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View for sale: $30,000 New owner of a lake fences it off when homeowners wouldn't pay.
St. Petersburg Times ^ | May 14, 2002 | ROBERT FARLEY

Posted on 05/14/2002 5:05:40 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife

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To: wacko
"they threw the stakes in the lake."

Did they all tear up the stakes and throw in the lake, or just a few, or just one? What did Mr. Connolly mean when he said he approached them to offer the lake to them?

In the words of Ronald Reagan: "Mr. Conolly, tear down that wall!" I think he has their attention now, and can make a very good deal, but not while the fences are up -- for people won't make deal while indignant.

702 posted on 05/14/2002 11:56:47 AM PDT by bvw
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To: Lazamataz
I will argue strenuously, however, that the pond may be condemned under Eminent Domain

Kinda like how they do it in Zimbabwe?

703 posted on 05/14/2002 11:58:21 AM PDT by ladyjane
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To: Roscoe
The first administration to seize property for unpaid taxes was George Washington's.

That doesn't answer the question. Why should laws limiting your use of your property for the "public good" be considered socialism, but taking your money or your land for the same reason not be?

704 posted on 05/14/2002 11:58:33 AM PDT by tacticalogic
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To: You are here
You keep referring to a list of anecdotes as your proof.

You clearly never studied logic in any place of higher learning.

So sorry. I think I must be going, where I can have a somewhat more elevated discussion. I will leave you to your incredible illogic.

Perhaps I will return later, to be somewhat amused at your increasingly frantic tenor, illogic, and larger and larger lists of anecdotes. :o)

705 posted on 05/14/2002 11:58:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz
and that the government would be just and legally permitted in so doing,

Legal maybe, but I'd be interested in why you think it would be "just" to take this person's property.

706 posted on 05/14/2002 11:59:04 AM PDT by Protagoras
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To: ladyjane
Kinda like how they do it in Zimbabwe?

Non sequitur. Zimbabwe is not a Constitutional Republic.

708 posted on 05/14/2002 11:59:35 AM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: ThomasJefferson
I don't want to play games
I said fraud in earlier post
changed it to deprive them of what they thought they had in following post
I agree with poster who said thought is the operative word
sure they don't have a legal right to stand on
if you all think this is a fine thing this guy did, fine with me
I think it's making money by cheating
I don't see why everyone has to always pay $750 to a lawyer just to ensure their neighbor is not a rat
I define personal responsibility as not infringing on the rights of others
Love, Palo
709 posted on 05/14/2002 12:00:22 PM PDT by palo verde
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To: ThomasJefferson
Legal maybe, but I'd be interested in why you think it would be "just" to take this person's property.

TJ, you are a good guy so when I return to the forum I will answer you.

710 posted on 05/14/2002 12:00:22 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: You are here
I guess I owe you an apology for calling you "Mr. Statist", Mr. Globalist.

LOL! No problem, Mr. Anarcho-Communist.

714 posted on 05/14/2002 12:02:47 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Roscoe
The assertion that taxation is "socialism", made earlier in this thread, is one of Libertarianism's more nonsensical mantras.

And you are one of the most nonsensical people on this forum, but that is also off topic. In fact, on absolutely every thread you are on, you find a reason, no matter how much of a stretch or how inane, to make the topic your obsessive hatred of freedom, but that is also off topic.

715 posted on 05/14/2002 12:03:23 PM PDT by Protagoras
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To: wacko
I did. Care to shed a bit of light on what you think I've missed?
716 posted on 05/14/2002 12:04:12 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: palo verde
I don't see why everyone has to always pay $750 to a lawyer just to ensure their neighbor is not a rat

No, you pay $750. to a lawyer to represent you when you buy a 300K house. Then you get a financial planner for $500 who will tell you that waterfront property for 30K is a good deal. These people need professional help.

717 posted on 05/14/2002 12:04:36 PM PDT by ladyjane
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To: You are here
Exhale, dude, you're losing it fast!

I will leave that to the rest of the forum to decide who has lost it: He who provides links of anecdotes to justify the banning of the morally-neutral legal tool that the Founding Fathers specifically created, or he who has provided legal analysis citations to support his views.

TTFN, sweedums. :o)

718 posted on 05/14/2002 12:04:41 PM PDT by Lazamataz
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To: Lazamataz
TJ, you are a good guy so when I return to the forum I will answer you.

Thanks Laz, but you might be a fan club of one. :-)

I'll look forward to your answer, but I'm outtahere pretty quick myself so I might have to check back later to read it. Have a good one.

720 posted on 05/14/2002 12:05:54 PM PDT by Protagoras
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