31 Dec 2006
Next big test of power to seize property?

Is there anyone out there who still believes that government has anything to do with fairness or justice? Mr. Didden should've asked Suzette Kelo about his investment opportunity. After having her property seized to build a new campus for a private company (Pfizer), she directed a Yule card to those folks responsible, including five Supreme Court justices. The cover showed Ms. Kelo's former home. It read:

Here is my house that you did take
From me to you,
this spell I make
Your houses, your homes
Your family, your friends
May they live in misery
That never ends.
I curse you all
May you rot in hell
To each of you I send this spell
For the rest of your lives
I wish you ill
I send this now
By the power of will

One of the receipts did not find it very amusing:

"It's amazing anyone could be so vindictive when they've made so much money," said Schwenker-Mayer on Tuesday, after receiving her card.

From this comment I can only assume that a passerby could sexually proposition Ms. Schwenker-Mayer, and they'd only have to discuss price... because everything has a price. We have become a society where the only measure of wealth is money and everything is for sale to the highest bidder. But for some of us, there are some things money can't buy, and MasterCard can't help with: some things are not for sale.

I've quoted a guy named Ed Howdershelt as saying "There are four boxes to use in the defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, ammo. Use in that order." In these court cases we're seeing the use of the jury box, to no avail, in a defense of liberty.

I leave it as an exercise for the reader to discern the next step, should this ultimately fail.

Bart Didden wanted to put a CVS pharmacy on his property in Port Chester, N.Y. He even obtained approvals from the local planning board.

(link) [Christian Science Monitor | Top Stories]

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