City Arrests Music Teacher for Lawn Grass Being Too High

[Cinnaboo]

Ron Paul would allow this to be sorted out at the local level, by the people who set that standard.

Can someone point out a constitutional violation?

 

[yongrel]

guys, please digg this,

It's a great heartfelt call for liberty. Nothing makes a better argument for limited government than personal experience.

It has good production values, and a great message. Let's get this viral. Digg it.

http://digg.com/politics/City_Arrests_Music_Teacher_for_Lawn_Grass_Being_Too_High

 

[toddwj86]

Right to property is violated if you can not have grass at the length you want it on YOUR OWN property.

 

[yongrel]

bump

digg please

 

[Cinnaboo]

Right to property is violated if you can not have grass at the length you want it on YOUR OWN property.

That's bullshit.

Local government imposes standards on the appearance of privately owned buildings and land all the time. You can't just call it a rights violation when you disagree.

Ron Paul does not stand for federal oversight. Jesus Christ you people are dense.

 

[Akus]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhf5TNgqwp4

That's me, and that's my mother who got arrested.

http://www.testimoniesforpaul.com

Just updated the site!

toddwj86, I live in Irving and this is beyond messed up. You probably do not stack gold bricks in your home but I sure hope you get a good lawyer who can make who ever did this pay.

 

[torchbearer]

The closer we get to tyranny, the closer we get to revolution.

 

[torchbearer]

That's bullshit.

Local government imposes standards on the appearance of privately owned buildings and land all the time. You can't just call it a rights violation when it becomes irrational.

Ron Paul does not stand for federal oversight. Jesus Christ you people are dense.

Its called collectivism. A theory that states that if its worth doing, its worth forcing people to do it. That is the motto of governments like the USSR.

 

[toddwj86]

Wow.

Ad Hominem right off the bat.

Your property is your own, when the Government (at any level) tries to tell you that your grass must be a certain length, or you can't have a shed in your own backyard, then they are violating your rights and overstepping their authority.

Home Owner's Associations do this all the time, especially when they make membership mandatory, and charge membership fees. Its nothing more than extortion; you pay us to live here, or we'll write you a bunch of letters.

 

[toddwj86]

Thank you.

Very poignant, you should do a rant/testimony yourself.

 

[hellah10]

wtf!!! ... this is absurd, i cant believe they arrested your mother for this BS

thank you for making the video... im sending it to everybody in my address book... this message is going to spread

 

[jumpyg1258]

Need pics of the grass in question... J/K If this is true then its a shame.

 

[awigo50]

That's bullshit.

Local government imposes standards on the appearance of privately owned buildings and land all the time. You can't just call it a rights violation when you disagree.

Ron Paul does not stand for federal oversight. Jesus Christ you people are dense.

True, very true. The point isn't that ron paul will change the laws in this guy's town. What this is, is an example of invasive, ineffective government. All government; federal, state and local can be overly invasive, neglectful and ineffective. We do need to be active against every level of government. That has been said by supporters and Paul himself. The movement is bigger than the man. It's a movement to restore the proper role of government. The point is to restrain all governments.

Paul only talks about how he'd deal at a federal level. But, mind you, that's cause he's running for federal office.

 

[Cinnaboo]

Its called collectivism. A theory that states that if its worth doing, its worth forcing people to do it. That is the motto of governments like the USSR.

We're not arguing over right or wrong.

It's about federal policy, and whether Ron Paul's philosophies would do anything to stop this from happening. Unless a constitutional right is being violated, Ron Paul will always side with local government.

You're spreading a message about a problem, and you're doing it in the name of a candidate who would side against your cause.

 

[kutibah]

Guys, please digg this. It only has 12 diggs so far.

http://digg.com/politics/City_Arrests_Music_Teacher_for_Lawn_Grass_Being_Too_High


P.S. Post this link in the first post...

 

[toddwj86]

What you are saying is that because a Government has passed a law at the local level it is always constitutional.

This is not. This is ridiculous and invasive.

 

[AggieforPaul]

Good video. That's disgusting.

 

[awigo50]

We're not arguing over right or wrong.

It's about federal policy, and whether Ron Paul's philosophies would do anything to stop this from happening. Unless a constitutional right is being violated, Ron Paul will always side with local government.

You're spreading a message about a problem, and you're doing it in the name of a candidate who would side against your cause.

Paul would (I think) agree that the federal government should not be active in this. But he would still find it an example of government inefficiency and ridiculous invasiveness.

 

[Cinnaboo]

What you are saying is that because a Government has passed a law at the local level it is always constitutional.

This is not. This is ridiculous and invasive.

Burden of proof is on you.

The great thing about the Constitution is that people can't bend it to their purposes. It's an actual document, which should be cited to support any assertions.

 

[Cinnaboo]

Paul would (I think) agree that the federal government should not be active in this. But he would still find it an example of government inefficiency and ridiculous invasiveness.

An example that he would leave alone. Which is why this is a negative issue to raise about his platform.