It is an often used phrase in the software world. “Eat your own dogfood” means to use your own product, or to follow your own rules. This article talks about an attempt to make Supreme Court Justice David Souter do just that.

Again, my friend Larry sent along an email from the Liberty Matters email list. It has a link to the article where the reporter talks about an attempt by a town in New Hampshire, Weare, to use eminent domain to take his house and property to build a hotel, a cafe and a museum, bitingly called the Lost Liberty Hotel, the Just Desserts Cafe, and the museum will chronicle the loss of freedom in America.

I find this an amusing, yet ill-thought mode of demonstration. Judge Souter was interpreting the existing laws. He probably disagreed with the concept himself, but he is a judge of the law, not a maker of the law. The residents of New Hampshire and other states need to petition their state legislative bodies to reform the law so that it more equitable to individual citizens, not figuratively kill the messenger who told them about their existing laws.

A separate article talks about a press release from BB&T saying that they will not loan money to developers who use eminent domain to facilitate their development. I applaud the corporate morals of BB&T, often missing from such large commercial concerns, whether banking or anything else. If only BB&T treated their customers with the same concern on a daily basis. I believe that BB&T did this more as a marketing ploy, since they are not likely to lose much developer business from this stand, and to possibly get more customers for appearing to have a heart. I personally think it is a good thing for the BB&T brand. We shall see.