--- aletheia kallos <
aletheiak@...> wrote:
> well
> both of these objects of neighborly desire are after
> all on the jersey side of the respective estuary
>
> but you know how cranky states & countries do
> generally get anyway
even municipalities naturally act this way
a good case in point & a nice legal study too
in the news today
http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050317/NEWS16/5031170373
> & these are comparatively mild cases really
> insofar as many if not most states actually kill
> people
> routinely
>
> & even do so on principle
> yikes
>
> in new mexico these would just be considered very
> good
> humored slap fights
>
> & so long as politics & government remain a form of
> literally civil war
> mud or pillow fights like these may be the best a
> state can hope to do
>
> --- Asher Samuels <asher972@...> wrote:
>
> > Has anyone else notice that New Jersey gets upset
> > when Delaware claims that
> > pier or extension off the New Jersey bank of the
> > Delaware River is part of
> > Delaware, but had no problem complaining about
> Ellis
> > Island?
> >
> > Asher
> > --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@...>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > You are entirely correct. This is an "anomaly"
> > only in New Jersey's
> > > experience.
> > > It is no different in theory from the numerous
> > other river bank boundaries
> > > among
> > > the American states. The sense of unique
> > persecution perceived by the New
> > > Jersey politicians is testimony to their
> ignorance
> > of political geography.
> > >
> > > Pronouncements that it is archaic and overdue
> for
> > changing miss the point.
> > > When
> > > a man freely bargains away his property, his
> heirs
> > are bound by his act. The
> > >
> > > Duke of York deeded that segment of the river
> > (along with the rest of
> > > northern
> > > Delaware) to William Penn; and the State of New
> > Jersey is His Royal
> > > Highness's
> > > political heir. If New Jersey wants the LNG
> wharf
> > built in Delaware, they
> > > should make nice to Delaware, not bluster and
> > threaten.
> > >
> > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > >
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Flynn, Kevin"
> > <flynnk@...>
> > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 12:20 PM
> > > Subject: RE: [BoundaryPoint] river condo
> authority
> > joins denj follies
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Why do the NJ politicians keep referring to
> this
> > boundary as an "anomaly"
> > > > when it has been known since it was set up? I
> > used to work in Gloucester
> > > > County NJ and we knew about it. It's not very
> > different in principle from
> > > > the riverbank issues along MDVA. KYOH or
> OKTX,
> > is it?
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: aletheia kallos
> > [mailto:aletheiak@...]
> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:37 AM
> > > >> To: BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com
> > > >> Subject: [BoundaryPoint] river condo
> authority
> > joins denj follies
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> it gets better as it goes
> > > >>
> >
>
http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-2/11109648
> > > >> 14215190.xml
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