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Exposing Government Overreach Through a Heartbreaking Tale of "Peanut" the Squirrel
Hello, Earnest Mann here! This episode is a powerful continuation of Friday's discussion, Episode 388, where I address government overreach and the absurdity of certain regulations. This addendum dives into a recent and tragic event involving "Peanut," a well-known rescue squirrel unjustly taken from a dedicated rescuer by New York State authorities. The story of Peanut shines a harsh light on the lengths to which government agencies will go to enforce minor regulations while ignoring real issues affecting citizens daily.
The Outrageous Raid: Why a Squirrel Became Public Enemy #1
In an eye-opening case, Mark Longo, the caretaker of Peanut the Squirrel, was blindsided by a team of state agents who raided his home, confiscating Peanut under the pretense of wildlife possession violations. I break down the shocking details of the raid, questioning why resources were misallocated in this way. This incident exemplifies government waste and misplaced priorities, with Peanut's story representing countless instances where citizens face undue legal pressure for harmless acts.
A Broader Look at Control and Tyranny in Society
Reflecting on this incident, I challenge the societal restrictions imposed on individuals, from collecting rainwater to walking freely on one’s own property. As I explain, these regulations symbolize the authoritarian grip exercised by our government on trivial aspects of life, while major issues—like our broken election system—remain unaddressed. Through Peanut’s story, I illustrate the hypocrisy in government actions and question who truly benefits from these regulations.
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Transcripts
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hello my listeners are courageous
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curious and intelligent not chicken [ __ ]
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non-c curious and stupid thank you my
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listeners for being here this episode is
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actually an addendum to Friday's episode
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388 and I feel the timing is perfect not
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only because of something really
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terrible that just occurred but because
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it will shed greater light on the point
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I was trying to drive home in the
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previous episode about the election
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all of this coming to light from the
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unnecessary death of a very famous and
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adorable pet
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squirrel in case you're not familiar
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with this story which just occurred in
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the last couple days I want to show you
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the very short video then I'm going to
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explain to you as bizarre as this may
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sound the very real life consequences
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that can and should happen as a
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consequence of the state of New York's
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actions here's the brief video Mark
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Longo says he was blindsided on
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Wednesday morning when agents from the
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State Department of Environmental
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Conservation came looking for his famous
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squirrel I was just going through my
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daily routine of feeding all of our 71
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rescue horses at our nonprofit animal
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rescue uh Midway through that um a line
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of DEC officers about six to eight of
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them showed up and uh gave me a warrant
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for a scroll on raccoon the search
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warrant said Longo was in unlawful
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possession of wildlife he says agents
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ransacked his property for 5 hours until
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they found peanut and Fred the raccoon
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we complied um we weren't allowed to
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move we were police escorted into the
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bathroom mind you this is a search
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warrant for a squirrel in a raccoon um
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and I feel like this was a little bit of
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an Overkill Longo says he was working on
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the necessary paperwork to be able to
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legally own peanut as an educational
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animal you're not only hurting my family
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by taking peanut away from me but you're
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also hurting the organization that we
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started on the back of a a rescue
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squirrel we named this organization
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peanuts Freedom Farm because he has been
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such a big portion of my life and so
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many people around the world you know we
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promoted the fact that squirrels are not
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good pets they don't deserve to be
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inside but there are rare occasions
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where you stumble on an animal that
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unfortunately can't survive in their
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normal habitat um that's the only reason
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why peanut was ever a rescue animal
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Longo says he rescued peanut 7 years ago
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in New York City after the squirrel's
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mom was hit by a car he says he rehabbed
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peanut and tried to release them into
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his backyard Bel Longo says peanut never
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developed the instincts to survive
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outside after peanut was attacked by an
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animal and lost half his tail Longo let
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Peanut Live in his home and then he
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became best friends with my cat so
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that's when we turned to social media we
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put some funny and silly videos out
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there and the internet loved him he
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became the world's most famous Squirrel
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Peanut racked up a combined 3 million
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followers on Tik Tok Facebook and
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Instagram Longo says he believes
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Peanut's Fame led to someone filing a
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complaint I'm no expert in anything
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involving politics of the state but they
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sent six to eight officers to my house
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from Albany to confiscate a squirrel and
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a raccoon and it was signed off on a
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search
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warrant so just that that in its sense
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to say that is one of the
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most I I shocking things I could say in
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my opinion is we just used resources and
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spent an entire day sitting two people
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who run a nonprofit animal rescue and
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treat them like criminals that's right
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you're treated like a [ __ ] criminal
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because in the eyes of the state you are
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a [ __ ] criminal anytime you don't do
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exactly what the law tells you here are
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just a few brief examples want to
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collect rainwater you know that [ __ ]
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that falls freely from the sky in your
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own apartment backyard or hell even on
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your own
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property what about being able to walk
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around nude in your own living space
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regardless if it's a apartment condo or
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your own property least someone be
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terrified by looking into your doors or
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windows and actually seeing you naked
