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EPA declares hay a pollutant in effort to drive small, mid-sized family cattle ranchers out of business

Friday, September 09, 2011 by: Ethan A. Huff, staff writer

http://www.naturalnews.com/033537_hay_pollutant.html

(NaturalNews) The assault against American industry and individual livelihood continues -- and no, it is not coming from Al-Qaeda or other foreign terrorists. A recent report from R-CALF USA, an advocacy group for American cattle producers, says the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has declared harmless cattle hay a "pollutant," which is part of the agency's agenda to squelch family-scale cattle ranches in favor of corporately-owned, mega-sized feedlot operations.

At the recent 12th Annual R-CALF USA Convention in Rapid City, SD, an audience member asked Mike Callicrate, a Kansas cattle feeder, if the EPA had, indeed, declared hay a pollutant. His affirmative answer was startling to many, but not necessarily surprising in light of the US government's apparent agenda to destroy every single producing sector in the nation and to reduce the country to a poverty-stricken, corporately-dominated wasteland.

"Now that EPA has declared hay a pollutant, every farmer and rancher that stores hay, or that leaves a broken hay bale in the field, is potentially violating EPA rules and subject to an EPA enforcement action," responded Callicrate. "How far are we going to let this agency go before we stand up and do something about it?"

Callicrate currently operates what is considered a mid-sized cattle ranch, and was ostracized by some of the nation's largest beef packers back in 1998 for exposing their illegitimate buying practices. Callicrate ended up having to cease operations for two years, but later reopened as a direct marketer of meat to consumers.

"I believe the EPA's enforcement action is a premeditated effort by EPA to partner with the beef packers to finish the job the beef packers couldn't do alone," added Callicrate, referring to EPA's failure to enforce the same rules for large meat packers like JBS-Brazil and Cargill (the two largest beef packing operations in the country).

Between 2008 and 2010, 45 small to mid-sized family cattle operations were forced out of business, according to R-CALF USA. During the same time, the nation's largest feedlots expanded their operations, and now own and feed roughly 25 percent of the nation's cattle.

"EPA is turning a blind eye toward the mega-feedlots that are a real risk for pollution and, instead, is antagonizing small to mid-sized family operations in an effort to help their packer-partners capture the entire live cattle supply chain away from family farm and ranch operations."

Sources for this story include:

http://r-calfusa.com/news_releases/...
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Major flooding in Pennsylvania and New York

Those poor people!!  My prayers are with them!  I am so thankful it has not been raining that badly in my immediate area, but in other counties near me they are shutting down schools and businesses left and right.  Even Hershey foods shut down their plant, never in my lifetime do I remember a business like that shutting down!   And it is not over as this stupid storm system is stalled.  (I sure wish I could send some of this stupid rain to Texas).  Rain, rain, go away!  (pictures link below)

 

http://www.weather.com/outlook/weather-news/news/articles/pennsylvania-flooding-photos_2011-09-07

 

 

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Did Anyone Catch a 9.3 in Sumatra?

Someone on my other group caught it but it disappeared:

Magnitude 9.3 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA**********
Magnitude 9.3 - NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
2011 September 07 19:05:11 UTC

This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 9.3
Date-Time Wednesday, September 07, 2011 at 17:05:11 UTC

Location 2.958°N, 97.916°E
Depth 91 km (56.5 miles) set by location program
Region NORTHERN SUMATRA, INDONESIA
Distances 100 km (62 miles) SW of Medan, Sumatra, Indonesia
118 km (73 miles) W of Pematangsiantar, Sumatra, Indonesia
160 km (99 miles) NNW of Sibolga, Sumatra, Indonesia
1409 km (875 miles) NW of JAKARTA, Java, Indonesia

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 4.4 km (2.7 miles); depth fixed by location program
Parameters NST=226, Nph=226, Dmin=115.8 km, Rmss=1.1 sec, Gp= 25°,
M-type=teleseismic moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6
Source Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)
Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID usc0005pdr
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I think this is IMPORTANT

Posted in the Important Notices Section

DONATIONS CAMPAIGN
The Donations tab is back up. Considering what we are now able to see, I'd like to prepay the Ning fees and associated costs as much as possible (even up to an entire year since it's cheaper that way) so that if my internet goes down this site will be able to remain available as long as possible. I have been the primary financier of this site (with grateful thanks to others who have also contributed in the past) but it's not in my budget to do more. 

