tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post896635027574750102..comments2024-03-28T09:38:34.036-05:00Comments on Taken For Granted: Fall Field WorkTaken For Grantedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06763027485732267570noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-42399320145937425652012-11-07T08:44:12.157-06:002012-11-07T08:44:12.157-06:00For a news report on this autonomous tractor see: ...For a news report on this autonomous tractor see: http://www.wday.com/event/article/id/687Taken For Grantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763027485732267570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-71006218797915931572012-11-07T08:38:20.861-06:002012-11-07T08:38:20.861-06:00The autonomous tractor is a wave of the future, bu...The autonomous tractor is a wave of the future, but I neglected to include an Internet reference about these machines. It is here:<br />http://m.farmandranchguide.com/news/regional/tired-of-tilling-fields-let-the-driverless-tractor-do-it/article_c08f949e-6944-11e1-b593-0019bb2963f4.html?mode=jqm<br /><br />Need a more powerful tractor? Just gang several together.Taken For Grantedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06763027485732267570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-7273834196144527702012-11-06T19:26:57.204-06:002012-11-06T19:26:57.204-06:00That was a lucid explanation of a frightening tren...That was a lucid explanation of a frightening trend. In the Dakotas, perhaps it is good to replace human labor with technology, but across the country, the same trend could cause such massive unemployment that civil unrest would not be far behind.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03323811980627840654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-29876589854764088502012-11-06T15:09:27.329-06:002012-11-06T15:09:27.329-06:00Thank you, Jeff and Lowell, for your interesting r...Thank you, Jeff and Lowell, for your interesting report and comments. Fascinating to learn of remote controlled farm machinery! marthainviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394961204389330577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-76242883021896697222012-11-06T12:32:21.422-06:002012-11-06T12:32:21.422-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.marthainviennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07394961204389330577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2205118861048936895.post-46201396335739270902012-11-06T10:47:09.425-06:002012-11-06T10:47:09.425-06:00Well, two things: Your commentary is fascinating ...Well, two things: Your commentary is fascinating to someone who knows little about what's happening in your great state; but it's also a bleak picture you paint, although I'm not sure there is a viable alternative.<br /><br />In my opinion, the loss of so many small farms over the past 50 years is a tragedy of cosmic proportions.<br /><br />Re your comment about voting: I'm a cynic and a historian/political scientist. Democracy in this country is on its way out. If you look up the word, fascism, you'll perhaps see how close we are to that kind of dictatorship where business leader and government leaders form a coalition to run things. Corporate lobbyists walk the aisles of Congress freely, handing out checks and bills they have written to the reps they own and who do their bidding.<br /><br />$500 million in hidden money from such groups as those entities run by the Koch Brothers has been spent in this election to defeat the sitting president. That's unprecedented and puts our democracy at risk. Who can fight such a thing. <br /><br />My hope is that if Obama wins we'll have a new Supreme Court justice who will help turn around the dastardly law that makes corporations "persons," and allows this kind of money to corrupt our entire system. <br /><br />Strangely enough, at least one of our so-called Founding Fathers warned against this very thing!<br /><br />Lowellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15305748075301453010noreply@blogger.com