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Posted in Development, Land Use, Reform, Regulation on Jun 30th, 2008
Miracles can happen even if they are small ones. SB 245 (described in a previous post) is a bill which gave protection against the government using its powers of eminent domain to take property for public use against some individuals to benefit other private individuals without there being a legitimate public use like a road or [...]
Posted in Development, Land Use, Reform, Regulation, State Senate on Jun 30th, 2008
Governor Minner vetoed the bipartisan SB 245. Delaware on line reported the following: Gov. Ruth Ann Minner announced today she is vetoing legislation that would have redefined “public use” in the eminent domain law and made it harder for government agencies to take private land. The Legislature passed Senate Bill 245 on June 12, after [...]
Posted in Conservatism, Crime, Regulation on Jun 26th, 2008
In a well researched, comprehensive opinion, the high court upheld the plain meaning of the Constitution’s second amendment. It was not only a triumph of common sense, but the clear meaning of the constitution according to the original intent of the founders. The court forbade bans and unreasonable restrictions, but left regulation where it should [...]
Posted in Economics, Regulation on Jun 13th, 2008
According to Bloomberg News service, Senator McCain has started to inquire about the speculative nature of the recent oil price rise. Presidential candidate John McCain said that while demand is the main reason for rising oil prices, speculators have contributed to the increase.“There’s a certain speculator effect here; how big that is is impossible for me to [...]
Posted in Economics, Environment, Regulation, Taxes on Jun 11th, 2008
I hate paying so much for energy. I hate paying so much at the pump. I hate higher electric costs which seem to have no end in sight. I hate seeing friends go without heat for days because they can’t afford fuel oil. I want to see something done about it. The question is what? [...]
Posted in Business, Economics, Election 2008-President, Environment, Regulation on Apr 5th, 2008
Senator Obama is a very intelligent man so how does he justify adding costs to domestic oil consumption by forcing 150 billion dollars of their money to be invested in his chosen energy programs (not drilling or building new refineries that we desperately need )and robbing them of profits as a means to control gas [...]
Posted in Obama, Regulation, Taxes on Mar 3rd, 2008
The Left in this country has perpetrated a proposition that Corporations are evil. That rich people should have more taxes because they don’t need their money. They seem to make you think that having money is the root of all evil. (The Christian scripture says the “love of money” while speaking frequently of wise money [...]
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