tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post1731352919543421835..comments2024-03-28T08:06:43.198-04:00Comments on The Silicon Graybeard: The Supreme Court Ruling Nobody is Talking AboutSiGraybeardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57199669466340564702015-06-30T21:02:53.209-04:002015-06-30T21:02:53.209-04:00So let me get this straight..... Congress's &q...So let me get this straight..... Congress's "intent" matters vis-a-vie ObamaCare but my local zoning board's intent doesn't!?!? What a pile...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-88325708876950060902015-06-30T14:40:02.187-04:002015-06-30T14:40:02.187-04:00Birds of a feather must be prevented from flocking...Birds of a feather must be prevented from flocking together! Chinatown, Little Italy, that neighborhood where all the Afghans seem to be concentrating... we must put a stop to these things!<br />Now, how about throwing out criminal laws that have racially disparate impact? I'm thinking of two broad categories; can you guess what they are? Bonus: the history of many of these laws shows explicit racist intent!Eric Wilnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351991168469225129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-4762858161839237642015-06-30T10:19:16.164-04:002015-06-30T10:19:16.164-04:00Just what kind of dirt does Obama have on those ni...Just what kind of dirt does Obama have on those nine? It must be pretty strong stuff.Weetabixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06106614092497408546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-57518194318318599232015-06-30T06:19:31.923-04:002015-06-30T06:19:31.923-04:00Hmmm.....So, HUD (which used to mean "Housing...Hmmm.....So, HUD (which used to mean "Housing and Urban Development" but now means "Hopeless, Useless and Depressing") will "force" jurisdictions to create low income housing in areas currently with moderate and high income housing.<br /><br />Who will build this low income housing? If it's local builders I predict they'll encounter some local resistance, not as vindictiveness against them personally but as push-back against the driving concept, as mentioned in Kurt Schlicter's <i>Conservative Insurgency</i> and Charles Murray's <i>By the People.</i><br /><br />Connection to water and sewer? Sure, we can do that, just as soon as you fill out these forms, meet these requirements, and our crews can schedule it. How does March, 2024 work for you? <br /><br />Mr. and Mrs. Builder, I'm sorry to tell you your little Johnny is failing several courses and will have to be held back. Yes, I know he's in kindergarten and one of the courses he's failing is recess, but as part of President Obama's education initiative, presented by the U.S. Department of Education, we have to comply with standards. We've arranged to have him tutored in sandbox and see-saw to help him, and that tutoring is scheduled for early next year. Budget restrictions, y'know. <br /><br />Flat tires, vehicles ticketed and towed, concrete mixed wrong (requiring tear-out for compliance after building inspectors discover the improper mix), EPA-mandated environmental impact studies, lightning strikes, rampant vandalism, Ebola contamination, local zoning requirements, the list is too long to list here, but there are all sorts of things involved in contsruction that can raise costs. It's probably government money driving this, so $1200/sq ft "low income housing" won't faze HUD. Last I heard, though, HUD doesn't own any hammers, saws or backhoes. Normannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1592992209402300549.post-74012802910509060342015-06-29T21:26:45.220-04:002015-06-29T21:26:45.220-04:00Thanks for writing this- my feeling too- I think t...Thanks for writing this- my feeling too- I think this ruling is just sticking the survey stakes in prior to the bulldozers rumbling. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com