[scottinalaska]

RickA,

That is why America, the new world, a new start sounded so great a hundred years and more ago to those in Europe where you couldn't really OWN land because the king owned it. You just paid rent.

To a certain degree, I imagine my 50 acres is owned by the Fed Reserve because it might have been put up as a bond for a loan or something screwy like that, but reality is NO property tax. You come as close to "owning" your land as you can! Once paid for, often to private parties(banks don't like loaning on houses where their blessed inspectors do not have any obligation to inspect), you own your land. Done. This means, and here is the good part, you do NOT have to earn a crazy amount of money to keep the controllers at bay. What a concept! Oh, actually that's old news. America was founded on property rights. I forgot. sorry.

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Raptor,

I'd be so ticked too. This would certainly justify video survelliance cameras and maybe a mine field! Of course, this is all after the fact with 20/20 hindsight. Enough of this hindsight! Let's be proactive. Do you have the badge or evidence of WHO trespassed with what warrant?
These little piggies obviously whined up top that one of the "citizens" was getting away legally. The top brass(whoever that is) began to make their plans and get their Gestapo team in order so that your deprivation of rights would be fast and furious. Like when they throw flash bombs and noise bombs in a building to disorient the folks. Jerks. Sometimes I wonder when they'll venture up my long driveway. I don't have any NO trespassing signs yet....not that these jerks would really care.
As for cold, just put on another jacket.
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