Note, donations are neither tax deductible nor refundable. 

So anyone who wants to help is welcome to do so.  Let's keep this Ning going to help as many 11:59 arrivals as we can.  (That's 11th hour and 59th minute, and it's fast approaching.) 

Many thanks.

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Decoding ELENIN

 I'm still in doubt, but here's some info anyway... note: earlier 2011 vids, pretty sure some have seen:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NFzvrCa-j10

The background noise in this one is eerie!!!

http://youtu.be/sICl66UiCto

 

Obama To Visit Denver Area On Sept. 27!

http://denver.cbslocal.com/2011/08/31/obama-to-visit-denver-area-on-sept-27/

denver airport elenin - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwecZLfEeVs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCvyp9ZCkXQ  (Wish my dad was still alive to see this one.)

 

NASA Confirms 1300 Ft Asteroid to Pass Close to Earth On November 8th

http://www.myweathertech.com/2011/09/04/nasa-confirms-575-ft-asteroid-to-past-close-to-earth-on-november-8th/

 


 

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MAN, It Was HOT Here, Today!!!

Wildfires of Texas

We got caught smack dab in the middle of three of these fires today... it was soooo scary! One was within a mile from the highway out of Huntsville, on the northbound side - the side we were traveling on. That one was more smelly for us than frightful, as we had the median and frontage road between us and the fire. Farther north, we ran into a MASSIVE fire in Grimes County. We couldn't decide whether to turn around once we started south. It was so close to the county road we were on and no matter which way were to go, we would have been in parts of it. All I could think about was that huge fire in Nevada where so many firefighters got caught up in the middle and ended up losing their lives, even though they had fire blankets. After we made it home, we found that we had traveled right by the third in our area. The sky was freaky brown, swirling browns and oranges over the setting sun.

Our local TV station has pictures posted from my viewing area: http://www.khou.com/

The worst fire was in Bastrop Cnty, where up to 500 homes were lost to the flames: http://www.kvue.com/home/Raw-video-Bastrop-fire-aerials-129271193.html

 

We've heard that it's been so dry in Texas that it may become desert ---- but never heard it could become H311!

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911 – 2011 conclusion for doug copp

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This is Jon’s response to my previous 911 posting He starts with calling me a fraud..follows with calling my dead mother a $1 whore and concludes by threatening to ‘beat me to death, with some of his friends.

 

in the middle of this TAZ asked for and got my opinion re the ’cause of the 911 attack’

 

Jon says:
September 5, 2011 at 2:22 pm (Edit)

Copp……what fucking fraud, why should you celebrate anything except your stealing money from the US govt. Thief.
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amerrescue says:
September 5, 2011 at 4:15 pm (Edit)

1) If I had stolen any money from the US Government or was a fraud then I would be in jail.
2) I judge people by the content of their character. You sign your email name VACommand..I expect that this means that you are one of the greedy, stupid bastards that I have referred to or you are just an evil, stupid bastard..wannabe.
In either case….when you finally manage to get your head stuck completely up your ass..take a picture, of it and I will post it with the captain: “Stupid, greedy bastard with head completely up his ass.”
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amerrescue says:
September 5, 2011 at 2:59 pm (Edit)

People are surprised when they get my response to ‘what happened at 911′. Considering that the last 10 years have been ‘a journey through hell’ regarding my health struggles

These are my thoughts:
1) At the time I was focused on ensuring that my skills as the most experienced rescuer, on site, were concentrated on saving lives and searching every single place that could be searched…that nobody died because someone did not come to save them. Anything else would be a distraction; in an environment, when “every minute means a life and every mistake a death”.
2) I have no doubt, in my mind that the Bush Administration proved that there was ‘no limit’ to the evil they would perpetrate for their own greedy and selfish interests. The ‘interests’ they represent would destroy every form of life, on earth, for a ‘nickel’. They have no morality and they worship ‘anal gold’ as their God.
3) My life since 911 has been focused on daily battle of ‘staying alive’. I have come from a place where I could not speak, didn’t know my own name, couldn’t walk farther than 3 ft etc etc etc etc to a place where I can save lives by spreading the triangle of life around the world.

In other words it is a distraction to my efforts of saving lives..to find out who actually was the initial cause of ‘my health problems’..that would be personal and I have too much positive work to do.

