Crime

Minn. Man Faces Jail For Feeding Birds in Own Backyard

A man in Bloomington, MN has run afoul of local bird feeding statutes, and he could spend up to 90 days in jail for the offense. Minnesota Man Craig Brown Faces Jail For Feeding Birds in Own Backyard

Craig Brown has said he wanted to make his yard a haven for birds. And local law allows for the installation of bird feeders as long as they are 5 feet off of the ground.

But neighbors claim that brown has been dropping seeds on the ground in his yard- which apparently constitutes a misdemeanor.

Brown refuses to plead guilty, saying that the seeds fell from his feeders, and he doesn’t want a criminal offense on his record. Still, he’s removed them for the time being.

“I am nervous,” he told WCCO-TV. “They have the right to send me to jail.”

He faces up to 90 days in jail and a $1,000 fine.

Watch the video below for more details, courtesy of WCCO-TV

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  • consrv
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

    This is the state that in a free election chose Jesse Ventura and Al Franken. Dont look for rational or reasonable thought from this crowd

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    • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:26pm

      In addition this is just one more set in the series of government going insane and that is out of control beyond belief.

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    • hauschild
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:36pm

      Yeah, the land of Sven and Ole – pretty much says it all.

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:37pm

      I’ll bet the guy is not a union member.

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    • Rightsofman
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Yep its like that now in the land of the free and the home of the brave. Oh tell your little Sally thats its OK to open up a lemonade stand to earn a few dollars at free enterprising.

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    • 101
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:01pm

      The prosecutor can drop this trivial charge (bird seed fell on ground). Here’s an idea, spend the peoples tax dollars to convict real criminals.

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    • TheGoo
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:02pm

      Just to clarify: Al Franken won because of the election-rigging courtesy of Soros-funded/SEUI-backed MN Secretary of State Mark Ritchie. Just a sampling of the votes proved at least 341 felons voted, ALL in favor of Franken (none of those felons voted for Norm Coleman). The whole race was rigged from GO.

      Jesse Ventura won because the other two candidates were Skip Humphrey (son of Hubert H Humphrey, legendary Commie Senator of MN) and … you guessed it, Norm Coleman (the professional politician who can‘t help but live off the public’s trough)!

      I know I voted for Ventura, because he said he wasn’t gonna play the political game. [Jesse was correct, he didn't play "usual politics"; he was just a complete F-tard in every aspect.]

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    • BJC
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:04pm

      He should have put out feeders for illegal immigrants. He would have been given the Key to the City.

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    • raw2us
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:25pm

      By the way–did someone “see” him put seed on the ground? If not then case dismissed

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    • Marci
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:27pm

      Yea, can you see that conversation in jail? What are YOU in for? And future employers…”umm it says here you have a criminal background, can you explain that?” What the heck is wrong with this country? And him feeding birds affects the livability for others? Nanny state gone wild.

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    • EgoBrain
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:29pm

      I throw my seed on the ground, for ground feeders, as well as in feeders off the ground. This is ridiculous.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:40pm

      This man like other being fined by over reaching legislation…should demand his Constitutional right of a trial by Jury. Don’t pay the fine fight the system It only takes one jury with common sense to buck the system.

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    • Seneca264
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:48pm

      I know this story does not make sense, but if you lived in Blomington like I did you would completely understand. I am not kidding you when I say that the most stupid and backwards people reside in Bloomington. I am glad I left that place.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:24pm

      I have no sympothy for Craig Brown — I would like to know how he voted in his state over the last 10 years. The citizens of that backward state are victims of their own Liberal mindsets. You create stupid laws like that (doesnt have to be that EXACT LlBTARD law), and then whine when ya get regulated/punished by it?

      Cry me a river — move out of the state, if you dont like it, and leave the Liberal ideology there before you go. Simple as that.

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    • ZeitgeistBuster
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:36pm

      WHO ARE HIS NEIGHBORS????? They need the taste SLAPPED OUT OF THEIR MOUTHS!!!!

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    • MidWestMom
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:46pm

      So, are they going to arrest all the neighbors who have plants in their yard? I bet their landscaping is dropping seeds on the ground right this minute. Those folks are enticing hoards of mice and other critters to move right on in!

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    • AProudConservative
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:48pm

      CONSRV, I gotta correct you. Jesse Ventura WAS chosen in a free election. Al Franken’s election was STOLEN by election officials in several counties who kept changing the rules to favor Franken as the recount went along to insure his victory. He was not elected by the people of MN.

