What am I talking about?  Private Property and why we should fear the government’s land grab efforts.    There was an issue in Nevada a few years ago that illuminated the concern.  It is an issue that surfaces from time to time, and we need to stay keenly aware and observant.  The federal government has, from time to time, taken land that was privately owned by citizens of the United States of America. 

Many of those incidents reveal a danger that should be of deep concern for all citizens. What transpired in Nevada and the land grab efforts in Texas, Oklahoma, and other states are dangerously close to tyranny. Actually, they are tyranny! The situation on the Texas-Oklahoma border involved over 90,000 acres and 100 miles. Situations in Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, and other locations amount to over 200,000 acres in the name of preserving the ‘Southwest Prairie Chicken.’  

This had nothing to do with the Prairie Chicken but were test runs for future actions that would fit squarely in with the objectives of Agenda 21 and Sustainable Development activities.  The powers in the federal government appear always to be looking for opportunities to gain more control and ownership of everything.

Do you know the declaration of Washington State Supreme Court Justice Richard B. Sanders back in December of 1997?  He wrote concerning the Fifth Amendment: “Property in a thing consists not merely in its ownership and possession, but in the unrestricted right of use, enjoyment, and disposal.  Anything which destroys any of the elements of property, to that extent, destroys the property itself.  The substantial value of property lies in its use, if the right of use be denied, the value of the property is annihilated, and ownership is rendered a barren right.”  Justice Sanders, I suggest that you think about what you said and what it means when the feds come in and seize your property.

John Adams famously declared, “The moment the idea is admitted into society that property is not as sacred as the law of God, and that there is not a force of law and public justice to protect it, anarchy and tyranny commence.”  President Calvin Coolidge declared, “Ultimately, property rights and personal rights are the same thing.”  As one rancher and property rights advocate stated, “If you don’t have the right to own and control property, then you are property.”

THE FIFTH AMENDMENT:

“No person shall be held to answer for a capital or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject for the same offense to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.”

Unfortunately, when someone says the Fifth Amendment, many only think of refusing to testify in a manner that would incriminate oneself, but it is so much more than that. It is also about Private Property Rights as protected by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The Supreme Court has determined that this applies not only to federal courts but also to state courts under the Due Process Clause of the 14^th Amendment.

The right of the government to take private property under eminent domain is supposed to be based on their proving that doing so will serve ‘the public good.’  That is a troubling portion because what is ‘ public good’?   There is also to be ‘just compensation.’ 

In the case involving one landowner whose land is within the 90,000-acre land grab coming in Texas, the feds have already taken 140 acres without any compensation and using the court ruling as a precedent to take 600 more acres from him and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has declared that all the property is federal property.  They disregarded the reality that it was Privately Owned and Maintained.  It was in the possession of the legal landowners.  If the federal government can do this, what are the limitations of what they can or may not do?  I submit that there will be no restrictions on the federal government!

My fellow patriots and American citizens, our government is out of control and has gone ‘rogue!’  Fasten your seat belts because this is just the tip of the iceberg; if this does not concern you, it should!

Every election has agendas and issues that need to be addressed, and things like this need to be part of the party platform. I urge you to become vocal with the party chairs and the elected officials, demanding that they address this issue in favor of the Constitution and citizens’ rights. We can send people to DC who will honor the Constitution and the rule of law and put the brakes on this current out-of-control government!

God bless you, and God bless America!