Son of a Farmer

TREES: NATURE’S VITAL ANTENNAE

This past year, a massive tree clearing process began here in our corner of West Texas. Somewhere between 7,000 and 9.000 acres of pasture land in our immediate area was cleared of its mesquite trees. Mesquites are quite fickle trees, overtaking the landscape in a short period of time and preventing ranchers from grazing much of their land, but the mesquites are our ‘rain forest’ here in West Texas. We noticed that every time the big ranchers clear their land (every four years or so), we experience a dry year. This past summer was no exception. They started the clearing process last winter and finished for the most part in September 2006. From September 2006 through February 2007 we’ve received more than triple the amount of rainfall from December 2005 through August 2006. Coincidence? Hmm, read an exerpt from Dr. Arden B. Anderson’s book Science in Agriculture (page 84.)

“Trees serve as highly directional capacitors, altering the electrical tension in the atmosphere and thus the weather. Wilhelm Reich found that he could simulate this function with metal tubes grounded to water. He demonstrated that clouds, atmospheric pressure and storm fronts, and ultimately the weather could be altered with such devices…Trees are nature’s weather regulators. It is well known that trees improve the atmosphere of an area and that massive clear-cutting alters the rainfall of that same region. This is simply nature at work, applying the laws of physics that man has ignored, denied, or exploited. There are no accidents in nature. Every cause has its effects.”

Students, teachers, and everyone else in between – never mistake this fact – Everything, and I mean everything we do, especially when it involves thousands upon thousands of acres has a tremendous impact upon the environment. That is undeniable. If you think differently, you are an idiot and a hazard to your community, and for that matter the entire planet.

It is far passed time we, as farmers and ranchers, start bellying up to the bar. We must face the music, the crowd, the Great Spirit, and everything else under the sun. We must change our ways. It must be now. Not sooner or later, but now. No more blaming anyone else. We must be accountable for our own actions. Let us know this, “It takes 10 years worth of truths to make up for 100 years worth of lies.”

Until the next time, my fellow liberators…keep the campfire warm the third-eye clean.

 

MORE ICE FOR EVERYONE!Yes, that’s right. We’ve done it again. Hooray for humanity! More ice for all my friends, well at least their margaritas.

While we were all hootin’ and hollerin’ in the New Year, Mother Nature was crackin’ up way up North. A 40-square mile chunk of ice broke away from the nothern polar cap and begins its trek down south. Will someone please pass the barrel of oil?

It sure is hot out here. Take a look around. That thing called Mother Earth you’re standing on. Well, she’s pissed off. Why? Why don’t you ask her yourself?

As our current President and his dismal administration continue to ignore catastrophic issues such as global warming, the harmful effects of fossil fuels as our main energy source, water and air pollution, whoring out our National Forests, and whatever else their wealthy friends can get their greedy hands on, we ignore our most precious resource – Earth. Check out the new documentary film An Inconvenient Truth, narrated by Al Gore. It is a real deal take on the effects of global warming, how this earth is changing drastically, and will begin dissipating in over a decade if we continue our current daily habits.
What can we do? Get involved with environmental groups like NRDC (www.nrdc.org), Sierra Club (www.sierraclub.org), or several others who have a large support and strong voice. Donate to them, not your congress person.