Our country is on fire. Our country is an inferno. We don’t have time to talk about “tickle fights”. Man, how do people sleep at night?
That’s how Glenn Beck opened his TV program yesterday.
Tonight we’re taking a look at a full fledged attempt at taking over control of our government. The Federal government owns almost 30% of land area of United States. Overwhelmingly in the West: Nevada almost 90% — Alaska almost 3/4 federally owned. Texas is only 2% federally owned, and do you know why? Because (making sound of gun cocking) “get off my land”.
Where are our natural resources? On the land now owned by the federal government. Shale oil, largest deposits in the world are in Colorado, Utah, Wyoming. Also owned by federal government. Last year the federal government went after 9 million acres in the west.
What would happened if we tapped these areas for our natural resources? Who are we saving this for? Our children? Grandchildren? We could be closer to paying off our national debt. This is Fort Knox! Why aren’t we drilling there?
We are going to go down in world history as a suicidal nation. When we lose everything — when our country goes under, you don’t think the Russians aren’t going to climb over the North Pole to claim what they already say is theirs? This is a suicide mission we’re on.
A memo that was leaked by someone in the Obama administration that it is pursuing 13 million acres in Midwest, all in the name of national monuments. National monuments? How many more do we need? They’re not telling anybody about it — its by executive order.
A new report reveals there is a move to appease enviro groups, again by Executive Order, to prohibit US citizens from fishing in our oceans, lakes, inland waters. Really? Apparently enviros want to protect the fish. What about humans?
The president can’t achieve what he wants thru the proper channels – or bribery — so he’ll go thru the back door without Congress… all he needs is his pen. Through executive powers, without consulting the American people.
They’re not going to give up their power willingly — not without a fight. We’re going to have to take their power away from them.
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Today, a listener sent this:
As early as 1968, the “greatest land steal in history” leading to global corporate socialism, was in a “”Master Land Plan”” for the United States by “Executive Orders” involving water resource regions, population movement and control, pollution control, zoning and land use, navigation and environmental bills, etc.
SUBJECT: Executive Orders APPLICABLE EXECUTIVE ORDERS
The following “Executive Orders”, now recorded in the Federal Register, and therefore accepted by Congress as the law of the land, can be put into effect at any time an emergency is declared:
10995–All communications media seized by the Federal Government.
10997–Seizure of all electrical power, fuels, including gasoline and minerals.
10998–Seizure of all food resources, farms and farm equipment.
10999–Seizure of all kinds of transportation, including your personal car, control of all highways & seaports.
11000–Seizure of all civilians for work under Federal supervision.
11001–Federal takeover of all health, education and welfare.
11002–Postmaster General empowered to register every man, woman and child in the U.S.A.
11003–Seizure of all aircraft and airports by the Federal Government.
11004–Housing and Finance authority may shift population from one locality to another. Complete integration.
11005–Seizure of railroads, inland waterways, and storage facilities.
11051–The Director of the Office of Emergency Planning authorized to put Executive Orders into effect in “times of increased international tension or financial crisis”. He is also to perform such additional functions as the President may direct.
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These executive orders grossly and flagrantly violate Article 4 Section 4 of the Constitution of the United States.
The United States shall guarantee to every state in the union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion; and on application of the legislature or of the executive (when the legislature cannot be convened) against domestic violence.
When Government gets out of hand and can no longer be controlled by the people, short of violent overthrow as in 1776, there are two sources of power which are used by the dictatorial government to keep the people in line: the Police Power and the Power of the Purse (through which the necessities of life can be withheld).
And both of these powers are no longer balanced between the three Federal Branches, and between the Federal and the State and local Governments. These powers have been taken over with the permission of the Federal Legislature and the State Governments by the Executive Branch of the Federal Government and all attempts to reclaim that lost power have been defeated.
Stated simply: the dictatorial power of the Executive rests primarily on three basis: Executive Order 11490, Executive Order 11647, and System which is operated through the new and all-powerful Office of Management and Budget.
