'Pombo-ized' bills worry lawmakers

Contra Costa Times ^ | 3/30/6 | Mike Taugher

[george76]

Thank you for posting this.

[Myrddin]

Using the ESA to prevent a private landowner from using his land is a direct violation of the 5th amendment. It is taking of private property without just compensation. The environmental nuts love to destroy the value of a private property with ESA, then snap it up at a fire sale price using money from leftist groups that is sometime matched with money taken from taxpayers to purchase "open space".

[phillyfanatic]

One would think that after the disgraceful actions of the Greens and whaco enviros over the last 40 years, Pombo should be praised by all sensible citizens. When we cannot drill for oil because of supposedly harming some outlandish bug or frog or snail darter or God knows what, we need some sensible enviro plans which allow humans to come first in our priorities.

[abigailsmybaby]

My husband builds power lines in California. A lot of the time the deteriorated poles they are replacing are on environmentally protected land. It can take the environazis up to 3 years to complete a study to determine if it's environmentally safe to put a new pole in the same hole the old pole was in. Or at the worse move in 3' from the old pole.

[WOSG]

"Pombo should be praised by all sensible citizens. "

Let me be one to praise him for trying to do the right thing and ix what is borken in the Endangered Species Act.

"Critics, especially environmentalists .. " this is typical of the media. They carry water for the liberal point-of-view but gave no space for the views of property owners.

I am reading a Forbes speech on economics and he mentions the 5 Principles of Prosperity:
1. Rule of law
2. Property rights
3. Low taxes
4. Make it easy to launch businesses (low regulation)
5. Free trade

Note #2 - Property rights, a key part of our human rights and our economic system that leads to prosperity.

ESA is an attack on property rights, and as such it is an attack on our freedoms and an attack on our prosperity.
Protecting species should not come at the expense of our rights or our prosperity ...

"we need some sensible enviro plans which allow humans to come first in our priorities".
Exactly.

[Myrddin]

The high taxes and heavy regulations are two key reasons for business heading offshore. New ideas are perishable in the marketplace. If you wait too long, others bring the idea to market before you do. Sometimes better technology comes along that makes your idea irrelevant. If you can't move quickly because of excessive regulation, many ideas die on the vine.

[SierraWasp]

Almost 65 years ago, the Senate ratified on a voice vote a treaty that Carry_Okie has all the details on, that made such an abomination as the endangered species act, along with all the other GovernMental EnvironMental madness possible!!!

It's a bad law, made possible by a bad treaty that keeps it from being out-right unconstitutional and both the bad law and the bad treaty should be repealed by Senators based on the oath they take as each is sworn in as a Senator to protect and defend our constitution!!!

[SierraWasp]

They have separated CONTROL from ownership! That is the primary property right and how they've used local government and this stupid federal law to wrest control away from each owner.

Why would one want to own ANYTHING, it you couldn't control it's usage? In this country, we just pretend we control our property and it's a sick joke!!!

[FOG724]

Your mini rant reminds me of slate article I read earlier today.

[SierraWasp]

You musn't read "slate" young lady! It's silly and subversive, don'tcha know??? I mean Michael Kinsley? REALLY!!!

[FOG724]

Hey it was posted here. It is an interesting article.

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“The deepest circle of hell is reserved for betrayers and mutineers.” – Captain Jack Sparrow

[SierraWasp]

Don't tell me THAT!!! Now I might hafta go back and read beyond page one!!!

[FOG724]

There was more than one page?

[Centurion2000]

They have separated CONTROL from ownership! That is the primary property right and how they've used local government and this stupid federal law to wrest control away from each owner.
Why would one want to own ANYTHING, it you couldn't control it's usage? In this country, we just pretend we control our property and it's a sick joke!!!

It's actually called fascism.

[dalereed]

If we can make those endangered species die they won't be endangered any longer, problem eliminated.

[tubebender]

The greens have targeted Pombo this year as he is now enemy #1 since they squished DeLay. Please send Pombo a contribution soon if you can...

[editor-surveyor]

Anything less than Pombo's bill is a defeat for everyone that enjoys any kind of freedom.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[B4Ranch]

Pombo's bill comes the closest to slamming the brakes on Agenda 21 transformations which would give people a chance to reassess what is happening under the NWO globalism plans.