otoh

Hi there, welcome to Wal-Mart.

I’m just practicing, of course. In light of the recent decision by the Supreme Court [read about it here or listen to it here] it would apparently be okay for the government to take my personal web space and use it for commercial development.

Now, a WalMart or a Target store site would certainly attract more traffic. I’d like to think the content would be less interesting, but I’m a little egotistical that way.

Of course, the case for Eminent Domain dealt with local governments taking people’s homes, not their web sites. That just makes it, oh about a million times worse. I support the very limited use of eminent domain when the land is for PUBLIC use. Economic development of commercial property is, imho, way too broad an interpretation of public use.

I’m not very politically active and I don’t rant a lot in this blog, but this decision just absoluely floored me! This is almost as surreal as the beginning of the Hitchhiker’s Guide….

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