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Two words: Eminent domain.

Also, we sometimes pay them to shut up. Which is not, of course, an unmitigated success, in that it encourages people to go NIMBY for the hush money.

- Jake

Friends come and go. Enemies accumulate.

by JakeS (JangoSierra 'at' gmail 'dot' com) on Sun May 16th, 2010 at 03:46:42 PM EST
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