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    • independentvoteril
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:48pm

      @CONSRV… and for them JESSIE was a conservative..LOL.. I must say though I like his show

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    • Shiroi Raion
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:54pm

      Where’s Encinom/Tifosa/Goldlinescam? I never see them trying to defend their Progressive laws. Liberals cry about the rights of hardened criminals and all the while their laws turn good citizens and even children into criminals.
      No good deed goes unpunished.

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    • robert
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:11pm

      Many of us are astounded that they didn’t demand to bring back the electric chair so they could fry him.

      90 days in jail and $1000 fine just isn’t enough for an offense so egregious.

      As a side note, isn’t it amazing that they have time to dwell on such insignificant items while their finances are threatening to cause them to cut back on many things and personnel?

      If they think this is atrocious, I wonder how they’re going to feel when they no longer have the money to pay more than two police personnel and rioters are burning up their neighborhoods, with a Mad Max scenario slowly developing.

      Think they would wish for the good old days then, when their greatest concern was birdseeds on the ground?

      Something tells me we deserve everything that is coming to us and this bloated, pampered society.

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    • IMPEACHBHO
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:20pm

      Pretty soon you won’t be allowed to walk on your own lawn – then they can arrest you when you mow – or fine you for not mowing. Alas poor freedom, I knew thee well.

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    • dscon
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:26pm

      i‘ll bet he’s non-union too!

      take care o ur own LOL

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    • sissykatz
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:38pm

      Here is the name of the city attorney that is handling this and her contact info. Let her know how stupid
      this is. We are being regulated to death. Children can’t have lemon-ade stands, Girl Scouts can‘t sell cookies and now people can’t have bird feeders???????? We would be better off with
      NO GOVERNMENT THAN THIS KIND OF GOVERNMENT

      Sandra Johnson
      City Attorney
      PH: 952-563-8753
      E-mail: legal@ci.bloomington.mn.us
      Conducts legal business for the City, such as prosecutions, land transactions and ordinances. Gives legal advice to the City Manager and Council

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    • Walkabout
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:41pm

      Hauschild speaks once again & is still trolling hard

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    • the hawk
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:50pm

      YEAH , Same insanity as the little girl saving the bird from the cat , AND CITY FINES MOM 550$ !
      iT’S Just Gov, gone mad ! “ They have the right to put me in jail” ? Stand up man !
      So you droped seeds on the ground CRIME? iT’S BETTER TO DIE ON YOUR FEET THAN LIVE ON YOUR KNEES ! ! if he tells them stick it up their _$$es They’ll send SWAT TO BREAK DOWN THE DOOR ! And maybe kill him !

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    • lobster
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:53pm

      We used to live in SoCal. There was a retirement park in Ventura, that said the only pets you could have were fish. There were two widows living in the park, they got a visit from the thought police complaining about having pets in the backyard. The women were perplexed, but then they realized they has a pair of box turtles in the backyard. The goofies did relent on their pets. Thank God we’ve been able to leasve that screwy state.

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    • Jack2011
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:00pm

      You forgot MN also elected the FIRST muslim Keith Ellison ever to Congress who took his oath on the koran which is opposed to the Constitution and who cried over the Congressional radical muslim hearings.

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    • Jack2011
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:02pm

      And don’t forget the rampant voter election fraud. Al Franken LOST the election. After he appealed, they found hundreds of ballot ALL VOTING FOR FRANKEN in the truck of a car and in other odd places.

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    • Wayne
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:11pm

      We are losing our freedom every day, we feed all the people in the world, wet backs, muslims, blacks and every other low life, and this man gets in trouble for feeding birds. We do not have a Government any more eather Dems and Reps.

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    • Morris
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:23pm

      This must be more of Dictator Obamas,(UN-AGENDA-21),“WE THE PEOPLE” will not even
      be allowed to feed the birds in our own back yard?

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    • swan54
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:19pm

      Exactly. I live here and can‘t believe how obnoxious gov’t can be. Leave us alone.

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    • stormcrow53
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 7:31pm

      @ Hauschild: I think it is the state of illegal immigrants and somali third world jihadists actually.

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    • minuteman912
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 8:08pm

      I remember as a kid feeding birds, and there was not a problem. I am getting tired of the liberal, or should I just say it as it is, this “Commiunist”, BS real quick. This is just another example of the Government trying to send a signal that are freedoms are coming to an end. I know it’s just a guy feeding his birds, but who’s business is it anyway. Leave the man alone.

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    • Ben41281
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:09pm

      An example of government run ammuck!!

