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Quite a homosexual ruling.

Keep an eye on the flag burning amendment.

great country :icon14:

Pfizer Corp.

That is absolutely obscene.

Unfuckingreal.

Massive Quasars wrote:Keep an eye on the flag burning amendment.

It has passed 6 times before in the House and died in the Senate. It will die again.

It will die, yes.

Here's a priceless quote from Rep. Randy Cunningham (R).

Ask the men and women who stood on top of the Trade Center. Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment.

Do a google search for "Bill Hicks" and "flag burning". He says all that needs to be said on this issue.

Massive Quasars wrote:It will die, yes.

Here's a priceless quote from Rep. Randy Cunningham (R).

Ask the men and women who stood on top of the Trade Center. Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment.

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Massive Quasars wrote:It will die, yes.

Here's a priceless quote from Rep. Randy Cunningham (R).

Ask the men and women who stood on top of the Trade Center. Ask them and they will tell you: pass this amendment.

lol, i just googled that guy. for all the good he does america he might as well have stars and stripes toilet paper.

back on topic - how can they do that, doesn't your constitution thingy have bits about property in it?

Normally private land can only be taken by a government under what's called "Eminent Domain". This means, IIRC, that your land can be taken for the greater public good, like a highway or something. You'll be paid for your home and land, but tough shit, you're out. That to me has at least a patina of legitimacy, but for the most part it's complete crap.
As for what the Supreme Court just legitimized, well, that's an abomination.

I'm moving to Canada after College.

Hey, can anyone reccommend a nice place to live where I won't have to know French or ever deal with communication issues?

hey transient, where's fury? i havent seen him post in a while.

lol @ America.

When is that county gonna blow itself up?

it wont, its not the patriotic american thing to do

Transient wrote:I'm moving to Canada after College.

Hey, can anyone reccommend a nice place to live where I won't have to know French or ever deal with communication issues?

Anywhere west of Quebec you don't have to speak french at all. In my home province there's a shitload of french people and small french communities...but outside of that (and Quebec and the Maritimes) the frenchies are few and far between.

And I flunked the shit out of French in school...but it didn't really matter unless I was watching the hockey game on the french channel.

MKJ wrote:it wont, its not the patriotic american thing to do

Sure it is.

You know..."enemies foreign and domestic".

Yes, they've already been doing this for years, especially in touristy places like Las Vegas and parts of Florida, where 'public good' and 'private profit' are made out to be so interrelated. I remember reading about a casino in Vegas that was built on some land that was taken through Eminent Domain. They normally try to justify it by the amount of tax dollars that will be made from said project, which supposedly benefits the public enough to justify taking people's property.

It's just that the practice was never legitimized by the supreme court until now. Now citizens have absolutely no hope whatsoever of any legal recourse if this ever happens to them.

Originally under Eminent Domain, land was only taken when it was to be for public use -- roads, state parks, power and water plants, etc.

I'm a pretty cynical bastard sometimes, but I never dreamed the Supreme Court would actually rule in favor of this horseshit. Guess I was expecting too much from the court that decided they had the power to appoint a president.

Chupacabra wrote:hey transient, where's fury? i havent seen him post in a while.

He lurks more than anything. He may still post in idL, but I don't check that forum. He just doesn't have much to day. He's not one for posting :lol: once in a thread and then leaving. :icon26:

oic

tell him to come back

I'm confused here. The liberal judges voted for this, and the conservative judges were against it. Why would a liberal be for this?

That's what I'm trying to figure out. I'm still in shock. They can seize any land they want and turn it over to developers? It's completely crazy.

riddla wrote:http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8331097/

Holy shit they'd have to kill me before taking my land etc for a private development.

ffs :icon27: