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rexann711@... wrote:

Sorry... but simply not true.  As a long time resident of Randall County, I can assure you...this is a total fabrication.   FYI.... the sources quoted  (ie 60 minutes archives) were fabricated as well.   No 60 minutes story... no problems with the top soil.... no "prophesy" fullfield.    Makes a good fairy tale though.

 
OUR RESPONSE:

Hello Rexann (if that is in fact your name since all your email bounces),
Since you are such an expert on this matter, we will be publishing the article from the Amarillo Globe News and from a Lubbock newspaper, and from a Texas State Agriculture magazine that say it did happen, along with their photos of Randall County farmers sifting their former top soil through their fingers complaining that it had turned to powder;  along with photos of Randall County, Texas cattle ranchers in their fifty foot cattle trucks as far away as Northern Canada trying to find ranchers in that area to whom they could literally GIVE their cattle free of charge.
 

photo: News
Rexann,  what do you suppose Texas State Agronomist Brent Bean and Randall County farmer Dean Ray are doing ?
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And while you're at it Rexann, please read the paragraph in the article we are providing by the Amarillo Globe News at the bottom of this page, which, with reference to July, 1996, very clearly states:
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Farmers who last year stood in those fields and let the parched dirt run through their fingers, this year will likely find a reason to smile.
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And what was it they said about top soil Rexann ?  Let me quote them !
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"No worries this year about top soil blowing away".

And, since the matter made national news headlines for several weeks, complete with THEIR photos of the entire situation,  we will ask our readers to jog their memories and to send us  their  recollection of exactly what happened according to the national news reports THEY themselves saw.  Which will i'm sure include that clumps of Randall County's top soil were being found on the outer walls of the Empire State Building in New York,  as well as on the decks of various cruise ships in the Atlantic Ocean.  I mean, all these things were in the national news, how or why you think you can deny them is beyond me.

We will as well publish your declaration that claims none of it happened, and give you an opportunity to prove your case to our readers.

Fair enough ?

Vince Diehl



Rain plentiful this year
Web posted 6/17/97
From staff and wire reports
What a difference a year makes

Do you recall the endless days of drought in 1996?   Do you recall back-fence recollections about the Dust Bowl of the 1930s and whether we ever could experience such a disaster again in this part of the world?

That was then.

Today we are seeing a much different scenario play out. The High Plains is getting rain.  Lots of it, in fact.  The rain gauge at Amarillo International Airport, where the National Weather Service measures the "official'' precipitation amounts, stands at 4 inches more than normal.   It is 7 inches more than last year at this time.

No worries this year about top soil blowing away.

This year our pastures are lush. Wheat and hay harvests look promising. Same for the corn and grain sorghum. So does the cotton outlook throughout the High Plains and the South Plains.

Farmers who last year stood in those fields and let the parched dirt run through their fingers this year likely will find a reason to smile.

It never hurts to remind ourselves of the need to keep the faith and to understand how nature - the one force that humankind cannot control - often has a way of making things right.

We'd love to hear your feedback.
© 1996 Amarillo Globe-News
 
Rexann,

Your motive for concocting such a lie is beyond me.  I will not try to understand.

Vince Diehl

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rexann711@... wrote:

I don't recall claiming myself an expert....
I have no desire to "prove my case".  I just happen to come across you site once..  and thought I'd throw in my "OPINION"....  no need to get so defensive.

National new headlines for several weeks huh.... and ranchers giving away their cattle for free???  Granted... I don't personally know every rancher in Randall County.... but I do know a few... and trust me... the ones I know didn't give away any cattle.

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OUR RESPONSE:

We won't mistake you for an expert on the subject, and also won't sit and wait for you to prove your case.  We realize that your "opinion" is not based on fact. 

Also, you are using a ficticious email address, so our guess is that your name is probably Lyin John Sluder and not Rexann at all.

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rexann711@... wrote:

By the way... I felt the need to resubmit the previous post... It seems moderator "Kirk" didn't feel the need to post my response.  Sorry to disappoint you.... but I'll not likely be back to this page....  Enjoy your internet fantasy world Kirk... some of us have real lives.   (Bet I won't be seeing this post either... ahhh the power of being a moderator.  lol )

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OUR RESPONSE:
Your original message was answered, and has appeared above for days.  In addition, an email was sent to you only to "bounce."  Your other comments in this message only reflect your character and speak volumes of your integrity, so you are right, no further reply is necessary,  other than to say that you probably won't read this anyway, if you're true to your claim that you won't be returning to this page.   (Which we doubt.)
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rexann711@... wrote:

An Amarillo Globe News newspaper article a year after the fact is hardly the "nation wide headlines" that supposedly lasted for weeks.  Sorry.... but if you're trying to prove the validity of your story... this just isn't going to do it. 

IF I really cared, I'd still waiting on the 60 min story you claimed.  But since I don't... 

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OUR RESPONSE:

For someone who doesn't care, you certainly are very busy writing to us, so maybe you do care?  Whatever the case, we now ask other readers to please respond to our claims that 60 Minutes featured a story about the Randall County cattle starving, and being trucked hundreds of miles north so Randall County ranchers could find ranchers along the way to whom they could give their cattle free of charge.  We would appreciate a response from anyone recalling the story, and we'll then post your comments on this page. 

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gottagift... Commented: 

But when you enter a town and are not welcomed, go into its streets and say, Even the dust of your town that sticks to our feet, we wipe off against you.  Yet be sure of this.  The Kingdom of God is near.  I tell you, it would be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town.

Woe to you, Korazin!  Woe to you, Bethsaida!  For if the miracles that were performed in you had been performed in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in Sackcloth and ashes.  But it will be more bearable for Tyre and Sidon at the judgement than for you.  And you, Capernaum, will you be lifted up to the skies?  No, you will go down to the depths...

Matthew 11 & Luke 10

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Chessiebleu@ ....  wrote:

Concerning this issue I can clearly recall not only hearing about the cattle being shipped out and the topsoil turning to dust (likened to the dustbowl),.I also rememeber seeing both video and commentary about it from several different news sources including national and local television stations and on the radio.  I lived in Florida during that time which is at least 1500 miles away, so it surprises me to read that someone living in Texas would be clueless especially since it impacted the immediate area of Texas the hardest before creating a ripple effect for the rest of us. 

 
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THANK YOU CHESSIEBLUE !!

It sure feels great to see someone besides us standing up for what they know is the truth.  Wish the entire world was like that  (and you).

Vince Diehl

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monte_overman... wrote:

I have no reason to doubt the validity of this report;  However, to assume that Almighty God had caused harm to so many innocent people simply goes against the God I know.  Jehovah has promised to not put a stumbling block before us, or hinder us in any way, but to be available for us and guide us in our lives.  No, it wasn't the God I know that caused this, maybe a natural occurance that was a coincidence - or (shudder) - demonic rorces. 

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OUR RESPONSE (STAFF):

I'm glad you have no doubt about the report.  Remember that those who are in Christ and worship God in TRUTH are not subject to destruction, BUT those who worship God in VAIN or not at all will receive judgment.  As the Bible clearly shows, God controls the weather and judges nations.  Who do you suppose destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah for the sins of the people?  It was God.  Let me quote God referring to Babylon, which is America:

"I have laid a snare for thee, and thou art also taken, O Babylon, and thou wast not aware: thou art found, and also caught, because thou hast striven against the LORD."    (Jeremiah 50:24)
 

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