[Libertarian] Re: LIGHTHOUSE: Wal-Mart & Eminent Domain | Latin American Left | Memorial Day | Terrorism & History (5/30/06)

Sat, 03 Jun 2006 15:11:45 -0700

Is  there a list online ( better if it is easilly accesed from slow
dial ups, no long PDF files please) of companies, cities and towns
that have ecouraged eminet domain for private use? It would be easier
to boycott companies if we know which ones encourage eminet domain.
It would be easier to boycott cities for conventions and vacations if
we know which ones encorage eminet domain or should I say stay away
from the  stolen areas of the city.--- In
[email protected], "Terry L Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> : THE LIGHTHOUSE
> "Enlightening Ideas for Public Policy..."
> Vol. 8, Issue 22; May 30, 2006
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
> 1. Eminent Domain Roulette
> 2. Can Lula Stop Chavez?
> 3. Ivan Eland on Memorial Day
> 4. Terrorism and History
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> EMINENT DOMAIN ROULETTE
>
> Wal-Mart has often been criticized for benefiting from eminent
domain, but
> it now appears to be its victim. The city council of Hercules,
Calif.,
> recently voted to seize land owned by the retail giant in order to
make it
> available to stores more conducive to the "village-like atmosphere"
it hopes
> to foster. Yet the same businesses it hopes to attract forfeited an
earlier
> opportunity to open stores on that property when an earlier owner
tried to
> develop it.
>
> Are city planners better at predicting what kinds of businesses
would thrive
> at a given location than the prospective businesses themselves? That
> assumption, held by the Hercules city council, illustrates the
economic
> folly of eminent domain, according to Benjamin Powell, director of
the
> Independent Institute's Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation.
>
> "Eminent domain not only violates property rights, it's also bad
economics,"
> writes Powell. "Seizing someone's private property to give it to
another
> private party actually harms economic development, by switching it
to less
> valuable uses."
>
> In November, California voters will have the opportunity to curb
eminent
> domain by voting for the Protect Our Homes Initiative. "Ironically,
by
> protecting homeowners from Wal-Mart, voters would also be protecting
> Wal-Mart from Hercules's central planners," Powell concludes. "The
> initiative will be beneficial in either case because eminent domain
is not
> good for our economy whether Wal-Mart is the goose or the gander."
>
> See "Eminent Domain Roulette," by Benjamin Powell (INVESTORS
BUSINESS DAILY,
> 5/26/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1735
> SPANISH TRANSLATION:
> "La ruleta del dominio eminente"
> http://www.elindependent.org/articulos/article.asp?id=1735
>
> Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation (Benjamin Powell, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/coei/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> CAN LULA STOP CHAVEZ?
>
> Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva is the national
leader best
> positioned to oppose Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the
current battle
> for the soul of Latin America's left. The battle is comprised of
two very
> different camps of leftists, according to Alvaro Vargas Llosa,
director of
> the Independent Institute's Center on Global
Prosperity: "The 'vegetarian'
> left is somewhat sympathetic to free markets and believes in
democracy. The
> 'carnivorous' left promotes populist, authoritarian regimes. Lula
is the
> natural leader of the vegetarians. Chavez has replaced Castro as
the leader
> of the carnivores."
>
> In the face of Chavez's recent effort to undermine Lula's plan for
the
> economic integration of South America, Lula will have to display
stronger
> leadership than he has so far provided, Vargas Llosa argues. "A few
weeks
> ago, President Lula told me, 'I want to make it clear that I do not
have any
> type of ideological resistance against FTAA" (the Free Trade Area
of the
> Americas, a treaty derided by the hard left). In contrast, Chavez
has joined
> Cuba's Fidel Castro and Bolivia's Evo Morales in a trade pact
intended to
> counter free markets -- a move which constitutes "a slap in the
face of
> Brazil's integrationist plans," writes Vargas Llosa.
>
> "To make matters worse, Chavez has been getting close to Argentina -
- a
> country run by another populist president -- through the purchase
of that
> nation's sovereign bonds, knowing full well that Buenos Aires is in
a
> permanent state of tension with Brazil simply because Brazil has
gotten its
> economy relatively in shape and has a trade surplus with
Argentina," Vargas
> Llosa continues. "Brazil's integration plan is a desirable goal,
but the
> absence of Brazilian leadership means Chavez's plan is the only one
> standing."
