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U.S. Gov't Backs Off Seizure Plan, Says Flight 93 Landowners 'Will Be Treated Fairly'
thepittsburghchannel.com ^
| 6/5/2009
| General
Posted on 06/05/2009 11:33:22 AM PDT by AbeKrieger
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To: w1andsodidwe
That’s harder to do than this memorial.
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posted on
06/05/2009 11:57:29 AM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: pnh102
Well a small monument would only require one part-time Park Ranger.
This one will require a staff the size of an Army battalion and a 30 bureaucrats to oversee them.
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posted on
06/05/2009 11:57:59 AM PDT
by
Never on my watch
(At least with Doctors I can get a second opinion. With 'Professional Journalists' there is only one)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Well, I believe they already have the land.
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posted on
06/05/2009 11:59:34 AM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
Well, maybe there’s an ‘interfaith’ islamic center design in the offing in the ‘buffer.’
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:00:54 PM PDT
by
combat_boots
(The 5 Stages of Collapse: http://www.energybulletin.net/node/47157)
To: AbeKrieger
The announcement, though, doesn't take eminent domain completely off the table. The government said it still has the option to use it, but will do so only as a last resort. The landowners will be victims of totalitarianism regardless. Damn this government!
To: BikerJoe
I’d be interested to know exactly WHO, by name,
designed this mockery of a memorial.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:03:34 PM PDT
by
MrB
(Go Galt now, save Bowman for later)
To: AbeKrieger
Some farmers are going to be rich the almighty Uncle Obama has spoken.
To: AbeKrieger
What better way to commemorate the murder of Americans on 9/11 than to steal more private American land! It isn’t theft if it is patriotic!
/unfunny
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:05:10 PM PDT
by
M203M4
(A rainbow-excreting government-cheese-pie-eating unicorn in every pot.)
To: ReneeLynn
Next step, make the property owners look greedy and force them into accepting squat for their land. Or just raise the property taxes, they won’t be able to pay, and take the land anyway.Why bother? Zero will just print up a wad o moolah and pay em off... gets better press that way, and he still gets to build his tribute to mecca.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:10:12 PM PDT
by
glock rocks
(SEVERE at 2009: divide by zero error at HopeAndChange( ).injectCrisis( ).runDistraction()
To: AbeKrieger
I don’t understand the need for such a huge tract of land.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:30:52 PM PDT
by
DBrow
To: AbeKrieger
A small pull-over area by a nearby road that overlooks the area would suffice, imo. It was enough a horror without snatching someone’s home as well.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:37:03 PM PDT
by
bgill
(The evidence simply does not support the official position of the Obama administration)
To: DBrow
They want to encompass the ENTIRE crash site.
Currently, the site is off limits because of possible souveneir seekers.
By taking that much land, they can dig it up completely or cover it with concrete.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:37:24 PM PDT
by
SJSAMPLE
To: AbeKrieger
Place the memorial at the intended target. Have it state:
"Never forget: the people of flyover country saved your asses! Let's Roll!"
We're here from the government...
...to memorialize you
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:41:09 PM PDT
by
Theophilus
(Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with thee, which frameth mischief by a law?)
To: AbeKrieger
I find this news surprising in light of the fact that Obama hasn’t planned to sieze United Airlines as yet...
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:41:10 PM PDT
by
FDNYRHEROES
(In just 3 days, the War on Terror became the War on Free Speech.)
To: the OlLine Rebel
According to Wikipedia, of the $57 million required to build this thing, as of April 2007 only $11 million had been raised. It may be a real long time before we see the revamped version of the “Crescent of Embrace” (that was the real name, folks), architect Paul Murdoch’s red, crescent-shaped memorial that just happened to face toward Mecca. Gee, I wonder if Murdoch is a conservative. /s
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:46:47 PM PDT
by
Dr. Thorne
(Buy Gold and Guns Now.)
To: AbeKrieger
Move it to NYC !why have memorials all over the place.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:51:20 PM PDT
by
Cheetahcat
(Zero the Wright kind of Racist! We are in a state of War with Democrats)
To: All
Please, folks!
It's not like the Obama Administration suddenly gives a damn about NOT infringing on the property rights of Americans.
The National Park Service, Interior Department, Specter nor Obama deserves NO credit for this "decision"— it's more about the negotiations between the land owners and a National Park Service "misunderstanding":
Parks service officials have said they needed to take the land because negotiations with landowners weren't successful, but landowners said those negotiations never took place.
Landowners will receive fair market value for their property, Salazar said. The government still has the option to use eminent domain but said it will do so only as a last resort.
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posted on
06/05/2009 12:56:35 PM PDT
by
BP2
(I think, therefore I'm a conservative)
To: BP2
Yup. Eminent Domain is not off the table; it’s just a “last resort”.
After the New London CT case I doubt the locals will get anywhere.
But maybe this’ll delay it so much we can in the meantime get a decent redesign, and get rid of the homage to Islam.
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posted on
06/05/2009 2:27:41 PM PDT
by
the OlLine Rebel
(Common sense is an uncommon virtue./Technological progress cannot be legislated.)
To: AbeKrieger
Specter actually does something that’s right? Color me surprised.
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posted on
06/05/2009 2:35:13 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( Don't mess with the mockingbird! /\/\ http://tiny.cc/freepthis)
To: AbeKrieger
Until Friday, the National Park Service had planned to seize the remaining land that's needed for a $58 million, 2,200-acre memorial and national park at the crash site -- an extremely rural area 60 miles southeast of Pittsburgh. What the hell? I believe it's something like 660 acres for a square mile. They actually though they needed four square miles of land?
We're talking about a very large tract of land here.
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posted on
06/05/2009 3:08:05 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Obama post 09/11. The U.S. is sorry, we are a Muslim nation, and we surrender.)
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