The Great Water Heist ~ Clean Water Restoration Act ~ Senate Bill 787 April 2, 2009

peaceandlove · 05-13-2009, 04:48 AM

The Great Water Heist

Senate Bill 787 will change federal jurisdiction over "navigable" water, to give the federal government control over all water everwhere, in municiple reservoirs, and on private lands, and in private wells. This bill ignores state water law authority and the Fifth Amendment.of the U.S. Constitution.

Video (3:29): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHaU...layer_embedded

Clean Water Restoration Act (Introduced in Senate)

Bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.787:

Source: http://solari.com/blog/

05-13-2009, 03:44 PM

What happened to State statues overruling Federal Law in this type of scenario?

WiNaDeYo · 05-13-2009, 07:33 PM

I read about this here: http://news.neighborhood21.com/lowel...ater-part-two/

Sad, but good point made:

Quote:

With the ruling party in Washington, D.C., already rushing to seize control of the nation’s food supply, private firearms, and other rights and necessities essential for liberty, this new power grab for America’s water appears to be one more link in the chains we will be forced to wear in an emerging collectivist state.

A government with the power to deny you both food and water will be your master, not your servant.

How ironic it is that the Environmental Protection Agency is grabbing for the power to regulate carbon dioxide, a gas we exhale with every breath and that plants need to grow, and for the power to regulate all water, an element that comprises approximately 60 percent of the male, and 55 percent of the female, human body.

The EPA, in other words, is grabbing for the power not to protect our environment but to control human beings.

You cannot grow survival food if your water supply is taken away, especially in this time of uncertain weather and uneven rainfall across much of the United States, and in this era when most home gardeners lack drought-hardy heirloom seeds and must rely on thirsty hybrid seeds or plants from do-it-yourself chain stores that require ample water.

It is easy to see why wise people are laying in storable food and filling storable water barrels.

Lord, help us all!

Peace and Good Will!

peaceandlove · 05-17-2009, 06:32 PM

Article Heading at RealityZone.com/currentperiod.html G. Edward Griffin's site:

US: Federal government moves to control all water sources, including "prairie potholes" - no kidding. Add to that control over all food and ... well, you get the idea.

Fed Moves to Control All the Water in the US

By Nancy Matthis | Sunday, May 10th, 2009 | American Daughter

Democrats aim to control every drop of water in the country, under the guise of dealing with pollution. A bill to “clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States” has been introduced in the Senate — S.787, the Clean Water Restoration Act. To read the text of this bill, we recommend using the Open Congress version, which allows you to post citizen comments. Alternatively, the Library of Congress copy is here.

The bill was introduced by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI). His remarks before the Senate on the occasion of introducing the bill are here. Draconian interpretation of government control of US waters in the earlier Clean Water Act had been somewhat limited by Supreme Court decisions. In his opening statement, Feingold made it clear that his purpose was to recover the Orwellian power that had been impaired by the judiciary by means of legislation:

Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to restore Clean Water Act protections for the same waters that were covered by the Act prior to two recent divisive U.S. Supreme Court decisions.

Here is an enumeration of the waters included:

WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term ‘waters of the United States’ means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution.

Congress justifies its power to meddle in every aspect of American life through the “commerce clause” in the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3):

The Congress shall have Power … To regulate Commerce … among the several States….

The founding fathers only intended that Congress should provide a level playing field for interactions between and among the states. In stark contrast to this original intention stands the extension of “waters” to include “all … intrastate waters and their tributaries.” The language of this bill enables Congress to come onto a private family farm and dictate what a farmer can do with his duck pond, or even with his cistern, which might conceivably be emptied into a ditch that might eventually flow into an intermittent stream!

In short, Congress has the power to prevent any citizen from relying on natural sources of drinking, cooking, and bathing water, and water to sustain a home garden. This legislation, combined with the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, means that every United States citizen may only eat and drink at the pleasure of the government.

Of course, most “reasonable” folk will assume that, although the government has this stranglehold on our lives, it will not actually be used for such a purpose. As German history shows, the extent of governmental social engineering depends on who is in power. Recall that Hitler was elected, and for a time, very popular. The more fundamental question is whether we are willing to give government such power over us, in the naive expectation that a government proven incapable of protecting us against food-borne salmonella can provide us with adequate food and water safety. Do we want to take responsibility for assuring our food and water safety ourselves, as informed consumers, or do we want to trust a failed bureaucracy to protect us, at the sacrifice of our fundamental freedom?

Related:

Wikipedia — Clean Water Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act

Article: http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?p=2306

SEE ALSO:

WHO Owns Colorado's Rainwater?
http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12438

AND:

LOST and Found: Senate Moves Toward Ratification of U.N.'s 'Law of the Sea Treaty' http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12055

THE BUZZ WHERE I LIVE IS THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE PUTTING METERS ON OUR WELLS, FOR US TO PAY FOR THE WATER FROM THE AQUIFER!!!

