Hubris Magnified

            On February 15, the house is scheduled to hold hearings on HR2421 entitled “The Clean Water Restoration Act”. The origins of this bill can be found in a fairly recent Supreme Court ruling which limited the amount of waterways that the US Corp of Engineers could mange. In the original Clean Water Act this limitations was confined to “navigable waterways.” The Corp, for several years had used that definition very loosely to include just about any standing body of water, even if it was dry at the time.

            In one previous case a Michigan landowner faced stiff fines and a possible 5 year sentence for moving gravel on his land twenty miles from the nearest navigable waterway. If this bill passes you can just about kiss away any rights a landowner has. More information about this issue can be found in a lengthy email  http://www.landrights.org:80/Alert_2008Feb04.htm

Whatever rights we have are disappearing fast. Only through a concerted effort by well informed and active Americans can things be turned around. Otherwise true tyranny is just around the corner. Our founding fathers clearly understood the liberty and private ownership of property were intricately linked. They must be turning over in their graves.