Comments on: Solis: I really wish I had been able to pass those spectacularly obtrusive farm-labor regulations, darn it

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:47:08 +0000

They’re supposed to be hiring illegal (but soon to be legal) Mexicans to do those jobs!!!

rockmom on January 29, 2013 at 9:52 AM

It’s why the dairy farm just north of Bismarck ND on HWY 21 was responsible for causing the St Anthony elementary school to close prematurely.
Their illegal alien laborers they hired had kids who went to the school, which then caused St Anthony to have to hire an interpreter bcs they couldn’t speak English.
It was a really small school that could not afford to do such things.

See what illegal aliens do to this country?
There are literally a gazillon more stories people could tell.

By: Axe

Axe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:05:57 +0000

Still not right . . . but I dare not.

By: Axe

Axe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:56:18 +0000

No, coloperiscopscopostopy. :)

There.

By: Axe

Axe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:55:01 +0000

periscopscopostopy

By: rockmom

rockmom — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:52:37 +0000

Come on, people. Don’t you know farmers are not supposed to be hiring teenagers? They’re supposed to be hiring illegal (but soon to be legal) Mexicans to do those jobs!!!

By: NeoDawg

NeoDawg — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 14:44:48 +0000

I grew up on a farm in Iowa and I have to wonder if Solis has ever been on a farm longer than it took to get a photo op. With the exception of attending an auction and moving meat into and out of a freezer, the rest of those things ‘regulated’ I did every day from about age 9 on. And just to put her mind at ease – I fell off a few ladders, got run over by a couple of ‘mature’ uncastrated male animals and dropped a few wagon hitches on my toes yet never had a broken bone and still have all of my digits intact.

If I were still young and my dad was still farming, and, as he often did, asked me ‘to go get me that tool over there’ – I would likely make a beeline for Solis.

By: Badger40

Badger40 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:04:52 +0000

There’s so much I could say here, being in the ranching biz here in SW ND.
But even tho this woman’s leaving, the Federal Govt is working in other ways to destroy farming & ranching.

Also remember the Inheritance tax, it’s gonna wipe out farms also, let alone all the other cr*p that is being thrown their way.

Scrumpy on January 28, 2013 at 8:41 PM

There’s ways to get around it, but it involves tax layers & accountants & hiding crap in creative ways.
The best way to deal with it is to never expand to the point you have to pay them.
We expanded once & then the drought came & we shrank.
The Federal govt is freezing us out bcs we have to compete with farm payments for available land around here.
You cannot believe what farmers are digging up around here & planting.
They are going insane. No AUM leases around here.
You have to pay crop prices for PASTURE.
So we can’t really afford to expand anymore.
And we in farming & ranching can’t find anyone who’s willing to work anyway.
We’ve even had to use Nord forks at our brandings bcs we can’t find any HS kids to wrestle calves.
NO ONE WANTS TO WORK ANYMORE.
We’ve even been contacted by NRCS & Fish & Wildlife to see how our operation winters our cows bcs we live on the Cannonball river.
I thank God it’s not a special river bcs they would regulate us out of business.
Hell, we can’t keep fuel on the place anymore bcs you’ve got to build a containment thing for it. That’s $$ we don’t have.
I bet they’d look at our JD’s on the place & the EPA would shut us down for them.
$hit in my corral sometimes runs to the river OMGOMGOMG!!!
Our operation is half the size it was a few years back, but they’d still zing us somewhere I’m sure.
Sometimes Hubby & I dream of just selling out & taking just a 100 cows up to some mountains where nobody cares & running them there til we die.
But I’m afraid that might be CANADA.

By: moo

moo — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:54:45 +0000

The Feds are one of the reasons I have a few of these running around my pasture.

By: diogenes

diogenes — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 12:06:43 +0000

“Nobody came here to create new laws, necessarily.”

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Darling, you do it anyway.

By: Scopper

Scopper — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:06:42 +0000

Sure, mention Abe in the rebuttal. He grew up west of the Appalachians and worked. But mentioning George and Tom is at best thoughtless and at worst moronic. They and their kin DID own slaves.

Seriously, if the GOP is going to win, these ideologically charged, low-intelligence… come-backs have got to stop. The Right has really bought into the blog/Twitter culture.

By: pat

pat — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 06:03:46 +0000

Uneducated, inarticulate, affirmative action nut case.

By: FOWG1

FOWG1 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:57:36 +0000

Is there any reason to not consider violence?

I’ll ask T. Jefferson.

By: rayra

rayra — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 04:21:34 +0000

Die Socialist DIE!

By: entagor

entagor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 03:22:24 +0000

The most dangerous people in the world are not the smart, successful, it’s the stupid people, people too stupid to know that they are stupid…
right2bright on January 28, 2013 at 8:47 PM

correct

I see the commies are after the Kulaks again.

OldEnglish on January 28, 2013 at 8:51 PM

Lord in Heaven, you are right!

By: Rio Linda Refugee

Rio Linda Refugee — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:57:44 +0000

Lucky you!! ;-)

Scrumpy on January 28, 2013 at 9:32 PM

You y dear have noooo idea.

By: DB9

DB9 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:56:08 +0000

“Solis: I really wish I had been able to pass those spectacularly obstrusive farm-labor regulations, darn it”

Obstrusive? What’s that?

