Comments on: Rights

By: e v i l _ b l e n d e r

e v i l _ b l e n d e r — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:49:37 +0000

uh oh

uh oh! I think I may be addicted to listening to pod casts. I’m listening to all sorts of shows – some SUCK OUT LOUD – but some make me laugh hard. I was listening to one by the…

By: Eddie Dickey

Eddie Dickey — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 03:31:45 +0000

I think at some point in the last Century, corporations were considered individuals and therefore had rights (someone help me recall the ruling).
If a corporation had no rights, could it hold a copyright?

As for imminent domain, the other way to move people off their land is to raise property tax. On St Simons Is, GA where I grew up, the property taxes were raised on the African Americans who had owned their land for decades – it was called ‘taxing them off the Island’. The demand for property on the Island drove this practice. Same thing I imagine on Hilton Head. American dream my ass..

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:14:07 +0000

shoot heres the correct url

By: jonathan

jonathan — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 23:13:02 +0000

check out this link regarding that new law: Justice Souter

By: Tilted Edge

Tilted Edge — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:21:16 +0000

As an extreme liberal, I was amazed recently when I found myself agreeing with a conservative talk show host on this recent supreme court decision regarding imminent domain for commercial development. He kept saying that liberals were behind it. Who are these liberals? Not me.

I think we ought to charge property tax for intellectual property, this way we can raise a lot of money without kicking old ladies out of their homes. Failure to pay intellectual property tax would result in the intellectual property becoming public domain.

By: Capastorm

Capastorm — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 06:36:49 +0000

2 words: Lobbying – Tax