The Stunning Similarities -- Nuremberg v. Today

CD News Team 12/26/22

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How long has it been since you meditated on the Nuremberg Trials and the heinous consequences of government power gone horribly wrong? Given all that our nation has been put through, since at least October 18, 2019 and Event 201, let's recap.

Count One: The Common Design of Conspiracy

…acting pursuant to a common design, unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly did conspire and agree together and with each other and with divers other persons, to commit war crimes and crimes against humanity…unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity…unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly participated as leaders, organizers, investigators, and accomplices in the formulation and execution of the said common design, conspiracy, plans, and enterprises to commit, and which involved the commission of, war crimes and crimes against humanity…

Count Two: War Crimes

…unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed war crimes…in that they were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the murder of civilians…comparison tests, anatomical research, studies regarding race, pathological features of the body, form and size of the brain, and other tests, were made…

Count Three: Crimes Against Humanity

…unlawfully, willfully, and knowingly committed crimes against humanity...in that they were principals in, accessories to, ordered, abetted, took a consenting part in, and were connected with plans and enterprises involving the execution of the so called "euthanasia" program...in the course of which the defendants herein murdered hundreds of thousands of human beings…

Count Four: Membership in a Criminal Organization

…guilty of membership in an organization declared to be criminal by the International Military Tribunal. 

The above counts, to which German doctors were tried, convicted, and sentenced to death, are summarized and do not show the full breadth of the evils committed during WW2. But they’re relevant today, and the more we learn about the true nature of pandemic response the more we see the similarities. 

And the more we are resolved to seek justice.

As the despotic powers push for more covid response, know that it’s not too late -- YET -- to get on the right side of history. 

Remember your oath.

Major General Higginbotham On Kamala Harris' Background

 Major General Higginbotham On Kamala Harris' Background

Major General Higginbotham U.S. Marines (Ret)
The History of Kamala Harris
For your knowledge and interest about Biden’s VP.
Here is a timely editorial that exposes the hidden
background of Kamala Harris from the Combat Veterans for
Congress Political Action Committee that is posted here
with permission of the author. CVFC PAC supports the
election of US military combat veterans to the US Senate
and House of Representatives The editorial begins:
Kamala Harris' father was an avowed Marxist professor in the
Economics Department at Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA.

Both of Harris' parents were active in the Berkeley based Afro-
American Association; Fidel Castro and Che Guevara were the

heroes of the Afro-American Association.
The group's leader, Donald Warden (aka Khalid al-Mansour),
mentored two young Afro-American Association members,
Huey Newton and Bobby Seale; they created the Maoist
inspired Black Panther Party which gained strong support from
Communist China; the Black Panther Party served as the
model for creation of the Black Lives Matter Marxist
organization Khalid al-Mansour subsequently went on to
arrange financing and facilitated for Barack Hussein Obama to
be accepted as a student to matriculate at Harvard Law
School.

Following her graduation from college, Harris returned to
California and subsequently became the mistress of the 60-
year-old married Speaker of the California Assembly, Willie
Brown, Jr. Brown's political campaigns were supported and
funded by Dr. Carlton Goodlett, the owner of The Sun Reporter
and several other pro-Communist newspapers.
Brown was elected as Mayor of San Francisco, and strongly
endorsed Harris' Marxist political philosophy; he guided Harris'
political rise in California politics, leading to her election as
California's Attorney General. Willie Brown, Jr. is a well-known
long-time Communist sympathizer. Willie Brown, Jr. was
initially elected to public office with substantial help of the
Communist Party USA. Today, Willie Brown is widely
regarded as one of the Chinese Communist Party's best
friends in the San Francisco Bay Area.
While serving as San Francisco District Attorney, Kamala
Harris mentored a young San Francisco Radical Maoist
activist, Lateefah Simon, who was a member of the STORM
Revolutionary Movement; Simon currently chairs the Bay Area
Rapid Transit (BART) Board. Simon has always been close
friends with the founder of Black Lives Matter Marxist
Domestic Terrorists, Alicia Garza, as well as STORM member
and avowed Communist, Van Jones. Harris has been openly
and aggressively supporting Black Lives Matter Marxists;
Kamala Harris is still closely associated with Maoist Lateefah
Simon and Marxist Alicia Garza.
Kamala Harris's sister Maya Harris was a student activist at
Stanford University. She was a closely associated with Steve
Phillips, one of the leading Marxist-Leninists on campus and a
long-time affiliate with the League of Revolutionary Struggle, a
pro-Chinese Communist group.
Phillips came out of the Left, and in college he studied Marx,
Mao, and Lenin, and maintained close associations with fellow
Communists. Phillips married into the multi billion dollar
Sandler family of the Golden West Savings and Loan

fortune. He funded many leftist political campaigns, and the
voter registration drives in the Southern and South Western
states in order to help his friend, Barack Hussein Obama,
defeat Hillary Clinton. Phillips has been a major financial
sponsor for Kamala Harris's political campaigns for various
California elective offices.
Harris' husband, Doug Emhoff works for the law firm DLA
Piper, which "boasts nearly 30 years of experience in
Communist China with over 140 lawyers dedicated to its
'Communist China investment Services' branch. He was just
appointed to Professor at Yale to school future lawyers in the
fine points of Communism. When she was elected to the US
Senate,Kamala Harris appointed a Pro-Communist Senate
Chief of Staff, Karine Jean-Pierre. Jean-Pierre was active with
the New York-based Haiti Support Network. The organization
worked closely with the pro-Communist China/Communist

North Korea Workers World Party and supported Jean-
Bertrand Aristide, the far-left Communist former president of

Haiti and the radical Lavalas movement.
Fortunately for Harris, but potentially disastrous for the
Republic, elected office holders are not subject to the security
clearance process. If the FBI did a Background Investigation
on Kamala Harris, she never would have passed, because of
her 40-year close ties with Marxists, Communists, Maoists,
and Communist China. Harris would never have been
approved for acceptance to any of the 5 Military Service

Academies, been appointed to a U.S. Government Sub-
Cabinet position, or would have been approved to fill a

sensitive position for a high security defense contractor. Yet,
since Joe Biden was elected, Harris could be a heartbeat away
from being President.
The U.S. constitutional Republic is being threatened by the
People's Republic of Communist China (PPC) externally, and
by their very active espionage operations within the United
States. The People's Republic of Communist China (PPC),
with 1.4 billion people, is governed by the 90 million member
Chinese Communist Party (CCP), that has been working with

