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Dark n Stormy Knight

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45. Afraid he's going to take away their trash?

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Wed Nov 21, 2012, 06:54 AM

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Had a farmers daughter complaining about the "new", Obama laws to keep dust and erosion down [View all] NNN0LHI Nov 2012 OP

Suggest she watch the PBS special on the dust bowl magical thyme Nov 2012 #1

are you sure that there are no new regs though? brokechris Nov 2012 #2

Sounds like the opening to a joke: PCIntern Nov 2012 #3

...talk about how stupid their daughter was? A HERETIC I AM Nov 2012 #11

LOL! Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #43

I was halfway expecting a joke too n/t Fumesucker Nov 2012 #13

Guess someone should buy ms. stupid a box of rocks and a copy of Grapes of Wrath, but then what lonestarnot Nov 2012 #4

No, not surprised. no_hypocrisy Nov 2012 #5

That's right, and tumbrel rides were all the rage among the nobles of France Fumesucker Nov 2012 #15

LMAO.... Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #26

I suggest she moves Caretha Nov 2012 #6

i doubt the majority of people in their 20`s know about the dust bowl madrchsod Nov 2012 #7

So with a Republican House, Obama passed these laws all by himself treestar Nov 2012 #8

if you are referring to the new regulations, then the EPA originated them. n/t brokechris Nov 2012 #9

Then there's a reason for them. They don't make them up on a whim. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #10

never said they were on a whim. brokechris Nov 2012 #17

I'm in CA XemaSab Nov 2012 #24

the ones that have come about while Obama brokechris Nov 2012 #25

Come join us in the Environment/Energy forum XemaSab Nov 2012 #27

I didn't even know one existed!! neat! brokechris Nov 2012 #31

This message was self-deleted by its author brokechris Nov 2012 #12

contour plowing and other soil conservation measures. hobbit709 Nov 2012 #14

I've seen it--but the new air quality regs are not brokechris Nov 2012 #18

I was in California Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #28

when I was in Fl, they had a huge storm brokechris Nov 2012 #32

Yep. Sekhmets Daughter Nov 2012 #35

Now, THAT's a flashback! Jackpine Radical Nov 2012 #34

Regulations are only about how the law will be carried out treestar Nov 2012 #19

exactly--but the new regs do change things for people brokechris Nov 2012 #20

Sadly, not unbelievable at all. n/t Egalitarian Thug Nov 2012 #16

An excellent book on this topic yesphan Nov 2012 #21

That book was quite the read XemaSab Nov 2012 #22

Burns' film was heavily based on Egan's book Retrograde Nov 2012 #40

Why is this a bad law? Those dust storms on the Plains used to kill people. Arkana Nov 2012 #23

Dust Bowl could happen again deerheadgal Nov 2012 #29

I saw dust blowing all the way up in NE Kansas this fall. MuseRider Nov 2012 #38

Guess what, she probably didn't Google it. Lasher Nov 2012 #30

That's the thing that I don't understand. I hear this rw crap at work and it just takes a few Arkansas Granny Nov 2012 #36

Willful is indeed the word for it. Mariana Nov 2012 #39

They are zealots. Lasher Nov 2012 #41

It's also very easy to find RW sources that support the BS. Which links do you think RWers will Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #44

I watched for years now lapfog_1 Nov 2012 #33

Look at how many posts you have.....Congrats...n/t monmouth3 Nov 2012 #37

Where I live we still have a lot of run-down trailers with trash all over their front yard aandegoons Nov 2012 #42

Afraid he's going to take away their trash? Dark n Stormy Knight Nov 2012 #45