Date: Sat, 25 Mar 2006 13:06:19 -0500 From: Fred W <Malt_Houndnospamm-me-not*yahoo.com> Subject: Re: Well, the convertible is on Ebay now.
Everett M. Greene wrote: > Dave Hinz <DaveHinznospamcop.net> writes: > >>Paul Halliday <pjghnospamyonder.co.uk> wrote: > > >>>Good Lord! >>>Your right to bear arms is born out of the need to prevent the King of >>>England charging across your lawn and taking over your 12+ hectares of land >>>in the name of the crown ... Or so The Simpsons taught us :) >> >>Generally, it's unwise to take historical and/or legal advice from the >>Simpsons. > > > Or the U.S.Supreme Court? The Court recently ruled > that it's OK for a government to take your property > by eminent domain even if it's just for the purpose > of enhancing the property tax base. That's not exactly how that ruling went. They did *not* say that it was OK for the local government to take the property by eminent domain in that circumstance. All they said was that it was not within their jurisdiction to decide the case. Just a bit different, don't you think? -- -Fred W
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