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To: cowpoke

Boy the government sure let this guy off easy. They rustled his herd, sold them at acution, the absconded with $210,000. Now they want to bill him an additional $250k, but will allow him to walk free after a year and a half. Dang, such bountiful mercy. It's just so compelling.

In truth it does sound as if this guy was in the wrong. Still I just don't get that worked up about a guy letting his cattle graze on 'government land'. If anyone owns that land, this farmer does as much as anyone.

The government of the United States own far too much land. 100% of that land should be deeded to the individual states. After that the federal government should keep it's paws off 'our' land.

Our family owned cattle when I was a kid. Cows don't do irreparable harm to land as they graze. We're problably talking about a vast amount of land. 450 head of cattle sounds like a large herd, but when we're talking about 100s of thousands of acres (which may or may not be off base), this herd is inconsequential.

Let's imagine that this guy was allowed to let his cattle graze. Nobody went after him and he continued to be a productive member of society.

I'm sure we're each thanking God that didn't happen.

The government might have cut this guy some of the slack they give to illegals who are actually devistating the physical land across the southern portions of our nation. I guess some laws just have to be enforced. Perhaps if he had a matricular conselar card, he could have presented it and been left alone.

Our government is whacked out. I doesn't intervene when it should, and it creates problems out of thin air when it should know better.


5 posted on 09/15/2004 10:52:50 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (US socialist liberalism would be dead without the help of politicians who claim to be conservatives)
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To: DoughtyOne
The government of the United States own far too much land. 100% of that land should be deeded to the individual states. After that the federal government should keep it's paws off 'our' land.

Exactly

7 posted on 09/15/2004 11:31:36 PM PDT by SoDak
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To: DoughtyOne
Boy the government sure let this guy off easy. They rustled his herd, sold them at acution, the absconded with $210,000. Now they want to bill him an additional $250k, but will allow him to walk free after a year and a half. Dang, such bountiful mercy. It's just so compelling.

The Fed's stole the Indians Land now their fighting and stealing American
Citizens property. Some day our faces may be included in this picture.


16 posted on 09/16/2004 2:37:48 PM PDT by Major_Risktaker ("Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Those Who Threaten It.")
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