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God bless Michelle Malkin, a person with enough brains and gumption to report on issues most either ignore, are too ignorant and uninformed to know about, live in denial over, are blinded by idealism or are afraid of ridicule. Malkin has been tackling the issue of the Obama Administration’s land grab, as they seek to further exert the strong and controlling arm of government over the people, threatening to take their land, all in the name of the good of the people.

And now comes Obama’s “stealth ocean grab” from Malkin. This woman must have thick skin to endure and persist from all the ridicule, demonizing and threats lobbied against her over the years and she is sure to take some heat on this issue. Far too many Americans choose to live in ignorant denial about the usurpation of our freedoms, our rights, granted to us by God not some man sitting in the White House who has discovered the power of Executive Order.

Just today, Thomas Sowell, one of the greatest minds of our time, said that it isn’t just evil people who are bent on the “dismantling” of America.

Many people who have no desire to destroy our freedoms simply have their own agendas that are singly or collectively incompatible with the survival of freedom.

When you combine this kind of selfish, purpose-driven avocation with the fact that most Americans simply refuse to want to believe that America will ever be anything different than their mind’s perception, the ruling class has a clear path at circumventing the U.S. Constitution to achieve the power grab they so rigorously seek.

Sportsmen groups have been ringing the bell of warning about this administration’s actions in seeking to seize control of water access. Within this confiscation of authority is being sought the capacity to zone and control what can and can’t be done in our oceans, our bays, coves, inlets and even so far as having overreaching control within the Great Lakes and most watersheds.

Up to this point, much of this clamoring for power has been channeled through attempts at legislation, meeting opposition, and rightly so, from members of Congress who can actually realize the dangers of yielding control of these waters to the White House. This is the kind of false security that comes with the denial of sportsmen who choose to believe no government would or could ever steal away their rights to fishing and enjoyment of the water.

At times that I have attempted discussions and dialogue with sportsmen, far too many of the responses that came back on me, anchored in anger and disgust, is in and of itself, very troubling. Here’s a sampling of some of the comments:

Nothing but fear mongering and the effort to convince voters that Obama is their enemy by those who are the real enemy of outdoorsmen.

He certainly doesn’t seem to be a skunk in the woodpile, yet he doesn’t seem to be issue-driven.

simply propaganda promoting the (self-serving) interests of the interest groups – in other words, soliciting members for their own – RFA, USSA, and ASA – aggrandizement and the enrichment of their Washington headquarters. This is a blatant attempt by these groups to be seen to be needed, when, in fact, there exists no justification for their existence……….
All you have provided, is a fallacy. You have set before us a presupposition.

are you simply against any effort to conserve fish and habitat?

This is merely a sampling of some of the comments made regarding any thought whatsoever that our Government would consider gaining control over fishing and access to water simply because they can. As was pointed out often in these discussions, none of us have heard any specific issue pertaining to water access that Obama wants to end, therefore, are we to simply have faith in this man and his administration that his exploration of power and control is all for the good of the people and the conservation of water and fishing? This attitude on its face is dangerous and foolish.

Obama has now gone one step further. According to Malkin, the President has once again exercised his Executive Order allowance and formed an alliance of czars to grab control over “conservation, economic activity, user conflict and sustainable use of the ocean, our coasts and the Great Lakes.”

Are we still to rely on our belief that until President Obama has a specific issue that will end our rights to water access and the use of our resources, we should trust him? How can you honestly have trust in a man that feels the need to disregard the will of the people, circumvent the Constitutional process, all for the sake of furthering his agenda?

Certainly it doesn’t matter if there is no specific issue that will hijack our liberty, once total control of this is placed in the hands of one person, it’s too late.

We can still pick up our fishing rods and head to our favorite fishing hole but for how long? Hopefully forever, but do we ensure that lifelong heritage by placing faith in one man or one group of unelected officials? Not one member of Obama’s “neon green radicals” was elected by the people. Where is the government of and by the people? Do you really believe their goal is to conserve your fishing rights?

*Update*

ESPN Outdoors downplays any real serious threat to sport fishing but claims outspoken outrage from fishermen got the attention of the White House.

Tom Remington

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