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    • Viet Vet
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:29pm

      TheGOO

      “Skip Humphrey (son of Hubert H Humphrey, legendary Commie Senator of MN”

      Actually this is incorrect. Hubert Humphrey was a liberal democrap but he wasn’t a communist. The year 1968 was the year the communists wrested control of the democrap party at their convention. Hu
      mphrey held onto the nomination, but the writing was on the wall. Four years later the democraps nominated George McGovern and that party has been communist ever since

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    • AshogNorth
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 9:53pm

      You all need to realize that Minnesota as a whole is not like this. Most of Minnesota (by area) is a red state, but most of the people live in the urban areas, especially the Twin Cities and its suburbs (About 62% of the states total 5.3 million). Many of the districts are also broken up to include big cities which gives the favor to Democrats since most of the population is concentrated in the small area of the cities surrounded by a massive area of lower population conservatives in the rural areas. Keith Ellison was elected because his district is a huge liberal suburban area, where as just north of there is fairly conservative hence why Bachmann can keep her foothold there. I believe more and more every year the few conservatives left from the cities are moving out into the country side of Minnesota which shows in Cravaak’s win of the 8th district over Oberstar (who held the office for 36 years and received most of his liberal votes from Duluth).

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    • wildernessrider
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 10:35pm

      Stupid is as stupid dos! But it makes Me wonder what ever did happen to common since ? Oh ya got legislated out of all that has anything to do with operating government. how sad

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    • snoopy
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 1:15am

      You are 100% right. I live in Mn. We call it “the state where nothing is allowed!” Counting the days untill we can move!

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    • Gorp
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 2:35am

      Got that right! And I live with these idiots!

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    • HumbleCitizen
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 3:22am

      Jesse Ventura would not have gave a rats rear if the bird seed fell to the ground. Who was the snitch that was so “neighborly”? This was, afterall, a private backyard.
      Tyranny coming to us all next.

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    • I_Hate_Libs
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:59am

      I was thinking the exact same thing. When you vote dopes in like Ventura and Franken expect the ridiculous.

      The horror of the Democrat mind.

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    • I_Hate_Libs
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 9:02am

      And how about the neighbors that reported him? I mean really? I used to think Detroit, Michigan was the arm pit of America but a very close second is Minnesota followed by Illinois.

      The horror of the Democrat mind.

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    • BlueStrat
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 10:58am

      I cry “fowl”! Those bird-brained politicians (and the fellows’ neighbors) are sowing the seeds of Liberty’s destruction. It figures, coming from the state run by idiot Progressives and public-sector Communist-led Unions, as birds of a feather stick together. This dovetails right into the Progressive agenda. A real feather in the cap for the Progressive Statists. This kind of micro-regulation always ends up laying an egg. Freedom-loving Americans need to just leave the state, as it’s had to soar with the eagles when you live with turkeys!

      This is fun! :)

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    • @ Coyote2
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 11:12am

      We have bird feeders in our yard and believe me the birds put it on the ground. Whoever walked in that yard to inspect this was in fact in criminal trespass by doing so.

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    • Lamarr01
      Posted on August 6, 2011 at 12:39am

      If you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime. I’ve been feeding the birds and squirrels for several years. I get a real thrill out of breaking the law and getting by with it. Our county jail provides free medical and dental. A 90 day sentence lowers by income by just enough that I can qualify for food stamps. I learned a little Spanish from my cell mate and can now ask for the “vasolino”.

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    • decendentof56
      Posted on August 7, 2011 at 8:47pm

      Minnesotans’ (or whatever they are called) deserve whatever they get. This is sheer stupidity!

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  • jedi.kep
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

    Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
    One people, one empire, one leader

    —
    This is worth reposting. Arresting a man for BIRD SEED??????!!!!!! Arresting a man for Bird Seed?

    My simple mind cannot comprehend such foolishness.

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    • mossbrain
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:22pm

      It’s common to grow psychedelic mushrooms on birdseed. Watch your neighbors for this unlawful activity if you should see an unusual number of birds in their yard.

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    • 19RANDY59
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:23pm

      I wonder if they have an ordinance against rat food. He could throw some on his neighbors yard, LOL.

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    • Thatsitivehadenough
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:25pm

      And my simple mind cannot comprehend that America has run so far off the right track it’s not funny at any level.

      Even the Soviet Union wasn’t worried about birdseed.

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    • Therightsofbilly
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:28pm

      Hey JZS,

      Does this story strike a chord with you?
      Specifically, some comments you made last night.
      Lets see, I think you said something about nobody in this country has lost a single freedom.

