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Lemonade stand shut down by officers in Texas
ktnv.com/news ^ | July 20, 2011 | Jacquie Levy

Posted on 07/21/2011 10:19:57 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

McAllen, TX -- Gone are the days when a kid could make a few extra bucks by selling lemonade on the corner of their street. These days, it's against the law.

A 12-year-old girl and her little brother were just trying to earn a few dollars for their two hermit crabs when a city code enforcement officer in Texas came and shut them down.

The officer told their grandmother that the children needed a permit to sell lemonade, and their grandmother was ticketed for the offense.

"I was mad," the 12-year-old said. "I don't understand why someone would want to do that to two kids and their grandma."


TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Texas
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To: momtothree

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41 posted on 07/21/2011 11:17:23 AM PDT by Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid! (Allen West 2012 Make it happen!)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

No clue. I live in aztlan del norte aka San Antonio which is along I10. I know that picking blue bonnets was supposed to be illegal. Who knows nowadays. Down is up, good is bad, the seven deadly sins are the seven greatest virtues. Etc...


42 posted on 07/21/2011 11:20:11 AM PDT by Necrovore
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43 posted on 07/21/2011 11:20:45 AM PDT by DeoVindiceSicSemperTyrannis (Want to make $$$? It's easy! Use FR as a platform to pimp your blog for hits!!!)
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44 posted on 07/21/2011 11:23:23 AM PDT by loungitude ( The truth hurts.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Calling Walter, Jeff Dunham’s Senor Citizen Puppet for the appropriate comment on the McAllen Cop.


45 posted on 07/21/2011 11:45:59 AM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: King_Corey
It is a fantasy we play along like we are free, and yet we have these petty bureaucrats that constantly troll our lives and regulate us into submission.

People have no idea what is true Liberty. These petty bureaucrats have exponentially grown in the past few decades. Everyone likely has stories of these parasites causing misery to the citizens of our Republic.

I deeply believe that the mindset of those drawn to such jobs is the exact same as those that gave rise to all totalitarian dictatorships. These are truly sadistic humans who relish punishing and humiliating other humans.

What is truly evil is they hide behind the law. A petty thief has more honor than any government parasite -- paraphrasing Lysander Spooner :)

46 posted on 07/21/2011 11:56:21 AM PDT by sand88 (Sarah Palin announces her run: August 12, 2011 11:10am ET)
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To: dsc

“I don’t understand why someone would want to do that to two kids and their grandma.”

Honey, all leftist thought is of and from Satan. Some people explain it as a mental disorder, but it’s more in the way of a spiritual disorder.”

It’s both!!!


47 posted on 07/21/2011 11:59:55 AM PDT by mongo141
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

There’s been an epidemic of these incidents recently.

A nation-wide problem needs Washington’s action.

Obama should appoint a Lemonade Czar to get a handle on the problem.

Besides, it’s not just lemonade - that’s just the gateway cooler.

Soon enough, it’ll be Koolaid, and we know where that ends up!


48 posted on 07/21/2011 12:00:33 PM PDT by headsonpikes (Genocide is the highest sacrament of socialism - "Who-whom?")
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To: dsc

Interesting to read your comment because my wife is finally realizing that everyones behavior stems from how we address the hole that is in our soul when we are born into human bodies and, generally speaking, disconnected from God.


49 posted on 07/21/2011 12:10:15 PM PDT by Paytriot (Live long and prosper)
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To: Paytriot

May the Holy Spirit guide her every step of the way.


50 posted on 07/21/2011 12:21:37 PM PDT by dsc (Any attempt to move a government to the left is a crime against humanity.)
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To: Terry Mross
They were selling lemonade at a city swimming pool.

Thanks for pointing that out. I saw the story on the news, and I thought, "they set up their lemonade stand at a city park, or they have a Commercial Splash Park at their house?"

51 posted on 07/21/2011 12:53:36 PM PDT by sockmonkey
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!

Hey Kid, welcome to the police state.


52 posted on 07/21/2011 1:11:52 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!
DISCLAIMER: it turns out that this article is kids selling at a public pool. But the rest were in their front yards and I think some of those states apologized.

That changes the story, but it is Texas, and many home owners associations don't look kindly upon lemonade stands. We've got some incredibly powerful homeowners associations here.
53 posted on 07/21/2011 1:49:45 PM PDT by af_vet_rr
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