tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post7288520715445162988..comments2023-12-23T03:49:20.907-08:00Comments on watchpaul: A tiny little group in realityRosehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-49431778226355679592009-06-14T11:52:53.396-07:002009-06-14T11:52:53.396-07:00Rose at 11:50: BINGO - love you!Rose at 11:50: BINGO - love you!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-85687332529033683252009-06-12T14:48:46.504-07:002009-06-12T14:48:46.504-07:00Well, Eric, as "some jerk" calling you o...Well, Eric, as "some jerk" calling you on your still continuing hypocrisy that won't admit pot growers support your law practice, I still say that without pot growers you very likely wouldn't be in SoHum because you couldn't make a living. You just can't admit to it straight up, can you? Why is that? You ashamed of taking drug money? And what's this crap about me not being able to live in Rio Dell without pot money? When the government starts growing and marketing marijuana then you might have a point but that's not a very likely scenario but if you need company in your pot dependency, there's always narc anon groups to go to.Steve Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731109814328159838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-28609631169450095412009-06-12T14:47:29.865-07:002009-06-12T14:47:29.865-07:00Eh, I don't think Eric is necessarily a hypocr...Eh, I don't think Eric is necessarily a hypocrite.<br /><br />Anyway - the ironic thing is we are poised to legalize pot just as they are about to outlaw tobacco. Once Pot is legalized, it will undoubtedly be subject to the same kind of ridiculous draconian oversight.<br /><br />Your days of freedom are coming to an end. Enjoy them while you can.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-21224839222989490772009-06-12T14:02:17.611-07:002009-06-12T14:02:17.611-07:00Bullshit Eric - for you your "ability to live...Bullshit Eric - for you your "ability to live in sohum is based somewhat on pot money" but mine is not. If you smell like dope or your money does, you are not welcome in my business. I do not go to shops that I believe exist to launder money and I refuse to look the other way. Be a man, grow some balls and you too can stop being a hypocrite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-75842500255841160252009-06-12T11:50:01.158-07:002009-06-12T11:50:01.158-07:00What's interesting is that the "Progressi...What's interesting is that the "Progressives" are so hot to deny other people's rights while proclaiming new 'rights' for themselves.<br /><br />YOU no longer have property rights, because THEY don't like you owning property. YOU no longer have the right to build a woodshed because THEY don't have a pot to piss in.<br /><br />THEY suddenly have a right to health care at YOUR expense, because THEY have decreed it so. Food at other's expense even if they do nothing to produce for themselves, housing at other's expense, even though they do not work, or save, or create anything to provide for themselves.<br /><br />THEY have all kinds of rights,and would like to kill you if you object - though our system of government prevents them from doing so.<br /><br />THEY believe the collective ant mass has the right to tell everyone to behave as a drone, and live piled up on top of each other - WE believe in INDIVIDUAL rights to self determination, self responsibility, taking care of yourself and your family and others as much as you can. WE do not believe in taking from others at the point of a gun.<br /><br />It's really that simple.<br /><br />WE believe that if someone wants to buy, build on and live on 20, 50, 200, 500 acres, more power to them.<br /><br /><br />WE are not jealous and small minded.<br /><br />It's really that simple.<br /><br />YOU having a Porsche or a McMansion does not upset our apple cart, Eric. YOU choosing to live off the grid and outside the normal does not offend or threaten US - and by that I mean the collective US, the POLAR OPPOSITES of the Progressives.<br /><br />I don't really think you live your life as a "Progressive" Eric though you espouse their values.<br /><br />You worked too hard and too long for what you have - you worked for your grades, for your license, and for your living - when it comes right down to it - if you earned an A, you would not give half your grade to the F student, so that you might both have Cs. You know the fundamental unfairness of that.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-84751414950121948452009-06-12T11:38:29.422-07:002009-06-12T11:38:29.422-07:00Probably about half of my pay comes from insurance...Probably about half of my pay comes from insurance companies either in personal injury cases, title insurance claims, or defending people in claims made against homeowner's insurance. It subsidizes the rest of my practice, which is known for being affordable to people who work for a living<br /><br />It's not my practice to promote myself on these blogs, but since you asked so nicely I'm telling you. I don't do much criminal work and much of my work is on what is called a contingency basis. I also do plenty of probono work, or sliding scale work when I am convinced the client simply can't afford my fees and when I can afford to offer it. Most of my clients are very happy with my services. This is the first and last time I'm going to address this because generally speaking I keep my blogging separate from my work, except when some jerk forces the issue and I'm forced to defend a 40 year old practice which I believe serves a small town well.