USDA Seizes Woman’s Lemon Tree

“I just hope the USDA is correct in that these (replacement trees) are now compliant, and I don’t have them show up again in three years,” Donovan said. “I’ll be on a citrus watch list.”
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There's that fucking word again.

"Lemon tree? No, that tree died the first year I planted it, froze in the winter. Good bye".
 
This kind of thing is why I have so little hope that most people will try to throw off the shackles of tyrannical government anytime soon. Blindly obeying orders is now more virtuous than questioning illegitimate authority. :(
 
heavenlyboy34 said:
This kind of thing is why I have so little hope that most people will try to throw off the shackles of tyrannical government anytime soon. Blindly obeying orders is now more virtuous than questioning illegitimate authority. :(
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I share your lack of hope.

I swear, if government told everybody that they would be going house to house to kill every young boy, like King Herod of old, most would passively comply, turning their own offspring over to the state for murder.

"It's the law, what are you going to do?"
 
For ze greta gooood!

anti federalist said:
i share your lack of hope.

I swear, if government told everybody that they would be going house to house to kill every young boy, like king herod of old, most would passively comply, turning their own offspring over to the state for murder.

"it's the law, what are you going to do?"
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Bridget Donovan bought the tree online for $70 nearly three years ago and planted it in the yard of her Waukesha home, where she and her niece nurtured it, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reported.

It grew and yielded lemons and seemed to be healthy.

Then she got a letter from the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

“Unfortunately, Meyer Lemon Tree (the seller) shipped your tree in violation of multiple quarantine laws enacted to prevent the spread of harmful plant diseases and pests,” the letter stated.
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Seems like a three year quarantine would have been excessive. Was the tree tested to see if it had passed the three year quarantine it was subjected to in Ms. Donovan's yard? If not, then it would seem it was illegally seized.
 
heavenlyboy34 said:
This kind of thing is why I have so little hope that most people will try to throw off the shackles of tyrannical government anytime soon. Blindly obeying orders is now more virtuous than questioning illegitimate authority. :(
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Some people have no idea they can refuse to comply and take it to court.

When I was in highschool, I was charged with a hit and run that I didn't commit. After the cops filled out the report, I believe my options were to either sign the paper saying I did it or to go down to the station with them. I didn't know better at the time, and unfortunately signed (willingly) that fucking piece of paper. I eventually got it cleared, but I wish I would have handled that situation differently.
 
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Anti Federalist said:
There's that fucking word again.

"Lemon tree? No, that tree died the first year I planted it, froze in the winter. Good bye".
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Seriously.

And she received the notice via letter, she had time to think about it and still complied.

ETA: Glad to note that the author of the article pointed out that every non-cash purchase you make is tracked. That also bothered me.
 
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First they came for your lemonade stands, then they came for your lemon trees. When they come for you, who will be left to speak out?

I'll be Facebooking one of the "more reputable" sources pcosmar listed. I love indy media, but I have to do the politics thing...
 
Golding said:
LOL.
I'm curious what's a "reputable news site".
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One that you can share with the average voter without geting dismissed out of hand without even a cursory glance. It's not at all about the quality of what they report, it's all about popular perception and reaching out to educate the people ignorant of what our country is becoming / has become.
 
pcosmar said:
That was my thought.

Though a BAD reputation is still a reputation.
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Like I said, it has literally nothing to do with the sources quality, but rather the source's popular perception. It does little good to generate hours of labor sharing a story if 95% of the people who encounter it just dismiss it without even bothering to look at it.

The sword is even double-edged when it comes to people like me sharing such articles. Even if it's 100% true, a popular perception that I truck with "fringe" news can hurt me in 2012. It's like how National Enquirer broke the John Edwards thing in 2008, people do know that true stores can break there, but try posting a National Enquirer story as straight news and see how far that gets.

Not saying that "truthistreason" is equivalent to National Enquirer at all, people like Napoleon and I are more focused on turning sleeping sheeple onto the red pill. If your target market is mostly the awakened, then by all means go for the OP link.
 
Why is that it's always lemons or lemonade stands being siezed ? Does big brother have a fascination with all things lemons.

It would be nice for a change if someone's apple cart or orange juice bar were siezed by big brother. Sorry couldn't help it :)
 
GunnyFreedom said:
One that you can share with the average voter without geting dismissed out of hand without even a cursory glance. It's not at all about the quality of what they report, it's all about popular perception and reaching out to educate the people ignorant of what our country is becoming / has become.
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:thumbs:

This was going to be my question as well. I'd like to post it on facebook, but I'd like for people to actually read it, rather than receive "LOL truthistreason!?!?11!>" comments in return.

Nothing against truthistreason... it's just that people tend to be knuckleheads until they're aware of what's going on...
 
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