Russia to destroy the U.S. Constitutional Republic for over 70
years.
If the American voters read the background information (in
Trevor Loudon's article) on Kamala Harris, they would never
support her election as Vice President of the United
States. Joe Biden is suffering from the early onset of dementia
and will continue to decline in cerebral awareness; he will
never be able to fill out a four-year term of office. Since Biden
was elected, the Socialists, Marxists, and Communist who
control Kamala Harris, are planning to enact provisions of the
25th Amendment, in order to remove Joe Biden from office, so
Harris can become the first Communist President of the United
States.
Since Biden was elected, because Biden would not be up to it,
Kamala Harris would lead the effort to appoint very dangerous
anti-American Leftist, Communist, Socialists, and Marxists to
fill highly sensitive positions in the Washington Deep State
Bureaucracy. She would fill all appointive positions in the US
Intelligence Agencies, in the Department of Homeland
Security, in the Department of Defense, in The Justice
Department, the Department of State, the FBI, the CIA, most
cabinet positions, the National Security Council, and in the
White House Staff.
American voters must alert their fellow Americans that Kamala
Harris is a very serious National Security threat to the very
survival of the US Constitutional Republic; she has been a
fellow traveler of Marxists, Communists, Maoists, Socialists,
Progressives, and Chinese Communists for over 35
years. President Trump had much more background
information on Kamala Harris than we presented here, and he
was correct, when he accused Kamala Harris of being a
Communist subverter.
Geoffrey B. Higginbotham
Major General, USMC (Ret.)

 

Here are the 50 legislatures ranked from most to least conservative

(The Hill) — A new report from the Center for Legislative Accountability (CLA) has ranked all 50 states from most to least conservative, with Alabama leading as the most conservative state in the U.S. and Massachusetts as the least conservative.

The rankings from CLA, a project of the Conservative Political Action Committee and the American Conservative Union, are based on the conservative voting records of lawmakers across 186 policy categories in 2021.

For example, Alabama lawmakers voted last year with a conservative position at the highest rate, or 74 percent of the time. Massachusetts lawmakers voted with the conservative position just 15 percent of the time, the lowest rate.

Here’s who is on Time’s 2022 Person of the Year shortlist

Overall, the nation has grown more polarized, according to the CLA finding.

The 3,906 Republican state lawmakers in the U.S. voted conservative 80.8 percent of the time in 2021, up from 76.4 percent in 2020. 

The 3,223 Democratic state lawmakers voted conservative 15.9 percent of the time, down from 18.7 percent in 2020.

Here are the states ranked from most to least conservative.

Top 25 most conservative

1. Alabama
2. Tennessee
3. Indiana
4. South Dakota
5. Arkansas
6. Florida
7. Idaho
8. Wyoming
9. Iowa
10. West Virginia
11. Oklahoma
12. Ohio
13. Mississippi
14. Kentucky
15. North Carolina
16. Georgia
17. North Dakota
18. Kansas
19. Utah
20. Louisiana
21. Missouri
22. Nebraska
23. Wisconsin
24. Montana
25. Michigan

Top 25 least conservative

1. Massachusetts
2. Hawaii
3. Rhode Island
4. California
5. Maryland
6. Vermont
7. New York
8. New Jersey
9. Connecticut
10. Oregon
11. Nevada
12. Colorado
13. Delaware
14. New Mexico
15. Illinois
16. Washington
17. Maine
18. Minnesota
19. Virginia
20. Alaska
21. New Hampshire
22. Arizona
23. Pennsylvania
24. South Carolina
25. Texas

How The Census Saved The Democrats

 

FORMER REP. JASON LEWIS: How The Census Saved The Democrats

OPINION

 

 

Former Rep. Jason Lewis (R-Minn.) Contributor

November 27, 2022 11:02 AM ET

If you think the government only has trouble counting ballots, you ought to see what happens when bureaucrats try counting people. Just as self-government depends on honesty at the ballot box, our Republic’s safety valve of “voting with your feet” depends on an honest Census count.

But did we get one in 2020? (RELATED: LEWIS: Trump Took A Sledgehammer To The Establishment. America Needs Him To Do It Again In 2024)

I raised the alarm in my new book, “Party Animal, The Truth About President Trump, Power Politics & the Partisan Press,” when I wrote:

Census numbers forecasted that Minnesota was scheduled to lose a congressional seat, right up until “blue state” numbers miraculously shot up in contrast to the usually reliable December estimates.

The Bureau has admitted it “overcounted” Minnesota, which helps explains why DFL Chair Ken Martin giddily touted “the state with both the highest census response rate in the nation at 75.1% and the highest voter turnout in the nation.”

Imagine that.

Understand, had Minnesota and a few other states lost the House seats they were supposed to, representation in the next Congress might have looked entirely different. After all, Republicans easily won the nationwide popular vote in the midterms but underperformed in seats gained.

A blue-state exodus left Democrats in control to elect, state by state, the same number of House members respectively.

Mr. Martin’s Democrat-Farm-Labor party has turned Minnesota into a cold California, with state taxes and crime competing for the top spot. Indeed, while the Twin Cities were setting homicide records, Minnesota was still taxing pensions, Social Security and capital gains with the fourth highest top income tax rate. The state ranks 45th in business climate, according to the Tax Foundation.

Good thing we’ve got great weather.

The result is small business flees while Minnesota’s woke corporate elite becomes more entrenched with the DFL. But workers are leaving too. By the time George Soros’ Open Society Center was funding a “defund the police” ballot initiative in Minneapolis, 15,000 more people had already left the metro.

Statewide, almost 40,000 taxpayers and dependents fled since 2011 with another 13,000 leaving in 2021 alone. Were it not for foreign immigrants, legal and illegal, Minnesota’s population would be in an even greater free fall. Census numbers confirm that the state’s net domestic migration has turned negative.

Ironically, the state’s lower unemployment figures confirm it as well. Minnesota had slightly fewer people employed in 2022 than it did pre-pandemic. There’s nothing “progressive” about a shrinking workforce — or folks dropping out altogether due to an infamously generous welfare state.

Which, by the way, is about to receive even more in federal funds due to errant census numbers that will divvy up a disproportionate share of $1.5 trillion going to overcounted “blue” states over the next 10 years.

Amazingly, none of it made a difference in Minnesota’s calamitous midterm where radical Democrats gained control of every statewide constitutional office along with both legislative chambers. But the wayward Census count might have.

As Hans Von Spakovsky, former Justice Department lawyer and FEC commissioner, notes, the Census Bureau:

Overcounted the population of eight states, all but one of which is a blue state … Minnesota, according to the original census report, would have lost a congressional seat during reapportionment if it had 26 fewer residents; the survey shows the state was overcounted by 216,971 individuals. Similarly, Rhode Island would have lost a seat if the Census Bureau had counted 19,000 fewer residents. It turns out that the state was overcounted by more than 55,000 individuals … Texas and Florida should each have received an additional seat in the House. Rhode Island and Minnesota should each have lost a congressional seat — but didn’t. Colorado was given an additional seat it didn’t deserve.

