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Good news for the Talibundy rejects: More public lands to kidnap and hold for ransom!
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National Monuments are declared by the sitting President whereas National Parks are designated by Congress. So by bypassing Congress, Obama just gave the Republicans something new to have a massive shit-fit about. Ha!
O cool! Thank you, Mr. President, for giving us, the people, more land in the country we all live in!
Not true. Under the Antiquities Act:
Presidential powers under the Act have been reduced twice. The first time followed the unpopular proclamation of Jackson Hole National Monument in 1943. The 1950 law that incorporated Jackson Hole into an enlarged Grand Teton National Park also amended the Antiquities Act, requiring Congressional consent for any future creation or enlargement of National Monuments in Wyoming. The second time followed Jimmy Carter’s use of the Act to create fifty-six million acres (230,000 km²) of National Monuments in Alaska. The Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act requires Congressional ratification of the use of the Antiquities Act in Alaska for withdrawals of greater than 5,000 acres (20.2 km²).
Thank you President Obama.
If you’re concerned with public lands and how they’re being used, you should be more concerned with this shit:
http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/02/11/3748602/koch-brothers-funding-bundy-agenda/
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read somewhere he’s renaming the San Andreas fault “Obama’s Fault”… just to rub it in… like, who needs Rushmore?
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