Posted on 10/14/2009 9:26:19 AM PDT by opentalk
From Bathtubs To Baptismal Fonts, Congress Moves To Give the Corps of Engineers and EPA Control Of All U.S. Waters
Issue: Having been slapped down by the U. S. Supreme Court's two recent decisions that the words "navigable waters" in the Clean Water Act limited federal agencies to regulation of navigable waters only. Democrats and liberal Republicans in Congress are striking back.
They are attempting to pass the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 (No House Number - S 787 In Senate) that would amend the 1972 Clean Water Act and replace the words "navigable waters" with "waters of the United States." Further, it defines "waters of the United States" with such breathtaking scope that federal agencies would be required to regulate use of every square inch of the U.S., both public and private.
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They are really pushing their agenda. They did not like the supreme court decisions so try to circumvent the constitution in another way.
This is a BIG ‘UN !!!!!!
I stand to lose most of my 3 acres AND MY HOME if this goes through!!!!
They tried that in CA about 25 years ago. another drought and restirctions on watering lawns. Some people tried to collect rain water off of their won roofs and hold it in 55 gal drums for later watering. did not work. were fined for watering lawns agains city (Oxnard ? )ordinances.
“They’ll never be able to control rain water.”
That’s the problem right there. They will assume control of all property because it is in a watershed.
This is how they honor their oath to defend the Constitution.
That's not the point.
The point is to have enough interlocking and conflicting laws so that no one can possibly obey them all.
Then you can be punished at any time at the whim of your 'betters'. Annoy anyone of them by any action or failure to act, by any word or silence, by not being exactly where they want you to be, exactly when they want you to be there, and any number of laws can be selectively enforced to punish you.
It's Kelo v City of New London on hyper-steroids and PCP.
THAT'S the government the government wants.
“Get your congress out of my bathtub!”
“We can catch and use all the water we want, and they can’t stop us.”
Here in Seattle you need a permit in order to have a rain barrel to catch the water off of your roof. Its so dry here don’t ya know.
I can’t believe that state governors aren’t up in arms over this. The amount of real estate tax money they could lose will be huge.
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“Interconnected waterways.” The Left’s route to total control over every square inch of America.
I’ve been warning folks about this for years.
A neighbor tried to fill in the dry ditch between his yard and the road. He made the mistake of talking to the city about it. There is a small spring that empties into the dtich about 4 homes (400 feet) up the street. It soaks into the ground after about 150 feet.
But - the ditch ends up in a creek about a half-mile away, which drains into a small river about 4 miles away which has salmon. Yep - our ditch is salmon habitat! He couldn’t fill it in.
funny you should reply to me; I just posted on another thread the following; lol
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your above remark might also want to include confiscation of private assets. I just came from the thread below & was so speechless, I could only bookmark:
Congress Moves To Seize Control Of All U.S. Waters
They are attempting to pass the Clean Water Restoration Act of 2009 (No House Number - S 787 In Senate) that would amend the 1972 Clean Water Act and replace the words “navigable waters” with “waters of the United States.” Further, it defines “waters of the United States” with such breathtaking scope that federal agencies would be required to regulate use of every square inch of the U.S., both public and private.
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