In other words they are on the march to suck up more private property and have given their approval to the National Park Service to expand their empire through the stealing of private property.
As for "National Heritage", Miriam-Webster definition of "Heritage" is: "property that descends to an heir: legacy: birthright" and "legacy" means "inheritance". My family has a heritage and legacy. How about you? Individual liberty is no more. It's all about the "common interest". Now what does that sound like? Communism? But of course.
Until people understand Agenda 21 and rise up to take their Government back from the despots who have stolen our country, all the debate over who is better Democrats or Republicans is nothing short of a farce, as there is no difference. They are all on the same page. They have sold out the American people to the highest bidder, special interest groups and those who wish to impliment a "one world government".
I hope people wake up to the fact that this country has long ago ceased to be a "Representative Republic", let alone a democracy.
They aren't stealing it. They are going to compensate the owners. They're stealing the money to pay the compensation.
Guess who sent a nice letter asking for money today?
None other than my Congessman, Randy Forbes who voted "Yes" to CAFTA.
Now, does he really really think that after I called his office and said, "Please vote no," that I would send him a nice fat check.
FAT CHANCE.
I'll vote Libertarian, Green, or Constitution. I've had it with both major parties.
National Heritage Areas are not allowed by law to use Federal money they receive for land purchases. Some NHA's don't even own any land. The NHA's are overseen and administered by PRIVATE organizations made up boards of directors to which any private citizen can apply for consideration to become a board member.
The only way a National Heritage Area can buy land is to raise the money itself or they can use a state program if applicable to get money (just like any municipality or non-profit can).
The whole concept of National Heritage Areas is so as not to create new National parks but instead to help related privately owned and publicly owned sites to come together and tell their story in a coherent way and to pool resources so they can spend their money and plan their interpretation etc. in a cohesive and economical way.
Every proposed National Heritage Area goes through a process of public input long before it ever gets to a vote at the Federal level. Pro and con forces have time to say their piece and contact their legislators to support or oppose any proposed area. Usually there are a series of public meetings at which time anyone can speak about what they want or don't want from a NHA. All Federal funding and designations only last for 10 years and then have to be resubmitted for approval which is a difficult and time consuming process.
The term "Communism" has become a comical term. Your point is well taken and we should change just one letter in the expression and make it Commonism. The only bad thing about that is that the current flock of "Communitarians" are Communists, too. And the word Communism is more closely related to Community, than Commonism ever could be... Oh well.
Hey Carry_Okie! What was that Sparks guy's screen name that wrote for the San Francisco Comicle? It was something "Warrior," wasn't it? Geepers! I'm havin a senior moment again!!!
Just look how their spending the corpus of the trust the taxpayers and voters put in them... Just like drunken fools, they've become pathetic spendthrifts!!! Fiscal conservatism be damned as far as they're concerned!!!
As I said, time to pull the GOP's feeding tube.
Didn't some politicians after 911 when people where arguing about the constitutionality of the patriot act, that the constitution is a document we all live by, but we can't allow it to be a death wish. Something like that, but the exact words escape me.
Thank you! Grrrrrrrr.........I hate NPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!
New River Gorge...I hate NPS!!!!!!!!!