But the only ONE who said they would do this is called a loon a crazy man. This is what i mean when i say WE ARE SCREWED! It‘s been so long that America was America most people don’t know anymore most of the GOP‘ers have become progressives and don’t relize it. sad sad sad. My whole family has faught in every war this country has been in. bothsides have been here since the 1600′s. I know what America used to be and can be again but we are gonna have to clean house first.

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  • Itsjusttim
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:17pm

    People need to quit worrying so much about man’s freedom. Don’t worry, it’s in good hands.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:20pm

      Notice I said “Good Hands” in a galactic size understanding of the word “Good.”

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:23pm

      And I say that because it is beneficial to the Lord for men to be free from the constraints of other men.

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    • Itsjusttim
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:26pm

      “Free from the constraints of other men.” And that‘s why the Bible says that you shouldn’t have filled up the earth.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:53pm

      Brother Tim-
      Often I feel you are a savant of some sort, but more often that not I just want your “thoughts” all together and not buck shot pattern willy nilly… I can go out of my way to not be as ascerbic if maybe you could reign in the ADD a bit and be more concise…? Por favor perhaps…?

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    • readytostand
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 3:15pm

      @ Its just tim – Where do you come up with some of this rambling craziness !? Where does it say in the BIBLE not to fill the earth ? Are you one of those green movement (OVERPOPULATION ) THEORIST froot loops ? That would be NEW WORLD ORDER speech your using ! TOTAL POPULATION CONTROL BY GOV’T FORCE !! You are brainwashed me thinks ,eh ??????

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    • warchief65
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 12:15am

      ” Send in your money , and you will see the lord ” , eh Tim ? Hank Jr. knew it . When your done with your payers , you will be sent to the pokey . And get your ” re-schooling ” .

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  • Janimal
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:16pm

    The Department of Labor is taking comments on this issue. I called this morning and they are getting slammed with people irate over this. I am hoping that a few more people will join in and make their day even more pleasant. Also, please call your Congressman and Senators with concerns over this. The DOL is putting out “feelers” on this to see how we respond – well let your voice be heard.

    Department of Labor (866) 487-2365 – it’s a toll free number and just hang on the line to talk to a Customer Service Representative.

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    • COREZONE
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:45pm

      I called and I got the impression this was not he number that they wanted to have given out. After my comments they requesting my contact information. I said if you are asking for this info just to try and justify your existance, then that is not necessary, just take my comments. However, I did give my information. I would suggest everyone call.

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    • Janimal
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 1:18pm

      Well they may not like us calling that number but the person I talked to said this was EXACTLY what they were there to do is take our comments like this.

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    • SoupSandwich
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 2:01pm

      or 202-693-4600… Stephanie @ DOL won’t too cheery about having to speak to a tax payer…

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    • Christian55
      Posted on March 16, 2012 at 7:30pm

      A loud shout of support for calling, voicing our opinions, and demanding retraction! As ProblemSolver stated earlier, these departments/organizations have absolutely no business or authority to promulgate rules for farms. All Americans must continue to demand the leaders, and administration follow the rules, laws, and constitution. There is no authority for the Executive Branch nor its cabinet departments to write nor enforce laws. When we, the people, stand up, talk, debate, and challenge big government, we take a crucial step to prevent a socialistic or communistic community of activists and radicals from destroying the USA and our freedoms.

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  • conservatim
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:15pm

    Control the populations food supply and their health care, control the population.

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  • CatB
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:11pm

    These kids are not hurt by working on family farms …. they are learning lessons that Obama and the libs don’t understand or have themselves .. the VALUE OF HARD WORK! Trying to put the family farms out of business and control all our food is the goal.

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    • afdbghq
      Posted on March 15, 2012 at 8:42pm

      Kids working on farms and ranches receive many benefits from their work. They are more awake and attentive during school. They have better stamina. How many overweight kids live and work on farms and ranches? They live a healthier life because of their diet. They understand the principles of personal responsibility and honest work. They are more self reliant. They have a healthy respect for all types of equipment and know the consequences of mishandling said equipment. I could go on but you get the picture. Farm kids have the traits that this administration does not want our kids to have.

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  • lukerw
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:11pm

    CONTROL Food, Energy, & Weapons… to CONTROL the PEOPLE!

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  • HKS
    Posted on March 15, 2012 at 12:11pm

    Well, when the agenda is for the government to be supplying all the doctored & engineered food from Russia, to control your thoughts ya know, (Codex Alimentarius, look it up if you don’t know what it is and get ready for a shock) the family farmer is getting in the way of that agenda. Consequently, they got to go cause Da furor said so.

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