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big28hunter
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I agree he should have to pay his grazing fees! However, it sure would be nice if they (DC IDIOTS) put this much effort into illegals crossing our border!
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I've only just read the article on Fox News. It sounds like the agency has crossed their Ts and dotted the I's. It reads that at least one, possibly two, decisions were issued ordering the cattle off. These were apparently upheld by at least two different judges. I'm not sure if the tortoise or non payment was the cause for issuing the decision, but regardless the permittee lost in court. The cows have to come off. He cannot pay the county as they do not have the authority to issue grazing permits for that land.
Impoundment is absolutely the last resort. The solicitor's are very cautious to suggest taking that action for the threat of TORT claims. Therefore, these types of actions recieve huge amounts of scrutiny from both sides and very likely wouldn't be taking place without all the ducks in their proper rows.
Regarding the issue of where the property lines are, which was not mentioned in the article I read, but was above. That may or may not matter. If the private land is in Exchange of Use (through a signed agreement), the landowner has abdicated grazing management for that land to the federal agency and therefore the land is managed in common with the federal lands within that grazing allotment. This is common on allotments with checkerboard ownership. The lands can be withdrawn from that agreement easily by the landowner. However, if the lands are not fenced or animals placed on that land are allowed to wander on to federal lands they are considered in tresspass.
"I heard" is always a reliable sourceI heard it was STATE land and the feds came in and made the tortoise the issue.
This tends to happen when you're shorted over a million dollars in fees.They then moved a bunch to a preserve and ended up killing them because they could not budget to take care of the area.
A little early isn't it to be invoking Goodwin's Law isn't it?Either way the feds are becoming the US arm of the Third Reich.
They let Sharpton steal $2 million in tax fraud yet now are going after a daughter for a 37 year old SS overpayment for her parents.
Where was this? Things were open in my neck of the woods.We saw armed USFS officers here locking down every boat ramp and campground during the federal shutdown. I never saw one of those in the last 50 years here.
Sounds like you need to pick up a rifle and get yourself down to Nevada so you can scalp a few of these jack booted thugs.Now they have 200 armed swat style nazis to throw against a handful of ranchers? I hope they take a stand and the blood flows. Screw your federal laws.
I hope they take a stand and the blood flows. Screw your federal laws.
I heard it was STATE land and the feds came in and made the tortoise the issue.
I heard it was STATE land and the feds came in and made the tortoise the issue. They then moved a bunch to a preserve and ended up killing them because they could not budget to take care of the area. Either way the feds are becoming the US arm of the Third Reich. They let Sharpton steal $2 million in tax fraud yet now are going after a daughter for a 37 year old SS overpayment for her parents. We saw armed USFS officers here locking down every boat ramp and campground during the federal shutdown. I never saw one of those in the last 50 years here. Now they have 200 armed swat style nazis to throw against a handful of ranchers? I hope they take a stand and the blood flows. Screw your federal laws.
He's a common thief, a liar, a welfare queen, and the biggest crybaby in Nevada. I'd take his cattle and throw his ass in the crowbar hotel.
I'd shoot his cattle from a helicopter.
A Nevada cattle rancher appears to have won his week-long battle with the federal government over a controversial cattle roundup that had led to the arrest of several protesters.
Cliven Bundy went head to head with the Bureau of Land Management over the removal of hundreds of his cattle from federal land, where the government said they were grazing illegally.
Bundy claims his herd of roughly 900 cattle have grazed on the land along the riverbed near Bunkerville, 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas, since 1870 and threatened a "range war" against the BLM on the Bundy Ranch website after one of his sons was arrested while protesting the removal of the cattle.
"I have no contract with the United States government," Bundy said. "I was paying grazing fees for management and that's what BLM was supposed to be, land managers and they were managing my ranch out of business, so I refused to pay."
The federal government had countered that Bundy "owes the American people in excess of $1 million " in unpaid grazing fees and "refuses to abide by the law of land, despite many opportunities over the last 20 years to do so."
However, today the BLM said it would not enforce a court order to remove the cattle and was pulling out of the area.
"Based on information about conditions on the ground, and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public," BLM Director Neil Kornze said.
"We ask that all parties in the area remain peaceful and law-abiding as the Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service work to end the operation in an orderly manner," he said.
The roundup began April 5, following lengthy court proceedings dating back to 1993, federal officials said. Federal officers began impounding the first lot of cows last weekend, and Bundy responded by inviting supporters onto his land to protest the action.
"It's not about cows, it's about freedom," Utah resident Yonna Winget told ABC News affiliate KTNV in Las Vegas, Nevada.
"People are getting tired of the federal government having unlimited power," Bundy's wife, Carol Bundy told ABC News.
By Sunday, April 6, one of Bundy's sons, Dave Bundy, was taken into custody for refusing to disperse and resisting arrest, while hundreds of other protesters, some venturing from interstate, gathered along the road few miles from Bundy's property in solidarity. Dave Bundy was later released.
A spokesman for the Bundy encampment told ABC News roughly 300 protesters had assembled for the protest, while a BLM representative estimated there were around 100 people.
"We want a peaceful protest, but we also want our voices heard," said Cliven Bundy's sister, Chrisie Marshall Bundy.
But clashes between demonstrators and authorities took a violent turn on Wednesday, with cell phone video showing some being tasered at the site, including Bundy's son, Ammon Bundy. Two other protesters were detained, cited and later released on Thursday, according to the BLM.
As the movement grew by the day, and demonstrators rallied together, bonding by campfires at night, local protest leaders warned people not to wear camouflage and keep their weapons inside their vehicles.
Both sides said the issue is one of fairness, with the federal government maintaining that thousands of other cattle ranchers are abiding by the law by paying their annual grazing fees, while Bundy's family and supporters say the government's actions are threatening ranchers' freedoms.
"It's about the freedom of America," said another of Bundy's sisters, Margaret Houston. "We have to stand up and fight."
I don't know who's right or wrong, but do find it interesting so many are ready to side with the federal government.
I don't know who's right or wrong, but do find it interesting so many are ready to side with the federal government.
I think the sun, and living in Bunkerville (pun there) has fried that dumb old bastards brain...