E. O. 11490 is a compilation of some 23 previous Executive Orders, signed by Nixon on Oct. 28, 1969, and outlining emergency functions which are to be performed by some 28 Executive Departments and Agencies whenever the President of the United States declares a national emergency (as in defiance of an impeachment edict, for example). Under the terms of E. O. 11490, the President can declare that a national emergency exists and the Executive Branch can:
Take over all communications media
Seize all sources of power
Take charge of all food resources
Control all highways and seaports
Seize all railroads, inland waterways, airports, storage facilities
Commandeer all civilians to work under federal supervision
Control all activities relating to health, education, and welfare
Shift any segment of the population from one locality to another
Take over farms, ranches, timberized properties
Regulate the amount of your own money you may withdraw from your bank, or savings and loan institution
All of these and many more items are listed in 32 pages incorporating nearly 200,000 words, providing and absolute bureaucratic dictatorship whenever the President gives the word.
Executive Order 11647 provides the regional and local mechanisms and manpower for carrying out the provisions of E. O. 11490. Signed by Richard Nixon on Feb. 10, 1972, this Order sets up Ten Federal Regional Councils to govern Ten Federal Regions made up of the fifty still existing States of the Union.
The 10 Federal Regions:
REGION I: Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Vermont. Regional Capitol: Boston
REGION II: New York, New Jersey, Puerto Rico, Virgin Island. Regional Capitol: New York City
REGION III: Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, District of Columbia. Regional Capitol: Philadelphia
REGION IV: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Tennessee. Regional Capitol: Atlanta
REGION V: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Wisconsin. Regional Capitol: Chicago
REGION VI: Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas. Regional Capitol: Dallas-Fort Worth
REGION VII: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska. Regional Capitol: Kansas City
REGION VIII: Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming. Regional Capitol: Denver
REGION IX: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada. Regional Capitol: San Fransisco
REGION X: Alaska, Oregon, Washington, Idaho. Regional Capitol: Seattle
Supplementing these Ten Regions, each of the States is, or is to be, divided into subregions, so that Federal Executive control is provided over every community. Then, controlling the budgeting and the programming at every level is that politico-economic system known as PPBS.
The President need not wait for some emergency such as an impeachment ouster. He can declare a National Emergency at any time, and freeze everything, just as he has already frozen wages and prices. And the Congress, and the States, are powerless to prevent such an Executive Dictatorship, unless Congress moves to revoke these extraordinary powers before the Chief Executive moves to invoke them.
These executive orders grossly and flagrantly violate the intent and purpose of Article 4 Section 3. There is NO provision in this section for forming a regional state our of a group of states. Further, these executive orders grossly and flagrantly violate the 9th and 10th amendments to the Constitution.
By Proclaiming and Putting Into Effect Executive Order No. 11490, the President would put the United States under TOTAL MARTIAL LAW AND MILITARY DICTATORSHIP!
And the Guns Of The American People Would Be Forcibly Taken.
You must defend the process. This is not on par with reconciliation, which at least still requires a voting body to vote. This is on a level all its own. The implementation of any ‘Slaughter Solution’ is the circumventing of the Constitution and the legislating of tyranny. Open debate and demonstrated majority consent are no longer necessary.
“What our generation has forgotten is that the system of private property is the most important guarantee of freedom, not only for those who own property, but scarcely less for those who do not. It is only because the control of the means of production is divided among many people acting independently that nobody has complete power over us, that we as individuals can decide what to do with ourselves. If all it be nominally that of ‘society’ as a whole of that of a dictator, whoever exercises this control has complete power over us.” – Friedrich A. Hayek
Sorry for the absence yesterday folks – our Internet provider in our office had our entire town out for the day – Internet, phones and cable… But we are back now…
So they are getting ready to “level the playing field” regarding farming and food:
ST. LOUIS – Some Obama administration officials have made clear their unease with the increasing control a handful of corporations have over the nation’s food supply, and this week in Iowa they could show whether they are serious about changing the system.
