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If only I were rich.

Postby Olly » Mon Dec 17, 2012 8:00 am

http://billingsgazette.com/news/state-a ... 5b041.html

This is what I would do with my money. Buy 400 square miles of land and plop my house right in the middle.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Bulldog0156 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:01 am

We'll see where this one goes. If they have good intentions and allow hunting on some of their lands that wouldn't be a bad deal, but I could definitely see them raping the landscape with oil wells. Especially on that ranch up by Augusta.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Olly » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:20 am

Who cares? It's their land..... They don't have to let a sole on it.

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby jehler » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:24 am

Olly wrote:Who cares? It's their land..... They don't have to let a sole on it.

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Bad17 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:26 am

See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Olly » Mon Dec 17, 2012 11:28 am

jehler wrote:
Olly wrote:Who cares? It's their land..... They don't have to let a sole on it.

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Oh good, I thought we might have a 99%er in our ranks. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Goldfish » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:21 pm

Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby jehler » Mon Dec 17, 2012 12:45 pm

The slippery slope of liberty^
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Olly » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:04 pm

jehler wrote:The slippery slope of liberty^


No slippery slope. Personal liberty ends when you start to affect others. Your rights can't interfere either theirs and vice versa. Or at least it should be that way.

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Flightstopper » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:20 pm

Goldfish wrote:
Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Bulldog0156 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:44 pm

Olly wrote:
jehler wrote:The slippery slope of liberty^


No slippery slope. Personal liberty ends when you start to affect others. Your rights can't interfere either theirs and vice versa. Or at least it should be that way.

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Postby Bulldog0156 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 1:45 pm

jehler wrote:
Olly wrote:Who cares? It's their land..... They don't have to let a sole on it.

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Postby jehler » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:13 pm

Olly wrote:when you start to affect others.

That's the slippery part...
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby jehler » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:14 pm

Bulldog0156 wrote:
jehler wrote:
Olly wrote:Who cares? It's their land..... They don't have to let a sole on it.

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Say's the guy trying to get Jr to buy the old lady next door's forester...

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Goldfish » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:35 pm

Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?


Nope. I actually know very little about oil rigs, but I do know what the rivers look like here in MN from farming and mining. Same difference I would imagine. I don't even like the idea of eating a fish from the rivers here in the cities. I don't know how anyone could possibly want to eat fish from it farther south.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Goldfish » Mon Dec 17, 2012 2:38 pm

jehler wrote:The slippery slope of liberty^


I know. Where do you draw the line? Can a line be drawn? No matter what, someone won't be happy with the answer.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Flightstopper » Mon Dec 17, 2012 3:08 pm

Goldfish wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?


Nope. I actually know very little about oil rigs, but I do know what the rivers look like here in MN from farming and mining. Same difference I would imagine. I don't even like the idea of eating a fish from the rivers here in the cities. I don't know how anyone could possibly want to eat fish from it farther south.


So you're blaming something you know nothing about? Farmers and ranchers have little to no supervision on what, how much and where they spray their chemicals etc. many use as they should be but many also don't. Gas and oil wells on the other hand have more environmental standards to follow than you could possibly list. Take a look into where the water table lies and how many MILES below it to where they start the fracing operation. Don't be a Matt Damon.
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Bulldog0156 » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:27 pm

Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?


Nope. I actually know very little about oil rigs, but I do know what the rivers look like here in MN from farming and mining. Same difference I would imagine. I don't even like the idea of eating a fish from the rivers here in the cities. I don't know how anyone could possibly want to eat fish from it farther south.


So you're blaming something you know nothing about? Farmers and ranchers have little to no supervision on what, how much and where they spray their chemicals etc. many use as they should be but many also don't. Gas and oil wells on the other hand have more environmental standards to follow than you could possibly list. Take a look into where the water table lies and how many MILES below it to where they start the fracing operation. Don't be a Matt Damon.


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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Goldfish » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:30 pm

Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Bad17 wrote:See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?


Nope. I actually know very little about oil rigs, but I do know what the rivers look like here in MN from farming and mining. Same difference I would imagine. I don't even like the idea of eating a fish from the rivers here in the cities. I don't know how anyone could possibly want to eat fish from it farther south.


So you're blaming something you know nothing about? Farmers and ranchers have little to no supervision on what, how much and where they spray their chemicals etc. many use as they should be but many also don't. Gas and oil wells on the other hand have more environmental standards to follow than you could possibly list. Take a look into where the water table lies and how many MILES below it to where they start the fracing operation. Don't be a Matt Damon.

I'm not being a Matt Damon. All I'm saying is that you can do what you want as long as it doesn't affect everyone else. That's it. Nothing more implied.

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Flightstopper » Mon Dec 17, 2012 4:59 pm

Goldfish wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:
Flightstopper wrote:
Goldfish wrote:[quote="Bad17"]See that's the problem is you have money u but a bunch of land and people wanna tell you what you can and can't do. If they wanna drill that's there problem not mine. If they wanna put a drill rig every 1000' it's there land do as they want if they wanna bulldoze it barren and have dirt it's theirs to do as they please. Now that would not be the way to make friends but then again it's their land.


Until the ground water for the whole community goes to shit, the rivers turn to fertilized sludge down river of your property, and all the other things that you can do on your property which actually affect others, but hey, it's your property :roll:


Sounds like you've spent a lot of time around rig sites huh?


Nope. I actually know very little about oil rigs, but I do know what the rivers look like here in MN from farming and mining. Same difference I would imagine. I don't even like the idea of eating a fish from the rivers here in the cities. I don't know how anyone could possibly want to eat fish from it farther south.


So you're blaming something you know nothing about? Farmers and ranchers have little to no supervision on what, how much and where they spray their chemicals etc. many use as they should be but many also don't. Gas and oil wells on the other hand have more environmental standards to follow than you could possibly list. Take a look into where the water table lies and how many MILES below it to where they start the fracing operation. Don't be a Matt Damon.

I'm not being a Matt Damon. All I'm saying is that you can do what you want as long as it doesn't affect everyone else. That's it. Nothing more implied.

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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby one2many » Mon Dec 17, 2012 7:00 pm

i dint see where Goldie blamed the oil rig, looked like he blamed the farmers for the crappy water in the river
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Re: If only I were rich.

Postby Goldfish » Tue Dec 18, 2012 12:23 am

I kind of made general statements. Farmers, miners, I'm sure lots of other professions and operations, all can and some do mess up ecosystems with no regard for what they are doing.

Urban sprawl is just as bad.

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