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:51:56 +0000

My, my…The humor around here to be made at the expense of liberals is just outstanding! *LOL*

By: INC

INC — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:50:53 +0000

A nice stemwinder of a post, Erika, that rakes Solis over the coals as she deserves.

By: Resist We Much

Resist We Much — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:50:37 +0000

“Obstrusive isn’t a word.”

It’s the new “refudiate.” I’m sure Eva Longoria and SNL will jump on it right away.

“I can see the delta smelt and my husband’s tax lien from my house!”

By: canopfor

canopfor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:49:00 +0000

Firstly, the reforms that “happen to protect children in farm labor” to which Solis is referring?
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Child Farm Labor Safety Proposal Withdrawn; No Plans to Revisit Rule If Obama Reelected
Thursday, May 3, 2012
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Solis Once Supported Rule

The withdrawal statement contrasts starkly with Labor Secretary Hilda Solis’s forward to the 2012 Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture, published in April by the National Children’s Center for Rural and Agricultural Health and Safety, in which she backed the proposed rule.(More…)

http://www.bna.com/child-farm-labor-n12884909201/
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2012 Blueprint for Protecting Children in Agriculture
The 2012 National Action Plan
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http://www.marshfieldclinic.org/proxy/MCRF-Centers-NFMC-NCCRAHS-2012_Blueprint_for_Child_Ag_Inj_Prev.1.pdf

By: Axe

Axe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:48:13 +0000

And leprechauns make our cereals ghostwalker1 on January 28, 2013 at 9:44 PM

Uh, excuse me, Mr. Backward McBackwardsalot -- little people.

By: canopfor

canopfor — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:45:15 +0000

Firstly, the reforms that “happen to protect children in farm labor” to which Solis is referring?
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DOL nixes proposed child farm labor rule
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In what is being hailed by many farm state members of Congress as well as farm lobby groups, the U.S. Department of Labor April 26 issued a statement withdrawing a proposed rule dealing with children.

The statement read:

“The Obama administration is firmly committed to promoting family farmers and respecting the rural way of life, especially the role that parents and other family members play in passing those traditions down through the generations. The Obama administration is also deeply committed to listening and responding to what Americans across the country have to say about proposed rules and regulations.

“As a result, the Department of Labor is announcing today the withdrawal of the proposed rule dealing with children under the age of 16 who work in agricultural vocations.”

“To be clear, this regulation will not be pursued for the duration of the Obama administration,” the statement concluded. “Instead, the Departments of Labor and Agriculture will work with rural stakeholders–such as the American Farm Bureau Federation, the National Farmers Union, the Future Farmers of America, and 4-H–to develop an educational program to reduce accidents to young workers and promote safer agricultural working practices.”

Among those hailing the DOL’s decision to back off on the proposal was Sen. Jerry Moran, R-KS.

“American farmers and ranchers received some unexpected and welcome news this evening: The Department of Labor finally listened to them and withdrew its proposed youth farm labor rule, which would have fundamentally altered the future of agriculture in our country,” Moran said in a conference call with agricultural journalists April 27. “If the department had moved forward with regulating the relationship between parents and children on their own farm, a dangerous precedent would have been set; virtually nothing would be off limits when it comes to government intrusion into our lives.

“For generations, the contributions of young people have helped family farm and ranch operations survive and prosper. If this proposal had gone into effect, not only would the shrinking rural workforce have been further reduced, and our nation’s youth deprived of valuable career training opportunities, but a way of life would have begun to disappear. This is a tremendous victory for farmers and ranchers across the country.”

Last year, DOL Secretary Hilda Solis proposed

rules that would restrict family farm operations by prohibiting youth under the age of 16 from participating in common practices on the farm and ranch(More…………)
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http://www.hpj.com/archives/2012/may12/may7/0427DOLWithdrawsLaborRulesL.cfm

By: Resist We Much

Resist We Much — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:44:57 +0000

I believe I’d like to watch Bmore drive his tractor! ;-)

Scrumpy on January 28, 2013 at 9:33 PM

I want to see Sparky’s van as we kitted-it out last night. lol

By: ghostwalker1

ghostwalker1 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:44:42 +0000

Solis, like most libs, lives in a world where food items “magically” appear on their grocery shelves. I’d also imagine that they think those steers and chickens committed suicide.

GarandFan on January 28, 2013 at 8:30 PM

No, silly. The cows and chickens perform a ritual called ‘hurvy scurvy’, I think. And leprechauns make our cereals, elves make our cookies and Skittles are of course unicorn droppings. I mean how else do you think stuff gets into the grocery stores? Gypsies deliver it every night, of course. Oh, and chocolate comes from the Eastern Bunny (I think it’s Eastern, I never understood what ‘Easter’ meant; that’s just stupid). I know this stuff because I saw it on TV.

Signed,

Your average enlightened, tolerant, know-whats-best-for-you, a$$holier-than-thou, smug liberal. You’re welcome!

By: Axe

Axe — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 02:44:01 +0000

Obstrusive isn’t a word.

Ted Torgerson on January 28, 2013 at 8:38 PM

Only if being impaled on a submarine’s periscope is a “colonoscopy.”