Next target for Obama: Controlling the ocean… .
Then he will target the air, your thoughts, and your spirit. Seriously, the Obama administration is looking to regulate ocean activities.
From Sean Corcoran’s Cape Wind Blog
… a White House memorandum released last Friday to the heads of federal departments and agencies because it appears the Obama Administration wants to zone the oceans.
The memo indicates that Obama is creating a task force that within 180 days will recommend “a framework for effective coastal and marine spatial planning.” What’s called The Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force will make recommendations to the president on protecting ocean and Great Lake resources as they experience “growing demands” from “renewable energy, shipping and aquaculture.”
“This framework,” the memo reads, “should be a comprehensive, integrated, ecosystem-based approach that addresses conservation, economic activity, user conflict, and sustainable use of ocean, coastal, and Great Lake resources consist