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Thoughts for the day:
It is irresponsible for [The Department of the Interior]
to keep buying more land. We already own one out of every five acres in
the country. Before the government buys more land, it must learn to take
care of what it already controls.
-Secretary
Gale A. Norton, U.S. Department of the Interior
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"After working with this law (the Endangered
Species Act) during my 22 years in Congress, I've concluded it's the most
powerful law in the land. It can be used to thwart everything from the
training of our fighter pilots to the farmer's simple desire to plant
a crop in his field so he can feed his family."
House Resources Committee Chairman James
V. Hansen discussing a bill to restore the original intent of the ESA
[Endangered Species Act]
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"There is a deliberate and quite outspoken
attack on the whole idea of people owning private property. Mr. William
Reiley, the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, has said publicly
on a number of occasions that he does not believe that people should have
the right to own private property. To use his words, "The ownership
of private property is a quaint anachronism." He has called for a
repeal of the fifth amendment as it affects the right of private property.
There are two laws that have been passed by the Congress that are being
used to take property away from people. one is the Endangered Species
Act, and the other one happens to be the Clean Water Act. The Clean Water
Act has a section, 404, which allows the Corps of Engineers to regulate
the water that is navigable. By a series of very twisted definitions,
the Corps has adopted the idea, which the Fish and Wildlife and EPA are
also following, that any body of water, or any moist land, anything that
they can call "wetland" constitutes navigable water."
-Dixie Lee Ray, scientist, recipient of the United Nations Peace Prize
- 1992
"According to a recent study by the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, simply limiting 'unreasonable'
jury awards could cut health care costs by five to nine percent, saving
$70 - $126 billion each year and allowing an additional 2.4 - 4.3 million
Americans to obtain medical insurance." - May 6, 2003 press release
of Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse, as cited by sickoflawsuits.org
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August 23, 2003
Bush:
Economic policies will help the Northwest
Landowner
lobbying group takes aim at Coastal Commission -Monetery
Herald online
August 22, 2003
California
Department of Motor Vehicles Rescinds Duals Sport Conversion Ban Through
January 2004
- Blue Ribbon Coalition, Inc
National
Mormon Pioneer Heritage Area: Federal Designation for 250 Miles of Private
Lands Proposed in Utah
- First in A Series, By Toni Thayer
Study
Finds Population Growth Key Reason for Sprawl
Getting
ready to tax the Internet...again?
Chief Justice
Says He Won't Back Down on Commandments Issue
Bush:
salmon and dams can coexist -
By Associated Press and KING5.com
Christian
Churches Should Stop Using the Cross, Group Says
- By Jeff Johnso
August 21, 2003
Bush to
visit dam, talk salmon
- Nicholas K. Geranios - Associated Press
Setback
for DUI cases - Ruling excludes breath-test evidence
- by John Stark Bellingham Herald
Economy
snapshot not pretty -
by Bert Caldwell, The Spokesman Review
The fight
to keep a Ten Commandments monument in the state judicial building.
- by Bob Johnson AP
Court
Hands Control of Water to USFS - Liberty
Matters
August 20, 2003
The
Pacific Northwest Hits Jackpot Of Salmon -
by Blaire Harden Washington Post Stafff Writer
Study
Finds Population Growth Key Reason for Sprawl
August 19, 2003
West
Coast Communities Face Economic Devestation -
by Rodney Stubbs Newswithviews
MATTERS
OF LIFE AND DEATH
Husband bars priest from brain-damaged wife
- by Sarah Foster
INTERNATIONAL
DOMINATION OF U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND PRIVATE PROPERTY -
by By Dr. Michael S. Coffman Ph. D.
