I have heard that the United Nations owns all of the U.S.s National Park lands...where can I verify/deny this?
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That's like trying to verify that the Tooth fairy doesn't exist. The UN owning all of the US National parklands is too absurd to believe.
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Where is the land and do you own it outright????
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The simple answer is no. However there are many companies that are selling titles to small parcels of land on the moon, and other planets. These are fun as a joke, just remember that you are making some guy rich off that joke.\n\nIn 1967 the United Nations put forward the The Outer Space Treaty which said that no government can make any territorial claims on any extraterrestrial entity. This was supposed to stop any governments from creating space empires or claiming things like the moon for one country.\n\nUnfortunately some people said that the treaty excluded private individuals, and so private companies and people COULD own property and planets. However in 1979, a new treaty was passed, that said all extraterrestrial resources are 'the common heritage of mankind'\n\nSo there you have it, sure you can "buy" a little certificate that says you own part of the moon, or mars or whatever. But in reality it is just for fun, and you don't really own anything.\n\nAnother thing to consider is that in the days of the "old west" in the USA people purchased land, but needed to visit the property at least twice in order to stake a claim to it.\n\nI don't think many people are going to be visiting their property on the moon for a very long time.
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if your waiting for the united nations to get off their butts and do something about genocide and injustice...good luck..\n\nseems they are only there anymore to pad their pockets and run down america which pays over 20% of their annual operating cost...\n\nin theory a "united nations" is a good thing...in practicality it has proven to be a bust....
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"NAKED HIKING ON NATIONAL FOREST LAND"\nhttp://www.theplacewithnoname.com/hiking/sections/naked/nationalforest.htm\n\n"Frequently I hear naturists make the claim, 'There is no law regarding simple nudity on Federal (National Forest Service (NFS)) land.' While that may be true on some NFS land, it isn't true on all Federal land. Also, just because there isn't a Federal law governing an activity, that does NOT mean that the activity is actually legal.\n...\nThis is based entirely within the NFS rules. Section 261.58: Occupancy and use. 'When provided by an order, the following are prohibited:' - and Being publicly nude is one of the prohibited activities. \n\nWhat does 'Being publicly nude' mean? \n\n36 CFR 261.2 Definitions \n\nPublicly nude means nude in any place where a person may be observed by another person. Any person is nude if ..."\n\n"Laws about Nudism"\nhttp://www.religioustolerance.org/nudism1.htm\n\n"Federal law: No federal US federal law that either allows or prohibits nudity. The courts have not ruled whether the right to engage in naturism is guaranteed by the Constitution under its freedom of expression provision. Thus, the legality of various forms of undress is currently left up to the individual states and localities to decide. Nudity is generally allowed in some areas of some national parks, unless local laws have overriding jurisdiction."
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What public land? You know some not owned by goverment?
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The American West can really be considered as three portions.  The area from the Mississippi to the Rocky Mountains was French territory, and was purchased by the US Government in 1803 as The Louisiana Purchase.  The Pacific Northwest was claimed by both England, through its colony Canada, and the US.  The US claimed as far north as 54°40', while England claimed as far south as 42°; the Oregon Treaty of 1846 set the boundary at 49°N.  The American Southwest was originally owned by Mexico, and deeded to the US government in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo of 1848, except for a small part of Arizona and New Mexcio that was purchased the same year, the Gadsden Purchase.  \n\nSince all of the land was purchased or accepted in treaty by the US Government, it belonged to the government.  In 1862, Congress passed the Homestead Act.  For a mere $18 filing fee, any head of a household, including women and, later, former slaves, could file and receive title to 160 acres of land.  The owner had to live on the land for five years, build a house and make improvements, most noticeably plant a tree line, and then the land would become his or hers.  In addition, land was granted to build universities.  \n\nThe Homestead Act was repealed in the Continental United States in 1976, and in Alaska in 1986.  The land not distributed to homesteaders remains the property of various departments of the US Department of the Interior, which allocates its use in various means.  The Bureau of Land Management, for example, manages grazing land.  The Minerals Management Service manages mineral rights on federal lands.  The National Park Service manages lands set aside to be preserved for public use, as well as national buildings like the Washington, Lincoln, and Jefferson Monuments.  The US Fish and Wildlife Service manages fish and wildlife (duh).  The Bureau of Reclamation manages waterways, and constructs dams, canals, and reservoirs, including Hoover Dam and the Grand Coulee Dam.\n\nSo to summarize your question, the American West is owned by homesteaders and those who purchased land from them, and the US Government.
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I thought I read once that there is some sort of laws to stop the private sector from going up there, the moon that is. Same basic protection laws that govern Antartica. Permits and approval required....
