UNR Students for Liberty » private property http://unrforliberty.com Sun, 26 Jun 2011 07:32:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 “One way or another, land [will be stolen]“ http://unrforliberty.com/2009/06/one-way-or-another-land-will-be-stolen.html http://unrforliberty.com/2009/06/one-way-or-another-land-will-be-stolen.html#comments Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:51:55 +0000 John Russell http://unrforliberty.com/?p=361 Perhaps the truncation of the quote provided above is somewhat unrepresentative of the words spoken by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, but nonetheless it represents the reality of the situation brewing over the controversial land acquisition by the federal government. According to this article by the Philadelphia Inquirer, it appears our government is issuing an ultimatum to force landowners to sell their property in order to pay tribute to the victims of Flight 93 which crashed during the terrorists attack on 9/11.

I suppose a country which does not take its ruling document seriously should not surprise her citizens when it ignores everything it was instituted to protect. Is eminent domain ever justified? If so, when does become intolerable? It is obvious that the local county is capitalizing on this circumstance to draw tourism to the otherwise nonexistent industry. How many lives were ruined again during 9/11? Better add a few more to the list to accommodate this 2,500 acre memorial celebrating “freedom”. Disgusting.

© John Russell for UNR Students for Liberty, 2009.
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