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obama admin plotting to seize Western lands

hypocritexposer

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Interior Dept. documents detail Obama admin plotting to seize Western lands without congressional approval
By: Mark Hemingway
Commentary Staff Writer
08/11/10 4:00 PM EDT

Back in February, a leaked memo from the Department of the Interior showed that the Obama administration was considering designating as many as 17 new national monuments throughout the West, effectively closing off huge swaths of land to development. That this was being done without the input of Congress or local authorities angered many. Now Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, Chairman of the Congressional Western Caucus and Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands has uncovered 14 more pages from the document that were previously unavailable.

The new pages show a federal bureaucracy that has contempt for the legislative process and the input of elected representatives. “Should the legislative process not prove fruitful, or if a nationally significant natural or cultural land resource come under threat of imminent harm, the BLM [Bureau of Land Management] would recommend that the Administration consider using the Antiquities Act [to designate a national monument],” reads the new document.

In a statement, Bishop unloaded on the Obama administration. “These 14 pages are further evidence of this Administration’s efforts, under the guidance of Secretary Salazar, to control western lands by unilaterally locking them up without input from local residents and stakeholders nor the approval of Congress. Their plotting behind closed doors is disingenuous at best and flies in the face of this Administration’s so-called ‘transparency’,” said Bishop. “Thousands of westerners whose livelihoods depend upon access to our public lands stand to be affected by these decisions and yet this document blatantly goes out of its way to exclude their input or participation. If there was any question about whether or not this Administration has declared a war on the West, these new documents are evidence enough.”



Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blogs/beltway-confidential/interior-dept-documents-detail-obama-admin-plotting-to-seize-western-lands-without-congressional-approval-100463554.html#ixzz0wS0BgwaD
 

Faster horses

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This is so terrible. Hypo, would you post this on Ranch Talk as well
as here? Not everyone reads PB and I think everyone needs to
be aware this is happening.

I am copying it and sending it to my contacts.
Obama is assulting America. :mad:

Thanks.
 

hypocritexposer

Well-known member
Faster horses said:
This is so terrible. Hypo, would you post this on Ranch Talk as well
as here? Not everyone reads PB and I think everyone needs to
be aware this is happening.

I am copying it and sending it to my contacts.
Obama is assulting America. :mad:

Thanks.

OT has a habit of deleting the articles I post on Ranch Talk and the Bull section. Mabye someone else can copy and paste it over there.
 

Faster horses

Well-known member
Really? :mad: I will do it then.

DONE.


And if it gets deleted, I will post it again, and again...
this is important information for ranchers to read. Isn't that
what this site is about?? :[/b]
 
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Anonymous

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Faster horses said:
Really? :mad: I will do it then. DONE. And if it gets deleted, I will post it again, and again...this is important information for ranchersto read. Isn't that what this site is about?? :[/b]

FH- If you actually read the posts- and could comprehend :roll: - there are already several threads about this posted on PB and Bull Sessions- that have been going on for some time...Some of which I posted the info on- including some maps....Several of which Horseless has been putting up....Included in those threads are answers to some of the questions...

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=44907&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=0

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=45137&highlight=

http://ranchers.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=46295&highlight=

As far as political items put on the ranch thread- if thats how the folks on here and Macon wants the site to evolve- have at it....Don't complain again when something you don't like about your cult gets stuck on there...

If you really want some more info on the issue- and are not just cackling to ruffle your feathers during molt you can go to "Property Rights and Bison" on Facebook and get much more....
 
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