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This is a Permission Free Zone!

9/1/2013

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This nation was founded on the idea that we are citizens to be free, not subjects to be managed. Thomas Jefferson said in a letter to M. L'Hommande in 1787 , “The policy of the American government is to leave their citizens free, neither restraining nor aiding them in their pursuits.” The original purpose of the American government was to protect our freedom and liberty, not to restrict it. 

For nearly 200 years, the default status of the American people was that we were at liberty to do pretty much whatever we wanted (especially on our own property), with very few exceptions – and those were usually related to the consideration of the rights of others. 

Today, the situation is nearly reversed. The default status is that we need permission to do just about anything. We are at liberty to do only the most mundane and trivial pursuits. As WE have said before, government is taking our rights, and selling them back to us as permits – if they're permitted at all. 

Today, if you decide to build, dig, landscape, or start work on much of anything on your own property, you'd best check with the city and/or county and/or state and/or the feds, or face fines – or worse. Really, what's the point of owning property if the only privilege you gain is paying taxes, without any of the advantages of self-determination? 

WE know what you're thinking: It can't happen here! Wanna bet? In the latest installment of Freedom Foundation's Tales of Tyranny series, we have this, from right here in River City:

Read the full article, Tales of Tyranny: Joe Remenar’s “Illegal” Wildlife Habitat at Freedom Foundation's website. 
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Karl Uppiano link
9/1/2013 05:57:08 am

You ask, "what's the point of owning property if the only privilege you gain is paying taxes, without any of the advantages of self-determination?"

There /is/ no point, and that's the point! Progressives and collectivists believe that private property ownership is immoral. Since taxing something gives you less of it, and if you can use the force of government to restrict any benefits derived from it, then you can make it obsolete. Progressivism ... isn't.

Here are the lyrics to the catchy progressive song/propaganda that we all learned in school (or camp) while growing up. See how subtle and effective it is?

This land is your land, this land is my land
From the California to the Staten New York Island,
From the Redwood Forest, to the Gulf stream waters,
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

As I went walking that ribbon of highway
And saw above me that endless skyway,
And saw below me the golden valley, I said:
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

I roamed and rambled and followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts,
And all around me, a voice was sounding:
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn't say nothing --
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

When the sun come shining, then I was strolling
In wheat fields waving and dust clouds rolling;
The voice was chanting as the fog was lifting:
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people --
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
God blessed America for me.
[This land was made for you and me.]

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childofww2
9/1/2013 05:26:38 pm

Thanks for bringing Remenar's Pond to us - what have our laws come to that we have these dictatorial numbskulls breathing down our necks? - it's high time Whatcom County had some decent jobs to offer so these petty professor pom -poms could turn their attentions to some real, hard and productive work instead of constantly harassing good folk.

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Greg Brown
9/2/2013 02:51:23 pm

The only real method we have left to try and get sanity and our rights back is through the local government. Elections have consequences and these losses of our property rights are the consequences of who we have elected in the past. This November we have the chance to start to turn this around. We need to put individuals onto the County Council and Port Commission who will fight for our rights and to help overturn such imbecilic rulings. We need to stop the injustices being pushed by non-governmental organizations and special interest groups. Please make sure to vote in November and take the time to understand who and what you are voting for. Recent omissions of endorsements for some from the Democratic Party and the recent resolution from the same party of "NO" calling for activism to prevent ANY development whatsoever in the Cherry Point area should be sending you a loud and clear message from those you who will continue to deny you your property rights. It is time to wake up and understand what we are up against. We need to work together to take our County back!

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Comrade X
9/3/2013 07:23:57 am

"The mission of the law is not to oppress persons and plunder them of their property, even though the law may be acting in a philanthropic spirit. Its purpose is to protect persons and property.... If you exceed this proper limit -- if you attempt to make the law religious, fraternal, equalizing, philanthropic, industrial, or artistic -- you will then be lost in uncharted territory, in vagueness and uncertainty, in a forced utopia or, even worse, in a multitude of utopias, each striving to seize the law and impose it on you."
Frederic Bastiat

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