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High court OKs personal property seizures
Pentagon Creating Student Database
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"All that is required for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
- Edmund Burke
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Posted 6/23/2005 01:02:00 PM
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On 6/23/2005 2:07 PM, 
Michelle said...
On 6/23/2005 5:03 PM, Melissa said...
On 6/23/2005 9:16 PM, Michelle said...
On 6/23/2005 9:55 PM, Melissa said...
On 6/24/2005 12:16 AM, dkgoodman said...
5 Comments:
I didn't read the database one, however the other, man i just shake my head.
Do you not have "zoning" in the States? There has been on the very odd occasion a similar thing happen here, however it is left to judicial dicretion, not local councils. Becuase of "zoning" it's a real rarity though.
Dave, you're interfering with my desire to live in my own little world. I no longer watch TV news and I carefully choose which newspaper articles to read. I'm much happier now, delusional perhaps, but happier.
Now you've gotten me all riled up. On the subject of property seizures, I imagine what it would be like to be old, helpless and poor and have some rich developer come along who decides that he wants my house. It's not right that he can force me to sell it. What if I can't find another affordable house or what if I'm not capable of house hunting and moving? And what about being forced to leave behind memories?
Michelle, we have zoning laws, but they aren't written in stone. It's not unusual for businesses to get variances. After awhile, a neighborhood can change to the point that it is no longer really residential, so the zoning gets changed accordingly. This does lead to lawsuits, but it's not all bad. It gives lawyers something to do. ;)
I'm also not happy with the student database. Aside from the privacy issues and risk of identity theft, it bothers me that certain kids are being sought for recruitment so that they can be little more than cannon fodder. It's not the affluent, college kids who are being targeted, but the kids who have fewer options.
Dave, my guess is that no recruiters have knocked on your door looking for Debbie. But I know an 18 year old kid who regularly finds recruiters at his front door. He is black, has no criminal record and just barely graduated from high school. Having been raised by a single mom who earns just slightly over minimum wage, his job options are few. But he would make great cannon fodder. How nice that the government is seeking him. I'm sure that they just have his best interests at heart. Yeah, right.
Well, I think it's time to pour a glass of wine and go sit on the patio now. It's another perfect warm day. I'm going to pretend that none of this happened.
Interesting. Much of our zoning is set in stone, and it's rare for a neighborhood to change. I think our conveyencing laws are different to yours, there by making the onus on the buyer, ie...you need to go to the council,town planning, look at the house plans,environment and do a search of any covenants for future planning.
Dave, am I going crazy or did you add that quote to your post later? I'm feeling guilty now.
How do I say this without sounding defensive? Forty hours a week I'm immersed in pain, suffering and the occasional dead body. My primary job is to comfort others and it completely drains me. I survive by making my home life as idealic as possible. Shutting myself off from unpleasantness while at home allows me to recharge my batteries.
I don't feel that there is much that I can do to reverse a Supreme Court opinion or change Pentagon policy. My battles are smaller. I'm not afraid to fight those in charge to make sure that patients are properly taken care of. I'm proud of being a tough (but sweet) patient advocate. I'm not changing the world, but I'm affecting my own little part of it. That's going to have to do for now. :)
Sorry, Melissa. :) You're not going crazy, I did add that. But it wasn't directed at you, or at anyone else, it was directed at me, like most of the quotes and sayings I put up here. I like to remind myself of the things I believe in, or would like to believe in.
For 18 years I've done my best to prepare Debbie for the world, but I haven't done anything to prepare the world for Debbie.
I'm disturbed by the direction that our country and planet is headed, and I feel helpless to change it. We don't seem to be living up to the principles that I was taught as a gullible youngster. Silly things like our right to be secure in our homes, or that the government exists to protect the populace.
The Bay Area is much more strident than Los Angeles. You see and hear and read constant attacks against the status quo here, against government at every level, against people who don't believe as they do. Whenever I hear the bashing going on, I grit my teeth and wish they'd stop.
I don't want to become one of them, I don't want to grit my teeth at my own grumbling. I don't think it changes minds, either. People have to arrive at decisions on their own.
I've been turning this over in my mind today, trying to figure out what can be done. I hope I think of something.
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