> Tom writes: > > Man, and you guys call this the land of freedom? > > The "Housing Associations" he is talking about are private associations of > homeowners. He agreed to abide by their rules when he bought his house. > --
yeah, well...it used to be the land of freedom. It's still closer to freedom than most places in the world but that seems to be rapidly changing. Housing Associations *were* a good idea for *some* people, but they have gotten *WAY* out of hand. There are housing associations near my neighborhood that force you to have a tree in your front yard. How asenine is that? Believe it or not, if you don't have a tree in your front yard, they can leagally take your home and property from you. The very notion of property ownership in the US has become, at best, a joke. Even if you do have it paid off, they city in which you live can come and take it from you because you aren't "conforming" to their beautification ordinances or other suppoed 'reasons' like that. The county in which you live can come take it from you because they need it for "county business." The state in which you live can come and take it from you for just about any reason they want. And as far as the federal gov was concerned it was theirs to start with. People say 'oh that never happens' but it happens all the time. It just isn't an epidemic so the masses tolerate it. Sad indeed. A very nice quote was sent to me today which sort of sums up the shituation in the US right now as far as I'm concerned: "Beware the leader who bangs the drums of war in order to whip the citizenry into a patriotic fervor, for patriotism is indeed a double-edged sword. It both emboldens the blood, just as it narrows the mind. And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind has closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry, infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and gladly so. How do I know? For this is what I have done. And I am Caesar." - Julius Caesar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
