Here's another one of those Esquire-esque questions.

Is taking land via eminent domain to build a private toll bridge a legitimate government function?

Show me anywhere in the First Amendment . . .

. . . where it allows size restrictions on the Freedom of Speech.

I keep hoping this is one of those fake news satire sites.

You know, like the one that says Brad Pitt died today in a fall on the set of his new movie.

But looking around the rest of the articles, it seems to be a legitimate news site.

San Francisco Uses Eminent Domain to Build Pot Farm.

Has the world gone totally f***ing insane?

UPDATE: I'm not the only one who's noticed.

Steal Steve Trueblood Blind!

After all, he can't object. He is, after all, pro-stealing.

Trueblood staged a protest at the hotel Friday and might make the protests a weekly effort.

He’s also circulating an online petition. In it, he urges the city council and city manager to take the hotel through eminent domain and find a developer who will “restore the hotel to its original splendor and purpose.”

According to something called "The Wheel Report," here is his contact info:

Candidate: Steve Trueblood
Address: 1113 Columbus Circle
City: Janesville, WI 53545
Phone 608-754-6503
Committee: Trueblood fro Assembly
Address: 1113 Columbus
City: Janesville, WI 53545
Treasurer: Mary Groessl
Phone: 608-754-6503
EB ID: 104334

Give the guy a medal.

Richard Stark comes up with a solution to the eminent domainers:

According to the Jamestown, N.D., Sun, Richard Starke sent an e-mail to the
North Dakota Public Service Commission and said “As long as our (Public)
Keystone Affairs Commission is in their pockets for millions in bribes, and
landowners do not take steps to blow them up with several sacks of fertilizer
and a gallon of diesel fuel, they will continue to exploit us.”

Habitat for Humanity using eminent domain?

Buried in this piece about why it's taking longer for Marshall and H4H to build a Habitat house than it should [emphasis mine.]:

"We're certainly not stalling for any particular reason other than people have to understand and be patient," he said. "When we entered into this partnership with the city of the Artisan Avenue redevelopment project, we took on the challenge of building five homes there. This being the first of five. When anytime you are claiming a piece of property off of eminent domain these are the types of obstacles an organization has to face."

Just added Marshall AND Habitat to The List.

I'd better fix this . . .

. . . before Kevin sees it and has a seizure.

From this article in the Springfield Mis-Leader on eminent domain that doesn't mention the abuses of the power that Missouri State University, also located in Springfield) has committed (Remember Ebbets Field!*):

The coalition would amend the Constitution to not allow [to bar] the taking of private property for the use of another private entity, would narrow the definition of what are legitimate uses "for the public good" and force government entities to negotiate buyout prices based on all aspects of a business' worth — such as Bryant's 15-year rental contracts.

Split infinitives make Kevin foam at the mouth. We mustn't have that.

* - And by Ebbets Field, I mean the real one, on East Cherry, the one stolen by the communists, not the Walnut Street Yuppie Fern Palace they have now.

Why Minnesota Sucks, 8/17/07 edition.

Just moved Minnesota from the "Rocks!" column to the "Sucks!" column.

AND added the Twins to the list of Landthieves.

Bastards.

The Minnesota Twins will break ground Aug. 30 on a new $522-million baseball stadium, though first a moderating panel will decide Monday how much the current property owners will be compensated for the site, on Third Avenue between Fifth and Seventh streets. Hennepin County has acquired the site, a former parking lot and rail line, through eminent domain, but is arguing before the panel that the land is only worth about $14 million, and not the $65 million the owners claim.

Stillwatistan.

Oklahoma State: sports more important than property rights.

Fucking commies.

BONUS SONG OF THE DAY: Maharishi Vedic City Blues.

Not on YouTube. Go here,then click on Maharishi Vedic City Blues.

The story behind this is here.

Hey, we got a better grade than Arkansas.

Missouri gets a D on eminent domain.

Barack Obama Kelos a (now former) supporter's MYSPACE page.

And you thought eminent domain only happened in the brick and mortar world. Remind you of anyone, specifically the looter class in ATLAS SHRUGGED?

(Yeah, yeah; I know MYSPACE management isn't the US government, but it IS in a sense the government of MYSPACE.)

[H/T 2 Drudge.]