Comments on: Happy attitude http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/ For those of us who want real freedom on our own terms. By Taran Jordan. Wed, 04 Mar 2009 19:31:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Taran Jordan http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4219 Taran Jordan Mon, 30 Jul 2007 23:16:25 +0000 http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4219 Morrigan - Yep, that's what I like so much about Mr. Logsdon's writing style and approach. :-D Kathryn - Welcome and thanks for your comment! Congrats on standing up to the "Milk Police" yourself. If I might play devil's advocate, I don't think that Mr. Logsdon was in any way insulting those who enter into herd-share agreements (frankly, having read much of his writing, I think he was patting them on the back). Rather, he was saying that such agreements are seen as invalid and/or questionable by the same police-state "authorities" you've had to deal with yourself. As you say, it's all about what the freaks want to control, and how people find ways around that. I imagine that you and Mr. L. would have a lot in common. :-) Morrigan – Yep, that’s what I like so much about Mr. Logsdon’s writing style and approach. :-D

Kathryn – Welcome and thanks for your comment! Congrats on standing up to the “Milk Police” yourself. If I might play devil’s advocate, I don’t think that Mr. Logsdon was in any way insulting those who enter into herd-share agreements (frankly, having read much of his writing, I think he was patting them on the back). Rather, he was saying that such agreements are seen as invalid and/or questionable by the same police-state “authorities” you’ve had to deal with yourself. As you say, it’s all about what the freaks want to control, and how people find ways around that. I imagine that you and Mr. L. would have a lot in common. :-)

]]> By: morrigan http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4217 morrigan Mon, 30 Jul 2007 12:27:47 +0000 http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4217 This really made me smile, especially with the thought of comparing "bootleg" raw milk with moonshine. I, also, grew up on raw milk from our cows. It took awhile after I left home to be able to drink the pasteurized stuff. This really made me smile, especially with the thought of comparing “bootleg” raw milk with moonshine.
I, also, grew up on raw milk from our cows. It took awhile after I left home to be able to drink the pasteurized stuff.

]]> By: Kathryn Russell http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4215 Kathryn Russell Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:21:00 +0000 http://taranjordan.wordpress.com/2007/07/29/happy-attitude/#comment-4215 Loved your comment EXCEPT for the part from Logsdon on the subterfuge of share agreements. As a herd share manager I gey real twirked by this inappropriately thought out comment. Do we look at time share owners as trying to evade vacation home ownership? Being am agaister, and managing a dairy herd is not simpoly a way to avoid a bad law; it is an excellent business model which allows a samll time farmer the opportunity to practice his chosen profession while using outside capital to buold his business. Not a strange concept at all. If I had the opportunity under the law to sell retail raw milk, it would only be a sideline to my agaister operation. Only if the shareholders decided to disinvest would I ever want to go to a fulll reaitlm sales model. I want to dairy farm, noit operation a retail sales establishemnt. The whole police state is getting crazy, and now cow shares are outlawed in several states, including Maryland, North Carolina, and Utah. I believe that is very unconstitutional, but it requires a challenge. Loved your comment EXCEPT for the part from Logsdon on the subterfuge of share agreements. As a herd share manager I gey real twirked by this inappropriately thought out comment. Do we look at time share owners as trying to evade vacation home ownership?
Being am agaister, and managing a dairy herd is not simpoly a way to avoid a bad law; it is an excellent business model which allows a samll time farmer the opportunity to practice his chosen profession while using outside capital to buold his business. Not a strange concept at all. If I had the opportunity under the law to sell retail raw milk, it would only be a sideline to my agaister operation. Only if the shareholders decided to disinvest would I ever want to go to a fulll reaitlm sales model. I want to dairy farm, noit operation a retail sales establishemnt.
The whole police state is getting crazy, and now cow shares are outlawed in several states, including Maryland, North Carolina, and Utah. I believe that is very unconstitutional, but it requires a challenge.

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