If it's property they want, it's property they'll get

The Free Liberal ^ | June 29, 2005 | Stephen Gordon

[traviskicks]

commentary, articles, quotes on the KETO thievery:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/scotuspropertythieving.htm

[adam_az]

BUMP FOR LATER!

Fresh compost is dirt too...

[adam_az]

for your list...

[PatrickHenry]

Good article, but I don't have a ping list for this kind of topic.

[45Auto]

Here's the crux of the matter; it is far more serious than sending along a bag of dirt:

"Many are already stating that the decision in Kelo renders the contract null and void."

It may be that some are going to end up in the dirt.....a possibility that is by no means satisfying to the sane. The extreme suggests that the Constitution is no longer a valid contract. That could portend a disaster. The less extreme view would suggest that the Court has seriously eroded what little respect for the law still existed prior to the Gang of Five taking it upon themselves to rewrite the Constitution in their own biased image. Over time, this erosion could take us to the same place - anarchy, chaos, and the end of the Republic - to be replaced by?

[Travis McGee]

CW2 Ping

"In so doing, they have granted special status to the feudal lords of the 21st century, namely major corporations, development companies and local government fiefdoms – reverting our system of property ownership back to the dark ages. Our Constitution is essentially the contract between the people and our government. While the government frequently reneges on this trust, this is perhaps the most egregious case since the birth of our nation. Many are already stating that the decision in Kelo renders the contract null and void."

[jpsb]

"Many are already stating that the decision in Kelo renders the contract null and void."

[Dead Corpse]

"...null and void."

I agree. Damn them to Hell for that.

[Moose Dung]

bump!

[King Prout]

I dunno 'bout you, but I'm looking at investing in the Lost Liberty Hotel.
so are my folks.
call it the principle of "sauce for the goose, mother******!"

[processing please hold]

Wouldn't those prime pieces of property in Malibu, overlooking the beach, make excellent places for hotels? Those movie stars would be forced to move to make way for vacationers.

Wouldn't that just kill the hollyweird elitest?

[Dead Corpse]

Me too. I can't pledge a week, but the wife and I were planning on heading out to NH to check out the Hedgehogs (FSP) State to see if we'll go join them. We would be delighted to spend a couple nights at the Lost Liberty Hotel.

[Travis McGee]

I like the concept of the Lost Liberty Hotel, but you can't push a string, and you can't force a local govt to go after one of its most powerful and influential overlords. You might as well try to condemn the king's castle in medieval europe.

[LTCJ]

Written of John Lackland, King of England; legacy of David Souter, Justice, SCOUS, et al:

". . . as for his actions, he neither came to the crown by justice, nor held it with any honour, nor left it peace."

[Bernard Marx]

Wouldn't those prime pieces of property in Malibu, overlooking the beach, make excellent places for hotels?

And how! Exellent idea. With development like that, Malibu might actually be forced to put in a sewer system instead of the disease-prone septic systens now used by those opulent beach homes. The argument in favor of septic systems so far has been "to prevent overdevelopment." Hmmm... I like that aerial view of B.S.'s beach house. Looks like a perfect location for a luxury hotel to me!

Thanks for the ping Travis. A bunch of my own personal private property will be sent later today.

[Wolfie]

...suggests that the Constitution is no longer a valid contract.

I would suggest that any document whose meaning was to be determined at a later date by 9 lifetime political appointees was never a contract in the first place.

[Bernard Marx]

you can't force a local govt to go after one of its most powerful and influential overlords

True. But you can raise enough media heat to make the hypocritical s.o.b. truly uncomfortable. I think maybe the Pubbies are beginning to get the hang of PR. I just saw a Howard Dean Scream Contest featured on Fox News. Even CNN and MSNBC will probably be forced to use it -- it's a great story.

[lentulusgracchus]

The less extreme view would suggest that the Court has seriously eroded what little respect for the law still existed prior to the Gang of Five taking it upon themselves to rewrite the Constitution in their own biased image.

Was the majority in Kelo basically the same Justices who voted in Lawrence to overturn recent precedent and affirmatively sanction sodomy as the moral equivalent of normality?

[Dead Corpse]

True. But we are appealing to their GREED here. That is a lot more powerful a force than mere political opportunism. They'll sniff after the promise of more tax revenue like hounds.