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• Tuesday, April 29, 2008 06:45 AM

  What about Sutter's Mill?

  Ms. Noonan's grasp of Sutter's Mill leaves a little to be desired - if she is not trying to tell us something....

  A hard working entrepreneur has his business ruined and his property stolen by "losers and brigands" (Halliburton, KBR, Enron, Tyco) AND CORRUPT GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS. Need I say more? I can not believe how hard it is to not sink into despair.

  In the immortal words of Lily Tomlin:

  "No matter how cynical you get, it is impossible to keep up."

  The words of John Sutter:

  "By this sudden discovery of the gold, all my great plans were destroyed. Had I succeeded for a few years before the gold was discovered, I would have been the richest citizen on the Pacific shore; but it had to be different. Instead of being rich, I am ruined, and the cause of it is the long delay of the United States Land Commission of the United States Courts, through the great influence of the squatter lawyers. Before my case will be decided in Washington, another year may elapse, but I hope that justice will be done me by the last tribunal — the Supreme Court of the United States. By the Land Commission and the District Court it has been decided in my favor. The Common Council of the city of Sacramento, composed partly of squatters, paid Adelpheus Felch, (one of the late Land Commissioners, who was engaged by the squatters during his office), $5,000, from the fund of the city, against the will of the tax-payers, for which amount he has to try to defeat my just and old claim from the Mexican government, before the Supreme Court of the United States in Washington."

  Click on my name for the source link.

  Pax

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