August 18, 2003
Communities'
comprehensive plans become target for constitutional amendment By
JEREMY COX
Lummi Island
land trust starts building 1st home by
Jack Kinter
State
rolls toward rail purchase Businesses in two states hope their lifeline
will stay on tracks - Richard
Roesler
Equine virus
on rise in Southeast - by
Daniel Yee
County
worries owner may cut trees
- By Bruce Ritchie
Rail-to-trail
plan proposed - By
KATHIE DURBIN, Columbian staff writer
San
Juan County planning director fired - Department to consolidate
- By Scott Rasmussen, San Juan Journal
Reclaiming
salmon habitat - by James Geluso
August 16, 2003
Loudoun Landowners
Battle Building Curbs - Flurry of Lawsuits Viewed as Backlash
-WA Post
N.J. conservation
group to buy big Pinelands tract - The 9,400 acres will be sold for
$12 million by one of the largest cranberry operations in the country
- The Philadelphia Inquirer
Senator
says of plentiful timber are over
- Susan Drumheller - Staff writer
Yakima:
Judge Approves Water Rights for Sunnyside Division -
By DAVID LESTER YAKIMA HERALD-REPUBLIC
Anti-logging
activist settles timber violation
Ten
Commandments Rally in Alabama
- Speech by Alan Keyes
August 15, 2003
Bellevue,
WA: Local Home Loan Giant Folds - KIRO 7 News
Ecology's OK of
Columbia dredging work is stayed - by
ERIK ROBINSON, Columbian staff writer
A new system of
governance...The Third Sector by
Henry Lamb, for eco-logic Powerhouse
Rules Protecting Endangered
Species Endanger Defense Readiness Instead -NCPPR
Washington Watch
- Land trusts pushing forward by
MikeHardiman
for ecologic
War on drugs under fire
-King 5 News
Why Are Medical Costs
So High? Courtrooms Are a Culprit -NCPPR
Revolt Against Regionalism...
- "Smart growth" starts to chafe in Wisconsin by
Jesse Walker for eco-logic
Defense against
the feds... - Otero County Takes The Lead -
ecologic
Snohomish County:
River grant edges by council --Brian
Kelly, Herald
Judge favors
pesticide-free zones on some West Coast salmon streams - by
By Hal Bernton Seattle Times
Judge
might require pesticide buffer zones near waterways by
Anna King Herald staff writer
August 14, 2003
N.J. conservation
group to buy big Pinelands tract By
Frank Kummer
Inquirer Staff Writer
NCPA
President Testifies on National Park Service Budget
Feds
sued over rare species in California, Idaho, New Mexico
Nevada vying
to recover share of water byBy
Launce Rake
Citizens
for a Sound Economy - by
Max Pappas
Environmental
Extremism vs. Healthy Forests - by
Michael Catanzaro
New
rules call for more open space - Proposed Kootenai subdivision laws
would reward developers who `cluster' homes -
by Erica Curless
August 13, 2003
You just
can't trust 'em.. Betrayed in the Bootheel -
by Judy Keeler for ecologic
Puget Sound
Getting Cleaner One Day at a Time-
By GARY CHITTIM / KING 5 News
Cities, businesses hit
by computer worm - AP
Group Sues to Enforce
Sound Science Law - by
CEI staff
August 12, 2003
Howling Mad - Since
wolves were reintroduced, some eastern Arizona ranchers claim the animals
have destroyed their lives - Tucson Weekly
Is your school's
curriculum UN-approved? -
by Larry Pratt for News with Views
ESAinfo Report: Hydro-Power
Plants Attacked by our own US Fed and State Agencies by
Gary Wiggins
This Land is My Land:
How United Nations Claims of World Heritage May Swipe America's Past
-NCPPR
August 11, 2003
Bush picks Utah Gov.
Leavitt to head EPA -King
5 News
Group Sues to Enforce
Sound Science Law - Global Warming Alarmism to Face Trial -CEI
August 10, 2003
Cougars a problem
- News Tribune
Smart Growth:
America's Trojan Horse -
News with Views
Judge rules Ohio
utility violated Clean Air Act at power plants
- Boston Globe
Jury acquits pilot,
who questioned IRS, of tax-evasion counts-The
Commercial Appeal
August 9, 2003
Tumwater revives
plan for trail network, riles residents -The
Olympian
Initiative up
a creek after ruling by judge -Seattle
Times
Saving salmon city-style:
a double standard?
by Joel Kretz
August 8, 2003
Land-Use Decision
Overturned - Judge overrules
hearings board; backs landowners and county -
Yakima Herald-Republic
Blue jays, West Nile
virus and silvery minnows -
TRACKSIDE © by John D’Aloia Jr.