Indeed, had Minnesota gone from eight House districts to seven, not only would that have affected the electoral college vote, but also the make-up of the state’s congressional delegation. Urban districts might have been combined and suburban ones redrawn in a meaningful fashion.

As it stands, I might be the last Republican elected to Minnesota’s 2nd district.

It is — as I mentioned in a previous newsletter — becoming very difficult to reconcile how voters somehow decided not to throw out the party in power in the 2022 midterm when they’ve consistently done it in past under far more favorable economic circumstances.

Maybe that’s just Minnesota Nice, a misleading euphemism for an upper Midwest “Stockholm syndrome” that has taught enough residents to heartily embrace policies that aren’t in their own interests.

Then again, maybe it’s the “swamp” all over again.

Something to ponder:

 

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Something to ponder:

History Lesson on Your Social Security Card

Just in case some of you young whippersnappers (and some older ones) didn't know this.

It's easy to check out, if you don't believe it. Be sure and show it to your family

and friends. They need a little history lesson on what's what and it doesn't matter

whether you are Democrat or Republican. Facts are Facts.

Social Security

Cards up until the 1980s expressly stated the number and

Card were not to be used for identification purposes. Since nearly everyone in the

United States now has a number, it became convenient to use it anyway and the

message, NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION was removed.

An old Social Security card with the "NOT FOR IDENTIFICATION"message.

Our Social Security

Franklin Roosevelt, a Democrat, introduced the Social

Security (FICA) Program. He promised:

1) That participation in the Program would be

completely voluntary,

No longer Voluntary

2) That the participants would only have to pay

1% of the first $1,400 of their annual

incomes into the Program,

Now 7.65%

On the first $90,000.

3) That the money the participants elected to put

into the Program would be deductible from

their income for tax purposes each year,

No longer tax deductible

4) That the money the participants put in went to the

Independent 'Trust Fund' rather than into the

General Operating Fund, and therefore, would

only be used to fund the Social Security

Retirement Program, and no other

Government program, and,

Under Johnson the money was moved to

The General Fund and spent.

5) That the annuity payments to the retirees would never be taxed

as income.

Under Clinton & Gore

up to 85% of your Social Security can be taxed.

Since many of us have paid into FICA for years and are

now receiving a Social Security check every month --

and then finding that we are getting taxed on 85% of

the money we paid to the Federal government to 'put

away -- you may be interested in the following:

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Q: Which Political Party took Social Security from the

Independent 'Trust Fund' and put it into the

General Fund so that Congress could spend it?

A: It was Lyndon Johnson and the Democratically

controlled House and Senate.

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Q: Which Political Party eliminated the income tax

deduction for Social Security (FICA) withholding?

A: The Democratic Party.

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Q: Which Political Party started taxing Social

Security annuities?

A: The Democratic Party with Al Gore casting the

'tie-breaking' deciding vote as President of the

Senate, while he was Vice President of the U.S.

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Q: Which Political Party decided to start

giving annuity payments to immigrants?

(AND MY FAVORITE):

A: That's right!

Jimmy Carter and the Democratic Party.

Immigrants moved into this country, and at age 65,

began to receive Social Security payments! The

Democratic Party gave these payments to them,

even though they never paid a dime into it!

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Then, after violating the original contract (FICA),

the Democrats turn around and tell you that the Republicans

want to take your Social Security away!

And the worst part about it is uninformed citizens believe it!

If enough people receive this, maybe a seed of

awareness will be planted and maybe changes will

evolve.

But it's worth a try.

How many people can YOU send this to?

Actions speak louder than bumper stickers

 

What If MAGA Shrugged?

By J.B. Shurk

Congressional lizards posing as "leaders" met with China Joe in the Roosevelt Room of the White House, and the wretched gerontocracy that rules over us looked happy as clams to be reunited after the political theater of the midterms.  Nancy Pelosi, Chuck Schumer, Kevin McCarthy, and Turtle McConnell all sported sly, devilish grins that suggested they got exactly what they wanted in last month's elections.  

In undermining MAGA candidates, Turtle's iron-fisted control over his Republican minority remains absolute.  Up-Chuck and Child-Sniffer Joe still hold the Senate and retain the power to ram more lawless federal judges through confirmation (with Lindsey Graham's obedient assistance, of course).  Middling McCarthy has such a weak House majority that he will end up playing so much ball with Democrats in the name of "compromise" that "selling out" will continue being Republicans' favorite sport.  And wicked witch San Fran Nan gets to booze off into the sunset, looking like a winner whose political expertise is so uncanny that she nearly managed to keep her majority during a foretold "red tsunami" election when roughly 70% of the country has consistently demanded a drastic change of course.

The "woke" Marxist puppeteers actually dictating policy from the Oval Office are so giddy with what they have managed to pull off with this new voting system of anonymous and unsecured mail-in ballots that they actually announced "We the People" as the official White House theme for holiday decorations this year — a fairly direct kidney punch against the broad MAGA coalition of voters who use that appellation from the Constitution's Preamble to rally support for taking back the country from the China-appeasing, World Economic Forum–devoted, anti–free speech communists long in control of the bureaucratic levers of government.  Sorry, "We the People," only atheists, oligarchs, globalists, and commies welcome at the White House for now!

Watching the Uniparty's cabal of corruptocrats flaunt their shared victory is downright nauseating.  It's such a kick in the teeth to see the same people we've been trying to cashier for over a decade still in charge.  Even after a Tea Party revolt against Obama's socialist overreach that ended up securing strong Republican congressional control (before corporate RINO Paul Ryan and the Turtle Tyrant threw those victories away), the election of MAGA Warrior Donald Trump in 2016, and a 2020 election turnout that brought over ten million new voters into MAGA's ranks, the same swamp creatures who ran roughshod over the stinking, rotten system back then still manipulate the decaying, rancid system yet today.  Uff da!  This is what a hamster on a wheel must feel like.  No wonder our Tribe of Totalitarian Elders looked so spitefully smug for the cameras.  The wishes of the people have been crushed and discarded once again.

While our Establishment Club masters shared gloating glances, I couldn't help but think of a scene from the movie version of Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, when Brad Pitt has the police commissioner in a compromising position and warns him: "Look, the people you are after are the people you depend on.  We cook your meals, we haul your trash, we connect your calls, we drive your ambulances, we guard you while you sleep.  Do not f--- with us."  Contrary to the official propaganda disseminated from the State-controlled press, MAGA is America — a grand coalition of hardworking laborers, parents, veterans, police officers, firefighters, small business–owners, health care professionals, and religious faithful from all backgrounds, cultural affiliations, and walks of life.  MAGA patriots do the lifting, digging, building, and shaping that require sweat, brawn, knowhow, and skill.  They are the first ones to run into peril — whether the danger be on the battlefield, across the street, or in the neighborhood park.  They instinctually sacrifice themselves for others because they value life, pursue virtue, and reject sin.  In other words, they guard America while others sleep!

