Madison wrote: “There are more instances of the abridgment of freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachment of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpation." Today, the Tree of Liberty has been pruned and a mutated branch of government has been added, disguised as protection, based on a Conglomerate of foundations, corporations, environmental groups, and bureaucracy. In Michigan, the Sierra Club filed a lawsuit in 1996 based on the National Environmental Policy Act. The suit, recently resolved (March 2002), was an attempt to tie up money generated by sportsmen and sports-persons, money that has been used...