05-13-2009, 04:48 AM	#1
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	The Great Water Heist ~ Clean Water Restoration Act ~ Senate Bill 787 April 2, 2009 The Great Water Heist Senate Bill 787 will change federal jurisdiction over "navigable" water, to give the federal government control over all water everwhere, in municiple reservoirs, and on private lands, and in private wells. This bill ignores state water law authority and the Fifth Amendment.of the U.S. Constitution. Video (3:29): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqHaU...layer_embedded Clean Water Restoration Act (Introduced in Senate) Bill: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c111:S.787: Source: http://solari.com/blog/

05-13-2009, 03:44 PM	#2
sleepingnomore Guest Posts: n/a	Re: The Great Water Heist ~ Clean Water Restoration Act What happened to State statues overruling Federal Law in this type of scenario?

05-17-2009, 06:32 PM	#4
peaceandlove Avalon Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Turtle Island Posts: 2,776	Fed Moves to Control All the Water in the US Article Heading at RealityZone.com/currentperiod.html G. Edward Griffin's site: US: Federal government moves to control all water sources, including "prairie potholes" - no kidding. Add to that control over all food and ... well, you get the idea. Fed Moves to Control All the Water in the US By Nancy Matthis \| Sunday, May 10th, 2009 \| American Daughter Democrats aim to control every drop of water in the country, under the guise of dealing with pollution. A bill to “clarify the jurisdiction of the United States over waters of the United States” has been introduced in the Senate — S.787, the Clean Water Restoration Act. To read the text of this bill, we recommend using the Open Congress version, which allows you to post citizen comments. Alternatively, the Library of Congress copy is here. The bill was introduced by Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI). His remarks before the Senate on the occasion of introducing the bill are here. Draconian interpretation of government control of US waters in the earlier Clean Water Act had been somewhat limited by Supreme Court decisions. In his opening statement, Feingold made it clear that his purpose was to recover the Orwellian power that had been impaired by the judiciary by means of legislation: Mr. President, today I am introducing legislation to restore Clean Water Act protections for the same waters that were covered by the Act prior to two recent divisive U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Here is an enumeration of the waters included: WATERS OF THE UNITED STATES- The term ‘waters of the United States’ means all waters subject to the ebb and flow of the tide, the territorial seas, and all interstate and intrastate waters and their tributaries, including lakes, rivers, streams (including intermittent streams), mudflats, sandflats, wetlands, sloughs, prairie potholes, wet meadows, playa lakes, natural ponds, and all impoundments of the foregoing, to the fullest extent that these waters, or activities affecting these waters, are subject to the legislative power of Congress under the Constitution. Congress justifies its power to meddle in every aspect of American life through the “commerce clause” in the US Constitution (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 3): The Congress shall have Power … To regulate Commerce … among the several States…. The founding fathers only intended that Congress should provide a level playing field for interactions between and among the states. In stark contrast to this original intention stands the extension of “waters” to include “all … intrastate waters and their tributaries.” The language of this bill enables Congress to come onto a private family farm and dictate what a farmer can do with his duck pond, or even with his cistern, which might conceivably be emptied into a ditch that might eventually flow into an intermittent stream! In short, Congress has the power to prevent any citizen from relying on natural sources of drinking, cooking, and bathing water, and water to sustain a home garden. This legislation, combined with the Food Safety Modernization Act of 2009, means that every United States citizen may only eat and drink at the pleasure of the government. Of course, most “reasonable” folk will assume that, although the government has this stranglehold on our lives, it will not actually be used for such a purpose. As German history shows, the extent of governmental social engineering depends on who is in power. Recall that Hitler was elected, and for a time, very popular. The more fundamental question is whether we are willing to give government such power over us, in the naive expectation that a government proven incapable of protecting us against food-borne salmonella can provide us with adequate food and water safety. Do we want to take responsibility for assuring our food and water safety ourselves, as informed consumers, or do we want to trust a failed bureaucracy to protect us, at the sacrifice of our fundamental freedom? Related: Wikipedia — Clean Water Act: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clean_Water_Act Article: http://frontpage.americandaughter.com/?p=2306 SEE ALSO: WHO Owns Colorado's Rainwater? http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12438 AND: LOST and Found: Senate Moves Toward Ratification of U.N.'s 'Law of the Sea Treaty' http://projectavalon.net/forum/showthread.php?t=12055 THE BUZZ WHERE I LIVE IS THAT THEY WILL EVENTUALLY BE PUTTING METERS ON OUR WELLS, FOR US TO PAY FOR THE WATER FROM THE AQUIFER!!! Last edited by peaceandlove; 05-17-2009 at 09:35 PM.