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Enloe on the U.S. Government: “GIMME.”
Tim Enloe,
The Force Arena PROPERTY SEIZURE FEVER IN GEORGIA I do think that I have at least one issue that I talk about on the air that most ... not all ... but most of my listeners agree with. Private property rights. I believe, and nobody has presented me with any evidence to the contrary, that no political system based on liberty and economic freedom has ever survived once private property rights came to be ignored. Now .. let me tell you a quick story about something called Fanplex. Fanplex was a the bright idea of some politicians representing a district adjoining Atlanta's Turner Field, the home of the Atlanta Braves. These politicians thought that if they built a miniature golf course and a game room adjacent to Turner Field suburban families would come pouring into downtown Atlanta, even when the Braves weren’t playing, just to get in a game of Pac Man and some Putt Putt. As soon as the idea was proposed I began to slam it on the air. It wouldn't work. It would be a failure. The taxpayers would end up footing the bill. Well ... it didn't work. It was a failure and the taxpayers ended up footing the bill. I bring this up because I want to create a scenario for you with just a few changes. In this case we're going to make it a private developer, not some hack politicians, who decides that some sort of a recreational facility would be a money-maker in some specific location. The private developer wants to build a skate board park, or a golf course, or baseball fields. There's a problem though. The private individuals who own the property the developer wants don't want to sell; or, if they do want to sell, they want more money than the developer is willing to pay. Wouldn’t it be great if the developer could just go to his local government and tell them to seize the property? Yeah ... take that property, turn it over to me, and I'll build this nifty little skate park, or parking garage, or office building, or whatever .. and then I'll operate it for my own profit for about ten years and then I'll turn it over to you. Wouldn’t that be cool? Well, let me introduce you to SB5 .. a wonderful little piece of legislation now resting in the Georgia State Senate. SB5 is the brainchild of one Eric Johnson, a Republican from Savannah. Senator Johnson is the President Pro Tem of the Senate. He is also a Republican. Oh ... and I understand that he is a real estate developer. Eric Johnson wants any government entity in Georgia to be able to seize private property, your home, your office, your raw land, and turn it over to a private developer. Your property would then become an office building, a parking garage, a transportation facility, a baseball stadium, a telecommunications facility or any number of other wonderful things. It would then be operated by the developer for profit, and at some time in the future would be turned over to the government that condemned it. Now, here’s something rather interesting. The idea for this seizure of private property doesn’t have to originate with the governmental entity! Under this law a private developer can just cruise around town until he finds a piece of property that he thinks would make a neat public facility. He then goes to his favorite politician and says something like “Look, Sam. I found this piece of property on the east side of town that I think would make a great government office building. The owner wants too much money. If you’ll just seize this property and put it in my hands, I’ll build that office building. I’ll lease it out for about ten years, then I’ll turn it over to you. Whaddaya think?” Now ... let me tell you how clever Senator Johnson and his fellow property snatchers were in drafting this bill. They didn't want to use words like “government” and “developer,” so they created some code words to use in the legislation. Here are some of those definitions straight from SB5. “Operator.” ... any person, other than a public entity, responsible for the development of any and all of the stages of a qualifying project or any portion thereof. “Qualifying project.” Any facility for which development approval is sought. “Responsible public entity” a public entity that has the power to plan, design, develop, finance, acquire, install, construct, equip, maintain, improve, expand, repair or operate the applicable qualifying project. Now, what is an “operator?” That is simply another word for “developer.” “Qualifying project?” Just say “project.” The “responsible public entity?” Just another way of saying “government.” I read this entire legislation last night, and I believe it to be a full scale assault launched by Georgia developers on the private property rights of Georgians. Under this law a developer can go to a government and ask for a plot of land to be seized so that the developer can build “any property which any public entity is authorized to construct, erect, acquire, own, repair, remodel, maintain, add to, extend, improve, equip, operate or manage” under the laws of Georgia. That’s pretty broad, isn't it? Governments in Georgia can own apartments and office buildings. Connect the dots. This law has the backing of some of the most powerful people in state government. It will only die if the people of this state make it clear to their elected representatives that this blatant assault on private property rights will not go unnoticed. Let's see if the people really care. “WELCOME D RICE!”
