There were two things that the Communists immediately did when they took power. First, they sent armed military personnel from house to house for the purpose of inspecting and confiscating any weapon, such as a rifle, shotgun or pistols. My grandfather told me that he owned a Luger which he somehow got during the war from a German soldier. He dug a hole in his backyard, put the Luger in a can of Vaseline and buried it. In fact, he buried it so well that he was never able to find it again.

The second things Communists did, was to immediately pass a law that would void private ownership of all things. Cars, land, homes, factories, you name it…was to immediately become the property of the state. No longer would people work hard to make others rich. Now, you could work together, for the benefit of the whole country; “all comrades are equal” was the motto. The problem was that some comrades were more equal than others. In Ceausescu’s example, he loved to build extravagant buildings on the land where family homes once stood. These grandiose buildings were “for the people” they said; and so they were. The People did enjoy museums and rail stations, while the former owners of the property spent the rest of their lives in one-bedroom shoe-box, ten-story apartment buildings on the outskirts of cities, right next to the garbage dumps.

Sometimes, I hear people, especially Americans, calling Communists “stupid” or “ignorant.” Stupid and ignorant people do not get to fool millions into voting them in power, or talk entire continents into turning their property over to them...willingly. No, Communists were not stupid. They were brilliant. They just overdid it, and people finally were fed-up with their greed.

The question for us is, when will The People be fed up with the United States Supreme Court? Today, the Supremes ruled that local governments take private property away from owners by force and against their will. Of course, it can all be done for the benefit of the community, for jobs, and more tax revenue. It all sounds wonderful, does it not?

I certainly hope that I am not the only one here seriously worried about this ruling. At least in Romania, Communists were voted into power by the masses. By comparison, the five Supreme Court justices were not voted for by the people. They are arrogant and unaccountable, and they know they can get away with ridiculous decisions that are blatantly unconstitutional and illegal.