03 March 2014, Vol.1, No.13 > ‘No’
to so-called ‘Birthplace of Rivers
National Monument’
The POCAHONTAS CRIER
(Part
of The Crier Coalition of Internet News Services comprised of
The
Pocahontas Commentator, The Pocahontas Crier,
Signal
Fires of WV & Echoes from the Holl’r)
‘NO’ TO SO-CALLED ‘BIRTHPLACE OF
RIVERS MONUMENT’ – UNCLE SAM SPEAKS
WITH ‘FORKED TONGUE’…yet again!
Official
position of Commission Candidates
NORMAN
LEE ALDERMAN (REP-SD)
&
PATTI
HEINEMANN (DEM-ND)
One would think that after all the
double-talk, land-grabs & stolen county funds taken so far from Pocahontas
County by the so-called Greenbrier Valley Economic Development Corporation
(GVEDC), a private-corporation & ‘self-serving
country club’ – that the Citizens of Pocahontas
County would be wise enough to spot a ‘hustler
& shyster’ offering to TAKE COUNTY LAND from us in order to do us a
favor! Well, that sounds just
like the ‘deal’ being proposed by
those calling themselves the ‘federal
government’ and perhaps the misguided
environmental-groups claiming to support what has been termed the ‘Birthplace of Rivers National
Monument’!
Let’s take a moment to define a ‘monument’ according to Daniel Webster:
MONUMENT: (1) something set up to keep alive the
memory
of a person or event, as a tablet, statute,
building,
etc.; (2) a writing, etc., serving as a
memorial; (3) a work of enduring significance: as
monuments-of-learning; (4) a
stone boundary
marker; & (5) a tomb!
Defining this idea as ‘a tomb’
is perhaps the best analogy for this proposal since the plan calls for in
excess of 123,000+ acres of Pocahontas County land to be turned into a ‘national monument’ that is supposed to
fit into one of the above definitions! There is just one drawback that hits you like a fist-to-the-face
– and that’s that NO ONE KNOWS THE TERMS & CONDITIONS UNTIL WE AGREE TO
GIVE UP THE LAND! You folks surrender & then we will tell
you what you will get in return!
Just ask any Native American what that is like! It’s not so much a
question of Uncle Sam talking out of both sides of his mouth – as much as Uncle
Sam talking with a ‘Forked Tongue’…yet
again! You agree to buy this house – give me the Deed – then I’ll tell you
what’s wrong with the house that needs fixin’!
At a meeting held yesterday, 02 March
2014, in the Marlinton Municipal Townhall, hosted by Randy Sharp, lots of folks
showed up to hear Randy, a community activist, and Dan Ferris, a retired DNR
(Department of Natural Resources) officer, and Mike Costello, an environmental
activist with the West Virginia Wilderness Coalition, speak to those
present. Both
Randy & Dan OPPOSED giving up so much land for a so-called ‘Birthplace of Rivers National Monument’,
while Mike SUPPORTED for environmental reasons on what really appears to be
just another ‘federal land grab’. With all due respect, Mike & his
associates really believe what Uncle Sam is telling them about ‘protecting the wilderness’ – in order
to keep the area from being exploited – yet at the same time Mike & his
associates don’t know any more than the rest of us exactly what the terms &
conditions will be once a takeover is completed! And even more
egregious – whatever the terms & conditions will be ‘at the start’ – those promises can be broken at any time,
especially after the first five years of total federal control as the rules can
be changed again!
For instance, since the land-grab
includes the current Scenic Highway
– do you wish to
‘pay a toll’ to drive on it ever again? For that matter, do you wish to ‘pay a toll’ to ever walk in Cranberry
Glades again? How about seeing the Williams River ever again, wish to ‘pay a toll’ ? Ever been to the top of
Sharps Knob? Better go before you have to
‘pay a toll’! And guess who will
monitor all this land once taken?
Yep, a whole new FEDERAL POLICE AGENCY that will
be carrying guns & such since the new ‘monument’
will have its own new federal police force!
So much for the State Motto, ‘Sempter Montani
Liberi’ = ‘Mountaineers are Always Free’ – not anymore once the new ‘Yankee-army’ occupies the same land
once FREE TO ALL TO VISIT, HUNT & CAMP!
Now you’ll have to ‘pay a toll’
or have a gun pointed at you by ‘your own
government’! Sound familiar – ask a Native American living on a
Reservation or someone ‘liberated’ in Iraq
or Afghanistan!
The irony behind this whole fiasco
is that no matter what we folks believe or think should be the ‘new rules’ – IT DOESN’T MATTER – either Congress or the White House, or both, can change
those rules at any time to suit the fancy of the LOBBYISTS willing to make the
largest donations for the politicians in their next campaigns! For examples of the ‘Forked Tongue’, at this time the
‘Yankee-Federals’ are saying that
folks can still hunt, fish & camp in the
new designated ‘Birthplace of Rivers
National Monument’, i.e., the same 123,000 acres that
we folks NOW can already hunt, fish & camp within – but under the
new rules administered by the NEW FEDERAL POLICE – only four (4) folks can camp at any one time at
any one of the eight (8) camping sites designated for the future! Such a ‘deal’ – who can oppose it?
