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| Administration Planning To Seize 10,000,000 Acres Of Western Lands |
| 2010-03-04 |
| A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres from Montana to New Mexico. President Obama could enact the plans in this memo with just the stroke of a pen, without any input from the communities affected by it. The document lists 14 properties that, according to the document, "might be good candidates" for Mr. Obama to nab through presidential proclamation. Administration officials claim the document is merely the product of a brainstorming session, but anyone who reads this memo can see that it is a wish list for the environmentalist left. It discusses, in detail, what kinds of animal populations would benefit from limiting human activity in those areas. The 21-page document, marked "Internal Draft-NOT FOR RELEASE," names 14 different lands Mr. Obama could completely close for development by unilaterally designating them as "monuments" under the 1906 Antiquities Act. It says all kinds of animals would be better off by doing so, like the coyotes, badgers, grouse, chickens and lizards. Rep. Robert Bishop, Utah Republican, made the memo public because he didn't want another unilateral land grab by the White House, like what happened under former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose |
| #8 Utah is talking about doing a eminent domain on federal lands in Utah with the recent Supreme Court ruling on it as evidence that Utah can "improve" it by making money and tax revenue. I would pay good money to see Utah actually go through with it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2010-03-04 12:44 |
| #7 The Fed already owns more than 30% of the land. http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/291-federal-lands-in-the-us/ |
| Posted by: newc 2010-03-04 11:56 |
| #6 Selling this land would be a good way to generate revenue and reduce expenses instead of the opposite. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2010-03-04 11:08 |
| #5 ...from Montana to New Mexico. You notice how they consistently do this west of the Mississippi. By the time the government crossed that line, they retained the land while allowing states to form rather than giving up the land to the newly minted state upon ascension to the union*. Try doing this with eminent domain east of the Mississippi with property forfeitures from failed banks and financial institutions. * of course there are exceptions. When the Army closed the Presidio of San Francisco which sat on very prime real estate in the city along the bay, the Californista delegation made sure the state got it to 'develop' rather than allow it to become a park in a more 'natural' environment. No need to be pristine here. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2010-03-04 10:20 |
| #4 I need to warn my relatives with ranches. Esp. ranches with energy underneath... What a bunch of scum..... |
| Posted by: 3dc 2010-03-04 10:11 |
| #3 What he should do is offer up Federal lands for sale to States that have their finances in order. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2010-03-04 10:03 |
| #2 All I ask in return is that Manhattan and DC be seized and turned into sanctuaries for the Norwegian brown rat. |
| Posted by: ed 2010-03-04 09:18 |
| #1 Wild, Wild West by Escape Club marked "Internal Draft-NOT FOR RELEASE," If you don't leak'm they'll sneak'm into legislation that has to pass or the government shuts down....like the budget. |
| Posted by: Galactic Coordinator Glinter2497 2010-03-04 01:16 |