Oregon says the state owns water. What next air?

[smcgee10]

An Oregon man was sentenced to 30 days for collecting rainwater. What next? Is the state going to say we have to have a permit to breathe?

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property

 

[Hobbes]

"According to Oregon water laws, all water is publicly owned."

Creeping socialism sounds like.

What's next? The .gov will tell us we need a license from the government to operate a broadcast transmitter because "The airwaves belong to the people"?

 

[Big House]

I think the retaining ponds were fine. It's when he decided to dam up and divert the river that supplies the town with water is the issue.

 

[Simon]

"According to Oregon water laws, all water is publicly owned."

Creeping socialism sounds like.

What's next? The .gov will tell us we need a license from the government to operate a broadcast transmitter because "The airwaves belong to the people"?

Oklahoma water laws are not quite that bad, but close. Check with the Oklahoma water board.

Broadcast transmitters are closely controlled and regulated by the FCC now. Only low powered transmitters are not licensed. Even electrical appliances that might emit radio waves are regulated. As an example, if you do anything on your property that interferes with any ones television
signal you are subject to federal regulations.

 

[ByrdC130]

Water rights have been feuded over for a loooooong time and still are.

 

[LightningCrash]

An Oregon man was sentenced to 30 days for collecting rainwater. What next? Is the state going to say we have to have a permit to breathe?

http://cnsnews.com/news/article/oregon-man-sentenced-30-days-jail-collecting-rainwater-his-property

He wasn't collecting rainwater, in the sense that the phrase is normally used. He was collecting runoff.

 

[Hobbes]

He wasn't collecting rainwater, in the sense that the phrase is normally used. He was collecting runoff.

Well, that's not what Matt Drudge plastered on his website. It clearly says:

Man Sentenced to 30 Days in Jail -- for Collecting RAINWATER on HIS Property!

Sheeple, follow your shepard.

 

[ignerntbend]

Well, that's not what Matt Drudge plastered on his website. It clearly says:



Sheeple, follow your shepard.

I don't know if you blame Drudge or CNSNews for a very dishonest headline. Drudge is spreading so much manure that he can't be expected to read past the third paragraph. He's doing the Lord's work. Give him a break.

 

[ignerntbend]

BTW, air won't be next. Nixon took air away from us in 1970.
Some people say not to worry bout the air. Some people never had experience with air.www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9kqoD1t4lw

 

[Popjim]

Whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends (life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness) it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new government...
by Thomas Jefferson