21-07-2011, 02:40 AM
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Conservatives run amuck, Michigan Woman Faces 93 Days in Jail for Planting a Vegetable Garden
On Wed, 20 Jul 2011 20:29:36 -0500, Jeff M
wrote:
On 7/20/2011 8:20 PM, Paul M. Cook wrote:
"Leroy N. wrote in message
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http://www.treehugger.com/files/2011..._jail_planting
_veggie_garden.php
It just doesn't get more ridiculous than this.
Julie Bass of Oak Park, Michigan -- a mother of 6, law-abiding citizen,
and gardener -- is facing 93 days in jail after being charged with a
misdemeanor.
Her crime? Planting a vegetable garden in the front yard.
Nothing whatsoever liberal about this. Draconian punishments for trivial
offenses is a conservative policy. For all the bleeting about freedom, the
right would see all of us in a prison or at least very close to one.
Charges were dropped.
Good. I'd hardly call planting a vegetable garden "running amuck".
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