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Recently two Amish families’ homes were ordered padlocked by a Cambria County judge due to a failure to comply with his orders concerning the disposal of human waste from their privies. The chief impetus for this order seems to rest on the health and safety of others. If we use some common sense here we’ll see that something certainly stinks and it’s not the Amish’s crap but the crap, which comes out of this judge’s mouth.

Human waste is of minor amount and naturally decomposes quickly just like that of nature’s other creatures. The real problem arises when it is mixed with 3 to 5 gallons of water for the convenience of flushing. Since the Amish shun modern conveniences and choose this method of disposal they are way ahead of the curve when it comes to clean and green, and the conservation of water.

The claim that this method of disposal is a threat to the water supply is also ridiculous. The earth’s topsoil is like the flesh on a person’s body, it is the earth’s first natural layer of protection and naturally protects itself when bacteria decompose and filters it through the topsoils and the under-lying clays.

In contrast, a municipal sewer system involves excavating a ditch through this top protective layer, and where the underlying rock formation is encountered it is necessary to blast through the rock to complete the excavation. How many times have you heard of, or seen a man hole cover being pushed off during periods of heavy rain fall or smelled the strong odor of sewage when down along the river? During these periods of heavy rainfall, water is infiltrating into the sewer line and when this large volume of water hits the sewer plant, the plant is over whelmed and must let raw sewerage go down the river untreated. If water can infiltrate into a sewer line during heavy rains it can also leak out and since these sewer lines have been installed below the natural protective soils and clays, this corruption is introduced directly into the earths body and is a greater threat to water supplies than a privy could ever be.

This whole situation when fully considered certainly stinks to high heaven and one would have to wonder, just what is really going on here?  While judge Krumenacker hides behind his office uttering the rote chant of “hail mother Mary full of grace” as he pulls the prayer beads through his fingers for an alibi, his lieutenants execute the orders and padlock the Amish out of their homes. Krumenacker and his lieutenants can’t deal with nor compete with religious or constitutional fundamentalists let alone their work ethic. Krumenacker Associates Inc. are classic, institutionalized, filthy fascist.

The Amish on the other hand are dedicated fundamentalists and being pacifists are easy prey; they serve, as a warning much like a canary in the mine. The judicial system of this state is corrupted and the air ripe for a spark. The likes of Krumanacker and gang will eventually violate the property rights of a sect that is not of pacifist inclinations and the next time they feel a whisper and smell crap, it’ll be in their drawers when they find themselves out gunned and out numbered. It’s just a matter of time now. 

The Freeman

Blair County

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