tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post7384017542519572327..comments2023-09-15T04:27:57.129-04:00Comments on Commentarama: The Great Land Grab Continues--ACORN HelpsAndrewPricehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-52795601327961579932009-12-01T02:48:23.389-05:002009-12-01T02:48:23.389-05:00Bev: You are right on the money with that. New L...Bev: You are right on the money with that. New London, Connecticut, now has a big hole in the ground where homes and small businesses used to exist. Pfizer has pulled out, and now one of two things will happen. Either some private party will buy the property (though it's financially incomprehensible at the moment), or the city will have to exercise genuine eminent domain and take over the property for public use. But what public use? How will they afford it? When will they apologize to those driven out of their homes and businesses for this "mistake." Or as I called the Atlantic Yards project, "a pig in a poke?"LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-47372045097984643842009-11-30T12:52:27.121-05:002009-11-30T12:52:27.121-05:00The sad fact about the Kelo decision is that Pfize...The sad fact about the Kelo decision is that Pfizer pulled out of the development project 3 weeks ago after tearing all of the houses down.BevfromNYChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14953050916932306270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-69212100340670841312009-11-30T00:55:22.474-05:002009-11-30T00:55:22.474-05:00WriterX: I think the Democrats have become master...WriterX: I think the Democrats have become masters of bad timing. If they think that America has forgotten about ACORN by December 18, they will go forward. And they will be wrong.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-79645094402373022392009-11-29T22:31:22.039-05:002009-11-29T22:31:22.039-05:00LawHawk, do you think there are enough Dems who...LawHawk, do you think there are enough Dems who'll side with Nadler to restore ACORN funding?Writer Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16505411188186283813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-25076885319508206962009-11-29T21:19:35.409-05:002009-11-29T21:19:35.409-05:00CalFederalist: It sounds like you were in NYC may...CalFederalist: It sounds like you were in NYC maybe five or six years before I got there. I first heard "slum relocation" from a woman I worked with who had emigrated from Queens to Berkeley while working on her master's degree. She also had a slightly raunchy version of "New York, New York, It's a Wonderful Town," most of which is not appropriate for this blog. LOLLawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-9326959575900443452009-11-29T21:14:42.277-05:002009-11-29T21:14:42.277-05:00New York used to have an inside expression for thi...New York used to have an inside expression for this kind of urban renewal. They called it "slum relocation," and there was plenty of it going on. But even then, the old slums were replaced mostly by new, government-owned instant slums. At least then they took land for government use, not government handoffs to private developers.<br /><br />The descriptions I've read say that the area is not even a slum. We can't all live in mansions and million-dollar condo/lofts like Charles Rangel. It sounds much more like a slightly down-on-its-luck working class neighborhood that wants to hold onto its dignity by holding on to its land. God love them, I hope they can succeed.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02284025222779154243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-73527379846129295302009-11-29T19:05:23.962-05:002009-11-29T19:05:23.962-05:00Stan, Those are the sorts of thing you do quietly....Stan, Those are the sorts of thing you do quietly. It's never good when an enemies lists become public... ask Nixon or Obama.<br /><br />Even Bush's comments about only letting countries who invaded Iraq bid on contracts blew up on him. He should have just done it quietly. Always make the other guy look like he's paranoid: "they're out to get us."AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-68338669701295615352009-11-29T18:44:15.310-05:002009-11-29T18:44:15.310-05:00StanH: ACORN and the SEIU are major impediments o...StanH: ACORN and the SEIU are major impediments on the road back from serfdom. I agree that they have to be de-funded and bankrupted if possible. But as we discussed on an earlier post of Andrew's, too many specifics, particularly too many targeted "enemies," and the message gets lost. Any conservative who sticks to the platform/policy points we have been suggesting will have no problem with getting rid of those two.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-4693760370296749252009-11-29T17:36:09.959-05:002009-11-29T17:36:09.959-05:00When we start to take power back in 2010. Part of ...When we start to take power back in 2010. Part of the plank for the Republicans a demand from the voters/taxpayers, to defund ACORN/SEIU or any of their affiliates, or it will their ass politically. Washington is a cesspool!StanHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07395708786509590321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85802868480749850512009-11-29T16:00:19.380-05:002009-11-29T16:00:19.380-05:00Andrew: I had to read Kelo several times to make ...Andrew: I had to read <i>Kelo</i> several times to make sure I was seeing what I was seeing. Sandra Day O'Connor departed the bench leaving us with a major dent in the Constitution.<br /><br />As for ACORN, Obama and Holder are up to their expansive arses in the ACORN sewer. We'll have to wait for a new administration before we ever see the obvious RICO actions hit the courts.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-55835441607503977782009-11-29T15:28:16.954-05:002009-11-29T15:28:16.954-05:00You know, it really makes me furious that the Supr...You know, it really makes me furious that the Supreme Court allowed this. Eminent domain was bad enough, but to allow it just because some developer wants the land? That is totally unAmerican. Our country is founded on respect for private property!<br /><br />As for ACORN, someone should pursue then with RICO.AndrewPricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11312364467936820986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-42123627599770707302009-11-29T15:09:29.828-05:002009-11-29T15:09:29.828-05:00HamiltonsGhost: It's an American dream. ACORN ...HamiltonsGhost: It's an American dream. ACORN has a win-win situation. Drive out the poor and marginal, make big bucks for the effort, then demand that other developers in other areas provide housing and marginal financing for the poor they just drove out. What could be better? And they never have to abandon their Marxist philosophy of keeping the masses in permanent dependency while making beaucoup bucks for themselves and posing as the champions of the poor.LawHawkRFDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17800255923675295515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4425587034622601550.post-85715588246941231672009-11-29T14:54:33.111-05:002009-11-29T14:54:33.111-05:00Lawhawk--It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that ...Lawhawk--It makes me feel all warm and fuzzy that ACORN can start up again with more funding than ever come December 18. At least they're helping to get rid of those pesky poor people. Then they can demand that landowners offer them new homes for free somewhere else, and if they don't get it, ACORN and the SEIU can just occupy premises currently in default or abandoned. What a fun game.HamiltonsGhosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07777000856977635480noreply@blogger.com