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                             Loving County, Texas

> … his phone rang with an old-fashioned warning: “You don't know it, but
> you're in trouble.” A group was planning a takeover of the county, said the
> caller, a woman in Arizona who promised to send him some information by e-
> mail. The material described the plans of a Libertarian faction in its own
> words “to win most of the elected offices in the county administration” and
> “restore to freedom” Loving County.
>
> …
>
> The goal, said an e-mail message attributed to a group member, was to move
> in enough Libertarians “to control the local government and remove
> oppressive regulations (such as planning and zoning, and building code
> requirements) and stop enforcement of laws prohibiting victimless acts
> among consenting adults such as dueling, gambling, incest, price-gouging,
> cannibalism and drug handling.”
>
> …
>
> Now pictures of the three decorate a poster on the sheriff's door at the
> Loving County Courthouse under the timeworn Wild West legend: “Wanted by
> the Texas Rangers.”
>

“1 Cafe, 1 Gas Station and 2 Roads: America's Emptiest County [1]”

Oh real life! You are so much better than satire these days.

[1] http://www.austincc.edu/kseago/pcm/lovingcty.html

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