Freedom to Farm (or not):
These homes in El Campo, Tex., stand on land once used to grow rice. Because of that, their back yards qualify for direct payments under federal agricultural programs as long as the owner does not develop the acreage. (By James M. Thresher — The Washington Post).
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the land of the free….

Pirate Squirrel Poem.:

PIRATE SKWERL
by skwerly scouts club
O pirate skwerl, o pirate skwerl,
Trying to take the great black pearl.
Musket fire all around,dead skwerls on the ground.
The pirate skwerls will fight for rum, rum, the lovely rum.
Pirate skwerl Prizm, will take a stand against the demon skwerl band.
Shooting left and right,the demon skwerls will stand to fight.
Prizm falls, Prizm dies, never again to see the blue sky.
Now the demon skwerls are using hooks,
Launching themselves to every nook.
Now the pirate skwerls send out their best,
Putting Chipper the Ripper to the test.
Chipper, slaying left and right, the demon skwerls have lost this fight.
Now the pirate skwerls break out the rum, WHOOZA,WHOOZA!
More squirrelly things at Scary Squirrel World – via Frozen-One via Neatorama

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aieeee, the squirrels are coming…..