There is only one goddess Gaia and Al Gore is her only prophet...

[ShadowHM]

As it stands today, we need to consult with about ten governmental organizations before we can legally install ten feet of bulkhead to keep a shoreline tree from falling in the water. All this crap needs to be dismantled, so government can return to it's proper role, preserving and defending freedom.

Well, that one hit a nerve, since I happen to have been the neighbour of someone who felt that way about his shoreline. <_<

If you just build a 'bulkhead' then you cause the waves to build and not dissipate. So you erode more somewhere else. THANKS, neighbour!

A lot of 'this crap' exists to protect from the likes of you, apparently. The man had good intentions and not a clue about what he really was doing. And, like you, he was so convinced he was right that no comments/requests/arguments were going to make any difference to his plan. :(

Methinks you chose a poor example to make your point, thus exposing a serious weakness in your argument. Additionally, exaggeration weakens your point, since I happen to know that here there is only one agency to get clearance from to make shoreline alterations. ;)