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NYT: Rand Paul and neighbor had fight over gardening... (Original Post) brooklynite Nov 2017 OP
you bastard, don't fuck with my azaleas! Raster Nov 2017 #1
So it's a bizarre gardening incident? underpants Nov 2017 #2
"the police just said...leave it". Ken Burch Nov 2017 #31
Nothing to see here. Just another flora fight. Sneederbunk Nov 2017 #3
So was Rand out there mowing down something of his neighbor's? LisaM Nov 2017 #4
Paul was likely fertilizing... machoneman Nov 2017 #38
Maybe Paul will hire that little kid who cut the White House lawn BigmanPigman Nov 2017 #5
Twitter twits want to make this about a Dem attacked a CON...it's two neighbors Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #6
Well, it happens everyday here. cwydro Nov 2017 #16
No that never ever happens here tymorial Nov 2017 #23
Lol. cwydro Nov 2017 #25
I don't like this trend. Makes me sad. Kirk Lover Nov 2017 #24
I agree. cwydro Nov 2017 #26
Gardening woes? leftofcool Nov 2017 #7
Neighbor did some serious damage. louis-t Nov 2017 #8
I had a different version Not Ruth Nov 2017 #9
Lol oasis Nov 2017 #12
Good one leftofcool Nov 2017 #30
Love it! cwydro Nov 2017 #33
Hahaha YES! VOX Nov 2017 #43
Gardening in Kentucky dem in texas Nov 2017 #10
Actually I just assumed the guy found out Rand was screwing his wife, daughter or son. OregonBlue Nov 2017 #11
I'm not buying this gardening story a bit so you may be on to something..LOL..n/t monmouth4 Nov 2017 #13
People in gated communities are nuts RhodeIslandOne Nov 2017 #17
the Gardening story is very believable . arguments over property like this among wealthy or upper JI7 Nov 2017 #45
I thought it was his dog being screwed RainCaster Nov 2017 #41
That thought does make it's way into skeptical brainpans Achilleaze Nov 2017 #46
That seems like the proper libertarian way of working out their issues... malchickiwick Nov 2017 #14
Yep treestar Nov 2017 #22
Was Rand planting a weed that was going into the neighbor's yard? Sanity Claws Nov 2017 #15
They're pretty serious about their blue grass down there, Snake Plissken Nov 2017 #18
"Oh yeah, what are you going to do about it? I'm a Senator..." TeamPooka Nov 2017 #19
Fucking Paul was stealing the guys weed plamts madinmaryland Nov 2017 #20
Maybe there is more to the plants than we are thinking? imanamerican63 Nov 2017 #21
Can we start a GoFundMe for the neighbor's attorney fees gopiscrap Nov 2017 #27
The guy belongs in jail. Kaleva Nov 2017 #35
You want to support a coward who attacks from behind? former9thward Nov 2017 #37
Seems very odd. cwydro Nov 2017 #28
I figured Rand woke his neighbor up too early for the umpteenth time Motley13 Nov 2017 #29
Yea, sounds like the neighbor went Bowling Green Massacre on him leftofcool Nov 2017 #32
Please repost in the Gardening Group Kaleva Nov 2017 #34
First degree MFM008 Nov 2017 #36
It was snowybirdie Nov 2017 #39
Dumb and Dumber MatthewG. Nov 2017 #40
2 doctors in neighboring mansions get in a fistfight Nevernose Nov 2017 #42
Garden battles: def a first-world issue. VOX Nov 2017 #44
I'd bet on there being a Home Owners Assn DeminPennswoods Nov 2017 #47
+1 dalton99a Nov 2017 #48

BigmanPigman

(51,607 posts)
5. Maybe Paul will hire that little kid who cut the White House lawn
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:29 PM
Nov 2017

a few months ago. I think the kid should ask for the money up front since the Moron says, "The check is in the mail".

