The Tweezer's Edge v3Blogging the thoughts and adventures of TweezerMan!Little Pink Ponies- June 24, 2005 Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 in Kelo vs. New London that local governments may seize people's homes and businesses for private development, declaring that it was a "public use" within the scope of the 5th Amendment of the Constitution. In Kelo, the city of New London, CT sought to use eminent domain in order to seize the homes and business in its Fort Trumbull neighborhood, then turn the land over to a private developer. The developer was to construct a hotel, condos, a health..http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/06/000572.html Blogging Ettiquette: Trackbacks- June 16, 2005 People sending trackback pings from weblogs that don't have any link to your weblog seems to be a popular subject today. In my book, this ranks right up there with commenters who say "Nice post!" just to get their blog's URL on your comments page. My policy is pretty much the same as what I've read on other weblogs today: the trackbacks are summarily deleted. In addition, I usually consider it about the same as trackback spam and therefore a death penalty offense - I also add the weblog's...http://tweezersedge.com/archives/2005/06/000570.html |