blarneystone
spending too much on rocks
Rocks in my head
Member since March 2010
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Post by blarneystone on Jul 23, 2007 10:20:31 GMT -5
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Post by freeform on Jul 23, 2007 10:33:31 GMT -5
Yes, it bothers me the people we elect mix the ideal of "Freedom" with "profit". When its their freedom to make as much profit as they can off of wars and the lower class.
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chassroc
Cave Dweller 
Rocks are abundant when you have rocktumblinghobby pals
Member since January 2005
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Post by chassroc on Jul 23, 2007 13:03:27 GMT -5
Does anyone really believe both parties are the same?
csroc
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Post by takilasunrise on Jul 23, 2007 15:49:42 GMT -5
Too political for me...............but it is scarey to think our govt. can take what "they" deem is a threat, but at the same time, there's people out there willing to help terrorists..........so what is the right answer?..............there really isn't one!
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Post by krazydiamond on Jul 23, 2007 16:01:26 GMT -5
actually quite a few governments have and have had the equivalent of "eminent domain" for a long time, for less honorable reasons than foiling terrorism. the system is the inherent power of the state to seize a citizen's private property, expropriate private property, or rights in private property, without the owner's consent. The property is taken either for government use or by delegation to third parties who will devote it to "public use." it sucks, but it's been around for a while.
KD
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Post by takilasunrise on Jul 23, 2007 16:18:36 GMT -5
Yes, Krazydiamond, that took place out in Denver, CO when they wanted to build the Colorado Rockies baseball stadium! A family didn't want to sell their adjoining property to the people that were building the stadium, so the govt. stepped in and took their property by "eminent domain" and paid them pennies on the dollar. Totally wrong in my book! But at the same time, they could have sold their property for big money had they sold it outright to the stadium people! I can kind of understand the govt. doing it if they were building, let's say a military base on the coast to protect us from possible attacks from another country or, if an area kept on flooding or a volcano kept erupting and they took it to save lives, but a baseball stadium? Give me a break!
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