tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473242669975254969.post3019320567240520647..comments2023-10-31T07:09:49.792-05:00Comments on Teh Wind Knot's Garden of Earthly Delights: A Victory Against The ManTeh Wind Knothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07586885413856111481noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473242669975254969.post-7318575174540277432007-01-31T13:22:00.000-05:002007-01-31T13:22:00.000-05:00Okay, Anon. First thing: you may as well have si...Okay, Anon. First thing: you may as well have signed your comment, since it is not as if this is the world's most read blog or your tired refrain isn't immediately recognizable.<br /><br />But, since I do appreciate your attention on this humble little blog, I will explain my thoughts one more time. <br /><br />I have no problem with fishing clubs and rarely turn down an invitation from my better heeled friends to fish with them on theirs. However, those clubs 1) do not attempt to close off navigable water and 2) aren't pimping themselves for members all over the intarweb. In fact, they prefer to remain anonymous (in the good way; not your way) and you couldn't join today, no matter how much money you have.<br /><br />I will even concede that certain 'king's grant' lands can predate the U.S. and its laws and be valid even on otherwise navigable waters, though I don't like it and think it is a cop out by the court in that case. <br /><br />However, navigable waters are supposed to be held in trust for the peeps by the states and folks should not be able to put up booby traps to make them non-navigable. I believe that recreational navigation is still navigation, since no gross tonnage was ever mentioned in any definition and much of what was historically navigable was by small craft such as used by recreational boaters today. The fact that canals, railroad and interstate highways have made other forms of transportation more cost effective over the years does not change the fact that these are navigable waterways.<br /><br />From what I have read of this case and the facts Judge Kurtz relied upon in his decision, it is my earnest hope that Beaver et al. appeal. This is one that I would love to see head up to higher courts and become precedent outside of Huntingdon Co, PA.Teh Wind Knothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07586885413856111481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473242669975254969.post-17136611853978730002007-01-31T10:27:00.000-05:002007-01-31T10:27:00.000-05:00Anonymous Whiner:
Let's get it straight; the Juni...Anonymous Whiner: <br />Let's get it straight; the Juniata <i>was</i> public access until a private landowner broke the law in his attempts to make a few bucks of a public resource (a navigable river).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473242669975254969.post-81225097790131077202007-01-30T22:17:00.000-05:002007-01-30T22:17:00.000-05:00Ha! TWK, I got your back. Rivers, wilderness -- th...Ha! TWK, I got your back. Rivers, wilderness -- these resources belong to everyone. <br /><br />Oh, and Anonymous Coward, thanks for taking the time out of your day for some "whining on the internet" with us. Maybe if groups like Spring Ridge were throwing their membership fees into Trout Unlimited or Natural Resources Defense Council, there would be enough decent rivers to waste a few on the rich and famous. Pass the Powerbait.4https://www.blogger.com/profile/00931066767542933363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3473242669975254969.post-87481751463790362982007-01-30T17:17:00.000-05:002007-01-30T17:17:00.000-05:00You people make me sick. Just because some people...You people make me sick. Just because some people try to do something to protect their property and the resource you claim you have a God-given right to come in and trash everything. Perhaps if you spent more time at work instead of whining on the internet you might be able to own some land of your own someday instead of renting a trailer.<br /><br />And no. I am not a member of the club.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com