America, when will it be one ’seizure too far’ that will push us collectively into serious action as a nation? If the government controls the food, they can starve us out… Do you realize that every totalitarian regime throughout history has seized the farms? If you control the food, you control the people…
Josef Stalin, who took power, began the first of many Five Year Plans in 1928. Peasants were forced onto collective farms. The central government directed all agriculture and industry. Stalin emphasized heavy industry like steel. Virtually all property became owned by the government. Moscow determined what products factories would produce and what prices they would charge. Moscow directed all aspects of society – education, hospitals, families, etc. Religion was suppressed, and churches destroyed. Western critics later labeled it totalitarianism because government control aimed to be total.
You know what my recipe for a revolt or civil uprising is? Lack of food and employment… Violence and desperation will not be far behind. A parent will go hungry, but they won’t let their children go hungry – they will protect and provide for them no matter the cost. This is one more brick in the wall pushing us towards social upheaval so the government has an excuse to come down on us and change our government permanently as well as transforming all we believe in. I am certain that somewhere in this utter violation of the Constitution and our freedoms is the trademark ‘nudging’ of Cass Sunstein.
Did you know that Zimbabwe and Venezuela have both seized the farms in their respective countries? In the immortal words of my friend Tom Elia at The New Editor: “This ought to end well…”
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Should our Government control our food supply?
Here’s information on bills that our Government introduced in 2009 (Hat Tip: Nancy Jacques):
HR 759, introduced by John Dingell (D-MI) on Jan 28, 2009 [Food and Drug Administration Globalization Act of 2009]; in committee. This bill has 41 co-sponsors and all are Democrats.
HR 814, introduced by Diana DeGette (D-CO) on Feb 3, 2009 [TRACE Act of 2009]; in committee. This bill has 5 co-sponsors and all are Democrats.
HR 875, introduced by Rosa DeLauro (D-CT) on Feb 4, 2009 [Food Safety Modernization Act]; in committee. This bill has 41 co-sponsors and all are Democrats.
S 425, introduced by Sherrod Brown (D-OH) on Feb 12, 2009 [Food Safety & Tracking Improvement Act]; in committee. This bill has no co-sponsors.
HR 1332, introduced by Jim Costa (D-CA) on Mar 5, 2009 [Safe FEAST Act of 2009]; in committee. This bill has 30 co-sponsors – 18 Democrats and 12 Republicans.
S 510, introduced by Richard Durbin (D-IL) on Mar 3, 2009 [FDA Food Safety Modernization Act]; on Senate Calendar. This bill has 15 co-sponsors – 8 Democrats and 7 Republicans.
U.S. Sales Tax Rates Hit Record High. (Thanks to Loren for the link. OBTW, I expect even more tax rate increases as the recession deepens, and more states face crises.)
Chants of “Free, Free Palestine” and “Israel Is Here To Stay” resounded along New York City’s Park Avenue, as both anti-Israel forces and pro-Israel supporters squared off in front of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel on Tuesday evening, March 9th, while inside the hotel the organization known as The Friends of the Israel Defense Forces gathered for their annual gala fundraising dinner. The guest of honor and keynote speaker for this year’s dinner was Lt. General Gabi Ashkenazi, Chief of Staff of the IDF.
As part of their Israel Apartheid Week activities, 13 anti-Israel organizations including Adalah-NY, American Jews for a Just Peace, Codepink, Jewish Voice for Peace, American Muslims for Palestine, the International Action Center, Committee for Open Discussion of Zionism, Jews Say No!, the New York Collective of Radical Educators, the Green Party of New Jersey, The Islamist Thinkers Society, Progressive Democrats of America, the National Lawyers Guild – NY Chapter, the Judson Church, Women in Black and other assorted pro-Palestinian apologists gathered outside the Waldorf Astoria to condemn the role of the IDF in the 2008/9 Operation Cast Lead in Gaza. Referring to Gen. Ashkenazi as “the butcher of Gaza” the demonstrators claim that “Israeli military forces launched a brutal attack on the 1.5 million Palestinians of Gaza. Over a 22 day period the Israeli military killed more than 1400 people and destroyed factories, hospitals and homes.”
