Posted on 05/27/2008 11:33:21 AM PDT by KatyLoraleyVidales
That looks like the “heineken” party guy sleeping it off!
My only sadness is that ours is the only flag flying on the block. :(
Join the HOA and make flag-flying mandatory.
ooohhhh, brilliant!
I apologize for being so sensitive about words that denigrate the Creator.
Apology accepted, except the word GAWD does not refer to the Creator.
The word “GAWD” is not without meaning. It was included in the title of this blog post for a reason. “GAWD” is a substitute for “God,” obviously. But of course you knew that.
Gawd is absolutely not a substitute for God. Gawd is what you say when you do NOT want to take the Lords name in vain. God is what you say when you are reverently expressing respect for the Creator. Gawd is a colloquiolism; God is the name of "I AM THAT I AM".
Buf of course you knew that.
I'm getting used to it.
Of course, it's not helping me a lot with the ladies. :^(
THEO: Maybe they could politely ask the association board for an exception. Or they could “demand their rights” and earn a reputation as being bad neighbors.
Who are the bad neighbors? Those wanting to put a flagpole on the land they own? or, Those trying to impose their anti-American beliefs on someone? By anti-American, I mean the fact that anyone can tell you what you can and can’t do with your own property. I also mean anyone in the United States having issues with an American flag. Yes, I said it. If you have a problem with the American Flag, you are anti-American and you are not a patriot. Said it. Said it. Said it. If you don’t like it, you can hop your happy ass on a plane, come over here to Bagram, Afghanistan, and we can talk about it.
I appreciate your service.
There are no reasonable limitations on one’s right to use his property as he sees fit. If the jerk next door wants to paint his house in primary colors, it is his house.
This is just not true. If you and I are neighbors and we sign contracts that say we will not paint our houses in primary colors, and then you do, you have violated the contract. That is what a Homeowner's Association is. If you don't want to abide by the rules of one, don't buy a property that is subject to one.
But you cannot say, "I love this house, how all the neighborhood houses are alike, how none have ugly trim, and all the mailboxes match and there are no cars parked on the street, etc, etc, etc. I want to buy a house here and violate all the rules that made this place attractive to me."
I would never have anything to do with any such contract. Voluntarily giving up your rights to a governing authority is not liberty.People who do that would not be uncomfortable in giving up their rights to the national or state government in return for some material benefit. The mindset is there.It doesn’t take much to go the next step and the next. Socialism is so nice and secure.
We all purchase our homes based on what we like, not based on whether there is an HOA in place or not.
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And this is apparently what got your dad in trouble. I’d suggest that the nature of the HOA in a subdivision would be one of the factors determining whether you like the place or not.
Isn’t it EVERY Americans right to choose whatever organizations he/she wishes to belong or not belong?
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LOL. And purchasing a home in an area with a mandatory HOA by definition means you want to join that club. You don’t have to buy there.
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