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    • Bruce_Almty
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:32pm

      One probably gets less punishment for poisoning animals.
      Politicians have way too much time on there hands which is why they come up with such STUPID laws.

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    • wesleyapril
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:41pm

      Come on now – we know the U.S. Senate wants to pass laws so you and me cannot post lip synching videos on youtube – and aren‘t worried about Obama’s three illegal wars – they aren’t for us, haven’t been for us in a VERY long time.

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    • El Pistoffo
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:34pm

      That’s it, pack it in folks. This country is done. I see no hope. Brainlessness has now reached epidemic proportions.

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:43pm

      The bigger question is which neighbor/government informant would report this…… Hitler had his youths party and appearantly so does minn.

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  • Gypsy123
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:17pm

    Sounds like he has communist neighbors. Turn some poor old man in for feeding the birds. I wouldn’t live in that area of the USA for love or money. Time to split the USA in half and let the decent people live in 1/2 and send the Communist to the other side. Bet the good folks have more birds.

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    • mossbrain
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:25pm

      Ha be careful what you wish for. Would you really want to live next door to a bunch of mullet headed hillbillies with junk vehicles all over the place, a kennel full of barking dogs, with 10 kids driving their quads up and down your street all day long?

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    • hauschild
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:37pm

      Mossy:

      Don’t tempt me!

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    • Attention2Detail
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:23pm

      MOSSBRAIN (sounds like the name fits)

      I lived in the place you described. It was called New York. Seriously, the mullet, the dogs and not just vehicles, but lots of junk. Of course nobody would call them hillbillies, they were Democrat voters.

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    • Stu D. Baker-Hawk
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:38pm

      Mossbrain said, “Ha be careful what you wish for. Would you really want to live next door to a bunch of mullet headed hillbillies with junk vehicles all over the place, a kennel full of barking dogs, with 10 kids driving their quads up and down your street all day long?”
      ———–
      It would be a step up from having to deal with all the commies and traitors that I’ve been forced to contend with lately. Freedom may not be pretty at times, but the alternative is unthinkable. Wouldn’t you agree, Mossbrain?

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    • smithclar3nc3
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:51pm

      Hey Mossbrain,
      No one needs gastepos to arrest their neighbor when you can merely walk next door and tell them
      to quiet their dogs, fence in their back yard if they want to store 10 broken down cars. As for the kids ,kids will be kids …we don‘t need Nazi’s to enforce some BS PC crap that turns little boys into nuetured citizens.
      But appearantly you do

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    • skitrees
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:28pm

      Mossbrain: “Would you really want to live next door to a bunch of mullet headed hillbillies….”

      Uh – yes I would. I’d like to live in a nation that still believed in freedom and allowed people to be “a bunch of mullet headed hillbillies” without being looked down on by folks who think they are better, or feel superior to others; or see a need to “regulate” them out of their neighborhoods.

      I bet the “mullet headed hillbillies” don’t look down their noses at you…seems to be a one-way street. What is it about folks always feeling the need to interfere with the happiness of others?

      We either live with freedom, or with regulation – once you regulate something, it isn’t “free” any longer.

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    • Susan Harkins
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:01pm

      @mossbrain

      I have neighbors like that and I am perfectly fine with it. They are 5 acres away and I own the entire spread between us. Are you saying that this is worse than living side-by-side with Nosey Communists, who would jump at calling the police goons on you?

      You definitely have insecurity issues — I’ll stick with my “hill-billy” neighbors. At least they are proud patriots who don’t whine about everything that everybody does…thanky.

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  • LRC
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:17pm

    It‘s George Bush’s fault…

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  • OneofMany
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:09pm

    Welcome to Communist America :-\ (NAZI = National Socialist Party)

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    • OneFunR6
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:14pm

      Yep, Gov control of things is good!
      Like the economy, stupid.

      Oh, LOOK – GOLD at new record HIGHS!
      Move along, nuthin’ to see here…….

      Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
      One people, one empire, one leader

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    • 19RANDY59
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:19pm

      What ever happened to dealing with your neighbors one on one? A lot of our problems with big gov. are brought on by our own ignorance.

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    • LOOKING_BOTH_WAYS
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:29pm

      The word Communist must have come from the word Community ..we’ll fine ya if you feed the birds,gotta chain up your dogs, mow your lawn just right , NO FLAGS,
      he11 some don’t even allow kids ….

      btw ….some bird like junco’s are ground feeders only …but feeding birds in the summer are called Welfare Birds, there’s plenty to eat in summer but they need a hand in winter ……

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  • scjeff
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:08pm

    I’d give them the bird.