<br /><br />But it is true that my ability to live in sohum is based somewhat on pot money, as is your ability to live in Rio Dell, or anyone to live in Humboldt County. Like it or not, it is an integral part of the local economy.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-41169340287575187482009-06-12T11:27:14.866-07:002009-06-12T11:27:14.866-07:00Eric: your clients, how do they retain your servic...Eric: your clients, how do they retain your services? Where do they get the money for that? Insurance? Working for the park service? Flipping burgers? I don't think so. Your ability to live in SoHum rests in large part on pot growing, the economic upper class with disposable incomes which local non-growers do not have unless they are petite bourgeousie business owners themselves catering to pot growers like you lawyers do. What is so damn hypocritical about yours and other Progressive and enviro activists is that you types have no problem taking pot monies from existing homesteaders but now, much overdue you activists want to stop anymore pot growers coming on to the Humboldt scene like the people did who pay your salary. It's like, "Oh, what a wonderful place! Let's keep it all for ourselves now that we've arrived! It's just plain selfish, me-first, you last, I got mine, go fuck yourself, kind of mentality and when you parade it with your incessant need to provoke conflict, you only stir up the existing antagonism that lurks just below the surface of local activist politics.Steve Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731109814328159838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-63211661797894762632009-06-12T09:44:36.349-07:002009-06-12T09:44:36.349-07:00Eric, you are a flat out hypocrite.Eric, you are a flat out hypocrite.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-5594899207447603742009-06-11T23:57:34.371-07:002009-06-11T23:57:34.371-07:00Well, I'll let Stephen wander off into his usu...Well, I'll let Stephen wander off into his usual delirium. For the record, insurance companies pay most of my salary.<br /><br />The point I was making Rose, is that this is one instance where the pot growers and I are on opposite sides. On issues of civil liberties, we tend to be on the same side. Property rights vs. community interests, we don't always see eye to eye.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-53715784875755679542009-06-11T21:55:23.948-07:002009-06-11T21:55:23.948-07:00Stephen 2 Eric 0Stephen 2 Eric 0Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-43778160270990592112009-06-11T17:45:58.368-07:002009-06-11T17:45:58.368-07:00How about you focus, counselor. Focus on what you ...How about you focus, counselor. Focus on what you posted and perhaps this time see past your cognitive dissonance problem:<br /><br />"Well, for the first part I'm not "dissing" anyone. Just pointing out the obvious.<br /><br />Secondly, everybody in this county owes something economically to pot growers, including you. It's just the reality."<br /><br />"I said the big pot growers are for HumCPR, because some of the proposed regulations would put their projects in jeopardy."<br /><br />Not dissing anybody, Eric? And the jab at "big pot growers" and HumCPR is your token nod of respect? And this isn't even touching your hypocrisy issues where you take your monies where you can and do your best to protect the privileged pot grower class that pays your salary.Steve Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731109814328159838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-73531442631570483142009-06-11T15:51:56.430-07:002009-06-11T15:51:56.430-07:00And Stephen, that responds to what I said how? Fo...And Stephen, that responds to what I said how? Focus Stephen.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-78896266582131533352009-06-11T12:25:17.103-07:002009-06-11T12:25:17.103-07:00Steven,i often don't agree with you,well don&#...Steven,i often don't agree with you,well don't really understand what you are talking about. But on this issue and Eric's bullshit you are right on.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-80442761541567203232009-06-11T11:49:44.029-07:002009-06-11T11:49:44.029-07:00You sure you got the right end of that horse. Soun...You sure you got the right end of that horse. Sounds more like horseshit to me. Eric, read Rose's comment carefully this time to see why gross hypocrisy of Progressive activists such as yourself taking money from pot growers and defending them in court and yet turn around where the General Plan is concerned to try to stop more rural development to stop more pot growers from coming in and "spoiling it all" for the new landed gentry. The same people who don't want any industrialization happening in Humboldt County that again might "spoil it all" for the landed gentry that you represent and speak for-out of both ends..Steve Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731109814328159838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-46443649737980904652009-06-11T11:06:55.470-07:002009-06-11T11:06:55.470-07:00I really wish people would read what I say and not...I really wish people would read what I say and not the words of their own strawman. I was talking about the economy. Pot dollars are a big part of it. Home Depot wouldn't even consider a move here but for the underground money which indicates so much more flowing money around here than what is on paper. That's their criticism of the WalMart opposition study a decade ago - it only looks at the paper.<br /><br />That's coming from the horse's mouth.