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Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?
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Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year...

On 11/23/15 12:04 PM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?
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Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year...


How wonderful for you. I don't own a snowplow. I contract with the guy
who does our heavy landscaping. He has a plow and a big 4WD truck, and
typically gets to us within a day of a heavy snowfall. That's good
enough. The county and the state highway commission take care of the
public roads pretty quickly.

On 11/23/2015 12:20 PM, Keyser Söze wrote:
On 11/23/15 12:04 PM, Tim wrote:
- show quoted text -
Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?
-------
Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot
ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on
them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off
and on I spent two days plowing here last year...


How wonderful for you. I don't own a snowplow. I contract with the guy
who does our heavy landscaping. He has a plow and a big 4WD truck, and
typically gets to us within a day of a heavy snowfall. That's good
enough. The county and the state highway commission take care of the
public roads pretty quickly.

Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like
Harry does?

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:42:33 -0500, Keyser Söze wrote:

On 11/23/15 9:30 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:46:07 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/22/15 11:56 PM, wrote:
My grand daughter is on her way to being a Libertarian

It snowed yesterday in Michigan and they had the perfect sled run all
tamped out. then the snow plow came along.
She came in and said "things were perfect and then the city ruined
it".



Well, of course. Libertarians only care about themselves.

It is better than only caring what others have to give you, usually at
the point of a government gun.


Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?

Perhaps, like here, the community would get together and hire a plow. HOA's do it all
the time without the government interfering.
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Ban idiots, not guns!

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Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like
Harry does?
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Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove...

Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that.

On 11/23/15 1:35 PM, Tim wrote:
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Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like
Harry does?
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Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove...

Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that.



We just have paper and foil trash, and empty metal cans and bottles,
which I haul once a week a few miles to the local county trash out. It's
one of those non-libertarian services. Garbage goes down the disposal,
and edible leftovers we're not going to eat go out into the woods for
the critters.

On 11/23/2015 1:35 PM, Tim wrote:
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Tim, do you have to cart your garbage to the dump in your car, like
Harry does?
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Nope, trash night it womorrow morning. Just need to have it to the curb by 5am. At the farm the trash (mostly cardboard and paper products) goes right into whe wood stove...

Metals go into the recycle barrel then to tune local scrap yard. No I don't need to haul anything like that.


How do you suppose Harry keeps the garbage from leaking all over his
rich Corinthian leather car seats?

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 10:42:33 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/23/15 9:30 AM, wrote:
On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 06:46:07 -0500, Keyser Söze
wrote:

On 11/22/15 11:56 PM, wrote:
My grand daughter is on her way to being a Libertarian

It snowed yesterday in Michigan and they had the perfect sled run all
tamped out. then the snow plow came along.
She came in and said "things were perfect and then the city ruined
it".



Well, of course. Libertarians only care about themselves.

It is better than only caring what others have to give you, usually at
the point of a government gun.


Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?

It was originally posted as a cute story but you quickly turned it
into another crusade

Way to go

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We just have paper and foil trash, and empty metal cans and bottles,
which I haul once a week a few miles to the local county trash out. It's
one of those non-libertarian services. Garbage goes down the disposal,
and edible leftovers we're not going to eat go out into the woods for
the critters.
.....

How wonderful of you.

On Mon, 23 Nov 2015 09:04:23 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

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Having the streets plowed by the local government so you can get to
work, the grocery store, to a doctor's appointment or to school, as
examples, is certainly government at the point of a gun. So, if you
lived up north, you'd be out there as a libertarian, insisting the local
government not plow the road in front of your house, eh? Would you have
your trusty sidearm on your hip?
-------
Nuts with the local government plowing streets. We do that a lot ourselves. That's why farmers around here have tractors with blades on them. Sometimes waiting on the township crew can be frustrating. Off and on I spent two days plowing here last year...

Harry seems to forget, it doesn't snow here but that did not stop him
from interjecting me into his rant.

.... and no FEMA has never done a thing to help us here after a half
dozen hurricanes. Two were serious. (Charley and Wilma)
The only help we got from local government was horticulture removal,
after I cut it up and piled it on the curb (once after Charley)
We pay for that as part of our solid waste removal assessment on our
taxes.