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John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC

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Mike Schotte

03-17-2003 11:20:52




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"WASHINGTON -- Part of Constitution Avenue in Northwest is blocked this afternoon after someone drove a tractor into a pond.

The John Deere tractor is in about 3 feet of water in the pond, which is near the Reflecting Pool, off 18th Street, between the Washington Monument and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A man can be seen sitting inside the tractor."

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John2510-3020

03-19-2003 16:35:44




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
I have seen jeeps do some pretty amazing stuff....but one that could pull a 13-14,000# tractor, with duals, and a loder?! I never in my life seen such! If hes so broke, whyd he go out and buy that new tractor? Right there is $100,000 he coulda spent on his plantation! He had better blow the jeep up, cause if not Ill go find him and beat him for wasting a perfectly good tractor! Yeah sure us farmers are tight on money but I think I could find a better way to get my word out! Dont you? Just had to vent guys!!! TTYL!
John

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ChadR

03-19-2003 07:29:47




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
You guys are a riot...thanks for the laughs---gotta feel sorry for that guy. I guess farming can be dangerous to your mental health...



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old fashioned farmer

03-18-2003 17:09:15




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
A darn shame. That's what this is. I just read that washington post article with all the quotes from that guy. Gonna give farmers an even worse name than the country's already give us. We're already looked down upon as dirty and land hoggers who complain about being poor and yet drive expensive equipment. Now they'll all start callin us crazy finatics too. Just doesn't get any easier for us does it? Everybody talks about tolerance and lookin at every side of a story and yet they never seem to do that with us. That guy has some right ideas but he has one that I think is really wrong. He said something about how the government shouldn't cut subsidies to farmers. He's wrong. We should start gettin paid what we deserve when we sell our products. We should get ZERO subsidies. We shouldn't need welfare programs just to keep us runnin. This is an issue I get kind of flustered over so please excuse any spoutin I may do. I've heard people complain about farmers havin so much land and "yet we complainin about urban sprawl." They never stop to look at the fact that a lot of that land that's goin under the bulldozer is not a piece of someone's thousands of acres that he sold to get rich. Instead it's usually the whole farm, being sold to pay off mountains of debt that the poor man attained trying to hold on to his family's heritage. One person I heard recently complained about us raisin so much stuff that we have an overabundance of crops and wondered why we raise so much. They never ask how much we get paid for that stuff we're raising. They never think that we may be getting paid so little for our products that we have to continuously raise more and more stuff just to try and pay off the seed and fertillizer bills from 5 years ago. If it would make any difference at all I'd take my john deere r, drive it to D.C. and park it right next to that guy. Sorry for the ruckus fellas. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

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Bryan

03-19-2003 06:22:47




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 Re: Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to old fashioned farmer, 03-18-2003 17:09:15  
Old Fashioned Farmer, I do agree with what you've said IF ag commodities were traded in the same manner that, say toys and clothing are traded. The government uses our abundance of food as a tool for diplomatic leverage (Cuban embargo, mid east embargo, etc). That's one of the main reasons why we have government subsidies. The farmers are subsidized for the lack of sales due to gov't interaction. Also, a country with food is a powerful country.

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mark

03-18-2003 09:19:08




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
tobbacco farming must not be that bad if he has that pricey of a tractor!!!



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Stan - Florida

03-18-2003 05:38:19




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
Mike,

I sure hoped to see something about it on the national news, but never saw a thing. Please keep us updated on what finally happened, OK?

Stan



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Another Update

03-18-2003 13:56:23




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 Re: Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-18-2003 05:38:19  
-Schotte



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Mike Schotte

03-18-2003 06:28:51




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 Re: Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Stan - Florida, 03-18-2003 05:38:19  
Stan,

The standoff hasn't been resolved yet. The man is still there, and now claims he has explosives. He's a tobacco farmer that's upset about the state of the industry.

A link to the latest on the story is listed below.

-Schotte



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bill

03-17-2003 20:29:02




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
I wish he drove my tractor and loader in the pond and gave me that one;;;;Bill



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jared

03-17-2003 19:50:45




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
looks like a nice tractor.



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Dave in GA

03-17-2003 18:23:52




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
Maybe he's planting rice.



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Dave K

03-17-2003 16:19:01




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
Well, he got the tires nice and clean anyway!!



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Tye

03-17-2003 16:12:10




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
I live here in the DC area. You need a Deere and a loader to get through traffic. That guy has the right idea.



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Wayne in Tn.

03-17-2003 15:26:33




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 Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Mike Schotte, 03-17-2003 11:20:52  
At least he picked the right color to do it with, nice tractor....



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Mike Schotte

03-17-2003 17:21:15




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 Re: Re: John Deere tractor blocks traffic in Washington, DC in reply to Wayne in Tn., 03-17-2003 15:26:33  
They've updated the story since I originally saw it this morning (and added the photo slide show.)

I hadn't heard the fact that the driver was believed to be carrying an explosive device. If so, it might not be a nice tractor for very much longer.

I hope it all turns out O.K.

-Schotte



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