Hedley Lamarr:
There might be legal precedent! Of course, Landsnatching . . . land, land, Land, see Snatch. Ah, Hailie vs. United Sates. Hailie: 7, United States: nothing. You see, it can be done!
I was kind of wondering about Land-Snatching after Preznit Helpin' Rich Folks speech last night. His pitch for an urban Trail of Tears consisting of a few properties from Habitat for Humanity and lots of New Bankruptcy Bill sub-prime lender homes got me to thinking, what of all the "abandoned" homes left in New Orleans. If they rebuild the levees, are we looking at the gentrification of New Orleans by Storm and Flight? Seems that Jeanne at Body and Soul was wondering the same thing.
The vultures are eyeing New Orleans because of the "belief that hundreds of billions of dollars in government aid is going to create a boomtown." And tonight the vulture-in-chief will promise them just that -- "the largest reconstruction effort ever on U.S. soil,"
Yeah, go figure that somehow land prices might go up after the neighborhoods are rebuilt and the residents have ziggy'd off to parts unfamiliar in a federal resettlement program. I wonder what advice the Native Americans might want to share on the propensity of the Federal Government to keep its long-term promises and committments concerning resettlement of entire communities.
posted by Jo Fish on 09.16.05 at 05:02 PM
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Yeah, good timing on that whole Kelo decision. Eminent Domain oughta help.
posted by: Scott1960 on 09.16.05 at 08:14 PM [permalink]
Now, if I was awake in oceanography, I coulda sworn I heard the professor (a Republican by the way) say that if a hurricane hits homes on barrier islands FEMA offers to buy them out or assist with rebuilding with the understanding that FEMA will not pay for a repeat. Bush's plan is to pay (using your/my money) without the option to rebuild. Means the federal government now owns the land. Think Bush plans on opening up a federal wildlife refuge? I know he would NEVER turn it over to developers for dirt cheap or start drilling for oil. What kind of a person do you think he is???
