I believe that 80% of Oregon is already federally owned.
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.
Does the government not ‘protect’ enough land?
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.
Good news PING!
“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.
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.
Oregon ping?
Got this earlier from Gun Owners of America:
“— Compromise on massive land bill does not protect Second Amendment rights
Remember the massive land bill, S. 22, that passed out of the Senate last month?
It was expected to pass quickly in the House, but your opposition to an expansion of gun control contained in the bill forced it to be pulled from the floor.
GOA has just learned that after some backroom deals, the bill is headed to the floor WEDNESDAY MORNING, without any amendments to truly protect your Second Amendment rights on National Park Service (NPS) land.
You have fought the battle over the NPS gun ban for a long time.
Unlike U.S. Forest Service and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, which allow for state and local law to govern firearms possession, NPS land is subject to a complete gun ban for any citizen who does not hold a concealed carry permit.
The bill coming to the floor March 11 greatly expands NPS land, thus spreading the agency’s anti-gun regulations into more areas.
S. 22 is actually a compilation of over 190 bills, many of which were never even debated on their own merits.
Here are just a few examples of land expansions in the bill:
* Section 5204 of the bill establishes the Washington-Rochambeau Route as a Historic Trail. This dual trail begins in Rhode Island and travels 650 miles to Yorktown, Virginia. The trail includes parts of major thoroughfares on the east coast such as Interstate 95 and US Route 1,
meaning the gun ban could effect hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting gun owners each day.
* Section 5301 authorizes the federal government to buy private land adjacent to national parks and trails. Such land would be controlled by the NPS, and thus be subject to the agency’s anti-gun regulations.
* Section 7002 makes the birthplace of William Jefferson Clinton a National Historic Site. Perhaps it’s fitting that the legacy of former President Clinton, who was responsible for so many anti-Second Amendment laws, will include yet another “gun free” zone.
In all, the bill designates over 2 million acres of wilderness, establishes three new national parks, a new national monument, three new national conservation areas, and four new national trails.
In an effort to persuade pro-gun Congressmen to vote for the bill, the leadership apparently agreed to one backroom change — an amendment to protect hunting and recreational shooting.
The compromise measure misses the point. The founding fathers did not, in their struggle to secure essential freedoms, craft the Second Amendment with the idea that it would protect hunting and recreational shooting.
It is seemingly simple to understand, yet we have to continually remind the Congress that the Second Amendment is not about hunting!”
Nothing that is not nailed down is safe from this Kleptocracy that is running or ruining this country since Regan.