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    Exclamation Trump on the Kelo v. New London decision: "I'm one hundred percent in favor of it"

    In favor of government seizing people's homes based on the idea that high rolling real estate speculators, like Trump, can generate more taxes for government with condos, high rises and yacht clubs.

    He is one hundred percent in favor of one of the very worst SCROTUS decisions, ever.


    Trump on Kelo: I happen to agree with it 100 percent

    http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2011/04/20...t-100-percent/

    by Owen Brennan

    April 20, 2011 - 10:44 am

    Credit Mark Levin with bursting the Trump bubble. Just last week he was the first voice on the right to thoroughly dissect Trump’s history of political activity (donations to Hillary, Weiner, Rahm, Schumer and others).

    He was also the first to ask a number of important questions about Trump’s world view, including, “What does he think about Kelo?” The Club for Growth is out today with the answer … directly from Trump himself from 2005 on Fox News.

    “I happen to agree with it 100 percent, not that I would want to use it. [note below, he would actually want to use it]

    But the fact is, if you have a person living in an area that’s not even necessarily a good area, and government, whether it’s local or whatever, government wants to build a tremendous economic development, where a lot of people are going to be put to work and make area that’s not good into a good area, and move the person that’s living there into a better place — now, I know it might not be their choice — but move the person to a better place and yet create thousands upon thousands of jobs and beautification and lots of other things, I think it happens to be good.”
    But the reality is, Trump did try to use the power of eminent domain to seize private property. He did this in Altlantic City, and it wasn’t to build an elementy school or even a “tremendous economic development.” He wanted to knock down an old lady’s home so he could build a parking lot for limousines near his casino.

    Full disclosure: I used to work for the Institute for Justice, which successfully defended Vera Coking against Trump’s land grab in Atlantic City. More details about that case can be found here.

    The Right’s love fest with Donald Trump is coming to an end. But will the media’s love affair with him ever end? The MSM isn’t known for vetting their own, so they’re likely to only give Trump the harry eyeball if he wins the nomination. Don’t forget, John McCain was the MSM’s second favorite candidate out of the entire 2008 field. And we know how well that ended.
    Another mark of a tyrant is that he likes foreigners better than citizens, and lives with them and invites them to his table; for the one are enemies, but the Others enter into no rivalry with him. - Aristotle's Politics Book 5 Part 11



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    I'd say the only thing that is uncertain is precisely when Trump's bubble will fully deflate. I'm guessing probably at some point soon after the first debate next week, but he may start to slide a bit later depending on how he does. Frankly, I think Trump is going to either lose his cool or otherwise step in it and start to plummet immediately afterward, the guy clearly does not have the temperament to handle an opponent head on, let alone 9 of them (8 if Cruz tries to play nice).

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    In a July 2005 interview with Neil Cavuto on Fox News, he publicly stated that he was 100% in favor of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the City of New London to take Ms. Kelo’s house.

    “But I happen to agree with it [the Supreme Court decision in Kelo v. New London] 100 percent, not that I would want to use it. But the fact is, if you have a person living in an area that’s not even necessarily a good area, and government, whether it’s local or whatever, government wants to build a tremendous economic development, where a lot of people are going to be put to work and make area that’s not good into a good area, and move the person that’s living there into a better place — now, I know it might not be their choice — but move the person to a better place and yet create thousands upon thousands of jobs and beautification and lots of other things, I think it happens to be good.”
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    “The spirits of darkness are now among us. We have to be on guard so that we may realize what is happening when we encounter them and gain a real idea of where they are to be found. The most dangerous thing you can do in the immediate future will be to give yourself up unconsciously to the influences which are definitely present.” ~ Rudolf Steiner

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    Bump for the new movie coming out about this horrendous miscarriage of justice and power grab by government.



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