Land Rights Advocates Allege Bush Administration Betrayal

FOX News via SOUNDOFF ^ | 08-30-03- | By Kelley Beaucar Vlahos

[Libertarianize the GOP]

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[LarryM]

Note how Bush always betrays his most ardent supporters.

[AAABEST]

Note how Bush always betrays his most ardent supporters.

One could understand such if it bought political favor, but it doesn't. What the Bushes don't understand is that the enviros in particular or left in general will not support them regardless of what they do.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...folks were disappointed that Bush didn’t try to reverse the proclamations, but said the administration has worked to relax some of the use restrictions on the designated lands,...

It took old Bildo five minutes with a pen to create this.
Why should the current administration have to work so hard to undo it?

Oh, I know, you have to re-elect them first.

[E.G.C.]

BTTT!!!!!

[Crusader21stCentury]

R.I.N.O.s The Real Fifth Column

[B Knotts]

Rove at work.

[Dane]

Hey don't blame me. I didn't vote for either Clinton or the person who helped Clinton into office in the first place, Perot.

But you would rather go on your rants, rather than look at the point had their been no Clinton Presidency, no land grabs.

Bush is playing it smart, relaxing regulations slowly.

[freekitty]

President Bush, I would like to know the answer to this one.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

...Bush is playing it smart, relaxing regulations slowly...

Maybe he's hoping all the affected citizens will grow old and die off so he won't have to take any action.

[Dane]

Chuck Cushman, president of the American Land Rights Association (search), acknowledged that folks were disappointed that Bush didn’t try to reverse the proclamations, but said the administration has worked to relax some of the use restrictions on the designated lands, including timber, mining and recreation.

Bush has even talked about exploring such public lands for future energy production, drawing the ire of environmentalists.

“The emphasis is now on the flexibility in regulations, to allow the private owners to carry on with their activities,” which most often involve access routes and water rights, said Cushman

Huh and if Gore was in, there would be even more land grabs.

Carry on with your rants.

[Pontiac]

Two lower courts have dismissed the cases, ruling that they did not effectively argue that Clinton misused the Antiquities Act, and even if he did, the statute does not allow for judicial recourse. The White House pointed to these rulings as reason enough for the High Court to keep them off its docket.

"Even if petitioners had timely pleaded a claim that the president abused his discretion in applying the Antiquities Act standards to the designations at issue here, petitioners would not be entitled to judicial review of that contention,”

These are the points I believe are important. The Solicitor General’s office is protecting Presidential Power.

They do not want a precedent set that would limit Presidential Power.

[Dane]

To paraphrase with a twist. If the people are given a choice between a Democrat and a Republican acting like a Democrat

Huh, Bush is acting like a demo. Oh I guess Al Gore would be loosening restrictions on the land and electrical plants.

It is so funny watching you knee jerkers in action.

[KantianBurke]

If true, Bush shouldn't have made promises he knew he wouldn't be able to keep.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Clinton ordered this with the stroke of a pen.

If Bush was interested he could undo them with the stroke of a pen.

His consistent defense of Clinton's actions says more than all the howling of his defenders.

[Ben Hecks]

Just to be fair, I think we should declare national monuments in other states - how about seizing about half of the land area of NY, NJ, DE, CT, demolish all structures and restore the land to its pristine beauty.

[the gillman@blacklagoon.com]

Shouldn't there be a beautiful park on the banks of the Potomoc, too?