 

Kirk Lover

(3,608 posts)
6. Twitter twits want to make this about a Dem attacked a CON...it's two neighbors
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:29 PM
Nov 2017

having a dispute that got out of control. Like this doesn't happen all the friggin time. I see now everything is D vs. R...it's getting me ill.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
16. Well, it happens everyday here.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:01 PM
Nov 2017

Anybody does anything bad, DU rushes to call them a fan of the shitgibbon.

 

cwydro

(51,308 posts)
26. I agree.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:50 PM
Nov 2017

Completely.

People are people, and they can be assholes no matter what their political affiliation.

louis-t

(23,295 posts)
8. Neighbor did some serious damage.
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:34 PM
Nov 2017

I suspect Ayn Rand Paul was in denial about how bad it was. Then, he woke up on the SECOND day and.....

 

Not Ruth

(3,613 posts)
9. I had a different version
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:34 PM
Nov 2017

Rene: Get off my lawn
Rand: Your lawn is stupid
Rene: Your name is stupid
Rand: Your mother wear army boots
Rene: Mom’s army would kick your dad’s no standing army’s ass
Rand: Bring it on French Fry
Rene: Oh, it’s on

dem in texas

(2,674 posts)
10. Gardening in Kentucky
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:40 PM
Nov 2017

Used to live in Western Kentucky - Lots of "weed" crops growing out there deep in the country. Probably a better cash crop than the tobacco hogs and cattle we raised..

 

RhodeIslandOne

(5,042 posts)
17. People in gated communities are nuts
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:04 PM
Nov 2017

I'm not shocked by the gardening story, other than I can't believe Rand mows his own yard.

JI7

(89,250 posts)
45. the Gardening story is very believable . arguments over property like this among wealthy or upper
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 06:53 AM
Nov 2017

income types is very common.

Achilleaze

(15,543 posts)
46. That thought does make it's way into skeptical brainpans
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 07:33 AM
Nov 2017

Things being what things are. We'd be fools to suck up the "official" account. It just plain smells republican, you know, funny.

malchickiwick

(1,474 posts)
14. That seems like the proper libertarian way of working out their issues...
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:47 PM
Nov 2017

...why should the socialist police force need to get involved. Keep government out of it

Sanity Claws

(21,849 posts)
15. Was Rand planting a weed that was going into the neighbor's yard?
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 05:59 PM
Nov 2017

Was Rand using copious amounts of herbicide that went into the neighbor's yard and killed things?

Snake Plissken

(4,103 posts)
18. They're pretty serious about their blue grass down there,
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:06 PM
Nov 2017

So a few broken ribs over gardening may be a common occurrence.

Motley13

(3,867 posts)
29. I figured Rand woke his neighbor up too early for the umpteenth time
Mon Nov 6, 2017, 06:53 PM
Nov 2017

& he had it. Seems hard to believe he broke 5 ribs, he must have run over him with the lawn mower

Nevernose

(13,081 posts)
42. 2 doctors in neighboring mansions get in a fistfight
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:20 AM
Nov 2017

Over the lawn? Sounds like America to me.

This guy’s best defense strategy honestly might be “Your honor, I didn’t attack a senator over lawn care. I attacked that son of a bitch right there who lives next door. His profession is incidental to my petunias.”

Otherwise, even for a rich white guy with a first offense, attacking a congressman is a pretty serious felony.

VOX

(22,976 posts)
44. Garden battles: def a first-world issue.
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 12:34 AM
Nov 2017

Rand Paul looks like such a diminutive guy. No wonder he was thrashed so badly.

Don’t fight above your weight-class, Rand!

DeminPennswoods

(15,286 posts)
47. I'd bet on there being a Home Owners Assn
Tue Nov 7, 2017, 08:01 AM
Nov 2017

in a gated community. HOAs have a ton of rules about what can/can be done as far as exterior appearance.
Maybe Paul was skirting the rules and it annoyed his neighbor.

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