>
> See "Can Lula Stop Chavez?" by Alvaro Vargas Llosa (5/24/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1733
>
> THE CHE GUEVARA MYTH AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERTY, by Alvaro Vargas
Llosa
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=61
>
> LIBERTY FOR LATIN AMERICA: How to Undo Five-Hundred Years of State
> Oppression, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=55
>
> Center on Global Prosperity (Alvaro Vargas Llosa, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/cogp/
>
> Spanish-language Blog:
> El Independent: El Blog del Centro Para la Prosperidad Global de The
> Independent Institute
> http://independent.typepad.com
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> IVAN ELAND ON MEMORIAL DAY
>
> "On Memorial Day, we should honor those who are buried after dying
in the
> country's wars, but be a little more skeptical of the U.S.
government
> actions that put them there," writes Ivan Eland, director of the
Independent
> Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty, in his latest op-ed.
>
> Eland argues that governments have often propagandized about their
role in
> various wars in the hope of shielding their citizens from some of
the
> humiliations of wartime. Eland cites two examples he has seen first-
hand: a
> World War II memorial in Paris that recognizes the French
resistance but
> ignores the allies who liberated France from Nazi occupation -- and
a
> Canadian military fort which was taken by Americans during the War
of 1812.
>
> Eland also notes some of the terrible unintended consequences of
U.S.
> intervention in various wars. For example, President Woodrow
Wilson, Eland
> writes, "provided aid to the Russian government as long as they
fought in
> World War I against the Kaiser's Germany. If the Russian government
had
> pulled out of the war earlier, Vladimir Lenin wouldn't have been
able to
> ride the unpopular war to power."
>
> See "On Memorial Day, Honor the War Dead but Question America's
Wars," by
> Ivan Eland (5/29/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1738
>
> THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed, by Ivan
Eland
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=54
>
> THE WAY OUT OF IRAQ: Decentralizing the Iraqi Government, by Ivan
Eland
> http://www.independent.org/store/policy_reports/detail.asp?id=16
>
> Center on Peace & Liberty (Ivan Eland, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/copal/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> TERRORIST PLOTS -- THEN AND NOW
>
> As historians often attest, history often repeats itself in
recognizable --
> and startling -- patterns. Of course, no two historical episodes
are exactly
> alike in every respect, but there are enough ominous parallels to
justify
> George Santayana's famous dictum about the hazards of ignoring the
lessons
> of history.
>
> In his provocative and amusing article, "Discovery of a Terrorist
Plot, Then
> and Now," Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs
illustrates this
> theme by comparing two terrorist plots and their aftermath -- that
of 9/11
> and that of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed plan to
assassinate King
> James I of England.
>
> All the more remarkable is that Higgs exposes the similarities of
these
> episodes simply by replacing a few key words in an account of King
James's
> England with a few words familiar to virtually everyone who has
read a
> newspaper or watched a television news program semi-regularly in
the past
> four-and-a-half years.
>
> See "Discovery of a Terrorist Plot, Then and Now," by Robert Higgs
(5/18/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1729
>
> To purchase RESURGENCE OF THE WARFARE STATE: The Crisis since
9/11," by
> Robert Higgs, see
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=60
>
> To purchase AGAINST LEVIATHAN: Government Power and a Free Society,
by
> Robert Higgs, see
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=53
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> THE LIGHTHOUSE, edited by Carl P. Close, is made possible by the
generous
> contributions of supporters of the Independent Institute. If you
enjoy THE
> LIGHTHOUSE, please consider making a donation to the Independent
Institute.
> For details on the Independent Associate Membership program, see
> http://www.independent.org/membership/ or contact us by phone at
> 510-632-1366, e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or snail mail to: The
> Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621-1428. All
> contributions are tax-deductible. Thank you!
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For previous issues of THE LIGHTHOUSE, see
> http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/.
> THE LIGHTHOUSE: Wal-Mart & Eminent Domain | Latin American Left |
Memorial
> Day | Terrorism & History  (5/30/06)
>
> THE LIGHTHOUSE
> "Enlightening Ideas for Public Policy..."
> Vol. 8, Issue 22; May 30, 2006
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> IN THIS WEEK'S ISSUE:
> 1. Eminent Domain Roulette
> 2. Can Lula Stop Chavez?
