Detroit threatens to seize billionaire's goats

[otherone]

From another thread: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showth...-Duggan-and-tell-him-to-leave-the-goats-alone

ohmergawd I have such a man-crush on that old dude.

 

[kcchiefs6465]

Check your goat privelege.

Just imagine the jobs creation should these invading cheap laborers be expelled.

How can someone possibly compete with something that works for free?

 

[Mani]

I like this comment from the article:

"In Detroit residents calling 911 are informed that it may take as much as 45 minutes for the police to respond. Need an ambulance? Consider driving yourself to the hospital because it may take a long time for an ambulance to get to you. Have a few goats that need feeding? Animal control shows up when you do and tells you that's a no-no.
Priorities Detroit. Priorities."




HA-HA. The irony. The city is crumbling, there are no city services....Not for emergencies, not for trash, not for anything...But bring a few goats in town to clean up the grass and the goberment is on that case within a blink of an eye. Oh Hell no! You did not just bring goats here. Get those fucking goats outta here! We need to protect the goats and protect the city, and protect the children! GET THOSE GOATS outta here NOW!!


HA-HA So funny yet so sad because it's true. If this was a comedy movie people would be saying, "That's too outrageous, what a fake story. TOO crazy."

 

[Origanalist]

 

[CPUd]

They need Ron Paul in Goat Simulator 2:

 

[DamianTV]

Just imagine the jobs creation should these invading cheap laborers be expelled.

How can someone possibly compete with something that works for free?

Discriminating against Goats now are we?

 

[Occam's Banana]

Ron Paul talks about Spitznagel's goats & Detroit in general.

Video at link: http://www.ronpaulchannel.com/video...rban-farming-project-struggling-neighborhood/

June 9, 2014
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan Halts Urban Farming Project in Struggling Neighborhood

Local government has halted an urban farming project aimed to reduce blight in a struggling Detroit neighborhood. Help this project by contacting Mayor Mike Duggan at 313/224-3400, Facebook.com/MayorMikeDuggan and @MayorMikeDuggan. #VoteForTheGoats

Episode Duration: 07:37

 

[bunklocoempire]

Goat labor is sketchy, and government has clearly laid out it's argument against goat labor.

But the goat milk and all good things that come from it, now that surely wouldn't be a problem for government would it?

Bump because I love the crystal clear message it sends about government priorities.

Feta, mmmmm!

 

[Occam's Banana]

h/t Lew Rockwell: http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/more-goats-fewer-politicians/

More Goats, Fewer Politicians
Ron Paul on why Detroit should have a free-market urban agricultural policy. Or, better yet, no policy at all. Just ag anarchy.

Ron Paul weighs in on Detroit's no-goat policy
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/06/ron_paul_weighs_in_on_detroits.html
Khalil AlHajal (10 June 2014)

DETROIT, MI -- Former presidential candidate and libertarian stalwart Ron Paul has spoken up in favor of using goats to clean up overgrown properties in Detroit.

[...]

Paul, calling Spitznagel a friend in a video posted on the conservative former congressman's blog, expressed support for the cost-free way to clean up vacant lots in the city.

[...]

Paul said he lived in Detroit for two years in the 1960s while training at Henry Ford Hospital after medical school.

[...]

Detroit City Council last year passed an urban agriculture ordinance last year, sanctioning many gardening projects throughout the city, but leaving out livestock.

Some urban farming advocates planned to make a push this year to extend the ordinance and allow some farm animals in the city.

City Council briefly discussed the use of goats to address overgrowth last year.

There have been some urban farming operations in the city that have managed to keep goats, chickens and ducks in small numbers while staying under the radar.

But keeping livestock in Detroit remains illegal.

“You cannot pick and choose which law to enforce,” the city's top lawyer Melvin “Butch” Hollowell told the Detroit News after the removal of Spitznagel's goats.

 

[Mani]

h/t Lew Rockwell: http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/more-goats-fewer-politicians/


Ron Paul weighs in on Detroit's no-goat policy
http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/06/ron_paul_weighs_in_on_detroits.html
Khalil AlHajal (10 June 2014)

DETROIT, MI -- Former presidential candidate and libertarian stalwart Ron Paul has spoken up in favor of using goats to clean up overgrown properties in Detroit.

[...]

Paul, calling Spitznagel a friend in a video posted on the conservative former congressman's blog, expressed support for the cost-free way to clean up vacant lots in the city.

[...]

Paul said he lived in Detroit for two years in the 1960s while training at Henry Ford Hospital after medical school.

[...]

Detroit City Council last year passed an urban agriculture ordinance last year, sanctioning many gardening projects throughout the city, but leaving out livestock.

Some urban farming advocates planned to make a push this year to extend the ordinance and allow some farm animals in the city.

City Council briefly discussed the use of goats to address overgrowth last year.

There have been some urban farming operations in the city that have managed to keep goats, chickens and ducks in small numbers while staying under the radar.

But keeping livestock in Detroit remains illegal.

“You cannot pick and choose which law to enforce,” the city's top lawyer Melvin “Butch” Hollowell told the Detroit News after the removal of Spitznagel's goats.

Best statement in the entire article. My favorite of the day actually. They pick and choose laws to enforce CONSTANTLY. Amazing just amazing.

 

[Spikender]

When most of your laws are shit anyway, the most you can is pray that they pick and choose which laws to enforce.