The 500 demonstrators staged a rancorous protest outside the hotel as they held aloft such signs saying, “From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be Free,” “Israel is a Terrorist State,” “No More US Tax Dollars for Israel” and “Nuremberg Justice For Israeli War Criminals.” Lamis Deuk, a spokesperson for the Palestinian contingent said, “The very same people who murdered Palestinian women and children in Gaza are being honored here tonight at a $1000 a plate dinner, while the Palestinian people in Gaza are starving as a result of Israeli blockades that prevent delivery of food and medical supplies.” When asked about the role that Hamas had played in provoking the Israeli initiative in Gaza through the constant barrage of lethal Kassam rockets into such Israeli towns as Sderot, Deuk said, “Israel is an occupying force that has systematically oppressed the Palestinian people and the very establishment of a Jewish state is inherently racist. This is why Hamas had a legitimate right to attack the oppressors.”
Chanting, “Free, Free Palestine”, “Israel is a Terrorist State” and “End the Occupation Now” the demonstrators called for the end of US aid to Israel and condemned the Obama administration for pandering to the Israeli lobby.
Across the street, about 100 pro-Israel demonstrators representing such organizations as the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam, Americans for A Safe Israel, Stand With Us, and the Zionist Organization of America staged an intrepid counter-protest as they stood as a bulwark against the calumnies of the anti-Israel faction. Many members of the group wrapped themselves in Israeli flags and held signs saying, “Suicide Bombing is Mass Murder;” “Hamas Targets Civilians, Israel Targets Terrorists;” “The IDF Protects Jews, Christians, Muslims, Druze and Bahai.”
“The Israeli army is the most moral and ethical fighting force in the world” declared Rabbi David Algaze of Congregation Chavurat Yisrael of Forest Hills, New York. “They have displayed the utmost restraint when battling Hamas terrorists, murderers and criminals and the lies that are being spewed forth by misguided Jews and the forces of radical Islam must be confronted in the strongest of terms” he continued. ‘Let the world know that the Jewish people will not be intimidated by those who seek to demonize and delegitimize Israel. We are exceptionally proud of the members of the IDF and we will continue to support the right to defend ourselves from those who seek to eradicate us.”
Concerning the conclusions of the UN mandated Goldstone Report, Rabbi Algaze said, “The Goldstone Report is replete with glaring inaccuracies and omissions. It was a terribly biased investigation and these people here today who are excoriating Israel are just using this report as a pretext for the expression of their venom for Israel. What they are really saying is that Israel has no right to exist at all and neither do the Jewish people.”
Helen Freedman, president of Americans for a Safe Israel said, “Why is it that the oppressed has been turned into the oppressor? The world knows that Hamas intentionally used their own women and children as human shields in Gaza in order to vilify Israel. The world knows that Hamas is an Iranian proxy and is being bankrolled by oil rich Islamic countries. The world knows that countless Jewish lives in Israel and around the world have been snuffed out by Islamic suicide bombers and the world remains deafeningly silent.”
Arish Sahani of the Indian Intellectuals Forum and a member of the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam said, “The Palestinians are inciting war against Israel and Israel has every right to defend herself and her citizens just like any other country in the world would. Why is Israel held to a higher standard and why are Jews compelled to be constant victims. Why aren’t they given the right to fight back against sworn enemies just like everybody else. The answer is that the forces of radical Islam are guided by the Koran which is in essence a manual for war; a manual for the disrespect for the sanctity of life. The Koran obligates Muslims to murder all civilized people who are not Muslims and this war against freedom and democracy will never stop.”
Other demonstrators such as Chuck Waxman from Queens, a representative of the Jabotinsky movement and a former member of Brit Trumpeldor of America, also known as Betar, an activist Zionist organization said, “these Islamic radicals incessantly preach hatred of Jews and anyone who is not Muslim. Their mission is to murder Jews, to denigrate Jews through cleverly disguised propaganda and bald faced lies. Rather than Hamas and their terrorist supporters making demands on Israel, we call upon Hamas to release Corp. Gilad Shalit.”
