A Usenet persona calling itself Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:

Scott Weiser wrote:
: A Usenet persona calling itself Chicago Paddling-Fishing wrote:

: Scott Weiser wrote:
: :
: : I happen to be one of those oppressed few.
: :
: : For more than four decades my family has protected and preserved unique
: : habitat outside of Boulder, Colo. As a result, we host several protected
: rare
: : and endangered species on our property. One of the protected species we
: host
: : is the American bald eagle. The eagles have been nesting here for more
than
: a
: : decade. They were welcome here, and our ordinary ranching operations
never
: : disturbed them enough to cause them to leave. Arguably they came here
: because
: : of those activities. As a result of our stewardship, many generations of
: young
: : eagles have grown up here. Of the vast majority of people, particularly
: : including city-dwellers and suburban-sprawlites, all of whom presently
live
: on
: snip
:
: Scott... Do you still actually own that land?

: Yup.

: I thought you and the boulder creek property split in 2002?

: Nope. My mother died in 2002, but the land has been in a family partnership
: since 1994. I thought I might lose the land to the estate tax ghouls, but
: after more than three years of uncertainty because the IRS sat on its thumb
: until late this year, it looks like I might be able to save it. I'll know
: for sure by June.

As always, I should mention that Scott didn't buy it, his mom did...

Oh, I paid for it alright. Who do you thing did the farm work for 40 years?
That would be me.

Besides, what does it matter in the first place? It doesn't, you're just
engaging in yet more of that ad hominem attack you're famous for because you
can't come up with a logical, rational, supportable argument to refute me.

Lame, Travesty, lame.
--
Regards,
Scott Weiser

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