Property Rights

Guest Post: Ken Eyring – Will Senate Bill 11 Confiscate Control of ALL NH Waters?

May 15, 2013

On May 22nd, the NH House of Representatives will vote on Senate Bill 11.  It was written to enable Exeter and Stratham to jointly form a water/sewer district — but that capability already exists in State RSA Chapters 53-A, 33-B, 38, and 36.  These RSAs enabled the creation of the Merrimack Valley Regional Water District [ Read more ]

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14th amendment Doesn’t Give Right to a Three-Way?

March 1, 2013

CATO has submitted an amicus brief to the Supreme Court in which it makes the case that the 14th amendment prohibits states from denying anyone from the right to marry, regardless of gender. It is a compelling argument.  There are ample references to legal opinions, plenty of implications of the spirit of equality under the law, but [ Read more ]

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Henniker ZBA says Screw RSA 21:34a

February 8, 2013

The Henniker ZBA has decided that state law does not apply to that particular bit of Henniker known as Forster’s Christmas Tree Farm. From Steve Forster: … We lost our argument on RSA 21:34a and Agritourism last night.. We plan to appeal and more than likely, on to a higher court.. The town still does [ Read more ]

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Stand With Stephen Forster & Forster’s Christmas Tree Farm (Again!) [Updated][Bumped]

February 7, 2013

(Originally posted yesterday morning 2-6-2013- but it’s important, and the meeting is tonight.) The next Henniker zoning board meeting (Noooo-body expects the Spanish Inquisition) is this Thursday (tonight) at 7pm, and Steve Forster will once more be brought before the local arsitocray on the matter of the proper use of his property. Forster’s Christams Tree [ Read more ]

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Vicious Dogs

December 28, 2012

“Truth is a good dog; but always beware of barking too close to the heels of an error, lest you get your brains kicked out.”  —Francis Bacon   In New Hampshire if you are even slightly “nipped” by a dog, you can make a pile of cash! We are not talking about a Pit Bull Terrier [ Read more ]

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Stand With Stephen Forster & Forster’s Christmas Tree Farm

November 12, 2012

The Town of Henniker has cited Stephen Forster (Forster’s Christmas Tree Farm) with illegal use of his property. But State law provides that Mr. Forster may use his property for Agri-tourism,  also known as “agriculture,” a legitimate use of the land. Henniker has apparently acknowledged this but will not rescind its citation unless they are [ Read more ]

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Notable Quote: Max Eastman (Socialism Doesn’t Jibe with Human Nature)

October 15, 2012

“It seems obvious to me now–though I have been slow, I must say, in coming to the conclusion–that the institution of private property is one of the main things that have given man that limited amount of free-and-equalness that Marx hoped to render infinite by abolishing this institution.  Strangely enough, Marx was the first to [ Read more ]

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There Are No Republicans For Obama

August 29, 2012

Back in 2008, and I may have shared this story before, I was discussing with a longtime friend my conclusion that then candidate John McCain was not really a ‘Republican.’  He could not understand why so I asked my baptist minister friend…”there are a lot of ‘interpretations’ of Christianity, and for the most part each [ Read more ]

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A Jail Sentence For Drinking Water

August 10, 2012

“All oppression creates a state of war.”  —Simone de Beauvoir On Wednesday, July 25 Skip featured a Guest Post from Ken Eyring. The central thesis of Mr. Eyring’s post was that the NH Water Sustainability Commission gave a low-profile public notice seeking input from the public regarding management of  Granite State water resources over the next 25 [ Read more ]

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Water Sustainability Commission (a subset of the Granite State Future Plan, aka Sustainable Communities Initiative) – their own words. First Rep. Spang in her own words

July 31, 2012

UPDATE before publishing:  Apparently, Judith has responded to Ken and invoking both International Law and the World Court?  That’s only by email, but THIS I have to see! ********************* Our mission here at the ‘Grok is to promote and to protect Individual Freedom, Liberty, and Rights.  Period.  Sure, we do other things as well, but [ Read more ]

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Are we all about to start losing our private property rights? A parting gift from Gov. Lynch? Guest Post by Ken Eyring

July 25, 2012

Did you know that there is an executive commission that was set by Gov. Lynch to talk about water?  No big deal you say – yes it is.  Many homes in NH, if not most, depend on the water on their land for wells – or to be more technically correct, under your land.  Common [ Read more ]

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Idiots And Cowards Who Complain About Gun Ranges

July 24, 2012

“Once you’re able to look like an idiot and be OK with it, it opens up your potential.” —Nicole Sullivan Irascible Cowards are idiots willing to  spew their opinion as if it means something, is always a great source of amusement to me. And sometimes they do so anonymously. Such is the case with this [ Read more ]

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UN Calls For Tax on Wealthy to Help Poor – Still Wont Work

