Monday, July 04, 2005

Where Is the Freedom to Own Property

Nonetheless, across the fruited domain, governments reacted to the court decision by sending the bulldozers round to idle expectantly on John Doe's front lawn: In New Jersey, Newark officials moved forward with plans to raze 14 downtown acres and build an upscale condo development; in Missouri, the City of Arnold intends to demolish 30 homes, 14 businesses and the local VFW to make way for a Lowe's Home Improvement store and a strip mall developed by THF Realty.
How's that banned-in-Kentucky Commandment go? "Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's house, nor his ass." This Independence Day, America needs a "new birth of freedom."
http://www.suntimes.com/output/steyn/cst-edt-steyn03.html