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Wilderness bill falls 2 votes short of passing the House
The Oregonian ^
| March 11, 2009
| Charles Pope
Posted on 03/11/2009 11:15:35 AM PDT by jazusamo
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:15:35 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
To: jazusamo
I believe that 80% of Oregon is already federally owned.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:17:50 AM PDT
by
RC2
(http://www.worldviewradio.com/play.php?EpisodeID=10958)
To: jazusamo
Wilderness.
That's what this nation will be during and after Obomba and his congressional cronies get finished with the job their masters assigned them to do.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:18:31 AM PDT
by
IbJensen
(In 2008, Americans foolishly used their freedom to vote for “chains” not “change.”)
To: jazusamo
Good news. Another major league land grab. It would have damaged oil and gas leases and forced the public off millions of acres of public lands.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:19:18 AM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: jazusamo; bamahead
Does the government not ‘protect’ enough land?
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:19:53 AM PDT
by
KoRn
To: RC2
A lot of Oregon and other Western states are Forest Service and BLM controlled but the enviros keep trying to turn more of that land into National Parks and further inhibit use by the public, this not passing is a good thing, IMO.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:21:36 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: Myrddin
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:23:04 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: jazusamo
The measure earned a lopsided 282-144 vote but failed nonetheless because it did meet the required two-thirds majority. Under House rules, the bill needed 284 affirmative votes to pass based on the total number of lawmakers voting.I guess that maybe the Oregonian has had to let all of their editor go to save money. Replacing the bolded "did" with "did not" would of course actually make sense out of this nonsense.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:24:13 AM PDT
by
w1andsodidwe
(Jimmy Carter(the Godfather of Terror) allowed radical Islam to get a foothold in Iran.)
To: RC2
I don’t remember where I saw it or how to find it now but I saw a map of the United States with all the land owned by Feds, states and counties colored green. Let me say the whole US was green. Only a small amount was owned by private citizens.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:24:26 AM PDT
by
fish hawk
(The Golden Calf you worship will not bail you out!)
To: w1andsodidwe
I’d bet the editors at the leftist rag were in such a snit that this didn’t pass they couldn’t read.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:26:36 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: fish hawk
You are correct. The government has more control over the people if they live in the cities. Rural citizens are to independent for the government. Especially ranchers.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:28:10 AM PDT
by
RC2
(http://www.worldviewradio.com/play.php?EpisodeID=10958)
To: george76; girlangler; Flycatcher
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:31:13 AM PDT
by
jazusamo
(But there really is no free lunch, except in the world of political rhetoric,.: Thomas Sowell)
To: RC2
The government should be selling land instead of airing more of it.
The monetary crisis could be solved very easy if the Fed Gov and the State Govs sold off some of their massive portfolios of land.
But the plan seems to be to create more Gov jobs, as they are in the process of destroying the private capitalistic businesses to bring in socialism.
Buy more land, raise taxes to pay for employees to manage it.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:32:11 AM PDT
by
Syncro
(NerObama Parties Hardy And fiddles While The American Economy Burns)
instead of AQUIRING more of it
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:32:51 AM PDT
by
Syncro
(NerObama Parties Hardy And fiddles While The American Economy Burns)
To: Syncro
They say that they are saving it for future generations. The question I have is “Which generation are you talking about?” This is a phony reason. Just a way to control the people.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:36:16 AM PDT
by
RC2
(http://www.worldviewradio.com/play.php?EpisodeID=10958)
To: jazusamo
“When headlines read that banks are failing, it’s important for Americans to know that “our national parks are still beautiful, our national battlefields are still sacred and our national rivers are still wild and scenic,” said Rep. Nick Rahall, D-W.Va., chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee.”
Yep, as I watch my retirement funds dissolve into nothingness, it will surely make me feel better knowing that the feds are spending billions of my taxes protecting wilderness areas to keep them from the newly poor me just trying to survive, shutting land off the tax rolls of my state and forcing it to raise my state and local taxes, and preventing discovery of resources that might ease the depression. How heroic of the Dems to think of me.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:36:16 AM PDT
by
caseinpoint
(Don't get thickly involved in thin things)
To: jazusamo
I'm sure the ex halted “O” will sign an executive order to correct this error.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:36:51 AM PDT
by
enraged
To: jazusamo
2,000,000 acres of wilderness in 9 states.
Paid for by tax dollars, which only 9 hikers and one guy with a canoe can access. Those who pay the freight are not allowed.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:39:14 AM PDT
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
To: RC2
Correct. Just a way to need more taxpayers $’s
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:40:24 AM PDT
by
Syncro
(NerObama Parties Hardy And fiddles While The American Economy Burns)
To: RC2
They say that they are saving it for future generations. The question I have is Which generation are you talking about? You know, the ones who will be bankrupted by today's federal spending and who will be so poor they can't afford to travel to see a national park.
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posted on
03/11/2009 11:41:21 AM PDT
by
keepitreal
(Obama brings change: an international crisis (terrorism) within 6 months)
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