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"Those who believe in the adage "when it rains, it pours" might take the tale of the plaintiffs in Kelo v. New London as a cue to buy two of every animal and a load of wood from Home Depot. The U.S. Supreme Court recently found that the city's original seizure of private property was constitutional under the principal of eminent domain, and now New London is claiming that the affected homeowners were living on city land for the duration of the lawsuit and owe back rent. It's a new definition of chutzpah: Confiscate land and charge back rent for the years the owners fought confiscation. "
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"Those who believe in the adage "when it rains, it pours" might take the tale of the plaintiffs in Kelo v. New London as a cue to buy two of every animal and a load of wood from Home Depot. The U.S. Supreme Court recently found that the city's original seizure of private property was constitutional under the principal of eminent domain, and now New London is claiming that the affected homeowners were living on city land for the duration of the lawsuit and owe back rent. It's a new definition of chutzpah: Confiscate land and charge back rent for the years the owners fought confiscation. " -
That's just obscene.The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
And on the eigth day, God realized it was Monday, and created caffeine. And behold, it was very good. - self-quoted
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I am officially renouncing all ties with the state of Connecticut.Visit The Frontier for all your geopolitical, historical, sci-fi, and fantasy forum gaming needs.Comment
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Weren't they paying property taxes while on the land?
I'm consitently stupid- Japher
I think that opinion in the United States is decidedly different from the rest of the world because we have a free press -- by free, I mean a virgorously presented right wing point of view on the air and available to all.- NedComment
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I cant imagine what Justice Kennedy was thinking when he sided with those damn liberals on what is possibly the worst reversal of our constitutional rights. I think we have to consider demonic influence from Hyannisport.We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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What did New London want the land for anyway?
This sounds like it's getting ridiculous.meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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Reversal of wha? It's just asserting something which has been going on for decades (ie, Chavez Ravine, home of the Dodgers). The only difference is the minority didn't like that it was going on for only one private company. They would have been perfectly ok, if it was taken over for a privately owned strip mall.Originally posted by SpencerH
I cant imagine what Justice Kennedy was thinking when he sided with those damn liberals on what is possibly the worst reversal of our constitutional rights. I think we have to consider demonic influence from Hyannisport.“I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
- John 13:34-35 (NRSV)Comment
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Seizure of land for private purposes...
meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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This is pathetic. First Big Business uses the government to steal people's property, now they are using it to steal people's money?
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makes you want to overthrow the goverment (both federal and local)Originally posted by shawnmmcc
That's just obscene.Comment
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seizure of land for any purpose.Originally posted by mrmitchell
Seizure of land for private purposes...
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It would have still been decided the same way if it was for a strip mall (with the same 4 dissenting) but this decision pushed the boundary of 'public use' to new extreme levels that most anyone can see.Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Reversal of wha? It's just asserting something which has been going on for decades (ie, Chavez Ravine, home of the Dodgers). The only difference is the minority didn't like that it was going on for only one private company. They would have been perfectly ok, if it was taken over for a privately owned strip mall.We need seperate human-only games for MP/PBEM that dont include the over-simplifications required to have a good AI
If any man be thirsty, let him come unto me and drink. Vampire 7:37
Just one old soldiers opinion. E Tenebris Lux. Pax quaeritur bello.Comment
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I've disliked the abuse (IMHO) of eminent domain since I discovered that they could use it for commercial purposes, and have been opposed to that for over two decades. It's just this is utterly shameless, I hope as I believe it was Imran pointed out that this makes people pay more attention to their local elected officials. In fact this very issue was critical in the election of our County Judge-Advocate (essentially county mayor) in the last election - not eminent domain, but massive abuse of zoning to favor developers, a related but different issue.The worst form of insubordination is being right - Keith D., marine veteran. A dictator will starve to the last civilian - self-quoted
And on the eigth day, God realized it was Monday, and created caffeine. And behold, it was very good. - self-quoted
Klaatu: I'm impatient with stupidity. My people have learned to live without it.
Mr. Harley: I'm afraid my people haven't. I'm very sorry… I wish it were otherwise.Comment
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It's different when it's for a highway or a base. But strip malls can find their own land.meet the new boss, same as the old bossComment
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