08 May 2009

Freedom goes splat

There's no part of this action that isn't wrong: The U.S. government is confiscating land from seven people for the planned Flight 93 9/11 memorial in Shanksville, Pa.

The Feds negotiated with other landowners and reached deals, but seven holdouts are being screwed over in favor of a symbol.

I can see how eminent domain can be justified in rare situations, but taking land for a statue ... un-American. It is, however, fascist.

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