"If they refuse to sell the land for $39,500, the government intends to seize it by eminent domain"
Is this Stalinist Russia (might be soon)?
Is this Communist China (probably not; they worry about what their people think)?
Is this Hitler's Germany (sure looks and smells like it, but we haven't killed enough yet)?
Nope, this is AmeriKa with a capital K for good reason.
Oh, built on lies; hope you are happy with it, America (lower case c for another very good reason)!
"Vt. farmer draws a line at US bid to bolster border; Homeland Security threatens to seize 4.9 acres" by David Filipov, Globe Staff | May 17, 2010
FRANKLIN, Vt. — The bucolic setting of silos and sugar maples has become the focus of a bitter dispute that pits one of America’s most revered traditions — the family-owned farm — against the post-9/11 reality of terror attacks on US soil.
Long exhale of a sigh with moaning oooooooohhh from this blogger.
COMING for YOUR LAND over a LIE!
HOW LIKE ISRAEL OUR GOVERNMENT has become, Americans.
I guess that kind of thing happens when you have your nose firmly implanted up the, well, you know.
The Department of Homeland Security sees Morses Line as a weak link in the nation’s borders, attractive to terrorists trying to smuggle in lethal materials.
And a land-seizing government.
The government is planning an estimated $8 million renovation here as part of a nationwide effort to secure border crossings.
THAT is NOT where I WANT TAX LOOT GOING!!!
GIVE THAT to the RAINVILLES!!!!!
It intends to acquire 4.9 acres of border land on a dairy farm owned for three generations by the Rainville family. Last month, the Rainvilles learned that if they refuse to sell the land for $39,500, the government intends to seize it by eminent domain.
The Rainvilles call this an unjustified land-grab by federal bullies.
Careful there! You could be considered a terrorist in some quarters.
“They are trying to steamroll us,’’ said Brian Rainville, 36, a high school government and civics teacher whose grandfather bought the farm in 1946 and whose parents and two brothers run it now. “We have a buyer holding a gun to our head saying you have to sell or else.’’
Interesting description!!!
See: The New York Times is a Terrorist
Yup!
Not really "negotiating," is it?
More like an ultimatum, and when you consider the overwhelming religious component owning and editing the.... awww, what's the use anymore.
The Rainvilles say the land, where they grow a portion of the feed for 150 head of cattle, is worth far more than the offer, and is critical at a time when the low price of milk has dairy farmers struggling to cover the cost of production.
“It’s like taking a leg off a stool. If you reduce the hay, you reduce the herd; if you reduce the herd, you immediately affect the viability of the farm,’’ Brian Rainville said. “Last year, the farm lost money. Right now, we are hanging on by our fingernails.’’
How would YOU like to LOSE a LEG while you are hanging on by YOUR fingernails, reader?
But don't worry; I live in AmeriKa and the government is here to help!
The family’s many supporters in the area do not dispute that the Morses Line facility, some 50 miles southeast of Montreal, is outdated. But they do not understand why the government needs to spend millions on it.
Gotta do something with it, and advancing the control grid and tyranny is the best thing they can come up with.
What do want, universal, single-payer health care or a school fixed?
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha!
“The whole thing is a perfect example of waste,’’ said Glen Gurwit of Swanton, a customs inspector for 31 years who frequently worked at Morses Line before retiring in 2004. He said the port is used mostly by locals crossing to visit relatives, play hockey, or shop, and is notable for its “peace, quiet, and isolation.’’
Now if you were an illegal and you had relatives the US ushers you right in!!!!!
And WHAT DID THEY SAY about MY END of the REGION?
That's why we love it, and that's why I'm here.
Trying to save it.
“We used to spend hours watching deer graze,’’ he said.
Oh, yeah!
Watching the wildlife around here is great, whether it is the racoon on the roof or the vast population of squeaking squirrels (in addition to chipmunks, rabbits, skunks, and other gifts from God to this world).
Homeland Security officials counter that modernizing border facilities should be a national priority. US Customs and Border Protection received $420 million in federal stimulus funds to renovate ports of entry along the Canadian and Mexican borders....
THAT is NOT where I wanted my debt-increasing STIMULOOT going!!!
Also see: Administration Telling the Truth About Stimuloot
Yeah, great.
Allison Stanger, director of the Rohatyn Center for International Affairs at Middlebury College, said the government is right to shore up aging, little-used border crossings.
Well, if they are "little used?"
“If there’s a weak link in the chain, that’s precisely what our enemies would target for getting things into the country,’’ she said. “It seems far-fetched to think that something like this could happen in beautiful Vermont. But before it happened, what American would have thought that someone would fly a plane into a building?’’
