Ramifications of the Wilderness Act and the Wisdom of the US Government

The obvious answer would be by voting the right people in in the first place. But I'm sure a huge proportion of the population don't care what government does unless it's in their faces, so that's not really much of a solution.

That means we have to have the people in these bureaucracies endowed with common sense. How do we do that?

We can hope. What would Mitt Romney do? Someone ought to ask him.

Another point comes to mind after reading bigfoot's response; the president (under NORMAL) circumstances does not have the legal power to do a whole lot. We have gotten used to an executive branch that over steps it's bounderies. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_powers_does_the_executive_branch_have President's Powers: 1. Grant reprieves and pardons (except in impeachment cases) 2. Appoint Ambassadors (again with the consent of senate) 3. Appoints public ministers and consuls (with the consent of senate) 4. Can reject or accept the judges of the supreme court (with the consent of senate) 5. Can appoint basically any officer that is ranked below him with the consent of the senate 6. Can fill up vacancies during the recess of the senate 7. Signs or vetos bills sent to him by Congress. 8. Is commander in chief of armed forces. How the EPA works: Once a law is passed by Congress, EPA drafts regulations to indicate what actions will be required to comply with it. To ensure consistency, EPA also develops and uses policies and guidance to interpret and implement the regulations. BUT, Thomas Jefferson, in his wisdom knew that to allow the Federal Government the power to dictate to the states would eventually lead to the Federal Government having way to much power. So he said this; The states, Jefferson wrote, "have the unquestionable right to judge of [the Constitution's] infraction; and that a nullification, by [the states], of all unauthorized acts done under color of [the Constitution], is the rightful remedy." That's pretty strong language — "an unquestionable right" to be the judge; the "rightful remedy" being "nullification" of unconstitutional laws by the states. No equivocation there. So now we have 35 states suing the Federal Government. http://hodgepodgeblog.com/2010/10/35-states-file-lawsuit-against-the-federal-government/ So, you see that even if the president wanted to do away with the EPA, he'd have to work with Congress to do so, and then we have the actual LAWS that the EPA enforces that would have to be repealed, or....find another agency to enforce them.

Thanks for the link. I had been too busy to follow up on this. I just hope Tombstone will have the water supply it needs. Sounds as though its water rights should be grandfathered in. I hope the citizens going to court to keep their right to the land the pipeline is on will win.

WE could vote out the people who make these laws and get them changed. I wonder where John McCain will come down on this and if it will make any difference. Will his buddies across the aisle help Tombstone? Will this go to the Supreme Court? I think the majority of the American people do not support this abuse of power and lack of common sense. But when will they stop electing the people who make these kinds of laws?

I think a lot of people are beginning to wise up and start organizing. The grassroots who used to ignore all this are beginning to rise up in protest -- and get out to vote.