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Dottie • 8 years ago

This is an outrage. To destroy one familiy's livelihood in favor of corporate greed is grounds for a revolution.

Jopin Klobe • 8 years ago

"grounds for a revolution" ...

... indeed ...

BERNIE 2016. (period)

fish1552 • 8 years ago

So you admit you hate greed, but apparently only when it is not the government being the greedy ones?

Jopin Klobe • 8 years ago

You really don't get, do you? ...

... theUnited States government, over the many years that it has existed, has been slowly taken away from The People to funnel money and power to the oligarchs ...

... this country was discovered. settled, fought for and won without one citizens'-rights-sucking corporation ...

... now, both "sides" of our so-called "representation" have been severely and almost completely compromised and destroyed by those in Congress falling prey to bribes of money and power ...

... this has happened to every established Human Civilization since the dawn of time ...

... the money that saved the World Economy from the rampant greed of corporate bankers was ACTUAL TAXPAYERS' money -- NOT the corporations ...

... the corporate bankers took TRILLIONS of dollars, gave themselves bonuses, and screwed the American Homeowner ...

... GREED? ... you don't know the meaning of the word ...

La Gringa • 8 years ago

Seriously.. who is the government these days other than the
bribed whores of monopoly corporations, Wall St and the military
industrial complex? Our people, country and Constitution have been nullified for this insanity capitalism at any cost to the planet and those who sit upon it.

andrea • 8 years ago

The government should be for us . . . and at the moment as you can see it is compromised. Now if as you imply we remove or diminish the government, this kind of thing will happen even more. In fact, it is happening, because we did that. We weakened our laws until they were virtually meaningless, and wealthy people tramp all over us. It's time we reminded them that the law is not of any use, if it isn't for all of us.

stationarytraveller • 8 years ago

The government is backing the corporations. Acquire some comprehension before posting. Please.

Mick Perger • 8 years ago

The Government IS the corporations .....

Shellea • 7 years ago

Soon to be the United Corporations of America.

stationarytraveller • 8 years ago

Corporations are the government, or they would like to be, the revolving door.

swissms • 8 years ago

Just like a corporation, the government is not a person. If you want to accuse "greed," name names.

sapereaudeprime • 8 years ago

The only good corporate capitalist is a corporate capitalist in a maxi pen or a grave. We fought many wars in this country to prevent seizure of our farms and forests.

Michael Rocker • 8 years ago

Remember what Mittens Romney said in his bid for POTUS. Corporations are people too.

NLHugh • 8 years ago

Marshall has to have his goddam gun at the ready like he's in effing Afghanistan?!? And isn't it just a sick irony that it's called the CONSTITUTION Pipeline? Of course we'll never see any RW "originalists" rising to defend the Hollerans and folks like them. Because the fossil fuel gods must be worshipped at all costs.

Ed Harris • 8 years ago

If " We The People " do not Stand Our Ground, our elected officials will allow Corporations to continue to violate our property Rights. When someone takes from you that which you hold Dear, should you not take from them what they hold Dear ?? Drastic times calls for drastic action. If someone puts a chainsaw to one of my trees , against my will, I will have a very hard time preventing myself from putting some Buckshot in their Backside.

Mick Perger • 8 years ago

Now you know how the Indians must have felt .....

Terica • 8 years ago

We stand in solidarity with the ‪#‎Holleran‬ family in Susquehanna, PA. We weep with them as they watch, helplessly, as their livelihood is destroyed.

‪#‎pipelineStealingLand‬

Share this for the #Holleran family ‪#‎eminentDomain‬ for Corporate Gain is ‪#‎UnAmerican‬

usaok59 • 8 years ago

Nice sentiments but doesn't do them much good. They have had a huge loss. Never know who is next.

govt12 • 8 years ago

So after all that these trees have given through the years, and all the good stuff the Hollerans have produced with them, the "law" is siding up with the greedy bastards who dredge up and transport fossil fuel, the use of which is polluting our planet and threatening all future humanity? This is not rational. This is not the America in which I was born and raised. And I believe there WILL be a Revolution one of these days, but probably too late.

