The movement against the BLM and Forestry Service western lands takeover continues to build, with the aftermath of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge demonstration and the slaying of rancher LaVoy Finicum by federal agents serving as a rallying point for those who believe the federal government has grown too big and powerful, particularly in the western states. Don’t miss the video included later in the article.
The compliant media has circled the wagons to declare the demonstrators were radical, right-wing constitutionalists, as if the U.S. Constitution can be protected and promoted too much.
Somehow, those who dismiss the ranchers and their supporters in the western states can’t see that the government, which “owns” over 50 percent of the land in eleven western states, is much more interested in power and control, and much more committed to radical environmentalists than to farmers and ranchers trying to make a living on the land that, like as not, has been a family pursuit and way of life for generations.
To put a finer point on the issue, mere weeks after the Malheur protesters were arrested and the refuge cleared, President Obama declared three more parcels of land in California as federal land, with little or no future access granted to mere citizens of the state. And by parcels, I mean almost 2 million acres that are now set aside as an offering to the Sierra Club and their ilk, with no compensation offered to California for the taking.
Federal government supporters are painting protesters as lawless cowboys, ignoring the fact that the Constitution prohibits the federal government from owning more than a ten square mile plot in Washington D.C., and areas for forts and military installations that require state approval to acquire.
Watch as the Sheriff fights back in video on the next page:
I see alot of “fear and anger” throughout this thread. I for one am happy and encourage our Government to stand fast on many parcels of land they occupy. What hasn’t been mentioned are the 59 Federal parks that were set side for all of us to enjoy, millions upon millions of acres that can be visited by each of us, in their pristine condition. The very first being Yellowstone in 1892 by Ullysses Grant. The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service “to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein, and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations. Yes, government over reach sucks, but sometimes, some of them, enact some pretty dam good stuff.
Sounds like this sheriff has been reading the ‘Turner Diaries’.
outstanding!
Certainly hope he does make arrests!!!
Tim Marks
Lol
I don’t know wtf is going on
Apparently we’re just sheeples
Makes sense
If the ranchers and farmers want the land then fine, let them buy it at fair market value. If they want to rent it for use, then they also need to pay fair market value. See what you don’t understand is “we the people” own that land. “We the people or the tax payers” have a right to be paid fairly. It is no different than if you want to buy or rent the house down the street. So either pay the fair market price for the land or pay your rent in full. Know if you are going to “rent” then you are going to have to follow the landlord’s rules. The ranchers have not been paying “fair market” value for the land they have been renting. That is welfare! We the tax payers deserve better.