When I saw this at Captain's Quarters I thought it had to be a hoax. Funny as hell. But a hoax nonetheless. Then I saw it again at The Volokh Conspiracy So I clicked through to Freestar Media, LLC and checked them out and it seems genuine enough to me. This is one of the best political stunts I have seen in a long time. I'm going to reproduce the entire press release.

For Release Monday, June 27 to New Hampshire media
For Release Tuesday, June 28 to all other media

Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land.

Justice Souter's vote in the “Kelo vs. City of New London” decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner.

On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home.

Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land.

The proposed development, called “The Lost Liberty Hotel” will feature the “Just Desserts Café” and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel “Atlas Shrugged.”

Clements indicated that the hotel must be built on this particular piece of land because it is a unique site being the home of someone largely responsible for destroying property rights for all Americans.

“This is not a prank” said Clements, “The Towne of Weare has five people on the Board of Selectmen. If three of them vote to use the power of eminent domain to take this land from Mr. Souter we can begin our hotel development.”

Clements' plan is to raise investment capital from wealthy pro-liberty investors and draw up architectural plans. These plans would then be used to raise investment capital for the project. Clements hopes that regular customers of the hotel might include supporters of the Institute For Justice and participants in the Free State Project among others.

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Logan Darrow Clements
Freestar Media, LLC

Five justices can eviscerate property rights for all Americans. Three Selectmen in New Hampshire can make it real for one of them. It would be beautiful.

Posted by: Stephen Macklin at 03:34 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment

1 Road trip!!!

Posted by: Tuning Spork at June 28, 2005 04:48 PM (p1XKy)

2 While it certainly makes sense to me, I don't know that I really want a judge retaliated against for doing what he thought was his job.

Impeach him, instead.

Volokh conspiracy thoughts here

Posted by: owlish at June 29, 2005 05:10 AM (QqkkN)

3 Has anyone looked up the whois information on freestarmedia.com? Just posing the question, to protect those of us who would love to contribute to this cause, but don't want to be suckers for giving money to a possible shyster.

http://whois.sc/freestarmedia.com

Why protect the contact NAME, when they clearly say it is Logan Darrow Clements who is the CEO of this company? The address appears to be the address of namecheap.com, not of Freestar Media. Also, the phone number connects to namecheap.com, which happens to be a Santa Clarita, CA number. I called and the message said "Hi, you've reached namecheap.com ..."

Has anyone actually seen the request for an application submitted to the purported "Chip Meany" the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare? Or perhaps, the application? I should like to call and see if this person is really the code enforcement officer of Weare.

hmmm...

Does anyone has any evidence to either back this story up, or debunk it?

Very Skeptical

Posted by: WhoisGuard at July 04, 2005 07:08 AM (8hI3Z)

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