Thread: Rotten Bush Executive Order Expands Use of Eminent Domain

President Bush marked the one-year anniversary of the infamous Kelo decision by issuing an Executive Order (EO) - "Protecting the Property Rights of the American People." However, property rights advocates across the nation have registered great disappointment with the text of the EO, noting how subtly it weaves in an anti-private property policy of the Bush Administration. Sec. 1 says the Federal Government must limit its private property takings to only that which will be used for a public purpose "and not merely for the purpose of advancing the economic interest of private parties to be given ownership or use of the property taken." However, Sec. 3 sets out "Specific Exclusions" under which private property can be taken by the Federal Government, including: "public ownership or exclusive use of the property by the public, such as for a public medical facility, roadway (NAFTA Superhighway), park, forest, governmental office building, or military reservation; (b) projects designated for public, common carrier, public transportation, or public utility use, including those for which a fee is assessed (toll roads); (c) conveying the property to a nongovernmental entity…(TNC for example); (d) "preventing or mitigating a harmful use of land that constitutes a threat to public health, safety, or the environment." The EO should have been called "Expanding the Use of Eminent Domain by the Federal Government."

http://www.libertymatters.org/newsservi ... 023_EO.htm

What's happening on the 3rd party candidate front? We are certainly in need of a big change in this country.

If W would accept the nomination as an independant I would vote for him!