That Dementia Joe and Turtle McConnell have joined forces with the Deep State Leviathan to paint America-loving warriors, workers, and patriots as "domestic extremists" feels like an absurd strategic miscalculation that might one day be remembered as the mother of all political backfires.  What could MAGA voters have done differently over the last fifteen years to express their opposition to Washington's policies more civilly?

MAGA voters pushed back against Obama's encroaching Big Government socialism by electing overwhelming Republican majorities.  What did they get in return?  King Barack and his wingman Attorney General Eric Holder repurposed George Bush's and Dick Cheney's PATRIOT Act into a domestic surveillance system targeting conservative Americans — many of whom had risked life and limb defending the country overseas.

MAGA voters bypassed the traditionally compromised slew of Republican candidates in 2016 and sent a complete outsider to the White House to clean up the system.  Did the Uniparty respect the will of the people?  Of course not.  Establishment Republicans worked with Establishment Democrats and the Intelligence Community to frame President Trump first as a Russian spy, then as the impeachment fall guy for Joe Biden's Ukrainian quid-pro-quo crimes, and finally as an insurrectionist committing sedition against the United States.  While the Uniparty and Department of (in)Justice have conspired for years to overthrow Trump from office and send him to prison, they gallingly label him an "autocrat" and "threat to democracy"!  

MAGA voters came out in full force in 2020, sending President Trump's vote totals to new heights for a sitting president, and when lawless mail-in voting and suspicious ballot dumps flipped crucial battleground states days after the election, they chose to exercise their constitutional rights to petition their government for redress of grievances.  How did the tyrants in D.C. respond?  They farcically treated the whole January 6 affair as a terrorist attack orchestrated with intent to overthrow the Republic, even though none of the pro-Second Amendment protesters inside or outside of the Capitol brandished weapons or remotely sought to topple the United States.

For nearly two years, hundreds of peaceful MAGA Americans have been imprisoned in a pre-trial purgatory, while the Antifa and Black Lives Matter rioters who orchestrated murder, mayhem, and the worst property damage in American history during the summer of 2020 were quickly released, if they were even arrested.  And while government-directed social media platforms actively support Antifa and BLM political goals in some oxymoronic pursuit of "social justice," MAGA Americans are openly censored online and purged from the public square.  Forget a two-tiered justice system.  There is no justice system left — just the brute machinery of political persecution administered to torture and dispirit critics of the State.

So MAGA voters have tried electing Republican majorities, electing complete outsiders, protesting, and speaking loudly — and for their peaceful efforts, they have had Republican backstabbers betray them repeatedly, their legitimately elected president fraudulently targeted as part of a running coup d'état, their assembled protests infiltrated by the FBI, their friends hunted down as "terrorists," their elections manipulated, their free speech censored, and the installed president of the United States declaring war upon them.  At some point, a rational person might wonder how much more MAGA Americans will endure before they simply "walk away."  

As a clever commenter suggested, maybe it is not time to "ctrl+alt+delete" the totalitarian State, but to "ctrl+Galt+delete" the "Great Reset" and let the Marxist globalists do the heavy lifting from here on out.  Let them fight the wars, police the streets, put out the fires, dig the holes, work the dirty jobs, and build all the things that keep the "woke" feeling safe and comfortable enough to call us "racists," "clingers," "bigots," and "rubes."  What if MAGA Americans altogether and all at once simply said, "No more"; shrugged their shoulders; and let everything fall down?  What would happen then?

Rules for Radicals - Saul Alinsky

Rules for Radicals

In 1971, Saul Alinsky wrote an entertaining classic on grassroots organizing titled Rules for Radicals. Those who prefer cooperative tactics describe the book as out-of-date. Nevertheless, it provides some of the best advice on confrontational tactics. Alinsky begins this way: What follows is for those who want to change the world from what it is to what they believe it should be. The Prince was written by Machiavelli for the Haves on how to hold power. Rules for Radicals is written for the Have-Nots on how to take it away. His "rules" derive from many successful campaigns where he helped poor people fighting power and privilege.

For Alinsky, organizing is the process of highlighting what is wrong and convincing people they can actually do something about it. The two are linked. If people feel they don't have the power to change a bad situation, they stop thinking about it.

According to Alinsky, the organizer, especially a paid organizer from outside, must first overcome suspicion and establish credibility. Next the organizer must begin the task of agitating: rubbing resentments, fanning hostilities, and searching out controversy. This is necessary to get people to participate. An organizer has to attack apathy and disturb the prevailing patterns of complacent community life where people have simply come to accept a bad situation. Alinsky would say, "The first step in community organization is community disorganization."

Through a process combining hope and resentment, the organizer tries to create a "mass army" that brings in as many recruits as possible from local organizations, churches, services groups, labor unions, corner gangs, and individuals.

Alinsky provides a collection of rules to guide the process. But he emphasizes these rules must be translated into real-life tactics that are fluid and responsive to the situation at hand.

Rule 1: Power is not only what you have, but what an opponent thinks you have. If your organization is small, hide your numbers in the dark and raise a din that will make everyone think you have many more people than you do.

Rule 2: Never go outside the experience of your people.
The result is confusion, fear, and retreat.

Rule 3: Whenever possible, go outside the experience of an opponent. Here you want to cause confusion, fear, and retreat.

Rule 4: Make opponents live up to their own book of rules. "You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity."

Rule 5: Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. It's hard to counterattack ridicule, and it infuriates the opposition, which then reacts to your advantage.

Rule 6: A good tactic is one your people enjoy. "If your people aren't having a ball doing it, there is something very wrong with the tactic."

Rule 7: A tactic that drags on for too long becomes a drag. Commitment may become ritualistic as people turn to other issues.

Rule 8: Keep the pressure on. Use different tactics and actions and use all events of the period for your purpose. "The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition. It is this that will cause the opposition to react to your advantage."

Rule 9: The threat is more terrifying than the thing itself. When Alinsky leaked word that large numbers of poor people were going to tie up the washrooms of O'Hare Airport, Chicago city authorities quickly agreed to act on a longstanding commitment to a ghetto organization. They imagined the mayhem as thousands of passengers poured off airplanes to discover every washroom occupied. Then they imagined the international embarrassment and the damage to the city's reputation.

Rule 10: The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative. Avoid being trapped by an opponent or an interviewer who says, "Okay, what would you do?"

Rule 11: Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, polarize it. Don't try to attack abstract corporations or bureaucracies. Identify a responsible individual. Ignore attempts to shift or spread the blame.

According to Alinsky, the main job of the organizer is to bait an opponent into reacting. "The enemy properly goaded and guided in his reaction will be your major strength."

