It is worth noting that almost every instance of an ordinary citizen going crazy and killing government agents has come as a direct assault on his property rights. In some cases it’s been linked to eminent domain seizures — e.g. that farmer in Missouri who gunned down two local government surveyors (and then shot himself immediately after) over a “right of way” infringement on his land. (I can’t find a link to the incident, but it happened at least ten years ago and I still remember the salient details.) Here’s a more recent situation of Gummint getting too big for its britches (although as yet, there’s been no gunplay because Amish).
Anyway, all that’s unimportant to this post, because enter Fuckface Kerry:
John Kerry claimed that US farm confiscations are not off the table, as he stated that small farms contribute significant greenhouse gasses.
And no doubt he got his loony idea here:
Recently, the governing body of the European Union officially endorsed measures to compel farmers to vacate their lands as part of the EU’s Natura 2000 scheme, which categorizes farms as significant emitters of nitrogen. Under the plan, farmers would be offered 120 percent of their farm’s value through a “buyout” program. However, those who decline this offer would face the risk of being forcibly removed from their land without any financial compensation.
Farmers in Holland are undergoing the most radical regulations that are causing the culling of herds and destroying crops.
Because the Dutch farmers are unarmed, of course they have to resort to peaceful protests by blocking highways with their tractors.
Our American farmers (and their many supporters) are not similarly disadvantaged, and I think that anything that Fuckface starts is going to make the Cliven Bundy episode look like a Sunday church picnic.
Pass the popcorn, Simon.
