Even more so under the new apportionment.  In fact roughly 550 miles from the furthest point to the other using the best route.  32 Counties occupying a heck of a lot of square miles with great spaces between.  That space BTW, harbors great resources, oil, natural gas, timber, minerals, and wildlife.  All of it accessible to a minor degree, but that accessibility is being disrupted in ways that have more to do with Bailey's purpose than one might think.

Bailey has shown strong commitment in the past, to the "Grand Vision", a utopian progressive step utilizing the goals of United Nation's Agenda 21, and promising the theft by prohibition through restrictive planning and repatriation of private development to nature.  The tribe locally, has provided funding and seed resources for the destruction of three dams, in the hopes that it will provide a basis for 1500 other removals in Michigan.  This of course to return the "rivers to their original state."

Our 100 year old impoundments being drained, fishing resources wrecked, lost property values, hundreds of drying up wells, and lost wetland habitat notwithstanding, a goal of restoration to nature is said to be a good thing, and make our region more sustainable.

But what of the remainder of the state?

It seems to tie in pretty tightly with something else going on.

In the last year, the Obama administration has been tightening the noose around the necks of energy producers, and in particular, those which use coal and fossil fuels. EPA requirements have been enacted that are so stringent, current measuring ability cannot verify compliance.

One of the coal plants at risk, is a certain Marquette plant. And while this particular operation faces certain removal, the other part of the equation is the river reborn idea that is not limited to our region in northern lower Michigan.

As I have said, this is being used as a template for the removal of 1500 dams throughout the state.  Many of them with hydro electric potential or capability.  Many of them in the Upper Peninsula.  And as Dams are deemed to be a nuisance and obstructions to fish habitat, they will fall, one by one.  As Electrical generation becomes prohibitively expensive, what alternatives are left?

Abandonment.  And eventual success of what is known as "The Wildlands Project".

The "Values" of The Wildlands Project

"There are those among us who believe that all life forms have equal intrinsic value (biocentrism). There are others who believe that the value of human life is superior to all other life forms (anthropocentrism). Noss, Dave Foreman, and the supporters of The Wildlands Project, are among the former. They believe that humans have taken from the other species unfairly because of the insatiable human appetite for consumer goods. They are convinced that human technology has produced the capability of depleting biodiversity to the point of no return, and consequently, the entire human race is in jeopardy. The only way to save the planet, and the human population, is to force humans to return to a more balanced relationship with the other species. "

The map below will give you an idea of what happens when human settlement fades from most of Michigan's first district. (Note our little corner is all red)

Prohibitively expensive areas to live in, will provide a great resource and ultimate win for those who seek a biodiversity highway.

And such an agenda born of the "first nations" not only spread across the upper peninsula of Michigan, but in other areas as well begins to take hold. Derek Bailey's trip to Oregon, seeking money from the other end of the "corridor" is relatively unnoticed.. yet.

The Republican National committee has recognized the danger of Agenda 21 only recently. Its been more than 20 years in the making, and the efforts are being accelerated as we wake up and see what has happened around us.

And as much as many good folks have been suckered into supporting the anti-American values which drive the UN A21, there are others who know damned well what they are doing.