Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Re: DEFRLU + BEDELU & eagle pass
Date: Jun 30, 2003 @ 23:27
Author: Lowell G. McManus ("Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>)
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From: "acroorca2002" <orc@...>
To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 9:58 AM
Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: DEFRLU + BEDELU & eagle pass
> len
> of course this question refers only to the accreted sectors & not
> to the avulsed ones at all
> where there is no question the markers do rule
>
> & then if you do learn that the ibwc markers do indeed legally
> trump their corresponding thalweg position
> & i would think there is certainly a good possibility of this
> it will still be necessary to learn the path by which the boundary
> gets from the ground to the bridge
> or the presumption will remain that the bridge jog sector
> whether expressly or implicitly
> interrupts the thalweg boundary for the width of the bridge
> & along its edges
> but still without vertical differentiation of sovereignty
> just as we saw occurs by law in lithuania
>
> but please do continue the hot pursuit
>
> i am sure you are on to something big here
> if not a vertigal jog
> then at least the clear delineation of a fantastic illusion
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> <orc@o...> wrote:
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "L. A. Nadybal"
> > <lnadybal@c...> wrote:
> > > I think the answers to the question of their being dry land
> areas
> > > within the DE-LUX condo will be answered when we see the
> > treaty text.
> >
> > i thought we already knew there are many such dry areas
> >
> > > I've ordered a copy of the book, and when I have digested it,
> I'll
> > > post whatever is there that exposes something.
> >
> > great
> >
> > > Also, sometime this week, I'll visit the Border Commission
> HQ
> > here in
> > > DC and ask if a drug runner or people smuggler is captured
> > under the
> > > bridge south of the border marker but on the north side of the
> > river
> > > if the person is in the U.S. or in Mexico at that point, and I'll let
> > > you know what they say.
> >
> > great
> > you are on the leading edge of this question then
> > which i think boils down to
> > where does it actually say
> > ibwc markers above the river trump the thalweg
> >
> >
> >
> > > It'll probably be some maneuver words, such as "we have a
> hot
> > pursuit
> > > agreement so the government needn't establish a precedent
> > by
> > > ascertaining the answer".
> > >
> > > LN
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
> > <orc@o...> wrote:
> > > > thanxx twice lowell
> > > > for even without having seen the maps
> > > > i am practically certain your analysis is correct
> > > > & just the latest on our long trail of busted claims
> > > > of vertically differentiated sovereignty
> > > > a topic most recently revisited & summarized in messages
> > 9963
> > > > 9971 9973 9974 9975 9985 9990
> > > >
> > > > & similarly your very interesting eagle pass observation or
> try
> > > > just like all the other bridge markers along mxus
> > > > is i think most probably overridden by the accretions of the
> > river
> > > > since the unavulsed rio border has been defined & oft
> > reiterated
> > > > as the living thalweg or middle of the deepest channel of
> the
> > rio
> > > >
> > > > & thus
> > > > unless there is some legal provision here that i am
> unaware
> > of
> > > > like the lithuanian one by which bridges & their markers
> > trump
> > > > thalwegs
> > > > or say one that makes even the misguided & unratified acts
> > of
> > > > the ibwc trump the treaty texts & the laws of both countries
> > > > then i think all mxus bridge markers are technically relict
> > even as
> > > > they are being installed
> > > > since they refer at best to the accurate thalweg position in
> the
> > > > past rather than actually marking the present legal reality
> > > >
> > > > & the fact that these markers are far more likely to be
> > observed
> > > > than the thalweg ever is
> > > > & are so official looking to boot
> > > > indeed because they are official
> > > > makes for a hilarious mass delusion
> > > > but not yet necessarily for vertically differentiated
> sovereignty
> > > >
> > > > usually the distances involved are so small & ephemeral &
> > the
> > > > practical distinctions so nonexistent that nobody notices or
> > cares
> > > > & i think that is where the matter presently stands
> > > >
> > > > however it does set up a situation in which the vertical
> > > > differentiation could eventually accrue
> > > > upon & above the bridges
> > > > by uti possidetis juris
> > > > if ever tested & adjudicated that way
> > > >
> > > > it is just that we have seen no evidence for this yet
> > > > & until there is
> > > > i think we have here & in many other places on the rio & in
> > the
> > > > world today illusory or fuzzy borders & the particular illusion
> of
> > > > differentiated vertical sovereignty
> > > > but not yet the actual fact of it
> > > >
> > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G.
> > McManus"
> > > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > > L. A. Nadybal wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > a. There is a piece of land on the France-Condo
> border
> > in
> > > > white.
> > > > > According to the Legend, the pink is the joint sovereignty
> > area -
> > > > and
> > > > > the piece of land is not in pink, not in Luxembourg proper
> > and
> > > > not in
> > > > > Germany proper, either.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, the map shows TWO such mystery areas: (1)
> The
> > > > end of the island that
> > > > > sticks from France into the condominium; and (2) the jetty
> > or
> > > > wing-wall that
> > > > > extends twice as far from the lock in France at the left
> edge
> > of
> > > > the lower map.
> > > > >
> > > > > Actually, I think these lands and the bridge as well are
> > within
> > > > the condominium.
> > > > > Notice that in the legend, the German and French texts
> > relating
> > > > to the condo are
> > > > > right beside the island and bridge. I think they're saying
> > that
> > > > everything
> > > > > between the pink dashed lines is condo (including
> > lavender
> > > > water and white lands
> > > > > and bridge). All dry DELU boundary lines and those
> > fronting
> > > > the condo are shown
> > > > > as pink dashed lines, and there are none around the
> white
> > > > island.
> > > > >
> > > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
>
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