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Old 01-11-2013, 01:01 PM
 
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Can you imagine the harm to the economic system and damage to the government and their bankster cronies if everyone decided to go off the grid?
If they promise to stay off the Internet, I'll chip in a fiver.
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Sinking in the Great Salt Lake
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WINNER!!!! WINNER!!! Most racist post of the week!!! Whoohooo!! Tell her what she's won, Bob!!!
Here's what we've got Guy!

A all expense paid trip to the famous Gulag resort in Siberia!



The best thing about this vacation is that it's permanent!! (pending White House legistlation)
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:09 PM
 
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Here's what we've got Guy!

A all expense paid trip to the famous Gulag resort in Siberia!



The best thing about this vacation is that it's permanent!! (pending White House legistlation)
Gulag, you say?! Sounds like a hoot! You think they have an all-inclusive option?
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:18 PM
 
Location: North Texas
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They've had these kinds of developments for years; I remember 15 years ago or so a BBC reporter spent some time in one in Idaho.
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:21 PM
 
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Ah, missed that. So if you p.ss of somebody who has influence with "The Panel", you're out on your ear, and you can't cash out any equity in your home. I guess that's Liberty - or, as some would call it, the HOA from Hell.

Damn, but the lawsuits will be hilarious - if this ever gets off the ground, which I doubt.
Exactly.

Everyone who wants to yell "From my cold, dead hands!" moves there, sinks all of their money into it, then finds out that someone else IS the boss of him. lol. Uproarious.

Imagine. All the suckers signing a "Patriot Agreement" that gives ALL the power to settle "disputes" to an arbitration panel which has the right to eject the homeowner from the community.

Someone is brilliant. Appeal to all the Freedomnistas, take their money, lock them into your agreement, then make yourself the boss and take away freedoms from anyone you don't like. Warren Jeffs would be proud.
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:30 PM
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Exactly.

Everyone who wants to yell "From my cold, dead hands!" moves there, sinks all of their money into it, then finds out that someone else IS the boss of him. lol. Uproarious.

Imagine. All the suckers signing a "Patriot Agreement" that gives ALL the power to settle "disputes" to an arbitration panel which has the right to eject the homeowner from the community.

Someone is brilliant. Appeal to all the Freedomnistas, take their money, lock them into your agreement, then make yourself the boss and take away freedoms from anyone you don't like. Warren Jeffs would be proud.
LOL, convince everyone that the best way to escape the tyranny of a democratically elected government is to submit to the rule of a fascist militia instead. It is scary to think about the large number of idiot Americans that actually believe this crap.
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:32 PM
 
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It's a good idea. It keeps a whole bunch of wacko idiots in one place where they can be watched.
It would make a great reality show.

Episode 1: Jim Bob and June move to the compound only to find Bobby Ray is watching them from the guard tower.

Episode 2: June discovers no one remembered to install septic tanks.

Episode 3: A record 36" of snow hits, the perimeter gates are blocked and the community runs out of Spaghetti O's.

Episode 4: Cannibalism begins! (Parental guidance suggested.)
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:32 PM
 
Location: Sonoran Desert
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Great idea.

The community where I have my farm is completely armed and flies the Gadson Flag. I think I am already there, so there would be no reason to move. That area is far from being "neo-nazi" and is just a bunch of farmers who are "live and let live" type people. I have never heard "fascist" or racist rhetoric among those folks.

I am always a little suspicous of organizations trying to get a group of people "of like mind" together with a certain set of rules. It sounds a little too much like a Jim Jones situation. How about just let others choose to live how they prefer and have minimal interference from the government? In that case, there is no need for "redoubts".

I wonder, however............. why is there not similar concern over communes and two of the Muslim "camps" that have sprung up in America?
The Gadson Flag? What the f*** is that? It's called the Gadsden Flag.
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Old 01-11-2013, 01:38 PM
 
Location: Beautiful Niagara Falls ON.
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so much hate and lunacy from the left on this thread.
Well, I'll tell you something. WE don't feel it's necessary to band together in an exclusive wingnut community way out in the back of beyond. These cultlike groups are ALWAYS bad news.
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Old 01-11-2013, 02:00 PM
 
Location: Barrington
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I found the life-long lease (paid off in only 30 years!) interesting. Does that mean you will not own the land you stand on? The house must be made of concrete, but you are free to choose the interior you want, at your expense? Yet, you can be tossed out if the panel decides you violated the Code?

Note that they do not claim to be a 'non-profit' organization, but 'not profit driven'.

Anyway, if you live in such a planned community, why would everyone need weapons? Are you going to be afraid of your neighbors?
I picked up on the same things.

Then there's the pesky issue of discretionary stuff like:

Water?
Electric?
Sewage?
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