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  • SREGN
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:07pm

    If everything is against the law, then you will live in fear of the enforcers.

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    • OneFunR6
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:15pm

      Civil war in 5,

      4,
      3,
      2,
      1 yr

      God always wins. So ask, who‘s side are ’they’ on?

      the law enforcement community better decide who’s side they are on,
      we the people’s, or the criminal politicians

      Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuhrer!
      One people, one empire, one leader

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  • RightPolitically
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:07pm

    There is nothing more dangerous to our freedoms than the small mindedness of local politicians.

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    • vtxphantom
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:59pm

      “bird feeding statutes”. These people have lost their minds. If I lived in Bloomington I would be in jail. I wonder what they would give me for feeding skwerls?

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    • Apologist
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 4:34pm

      Or poisoning pidgeons in the park!

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  • Gunga Din
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:06pm

    Nobody’s blamed the Tea Party?

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    • jharper
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 6:13pm

      Oops! You’re right. It‘s the Tea Partier’s fault.

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  • Gonzo
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:05pm

    I hope they didn’t find any incandescent light bulbs on him…he’ll never get out.

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:17pm

      If the find my stash of incandescent bulbs Im goonna throw the mercury ones at them and kill em all!!LOL
      I have enough to last me a loooooooooooonnng time…I am sooooooooooo evil!!

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:33pm

      Dusty, I bet you eat at Mcdonalds and shop at Walmart too! Have you no shame? HeHe.

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  • Uechi
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:04pm

    The crap never ends. It is just one more violation of our personal liberties. It’s time for Americans to say loud and clear “ Enought of this BS”! This is so ridiculous it is hard to believe we are still living in the USA.

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    • WhiteFang
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:46pm

      Actually, birds do not need to be fed, they are perfectly capable of finding their food on their own.
      When we feed the birds we only interfere with their normal process and create a mess for ourselves and neighbors who now have to deal with the droppings and over population of our fine feathered friends.

      Don’t feed the bears either!

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    • USACommoner
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:58pm

      WHITEFANG: So to follow your reasoning, GROWN PEOPLE are also fully capable of finding their own food, yet the government continues to feed them and care for them. I have discovered that once you feed these people once, they never leave. Anyways, when we feed them, we only interfere with their normal process and create a mess for ourselves and neighbors who now have to deal with the overwhelming debt it creates and over population of our democratic friends.

      Don’t start feeding the illegal immigrants either!

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    • Old Truckers
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 5:07pm

      Uechi,

      How long do you think the USA will continue to be a sovereign nation?
      Do you think it has run it’s course and will cease to be a player on the world scene?
      I am serious about these questions and not asking this to be a joke.

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  • American Soldier (Separated)
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:00pm

    I understand neighbors getting annoyed. If property damage occurred (did birds really file down that chain link fence? Seriously, it looked like someone took a nail file to it not chipped away by a birds beak) then either get the other owner to pay for it’s repair or take him to civil court over it. To report him to the government for feeding birds on his own property? Come on. Looked like they had lots of land and not in the city center or anything. Can people really be this pissy?

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  • jim
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:59pm

    Mutilating the birds, maybe… feeding them?!

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  • Dexter Alarius
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:55pm

    It’s the birds that dropped those seeds on the ground.
    Jail the birds! Of course, then they would be ….
    (I won’t say it)

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    • Favored93
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:02pm

      He said “they have the right to put him in jail” NO THEY DON’T!
      Taking a mans liberty OVER BIRDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • Anonymous T. Irrelevant
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:13pm

      They almost have enough material to do a “Cops” style show for wildlife offenders. What would you call it, though?

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    • Shellback
      Posted on August 4, 2011 at 8:28am

      To paraphrase Janean Gerbuffalo,
      This is birdism, stright up.

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  • KickinBack
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:54pm

    That’s quite a bit of bird poop.

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    • Jediusetheforce
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:03pm

      The neighbors need to take their own inventory not others. Another words mind your own F****** business if it doesn’t hurt anyone. Its probably another home owner association thing. Control Freaks who tell you what you can and can’t do on your property and you pay them monthly dues.

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  • isit1984yet
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:53pm

    Someday they’ll have a law for everything imaginable. I‘ll bet each of us breaks some ’written‘ law everyday and we aren’t aware of it… too many frivolous laws.

