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Paying protection money or suicide by politician: Either way American citizens and consumers lose

So why do farmers continue to support politicians who regularly vote to cut their water supplies, take their land, and regulate their ability to do business because some well-paid whiner claims that growing the food that feeds the nation isn’t as important as some bug, fish, mammal or reptile?

Today the California Farm Bureau Federation announced its support for Carly Fiorina for US Senate to replace Barbara Boxer. Continue reading

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Over-regulation conundrum

Screw that: I’ll skip the toy mower for my internal-combustion mower that has enough horsepower to bend the blade because I was too lazy to bend over and pick up that rock. Let’s get started: Gasoline — check. Air board approved gasoline container that leaks half a cup of gasoline on the ground every time I fill the mower — check. Oh, wait. Is it a spare-the-air day? If it is I can’t mow my lawn. Ah, who cares? Besides, the city workers are all running around one-person to a pickup, using leaf blowers on city sidewalks and running their gas-powered mowers in the city parks.
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Buying politicians or paying protection money: They’re one in the same

Take for example the farm groups that consistently gives money to Democrats thinking that maybe someday these Democratic lawmakers might, kind of, maybe see things their way and stop writing laws that take their water, land and livelihoods. Continue reading

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Farm water a national security issue

Farmers have long been innovators in many ways. In fact farmers from around the world will gather next week at the World Ag Expo in Tulare, CA to consider the purchase of new technologies that will further make them more efficient. They’ve had to be more efficient. Continue reading

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Democrats create environmental hazard

So to put it bluntly, Rep. George Miller, D-CA, Senators Barbara Boxer and Dianne Feinstein, and others including Rep. Jim Costa, D-CA, are directly to blame for millions of tons of top soil that became airborne in places like Mendota and Firebaugh and brought traffic to a stand-still on a major interstate. Continue reading

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It’s not the point, but if it works…

While Appleton’s outrage is completely understandable and shared by many, the article by Chronicle Staff Writer Joe Garafoli SF does point out a very obvious facts: Democrat leaders could care less about the Latino population here in the Valley; Latinos, to the Democrats, are mere pawns in their effort to gain dictatorial control of California and the United States. Continue reading

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Hannity part 5 of 5

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Hannity part 4 of 5

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Hannity part 3 of 5

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Hannity part 2 of 5

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