> I DON’T LIKE THAT YOU’RE GETTING POLITICAL. WHY DON’T YOU JUST STICK TO CARD GAMES?
Why don’t you stick to seeing how many Hot Wheels cars you can fit up your asshole?
Sorry, but I have to say that it's truly amazing to me how the left never gets called out on their arrogance and blatant elitism (which is palmed off as mere humor). Make a joke about social class from the right and you're named, shamed, and run out of town with torches and pitchforks.
(This is not a reply to the above commenter, just about the FAQ entry itself).
These accusations (not charges) came out in 2014 and don't seem to have gone anywhere. Little mention of it since then, and no evidence presented that I can find.
I don't think they've said that they'd do this, but in the past they bought an island and gave everyone a square foot or so of it. Presumably they'll try to subdivide and distribute this land to turn 1 eminent domain case into tens of thousands.
Yep. I’m a happy owner. Maybe one day I’ll visit my square foot.
I assume the government would just have the judge bundle all the cases together. It’s a pretty obvious ploy and it seems like making the government litigate it 1000x would be unnecessarily burdensome.
Wouldn’t their cases probably end up along with all the other cases you’d see from other ‘real’ landowners?
And considering the current administration has already started the process for ranches along the border. I can't see how this isn't a waste of time and money.
Oh I remember that - as really amusing to watch. With that, you kinda knew exactly what you were getting. With the wall deal they're making it sound like its a foolproof plan and as news reports are showing, people are buying it. If anything they're just going to waste taxpayer money
They are also retaining a law firm that specializes in eminent domain cases. Eminent domain doesn't mean the government could do whatever he wants. You are still entitled to due process. They explain it in a very clear way:
> So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.
Also, CAH founder has said in interviews in the past that:
> What I see getting results are back-to-basics material engagement with politics, like showing up at a Congress member’s office, calling, going to a protest. I think that’s more valuable than all of our clever liberal comedy right now. [0]
This is their way to give Americans a way to do an action with political weight and to funnel their marketing/comedic abilities into political action.
Will it stop the wall? No. Will it slow it down and make it a pain for the Trump administration? Yes. This is the equivalent of filibustering for normal citizens. Is it a way to do a political action? Yes
If my experience in highway infrastructure is any guide, this is mostly futile. If they really want to slow it down, start with an environmental impact study. The best thing about it is the government has to pay for it and they are very subjective.
> If they really want to slow it down, start with an environmental impact study.
People who care about the environment should care that environmental impact studies are what they claim to be and not red tape bombs. People are supposed to be concerned about the outcome of them, not using them as a means to an unrelated end.
>He is so afraid that he wants to build a twenty-billion dollar wall that everyone knows will accomplish nothing. So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.
So they are protesting the cost by making it costlier, got it.
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[ 3.2 ms ] story [ 68.3 ms ] threadThis comment in the FAQ just made my day
(This is not a reply to the above commenter, just about the FAQ entry itself).
What does shoving Hot Wheels up your bum have to do with social class?
I assume the government would just have the judge bundle all the cases together. It’s a pretty obvious ploy and it seems like making the government litigate it 1000x would be unnecessarily burdensome.
Wouldn’t their cases probably end up along with all the other cases you’d see from other ‘real’ landowners?
That was last years campaign.... Whatever they do it can't be more wasteful than last years.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2016/nov/28/cards-aga...
https://holidayhole.com/
> So we’ve purchased a plot of vacant land on the border and retained a law firm specializing in eminent domain to make it as time-consuming and expensive as possible for the wall to get built.
Also, CAH founder has said in interviews in the past that:
> What I see getting results are back-to-basics material engagement with politics, like showing up at a Congress member’s office, calling, going to a protest. I think that’s more valuable than all of our clever liberal comedy right now. [0]
This is their way to give Americans a way to do an action with political weight and to funnel their marketing/comedic abilities into political action.
Will it stop the wall? No. Will it slow it down and make it a pain for the Trump administration? Yes. This is the equivalent of filibustering for normal citizens. Is it a way to do a political action? Yes
[0] https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/2/9/14532050/cards-against-...
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff
You can make a project take twice as long.
People who care about the environment should care that environmental impact studies are what they claim to be and not red tape bombs. People are supposed to be concerned about the outcome of them, not using them as a means to an unrelated end.
In other news, sun rises in east, sets in west.
So they are protesting the cost by making it costlier, got it.