In summation:
Obama made a huge mistake right from his first day in office..He thought he could be reasonable with completely unreasonable people whose sole purpose was to ‘return to power’ and ‘pillaging’, at any cost..even the complete destruction of America. He thought he could stop Bushes ‘ball from rolling’ (see below).

Under the rubble, of 911, while submerged in poison, I made a comment, which holds true today: “No incident is either completely ‘good’ or completely ‘bad’. The amount of ‘good’ should be maximized and the amount of ‘bad’ should be minimized..to have the most effective disaster mitigation.” Unfortunately, Bush used 911 to reduce democracy, freedom and the general well being of the American People..instead of solving the ’cause of the 911 attack’, bringing humanity together and making the world a better place..Bush used 911 to start ‘phony’ unbudgeted wars against the ‘wrong people’, kill hundreds of thousands, create horrible suffering by millions; INCLUDING EVERY AMERICAN WHO ISN’T WEALTHY.
Bush and the military, industrial and financial interests he represents used 911…. AS A ‘GIANT WINDFALL’…which may lead to the death of America ..before ‘the ball he started rolling’ finally stops.

Bush and his gang benefited the most but whether he actually attacked America..in the same manner as outlined in George Orwell’s masterpiece ’1984″..I don’t know.

Some of my best friends are moslem and the triangle of life is being taught in Islamic Universities, printed in Islamis newspapers and magazines.

I judge people by the content of their hearts;..not by race, religion or any ‘distraction’.


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Jon says:
September 5, 2011 at 10:57 pm (Edit)

Ill do that right after Tom Lang is finished riding your mother like an old road whore. Arent you just a chip off the old block! Both screwing for a buck!


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amerrescue says:
September 6, 2011 at 12:06 am (Edit)

Regarding my mother and your description of her as a whore and that Tom Lang, one of the most evil people, in America, who tried to destroy our rescue team..was fucking her..for a buck…

My response is that I only lived with my mother, for a year, after my father died when I was 2 years old..You are the first to tell me that she was a $1 whore. I expect that you will probably be the last; since, few people would ever possibly consider stooping that low.
Your comments show you for who you are. I would not be surprised to hear that you did time, in prison, with Tom Lang ..both for child molestation.

I say this not out of anger; rather, I say this because you two are just that ‘bad’.


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amerrescue says:
September 6, 2011 at 12:43 am (Edit)

This person ‘Jon’ at vacommand@msn.com
refused to identify himself. His name, address or work position.


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amerrescue says:
September 6, 2011 at 1:44 am (Edit)

This ‘jon’ person sent another email of a criminal nature threatening me with physical violence. I have permanently marked him as spam. Although he refused to identify himself and threatened me with physical violence (He would bring along some of his friends..he said); nevertheless, he refused to identify himself. The ‘brave’ individual, that he pretends to be made it clear that he will remain anonymous and that he would bring some of his friends, to help him.

On the other hand..my home address is Doug Copp, 563 Charlotte St, Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada. I am home most of the time; since, I am permanently disabled. Anyone who would like to come to my home, like ‘Jon’, with some of his friends should know that I am a pacifist. I will not kill you; however, I will protect myself and am not adverse to hurting you as much as is necessary, to defend myself.

Regarding my attending 911, 10th anniversary; I got as far as Boston and couldn’t go any further. I had to return home. ARTI and NYPD member Peter Donahue was arranging, for me to meet the son of Ray Downey, the leader of the NYFD UHR Team, who was killed along with his brother firefighters, at the onset of the tragedy.

I was disappointed , not to meet Ray’s son; since, it would have been a wonderful conclusion, to my friendship, with his father, Ray. Ray and I had collaborated on a UHR training event, with a real collapsed building, as the training area. This was scheduled to occur, 2 weeks after ’911′ intervened.

Chief Ray Downey, a great guy, died before I could get to 911 to join him. How much better the world would have been if Ray hadn’t been killed.
The first 911 ceremony was attended by ARTI member Efrain Huaman, who represented me, This last effort is my 4 th unsuccessful attempt to get to the 911 ceremony. My chest hurts like Hell and I go into convulsions, from the air pollution, before I can get near NYC. I don’t plan to try again.

You might like to read my blog; 911 first responders ‘pissed-on’ again.

thank you

doug copp
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