[DManA]

Boorz has come unhindged on this one. In the era of infinate bandwidth, ownership of a piece of it is moot. Don't worry Neil, keep your ratings up and your job is safe.

[Protagoras]

Armed resistence will result at some point. I hope I don't live to see it.

The frog is cooked.

[William Terrell]

In the earlier part of of the 1900's, if a owner didn't pay property taxes, his property was put in escrow until he did. That meant that he coudn't sell his property, but he could retain possession of it and pass it on to his heirs. This scheme of things is refered to in many appelate court cases during the period, and before.

Something changed in the middle of that century. Something that made a person's property merely a rental. I would like to know what.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.
Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

[WhiteyAppleseed]

This is a FYI post for people who may be interested: I found a musty stack of Congressional Records in an old house that my wife and I purchased. In one volume, a Mr. Buckler from Minnesota offered remarks on Saturday, June 15, 1935 on omnibus bill no.8108. One section of the bill contained the Minnesota fire claimants measure, which was the Ryan bill, h.r. 3662. It had to do with farmers who were burned out by fires set by Government-operated railroads in 1918.

The same year, government was trying to cure the evils of the chain store giant by making it easier for small firms to compete with Sears Roebuck and Montgomery Wards.

[BabsC]

Neal should look in his own back yard.

The constitution of the State of Georgia essentially gives ownership of the state's real estate to the transmission companies and allows the citizens to reside on the pieces they don't want, yet.

[RightWhale]

There's a lot to this. The Constitution doesn't explicitly guarantee either private property or privacy. Both could be under attack by the Forces of Evil.