Posted on 08/11/2012 10:34:06 AM PDT by Past Your Eyes
Kendra Alleyne writes at CNSNews.com about Gary Harrington, an Oregon man who was convicted of collecting rainwater and snow runoff on his property who's just begun serving a 30-day jail sentence for it:
"I'm sacrificing my liberty so we can stand up as a country and stand for our liberty," Harrington told a small crowd of people gathered outside of the Jackson County (Ore.) Jail.
(Excerpt) Read more at amyalkon.mensnewsdaily.com ...
If all the water that falls on my property belongs to the government, I’ll be happy to deliver it to town hall one bladderfull at a time.
It's not quite the MIssissippi ~ it's the 100 degree line that makes the difference.
Could have ~ or Puerto Rico was turned into a US Navy coaling station and coal displaced waterpower all over the island. It’s cheap and reliable.
oregon?
>> Bet that was a bargain too.
Yup - it means when we go to sell, the property is “horse property”. Although many people do it, you can’t water horses with a “domestic use only” well.
Unbelievable!
Yeah....even though it’s not raining at the moment. Seems to me that repeal or modernization is in order for these laws. Hate to say it, but it sounds like this guy is in the wrong.
. . .”in Idaho - the citizens there are being strangled by the government just as they are in CA and OR.”
Examples, please. I have lived in Idaho for 25 years, currently in the most liberal city/legislative ditrict in the state, but don’t sense anything near the statewide mind set of Oregon. Even here there is credible blow-back against a LIBERAL mayor. What am I missing?
He shoots them dead on the spot.
I visited Coeur d’Alene a few years ago, and all the locals talked about was how intrusive and oppressive the government was.
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