> 3. Ivan Eland on Memorial Day
> 4. Terrorism and History
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> EMINENT DOMAIN ROULETTE
>
> Wal-Mart has often been criticized for benefiting from eminent
domain, but
> it now appears to be its victim. The city council of Hercules,
Calif.,
> recently voted to seize land owned by the retail giant in order to
make it
> available to stores more conducive to the "village-like atmosphere"
it hopes
> to foster. Yet the same businesses it hopes to attract forfeited an
earlier
> opportunity to open stores on that property when an earlier owner
tried to
> develop it.
>
> Are city planners better at predicting what kinds of businesses
would thrive
> at a given location than the prospective businesses themselves? That
> assumption, held by the Hercules city council, illustrates the
economic
> folly of eminent domain, according to Benjamin Powell, director of
the
> Independent Institute's Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation.
>
> "Eminent domain not only violates property rights, it's also bad
economics,"
> writes Powell. "Seizing someone's private property to give it to
another
> private party actually harms economic development, by switching it
to less
> valuable uses."
>
> In November, California voters will have the opportunity to curb
eminent
> domain by voting for the Protect Our Homes Initiative. "Ironically,
by
> protecting homeowners from Wal-Mart, voters would also be protecting
> Wal-Mart from Hercules's central planners," Powell concludes. "The
> initiative will be beneficial in either case because eminent domain
is not
> good for our economy whether Wal-Mart is the goose or the gander."
>
> See "Eminent Domain Roulette," by Benjamin Powell (INVESTORS
BUSINESS DAILY,
> 5/26/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1735
> SPANISH TRANSLATION:
> "La ruleta del dominio eminente"
> http://www.elindependent.org/articulos/article.asp?id=1735
>
> Center on Entrepreneurial Innovation (Benjamin Powell, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/coei/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> CAN LULA STOP CHAVEZ?
>
> Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva is the national
leader best
> positioned to oppose Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez in the
current battle
> for the soul of Latin America's left. The battle is comprised of
two very
> different camps of leftists, according to Alvaro Vargas Llosa,
director of
> the Independent Institute's Center on Global
Prosperity: "The 'vegetarian'
> left is somewhat sympathetic to free markets and believes in
democracy. The
> 'carnivorous' left promotes populist, authoritarian regimes. Lula
is the
> natural leader of the vegetarians. Chavez has replaced Castro as
the leader
> of the carnivores."
>
> In the face of Chavez's recent effort to undermine Lula's plan for
the
> economic integration of South America, Lula will have to display
stronger
> leadership than he has so far provided, Vargas Llosa argues. "A few
weeks
> ago, President Lula told me, 'I want to make it clear that I do not
have any
> type of ideological resistance against FTAA" (the Free Trade Area
of the
> Americas, a treaty derided by the hard left). In contrast, Chavez
has joined
> Cuba's Fidel Castro and Bolivia's Evo Morales in a trade pact
intended to
> counter free markets -- a move which constitutes "a slap in the
face of
> Brazil's integrationist plans," writes Vargas Llosa.
>
> "To make matters worse, Chavez has been getting close to Argentina -
- a
> country run by another populist president -- through the purchase
of that
> nation's sovereign bonds, knowing full well that Buenos Aires is in
a
> permanent state of tension with Brazil simply because Brazil has
gotten its
> economy relatively in shape and has a trade surplus with
Argentina," Vargas
> Llosa continues. "Brazil's integration plan is a desirable goal,
but the
> absence of Brazilian leadership means Chavez's plan is the only one
> standing."
>
> See "Can Lula Stop Chavez?" by Alvaro Vargas Llosa (5/24/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1733
>
> THE CHE GUEVARA MYTH AND THE FUTURE OF LIBERTY, by Alvaro Vargas
Llosa
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=61
>
> LIBERTY FOR LATIN AMERICA: How to Undo Five-Hundred Years of State
> Oppression, by Alvaro Vargas Llosa
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=55
>
> Center on Global Prosperity (Alvaro Vargas Llosa, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/cogp/
>
> Spanish-language Blog:
> El Independent: El Blog del Centro Para la Prosperidad Global de The
> Independent Institute
> http://independent.typepad.com
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> IVAN ELAND ON MEMORIAL DAY
>
> "On Memorial Day, we should honor those who are buried after dying
in the
> country's wars, but be a little more skeptical of the U.S.
government
> actions that put them there," writes Ivan Eland, director of the
Independent
> Institute's Center on Peace & Liberty, in his latest op-ed.
