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A lot of conservatives feel that the abuses of the land by TVA, the Corp of Engineers, and other government programs, are fine, becuase (I suppose) they build things. I don't know how many times I've heard the snail darter and dam story lamented by conservatives-imagine a little fish stopping the taming of a big river, etc. Never mind almost every river in Tennessee is a concrete lake, never mind the finest farmland was flooded, never mind half of the lakes' only purpose is for "recreation". It is a sad example of government largess that the entire Tennessee River is a vast string of lakes, almost to within a few miles of its source. And environmentalists still blithely pretend Big Governemnt knows best (unless of course it involves timber cutting in National Forests-they're against it and someday they'll figure out why).

These people to a certain extent can be dealt with. First above all things the number one rule is do not threaten harm or injury to person or property. This is what they want you to do. Do it and they won the fight right then and there in the eyes of the law. If I had threatened them with such I would have met a Marshall the next day rather than the next in the supervision chain. Next thing is use you congressman. It doesn't matter if they are DEM or GOP they do not want the boat rocked in their district. Next is Witness's. Have you plenty of them if possible. If it is a neighborhood being displaced of land call the neighbors. These Bozo's got the same treatment we gave them from the rest of the neighborhood.

You may not be able to stop them. But then you don't have to let them take it without some cost and frustration. It is your right to try and get what you consider just and reasonable compensation as required under the constitution. Eminent Domain was actually meant for emergencies such as war and national interest and not urban renewal. The biggest fight with TVA has been trying to make them responsible for their actions. The problems we had didn't end there I had to go to the TVA Inspector Generals Office to have my soil reclaimed due to errosion.

To keep them from returning in the future for more so called clearing, I had to buy a herd of goats to browse the power line. The cut on the ridge is way to steep for a tractor and bush hog.