A similar case involved a guy collecting rainwater. Not just rain coming off his roof or whatever: he had dug channels and diverted runoff water, which affected his neighbors.
The EPA has been known to be heavy-handed, no doubt. But there are limits to what property owners are allowed to do. Scott's example is a valid one: hog farmers have been known to use just that technique. c.
I for one welcome my neighbor's hog effluvia, sir!
Add a little "water" and you've got a great slip-and-slide for the whole family!
I don't really have an opinion on this because it's a problem for some people and a needed regulation in other cases. But as usual, you're refusing to see the gray.
I couldn't outlast the first 30 seconds of the video but the point is that water in a ditch comes from somewhere, and typically goes somewhere too. If they've diverted a stream into a ditch so that its travel across their property is more manageable, it's still a stream. Lazy, et al, have more working knowledge of how that all works, but there are a lot of reasons to be uncomfortable with someone, say, diverting various effluvia from their farm operation into that dry ditch for 9 months out of the year, then letting the spring runoff take it away.
A similar case involved a guy collecting rainwater. Not just rain coming off his roof or whatever: he had dug channels and diverted runoff water, which affected his neighbors.
The EPA has been known to be heavy-handed, no doubt. But there are limits to what property owners are allowed to do. Scott's example is a valid one: hog farmers have been known to use just that technique. c.
I haven't followed this matter and I haven't watched the video, but if this is on anyone's radar as a significant Trump achievement, it points more towards Trump's incompetence than anything else. This is Jimmy-Carter-micro-managing stuff.
Its about how that dry ditch is defined as a national waterway and subject to EPA / government regulations that limit activities on adjacent land because those activities may harm that ditch. Its a direct violation of personal property rights among many other things. Its one of the best examples of EPA over reach and over regulation.
I don't really have an opinion on this because it's a problem for some people and a needed regulation in other cases. But as usual, you're refusing to see the gray.
I couldn't outlast the first 30 seconds of the video but the point is that water in a ditch comes from somewhere, and typically goes somewhere too. If they've diverted a stream into a ditch so that its travel across their property is more manageable, it's still a stream. Lazy, et al, have more working knowledge of how that all works, but there are a lot of reasons to be uncomfortable with someone, say, diverting various effluvia from their farm operation into that dry ditch for 9 months out of the year, then letting the spring runoff take it away.
Its about how that dry ditch is defined as a national waterway and subject to EPA / government regulations that limit activities on adjacent land because those activities may harm that ditch. Its a direct violation of personal property rights among many other things. Its one of the best examples of EPA over reach and over regulation.
I haven't followed this matter and I haven't watched the video, but if this is on anyone's radar as a significant Trump achievement, it points more towards Trump's incompetence than anything else. This is Jimmy-Carter-micro-managing stuff.
Well that's one of the funniest but painful to listen to video's I've ever watched. Nothing like a well-reasoned argument, eh? I can't even tell what they are pissed off about - there's no water in our ditch so we don't want water regulated???
Its about how that dry ditch is defined as a national waterway and subject to EPA / government regulations that limit activities on adjacent land because those activities may harm that ditch. Its a direct violation of personal property rights among many other things. Its one of the best examples of EPA over reach and over regulation.
Here's a big accomplishment. One of the little big things.
He did get the Rule ditched.
A big win for farmers and private property owners in general.
You probably are for it though and consider it a reprehensible action on Trump's part. .
Well that's one of the funniest but painful to listen to video's I've ever watched. Nothing like a well-reasoned argument, eh? I can't even tell what they are pissed off about - there's no water in our ditch so we don't want water regulated???
Really? Ditch regulations? He came through on ditch regulations? That's your example of a big accomplishment? Just how deep did you dig to go find that one?
If I were you, I wouldn't open up the can of stink that Trump and Scott Pruitt have turned the EPA into. But hey, who cares what kind of world we will leave to future generations let's roll back environmental regulations and ignore global warming. China made it up anyway. We'll all be dead and buried well before any of this sh*t hits the fan... right? F*ck it, I'm on board with ya. I've never been a big fan of animals and trees anyway. Clean air? Overrated.
Really? Ditch regulations? He came through on ditch regulations? That's your example of a big accomplishment? Just how deep did you dig to go find that one?
If I were you, I wouldn't open up the can of stink that Trump and Scott Pruitt have turned the EPA into. But hey, who cares what kind of world we will leave to future generations let's roll back environmental regulations and ignore global warming. China made it up anyway. We'll all be dead and buried well before any of this sh*t hits the fan... right? F*ck it, I'm on board with ya.
Here's a big accomplishment. One of the little big things.
He did get the Rule ditched.
A big win for farmers and private property owners in general.
You probably are for it though and consider it a reprehensible action on Trump's part. .
Really? Ditch regulations? He came through on ditch regulations? That's your example of a big accomplishment? Just how deep did you dig to go find that one?
If I were you, I wouldn't open up the can of stink that Trump and Scott Pruitt have turned the EPA into. But hey, who cares what kind of world we will leave to future generations let's roll back environmental regulations and ignore global warming. China made it up anyway. We'll all be dead and buried well before any of this sh*t hits the fan... right? F*ck it, I'm on board with ya. I've never been a big fan of animals and trees anyway. Clean air? Overrated.
Developing a strategy would involve conferring with his advisors, pouring over intelligence briefs, becoming as intimately knowledgeable as can be about past and recent history with the person and country you are going to negotiate with. A negotiating strategy would imply practicing responses to issues that may come up as well as finding ways to bring up certain difficult issues within a negotiation and knowing when to do so. A negotiation involves establishing a path to an agreed upon ideal outcome or a compromise outcome. A negotiation is a chess game that (to be successful) you need to practice in advance to anticipate the moves of your counterpart so that you are well-prepared for the actual event.
Does any of this sound like it plays to Trump’s strengths? He doesn't consistently read security briefs and considers preparation unnecessary. He says he "knows everything" and considers himself as his own best advisor and rolls with his gut instincts in every situation. Trump has yet to display the intelligence and preparation that would be necessary to tackle any significant negotiation.
Tell me... just how happy would you be if you hired a lawyer to represent you and he told you he didn't need to consult with any experts and his plan was to just wing-it before the trial started?
Let's not kid ourselves. With the ouster of some of the more level-headed people in Trump's cabinet... this is the perfect recipe for more disasters to come.
