[neutrino]

Tell me, please - where is the land of the free, and the home of the brave? I seem to have misplaced it.

[BureaucratusMaximus]

Tell me, please - where is the land of the free, and the home of the brave? I seem to have misplaced it.

It doesn't matter...we're at war now. Keep quiet and step back in line.

[Protagoras]

Tell me, please - where is the land of the free, and the home of the brave?

There are still a few brave people, but even many of them have forgotten how to be free. They have traded it in for a sense of security. They have traded it in for the ability to violate the rights of their neighbors when they perceive it to be in their own best interests.

We have become a nation of busybodies and property grabbers. But it's all in the best interests of the many, so it's OK.

BTW, there are tons on this site. They claim to be "conservatives", but are actually just in love with authority.

[Frumious Bandersnatch]

We had a case last year here in AZ. where Mesa went to take a garage owner's property through the use of eminent domain. A lower court ruled against the city of Mesa, because it was done for private benefit and not the public's benefit. This was a real shocker to the government types and rather than fight it (it was a real P.R. loser anyway) to the AZ. supremes, they dropped it.

We still don't know what the AZ. supremes would rule on this case, but the Mesa government didn't know and apparently didn't want to risk finding out either.