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2010-03-04 Home Front: Politix

Administration Planning To Seize 10,000,000 Acres Of Western Lands

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Posted by Anonymoose 2010-03-04 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 01:16|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 09:18|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 10:03|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 10:11|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 10:20|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 11:08|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 11:56|| Front Page Top

#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|| 2010-03-04 12:44|| Front Page Top

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