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States Must Reclaim their Sovereign Lands From the Federal Government ~
We put up the commentary below last November. Although we have no idea how Montanans made out with HR 1505, it's an object lesson for states and how to reclaim their sovereign property from the fedgov.
The resources on this land whether mining, oil, or agricultural are your resources and not handouts for federal crony corporatists.
You've read about Ft. Sumter, and what occurred when South Carolina asked for the return of its Charleston Harbor island upon seceding from the "Union" in 1860. Get it back NOW!
I have also put up a national spreadsheet of FedGov lands here. To do your own search, just change the "htm" extension to "xls" and refresh. That format is uploaded also. The states are displayed alphabetically, but can be sorted as you wish. There are an additional four columns.
Even though many could care less, at least inform yourself as a landlord how much of your state is occupied by the fedgov. Good trivia, and useful tool for school children to keep ahead of the teacher.
Montana Republican Congressman Denny Rehberg lent his support for ceding more power and authority to the federal government’s emerging police state by supporting HR 1505, the “National Security and Federal Lands Protection Act.” This monstrous bill empowers the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to confiscate to itself tens of thousands of acres of land across the US northern border. This is for “national security” reasons, of course. Gag!
My friend, Dr. Ed Berry, has written a very astute summary and analysis of HR 1505 on his web site, PolyMontana.com. I am going to be borrowing heavily from his research in this column.
Dr. Berry rightly notes that the DHS is the giant head of no less than seven federal agencies: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), US Customs & Border Protection (CBP), US Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US Secret Service (SS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and US Coast Guard (USCG).
Dr. Berry says pointedly, “FEMA is the one with the small cages to put you in if you do not behave. TSA is the one that gives you a useless body scan before you get on an airplane, bus, etc. DHS is the one adding its sensors to streetlights around America and the promoter of E-Verify and Real ID as a cradle-to-grave biometric tracking system for every American.” And it is CBP that the DHS is using to seize property along the US northern border.
According to Denny Rehberg, the reasons the DHS needs to seize all this property are: 1) to stop the “turf war” between federal agencies, 2) Drug growers are hiding in our forests, 3) to catch criminals hiding in our forests, 4) to stop illegal aliens from coming in America.
Let’s first acknowledge that the federal government has absolutely no natural right or constitutional jurisdiction to claim (much less seize) land and territory outside of the District of Columbia. In many of the western states of the US, for example, the vast majority of land in any given State is now regarded as “federal” land. Ask yourself, where is the constitutional authorization for this federal land grab? When did the various State legislatures vote to give these properties to the federal government? When did the various State governors sign the State laws giving these properties to the federal government? When did the citizens of the various states vote to give these properties to the federal government? The answer is, nowhere, and they didn’t!... finish reading at source
States Must Reclaim their Sovereign Lands From the Federal Government ~
We put up the commentary below last November. Although we have no idea how Montanans made out with HR 1505, it's an object lesson for states and how to reclaim their sovereign property from the fedgov.
The resources on this land whether mining, oil, or agricultural are your resources and not handouts for federal crony corporatists.
You've read about Ft. Sumter, and what occurred when South Carolina asked for the return of its Charleston Harbor island upon seceding from the "Union" in 1860. Get it back NOW!
I have also put up a national spreadsheet of FedGov lands here. To do your own search, just change the "htm" extension to "xls" and refresh. That format is uploaded also. The states are displayed alphabetically, but can be sorted as you wish. There are an additional four columns. Even though many could care less, at least inform yourself as a landlord how much of your state is occupied by the fedgov. Good trivia, and useful tool for school children to keep ahead of the teacher.
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FEMA Camp Locations in US - state-by-state Map
HR 1505: Giant Land Grab For The Police State
My friend, Dr. Ed Berry, has written a very astute summary and analysis of HR 1505 on his web site, PolyMontana.com. I am going to be borrowing heavily from his research in this column.
Dr. Berry rightly notes that the DHS is the giant head of no less than seven federal agencies: Transportation Security Administration (TSA), US Customs & Border Protection (CBP), US Citizenship & Immigration Services (CIS), US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), US Secret Service (SS), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), and US Coast Guard (USCG).
Dr. Berry says pointedly, “FEMA is the one with the small cages to put you in if you do not behave. TSA is the one that gives you a useless body scan before you get on an airplane, bus, etc. DHS is the one adding its sensors to streetlights around America and the promoter of E-Verify and Real ID as a cradle-to-grave biometric tracking system for every American.” And it is CBP that the DHS is using to seize property along the US northern border.
According to Denny Rehberg, the reasons the DHS needs to seize all this property are: 1) to stop the “turf war” between federal agencies, 2) Drug growers are hiding in our forests, 3) to catch criminals hiding in our forests, 4) to stop illegal aliens from coming in America.
Let’s first acknowledge that the federal government has absolutely no natural right or constitutional jurisdiction to claim (much less seize) land and territory outside of the District of Columbia. In many of the western states of the US, for example, the vast majority of land in any given State is now regarded as “federal” land. Ask yourself, where is the constitutional authorization for this federal land grab? When did the various State legislatures vote to give these properties to the federal government? When did the various State governors sign the State laws giving these properties to the federal government? When did the citizens of the various states vote to give these properties to the federal government? The answer is, nowhere, and they didn’t!... finish reading at source
