Think you are still free to make choices in your life? Do you think
the government will allow you to live independent of their utility
monopolies? If you think so, try opting for renewable non-grid tied
power and utilize environmentally friendly composting toilets and your
own self-sufficient water supply. Today, those life choices could land
you in jail if you live in South Florida. Take the case of Robin
Speronis.
Robin Speronis has lived off the grid, independent of the city’s
water and electric system. A Florida court ruled this off-the-grid
living illegal last week and has given Robin until March to connect her
home to a municipal water line or face possible eviction. Further,
officials in the city of Cape Coral have justified this by deeming
Robin’s home “unsanitary,” citing the International Property Maintenance
Code. First of all, since when did we begin to locally recognize
“international codes.” Where in the US Constitution does it provide for
international jurisdiction over local codes? Ironically, this
“international” code mandates that homes be connected to an electricity
grid and a running water source, even though most of the world lives
without reliable electricity and municipal water and sewer. Further,
the code is outdated and obsolete because it was written without
consideration to both old and new technologies that relegate the need
for grid tied power and municipal water as unnecessary and expensive;
especially, in locations where it simply isn’t feasible to have grid
tied utilities. Nonetheless, Speronis’ home does in fact have power and
water through far cheaper and more environmentally friendly means —
solar panels and rainwater, but that reality is ignored by the local
government.
All too often now it has become blatantly clear that our governments
will stop at nothing to control every aspect of your life and demand by
force of law that you are dependent upon the system. Why dependent?
Simple, because dependent people can be controlled. Nothing screams of
totalitarism more than irrational government demands to conform to
nonsensical and inefficient systems when better options that may suit an
individual are available. Today, living off the grid allows one to
become in a large part independent of the government and as such, has
now been targeted as criminal behavior. Of course governments are not
going to directly say this. Instead, you see governments using the tact
such as Cape Coral citing “sanitary” reasons even though they presented
no conclusive evidence that Robin’s lifestyle presented any type of
public health threat. Sure, it was not the typical urban setup for a
dwelling, but then, when was it demanded by law that everyone conformed
to outdated modes of existence? In fact, how is locally sourcing water
from renewable sources and incinerating or biodegrading human waste
“more” unsanitary than the city’s own activities? Let’s be honest,
providing filtered sewage mixed with a cocktail of harmful chemicals
through debris and corrosion filled pipes as “clean” drinking water
isn’t my idea of sanitary. Further, pumping raw sewage into open bodies
of water and burning millions of tons of fossil fuels isn’t exactly
sanitary either.
When viewed in its entirety, it appears that the government is simply
mad because someone found a way to do things better and without the
need of their “services.” Instead of adapting and reforming their code
to catch up with technology, the uber bureaucrats with clearly limited
mental faculties and stunted emotional development decided it was easier
and or better to just prosecute Robin as a criminal. How scary is it
that in today’s society common sense, logic, and reason are
excommunicated by bureaucrats in favor of mindless adherence to
ineffective, dated, and or obsolete codes and regulations that were
allegedly designed to help not hurt the public? Instead of good
judgment and rational logic, the go-to tools of bureaucrats are brutal
police enforcement and prosecution of anyone that dares to try and live
independent of their noxious edicts. As you have witnessed and will
witness going forward, this is a recipe for a national collapse. No
person, business, or state can function under such bureaucratic idiocy
and harassment. The freedom of people and the ability of businesses to
operate productively are inversely proportional to the size of the
bureaucracy. The United States has hit the point where intrepid trend
setters, inventors, pioneers, industrialists, and builders are no longer
able to lead this nation forward, but instead, unaccomplished and
dimwitted individuals with titles such as inspector, social worker, tax
agent, appointee, consultant, and compliance officer are leading this
nation into ruin. I don’t know how much longer the US can continue the
allusion of a functional nation, but as sure as the sun will rise
tomorrow, this system and nation will collapse under its own
bureaucratic weight and feel good hubris. I hope you are prepared.
By Guiles Hendrik
January 4, 2015
http://america.aljazeera.com/watch/shows/the-stream/the-stream-officialblog/2014/2/25/florida-court-challengesoffthegridliving.html
http://www.naturalnews.com/044102_Orwellian_nightmare_off-the-grid_living_code_ordinances.html
http://www.offthegridnews.com/2014/10/16/your-freedom-to-live-off-the-grid-is-under-attack
Monday, January 5, 2015
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This person could win if so desired. Takes a bit of a learning curve, but completely possible.
DS
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