excellent commentary young Art but it seems like you and many others are like a "one hand clapping", with the ruling political bureaucrats ignoring all scientific evidence. Stay the course, sooner or later rational minds will once again be reckoned with.
How much pain must those "rational minds" endure before they admit that the path Iowa is on is unsustainable? When the well runs dry, it's already too late.
the pain will not be felt by those ruling bureaucrats. It will be felt some by Gen. X and more by Gen Y and younger. My sons in their 30's remind me of this unfairness.
Having lived away from Iowa , I have experienced a few of the phenomena spoken of first hand. Prior to the advent of of Supermarkets in the Mid Sixties, small acre holders in East Texas grew vegetables in” “Truck Patches”and sold their produce in Local Grocery Stores. People ate local fresh produce in Season.
Supermarkets want large, year around produce and truck patches went away. Produce at Supermarkets had less nutrients and horrendous carbon foot prints. Contrast this to Iowa where farmers farmed Quarter Sections, grew four different crops, and fed livestock of several species on the same Quarter Section. That M Farmall burned 5 gallons of gasoline from after breakfast til noon. Kinda worked but there was no place for the Middleman on the Farm, My generation left Iowa because farms grew to multiple Sections. Middleman, Bankers, and Insurance Companies thrived, along with Petrochemical Industries who began to own the Seed,Fertilizer, and Implement Factories. Notice a trend?
And I menu this in a comment on another Iowa Site . Somewhere in the mid -nintys( degrees) , photosynthesis slows and stops. Sunlight ceases to convert CO2 into plant mass and carbohydrates. We have a second Winter here in Texas with our perpetual high temperatures for two or three months and plant life goes into survival mode. Ask them in Ames. They k ow this at Texas A&M .
Want to be a Real Conservative? Take a look at the old ways. They worked. And with the benefit of curbing over production and dilution of net prices.
At long last... is our reach exceeding our grasp? Sadly, I believe so. Will science save us from ourselves? Sadly, I believe no. Not without radical change. We have met the enemy and it is us.
Excellent Art! Hot and humid in central Illinois, where the wheat behind my house came out last night. Expecting heavy soy with a chance of more chem and dust by Friday.
We'll defund the messenger, Art. That's what we'll do about it. Clearly all these eggheads got the answer wrong. Let's just sue them or shut down their grants or send all their graduate students back to where they came from and we'll be sittin' pretty! That's the answer these days, isn't it?
You quote Senator Ernst appropriately, although not in the context she intended. We are all going to die if we continue with the do-nothing Congress we have. It has allowed the unscientifically trained head of Health and human services cancel disease and curative effort research. The USDA has followed suite with nary an comment, much less a condemnation by Congress. This Administraiton and Congress did not cause the crises we face, but collectively they are of one position that there is no problem and there should be no effort to address one if there were. Addressing the problems takes courage as it would fly in the face of those with the heavy investment in the status quo, and that is not something that those seeking to retain careers in politics are anxious to do. Yet until we, thorough the vote, elect people who really care about the crises, Art will continue to have plenty of material for comment, until his readership is eliminated by disease or hunger. Art is correct about inertia in (iowa) politics, but is the inertia of voters that enables the inertia of politicians.
excellent commentary young Art but it seems like you and many others are like a "one hand clapping", with the ruling political bureaucrats ignoring all scientific evidence. Stay the course, sooner or later rational minds will once again be reckoned with.
How much pain must those "rational minds" endure before they admit that the path Iowa is on is unsustainable? When the well runs dry, it's already too late.
the pain will not be felt by those ruling bureaucrats. It will be felt some by Gen. X and more by Gen Y and younger. My sons in their 30's remind me of this unfairness.
Preach, Art. Pay attention, People.
Having lived away from Iowa , I have experienced a few of the phenomena spoken of first hand. Prior to the advent of of Supermarkets in the Mid Sixties, small acre holders in East Texas grew vegetables in” “Truck Patches”and sold their produce in Local Grocery Stores. People ate local fresh produce in Season.
Supermarkets want large, year around produce and truck patches went away. Produce at Supermarkets had less nutrients and horrendous carbon foot prints. Contrast this to Iowa where farmers farmed Quarter Sections, grew four different crops, and fed livestock of several species on the same Quarter Section. That M Farmall burned 5 gallons of gasoline from after breakfast til noon. Kinda worked but there was no place for the Middleman on the Farm, My generation left Iowa because farms grew to multiple Sections. Middleman, Bankers, and Insurance Companies thrived, along with Petrochemical Industries who began to own the Seed,Fertilizer, and Implement Factories. Notice a trend?
And I menu this in a comment on another Iowa Site . Somewhere in the mid -nintys( degrees) , photosynthesis slows and stops. Sunlight ceases to convert CO2 into plant mass and carbohydrates. We have a second Winter here in Texas with our perpetual high temperatures for two or three months and plant life goes into survival mode. Ask them in Ames. They k ow this at Texas A&M .
Want to be a Real Conservative? Take a look at the old ways. They worked. And with the benefit of curbing over production and dilution of net prices.
Good Job Art. Can I post this on my sites?
Post far and wide thanks
At long last... is our reach exceeding our grasp? Sadly, I believe so. Will science save us from ourselves? Sadly, I believe no. Not without radical change. We have met the enemy and it is us.
Excellent Art! Hot and humid in central Illinois, where the wheat behind my house came out last night. Expecting heavy soy with a chance of more chem and dust by Friday.
We'll defund the messenger, Art. That's what we'll do about it. Clearly all these eggheads got the answer wrong. Let's just sue them or shut down their grants or send all their graduate students back to where they came from and we'll be sittin' pretty! That's the answer these days, isn't it?
You quote Senator Ernst appropriately, although not in the context she intended. We are all going to die if we continue with the do-nothing Congress we have. It has allowed the unscientifically trained head of Health and human services cancel disease and curative effort research. The USDA has followed suite with nary an comment, much less a condemnation by Congress. This Administraiton and Congress did not cause the crises we face, but collectively they are of one position that there is no problem and there should be no effort to address one if there were. Addressing the problems takes courage as it would fly in the face of those with the heavy investment in the status quo, and that is not something that those seeking to retain careers in politics are anxious to do. Yet until we, thorough the vote, elect people who really care about the crises, Art will continue to have plenty of material for comment, until his readership is eliminated by disease or hunger. Art is correct about inertia in (iowa) politics, but is the inertia of voters that enables the inertia of politicians.
And yet, we can't wait to get there for the 4th of July… hope to see you in Tom &Sharon's front yard in your neighborhood, Art!