Dr. Marvin Belsky, the chairman of the Human Rights Coalition Against Radical Islam said, “The tragedy of today’s demonstration lies in the fact that we are severely outnumbered by our enemies. Every Jewish establishment organization was informed of this counter-protest and none of them showed up to support Israel and the Jewish nation. The HRCARI is a nascent movement who has its collective finger on the pulse of radical Islam and we are cognizant of the dangers to the Western world that such a movement represents. Fascists come in all stripes and radical Islamists are in the forefront of usurping our freedoms and liberties. Make no mistake about it; if the world remains mute while Israel is being raked over the coals, the US, Europe and the rest of the free world will be next. The time is long overdue for Jewish organizations to take a leading role in exposing the nefarious agenda of radical Islam and to stridently oppose the deleterious ramifications of their well oiled propaganda machine.”
This Report submitted to BO is loaded with “CLIMATE CHANGE” terminology
Interim Report of the Ocean Policy task Force…presented to Bo as requested…38 pages
Exerpts:
Areas of Special Emphasis…
1. Resiliency and Adaptation to Climate Change and Ocean Acidification: Strengthen resiliency of coastal communities and marine and Great Lakes environments and their abilities to adapt to climate change impacts and ocean acidification.
• Impacts of invasive species on ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes ecosystems, and a range of methodologies for control and prevention of these species; and
• Protection, maintenance, and restoration of populations and essential habitats supporting fisheries, protected species, ecosystems, and biological diversity.
Last time we looked at Holdren, we covered his Soviet ties, his relationship with the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists and his contacts that were Communists, Socialists, radicals and spies. I know it sounds like a Hollywood thriller, but unfortunately it’s not – it’s based on facts and evil just as the rest of Holdren’s story is.
Holdren still sits on the Sponsor’s Board for the Federation of American Scientists. From New Zeal:
Like the Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, the F.A.S. was founded immediately after WW2, by left-leaning scientists, many of whom had worked in the Manhattan Project to create the U.S. atomic bomb.
After the defeat of the Axis Powers, these scientist feared that the U.S. would use their creation against their beloved Soviet Union.
Therefore some of them worked to ensure that the Soviet Union was given every chance to develop better nuclear weapons, while American efforts were countered at every opportunity.
Both the Bulletin and the F.A.S seemed to have followed this agenda.
A number of the founders/sponsors for the F.A.S. have interesting histories involving Communism, Socialism and active spying for the Soviets. If you can judge a person by the company they keep, it would seem that Holdren sought out the company of Communists, Socialists, radicals and spies and didn’t give a crap who knew or figured no one would care. History is a bitch John – especially when someone like Trevor at New Zeal starts digging around in your past and shedding the light of day on your past and present black deeds.
Some of the time line for F.A.S.:
In October 1950, Senator Joseph McCarthy placed a statement in the Congressional Record charging that the Federation of American Scientists was “heavily infiltrated with communist fellow travelers.”
In the 1970’s F.A.S. described itself as the “voice of science on Capitol Hill”.
By the 1980s the F.A.S. was working to oppose president Reagan’s proposed space based missile defense system.
For the record, “Star Wars” scared the crap out of the Soviets which I deem as a very heartwarming development and a survival tactic that worked to keep America safe. No wonder most Americans miss Reagan so much…
Not only is F.A.S.’s history full of Communist ties, they still have ties in the Communist arena today. Read New Zeal’s post – he goes into detail on the history of the organization and the players that were involved then and now. Then ponder this:
John Holdren held high office in two organizations shot through with socialists, Soviet sympathizers and “security risks”. Both organizations have worked with Soviet officials for policies arguably beneficial to the former Soviet Union and detrimental to the U.S.
Holdren personally collaborated with a key figure in the Soviet/Russian scientific/political apparatus and traveled to the Soviet Union at the height of the “Cold War”.
Now John Holdren holds the most important scientific post in the Western World and has the ear of the President of the United States of America.
