Posted on 02/02/2006 7:33:25 AM PST by 11x62
The worst part of it is, the people working in the parks to "protect" them actually act as if they own them.
Like a friend always tells me, "a nickle job with a dime's worth of authority".
This case is just one that underscores the need for "less government".
Ladies and Gentlemen there are millions of federal laws and regulations. The feds can come down on nearly anyone at any time for the flimsiest of reasons. And they can spend an unlimited amount of resources to do it. It is truly amazing.
It's not just Federal lands.
I do some hi-def wildlife filming, and I have an underwater case.
I went to video some Manatees at a state park here, and you would have thought I took a gun to hunt them. The rangers were very heavy in their questioning to assure that I wasn't engaged in commercially filming them. I responded that I knew the rules, including staying at least fifty feet from the manatees, but I explained with zoom and the clarity of the water that was no problem.
They then closed the swimming area down completely.
It's bad enough that I pay 80.00 a year to access the state parks. But if you do want to film commercially on the state parks, you must negotiate the fee with the head ranger at each park. - state sponsored capitalism - ( or good ol boy network) - you choose.
No. They bought the Matthew Lesko book and now they know how to get the government to PAY FOR THEIR VIDEO!!!!!!!!!???????
" . . . some guy in it tells me they're shooting the "XXXX XXXXXX" show, and I'm going to have to leave the area."
You know what, I have fished in tournaments, although I prefer fishing just for fun. However, if somebody in a tournament, or a tournament official, ever comes up to me on a lake and tells me I have to leave, I'll remind him/her that this is a PUBLIC resource, and that the tournament organization is making a profit off of a PUBLIC resource.
I'd tell him he has NO BUSINESS/Authority ordering me off a public resource. Then I'd get the tournament director's name and phone number, report this idiot, and threaten to contact the state wildife agency, local officials, etc. Believe you me, the tournament director will freak!!!!
Then, MineralMan, I think I'd of stayed in that spot just to aggravate the idiot. I'd hold a rock throwing contest or something (not at the anglers, but in the spot they are fishing). Heck, I might even have to go wading, swimming if the weather permits. I've always wanted to be a movie star and this would be a good chance (grin). This guy was WAY out of line, and I can't think of any tournament director that would condon his actions.
On most major reservoirs, where big tournaments are held, there is no permit required (except maybe to launch your boat).
Let this be a warning to those who would even think about developmen of energy in Alaska.
if larry was driving an SUV, tack on another year!
Soooo....when that bear jumps outta the trees, and I don't have a permit to film a BEAR, I'm illegal? /sarcasm.....sorry, but, I want my America back.
I was going to suggest you also take a leak off the front of the boat....until I read your screen name, LOL!
Was there ever a more brusing fullback? The Zonk could carry an entire defense on his back and lumber 30 yards.
I'll bet he didn't even have any gay or lesbian employees either. How can you have a wilderness/wide-open-spaces movie without gay people?
Oh the humanity...
I can see how federal lands might require a use permit for commercial uses, but...
How can it be a criminal offense, punishable by imprisonment, to use and film on HIS OWN land?
Aren't federal lands owned by all of us?
That obviously wouldn't be a choice :)
Unless, of course, I wanted to cause a mass exodus of bass boats from the area :) That'd really mess up the fishing.
SU Football grad hard at work.......he needs a lawyer!
I got to watch him play at SU's old Archibald Stadium....those were the days.
Pretty unusual to have the Feds request probation. Hard to get noticed and climb the ladder in the U.S. attorneys heirarchy with that sentence.
Or maybe it's a trivial matter that could have been handled with a warning, but the Feds had to flex their muscles to show how powerful they are.
I imagine that Michael Moore applied for permits to film on public land as well.
Please show WHERE in the constitution this requirement is justified!
You can't find it either?
Maybe because it does not exist?
Just Fed's doing what Fed's do, without justification or accountability.
Good to see you back. Where ya been?
I look at this as a clearcut (pardon the pun) way for the feds to censure any reporting they don't approve. And I am adament about PUBLIC lands (bought, paid for, and managed by/for the PUBLIC) remaining public property, not the property of some beaurecrats (not to be confused with Beauregard, which I also can't spell correctly without a dictionary).
I agree with another freeper, it was probably the only charge they could get to stick -- Another reason I think the policy stinks.
Oh well, the Outdoor Writers Association of America, of which I am a former member, will probably agree and make the poor old guy quit paying dues. What punishment!!!!
I quit paying them in 2000, when the Clinton Administration and the "environmental" lobby (mouthpiece)within took charge of the organization.
Must partially explain why they are in trouble now.
I respectfully DISAGREE with this policy, which I think is selectively enforced.
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