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-10060699309811951502009-06-11T10:10:24.598-07:002009-06-11T10:10:24.598-07:00Oh, yeah, we do - we owe them having to lock our d...Oh, yeah, we do - we owe them having to lock our doors. We owe them not being able to hike or ride up in the hills. We owe them not being able to hike in public parklands. We owe them for the housing shortage, less available rentals, and increased housing costs. We owe them the costs of the fire dept. every time there's a growhouse fire. We owe them for the increase in home-invasion robberies and killings. We owe them for increased fees and taxes because they pay none on their substantial illicit incomes. And we owe them a decimated DA's Office.<br /><br />Some have owed them their lives. <br /><br />Yeah, maybe they come in and pay cash at the local car dealer, and we are supposed to be grateful that they are supporting the local economy... and maybe they would also buy cars if they had legal jobs and paid their taxes and contributed to society the same way all the rest of the people have to.Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14023852057418281003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-38005143200707904222009-06-11T10:03:51.168-07:002009-06-11T10:03:51.168-07:00I don't owe pot growers a fucking thing Eric. ...I don't owe pot growers a fucking thing Eric. Pull your head out of your ass if that is your reality.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-46479366215281586222009-06-11T07:17:22.456-07:002009-06-11T07:17:22.456-07:00Well, for the first part I'm not "dissing...Well, for the first part I'm not "dissing" anyone. Just pointing out the obvious.<br /><br />Secondly, everybody in this county owes something economically to pot growers, including you. It's just the reality.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-91105959927473087112009-06-11T06:11:19.117-07:002009-06-11T06:11:19.117-07:00Eric, who pays your lawyer fees in Humboldt County...Eric, who pays your lawyer fees in Humboldt County? Why this hypocrisy about taking money from pot growers here and dissing them there? Your opinions reflect a political schizophrenia and the more you defend your positions, i.e., the more you talk out of both sides of your mouth, the less credible your arguments sound. But do keep at it. Negative attention is better than none, right? Just ask Nick..Steve Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13731109814328159838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-64544788426954489882009-06-11T00:09:00.120-07:002009-06-11T00:09:00.120-07:00No it isn't. Cpr is not for big pot grows.
I...<i>No it isn't. Cpr is not for big pot grows. </i><br /><br />I didn't say that. I said the big pot growers are for HumCPR, because some of the proposed regulations would put their projects in jeopardy.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-67968261566468926982009-06-10T23:09:41.821-07:002009-06-10T23:09:41.821-07:0010:32 and still posting on the net Eric. Pretty PC...10:32 and still posting on the net Eric. Pretty PC of you. Carbon footprint and all. Off the grid? Now what will you do if you have to take a late night piss. Better check with Galt/Miller/Spreen on that one.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-37598777439982905132009-06-10T23:05:14.391-07:002009-06-10T23:05:14.391-07:00No it isn't. Cpr is not for big pot grows. nei...No it isn't. Cpr is not for big pot grows. neither are my neighbors or I. And yes you'll get a movie. Eric you have about as much creds as Galt.Not very damn much.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-58838223461964406222009-06-10T22:32:35.207-07:002009-06-10T22:32:35.207-07:00How would you like some gov ass hole crashing your...<i>How would you like some gov ass hole crashing your pad gun in hand checking your every nook and crannie?</i><br /><br />Would I get dinner and a movie first?Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-73781063520167159072009-06-10T22:31:03.258-07:002009-06-10T22:31:03.258-07:00It's odd, I would think you would side with in...<i>It's odd, I would think you would side with individual freedoms and rights, but you increasingly align yourself with the meddlers and restricters.</i><br /><br />In many equations extending one person's liberty may encroach on another's. In this case, certain uses of land can impact on everybody. In an imperfect universe such as ours it's not all about liberty nor all about the community interest. It's about the healthiest balance you can find between the two. Reasonable land use regulation is nothing new. It dates back to the beginning of organized civilization.<br /><br /><i>Free rein for pot growers but no one else seems to be the current mentality.</i><br /><br />Not that it's intrinsic to the central points of the conversation, but part of the problem we're trying to address is precisely the excessive draws from the rivers by large scale pot growers. And that's one group which is siding heavily with HumCPR. It's kind of an ironic argument to make.Eric V. Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14051840043550756893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25625654.post-71828066754877067752009-06-10T22:25:24.009-07:002009-06-10T22:25:24.009-07:00Eric, it' none of your damn biz who I let stay...Eric, it' none of your damn biz who I let stay in my home or how I heat it or what I build it out of. You some kind of 1984 think/speak agent? Bet you've got ideas,thoughts,personal items,relationships,home up grades or modifications that you wouldn't like me butting my nose into. How would you like some gov ass hole crashing your pad gun in hand checking your every nook and crannie? The public has a reasonable right to protection from real health and safety concerns. My gray water and compost privy and your pot don't rise to that level. You need to get real dude.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com