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

A serious conflict exists between decisions rendered from this Court and lower appeal courts, along with constitutional provisions and statutes, in deciding whether or not the trial court has jurisdiction to try the merits of this case.

This case uncovers a serious national security breach that is unique and is of first impression, and due to the serious nature of this case it involves the possible removal of a sitting President and Vice President of the United States along with members of the United States Congress, while deeming them unfit from ever holding office under Federal, State, County or local Governments found within the United States of America, and at the same time the trial court also has the authority, to be validated by this Court, to authorize the swearing in of the legal and rightful heirs for President and Vice President of the United States. In addition there are two doctrines that conflict with each other found in this case affecting every court in this country. These doctrines are known as the doctrine of equitable maxim and the doctrine of the object principle of justice. Equitable maxim created by this court, which the lower court used to dismiss this case, sets in direct violation of the object principle of justice also partially created by this Court and supported by other appeal courts and constitutional provisions.

Other details you can pull from this:

These conflicts call for the supervisory power of this Court to resolve these conflicts, which has not, but should be, settled by this Court without delay.

it involves the possible removal of a sitting President and Vice President of the United States along with members of the United States Congress

This action is against 388 federal officers in their official capacities which include President Joseph Robinette Biden Jr, Vice President Kamala Harris, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and former Vice President Michael Richard Pence (“Respondents”)

Also, it is about the congress ignoring over one hundred claimants, on J6, that the election was rigged. They did not investigate the claim, as they should have, and installed Biden. Under the constitution this is treasonous, as they were aiding the enemy.

When the allegations of a rigged election came forward the Respondents had a duty under law to investigate it or be removed from office

Edit: I also wanted to add some more information from a conversation below. I remember the SCOTUS saying they may have unscheduled Dockets coming up in the near future back during the summer months...maybe this is what they had planned?

I don't see them acting upon this immediately after they hear the case, but it's a coincidence that the SCOTUS has Moore v Harper coming in Dec. 7th.

Moore v Harper:

Whether a State's judicial branch may nullify the regulations governing the "Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives . . . prescribed . . . by the Legislature thereof," U.S. CONST. art. I, § 4, cl. 1, and replace them with regulations of the state courts' own devising, based on vague state constitutional provisions purportedly vesting the state judiciary with power to prescribe whatever rules it deems appropriate to ensure a "fair" or "free" election.

 

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People Share Stories That Show Why HOAs Are Every Person’s Nightmare

by Molly Reynolds

Homeowners Associations are meant to keep the neighborhood looking nice and neat so that property values remain high, and, in theory, it should work. What ends up happening, though, is the people in charge go on a neighborhood power trip, wielding their bylaws over the heads of every single household. The homeowners below have either found a funny way around the bylaws or are just tired of hearing their HOA complain about things that aren’t that serious. Let’s see exactly what people across America think of their HOAs and what they’ve done to solve the “problems” they’ve been told they have. You’ll love some of these solutions. Who knows, maybe you’ll find the remedy to one of your HOA issues! You’ll also see a few mind-boggling power trips that exemplify why HOAs are so abhorred.

#1: You Want Greenery? I’ll Give You Greenery!

This person had a grubby tree dying in their front yard and got fined by their HOA. Tree removal costs a pretty penny, but a can of spray paint is less than $10. You can get your very own can of Krylon Farm Implement spray from Walmart and even match the seasons with a yellow or orange.

Honestly, I’m not sure how long this will work, but the HOA can’t say the tree isn’t looking lush and ready to go! Of course, a quick chainsaw swipe and it’s all taken care of, but I’m sure they fine for stumps, too, so what’s the point? This is an excellent solution if it lasts more than a month.

#2: ‘Tis the Season!

This homeowner was told they had to take their Halloween decorations down in mid-November. It wouldn’t have been any harder to remove the skeleton than to add the hat, but where’s the fun in that? It had to feel supremely satisfying to get one over on the HOA by turning it into a Christmas decoration.

On the one hand, I get what the HOA was trying to accomplish. They want a uniform neighborhood with brainwashed houses that all tick each and every box of perfection, but life is so much better when communities have colorful personalities. We have gargoyles by our mailbox year round. People have knocked on our door and told us they love them.

#3: Keeping It Sharp

This homeowner was fined for the stump in their yard, so they turned it into a giant pencil. It’s actually pretty epic, though I’m sure there is some silly law against yard art that doesn’t match the seasonal theme or whatever. Still, they did a great job of making it look exactly like a #2 pencil.

I wonder if that yellow is called “pencil yellow”? Come to think of it, can you imagine how much paint is used by the pencil industry? It turns out that the yellow on a pencil came about in the late 1800s and was meant to signify a high-quality pencil produced with superior Chinese graphite. Yellow represents royalty and respect. You learn something new every day!

When the Grinch has an evil grin and is throwing his middle finger in the air at everyone who drives past, it’s pretty apparent the HOA was better off leaving well enough alone. Still, they can’t fault them because they definitely participated. I bet someone is clutching their pearls and calling their friends.

#5: There’s Always a Loophole

For many people, it’s important to celebrate the things they believe in and let the people around them know what those things are. Even if they aren’t members of the LGBT+ community, but they support their rights, they might want to show that support by putting up a flag on their house during pride week.

However, some landlords or homeowners associations want all the houses in the neighborhood to look uniform and refrain from putting any symbols that are associated with controversial lifestyles. Maybe they think this will prevent any conflict in the neighborhood. Either way, I couldn’t disagree more with this sentiment! Everyone should have a right to express their values and beliefs, as long as they do so on their own private property.

#6: I Concur

Some HOA rules are ridiculous. In our neighborhood, we have an HOA in name only. We each pay $100 a year, and it covers the landscaping at the entrance and nice little flags along the roads during federal holidays. Our house happens to be at the entrance, so we don’t mind paying for the landscaping at all.

Thankfully, they don’t have a list of rules about the yards or house colors. They haven’t complained about our gargoyles or the fact that our Christmas lights stay up a little too long. I can’t imagine what I would do if they started getting onto us for something as innocuous as a frog statuette.

#7: What I Think of Your Laws…

After twenty years, this family was told they had to hide their trash can. I think they came up with the perfect solution. Of course, there is probably a bylaw about the height of a fence, etcetera, but this gets the message across for now. Everyone has a trash can. Why would you need to hide it?

It’s always nice to see neighbors that have a sense of humor. I will keep this idea in my repertoire just in case I’m ever asked to hide my trash. My neighbors across the street actually hide theirs in the neighborhood shrubbery. I was baffled the first time I saw them walk it out and stick it in there.

#8: But Why?

I am so glad this went viral. Nothing can bring back the tree fort this father built with his kids, but at least the world knows how trashy this “passerby” is for lodging a complaint to the HOA over a tree fort in a yard. They could have had the classic 80s movie childhood, but no. Now they’re inside watching TV.

