Friday, June 24, 2005
Dude, You're Getting A Strip Mall
"The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses -- even against their will -- for private economic development."
What about the home you've scraped and saved to make the down payment on, through whatever hardships you may have endured, only to see the bulldozers bearing down on it one morning... for private economic development? You'll be lucky to get fair warning so you won't be thrown out on the street.
What about the home that's been a part of the community for generations? Much more than bricks and mortar and potential economic development. It withstood childbirth, backyard picnics and weddings, Santa on the rooftop, and trees planted each year to honor someone's passing. Do you think all that matters now?
You're getting a strip mall instead.
What more will it take for people to see how fucked we all are with this administration? The Patriot Act, the lies that put us in Iraq, the Social Security sham they're trying to pull. We could learn something from the Orange Revolution or Tiananmen Square. And may one day soon take it to the streets.
Eminent Domain Link
"The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses -- even against their will -- for private economic development."
What about the home you've scraped and saved to make the down payment on, through whatever hardships you may have endured, only to see the bulldozers bearing down on it one morning... for private economic development? You'll be lucky to get fair warning so you won't be thrown out on the street.
What about the home that's been a part of the community for generations? Much more than bricks and mortar and potential economic development. It withstood childbirth, backyard picnics and weddings, Santa on the rooftop, and trees planted each year to honor someone's passing. Do you think all that matters now?
You're getting a strip mall instead.
What more will it take for people to see how fucked we all are with this administration? The Patriot Act, the lies that put us in Iraq, the Social Security sham they're trying to pull. We could learn something from the Orange Revolution or Tiananmen Square. And may one day soon take it to the streets.
Eminent Domain Link
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