Panther Hate: Toking Farmer Wipes Out Fleet Of Cop Cars
An angry farmer in Vermont wiped out most of the fleet of the Orleans County Sheriffs’s Department by rolling his tractor over the cruisers. Without wheels, the deputies had to liberate one of their cars from a service station before they could go into high speed pursuit of the man who left the scene in red farm tractor, the Daily Mail reports.
‘It’s pretty much the biggest tractor you can get,’ Police Chief Seth DiSanto told the paper.
The Panther-hating farmer was arrested two miles down the road. Farmer Roger Pion, 34, had been arrested last month for resisting arrest and marijuana possession. Apparently, he did not like it.
Hat tip to the Alm Oedi.
Bertel Schmitt comes back to journalism after taking a 35 year break in advertising and marketing. He ran and owned advertising agencies in Duesseldorf, Germany, and New York City. Volkswagen A.G. was Bertel's most important corporate account. Schmitt's advertising and marketing career touched many corners of the industry with a special focus on automotive products and services. Since 2004, he lives in Japan and China with his wife <a href="http://www.tomokoandbertel.com"> Tomoko </a>. Bertel Schmitt is a founding board member of the <a href="http://www.offshoresuperseries.com"> Offshore Super Series </a>, an American offshore powerboat racing organization. He is co-owner of the racing team Typhoon.
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That Case IH tractor is made in Wisconsin. Case IH is owned by Fiat Industrial. He crushed American cars. Conspiracy?
Without knowing the cause of Pion's arrest I would be speculating, but here goes. Take our speed laws as an example> ROAD SAFETY is the shrill cry we hear. Yet if road safety were a true goal then weaving through traffic during rush hour would get you busted instead of going 80 at 5 am when the road is deserted. Red light cameras without yellows would not exist. What we have here folks is a country where 1/3 of the populace in one form or another works for the state, and the state views the remaining populace as a resource to be harvested for their livelyhood. True we do get some garbage collection, a bit of police protection/security and some dubious schools out of the deal. In reality most of what is going on is an unconcious statal war to turn the populace into a form of sefdom serving the needs of officialdom. Its done by scaring us about threats to our saftey and livelyhood and the necessity of more laws and control. Fact is there are so many laws today, you break them all the time without being aware. When gov needs money or a sacrificial lamb there is always someone who did something wrong. Yes there is no master plan, yes there is no conspiracy at the top, even worse this is just a system that has developed of its own accord and now blindly self perpetuates. It is pretty much most of what our founding fathers rebelled against and sought to prevent. As the state having spent the easy pickings, gets more desperate for money and power to protect its priveledge, the petty screws will be tightened and we the peon's (see the irony of the name) will lash out in fuitility here and there. Peon will suffer, the costs will be huge and no logic will tell you it was wise to do what he did, but as a blind protest it is commendable.