jpbikerfreak's Blog

Yes I do see the need. I am fast becoming convinced that in order to have some real changes in the way we, as a country, do business a drastic change has to take place in how the electorate thinks about issues.\

Eminent domain is a good case in point. Eminent domain is only supposed to be used for the public good (to my way of thinking) if for instance a new highway or airbase needs to be built in a particular location and your house is standing there. In recent years it has been used to allow commercial developers to take your land away from you so they can build a hotel or shopping mall with the blessing of the government. It doesn't happen very often and affects relatively few people but it has huge implications for all of us.

We do need a party that would stand up for our constitutional rights.

public USE. The key word is USE. Not good.

Yes I agree 100% jstol. In fact, the Libertarian Party of KS helped write and introduce legislation into the KS House to amend the constitution to stop eminent domain abuse.

It failed by 3 votes.

This all came about because of Kelo v. New London in the US Supreme court.

It was ruled that the word USE in the 5th amendment actually meant GOOD.

jp -

This sounds like a matter of semantics. Public use, public good (I'm not being critical). In my mind public use or good is in opposition to private use or good with the distinction being between public and private rather than between use or good.

Public use is a road. Public good is a shopping center that just happens to generate more taxes.

It makes a big difference when the bulldozer is leveling YOUR house.

As long as it's someone else's house I guess it's no biggie LOL

Rabd, nothing makes my blood boil faster than the phrase 'wasted vote'.

that is the most arrogant thing any politician can say as far as I'm concerned.

A WASTED VOTE is a vote for someone you don't even like.

It's not like the votes BELONG to them anyway.

jp -

Maybe my thinking is flawed and maybe I don't get the semantics all the time. I agree with you.

In my mind, however the public uses the road to drive on and uses the shopping center to shop in. To me the difference is that the road was built with public money whereas the shopping center was built with private money. Eminent domain should never be used to further private interests.

We would have come to the same conclusion had we been the ones to make the decision but would have used a different thought process.

LOL, linecrosser!

I agree with all these posts. I have always wondered what would have happened in 1992 if H. Ross Perot didn't bail out of the race at the last minute, thus alienating his supporters, which were many including me. It seemed to me it was a true 3 horse race up until then that year. He realized he threw a legit shot away by doing that and tried to get back in, but it was too late.

I pay no attention to party affiliation. I vote for the person that I agree with the most. The bad part is that parties other than democrats/GOP don't have the financial resources to get the word out. That is too bad, because the common citizen IMO has to research the other options. Therefore many of them aren't even aware.

I have been all over the map, GHW Bush (woulda been Perot), Dole, Nader have all received a vote from me. Of all the candidates out there now, ol' Ralph Nader still is hitting me the best. I think he has many worthy views, but the only exposure he gets is because he runs for president every 4 years since the 1970s. It's too bad. If he were a Democrat/GOP, he may have been taken more seriously. I agree there is a problem. The solution is what isn't so clear to me...

I am a strong supporter of doing away with the two party system. No, it is not a legislated system, it is a customary system. The media will not recognize any but the two, and this year, they are only recognizing one.

The media says your choice should be Obama and if you don't get it by now, they will make sure you get it before the election. Soul light will twinkle from Obama's teeth and McCain will be shown in shadow.

I am Libertarian as well, however, I realize that this year a vote for Barr will mean an election for Obama. The core Dems will vote for Obama. They don't care as much about this country as they care about the Party or, about having their special interest in the White House. A conservative split will elect Obama.

The Libertarian Party's time is coming, but not this election. If the country survives Barack H. O., then the next election will be a landslide for our party. People will have had it with both the major parties AND the main stream media hyping their personal choice.