Should a man with this background riddled with Communist associates, Soviet informants and in general ‘bad guys’ be ensconced in the White House? He should be vetted and removed from our government due to his dealings past and present with known individuals who share an ideology that wants to take down our country and transform it into a Communist haven ruled by elitists. He is not fit to serve. It’s time to remove radicals such as Holdren from positions of power and relegate them to the dust bin of history where they are impotent and are no longer a serious threat to our freedom. Holdren is a national security risk and should be treated as such.
AP/Luis M. Alvarez – One sign at the United We Fish rally at the Capital summed up the feelings of recreational and commercial fishermen.
I simply cannot believe my eyes today. The EPA with the stalwart support of the Obama administration wants to, wait for it, ban all sport fishing in the US. You heard me right – how to thoroughly piss off about 60,000,000 fishermen and women. And here’s a newsflash – many of them are gun owners…
A sweeping oceans and Great Lakes management policy document proposed by the Obama Administration will have a significant impact on the sportfishing industry, America’s saltwater anglers and the nation’s coastal communities. The draft policy, the Interim Report of the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, issued on September 17, will govern federal Pacific and Atlantic Ocean waters and Great Lakes resource conservation and management and will coordinate these efforts among federal, state and local agencies. This past June, President Obama created the Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force, led by the Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), to develop a draft national policy and implementation strategy for conserving and managing the United States ocean territory and the Great Lakes.
The Obama administration will accept no more public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing the nation’s oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters…
“When the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) completed their successful campaign to convince the Ontario government to end one of the best scientifically managed big game hunts in North America (spring bear), the results of their agenda had severe economic impacts on small family businesses and the tourism economy of communities across northern and central Ontario,” said Phil Morlock, director of environmental affairs for Shimano.
“Now we see NOAA (National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) and the administration planning the future of recreational fishing access in America based on a similar agenda of these same groups and other Big Green anti-use organizations, through an Executive Order by the President. The current U.S. direction with fishing is a direct parallel to what happened in Canada with hunting: The negative economic impacts on hard working American families and small businesses are being ignored.
“In spite of what we hear daily in the press about the President’s concern for jobs and the economy and contrary to what he stated in the June order creating this process, we have seen no evidence from NOAA or the task force that recreational fishing and related jobs are receiving any priority.”
Consequently, unless anglers speak up and convince their Congressional representatives to stop this bureaucratic freight train, it appears that the task force will issue a final report for “marine spatial planning” by late March, with President Barack Obama then issuing an Executive Order to implement its recommendations — whatever they may be.
Led by NOAA’s Jane Lubchenco, the task force has shown no overt dislike of recreational angling, but its indifference to the economic, social and biological value of the sport has been deafening.
Additionally, Lubchenco and others in the administration have close ties to environmental groups who would like nothing better than to ban recreational angling. And evidence suggests that these organizations have been the engine behind the task force since before Obama issued a memo creating it last June.
My Dad was an avid fisherman. Most of my friends fish and I enjoy fishing. I don’t think they will stand for this – not at all…
Do you know how many jobs this will cost us? Fishermen and hunters provide a lot of revenue and most or all of that will be lost too. This is just plain stupid. I’m sure Obama is saying something to the effect of: “It’s for the good of the fish and the land don’t ya know. And by the way, if a few million of you Americans would just drop dead, we wouldn’t have to do this.” Mark my words, this will bring on a revolt if carried through.
My theory is that he is trying to goad America into violence. Just keep poking at and revoking our rights until we snap and there is violence. Then blame martial law on the American people because he was forced into it. Evilly predictable if nothing else…
IRVINE, Calif. USA – October 5, 2009 – A recently published administration document outlines a structure that could result in closures of sport fishing in salt and freshwater areas across America. The White House created an Interagency Oceans Policy Task Force in June and gave them only 90 days to develop a comprehensive federal policy for all U.S. coastal, ocean and Great Lakes waters. Under the guise of ‘protecting’ these areas, the current second phase of the Task Force direction is to develop zoning which may permanently close vast areas of fishing waters nationwide. This is to be completed by December 9, 2009.