Another irony in this whole
twisted-scenario is the fact that since Pocahontas County is so ‘small & weak-kneed’ at this point
in time – the ‘Yankee-Feds’ are
betting that we will fold like a branch in the wind – roll-over like a trained
puppy-dog – and just go along with the
plans for their ‘land-grab’ and new
Federal Police Force! As far as they are
concerned – it’s a ‘done deal’ just waiting for our capitulation! We can either accept it – or oppose it, but the
only way to oppose it would be to ‘declare-succession’
once again, end the ‘Armistice’ between
us Confederates & them-thar-Yankees,
and resume the whole fight for State’s Rights all over again! But
let’s face it – far too many of us have to come down from the bunkers and be
home by 5 pm each day just to take our daily medications!
The REALITY of this whole scenario
is that despite of the heated discussions and Q&As shown at yesterdays
meeting, a new ‘civil war’ could
break-out among our own county Citizens with each other over this ‘Fed-Land-Grab’ – when the REALITY is that NONE OF US HAVE ANY SAY IN THE
MATTER – no matter how many letters we write, phone calls we make, or meetings
we hold – NONE OF US CAN CHANGE WHAT EITHER CONGRESS OR THE WHITE HOUSE WILL
DO! All of that is in the hands of the LOBBYISTS and their promised
campaign bribes –
if only we had ‘public-financing’ of political campaigns in this country!!
And the REALITY on the ground here
in Pocahontas County means just this: The current
123,000+ acres of Wilderness is currently available to everyone wishing to venture
into it for a multitude of reasons – as it always has been – but once it gets
DESIGNATED as the ‘Birthplace of Rivers National Monument’ – ONLY A FEW FOLKS
WILL BE ALLOWED TO VENTURE INSIDE – upon ‘payment of a toll’ – and under the
watchful eyes of a new Federal Occupation Force! Oh, yeah, the ‘tolls’ charged along the way are to help pay for those hired to
patrol the ‘new monument lands’! What was once free to
all – will soon become the private-lair of the ‘King & His Nobles’ – much the same as ‘Sherwood Forest’!
The environmental groups say that
a lot of this is exaggeration and/or misinformation – and
they believe that IF THIS ‘MONUMENT’
IS NOT ACCEPTED – that Congress has some very dangerous Legislation about to be
passed that will INDUSTRIALIZE THIS WILDERNESS AREA with Oil & Gas
Exploitation, ‘Fracking’, and who
knows what else – yet no one knows for sure since the ‘Yankee-Federal-Occupation’ has NOT
disclosed the final details – and won’t until we agree beforehand! And if we don’t agree
– the new ‘Yankee-Federal-Occupation’
can occur anyway – and that includes allowing any & all mineral-rights to
be seized & divvied out again to the highest ‘political-donor’ or ‘bidder’!
In short Folks, we are caught
between the proverbial ‘rock & hard
place’ at the total mercy of the person with the pen making up the rules as
we go along! Welcome
to ‘Corporate-Fascism’ – where
corporations rule and the people drool! And
isn’t THAT exactly what Our Founding Fathers complained about in The Declaration of Independence?
Remember the part within the ‘Bill of Particulars’ about King George
III erecting ‘a multitude of New Offices,
and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people, and eat out their
substance’? Seems like it’s the same @#%$ – just a different day!
This Time…
Just say ‘NO’ to those who
want to keep this county in Poverty &
Pauperism for their self-serving special interest – and
Just SAY ‘YES’ to real Progress & Prosperity for the future
and the mutual benefit of all concerned!
All these Issues have
been addressed by commission candidates
NORMAN LEE ALDERMAN
(REP-SD)
&
PATTI HEINEMANN (DEM-ND)
…yet remain unspoken
about by other candidates to date!
Therefore on Primary
Day – YOU have a chance to elect two
persons that will always put YOU
first! They know that:
THE
GREATER COMMON GOOD ALWAYS COMES BEFORE SELF OR ANY SELF-SERVING SPECIAL
INTEREST!
Find out more – Stay tuned to these Websites:
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for County Commission,
one a Republican & the other a Democrat – in addition to providing in depth
news reporting on important issues directly affecting the Citizens of Pocahontas County!
► IF YOU are registered to vote as a Republican,
you can
Vote for Norman
Lee Alderman in the Primary Election
on 13 May 2014;
► IF YOU are registered to vote as a Democrat,
you can
Vote for Patti Heinemann in the primary election on
13 May 2014;
► If you are not registered to vote, then you must
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to vote on or before 22 April 2014;
► If you are registered to vote, but with no party
affiliation, then you must request
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a Republican or Democrat ballot
on Primary Day when
you go to the polls; &
► Since Norman
is unopposed, he recommends that you
request a Democrat ballot to vote for Patti so that
this
county can again have an Honest & Just county
commission beginning in January 2015!
► Early Voting is from 30
April 2014 to 10 May 2014 – so
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the rush!
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