I am very active in my local Township politics protecting the rights of landowners, animal owners, gun owners, individual freedom. No law should ever be passed that cannot explicitly demonstrate how it makes someone more free without taking away the freedoms of another that are guaranteed by the Constitution . One person's rights end where another's begins, the Golden Rule.

This being said, I make guns, my kids are in the oil fields, my government doesn't care much for my family because of what we do. Many on this forum will not care much for me because of the things my family members and I do. I, however, will defend the rights of those here with property when your pond does not connect to a waterway and I have no caveats. I would even defend a pond owners personal freedoms if your pond does connect to a waterway leaving your land so long as you do nothing to infringe on the rights of your downstream neighbors. It's hard to find people who will as strongly defend my rights, specifically mentioned in the Bill of Rights, as ferociously as I will defend theirs.

Make no bones about it, we are having a cultural war in this country. Many forums don't allow talk of politics, they don't want to alienate those infringers who may frequent their sites. They don't allow it, until it is their Ox being gored. Well Pond Meisters, your Ox is roped up, tied to the altar, and ready to be sacrificed to the God of community good at the expense of personal liberty.


First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out�
Because I was not a Socialist.

Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out�
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out�
Because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me�and there was no one left to speak for me.

This is a great poem, I would argue that the infringers among us do a great job speaking out for the first two groups in the poem. Those who believe in personal liberty however, do an absolutely TERRIBLE job speaking out for freedom.

Rant for the day over.

I just got a new pond, I made it twice because I aint so bright.