MyLovelyNose • 8 years ago

Sure it is. Corporations were raping the landscape since America was founded, practically. Timber, cotton, gold, silver, fish, cropland. It was always there for the taking, and the biggest, most ruthless taker usually ended up the winner. The America you were born and raised in used to be a LOT worse.

govt12 • 8 years ago

That is true, it once was much worse. I had hoped, however, that we'd had learned better since then.

Jopin Klobe • 8 years ago

Armed corporations taking over Private American Citizens' property with help from their paid-for, political whores ...

BERNIE 2016. (period)

Dakota Calhoon • 8 years ago

there's your freedoms americans.... remember this incident next time the living in a 'free country' conversation is brought to the table. Arncha get angry yet?

ZXa321 • 8 years ago

SHAME SHAME SHAME on those who destroy our trees for short term profits. They destroy our children's future and our home, the suffering planet called MOTHER EARTH!
"Nature is made to conspire with spirit to emancipate us" Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Hugh Kimball • 8 years ago

What crying need was there that allowed eminent domain to be used?

Orange_of_Specious • 8 years ago

Corporate profits.

Best,

D

Hugh Kimball • 8 years ago

My understanding is that eminent domain has to be used for a "public need." So whee is that need when NYS has not even given permission for that pipeline to reach its destination? And what court allowed the use of eminent domain for this purpose?

Orange_of_Specious • 8 years ago

Exactly. Same thing was going on with KXL pipeline.

Best,

D

Michael Rocker • 8 years ago

City of Washington DC did the same thing to build Nationals Park baseball stadium. Not so much for the property to build the ball park but to build high price condos surrounding it. Most of the property owners were offered less than fair property value. For those that didn't take the sham deal they got nothing. With all the money spent almost $700 million it has no atmosphere. The owner of the team made a new stadium part of the deal to bring the team there. Tree miles away is RFK Stadium. It may be old but could be renovated. Greed just plain and simple greed.

Manoscott • 8 years ago

Denying citizens' private property rights: one more clear reason to promote the acceleration of fossil-free renewable energy. Clearly vital elements of our freedom are at stake.

noboundryman • 8 years ago

It is an analogy that most environmentalists wouldn't use because of their nature, but we are at "war" with this industry, and the barbarian freaks who will stop at nothing to keep the obscene profits rolling in. These are not human beings as we know them. They are zombies infected with the greed virus. Like small pox, or the plague, extreme measures must be taken to stop them. Until we all recognize this as a war on a disease we will watch our earth disintegrate to a soup of toxic filth, and death, and the oil companies, and their lawyers will be the vector.

nick quinlan • 8 years ago

This is what fascism looks like, and its an ugly picture. The US government corporation, works only for corporations.
The rights of the citizens do not matter, they cannot stand in the way of profit.

Carol Hoklas Koos • 8 years ago

I can not believe this! To take the land is one thing, but to not compensate them for their family business! Please get out and vote for Bernie Sanders.

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Michael Rocker • 8 years ago

Japan has been doing this for years. They own major real estate in NYC like Rockefeller Center. However there is a little stipulation that if Japan ever declares war on the US all that property reverts back to the US Government.

Cynical Observer • 8 years ago

There's something very wrong in Pennsylvania. In California one's property or an easement over it cannot be physically taken in an eminent domain case until the party doing the taking has deposited with the court an appraisal of the value of the land taken, including severance damages for harm to the owner's property which is left AND cash in the amount of that appraised value is deposited with the court which the property owner can choose to withdraw immediately if they don't want to fight the condemnor over the fair market value of what was taken.

From the story it sounds like the Holleran hasn't even been paid for the "taking" yet.