Tim Enloe,
January 2005,
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Tim Enloe,
January 2005,
The Force Arena Mexico Provides Guide to Illegal Immigration LOS ANGELES - Mexican immigrants hoping to cross the Mexico-U.S. border can use an illustrated guide to help them break U.S. immigration laws and live in the United States illegally. The 32-page booklet, free with popular comic books and advertised at bus stations and government offices south of the border, comes courtesy of the Mexican government. “This is a bad idea because it encourages more people to come,” said Rick Oltman of the Federation for American Immigration Reform. “Now they have the added incentive of the Mexican government telling them how to survive the trip.” The book’s main focus seems to be instructing people on how to cross the border safely. For example, it warns Mexicans that when crossing the border, “thick clothing increases your weight when wet and makes it difficult to swim or float” and “if you cross in the desert, try to walk when the heat is not as intense.” “At end of the day, this is about the survival of individuals who we know unfortunately are perishing in desert,” said Angelica Salas of the Coalition for Humane Immigration Rights. The guide also gives advice on how to live unobtrusively in the United States, advising illegals not to beat their wives or go to loud parties because either action may attract the attention of police. While some studies claim illegal immigrants help the U.S. economy by providing cheap labor, others complain they cost taxpayers billions in welfare and education costs. Good or bad, they are breaking U.S. law, and the Mexican government seems to be helping them. “IMMINENT DOMAIN - This is the law that allows the gov’t to kick you off your land and out of your home due their hind sight and lack of planning. I have seen this happen first hand for a public school that was not needed. I have no doubt these parents who are sending their children to this school would feel differently if the school was being built where one of their eye sore cluster ‘communities’ used to be. Someone tell me again how we have the right to property?” Tim Enloe,
September 2004,
The Force Arena “POVERTY- I am soo tired of hearing about the poor. ‘The poor this’ and ‘the poor that’. I have seen too many situations that relay what I have no doubt to be true - if you are poor, it is your fault - not mine or that other guy who is working here legally. I could give a rat’s ass about your sob story. Don’t use the gov’t to force me to pay for your lack of planning. For all I care, you can starve. I have one shot in this life and each dollar I have in my pocket is one less I need to reach my goals. I don’t need your looser mits in my my earnings.” Tim Enloe,
September 2004,
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Once again, those who sit in the seats of gov’t are looking for ways to abuse the system and it’s people. I suppose this really shouldn’t come as a surprise. After all, we’ve seen families booted out for a school that was not needed, taxes raised so high that farms that have been in families for generations are forced to sell, and commercial and residential zoning approved even though the current infrastructure could handle the existing load. What we are seeing below is exactly what I have been stating for years in regards to the MASSIVE “development” of Georgia. The powers that be put the cart before the horse here. Instead of asking if they could, they should have asked if they should. Now the politicians are at a breaking point. Their blatant arrogance is free flowing. There is very little available land left that is not already owned by private citizens. Do our elected officials practice the RIGHT to own property? Do they practice the belief of FREEDOM? Nope. They decide to propose corrupt ideology and twist them into being law. Take a look the wonderful editorial for more explanation. Uncle Sam is getting desperate and he is willing to screw over anyone to meet his agenda. Credit goes to 
“As all my faithful readers know, I am a big advocate of freedom. Say what you want; own what you want; do what you want; as long as another is not hindered in that process. THAT, my friends, is FREEDOM. This brings us to our infamous "Welcome Mat" for today. It appears as though newcomer D Rice has read what she wants to read instead of what has been written here. But what can a simple Jedi like myself do? Being one with the Force, all I can do is open my arms to this fine individual with the hopes of guiding her to a brighter future. Please welcome D Rice!”