Yesterdays News

If you haven't heard about the <a href="http://www.billingsgazette.com//index.php?id=1&display=rednews/2005/06/23/build/nation/15-supco-seizures_v.inc">Supreme Courts</a> decision that <a href="http://www.scotusblog.com/movabletype/archives/2005/06/court_upholds_p.html">allows cities</a> to seize private property and turn it over to other private citizens then you must be living under a rock. The <a href="http://bigskyblog.com/?p=352">Big Sky Blog</a> has a review of Montana laws on the subject and <a href="http://davebudge.com/?p=477">Dave Budge</a> (among many) has <a href="http://davebudge.com/?p=476">numerous</a> comments <a href="http://davebudge.com/?p=475">on</a> the <a href="http://davebudge.com/?p=473">issue</a> and <a href="http://davebudge.com/?p=472">vents his outrage</a> on the whole issue.<br />n<br />nI agree that in my opinion this is a flawed decision from the Supreme Court but I would really like to know why everyone is so surprised at it. I don't care what level of government you are speaking of, Federal, State, or local the trend in all is to remove a persons individual freedoms for the perceived good of all according to the good those in power imagine. So this just really fits right in. If Joe Shit the mayor decides that it is in the public good if his cousin Ernie opens a car dealer, guess what, he can now seize the land from private owners, turn it over to Ernie and do just that. Since Jes Shit feels its in the public good, it's legal. What it is, is BULLSHIT!!! One more of our freedoms enshrined by the paper shell we call a Constitution, down the drain. How unfortunate for us all. <br />n<br />nI read somewhere along the way in my readings of this issue that people were talking about a constitutional amendment to prevent this. The Constitution is just a paper shell that's ignored at will so it would mean nothing, it is extremely hard to amend the Constitution, and most people don't really care about this issue. As long as it's not their private property that Joe Shit wants to seize for his cousin Ernie, and Joe spoon feeds them that it's a good thing they will believe it, hide their head in the sand, and go on and not worry about the right and wrong of it.<br />n<br />nEnough on this issue, you know how I feel and on to other news yesterday that caught my eye. The short lived strike was settled which was sure good news to me. <a class="block_level" href="http://www.sarpysam.com/archives/1047-Yesterdays-News.html#extended">Continue reading "Yesterdays News"</a>