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State Senator Refuses to Pay Mortgage
A Semi-News/Semi-Satire from AzConservative ^ | 9 May 2009 | John Semmens

Posted on 05/13/2009 11:39:10 AM PDT by John Semmens

New York state senator Kevin Parker (D-Brooklyn) has not made payments on his $488,000 mortgage in over a year. The Senator declared it was not a matter of financial difficulty, but a matter of principle.

“I am a duly elected representative of the people,” Parker pointed out. “The people’s representatives need accommodations appropriate to their status as members of the governing class. The bank’s interest in profiting from the loan must be subservient to this greater purpose.”

Parker cited both “eminent domain” and “sovereign immunity” as the legal justification for his refusal to make payments. “Under eminent domain, the government may take property to be used for a public purpose,” Parker contended. “The provision of housing for a member of the government is as public a purpose as condemning private property to build a shopping mall or baseball stadium.”

“Under sovereign immunity, members of the government are exempt from laws that apply to ordinary citizens,” Parker added. “Our duty to govern cannot be impinged by rules meant to regulate the conduct of the governed.”

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TOPICS: Government; Humor; Politics
KEYWORDS: eminentdomain; rulingclass; satire; sovereignimmunity

1 posted on 05/13/2009 11:39:10 AM PDT by John Semmens
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To: John Semmens

Hard to tell this from the news sometimes.


2 posted on 05/13/2009 11:40:55 AM PDT by SeminoleSoldier
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To: John Semmens

A typical Democrat.

What applies to peons(Americans) does not apply to him(Royalty).

Zero needs him in Washington, as he has passed the test.


3 posted on 05/13/2009 11:41:36 AM PDT by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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To: John Semmens

obambi wannabe


4 posted on 05/13/2009 11:43:04 AM PDT by Texas resident (Older but smarter)
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To: John Semmens

Man oh man, nothing like a really good piece of pretzel logic to help out with the bills.

This man is crackers.


5 posted on 05/13/2009 11:50:54 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
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To: Texas resident

Yep - he’s a member of the black community who decries the white hatred over the years and is doing his best to get reparations, starting with his mortgage.

Sound familiar to a certain Chicago politician?


6 posted on 05/13/2009 11:51:37 AM PDT by bestintxas (It's great in Texas)
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To: RexBeach
This man is crackers.

No, he's an African-American.

7 posted on 05/13/2009 11:52:54 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: John Semmens
There really is a Kevin Parker. And he is indeed a sleazeball.

Embattled state Senator Kevin Parker pockets 22G stipend despite arrest

Who'd'a thunk it?

8 posted on 05/13/2009 11:54:55 AM PDT by mewzilla (In politics the middle way is none at all. John Adams)
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To: RexBeach

9 posted on 05/13/2009 11:55:37 AM PDT by Bon mots
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To: Bon mots

Then he should be sitting on a Ritz cracker.


10 posted on 05/13/2009 11:56:57 AM PDT by RexBeach ("Do your duty in all things." Robert E. Lee)
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To: RexBeach

Obama has found his Housing/Mortgage Czar!


11 posted on 05/13/2009 12:02:10 PM PDT by Kartographer (".. we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.")
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To: John Semmens

Okay, NY FReepers ... time to vote this arrogant idiot out of office.


12 posted on 05/13/2009 12:12:03 PM PDT by al_c (Avoid the consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity)
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To: John Semmens

This takes bling to a new level.


13 posted on 05/13/2009 1:05:27 PM PDT by DHC-2 (....is that the wind stirring? Or something else ...)
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