Comments on: This land’s not your land http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/ redraw democracy Thu, 07 Aug 2008 20:19:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: 4rentinla http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-1275 Tue, 20 Sep 2005 23:05:25 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-1275 "I am pritty shur that Rush L. is not populare with the people that normaily read this site"..- 100% agree with you- that's for sure ;) “I am pritty shur that Rush L. is not populare with the people that normaily read this site”..- 100% agree with you- that’s for sure ;)

]]> by: eliot http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-884 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 19:39:51 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-884 philosophically, many conservatives have been strongly against the way the supreme court ruled in this case, seeing it as a violation of private property rights. but it's so-called libertarians like the cato institute that always come to the defence of wal-mart and other "corporate citizens." practically, nasty development deals cross party lines. republicans bloomberg and pataki are the main forces behind the nets stadium boondoggle, but a democratic city council approved the greenpoint/williamsburg plan. dinkins pulled some real shit in his time, too. those in power -- democrat, republican, or whatever -- always make sweetheart deals like these, whether it's for immediate personal gain, or to make more friends in high places, or just so they can feel like little emperors. philosophically, many conservatives have been strongly against the way the supreme court ruled in this case, seeing it as a violation of private property rights. but it’s so-called libertarians like the cato institute that always come to the defence of wal-mart and other “corporate citizens.”

practically, nasty development deals cross party lines. republicans bloomberg and pataki are the main forces behind the nets stadium boondoggle, but a democratic city council approved the greenpoint/williamsburg plan. dinkins pulled some real shit in his time, too.

those in power — democrat, republican, or whatever — always make sweetheart deals like these, whether it’s for immediate personal gain, or to make more friends in high places, or just so they can feel like little emperors.

]]> by: Michael P. O'Connor http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-883 Wed, 29 Jun 2005 16:50:53 +0000 http://visualresistance.org/wordpress/2005/06/28/204/#comment-883 I am pritty shur that Rush L. is not populare with the people that normaily read this site, but you should have heard him on Monday, he spent the whole 3 hours talking about how this is one of the worst rullings that the SC ever made. He sounded like he was pissed. He said how this is a gross violation of the constitution. I am pritty shur that Rush L. is not populare with the people that normaily read this site, but you should have heard him on Monday, he spent the whole 3 hours talking about how this is one of the worst rullings that the SC ever made. He sounded like he was pissed. He said how this is a gross violation of the constitution.

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