Saturday, March 15, 2014

CITIZEN DAVID VS. EPA GOLIATH IN WYOMING


Andy and Katie Anderson have eight acres of land in Wyoming upon which they built a stock pond to hold fish and attract birds.  The pond was permitted by the State of Wyoming.  The USEPA is threatening them with $75,000 per day in fines until the pond is removed, saying it violates the Clean Water Act.  The Andersons point out that stock ponds are exempt from that Act, but the EPA is not backing down.  Johnson plans to fight. “This goes a lot further than a pond,” he said. “It’s about a person’s rights. I have three little kids. I am not going to roll over and let [the government] tell me what I can do on my land. I followed the rules.” 

COMMENTS:
There was a day in this country when we had freedom.  In another generation, there won’t be anybody left alive who can remember it. 

TODAY’S QUERIES & ANSWERS:
Q. How come you’re not weighing in on this missing Malaysian passenger plane?  (Kim ~ Santa Maria, CA)
A. As of 4:00 PM [yesterday], everybody in the world has had something to say about it.  The most recent conjecture is that it climbed to 45,000 feet after takeoff, then two transponders went off one-at-a-time, then it made an abrupt turn to the west and descended to 23,000 feet and made a couple of more turns heading basically northwest before they lost track of it.  That suggests evasive tactics.  The question now is: did the plane make it to its intended destination, wherever that might be, or did it crash into the ocean enroute before it got there?  It was below radar and changed course several times.  They need a hardened runway 5,000 to 6,000 feet long; if they intend to fly it anywhere, they need 31,000 gallons of jet fuel and a way to start the engines.  For the moment, I’m ruling out capture by an alien spacecraft.    

Q. I just read that the Russians have captured a U.S. drone that was flying over Crimea.  How come that’s not in the news?  (Royce ~ Brownsville, TX)
A. Because Obama doesn’t want it in the news.  Every time Obama turns around, Putin is showing the world how weak and incompetent the United States has become. 

Q. The United States is giving up control of the Internet?  (Chelsea ~ Birmingham, AL)
A. Yes.  We invented it, (not Al Gore), we expanded it and we wired the world with it.  Now, Obama is content to let some other country decide when to shut it down or what the rules will be for using it. 

TODAY’S QUOTE:
“The day I made that statement, about inventing the Internet, I was tired because I’d been up all night inventing the camcorder.” ~ Al Gore

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