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:
John King
I think game warden or ranger would be the highest. They i believe have the right by law to walk in your home if they feel the need
Thank you.
hey morons, don’t you realize the government has always owned that land? you don’t pay your rent, you lose your right to use it. pretty complex for a simple mind to understand though
I know about the billions of rounds. I stated BLM isn’t a law enforcement group Kevin Melius
Different BLM…..
Your the moron. They are aquiring people’s land that was not owned by the goverment. Do some research smart$#%&!@* Dirty Harry owns property next to the Bundy Ranch and his greedy$#%&!@*wants more. He will steal it and knows a major thorough fare is being built there. He will make millions selling it back to the government.
the blm needs to be ablolished, the fed. under the constitution is not allowed to own mass blocks of state land
CODZ
At first I thought it was Black Lives Matter (BLM). Ha!
Forts and ports and 10 square miles