Whoever complained about this needs therapy to deal with their own sad childhood. They probably always wanted a treehouse and never got one, so they’ve turned into a whiney curmudgeon and are taking their anger and resentment out on the children throughout the neighborhood. It’s a sad thing.

#9: HOA Vs. The Duck Feeder

This one is mind-blowing. Kathleen Rowe, a homeowner in Texas, is being sued by her HOA for feeding the ducks in the neighborhood. They didn’t fine her $100 like a sane HOA would or even leave a simple note as a warning. No, they are suing her for $250,000 for violating deed restrictions.

Rowe has been feeding the ducks for over ten years. The neighbors are mad because the ducks are noisy and messy and basically act like ducks. They truly believe that if she stops feeding them, they’ll go away. It’s somewhat baffling. The ducks live there! They aren’t just there because she feeds them. She has her house up for sale in case she has to pay. I can’t blame her.

#10: The Answer Is Always Pink

The owner of this home kept getting letters from the HOA President across the street admonishing him over the state of his house. In retaliation, he fixed it up and painted it ALL pink. He didn’t even go with a pastel. No, he went all out and did Barbie pink on everything, including the fountain.

I wish this had a before picture. It can’t have looked any worse than this. Thankfully, there’s nothing in the bylaws about house color, so the neighbor can’t complain anymore. This was a perfect solution and, aside from the awful color, the house looks very nice. And hey, the owner of the house never has to look at it from the outside, so it’s his neighbor’s problem!

#11: You’re Not Welcome

According to this HOA, having a welcome mat is against the rules. Call me petty, but I’d be taping it to my front door and buying one with annoying sayings and dirty rap lyrics just to make a point. It’s not like they’re a tripping hazard or anything! It’s just a welcome mat!

Seriously, if you’re having this issue, check out this website: Rude Doormats. Find one that says what you feel and super glue it to the front door. Just explain to your guests that it’s not about them; it’s about the HOA. Everyone will understand!

#12: If You Can’t Beat Them, Join Them

One woman is getting fined for having a white mailbox, as they tend to get dirty. That’s right. It’s not even dirty yet. It just has the potential to be occasionally unclean, so they’ve fined her and asked her to remove it. That’s such a Susan thing to do, honestly. It’s so silly that it almost sounds like a joke!

Maybe the HOA will provide the paint to change the color. Either way, it sounds like she found the right way to deal with this inconvenience. You know the saying, “if you can’t beat them, join them,” and that’s what she did. She stooped to their level. She gave them a taste of their own medicine. And all those other cliches that could be applied here.

#13: Human Anatomy Is Not Allowed

I can see banning naked figures, but if they’re missing skin, it shouldn’t be an issue, right? Unfortunately, in this neighborhood, the HOA has decided that no skeletons of any sort are allowed as adornments. I wonder if cutting the grass in the shape of a skull is against the rules, too.

They must be some serious Halloween haters. They probably expect everyone in the neighborhood to shut down for the night and go somewhere else to get their candy fix and parade their costume. I wonder what they’d think of my lovely driveway gargoyles. I’m so glad I don’t have to find out!

#14: You Can’t Have a Hose

This HOA is seriously trying to ban hoses. According to this resident, you can’t even have one in your backyard. I don’t know about you guys, but we need a hose back there for several reasons, from cleaning up things to watering the backyard. Hoses are crucial to houses!

I bet this is the same type of HOA to complain about running sprinklers for kids to play in. Why can’t we have little Johnny having fun in his own backyard while playing in the water? That’s too loud and disturbs a proper afternoon tea time. Honestly, who cares what people do in their backyard?

#15: It’s Not Your Fault, But It’s Your Fine

This couple got fined for the vines growing up on the side of their house. The kicker is that the plant is their neighbor’s. It’s encroached on their property and begun growing on their wall, but they’re the ones that owe the HOA for the violation. Make it make sense!

Hopefully, the neighbor owns up to the problem and removes the vine, then pays the fine. I don’t know if these neighbors are friendly or not, but depending on the amount of the fine, I’d be walking over and asking. Some of these HOAs can fine $500 for first violations!

#16: Stick It to the Man

According to the HOA of this neighborhood, residents aren’t allowed to have any holiday decorations up after the first week of January. I get that some people tend to procrastinate taking off their Christmas decorations and might leave them on for a full month after the holiday, but is that really a bad thing?

Christmas decorations give off a fun and festive vibe, so why not enjoy that magical holiday atmosphere for a little longer? Sometimes it seems like HOA’s only mission is to make people’s lives harder and to take the fun out of everything. Perhaps the only good thing to come out of it is that it brings the neighbors closers together and unites them in their mutual hate for the HOA.

#17: Dirty Business

It’s always aggravating when people in positions of power use their power for personal gain, but it’s something we see all the time in all realms of life. And it’s no different when it comes to HOAs. Maybe it’s unfair to generalize about all HOAs from this one story, but I get the feeling this isn’t the only time something like this has happened.

At least this story has a happy ending: the corrupt president was impeached for trying to use his role as president for personal gain, and the residents didn’t have to pay the fines. We’re not sure if the residents had to fight to get justice or if the HOA realized what was going on and set things straight, but either way, we can all be glad they got their happy ending.

#18: This Poor Puppy!

The HOA in this neighborhood decided to spray a pesticide that wasn’t animal-friendly without telling everyone. This pup got burnt by the chemicals when he went into his OWN backyard. It’s this kind of thing that makes HOAs so awful. They should have knocked on every door and warned them beforehand to keep their pets inside.

I hope whoever signed off on this helps pay the vet fees. It better not come out of the HOA pool, either. The neighbors don’t deserve to pay for this pup’s care. Personally, I’d have sued someone over this to make sure it never happened to another unsuspecting pet. I’m sure others suffered as well.

#19: When You’re the “It” House

Apparently, this homeowner got slammed by the HOA for running a daycare because they didn’t mind having all the neighborhood kids over to play. You’d think the HOA would be happy that all the kids weren’t wandering the neighborhood in mischievous bands, but nope. They’d rather complain that the kids are all playing together at a house!

Honestly, we all know this was a cranky old lady or a sour mom that wished the kids would want to play at her house. I can’t understand why running a daycare would even be an issue. With the economy the way it is, we gotta do what we gotta do. If that involves watching the neighborhood kids for a bit of extra cash, where’s the harm in that?

#20: Whoops

Imagine you get a dusting of snow, take off for work, and come home to a $100 fine for leaving a phallus-shaped spot where your car had been. Seriously, that’s what happened to this woman. It doesn’t matter that she never saw the actual problem or that it was nature’s fault.

Honestly, if you’re in charge of the HOA and keep seeing phallic shapes everywhere, you’re the problem. Go get yourself a battery-operated hair dryer and fix this issue yourself if you’re so offended. What was this person supposed to do? Check what shape was left behind by their car? That makes no sense.

