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Rebekah Sutherland has dispatched The Times Examiner and others “three things to ponder,” They are cows, The Constitution and The Ten Commandments. I shall add a fourth: Control.
“Is it just me, or does anyone else find it amazing that during the mad cow epidemic our government could track a single cow, born in Canada almost three years ago, right to the stall where she slept in the state of Washington? And, they tracked her calves to their stalls. But they are unable to locate 11 million illegal aliens wandering around our country. Maybe we should give each of them a cow.
“They keep talking about drafting a Constitution for Iraq. Why don’t we just give them ours? It was written by a lot of really smart guys; it has worked for over 200 years …. And we’re not using it anymore.
“The real reason that we can’t have the Ten Commandments posted in a courthouse is this: You cannot post ‘Thou Shalt Not Steal,’ ‘Thou Shalt Not Commit Adultery’, and ‘Thou Shall Not Lie’ in a building full of lawyers, judges and politicians… It creates a hostile work environment.”
An old mountain saying goes like this: “Don’t interfere with something that ain’t bothering you none.”
We need to ponder why members of special interest groups and those they influence have become tree fanatics and advocate laws that are not needed, to protect trees belonging to others, located on property purchased, paid for and protected by others?
Beyond hunger and thirst, one of the most powerful forces motivating unrestrained humanity is “greed.” Since days of old, men have sought to have dominion over their neighbors. The American republic was formed to gain freedom from the abuses of the greedy English Crown. Greed in the new republic resulted in driving American Indians from their land into reservations, where they could be controlled.
Greed and a desire to control others lead to the slave trade worldwide. Tyrants by the scores have set out to rule the world one tribe or nation at a time. Ultimately they failed, but they left untold destruction in their path.
In earlier times, individuals were exploited by slave owners, factory owners, labor bosses and crime syndicates. In recent years, elite, sophisticated individuals and organizations have discovered the ease with which they can use government agencies for exploitation of their neighbors in a way that is profitable and relatively safe.
Government agencies may engage in the exploitation of vulnerable individuals or groups on behalf of other individuals or groups with limited liability or risk of penalty. It is an ancient socialist technique commonly known as “redistribution of wealth,” that has become popular in “liberal” or “secular progressive” circles in the United States of America.
The United States is unique in that American citizens have almost always been able to purchase and own land. Land ownership translates into political power and potential wealth. When government supports the proposition that a family home is respected as the family castle, property ownership also provides a degree of added security.
Restrictions on the use of privately owned real property reduces its utility for the owner as well as its monetary value. Such is the potential impact of a proposed tree ordinance administered by Greenville County Government.
While emotional appeals of “save the trees” stir the emotions of those who have been influenced by environmentalist propaganda, the real motivation is more sinister. It is “control.” The tree ordinance is necessary for the greedy to “control growth” and allow growth to take place only where the power brokers behind the tree ordinance will benefit financially and politically.
Theft is a criminal act, even in the form of eminent domain abuse for profit. Support of only seven members of Greenville County Council would make it legal. Enough said!
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