>
> Eland argues that governments have often propagandized about their
role in
> various wars in the hope of shielding their citizens from some of
the
> humiliations of wartime. Eland cites two examples he has seen first-
hand: a
> World War II memorial in Paris that recognizes the French
resistance but
> ignores the allies who liberated France from Nazi occupation -- and
a
> Canadian military fort which was taken by Americans during the War
of 1812.
>
> Eland also notes some of the terrible unintended consequences of
U.S.
> intervention in various wars. For example, President Woodrow
Wilson, Eland
> writes, "provided aid to the Russian government as long as they
fought in
> World War I against the Kaiser's Germany. If the Russian government
had
> pulled out of the war earlier, Vladimir Lenin wouldn't have been
able to
> ride the unpopular war to power."
>
> See "On Memorial Day, Honor the War Dead but Question America's
Wars," by
> Ivan Eland (5/29/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1738
>
> THE EMPIRE HAS NO CLOTHES: U.S. Foreign Policy Exposed, by Ivan
Eland
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=54
>
> THE WAY OUT OF IRAQ: Decentralizing the Iraqi Government, by Ivan
Eland
> http://www.independent.org/store/policy_reports/detail.asp?id=16
>
> Center on Peace & Liberty (Ivan Eland, director)
> http://www.independent.org/research/copal/
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> TERRORIST PLOTS -- THEN AND NOW
>
> As historians often attest, history often repeats itself in
recognizable --
> and startling -- patterns. Of course, no two historical episodes
are exactly
> alike in every respect, but there are enough ominous parallels to
justify
> George Santayana's famous dictum about the hazards of ignoring the
lessons
> of history.
>
> In his provocative and amusing article, "Discovery of a Terrorist
Plot, Then
> and Now," Independent Institute Senior Fellow Robert Higgs
illustrates this
> theme by comparing two terrorist plots and their aftermath -- that
of 9/11
> and that of the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, a failed plan to
assassinate King
> James I of England.
>
> All the more remarkable is that Higgs exposes the similarities of
these
> episodes simply by replacing a few key words in an account of King
James's
> England with a few words familiar to virtually everyone who has
read a
> newspaper or watched a television news program semi-regularly in
the past
> four-and-a-half years.
>
> See "Discovery of a Terrorist Plot, Then and Now," by Robert Higgs
(5/18/06)
> http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1729
>
> To purchase RESURGENCE OF THE WARFARE STATE: The Crisis since
9/11," by
> Robert Higgs, see
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=60
>
> To purchase AGAINST LEVIATHAN: Government Power and a Free Society,
by
> Robert Higgs, see
> http://www.independent.org/store/book_detail.asp?bookID=53
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> THE LIGHTHOUSE, edited by Carl P. Close, is made possible by the
generous
> contributions of supporters of the Independent Institute. If you
enjoy THE
> LIGHTHOUSE, please consider making a donation to the Independent
Institute.
> For details on the Independent Associate Membership program, see
> http://www.independent.org/membership/ or contact us by phone at
> 510-632-1366, e-mail at [EMAIL PROTECTED], or snail mail to: The
> Independent Institute, 100 Swan Way, Oakland, CA 94621-1428. All
> contributions are tax-deductible. Thank you!
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For previous issues of THE LIGHTHOUSE, see
> http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For information on books and other publications from The Independent
> Institute, see
> http://www.independent.org/publications/.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For membership information, see
> http://www.independent.org/membership/
>
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> (510) 568-6040 fax
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> For information on books and other publications from The Independent
> Institute, see
> http://www.independent.org/publications/.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> For membership information, see
> http://www.independent.org/membership/
>
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> To subscribe or unsubscribe, please go to The Lighthouse page:
> http://www.independent.org/publications/the_lighthouse/. Enter your
email
> address, select "Subscribe" or "Unsubscribe", and click "Submit".
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------
>
> THE LIGHTHOUSE
> ISSN 1526-173X
> Copyright © 2006 The Independent Institute
> 100 Swan Way Oakland, CA 94621-1428
> (510) 632-1366 phone
> (510) 568-6040 fax
>







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