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Obama's land grab
NY Post ^ | August 14, 2010 | Michelle Malkin

Posted on 08/14/2010 2:57:39 AM PDT by Scanian

Have you heard of the "Great Outdoors Initiative"?

Across the country, White House officials have been meeting quietly with environmental groups to map out government plans for acquiring untold millions of acres of both public and private land. It's another stealthy power grab through executive order that promises to radically transform the American way of life.

In April, President Obama issued a memorandum outlining his "21st century strategy for America's great outdoors." It was addressed to the interior secretary, the agriculture secretary, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency and the chair of the Council on Environmental Quality. The memo calls on the officials to conduct "listening and learning sessions" with the public to "identify the places that mean the most to Americans, and leverage the support of the Federal Government" to "protect" outdoor spaces. Eighteen of 25 planned sessions have already been held.

But there's much more to the agenda than simply "reconnecting Americans to nature."

The federal government already owns roughly one of every three acres in the United States. This is apparently not enough.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: greatoutdoors; landacquisition; privateland; publicland
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1 posted on 08/14/2010 2:57:40 AM PDT by Scanian
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To: Scanian

This is the line that the feds will cross at their peril.

Don’t mess with Texas. It will never be owned by the federal government as Utah and Nevada are.


2 posted on 08/14/2010 3:00:09 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Scanian

This is the line that the feds will cross at their peril.

Don’t mess with Texas. It will never be owned by the federal government as Utah and Nevada are.


3 posted on 08/14/2010 3:00:13 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: kittymyrib

Sorry for the double. Admin, please remove one. Thank you.


4 posted on 08/14/2010 3:01:35 AM PDT by kittymyrib
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To: Scanian

“identify the places that mean the most to Americans,...”

Uh, Mr. 0bama, that would be my paid for house and property.

KEEP YOUR F***ING HANDS OFF!


5 posted on 08/14/2010 3:05:30 AM PDT by panaxanax (Keep plucking those chickens and boiling that tar. There's a party coming in November!)
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To: Scanian
“The bureaucrats behind Obama’s “Great Outdoors Initiative” plan on wrapping up their public comment solicitation by Nov. 15. The initiative's taxpayer-funded Web site has been dominated by left-wing environmental activists proposing human population reduction, private property confiscation, and gun bans, hunting bans and vehicle bans in national parks.”

The foxes in the hen house are being left unchecked.

6 posted on 08/14/2010 3:07:34 AM PDT by poobear ("The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine)
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To: Scanian

For those of you that have been paying attention, LWCF is CARA by another name.

“Stroke of the pen. Law of the land. Kinda Cool.”

For $100 Alex, identify who said that quote and what was the quote about?


7 posted on 08/14/2010 3:18:08 AM PDT by sauropod (The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
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To: sauropod

Clinton presidential aide Paul Begala, July 1998.

Where do I line up to get my prize?


8 posted on 08/14/2010 3:24:09 AM PDT by DontTreadOnMe2009 (So stop treading on me already!)
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To: poobear

somewhere along the line within the past 4 years i came upon a map & i’ll have to re-find & post it
the map described the US and lands that were to be seized by the fed gubmint during this time and declaration of federal domain thereby squeezing in cities & towns & townships,etc... so only certain areas of the US would be declared “habitable” but the real goal of this program is population control,ergo,you are on federal land ( example: even within your own township)then you must pay some sort of penalty . I will have to find that map this “Great Outdoors Initiavtive” is exactly what i saw & read


9 posted on 08/14/2010 3:24:31 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: DontTreadOnMe2009

Good memory! It was in reference to Executive Orders.


10 posted on 08/14/2010 3:38:00 AM PDT by sauropod (The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

I’d like to see that map.


11 posted on 08/14/2010 3:38:35 AM PDT by sauropod (The truth shall make you free but first it will make you miserable.)
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“I’d like to see that map.”

I’d like to see an armed revolution. Enough is enough.


12 posted on 08/14/2010 3:49:58 AM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (The rallying cry of American patriots.....REMEMBER IN NOVEMBER!)
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To: kittymyrib
This is the line that the feds will cross at their peril. Don’t mess with Texas. It will never be owned by the federal government as Utah and Nevada are.


Sure, we saw how brave Texans are when Rick Perry groveled at the feet of obmama and still couldn't get a letter into his filthy usurper hands.

Texas is now like the rest of the country, a state of serfs.

13 posted on 08/14/2010 3:50:06 AM PDT by abortionisalwaysmurder (Before you kill your baby, ask yourself, What did the baby do?)
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To: sauropod

http://bigthink.com/ideas/21343

This is the map that was discussed on an FR thread several months ago.


14 posted on 08/14/2010 3:53:53 AM PDT by sodpoodle (Despair - Man's surrender. Laughter -God's redemption)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
I’d like to see an armed revolution. Enough is enough.

In Marine Corps boot camp they taught us that as long as there was four Marines left to make up one fire team there was a viable USMC. In the field I learned that as long as there was one sniper team left, people would rally around if the team took out the head of local nest of snakes.

One sniper, one spotter, one good deer rifle and the elimination of the proper target(s) will give you the revolution you desire. Unfortunately we, here in the US, do not have a pair of trained men willing to put all on the line to rescue the country.

15 posted on 08/14/2010 3:55:22 AM PDT by abortionisalwaysmurder (Before you kill your baby, ask yourself, What did the baby do?)
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To: MissDairyGoodnessVT

Please ping me when you find it MissVT. I’m still on morning coffee therapy right now.


16 posted on 08/14/2010 4:00:07 AM PDT by poobear ("The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine)
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To: panaxanax

“identify the places that mean the most to Americans,...”

that would be everything in between the Pacific and Atlantic, Canada and mexico


17 posted on 08/14/2010 4:02:30 AM PDT by SF_Redux
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To: Scanian

Both public and private land. So what is the master plan?.


18 posted on 08/14/2010 4:20:00 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: poobear

i’m still looking & haven’t forgotten you


19 posted on 08/14/2010 4:21:35 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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To: sauropod

i’m still looking & haven’t forgotten you


20 posted on 08/14/2010 4:22:28 AM PDT by MissDairyGoodnessVT (Free Nobel Peace Prize with oil change =^..^=)
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