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Jesus [ __ ] Christ it's the end of the
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world or being able to buy and sell
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something without having to pay a
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corporate entity such as eBay for the
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privilege of doing so or listing
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something for sale on Craigslist or
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Facebook Marketplace while admittedly
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financially no charge without being
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forced to give a great deal of your
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personal information such as your
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address phone number driver's license
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number Social Security number and other
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forms of personal [ __ ] intrusion
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thanks to Mark [ __ ] fuckerberg
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so the net effect is tyranny and if you
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remove all of the legales word salid
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[ __ ] the following in reality is
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what the average citizen is being told
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to a greater and greater degree
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concerning just about anything here is
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concisely what you're being
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told no [ __ ] you it's against the law
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and if we the powers that be find out if
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someone turns you in you are going to be
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in deep [ __ ] because you even had the
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audacity to stand up against the law
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apparently you're forgetting that the
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corporate subsidy you refer to as
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government is your mother and father and
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you dare not question that fact at any
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time least you suffer you [ __ ]
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consumer the Wrath of
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non-compliance the wrath of what the
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corporation makes law now get back to
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work buy products reproduce and consume
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you [ __ ] piece of [ __ ]
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consumer so are you beginning to
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understand why this dog and pony show
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called the election actually has little
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or to no bearing whatsoever and real
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terms on our daytoday lives and the two
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current candidates Coke and Pepsi are
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actually two large factions Democrats
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and repu Republicans of the same team
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that are in fact actually fighting for
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their particular faction to win so that
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they in turn get into power and then in
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turn can continue to steal as much
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wealth as possible not only for
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themselves but of course for their
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bosses lobbyist and corporate
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overlords now as far as you're concerned
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you and your needs are way way way down
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the f looking list so let's just say
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despite all the rhetoric and political
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[ __ ] because of the election you the
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average American citizen other than a
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few Financial crumbs thrown into social
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services or anything social for that
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matter every now and then are definitely
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not on the priority list or to put it in
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a more modern terms the American people
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as far as the plutocrats are concerned
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have been permanently
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friendzoned I could say a lot more and
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please let me know if you want me to but
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for here and now I'll finish up with
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this I find it not only the epitome of
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hypocrisy but a slap in the face the
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taxpayers of New York state that New
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York's political and ideological [ __ ]
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bend over backwards to accommodate and
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suck the ass in every way possible of
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the Invaders from the south allocating
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precious resources to
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Invaders resources the state taxpayers
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paid to something the citizens didn't
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ask for didn't agree to and clearly
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don't [ __ ]
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want yet at the same time the New York
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State Bureau went completely out of
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their way and out of their [ __ ] minds
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Stormtrooper style to [ __ ] with a man
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and his wife who live way out in the
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country people who weren't bothering a
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soul with a pet squirrel that was
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obviously acclim it to humans was very
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adorable and absolutely wasn't bothering
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a
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soul something unfortunately that can't
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be said about the [ __ ] New York state
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government
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and the millions of the invading friends
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they decided to welcome with open arms
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from our Southern
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border I want to make it clear that I
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know this is an emotional subject for
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many people and it's also something
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that's been used as a political football
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for some time now and many people
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consider this an issue of compassion and
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I totally understand that but there's a
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big difference between voluntary
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compassion and forced compassion and
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when something becomes forced compassion
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it should actually be identified for
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what it actually is
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tyranny and if history clearly
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demonstrates anything the outcome of
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governmental tiity tyrants such as ma
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popot Joseph Stalin Adolf Hitler
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Francisco Frank o Manito musolini Saddam
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Hussein and ID Amin just to name a few
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had never produced sustained public
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Improvement only massed death and
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suffering but the big difference today
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however is that the dictators of our
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social and economic condition come from
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a dee rooted corporate ideology not so
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much easily identifiable as persons but
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a Relentless corporate
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psychology that is ultimately anti-life
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and
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Psychopathic and its destructive power
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makes all the other previously mentioned
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tyrants harmless choir Boys by
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comparison and speaking of tyranny be a
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good comrade and please cooperate by
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