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Missouri Farm Bureau video pokes fun at EPA proposal
A parody video produced by the Missouri Farm Bureau pokes fun at a proposed EPA rule that Farm Bureau members say is a federal bureaucracy overreach. The proposed rulemaking regards water that would come under the EPA’s jurisdiction. Missouri Farm Bureau director of legislative programs tells Brownfield the video is built around a parody of the Disney song Let it Go, from the movie Frozen.
“With the help of our members we’ve rewritten the lyrics in a fun way to tell the story, but also in a serious tone to try and get people to think about what is actually being proposed at the federal level and how it may impact them,” Hawkins told Brownfield Ag News in Jefferson City Tuesday. “Truly the message is ‘that’s enough.’”
The video features Jamestown, Missouri Farm Bureau members Andy and Kasey Clay along with their children. Hawkins says the parody is performed by Kasey Clay.
“As her husband talks about what EPA is trying to do, her frustration with the federal government is taken out through this new song, That’s Enough, and you can see in the video her husband and kids perhaps exemplifying on their farm with a dry ditch what it may mean if the EPA is trying to regulate it and perhaps how absurd that is,” said Hawkins.
Hawkins says the Missouri Farm Bureau received a handful of negative comments concerned about why the ditch featured in the video should not fall under EPA regulation.
“We’re hoping it prompts questions in terms of ‘what is it that they’re wanting to do, and why is it a concern for farmers?’” he said. “That way our members can give a firsthand account as to how it would impact their day to day decisions.”
AUDIO: Garrett Hawkins (7 min. MP3)
Tags: Environmental Issues, EPA, Missouri
The video is great, and would be funny if it were not so tragically true. The EPA overreach under the community organizer, WORST president in history, is so egregious that the only real cure is to abolish the EPA in its entirety. Most states have their own environmental agencies that are more than capable of protecting their citizens.