#21: They Asked for a Lawn…

Natural yards are a great way to create beautiful landscaping and help our little pollinators stick around so the human race can survive on this planet. Without bees and other pollinators, we wouldn’t have food to eat or feed the animals that provide meat and dairy. It’s a serious issue, and this lawn helps curb it!

The HOA, however, isn’t fond of this wildflower landscaping. They want them to tear it all out and replace it with a lawn. One that will require watering, pesticides, soil disruption, and more. Don’t get me wrong. I have a lawn. I’m not against them! I just don’t mind it when others have wild yards. Especially this one. It’s gorgeous!

#22: A Smell That Can’t Be Ignored

I’m having a hard time imagining what led to this and what they expect people to do about it. They’re just begging for someone to get fart bombs and set them off in the elevator. They should have thought this one through a bit more! How many times did it even happen before they wrote a letter?

Seriously, though. Cameras can’t detect farts, and it’s super rude to point out flatulence. It’s not like people other than toddlers run around purposely passing gas to annoy others! What if one of the people using the elevator has IBM? Isn’t there some law against discrimination when it comes to medical issues?

#23: Why Would They Do That?

This HOA made the decision to cut down state-protected trees that dwelled in the courtyard behind these houses. Not only were the trees protected, but in this specific area, you need a permit from the county to cut down any tree at all! Which begs the question: Why would they do that? Did these trees bother anyone?

If they haven’t been fantastic (and from this decision, we’re going to assume that’s the case), they could end up being reported to the local authorities and owing tons of fines. I hope it doesn’t come back on the residents. They’re already upset about what happened. They don’t need to pay for it, too!

#24: Poisonous Pumpkins?

This family is having a one-sided tiff with the neighbors. The people next door reported that they had deadly and poisonous plants all over their backyard. Yes, that’s right. They didn’t recognize squash vines. I’m not sure what they thought it was, but it wasn’t poisonous or deadly!

I have no idea what started the feud, but it’s obvious the HOA didn’t take it too seriously, or we wouldn’t have all these lovely squash to look at. Those are beautiful and the perfect size! They probably make butternut squash mash with butter and brown sugar at least every other night, and their neighbors don’t deserve any.

#25: Not So Fine

Someone in the HOA doesn’t know their grass varieties. Charging $50 because seasons change and the grass dies away is just silly. Only a few varieties grow year-round, and even those struggle in certain temperatures without constant watering. I’d ask the HOA to fund my new lawn if they want it perfectly green year-round!

Honestly, I get it. If everyone has green lawns and one house has one that has turned brown, it can look a little rough on the eyes. Still, anyone driving through the neighborhood or looking to buy will recognize that the grass will be green in the spring and summer.

#26: Delightful Fix, Thank You

When your HOA is cheap or has spent too much money on other things, this is their not-so-reasonable solution to perfectly reasonable requests. Sure, it solves their liability if someone trips, but it doesn’t fix the uneven sidewalks! I’d be pretty upset if I gave a decent penny to the HOA each year, and this was their answer.

The “Walk at Own Risk” is slowly killing me. It’s a sidewalk. You walk everywhere at your own risk, but this is a sidewalk. It’s meant to be walked on. That’s why it’s there! Walking in the street is risky. Walking in the grass is risky. The sidewalk is supposed to be SAFE. Hopefully, this was just a temporary measure.

#27: No Privacy for You

We all like our privacy, and when I say “we all,” I’m not just talking about myself and the people I know, but everyone. We have several trees growing around the backyard and a lovely wooden divider in front of our bay window to block nosy neighbors. This couple sounds like us, and I can only imagine how upset they were when they came home and discovered this!

What’s going on? I’m glad you asked. The HOA cut their privacy bushes down by HALF without asking. I have no idea if this is a trespassing violation or not, but I’d be raising a ruckus and demanding new shrubs. I don’t need my neighbors looking into my living room. Surely, the people at the HOA get that!

#28: A Whole Letter for That?

What is it with people not wanting to hear kids play? That seems to be a predominant theme. Now, I can see why they wouldn’t want balls hitting parked cars or buildings, but to throw them in the backyard and side yard is ridiculous. The world shouldn’t only be about adults.

They literally complain that kids playing might disrupt dinners, family gatherings, and enjoyable times with friends. Talk about being oblivious. Making kids play in designated areas while their parents must oversee is the exact same thing! Have a heart and just ask people to watch out for the balls being thrown at cars. That’s an acceptable ask!

#29: They Want to What?

I had to double-check the meaning of this one. At first, I thought they were going to move the sidewalk 15’ into the property. That would be bad enough, cutting their yard nearly in half, but no. What they actually mean is that they’d like the entire house moved up!

Apparently, having a large front yard is a bad thing, and this house wasn’t built at an acceptable distance from the street. It wasn’t a problem for twenty years. Why is it a problem now? Hopefully, the Rogers County Courthouse was packed with supporters of the family, and it didn’t end up happening.

#30: Why Do You Need a Gate in a Neighborhood?

This one blows my mind. That’s an actual gate keeping residents from accessing the portions of the neighborhood they don’t live in. I don’t know what caused this, but I’ve never seen an HOA choose to do something like this. They must be true jerks, or there must be some other reason behind this.

I’m sure there are other entrances, but this still looks dumb. What if an emergency vehicle needs to get through? I mean, it’s an electronic gate. It was expensive. A lot of money went into separating this neighborhood. Hopefully, someone drives through it, or an HOA boycott will take place.

#31: Yay, A Rock

You’ll never guess what this lovely gravel lot is for. It isn’t for parking cars like one might think. No, it’s a dog park. This was what the HOA installed for all the neighborhood pups to play on. I’ve seen some bad ideas, but this one is dangerous! Those puppy paw pads aren’t made for playing on hot gravel!

Even worse, you can’t easily pick up the poop, and the pee will puddle. There’s a reason most dog parks are grass or at least dirt or sand. I guess they thought they’d make up for it with an extra rock or two that was a bit larger than the rest. My dog and I would be going elsewhere, and I’d deduct the fee of a doggy daycare from my HOA dues each year.

#32: That Worked Beautifully

I want to crack a joke about a broken sprinkler, but residents’ hard-earned money went to placing sprinklers around the local pond. Yes, that’s a sprinkler IN a pond. Why? I don’t have an answer. Do you? Did they not take into account water levels rising on occasion?

I hope they at least cut the water off to it. It failed, end of story. Let’s not waste more water and money keeping the pond wet. It’s not helping out the grass anymore, okay? This HOA is run by people who need to go back to school.

#33: No Need to State the Obvious

I love how this HOA was like, “Let’s waste tons of paper and time stating the obvious to each and every resident that has yet to remove the plywood.” Everyone who goes through these storms knows what needs to be done. They’ve just had their lives disrupted for a few days.