Bring Back DDT
- by Dr. Henry
I. Miller, Frontpage Magazine
Cantwell pushes
White Salmon protection -
The Columbian
Popular Crow Butte
Park to reopen - Farmers volunteer to operate popular park after state
lets lease lapse
- Tri-City Herald
Monorail collecting
less revenue than expected -King
5 News
August 6, 2003
Bike patrol gains lead
in ride against crime on trail -
Spokesman-Review
Look What Uncle Sam
Bought For You
- Liberty Matters News Service
EPA examines water quality
reporting-Spokesman-Review
Kittitas County,
WA: Commissioners Not Ready to Back Watershed Plan -Yakima
Herald
Water Rights: Columbia
Snake River Irrigators Assoc., Dept. of Ecology, develop new proposals-Tri-City
Herald
WA State: Davis joins
GOP race for senator - Chairman says candidate won't get support from
party -The
Olympian
Schwarzenegger
announces Calif. governor bid -King 5 News
Canadian company
says it won't study pollution effects on river-Seattle
P-I
Santa Barbara Co. Residents
Protest Salamander -LMNS
The
American Dream Coalition Guide
Bumpy ride for seat-belt
law -News Tribune
August 5, 2003
Commission wants
to petition for delisting - Casper Star-Tribune
Decision due by
October on study of wolverines -
Idaho Statesman
Nethercutt
will get a GOP challenger -News
Tribune
Kempthorne has
been asked about top EPA position - Governor says White House asked
if he would consider post -Spokesman-Review
Wildfire funds run
dry - Agency tells forests to look for extra cash -
The Missoulian
$20 million fire
tied to eco-terrorists - ‘If you build it — we will burn it,’ says message
left at San Diego site -
MSNBC
Park Service
Unable to Detail Maintenance Needs -ENS
Thunder Basin plan
under fire - Ranchers join oil and gas industry in opposing a new management
plan -Billings
Gazette
"PC"
Environmentalism Doomed Columbia -Liberty
Matters News Service
August 3, 2003
The Problem with
the Endangered Species Act by
Dr. Michael S. Coffman, PhD for News with Views
Fight-for-life
bombshell: Woman 'trying to talk'! Husband of brain-damaged wife seeks
starvation despite claims By Sarah Foster for WorldNetDaily
Petition
drive launched for Terri Schiavo - Florida governor asked to intervene
in case of brain-damaged woman By Sarah Foster for
WorldNetDaily
Wildlife gets grazing
land in park swap - Billings Gazette
Tribe asks EPA to treat
it as a state - Coeur d'Alenes looking for greater role in decisions
about quality of their water -
Spokesman-Review
Boundary County
unemployment climbs to nearly 13% -
Spokesman-Review
Judge Boots 'Save The
Creeks' Initiative Off Seattle Ballot
- KIRO TV News
Hooray for Sprawl:
New Study Debunks "Smart Growth"-Carolina
Journal
Forest Service buys
easement to discourage development -
Casper Star-Tribune
August 2, 2003
Farmers cheer
land decision - Win reprieve when commissioners' decision prevails over
county planners, growth hearings board recommendations
- The Columbian
Dams no longer Bureau
of Reclamation priority -Billings
Gazette
Environmentalists
file new complaint in Friant Dam dispute
- CBS News
Ashland, Wisconsin:
$1 million OK'd for land acquisition -
The Daily Press
Environmental groups
happy with Farewell fire response
- King 5 News
B.C. fires force
7,500 from homes, 60 houses burn -
King 5 News
Buffer site ruling
has bay allies worried - Court says Wicomico failed to make case against
lodge -Baltimore Sun
Transportation
Costs and The American Dream
August 1, 2003
Has Wally Klump Failed
The Law, Or Has The Law Failed Wally? 70-year-old rancher in prison
for grazing cattle on government allotments By
J. Zane Walley
Voting systems 'can't
be trusted' - Machines at risk for fraud, hacking -
Denver Post
Freedom 21 offers
alternative to 'sustainable development', Agenda 21
White-Collar
Exodus - High-Paying Jobs Are Moving Overseas, U.S. Workers Replaced
by Foreigners -
ABC News
Where Have All The
Good Jobs Gone? One study shows 3 million jobs leaving this country
in the next decade - CBS News
AZ: Citizens Against
Illegal Immigration meeting Saturday Aug 2 - from
Kathy McKee
Enviros pushing Referendum
54 to roll back water rights law - BIAW says 'decline to sign'
Nethercutt challenges Murray
- Sheahan, Sterk consider House -Spokesman-Review
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