Warning: White House Memo Portrays Plannned Land Grab

Over 60% of the land in the State of Utah is already under control by the Federal Government. Now, imagine your land and rights to use its property in your state being taken away. Well it is time for all to wake-up to this threat. The Obama administration has plans another massive land grab and this is just one plan that has been uncovered.

Senator Jim Demint (R-SC), Chairman of the U.S. Senate Steering Committee, revealed in a The Washington Times editorial that a "A secret administration memo has surfaced revealing plans for the federal government to seize more than 10 million acres from Montana to New Mexico, halting job - creating activities like ranching, forestry, mining and energy development. Worse, this land grab would dry up tax revenue that's essential for funding schools, firehouses and community centers."

The 21-page document, marked "Internal Draft-NOT FOR RELEASE," names 14 different lands Mr. Obama could completely close for development by unilaterally designating them as "monuments" under the 1906 Antiquities Act. The memo was made public by Rep. Robert Bishop (R-UT) who expressed that "he didn't want another unilateral land grab by the White House, like what happened under former Presidents Bill Clinton and Jimmy Carter."

Senator Demint related,

"President Obama could enact the plans in this memo with just the stroke of a pen, without any input from the communities affected by it. At a time when our national unemployment rate is 9.7 percent, it is unbelievable anyone would be looking to stop job-creating energy enterprises, yet that's exactly what's happening.

The document lists 14 properties that, according to the document, "might be good candidates" for Mr. Obama to nab through presidential proclamation. Apparently, Washington bureaucrats believe it's more important to preserve grass and rocks for birdwatchers and backpackers than to keep these local economies thriving.

Administration officials claim the document is merely the product of a brainstorming session, but anyone who reads this memo can see that it is a wish list for the environmentalist left. It discusses, in detail, what kinds of animal populations would benefit from limiting human activity in those areas.

It says all kinds of animals would be better off by doing so, like the coyotes, badgers, grouse, chickens and lizards. But giving the chickens more room to roost is no reason for the government to override states' rights."

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