H.R. 5059 - New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006

H.R. 5059 [109th]: New Hampshire Wilderness Act of 2006. This bill would designate 23,700 acres in the White Mountain National Forest as a “Wilderness” in accordance with the Wilderness Act. This would provide greater restrictions on the public use of the national forest. Now, who owns the forest, the animals or the people of America? The federal parks should be open to the full enjoyment of all taxpayers as long as they treat it in a responsible fashion. Moreover, where is the constitutional authority to place such properties under restricted use? Surely it is because these are federal lands.

I will submit that all national forests are, in fact, unconstitutional. If you do not believe me, read Article I, Section 8 the enumerated powers section: “To exercise exclusive Legislation in all Cases whatsoever, over such District (not exceeding ten Miles square) as may, by Cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the Seat of the Government of the United States, and to exercise like Authority over all Places purchased by the Consent of the Legislature of the State in which the Same shall be, for the Erection of Forts, Magazines, Arsenals, dock-Yards, and other needful Buildings;”

The Constitution is quite clear, the United States can only own land in the states which has been purchased for specific purposes, mainly useful buildings! There are absolutely no needful buildings on most of the land in federal parks! The holding of this land by the government (which is particularly egregious in Western states such as Washington), is blatantly illegal. These parks should be returned to the states and be run as state parks pursuant to state law. Definitely, the feds should not be making rules making access to these public areas in states stricter, as this law that Cathy voted on. What shocked me about this bill, it was mainly the Republicans supporting it (I wonder if the Democrats wanted more land sequestered...this one is puzzling).

Finally, I suggest that everyone lookup the Wildlands Project which is a key component of United Nations Agenda 21. The idea is to increasingly make the areas of land off limit to human use, including continued government purchase of lands and confiscation by regulation, growth management, or eminent domain so that human settlements are concentrated in urban areas where humans can be more readily tracked and monitored.