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AP Photo
Children watch as
their homes are swept
fom the earth.
THE SCENE ABOVE AND MANY MORE LIKE IT HAVE BEEN STRAINING THE HEARTS OF MANY PEOPLE THIS PAST WEEK.
I THOUGHT OF THIS; WHEN, OR IF, IT COMES DOWN TO TAKING THE HOMES OF THE GOOD FOLKS IN FT. TRUMBALL, CT. IT'S GOING TO BE BASICALLY THE SAME THING.
YOU KNOW WHAT THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE?
THERE WON'T BE DAILY PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE PAPER WITH WILD RHETORIC ABOUT HOW HISTORIC....OR ABUSIVE THIS ACTION IS!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IN SOME ARTICLES WRITERS ARE USING THE WORD "GOOD". AS IN THIS WILL BE GOOD FOR THE BLAH , BLAH BLAH.....
HAVE THEY NOT SEEN THE CHILDREN TAKING THEIR STANCE? THE MEN AND WOMEN SCREAMING FOR REPRIEVE? THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN LIVING THERE FOR OVER 40 YEARS! THE CHILDREN?...ALL THEIR LIVES!!
A NEIGHBOUR OF SUSETTE KELO , IN FT. TRUMBELL, CT. WAS BORN IN HER HOME...SHE IS 83 YEARS OF AGE!!! SHE HAS KNOWN NO OTHER HOME SINCE 1922!!!!!
LET'S GET THE PRIORITY'S STRAIGHT OK?!!....WAKE THE HELL UP AND TAKE ISSUE WITH WHAT IS HAPPENING TO CITIZENS ALL OVER OUR COUNTRY AND PUT THE DAMN REMOTE IN A DRAWER!!
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ABC NEWS, AP
IF YOU HAVE BEEN THROUGH THE ARCHIVES HERE YOU WILL KNOW I POSTED A COUPLE OF SCATHING OPINIONS ON SOME OF PETER JENNING' WORK. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY WHAT THEY WERE NOW. BUT I WILL SAY HE PISSED ME OFF SOMETIMES BUT I REALLY RESPECTED THE GUY.
YEAH, HE APPEARED TO ME, AT TIMES, TO COME ACROSS AS A BIT POMPOUS. AND THOSE BITS HE DID STANDING ON A MAP OF THE WORLD OR IRAQ DROVE ME NUTS.
BUT ALL IN ALL THE DUDE WAS A CLASS ACT! HE HAD THE BALLS TO GET IN THE MIDDLE OF SOME OF THE MOST LIFE THREATENING REPORTS HE AIRED.
THERE WAS NO DOUBT ABOUT HIS COURAGE, HONOUR AND DEDICATION TO FINDING OUT WHAT WAS HAPPENING AND CONVEYING IT TO US, THE PUBLIC, IN A LANGUAGE BEFITTING ROYALTY BUT CLEAR AND AS UNDERSTANDABLE TO THE FOLKS WATCHING AS THAT SPARKLE IN HIS EYE.
THIS IS WHAT THE CD, ITSELF LOOKS LIKE. ALSO...THE SONG HERE IS THE ORIGINAL BALLAD WRITTEN WAY BACK. THERE IS AN EXTENDED VERSION (POST U.S.SUPREME COURT MELTDOWN) ADDED AS THE THIRD TRACK. "THE FINEST CRAFT" IS ALSO ON THE CD.
I WANT TO MENTION, DUE TO THE FEW FOLKS WHO MIGHT NOT "GET" IT; A PORTION OF SALES WILL BE GOING TO THE INSTITUTE FOR JUSTICE.
I SHOULD NOTE...IN THE PHOTO ON THE CD THOSE ARE THE SENIOR ATTORNEY'S WHO PRESENTED THE CASE, GOT IT ACCEPTED BY THE COURT AND TOOK THE HIT; MR. SCOTT BULLOCK, ESQ. - MS. DANA BERLINER, ESQ - MR. JOHN KRAMER, ESQ - AND ON THE LEFT, BEHIND MR. BULLOCK IS THE "BACKBONE" OF KELO, et al VS FT. TRUMBALL, NEW LONDON CT....MS. SUSETTE KELO!
AND OF COURSE THE FANCY BIG BUILDING IS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT WITH A FEW TOURISTS HIKING UP THE STEPS TO SEE WHERE THEIR FREEDOMS AND PERSUIT OF HAPPINESS IS KEPT IN ORDER, KNOWING NOTHING OF WHAT IS TAKING PLACE IN THE PHOTO. YES THE WORLD IS SMALL AND THOSE FOLKS RIGHT THERE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IS HAPPENING RIGHT BEHIND THEM.
The CD photo is Courtesy and Copyright The Institute for Justice - All Rights Reserved.