--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jim_flanegin wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > >>"A divided Supreme Court ruled Thursday that local governments may > >> > >> > >seize > > > > > >>people's homes and businesses against their will for private > >> > >> > >development > > > > > >>in a decision anxiously awaited in communities where economic > >> > >> > >growth > > > > > >>often > >>is at war with individual property rights. > >> > >> > >> > ><snip> > >"As a result, cities now have wide power to bulldoze residences for > > > > > >>projects such as shopping malls and hotel complexes in order to > >> > >> > >generate > > > > > >>tax revenue." > >> > >> > >> > >Yep, I'm noticing too that oil has hit $60 bbl., Bush is calling for > >more nuclear plants, and the Iraq war and mideast tension is > >escalating, just this week!? > > > >seems like those in power are grabbing for more and more, a tipping > >point is being reached. A fascinating drama- too close to call. > > > > > > > It's like waking up to find yourself in a bad science fiction movie in a > world run by demagogues.
its weird- I was thinking today how more stuff happens in a week- like the list above- than each item would've been a news story for six months in years past(!) To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
