This is one the fundamental problems with the Constitution as a “living document.” While everyone (well, maybe not the Libertarians) sees the value of emiment domain for the construction of things such as roads, it’s pretty obvious our founding fathers weren’t thinking you could demolish someone’s house to build an office building.
It baffles me how the Right continues to be painted as puppets of corporations, with the implication that the Left somehow is less so. E.g., Bush’s energy task force was painted as satan for getting input from Enron, yet almost no mention of Clinton’s having done the same thing.
Add to the list this ruling.
June 24th, 2005 at 10:25 am
defending Bush’s energy task force by shifting focus onto clinton is an overearch. Clinton was not a little angel (e.g. pardoning mark rich), but the level of complicity, and the resultant impact on the rest of the world puts bush and clinton in 2 different playing fields.
what’s next, clinton as hitler?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin‘s_law
June 24th, 2005 at 11:21 am
Bush’s second term is a total failure.
Is he still talking about social security?
Oh and Guantanamo is like totally above the law.
June 24th, 2005 at 11:43 am
You guys are both avoiding the point:
1) This is a bad ruling
2) The Left can be painted as pro-Biz too
June 24th, 2005 at 12:39 pm
yes, the left is pro-biz too. i didn’t dispute that (they accepted paid vacations just like ridge).
but the extent of right’s involvement and their continued disavowment of wrongdoing make it impossible for me think the two parties actions are comparable.
consider what rove said about democrats supporting terrorists and then scott McClellan’s support for rove— it boggles the mind.
consider the fact the chairman and CEO of CPB is a former republican party chairman, who has gone on the record of saying there needs to be less anti-bush reporting…
I agree with you on the supreme court ruling. what i’m concerned with is the manner in which you defend your party by arguing, hey liberals are bad too. to me the scale and relevancy is so off that to suggest otherwise is hyperbole.
June 24th, 2005 at 3:19 pm
I think I’m a moderate Republican. Like a Colin Powell type.
The republicans that are in power are not moderate. They’re fucking evil. They ignore the environment, they ignore abuse of inmates, they trumpet a whole bunch of Christian Terri Shiavo bullshit, they lie, they cheat, they steal.
We need more McCains…, fewer Bill Frists, Rick Santorums, Rummy’s, Cheney’s, Bolton’s…
June 24th, 2005 at 4:36 pm
The scale & relevancy seem off only because you agree with their objectives.
June 24th, 2005 at 5:12 pm
Yes, we live in a subjective world. And by your argument any debate is worthless.
I’ll keep that in mind as I build the bomb shelter in my back yard.
June 24th, 2005 at 5:15 pm
Hey man, it was a Democrat who took us closer to nuclear annihilation than any other president. Blame him for your bomb shelter.
June 24th, 2005 at 7:22 pm
Bush can do no wrong because, because of JFK?!?
Gotta get back to my backyard, it’s getting dark, and i’ve only unearthed a foot of mud and earthworms.
June 24th, 2005 at 9:37 pm
When have ever applied Bush can do no wrong? I’m not really even a fan of his.
June 27th, 2005 at 12:23 am
There’s some interesting left-wing criticism of the ruling at http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/002649.html and http://badattitudes.com/MT/archives/002650.html.
I liked the first line of the 2nd post: ‘Reading the Supreme Court’s decision on the eminent domain land grab in New London, Buck thought he was hallucinating. “What am I doing on the same side as Rehnquist, Scalia, and Thomas?” he wondered in an email.’ And, no, I have no idea who Buck is.