Jim Flechtner • 8 years ago

Eminent domain is covered in the Constitution. Amendment 5 states, "nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation." The clear intention is that only the federal government (and under the terms of the 14th Amendment, this is extended to state and local governments) has the power to use eminent domain and then only for public use. The Supreme Court has IMPROPERLY extended this to allow private corporations to use eminent domain for private purposes as long as those private purposes also serve the public interest, such as transportation, housing, and distribution of goods. Another example, along with Citizens United, of judicial extremism in service of the corporate state. And another indication, if any more are needed, that the United States is no longer a democracy, but is an oligarchy or a fascist state.

FredPierre • 8 years ago

Time to phase out fossil fuels. Oil and gas companies act like gods, controlling government with their $$$, but they are false idols and we will see them fall as climate change accelerates. The sad thing is that climate change itself threatens the maple syrup industry, which requires significant cold days each year to enhance the sap production.

Orange_of_Specious • 8 years ago

Where's Cliven Bundy's freedom and patriot crew when you need them?

Best,

D

richard ducat • 8 years ago

In jail!

Leslie Stanick • 7 years ago

Thankfully in jail. They would have offered nothing of value to this discussion or event.

Frank Mancuso • 8 years ago

The Evolution of Pollution. My property was poisoned with Agent Orange Fought them in Federal Court twenty years only to loose everything. The Courts only protect corporations.

Leslie Stanick • 7 years ago

What! So sorry to hear that. That's a terrible loss for you, and a sham of the judicial system.

HappyGoJacky • 8 years ago

I'm sure the Bundys will be there any minute.

Steve Todd • 8 years ago

For-profit eminent domain. If this doesn't make everyone #FeelTheBern against the corporate oligarchy, I doubt anything will.

For shame to the corporate profiteers and their lackeys in OUR government.

Tom Williams • 8 years ago

And the local media here does nothing to show this happening in our backyards because they are bought and paid off by the energy companies (just look at the advertising accounts as they pay their bills and salaries). This decision was handed down in Scranton my backyard and we heard none of it. GDAC is run by a friend of mine Scott Cannon and I wish he could add this to the long list of reasons why fracking should be stopped. They got no compensation for ruining a lifelong family business which is a crime in itself let alone the destruction of the land, air and water quality there.

poontofview • 8 years ago

I hear a lot of talk, but the only one taking actions are the private corporations taking property, land away from American Citizen's without paying them a cent. In the name of "keeping us safe" and "fighting terrorism" this government has taken away all but a few of the people's remaining civil rights. This government is only a couple of steps away from taking away the rest of the people's rights. The rights that have been taken will never be given back by protesting, writing letters, or voting. The only way "We The People" will regain our rights of freedom is if we take them back.

Bob Bourke • 8 years ago

They did not apparently have anything to transport yet....and being "Guarded by heavily armed U.S. marshals, a Constitution Pipeline tree crew began felling trees in the Holleran family’s maple sugaring stand Tuesday". is OBSCENE .
AGREE with comment below.....
Hugh Kimball Dano2 • 18 minutes ago
"My understanding is that eminent domain has to be used for a "public need." So whee is that need when NY State has not even given permission for that pipeline to reach its destination? And what court allowed the use of eminent domain for this purpose?"
I AM CONFUSED did the oil company possibly have a right of way through that property ?That is different than eminent domain.
But still it is rape of the land and the farmers in the US .... I was born in Vermont (feelin the Bern).. love Maple Sugar and Syrup ...most of it now comes from Quebec (um, wonder why?)...

peter rueschmann • 8 years ago

we do not live in a democratic country we are run by the corporate pigs and our political lying swines are in their pockets..we need to use the equipment the French put in to the closets after their revolution and get rid of the upper crust.

Ron Jackson • 8 years ago

This is what Reaganomics trickle down economics has left us to, that is still the hallmark of the Republican party, and why they must go. An entrenched belief that is ruining our way of life, corrupting our government and court systems, so that they openly serve the corporations and the privileged over ordinary citizens. All with the pretense that helping those above us trickles down and benefits us all in the end. The right to make money preempts the Constitution daily here now. The revolution would be to take back our government and justice system peacefully for the most part. We still have that power if we have the proper will. But we are divided in that, because of so much disinformation Citizens United money has been allowed to poison the well of true information.