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If some people in our country are falling apart, maybe it’s because we can’t do for ouselves anymore - we’ve let the powers that be (government and gigantic buisness) run our lives. So along comes a recession, and some people fall apart. How about some self-sufficiency, like our ancestors practiced? Don’t go backwards in time necessarily, but use the best of the past and combine it with the best of the present so that we have a firm foundation in self-sufficiency. We don’t want any old wind to knock us down, and the economy, no matter its staus will always knock us down if we can’t do for ourselves.

It’s funny how done at home/community inventiveness lessens our fears. There’s a lot of smarts in our county; how about if we share it and learn to do for ourselves instead of watching tv and constantly being in fear?

According to the local tv stations, Analog broadcasting ended at 12:30 on 16, and 12 noon on 22 & 28. These local stations probably figured it is a whole lot cheaper to run one transmitter rather than two.

Anyway, tvfool.com will give you a great deal of information, if you are interested.

So it’s not enough they are ineffectual in their positions, they appear to be blindly supportive of the gas companies. Let’s see how much they will do if one of them or their family gets sick or has their well or house blow up from gas in the water.

The more that comes out, the happier I am that none of my properties were signed up. Remember, it isn’t always about the money. You can’t buy health.

Government is viewed to be totally inadequate, so we allow corporations to run things, any way they want. Any way.

So if government is a helpless pawn, and if biggest business has more secrets and lawyers than the rest of us, maybe the third possibility is we the people.
But if we the people are to be in charge of our own lives, are we gutty enough to sacrifice, are we gutty enough to go back to having some semblance of self-reliance? Are we gutty enough to demand to know what chemicals are being poured into our environment? Or are we going to politely ask govenment to ask for us? What result will that bring? If Sandra Major is truly accountable to us, she could have found the answer in one week. If these corporations were truly American and, if they had morals, they would let us know what chemicals are used. If we are not allowed to know, then the ball is in our court.

http://pahomepage.com/dtvanswers/

click “local Info”

Thus, I have been watching all the Scranton stations with a UHF outdoor antenna, but must get a combination VHF/UHF antenna to get WBRE. WYOU is strong enough that my current UHF antenna get it well enough.

You can buy outdoor antennae from Radio Shack and Lowes. This web site can be helpful in explaining the details and helping you aim your outdoor antenna:

http://antennaweb.org/

The “conversion box” is also required! But it may not be sufficient.

At some of the meetings the well drilling folk and the Penn State folk said that water was used. Many of the web sites from Colorado and Texas say that stuff is added to the water. It matters because of potential leaks into the ground water.

Sandra Major was asked, in April last year, if she could find out what was pumped down into the wells for fracing. She replied that she would ask the various state agencies, but she has not yet replied.

First, then, the state should, but does not appear to today, regulate the stuff that is added to the fraccing water.

When the water pressure inside the well is increased to the point that fraccing happens, the liquid that is used picks up a bunch of new stuff. Some is just simple organic salts, but radioactive materials are likely too.

Second, the state should, but does not appear to today, regulate the stuff that comes back up the well after fraccing.

Pricing of the product (to the dairy farmer) has been, is and will continue to be a very complex issue. The following is offered from the Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board to bring some light to this matter:

http://www.mmb.state.pa.us/mmb/cwp/view.asp?A=3&Q=436628

At the bottom of the page is a link to a 20 year history of Over Order Premium Effect (although only 1/1/2003 through 7/31 2008 is shown).

Another website, shown here, written by Kenneth Bailey of Penn State in February, 2000 shows a map of Federal Milk Marketing Order Areas on Page 4

http://dairyoutlook.aers.psu.edu/reports/How%20Milk%20is%20Priced%20in%20Pennsylvania%20Under%20Federal%20Order%20Reform.pdf

You will note that only Western and Southeastern Pennsylvania are in the Mideast and Northeast markets. Northern and Central Pennsylvania are NOT is any market at all. What’s this about? Are these areas producing so little product that they are no longer considered to be a part of any market? If that is the case, that is a pretty sad situation for the dairy farmer. Of course they should be supported. If our state and federal representatives aren’t doing enough, where does the solution lie? If there a problem with speculators, such as we saw with crude oil last year?

Even after all that, the picture still is unclear, at least to me. Maybe someone can explain this more clearly?

In any event, the dairy industry production and compensation issues in Pennsylvania and Susquehanna County in specific did not start with this recession. It has been an ongoing problem for many years, certainly not getting any better. Maybe this recession will push a few more into selling their herds. What a shame.

A comment was made a few years ago that the cows go, the horses come and property values go straight up. Well, this has been true to date, but is anyone ready to eat a horse or drink horse milk?

One last thought. I would be willing to bet that virtually all dairy farms in Susquehanna County signed gas leases. Most didn’t get very much for their land. Maybe the final blow to the dairy industry will come when water supplies get contaminated from the fracing process and the milk becomes unacceptable. We are already seeing gas in the water, can other pollutants be far behind?

The milk producing farmer has a very difficult and demanding and uninterruptable job. How many will just quit? And would a reduction of milk farm income affect the county?