Re: re-fighting the Civil War :-) (was Re: Shelby Foote)



In article <bellc1taj4nvph8igoko16nor7e7he1ao6@xxxxxxx>, OM
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wrote:

> On Tue, 5 Jul 2005 13:00:48 -0500, "Revision"
> <kentbetts@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I suspect that in twenty
> >years, with the economy humming, urban sprawl diminished, and rational
> >land use implemented, that people will say "Wow. That Supreme Court had
> >a good idea." And so, contra the Northern Ireland scenario, I wonder
> >what benefits might have flowed from a Hamlin presidency. Repatriation,
> >perhaps?
>
> ...Again, read the Communist Manifesto. This was quite probably the
> biggest blunder the Supremes have made in their entire history, and
> those who voted for it need to be taken out and hung like traitors.
> Mark my words on this one, rev - within those 20 years, you're going
> to see a *lot* of disenfranchised citizens royally buggered by
> corporate interests taking over their property in order to build an
> office building that looks nicer than the house they lived in.

With any luck, one of them will be David Souter. There's a group
trying to grab his house under eminent domain and build "The Lost
Liberty Hotel" and "Just Desserts Cafe".

No reason why the same thing can't be done to four other properties.

--
David M. Palmer dmpalmer@xxxxxxxxx (formerly @clark.net, @ematic.com)
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