The Federal government does not like to be challenged, and it has the resources and the power to make citizens yield, and does so when it cannot win the argument. If you have been following the conflict in Oregon recently between ranchers and the Federal government, you will know that the government, which owns over 50% of the land in eleven western states, is willing to jail you for unintended trespass of undeveloped, unoccupied land.
Two ranchers who did some brush clearing of their own ranch, but inadvertently burned some of the adjoining federal land, are now in prison for a long stay, based on a charge of arson. It is worth pointing out that the fire they started was put out by the ranchers without outside help, and the land itself is actually now healthier and more productive due to the reduction of brush and overgrowth. But the government wants to make sure that everyone understands they are in charge and they have the power.
A small group of ranchers, led by Ammon Bundy, are occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in protest of the unjust sentence and the overbearing government position. Fortunately, no violence has developed, but Bundy and his group have vowed to stay until the two ranchers in question are freed. But the government still wants to make a strong point, and they have enlisted a judge to help them.
Huge fine threatened, page 2:
The people in this group are idiots. Nothing posted is a decent rebuttal in any way shape or form. None of it is even logical. It’s sad too see so many uneducated people so passionate about things they can’t control. What a bunch of losers hahahahahaha broke fools.
Lets rethink BALTIMORE, FERGUSON, CALIFORNIA, etc…. PAY UP SHARPTON, JACKSON, SOROS — then we will talk about Bundy…
Bill the Feds 500,000 a day for disobeying the Constitution!
You don’t know what integrity is.
This is a bunch of bull! Our government sucks!
How about telling that damn judge he will be fined $70,000 a day until he upholds his constitutional duty
He has no jurisdiction the corrupt judge needs to be handed over to the American people for sentencing
Shut the place down – we the Tax payers can not allow such a waste of monies! Fire this judge
Wheres our money from baltimore,Ferguson and all the other cities that blacks have destroyed
The amount of idiocy here is stupendous!!!