Dave Pfeiffer, President of Shimano American Corporation explained, “In spite of extensive submissions from the recreational fishing community to the Task Force in person and in writing, they failed to include any mention of the over one million jobs or the 6o million anglers which may be affected by the new policies coast to coast. Input from the environmental groups who want to put us off the water was adopted into the report verbatim – the key points we submitted as an industry were ignored.”
Recreational fishing generates a $125 billion annual economy in the United States and supports jobs in every state according to government figures. Through the Sport Fish Restoration program, anglers have provided more than $5 billion through excise taxes on fishing tackle to fishery conservation and education for decades.
In addition to the economic aspects, anglers lead the nation in volunteer conservation efforts on behalf of improving fish habitat, water quality and related environmental areas. “There was no mention of the fishery conservation efforts which anglers have led for over 50 years in every state – an environmental success story that has no equal in the world”, said Phil Morlock, Director, Environmental Affairs for Shimano. “The Task Force did not make any distinction between the dramatic differences between harmful commercial fishing harvest methods and recreational fishing, even though we spelled it out for them in detail,” added Morlock.
Claiming to be the result of a public consultation process the report states, “Having considered a broad range of public comments, this report reflects the requests and concerns of all interested parties.”
The original White House memo and not surprisingly the Task Force report contains multiple references to developing a national policy where Great Lakes and coastal regions are managed, “consistent with international law, including customary international law as reflected in the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea” – a 300-page treaty the U.S. has never ratified.
“We question what implications there will be for state authority and jurisdiction in the Great Lakes and coastal regions if the U.S. adopts the U.N. Treaty,” said Pfeiffer.
The report makes it clear that future authority for implementing the policy for coastal and inland waters will fall under White House jurisdiction with a new National Ocean Council comprised of over 20 federal agencies at Cabinet Secretary or Deputy Secretary level. No reference to Congressional jurisdiction is indicated.
“This significant change in U.S. policy direction is the result of a 90-day fire drill process as ordered by the President that, not surprisingly, lacks balance, clarity and quality in the end product,” said Morlock. “People who simply want to take their kids fishing on public waters deserve better from their government,” he added.
Shimano is joining with other members of the recreational fishing industry to urge anglers to contact their members of Congress and the administration to request this process be required to adopt the economic, conservation and social contributions of recreational fishing as key elements of the policy. It is critical that we ensure Congressional oversight and state jurisdiction and management continues.
So as Obama’s disastrous economic policies have resulted in millions of Americans losing their jobs, the unemployed won’t even be able to fish to feed their families.
Personally I can tell you this – when we want to go fishing we will and we’ll take our chances. We live in an area with hundreds of lakes and people live a lot on fish up here. Obama can stuff a trout where the sun don’t shine… This is unconstitutional to say the least and it is yet another collectivist grab of the Marxist/Communist kind – the kind that Americans will fight to their last breath.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 9, 2010
CONTACT: Levi Russell at (509) 979-6615 or Levi@FrontLineStrat.com
ANDREW BREITBART JOINS “SHOWDOWN IN SEARCHLIGHT” THIS MARCH 27TH
Conservative firebrand, commentator and columnist, Andrew Breitbart, has announced he will be joining the “Showdown in Searchlight” tea party rally that kicks off the Tea Party Express III: Just Vote Them Out national tour.
The “Showdown in Searchlight” tea party rally takes place at “High Noon” on Saturday, March 27th in Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s tiny hometown of Searchlight, NV (population: 700) in the southern Nevada desert.
Joining Breitbart in Searchlight will be Gov. Sarah Palin, Joe The Plumber, Saturday Night Live’s Victoria Jackson, nationally syndicated radio talk show host, Roger Hedgecock, and many more.
Breitbart made the following comment about his participation in this huge effort:
“The Tea Party movement is nothing short of the beginning of the battle to save the soul of America. The “teabaggers” I’ve met all understand that now is a critical time, and that there are well-funded political and media foes set to try to destroy the movement. I am proud to bring my New Media arsenal to this long-awaited war. — Andrew Breitbart
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