    See my handle:-)

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    • enduro
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:00pm

      That is why i don’t give a crap if i break mans laws. Only gods laws apply with me.

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    • 1TrueOne55
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:07pm

      Yeah there are laws about spitting in public, they come from fears in the 18th Century. They are still on the books.

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    • PatriotComeLately
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:14pm

      That great British statesman, Sir Winston Churchill once said “If you have ten thousand regulations you destroy all respect for the law.” and he was very right. In fact, that quote was the intro to my Internet talk show. The recording can be heard at http://archives.PatriotComeLately.US (episode 75)

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  • Hisemiester
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:52pm

    Who is the progressive idiots that made it a law preventing feeding birds on the ground. I live in rural Arkansas and feed birds through out the winter and early spring season. Both in feeders and on the ground. I guess progressives would rather eat the seed off the ground themselves. Snakes that they are.

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    • Cold War Vet
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:08pm

      Liberals are bottom feeders!

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    • capecodsully
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:18pm

      Doves don’t eat from feeders, only on the ground. This sounds like dove discrimination, figures the commies don’t like the symbol of the Holy Spirit. Make that religious discrimination as well. I’d sue, we can beat the commies at their own game, sue them for everything.

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  • Spinolio
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:52pm

    Those that made this stupid law are the ones that should be doin’ time.

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  • doctroprint
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:49pm

    Please people wake the duck up!

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  • NHwinter
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:49pm

    Bird seed comes from grasses that grow on the ground. How dumb can we get America when we threaten jail time for feeding birds and having seed drop on the ground??? I sure won’t want those neighbors of his to be my neighbors. Sad, sad, sad.

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  • waldo66
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:48pm

    typical of the commie enclave here in the twin cities remember these are the same idiots who after it was proved sec of state mark ritchie threw the election for Al the failure at everything Frankin managed to get relected sec of state. Spooky Dude strikes again!!

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  • ALibertarianCitizen
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:47pm

    And I wonder why this country hasn’t revolted against itself yet. 90 Days in Prison because you had bird feed on the ground, on your property. I thought common sense was common, here I am at 16 seeing my country go to hell. Lovely.

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    • getalong
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:54pm

      I’d say this is just a case of some unruly conservative birds with bad table manners! Maybe the progressives can start a school (funded by the government) to re-educate these birds on how to properly eat their bird feed!

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    • Hisemiester
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:02pm

      Yes Alibertariancitizen, it is a shame. I am truly sorry that you will live in a world I never knew. At 16 I joined the Air Force and in the next four years saw the world. As a boy out of the back woods of Arkansas, I was amazed at the many different peoples. Our nation at that time was the most powerful in the world. I have watched as it has eaten itself until what is left does not resemble the nation I was born into. I’m sorry that my generation was so busy working to give our children what our parents could never afford to give us that we forgot the enemy was gaining ground inside and now with the election of Obama, they now have control. Those of us who walked the battle fields past, now shake our heads at what has become of the nation. The so called leaders in our stage and fed governments have destroyed or allowed our nation to be destroyed. Sorry young libertarian citizen, I do humbly apologize.

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    • Gunga Din
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 2:04pm

      Clearly, this is a Tea Party plot to corrupt birds.

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    • highcarry
      Posted on August 3, 2011 at 3:59pm

      this is something i hesitate to tell, but here goes. my father died in 1951 when his b-36 bomber went down in washington state. he left a wife , three kids and one on the way, who he never got to meet. he died doing what he thought was right. protecting his country. to this day ( i’m 60 ) i’m proud of my dad. but do you know what i wish i could do? i wish i could have a chance to say to him “change what you do dad, because when us kids are old, we’re going to see people work to make your death worthless. the way this country will turn out won’t be worth a lifetime without you. the people whose freedom you are protecting aren’t going to care about their freedom. and they won’t care that you died to protect it. it’s all going to be thrown away.” that’s what i wish i could do. you’re only 16. my generation is the last one to see america the way it should be. everyone at work. children playing outside without having to worry.neighbors watching out for each other. moms and dads both at home. people respecting the sacrifices of others. people respecting each others privacy. and a love for this country that you could see everywhere you went. i wish all children could grow up in that kind of country, but it’s gone. and yes, we allowed it to happen. i hope you have a good life.

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  • hooah1701
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:46pm

    Big Brotheroverstepping just a wee bit don’t you think?

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  • texasfarmer
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:46pm

    Those Yankees are going nuts.

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  • cessna152
    Posted on August 3, 2011 at 1:46pm

    Maybe he should of shot them instead?

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