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Man arrested for vandalizing 500 pine trees in northern Minn.
kare11.com ^
| Dec 7, 2009
| KARE 11 Staff Writer
Posted on 12/07/2009 2:12:30 PM PST by Berlin_Freeper
According to a criminal complaint, 41-year -old Stephen Louis Olson of Backus was angry the county planned to log the trees. Cass County officials say the stand is thinned every ten to 15 years. About 100 of the 600 trees were slated to be cut down and sold this month. The money would have benefitted the community and school district.
- Authorities say the entire forest must be cut down due to safety concerns. Mike Diekmann of the Cass County Sheriff's Office says that if a saw hit one of the nails, "it would explode like a gun going off" and could cause serious injury.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; US: Minnesota
KEYWORDS: elf; environmentalist; gore; moonbat; vandalism
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To: Berlin_Freeper
“Mike Diekmann of the Cass County Sheriff’s Office says that if a saw hit one of the nails, “it would explode like a gun going off” and could cause serious injury.”
The solution seems simple to me - make mr. Olson cut the trees. He spiked them - he should “feel the sting” of the consequences.
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posted on
12/07/2009 2:54:16 PM PST
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: Oztrich Boy
>> Trees are a nonrenewable resource! <<
Yeah, I guess once you cut one down you cannot plant any replacements EVER.
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posted on
12/07/2009 2:57:09 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: fish hawk
If it were me I would metal detect only the area that the saw is going to cut through at the base. Then when they are hauled into the mill yard and are laying down, have them checked out completely with the detectors. That does not guarantee zero risk
No there's only one solution here. Burn the forest to the ground and replant (It's the only way to be sure)
Tree bad, Fire Pretty.
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posted on
12/07/2009 2:57:52 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
To: rockrr
>> Mike Diekmann of the Cass County Sheriffs Office says that if a saw hit one of the nails, it would explode like a gun going off and could cause serious injury.
The solution seems simple to me - make mr. Olson cut the trees. He spiked them - he should feel the sting of the consequences. <<
Good idea! Let the nails come back and bite him in the face.
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posted on
12/07/2009 2:58:14 PM PST
by
GraceG
To: Berlin_Freeper
"Authorities say the entire forest must be cut down due to safety concerns. Mike Diekmann of the Cass County Sheriff's Office says that if a saw hit one of the nails, "it would explode like a gun going off" and could cause serious injury." TRANSLATION FROM GOVERNMENT IDIOT-SPEAK:
"We have to cut all of the trees down because with the nails in them it is dangerous to cut the trees down."
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posted on
12/07/2009 2:58:32 PM PST
by
Iron Munro
(God is great - Beer is good - People are crazy.)
To: Berlin_Freeper
What a dumbass! Pines are like weeds.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:02:00 PM PST
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Ha - my Sister lives in Backus...!!!
To: Blueflag
You got a “blade” on your chain saw? No wonder you Georgians are all screwed up.
Just funnin’ you.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:03:32 PM PST
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
To: Berlin_Freeper
Pull out every nail they find and stick them up Stephen’s @ss.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:06:11 PM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(Socialism is hip until somebody loses a paycheck)
To: Scotsman will be Free
OK OK chain and bar. geesh.
I still call it a blade now and then. Just ‘ignant’
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:09:05 PM PST
by
Blueflag
(Res ipsa loquitur)
To: Oztrich Boy
Clear cut by cutting the trees at about 10 off the ground. Then bulldoze the stumps into a great big pile and have a bonfire party.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:16:58 PM PST
by
D Rider
To: Berlin_Freeper
Give the eco-freak a chain saw,no chaps or other PPE, then make him cut them down.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:17:25 PM PST
by
nomad
To: Oztrich Boy
Trees are a nonrenewable resource!Huh? I assume this is sarcasm.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:32:19 PM PST
by
OpeEdMunkey
(Eat right...exercise...die anyway)
To: Oztrich Boy
This is the 21 century and the United States of America. We make good products to detect metal in wood. Your idea of burning is dumb. At the very least you could but them through a chipper where some nails would make no difference to chipper blades. At least maybe get some paper instead of wasting the whole forest as you suggest.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:45:14 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(It's sad that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov)
To: fish hawk
This is the 21 century and the United States of America. We make good products to detect metal in wood Really? I could have sworn noone in the US had an irony detector.
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posted on
12/07/2009 3:51:46 PM PST
by
Oztrich Boy
(Life is a tragedy for those who feel, but a comedy to those who think. - Horace Walpole)
To: Anti-Bubba182
They need to give serious time to tree spikers. Hang them on the tree they spiked.
Leave them until the body falls to the ground.
Burn him to release the CO2.
The rest... put it in a landfill.
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posted on
12/07/2009 4:58:11 PM PST
by
Clint Williams
(Read Roto-Reuters -- we're the spinmeisters | America -- a great idea, didn't last.)
To: Blueflag
Now at the SAW MILL, they might have their own problems! That's a fact. I use to run one of the big band saw head rigs and when you hit metal with that teeth go flying, sometimes the whole band saw comes apart.
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posted on
12/07/2009 5:17:03 PM PST
by
calex59
To: Berlin_Freeper
Just cut off the trees supply of C02 and they’ll die.
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posted on
12/07/2009 5:18:34 PM PST
by
MaxMax
(Obamao can't play in the Olympic reindeer games)
To: Oztrich Boy
Wise up, nobody likes a smart ass, especially coming from a “boy”. Think about it. You’re the one that would rather burn down a forest rather than find a simple solution.
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posted on
12/07/2009 7:28:59 PM PST
by
fish hawk
(It's sad that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. Isaac Asimov)
To: Blueflag
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posted on
12/08/2009 2:21:36 AM PST
by
Scotsman will be Free
(11C - Indirect fire, infantry - High angle hell - We will bring you, FIRE)
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