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Of course they do, and they want the U.N. at the helm!\n\nThe United Nations actively pursues anti-American policies and appeases America's enemies, while being largely funded by $3 billion worth of annual American dues. After revealing the depth of rampant corruption in the UN, it is time to recognize the changes in Old Europe and redesign America's alliances that line up with America's national interests. \n\nIf John Kerry and Hillary Clinton have their way, Kofi Annan and Jacques Chirac will gain veto power over American foreign policy. Scared? You should be. It could happen. And in Inside the Asylum, former deputy undersecretary of defense Jed Babbin shows just how it could happen and why the UN deserves the nickname "The Asylum." \n\nIn the Asylum... \n\n* the UN assists international terrorists. Babbin exposes the shocking links between the UN and terrorist organizations. \n\n* The money trail from the UN to Saddam Hussein. It is time to rip the veil from the outrageous Oil-for-Food program-proving that the UN sold its moral legitimacy for oil, stuffed its own pockets at the expense of the Iraqi people, and undermined American pressure on Saddam Hussein: the UN's cash cow. The UN's Oil-for-Food program, provided Saddam Hussein with the means to bribe politicians, to deprive his people of needed food and medicine, and to literally steal billions of dollars. There is even emerging evidence that money from the program might have gone to support al-Qaeda. \n\n• The UN's raid on the American Treasury: dominated by Third World staffers who consider the United States Treasury "the common heritage of mankind." Kofi Annan, the UN secretary-general, is an anti-American moral relativist who misses no opportunity to arrogate power from the United States to the UN. \n\n* The United Nations and the European Union are morally bankrupt-and open enemies of the United States. France and the United Nations have cost American lives in Iraq by their perverse delaying of American action in the Iraq War. American troops are fighting and dying today because of a terrorist strategy Saddam Hussein developed while France and the United Nations delayed Operation Iraqi Freedom. \n\nThe UN is more of an international criminal than a dispenser of legitimate international law. If America wants to retain its sovereignty and security, it's time to escape from the UN asylum and say goodbye to the false friends of Old Europe. We owe no tribute to the UN and the EU, We should not be ashamed and divided to look after our own defense." \n\nThe United Nations building in Manhattan is an international enclave, no longer American territory. Inside the Asylum is a powerful argument that it's time to reclaim that land for America.
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Billions, probably.  But, there's no real way to answer this question, since the value of the land would also be adversely impacted by paving over the park and ruining the views.
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The UN needs to go. It's a waste of money and valuable real estate in NYC. They really don't do anybody any good other than to sponge money from the USA.
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Just the Jungles.\nNo land is free in this world.\nThanks to USA.
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It is easy to bash the United States because we tend to be arrogant and uninformed in matters about other parts of the world.\n\nIn reference to your comment about stealing land, people have been migrating from one area to another since the last ice age.  Sometimes force is involved, sometimes not.\n\nAs for the place that has not been previously occupied by another race:  the dark side of the moon.
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If America is so supportive of giving land to people who were killed in masses by an oppressive government than why haven't they given blacks their 40 acres and a mule yet? They coukld use all the money our government gives in Isael's miltary under the table to purchase the land. Israel recieved more money from the US than any other country and the US military baking them is why they have the right to exist. That and the fact they can have an Atomic weapon but no country around them that they threaten to use it on can.
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The United States purchased the Alaskan territory from Russia in 1867 - the leading proponent of the plan was Secretary of State William Seward. The US paid what was then $7.2 million for the land - in today's dollars, that would be equivalent to a purchase price of $1.67 billion.\n\nMany mocked the purchase, wondering what the US would do with a barren, mostly frozen territory. The purchase was known as Seward's Folly and President Johnson's Icebox.\n\nThe joke was on the critics - gold was discovered in the Alaskan territory shortly after it was first found in the Klondike region of Canada in 1896.\n\nModern day Alaskans celebrate Seward's Day on the last Monday in March - a celebration of the man who inspired the purchase of the land that would one day become the 49th U.S. state
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This time, I don't care if the U.S. has to, metaphorically, take the UN by the scruff of the neck and smash their smug, self-righteous faces into the conference table.  I don't care if we have to berate and belittle them.  The UN is making itself IRRELEVANT.  It never does anything but talk.\n\nAnother person just wrote about the killings and starvation deaths in Rwanda and the Sudan, tacitly approved by the UN through their inaction.  We need a public relations campaign to improve the image of the U.S., and to expose the UN for the frauds they are.
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Mission Impossible:  HONESTY AND TRUE REPRESENTATION PLEASE.  As far as issues goes, lets see if the pres. can have the balls to say YES there really is GLOBAL WARMING!!  Not necessarily do anything about it but at least acknowledge it does exist would be nice.