Give them a bit of extra time. If it’s been a month, offer help to remove it! You never know what stresses are happening behind that front door. It could be a single mom with four kids trying to make it through each day. This is why HOAs get a bad rep. It just seems like they don’t really care about the residents, only the rules.

#34: His Own Property

This guy parked on the property he owns and got a parking violation. Weird, right? They didn’t even use non-sticky or easy-to-remove paper! They special ordered parking violation stickers on the wrong kind of adhesive paper to be utter jerks. Even if the car had been there for a month, you don’t do this.

If this were a violation from a police officer, that would be one thing, but it wasn’t illegally parked if it’s just the HOA complaining. Next time, they should let the professionals handle the issue if it’s an actual problem. Heck, they could just mind their own business. That’s an option, too!

#35: We See Your Fence and Raise You One

This person scheduled a fence cleaning, and two weeks before it was set to happen, the HOA installed an entirely different fence two feet shorter than theirs. Nothing about this looks good. The homeowner needed an upgrade, but this just looks awful.

Now they can’t even properly clean their fence! Plus, moss and mold are sure to grow in the areas that no longer get sunlight. The HOA defeated itself with this one. I’m not sure how to fix this without tearing down one of the fences. That outer one is too low to provide privacy, though, so it should be the one to go.

#36: Yep, That Makes Sense

Is there anything in HOA bylaws that allow you to send them bills and fines? Their landscaper cut through the cables on the side of this house. Sure, it’s not an expensive fix, but depending on the purpose of that cable, it could be a real problem! Have they considered fining them?

If that’s from a cable company, it could take forever to get them out there to fix it. It took me three weeks to get the cable guys out to find out what was wrong with my internet. We’ve all had to deal with the cable company before, and we all know they work as if we were in the real-life adaptation of the animated film Zootopia.

#37: Thanks for This

The HOA in this neighborhood gave each house a new set of numbers. I’m not sure who installed it or what they were told to do, but they put this one directly behind a bush. Now this family still needs numbers, which will look very different from the rest of the neighborhood.

Personally, I’d buy giant inflatable numbers for the front yard and run them for a month straight. It would cost a pretty penny, but it would be worth it to get their attention and help them realize how useless this exercise in uniformity was. They should have just attached them to the mailbox.

#38: Again, with the Kids?

Here’s an idea. If you don’t have kids anymore and families are moving into the neighborhood, move out of it. It’s that simple. You can find yourself a lovely child-free retirement home and find something else to complain about. Cars shouldn’t even be in the front yard.

Don’t get me wrong. There are kids out there who like to play in the street, but my neighborhood fixed this by installing “Children Playing” signs and putting in not one, but three speed humps. That way, the kids could play, and the cars had to slow down. That’s how you should handle it. Thanks, Doug!

#39: Please, Someone, Fix This

While I’m thankful they installed the sign instead of banning kids, there’s a reason it’s printed that way. The shape and color of signs have meaning. In America, a yellow diamond sign means caution. A square sign signifies something regulatory, like “No Parking” or “No left turn.”

Thankfully, this is a quick fix. I’d have my husband out there that same afternoon putting it in the correct and legal position. I mean, sure, it gets the point across either way, but I might have a little OCD streak in me when it comes to road signs. And I know I can’t be the only one.

#40: Check the Time

This is a nice initiative in theory, but this HOA seriously invited people out from 6:30 to 7:30 in the morning on a Saturday to clean up the community. You know it’s one of those older people that wakes up at 5 am and drinks coffee while staring grumpily down the road. No one else would think this was okay.

I hope they aren’t talking about alcoholic drinks afterward at the pool. Maybe old Tom likes a little something extra in that morning coffee while he hates on the neighborhood and runs the HOA. Let’s hope someone else takes over soon and has decent ideas and decent working hours. A community clean-up is an acceptable request. Just do it at a decent hour!

#41: Take That, HOA!

After she was fined for not pressure-washing her driveway, she did exactly what they asked. That’s a pressure-washed driveway, alright. The HOA didn’t think it was too funny and fined her a second time. Still, that’s worth the laugh. They’re lucky she didn’t just write a longer letter the second time.

I’m sure she had a few choice words they would have found entirely offensive. Honestly, I’ve never pressure-washed my driveway, and it’s not bothering anyone. Is it all shiny and new? Absolutely not. Does it serve its purpose? It sure does! I’ll take a long look at it later and reassess it.

#42: What Was the Reasoning Behind This?

Why would the HOA place a cardboard sign with the house numbers on it by the front door? I can see a homeowner doing this to mess with the HOA or use it as a temporary placeholder while picking out other numbers, but this was seriously their solution.

They didn’t even use nice handwriting. They could have at least typed it out on paper and laminated it! That would make more sense than this. One good rain and this thing is done for. Maybe they have a bunch of cardboard, and they’re trying to get rid of it.

#43: A Sidewalk? There?

This is one of the more confusing uses of HOA funds that we have seen on this list. That’s a sideyard sidewalk… that no one asked for in a place that makes zero sense. If you zoom in, you can see that it goes directly to a fence. It doesn’t even lead to something useful behind the house!

Whoever came up with this needs to be removed from the HOA. They didn’t even get homeowner permission. They just hired a company to do it and walked away. It looks like it might cause some erosion issues in the long run, too. Maybe some kids will enjoy writing on it with chalk. That’s all it’s good for. I bet they’ll complain about that, though.

#44: Goodbye 80s, Hello, HOA!

I’m staring at my netless basketball goal in my driveway and mentally thanking my neighbors for never bringing it up. That thing is concreted deep into the earth and would take an actual miracle to move. What’s hilarious about this is they provide a picture, and there is a net in this one.

I can see why someone would be concerned. Ours, I pointed towards the backyard at the side of the driveway. This one is pointed right at the street if you miss it. Still, it’s private property and has probably been there for a while. It doesn’t look like the kind you move and “store.”

#45: Thanks, HOA

This HOA installed doggie bag locations so people could pick up the poop without giving any thought to who would need to empty it. Honestly, my guess is the neighbors would be happy to take turns if the HOA weren’t such jerks about it by adding a second receptacle when asked about it.

That’s right. Those little boxes in the photo were the HOA’s solution to the overflowing poop can. Instead of asking for help or figuring out a solution to get rid of it, they just made room for more. This is HOA money at work. I’m surprised they didn’t write a letter to every resident banning the use of it more than once a month.

If you love to hate your HOA, are glad you don’t have one, or simply delight in seeing the HOA s drama, we hope you enjoyed these! I’m so thankful my HOA doesn’t come with a book of bylaws. Our neighborhood is nice, even with the eclectic front yards and house colors. I wouldn’t have it any other way!

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