VIDEO: Taking on Dirty Harry, and the gloves are off!

There were a lot of people that were upset with what Harry Reid said about the Cliven Bundy Ranch supporters being domestic terrorists. Now, Harry Reid is a target himself for having some shady ethics.  So, I have to wonder if Harry Reid really does have things to cover up and needed Cliven Bundy to provide the smoke screen for his own shady financial activities, or, is it the case of the government gone wild with land grabs that Dirty Harry Reid doesn't want us to know about?  Just sayin'...

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Winning the battle for freedom ~ By Henry Lamb

Henry tells us how a group of citizens are taking on a county government in Minnesota that was abusing or violating their Fifth Amendment property rights and eminent domain laws.

This group has been working for more than four years to protect their property rights from the insidious, freedom-eroding, comprehensive plans promoted in the name of sustainable development. They have gone about their task in an orderly, non-confrontational manner, and they are gaining the upper hand. They have become a beacon of leadership for countless other groups across the country fighting the same fight.

This is how freedom will survive: person by person, community by community, state by state, and nation by nation. The battle begins at home.

By Henry Lamb

Posted: May 01, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

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The people of Houston County, Minn., have found the way to protect themselves and their property from the abuses of government-run-amok in pursuit of sustainable development.

The county adopted a comprehensive plan consistent with the goals of sustainable development, but which completely ignored the U.S. Constitution and the principles of freedom. A local citizens group tried to work with the county commissioners in the development of the county's comprehensive plan two years ago, but opposing views and a petition signed by more than 700 landowners was not considered by the plan makers.

The citizens group has now presented the county with a notice of intent to sue, based on three complaints: 1) the plan violates Minnesota's state Constitution and the U.S. Constitution; 2) the county's implementation of the plan exceeds the authority given to counties by state law; and 3) the county's actions in pursuit of the plan violate the Minnesota Constitution and the U.S. Constitution.

The notice of intent cites Dolan v. the city of Tigard, which says if the Fifth Amendment is to have any meaning, "It must include the right to prevent the government from gaining an ownership interest in one's property outside the procedures of the Takings Clause."

The document describes multiple examples of how the county exercised ownership interest in deciding how privately owned property could be used. At least 27 times, the county prevented a landowner from building a second home on privately owned parcels of less than 40 acres. In other examples, the county forced landowners to build in a location other than where the owner wanted to build.

In another example of the county's exercise of ownership interest, a landowner wanted to replace an old mobile home with a new one, on the same site where a well and septic tank were already in place. The county said no and forced the landowner to locate the new mobile home across the road on land used for crops, where a new well and septic tank had to be installed.

The 36-page notice is filled with similar examples of how the county plan violates the Constitution, the law and common sense. The county has 30 days to respond.

The landowners have extended an olive branch to the commissioners. In a separate letter to the county, the landowners' group said they would appoint a small committee to work with the commissioners to correct the defects in the plan, providing that the county would officially adopt, as the basis for the county comprehensive plan, the same resolution signed by 700 local landowners.

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State of Utah to feds: Give us our land back! ~ By Henry Lamb

Henry explains why it's time for the Federal government to give back the land they own in the Western states to the states. Obviously, it will be the environmental activist whackos that will put up the major obstacles in the courts.

Environmentalists and socialists are quick to claim that federal lands are "public" lands, which belong to all people. Except for public parks authorized by elected representatives of the people, there is absolutely no justification for government to own any lands, aside from the lands authorized by Article I, Section 8, Clause 17 of the U.S. Constitution.


If the federal government is justified in owning 33 percent of all the land area in the nation, why is it not justified in owning 66 percent, or 99 percent? Of course, environmentalists and socialists would prefer that the federal government own all the land and absolutely control its use. This position is diametrically opposed to the concept of private property honored in both the U.S. Constitution and the Utah Constitution.

By Henry Lamb

Posted: February 20, 2010 ~ 1:00 am Eastern

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In a modern David and Goliath battle, Utah state Rep. Christopher Herrod has introduced HB143, which, if enacted, would authorize the state to use eminent domain to take land from the federal government. About 60 percent of the state is owned by the federal government.

Herrod and his backers hope to inspire other Western states to join their effort to force the Supreme Court to hear their arguments. The federal government owns most of the land in all Western states.

As a condition of statehood, the citizens of Utah were required to "… forever disclaim right and title to unappropriated public lands." In the same July 16, 1894, Enabling Act, the federal government agreed to grant four sections of every township, and various other grants of land, to the state to provide permanent funding for schools and other government purposes.

Herrod and his backers contend that the federal government has not lived up to its end of the bargain, and its failure has imposed economic hardship on Utah. Virtually every other Western state can make the same claim. Moreover, the federal government has imposed environmental regulations that have further stifled the state's ability to use its natural resources.

A particular target of eminent domain will likely be the massive reserves of low-sulfur coal that was locked away forever by the Clinton-era designation of the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. Estimates of the value of the coal deposits reach into the tens of billions of dollars.

Backers of the initiative recognize that it will be an uphill battle. The Legislature's own research staff concludes that "there is a high probability that a court would hold that the federal government is the sovereign of public lands." Nevertheless, the state's attorney general, Mark Shurtleff, is ready to lead the fight in court, and Herrod's bill sets aside $3 million for the legal battle.

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Feds grant eminent domain as collateral to China for US debt

The United States has tendered to China a written agreement which grants to the People's Republic of China an option to exercise Eminent Domain within the USA, as collateral for China's continued purchase of US treasury notes and existing US currency reserves! Secretary of State Clinton and Obama really are out to ruin this country. read more | digg story, submitted by indygirl

9/11 Families want Bush to steal Flight 93 crash site land

In the ultimate abuse of eminent domain, Flight 93 families want Bush to steal the land where Flight 93 crashed from the rightful owner if he refuses to sell it fast enough for them to build on it. read more | digg story, submitted by jwissick