Scott Weiser wrote:
: 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.

You inherited the property...

: 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.

I don't need to... I still believe in the following statement...
http://groups.google.com/group/rec.b...b520813d0b5cca

No state can enact a law that limits the Federal Governments ability to create
treaties with foreign nations... I think it's just a matter of time before
someone goes to court with a good lawyer and lots of research behind them...

--
John Nelson
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