Tonight we are no longer a free country (vanity)

6/23/05 | Self

[Blood of Tyrants]

And there will be tremendous pressure on the RINOs to support a change tot eh filibuster rules.

[Sam Cree]

I thought Ellis was a liberal. How was that book?

[upchuck]

Personally, I hope this wakes up a whole bunch of people to the fact that:

It's really all about the judges.

[Ma3lst0rm]

The thing we need to do is start a grassroots Property Rights Amendment to the Constitution. It should go something like this:

No person shall be deprived of their property by any government body federal or otherwise provided they have obtained it legally and have full ownership of said property with no leins or outstanding mortgages. The government can only exercise immenient domain where fully government fuded projects are concerned and the voters in the locality have authorized the exercise of immenient domain by vote. In such case that immenient domain is exercised, those individuals who own said property will be given fair market value for said property to be asertained by an independent asessor chosen by the owner of the property and any additional damages and expense caused by having to relocate such as in the case of a primary residence. This is just a start....but this is where we need to go. The Amendment can not have any loopholes and must take local officals out of the decison making process so the deck is not stacked and that the onus is always on the government not the owner of the property.

[PhiKapMom]

IMO the only reason the idiots at DU are against this is that it is a blue colar neighborhood = Democrats. If was a more upscale suburban neighborhood, they would be laughing as they would claim it was against Republicans and that was okay.

[Sprite518]

Would it be fair to call it the Imperial Federal Government? I love this country, but I think the founding fathers are rolling over in their graves.

[IGOTMINE]

Donald Scott owned some land abutting a national park in California. The Feds coveted his land...even had it appraised. They raided his house, and he was shot dead.

The widow ended up selling the land to the government in order to pay her legal fees.

[stylin19a]

The city has carefully formulated a development plan that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including, but not limited to, new jobs and increased tax revenue,"


1. What if the plan fails ?
2. What if they decide to change the plan ?

It appears the legal criteria is "...as long as the city believes...."

[Humal]

"Dubya Bush had better come up BIG."

What can he do if the Senate Judiciary Committee stalls & balks & delays the appointments to go to the full Senate as they are doing every appointment nominated by President Bush? FDR tried to increase the number of Justices because of their bad decisions, but he failed to do that. Can Congress over-ride a bad decision with a 2/3 vote like they can a Presidential veto??

[headsonpikes]

What you said! Great post!

The next step - Construct Soylent Green factories on the expropriated land.

Ha ha.

[Sam Cree]

"Would it be fair to call it the Imperial Federal Government?"

Either that or the Royal Federal Government, yes.

[standing united]

ALREADY HAD ONE IN THE CONSTITUTION, CALLED THE 5TH AMENDMENT! IT WAS JUST OVERTURNED BY FIVE SOCIALIST IN THE U.S. SUPREME COURT!

[Red Sea Swimmer]

If the Founding Fathers were resurrected right now, 'm sure a few of them would make their way to the Supreme Court and Congress of America and punch a few of the "representatives of the people" in the face.

[hotshu]

One of Mr. Jefferson's most eloquent quotes.

Also one of my favorites.

[TheOtherOne]

nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.

Honestly, read it. They founders wrote it as simply and as acurately as anyone could wish. We just need judges who understand that this is a limitation on the government not on the people!

[potlatch]

[Thinkin' Gal]

"The city has carefully formulated a development plan that it believes will provide appreciable benefits to the community, including, but not limited to, new jobs and increased tax revenue," and just destroyed any pretence that you have any recourse whatsoever if the government or county decides that they want your property for any reason at all.

Excellent post. And so much for the property values of the homes stuck as "neighbors" to the new big box mega store, strip mall, business park, condo development, etc.

1 Timothy 6:10-11 For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. 11 But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness.

Exodus 20:17 Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house, thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife, nor his manservant, nor his maidservant, nor his ox, nor his ass, nor any thing that is thy neighbour's.

Which way will the USSC rule on the public display of this witness against them?

[Humal]

"How would they feel if Wal-Mart wanted to bulldoze THEIR home for a Supercenter?"

My suggestion is to confiscate the Kennedy Compound in Hyannis Port for a golf course. That would benefit more people than the few Kennedys, and the tax revenue would be greater.

[F16Fighter]

"O'Connor dissented on this important issue."

That makes one out of the last twenty.

She's because a pseudo-lib otherwise.

[standing united]

. . . and hang them from the nearest tree in from of the Court with rusty barbed wire for all to see!