Discussion: Rand Paul's Neighbor Pleads Not Guilty To Assault Charges

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I would contribute to the BLDF (Boucher Legal Defense Fund)

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I’m still laughing over Mr. Smirky Faux Libertarian agreeing to live in a neighborhood with a Homeowner’s Association, which means volunteering to be subject to the rules of yet one more governing body.

Apparently federal, state, and municipal laws weren’t enough for Mr. Smirky Faux Libertarian, he wanted more rules.

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Paul pays his lawyer. Boucher pays his lawyer. Charges are dropped when the two parties agree on a settlement. Boucher’s lawyer make money. Paul’s makes money.

…and Paul’s ribs are still broken. Not a bad outcome if you think about it.

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We all know what an obnoxious, entitled little prick Rand Paul is.

It kinda sounds like his neighbor was an obnoxious, entitled little prick too. With some serious anger management issues, apparently.

I wouldn’t want either of these jerks for a next-door neighbor.

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You can’t hardly move into a newly developed middle class or above neighborhood without having a Homeowner’s Association.

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I have similar jerks for neighbors–and we certainly don’t live in a gated community.

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Boucher suddenly developed a strange phobia and hatred of dead squirrels??

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That earns you a for real laughing out loud thumbs up.

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Or as I call mine: “The parliament of scowls.”

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Yup. And not only middle class or above neighborhoods (although certainly most prevalent there).

I was recently looking into property in a rural area in Florida, where land is quite cheap, almost all the homes are very modest, and incomes are pretty low. I was surprised to find how few parcels don’t come with a Homeowner’s Association and all sorts of restrictive covenants.

This was on parcels of 5 acres and more, not smallish lots where you’re cheek-by-jowl with your neighbors. And HOAs and all kinds of deed restrictions weren’t just the norm, they were overwhelmingly the norm.

Interestingly, the real estate listings for the relatively few places without HOAs and lots of restrictions often featured that fact prominently in their description of the property. It was clearly a selling point.

A lot of these HOA and “restrictive covenants” properties were for parcels located within subdivisions that were made decades ago, but still have many remaining vacant parcels in them. I guess the developers (and the existing buyers) saw these arrangements as likely to increase and protect the value of the properties, and perhaps they do, overall.

But for me, at least on a decent-sized property where my neighbor isn’t right in my face anyway, basic zoning is plenty for me. Yeah, I don’t want my neighbor opening a landfill or pulp mill next to my property. But I don’t care if they live in a manufactured home, or what color they paint it, and I am certainly not interested in an agreement that prevents any of us from having a clothesline or specifies what kind of trees we can plant. That’s some enforced idiocy.

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No HOA for this freedom loving libertarian:

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That made me literally Laugh Out Loud.

A close friend used to live in a neighborhood with strict rules (grass below 3" or they come mow it for you and bill you for it), no lawn furniture or kids toys visible from the street (oh, the horror of seeing a folding chair or a tricycle on your neighbor’s lawn before your first cup of Starbucks!) and on and on.

His description of the HOA leadership was “overzealous hall monitors who never grew up.”

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I heard Paul’s hairpiece tried to mate with Boucher’s weasel, and it was all just downhill from there.

But, seriously, can’t tax-cuts for the rich fix this?

They just work so great for everything else.

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Speaking of assaults this could be interesting

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We need a good survey and a map here. No way does a US Senator with a yard service and two teenage sons mow his own yard or trim his own trees. (Although, counter to that case, W did like to chop cedar on his ranch, so could be Rand likes to pretend each blade of fescue is a Democrat and that limb is Jared’s dick.)

I do wonder too if he broke his ribs by falling if he were standing on the mower to reach the tree limb - perhaps while in some altercation with his neighbor. A political motive just doesn’t make sense; it would have happened years ago.

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What he wanted was the gate.

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I think this is more serious than than you imagine assuming Paul’s injuries are as described.

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Agreed re a political or HOA motive.

This has a ‘you fuked my wife’ vibe.

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So … they deserve each other.

And we get to laugh at both of them.

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