Angry
Well, I'm angry. I just got home and ate a bag of fritos flavor twists (the honey bbq kind), and I was having a pretty good time. Then, I read that the dweebs of the supreme court have ruled that cities can take "imminent domain" of people's private property. Now, I realize that imminent domain has been around forever. However, I can see the huge abuse of power right here. You see, what's going to happen is this: some poor schmuck in the city is going to be eeking out a living in his little slummy house. Then, the city's going to come in and say, "Oh, well, we're going to build a Walgreen's here to bring in revenue." You have a week to leave your house. Here's the fair market value--one thousand dollars. I hope that things go well. Tata." By this point, Joe Shmo is too busy having a nervous breakdown thinking (and rightfully so) that he can't find another house and doesn't even notice that the city is reaming him from behind.
I'm so sick of this bogus garbage. I see it all the time. Cities take nice little tracts of land--oftentimes farm land--and completely destroy the peace by bulldozing the place and putting a Walmart in. This is not right. Do you know how much money places like Walmart get just by coming into an area. Tax breaks, etc. It sucks. Walmart doesn't need free money. Nobody needs free money. Get off your lazy rear and work for what you have.
Oh, I might just point out that it was mainly the "liberals" on the bench who ruled in favor of taking people's land. That's because the liberals want to be in control of everything. You know what I want? I want the government to say as far away from me as they can. I realize that we need a centralized government. That's plain and simple. However, our founding fathers wanted that government to be as minimally intrusive as possible. They didn't want another monarchy.
Finally, I would like to defy anyone to try to take anything from me. It won't be pretty.
posted by Grizzly Adam @ 11:26 PM
2 Comments:
Adam, we need to talk about this issue and all issues on many web sites and blogs one can't take claim to it being their issues it is every Americans duty to give voice to this nonsense.
al, i don't "claim" it as mine. i just think that it's a crock. i think that government has waaaaay too much power, and that the supreme court has waaaay too much power. all three branches are supposed to be equal, but the courts have seemed to take over for some reason. don't they realize that they are equal to, and not better than, the other two? don't they realize that they are not to make law, but merely interpret it? they're all fools. this country needs a revolution. thomas jefferson said, in a nutshell, that to preserve the freedoms and liberties of our nation, there should be a revolution every 10 years. not necessarily a violent one, either, but a revolution of thoughts, and a renewal of leadership. i think that's a bit overboard (10 years is quite a short period of time), but i think that two hundred + years is far too long for our nation to have developed unchecked. it's time that we do something!
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