July 6, 2012

The UN want’s more money.  They are after the global wealth tax again, a tax favored by Obama, and the social/environmental justice movements who benefit from it.  But we know that the money will never actually get to the poor, not enough of it.  Nor will it alleviate anything but the misery of some NGO [ Read more ]

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The Law Can Never Be Philanthropic

June 26, 2012

The law (justice) can never be philanthropic.  It cannot guarantee property of any kind to anyone because the law has no property to give.  The law does not create property.  The Law does not summon property out of thin air-where none previously existed.  The Law can only take from someone else what is theirs. It [ Read more ]

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‘Properties’ of Marriage

May 18, 2012

Marriage is always a great topic to visit in New Hampshire.  It irritates so many people on so many sides.  But if we ever put it to a vote of the people, New Hampshire would join the ranks of every other state to define “marriage” as a union between one man and one woman.  Which [ Read more ]

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House Bill 1339: Union Leader Editorial Doesn’t Get It

February 23, 2012

“As a man is said to have a right to his property, he may be equally said to have a property in his rights.” —James Madison On Tuesday a Union Leader editorial called House Bill 1339, “preposterous”.  In the UL Editorial entitled, “Contract Hunting,”  The UL aptly describes why the bill is problematic. HB 1339, [ Read more ]

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Inebriated William Jasmin Who Fell Out Of A Tree Stand Drops His Lawsuit

November 21, 2011

“A lawsuit is a fruit tree planted in a lawyer’s garden.” —Italian Proverb William Jasmin of Manchester, the drunk, non-licensed hunter who sued a landowner following his own demise in falling from a tree stand, has dropped his lawsuit. Jasmin suffered partial paralysis when the tree stand he attempted to enter failed, causing him to [ Read more ]

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ONE Vote NH Censoring Facebook Comments?

October 11, 2011

Recent remarks were posted on the ONE Campaign New Hampshire Facebook page asking if their group was the same one that promoted global redistribution of wealth. A follow-up comment indicated that this was correct. Both were promptly “vanished.” Deleted from the page. Kind of the way political opponents are ‘vanished’ in many of the countries struck by the kind of poverty ONE campaign claims to be fighting against.

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Lynch angry that lawyers got what he couldn’t….pulls hissy fit

September 11, 2011

Gov. Lynch is still peeved that he couldn’t get his sticky fingers on $110 million the Joint Underwritering Association ("JUA") that he decided was his from sheer dint that he couldn’t balance his budget.  Now that the Judiciary has smacked his knuckles with their ruling, as the actual owners of the fund decided to, you [ Read more ]

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How About We Name It After Justice Souter?

September 6, 2011

Justice David Souter secured his place in history when he voted to allow New London Connecticut to take private property and give to a private entity. This fundamental abuse of property rights, as offensive as it was, could only be compounded when the seized property was never even developed. People were forcibly removed from their homes, kicked off their land, and for what? How about The Justice David Souter Memorial….Dump.

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Evil Landlords Who Pick On Tenants

July 27, 2011

“I like to think of my behavior in the sixties as a ‘learning experience.’ Then again, I like to think of anything stupid I’ve done as a ‘learning experience.’ It makes me feel less stupid.“ -P.J. O’Rourke I was at a housing office today dropping off some “required paperwork.” As I sat waiting to review [ Read more ]

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William Jasmin The Beer Hunter

July 23, 2011

“He uses statistics like a drunk uses lamp-posts, more for support than illumination…” ~Romano Prodi  “(Attorney B.J. Branch) acknowledged that Jasmin had been drinking on the day of the accident but said he had only consumed one 16-ounce Pabst Blue Ribbon beer and was at or below the legal limit for intoxication. He added that [ Read more ]

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William Jasmin: A Man Without A Hunting License

July 21, 2011

In my previous entry about a “Hunter” who was seriously injured when a tree stand that he climbed into collapsed, causing him to fall, there was a presumption that the “Hunter” was lawfully engaged in the activity of hunting upon the land of Charles Corliss. That is not the case. WILLIAM JASMIN HAD NO LICENSE TO HUNT.

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Think John Lynch Cares about Granite State Sportsmen? Think again…

July 14, 2011

“Mr. Janet Reno? I think Mr. Janet Reno… I think he’s one of the best hunting dogs in the world.” ~Ted Nugent Governor Lynch could not give one hoot about those who hunt, fish or trap. Oh yes! He was there…in the flesh on June 17, 2011 at the New Hampshire Moose Lottery sucking up [ Read more ]

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How Much Is Enough? (And Other Problems With Left Wing Policy)

June 27, 2011

Taxation is a legalized theft with no limit; Ask Mark Fernald, the current titular class-warfare mouthpiece of the left in New Hampshire, how much property he needs the state to confiscate to end the class warfare he wages? What are the terms of peace Mark, or are they terms of surrender? Every month you go on and on with your class warfare but tell us, how long and how much? At what point is government large enough to solve all the problems you imagine it must confront?

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