Monday, May 11, 2009

S 787 - Obama to control water...that's all water! Including yours!

In February I posted an article that concerned the government's control of land (Senate Bill S22) where it stated such harsh measures as confiscating one's vehicle if they so much as picked up a rock from federal land. "In the Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009, a "forfeiture" provision would let the government confiscate "all vehicles and equipment of any person" who digs up or removes a rock or a bone from federal land that meets the bill's broad definition of "paleontological resource," says a report by Jon Berlau of the Competitive Enterprise Institute. (link) "

And now it's the water! All water! What you see here is just the beginning...things will get worse! (I even predicted the food shortage scare when Obama moved into the White House! It will happen! ...and watch those food prices soar!) The following is cross-posted from Maggie's Notebook . Thanks Maggie. - Norman E. Hooben


Sunday, May 10, 2009

Water, Water Everywhere and Obama Controls it All?

I was doing a post on the plight of Israel in 1967 when surrounding Arab countries were attempting to divert Israel's irrigation water. That water was a key player in the start of the 1967 War. No country can survive healthily without crop water. Along comes an email with a link to American Daughter's post on the Obama administration's move to control ALL American water. That's ALL American water.

Water - Your Pond?
WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term ‘waters of the United States’ means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.
Senate Bill 787 is known as the Clean Water Restoration Act. OpenCongress.org says it seeks to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over the waters of the United States - which is a change from jurisdiction over only the "navigable waters" of the United States.

GovTrack has introductory statement about s.787 from Senator Feingold, who says that this bill exempts agriculture. Senator Wyden (D-OR) says he is "no supporter of Federal water grabs." Well, that got my attention...I mean he put it right out there. He says he would not have co-sponsored this bill if he thought it would affect Oregon farmers. Both Feingold and Wyden say that the intent of the legislation is to restore the Clean Water Act "to what it had been before these Supreme Court decisions."

So what about "those" Supreme Court decisions? There's this from Wyden:
Some people do not like the pre-2001 Clean Water Act regulatory system. Some believe that the Supreme Court did the right thing by removing many wetlands and intermittent streams and lakes from the protections of the Clean Water Act.
By now, you know that California farmers in the Central Valley are losing their farmland and their livelihood due to a two-inch minnow, the Delta Smelt. The government has taken the water from the farmers and given it to the minnow. What do you do when the gov'mt owns your pond - the pond your cattle drinks from and cools-off in, or the water in the fish-hatchery you own, or....

Senate Bill s.787 is not about the Delta Smelt, but the Delta Smelt is just one current and critical bit of evidence that proves what the government can do to us, if we allow it. Yes, you can put this off on the environmental "greenies" but, the governing body is "the government."

As usual, we do not know the intent behind the bill, but changing the designation of the original waters as set out in the original Clean Water Act of numerous years ago, from "navigable waters," to "water of the United States," which includes ALL waters, is a bit of a jump, and I just wonder why the government feels it necessary to control ALL of America's waters.

Before you go to American Daughter to read about Senate Bill s.787, innocuously named the Clean Water Restoration Act, watch this important video about a government-made drought.

Hat tip to Allan Erickson.


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5 comments:

  1. Norm, it is time to get Grizzly! I am just glad I am a conservative, we can outlive the rest, but it is a shame what Obama and the Socialist Squirrels will do to those stuck on the Government teet!

    Hey Norm, are you interested in fill in hosting or co hosting the Grizzly or Socialist Squirrel radio show? We are going 7 days a week. There is one show still open, Grizzly Groundswell on Saturdays. It starts March 16th. I just remember you telling me that you are a radio guy!

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  2. Chad
    Thanks for the invite...
    You don't mention which date is open. Further, If I were to accept most likely I would bring in Bill Witwicki the host of our "Constitutional Americans" radio show. He's the guy that kicks things off and I'm the permanent guest on that show.
    The next few months are filled with a lot of "what-ifs" and I'll be traveling some during June and possibly as early as next week.
    I'll need at least three or four days notice to make arrangements with Bill other than that...give me a date so as I can do some planning.
    Norm

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  3. Norm, hey, thanks so much for the link. I really appreciate it.

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  4. Reply to Maggie: Thank you! You did all the work!

    Meanwhile you may want to read a realted post here: http://normanhooben.blogspot.com/2009/05/water-gift-of-god-may-be-stolen-by.html

    I don't know what it's going to take to stop this Obama guy all short of an all out revolution...the man is insane!
    And of course he has the crazies in the likes of Pelosi-Reid and company to put us all in a rebellious mode not unlike an earlier time (1773), but worse!

    There's not a day that goes by when this current administration violates our constitution and the congress sits idly by and does nothing! It seems as though they (the Congress) have given up without a fight. And with that said, I have a sense that the people will soon rise up...and they won't wait until the polls open. (I'm sticking to my prediction I made here:http://normanhooben.blogspot.com/2009/02/glimpse-at-history-and-prediction-and.html)

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  5. Reply to Harmon

    I'm a strong advocate of water treatment programs...especially concerning industrial pollution...Some years ago I was licensed in the state of Massachusetts for waste-water treatment(was in the food manufacturing business)and we were very concerned about so-called edible oils getting into the eco system via the sewer systems...sure we had government guidelines concerning pollution but we didn't have government ownership of the water before or after the treatment. My whole point in this posting was government ownership... and that's a big pollutent to freedom...this nonesense has got to stop!

    ps: I've heard of JNB in the past...think they're out of New England somewhere.

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