Is that Condi Rice speaking?
Well, the GOVERNMENT for ONE THING!
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That was 1998, folks!
They were TELEGRAPHING and PLANNING IT back then!
See: Wargames Were Cover For the Operational Execution of 9/11
How about that, huh?
The Rainvilles say they have nothing against border officials. Two years ago, they closed the farm so that law enforcement agencies could use it to conduct a drill on the response to a nuclear, biological, or chemical attack. But they were rankled by a recent government assessment that described the 4.9 acres as undeveloped and insignificant to their operation....
Yup, GIVE 'EM SOMETHING and the GOVERNMENT ALWAYS WANTS MORE!
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Sig heil!
Vermont border
"Expansion of border station in Vt. opposed" by Associated Press | May 23, 2010
FRANKLIN, Vt. — Outraged by plans to seize land from a Vermont dairy farm to expand a little-used US-Canada border station, dozens of people turned out yesterday to berate US Customs and Border Protection representatives. Many attendees suggested that the station be closed instead.
GREAT IDEA!
Toting signs that read “Eminent Domain Equals Federal Land Grab’’ and “Save the Rainville Family Farm,’’ about 150 people packed Franklin Town Hall, with about 18 standing up to speak — none in favor. One by one, they criticized the plan as wasteful, misdirected, an abuse of eminent domain or all three....
Can they MAKE IT ANY CLEARER?????
The Department of Homeland Security, which got $420 million from the federal bailout to modernize land ports like this, wants to spend about $5 million to renovate and expand the Depression-era Morses Line border station, a small brick building surrounded by pastures and hayfields owned by the Rainville family.
Bailoot, Stimuloot, what's the difference?
The building occupies about a half-acre of land, and is badly outdated. Its detention area consists of a bench with a set of handcuffs attached to one end, just inside the glass front door.
Oh, yeah, GOVERNMENT needs to build a TORTURE CELL, 'er, HOLDING CELL for WHO KNOWS HOW MANY!
Given the land they want they could easily build a torture chamber, 'er, prison.
To upgrade it, federal officials have proposed taking an adjoining 4.9-acre parcel now used to grow hay and corn, offering the family $39,500 for it.
Yeah, I WOULD RATHER EAT!
Yes, they are so generously "offering" it, 'eh, Glob?
Yeah, TAKE IT or ELSE!!!!
The family, which says it needs the land to grow feed for its dairy cows, doesn’t want to sell.
I also like milk!
It was recently notified that the land will be taken via eminent domain if no sale is agreed on.
What a SANITIZED version of what is happening -- as if the land-stealing government might be willing to pay more.
The government, which initially proposed the project at 10 acres and then scaled it back to 4.9, now plans to take 2.2 acres of Rainville property, according to Trent Frazier, director of port modernization projects for CBP.
That is THERE WAY of "NEGOTIATIN!"
Ask for the stars and settle for the moon.
Hey, Vermonters!
Missing a chunk out of your moon, if you know what I mean.
He announced that change yesterday at the public hearing, and said the proposed “taking’’ is on hold for now.
Translation: When NO ONE is looking and the MSM is chasing some other slop they will take it!
The changes did little to assuage the opposition, nor did his assertion that about 90 temporary jobs would be created by the renovation.
Translation: They are not stoo-pid up there!
Government and MSM thinks they are hayseeds who don't know nuthin!
"The agency yesterday began asking residents, campers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts to send anonymous text messages to report suspicious people they come across in the lightly populated area from Washington to Montana.
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And what will the government workers be doing?
BEATING OFF to PORNOGRAPHY as "terrorists" slip through the trees and over the border in Vermont!
Hey, it's a long way to Boston from there. Plenty of time to tear one off.
"Some Vt. workers misused computers" by Lisa Rathke, Associated Press | May 21, 2010
MONTPELIER — Vermont state employees have watched NCAA basketball online, loaded virus-infected pornographic images onto state computers, and used the Web to conduct fraudulent
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Government work is just ONE., LONG, TAXPAYER-PAID PARTY, isn't it?
Even in Vermont!
Among the examples were:
Bringing computer network speed to a crawl by using scarce bandwidth to watch NCAA March Madness games.
That I don't care about so much.
Connecting to pornography sites, downloading images, and, in the process, introducing a computer virus that started hacking into a local bank computer system.
Oh, THAT is the COVER for some sort of ID THEFT or other ORGANIZED CRIME!!!
Using state computers to run small businesses on taxpayer time.....
(Blog editor just shaking his head)
--more--"Also see: Bill would provide anonymity to Vt. college donors
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I notice the CANCER-INFECTED WATER and SOIL is of NO CONCERN to the Boston Globe anymore.
