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Last Man Standing Rancher: armed feds are surrounding my farm
Free Beacon ^ | 4/8/14 | Elizabeth Harrington

Posted on 04/08/2014 6:00:09 PM PDT by Nachum

A two-decades-old battle between a Nevada rancher and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has resulted in officials armed with machine guns surrounding the ranch and forcibly removing the owner’s cattle, according to the rancher’s family.

Cliven Bundy, the last rancher in Clark County, Nev., has been fighting a “one-man range war” since 1993, when he decided to take a stand against the agency, refusing to pay fees for the right to graze on a ranch run by his family for centuries.

After years of court battles, the BLM secured a federal court order to have Bundy’s “trespass cattle” forcibly removed with heavy artillery, the family said.

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Nevada
KEYWORDS: blm; bundy; bundyranch; clarkcounty; clivenbundy; harryreid; last; man; neilkornze; nevada; nevadarancher; rancher; standing
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To: GAFreedom

It’s public land.


41 posted on 04/08/2014 7:04:53 PM PDT by dynoman (Objectivity is the essence of intelligence. - Marylin vos Savant)
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To: Nachum
Sounds like another Waco or Ruby Ridge in the works..

I wonder what the BoweL Movement (BLM) would do if the Bundy family were BLACK?

42 posted on 04/08/2014 7:05:14 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing
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To: Iscool

Same thing in 2006 or so on the Outer Banks of NC. NPS put up signs and limited where we could distribute flyers in protest to their seizing free and open beaches.....still fighting 8 years later.


43 posted on 04/08/2014 7:06:43 PM PDT by wxgesr (Nada, zilch, zed)
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To: dynoman
@dynoman:
I wonder the same thing. Either he owns the land or nor. If he doesn’t own the land he should be paying rent or have some sort of agreement. You can’t expect to run cattle on someone else’s land for free.
That's my thought. If it's public land, then he just has to pay the grazing fee and all is good. Why is he refusing to pay the grazing fees like every other rancher does?
44 posted on 04/08/2014 7:14:31 PM PDT by GAFreedom (Freedom rings in GA!)
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To: Nachum

In this case whether we like it or not it is Federal Land. At first I thought it was a grab of or new regulation on their family land but not so. The reasoning may be dumb but i don’t think this guy has a leg to stand on. Although I would rather see the claims for mining or oil exploration on Federal land changed so the government gets paid more than it does now.


45 posted on 04/08/2014 7:15:24 PM PDT by zorkon128
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To: Red Steel
"John Stossel had the Nevada Rancher on his last show."

I'm pretty sure there is more than one rancher in Nevada.

And Stossel probably had the one featured on the Fox "Enemy of the State" special last weekend. Not the same guy.

46 posted on 04/08/2014 7:20:20 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: Iscool
WTF is a "first amendment area" and what fed agency has the power to designate such a thing?

How about a "second amendment area"? Is Gov. Sandoval not the commander of his National Guard?

47 posted on 04/08/2014 7:21:08 PM PDT by Clinging Bitterly (I will not comply.)
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To: All
For those interested in the Sagebrush Rebellion, Gibson Guitar raids, Tea Party vs IRS and more, last weekend's Fox News special "Enemies of the State" is available on Youtube, possibly also on Fox.

Catherine Englebrecht is featured, and a Nevada rancher that is the guy every FReeper would be proud to be.

49 posted on 04/08/2014 7:30:34 PM PDT by diogenes ghost
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Apparently the Democrats learned nothing from Waco and Ruby Ridge.

Oh yes they did. At least with Waco, they learned they could get away with it.

50 posted on 04/08/2014 7:30:43 PM PDT by Mark17 (Chicago Blackhawks: Stanley Cup champions 2010, 2013. Vietnam Vet 70-71 Msgt US Air Force, retired)
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To: Nachum

Mr. Bundy to the prosecutor:

“I’m not financially responsible for the governments inability to conduct a cost benefit analysis prior to initiating Nazi tactics on American citizens.”


51 posted on 04/08/2014 7:34:05 PM PDT by G Larry (There's the Beef!)
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To: Graewoulf
evidence that Communism has been alive and well in America since at least 1993.

Gee, wonder what was going on that year?

52 posted on 04/08/2014 8:00:10 PM PDT by ponygirl (Be Breitbart.)
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To: Nachum

And now everyone knows why the STATE National Guard has been usurped by the feds. The governor is “powerless”.


53 posted on 04/08/2014 8:00:14 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!©)
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To: Graewoulf

What did Bush know and when?


54 posted on 04/08/2014 8:10:00 PM PDT by lavaroise (A well regulated gun being necessary to the state, the rights of the militia shall not be infringed)
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To: diogenes ghost

The rancher is not all that smart. He watched as over 50 other farmers left, for various reasons. Yet he chose to stop paying his fees because of some ancestral nonsense. He should have kept paying the fees, and sued in parallel to get any land ownership dispute settled. Moreover, these guys typically pay a miniscule amount to graze livestock on federal land. I do not have much sympathy here. I also think we do not have all the facts.


55 posted on 04/08/2014 8:20:56 PM PDT by SgtHooper (If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.)
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To: Nachum

I know a guy who had armed, SWAT-type IRS and FBI agents raid his home and family early in the morning over a tax dispute. Lest you think he was operating a Fortune 500 company - his business was a modest 20-table restaurant.


56 posted on 04/08/2014 8:24:18 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: diogenes ghost
I'm pretty sure there is more than one rancher in Nevada

Yes but not all have the same problem. This is the guy who was on Fox and the John Stossel show 3 days ago.

Wayne Hage Jr. inherited his ranch from his father. Very similar set of circumstances.

'Fox News Reporting Enemies Of The State'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ihzMeD3ipKI

57 posted on 04/08/2014 8:55:12 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
E. Pluribus Unum:" U.N. Agenda 21 bares it's ugly teeth."

Exactly !!
The New World Order impacts on our State soverignty
and the United States Fed recognizes no borders, nor State soverignty
just ... "sustainability ".

58 posted on 04/08/2014 9:08:12 PM PDT by Tilted Irish Kilt (Enlightened statesmen will not always be at the helm. -- James Madison)
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To: Nachum

He refused to pay for his grazing on public lands. Why should I feel sorry for him?


59 posted on 04/08/2014 9:11:34 PM PDT by Mr Rogers (I sooooo miss America!)
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To: PGR88

I expect that drones will be deployed in the area of operation.


60 posted on 04/08/2014 9:12:16 PM PDT by Ray76 (Take over the GOP? You still beg! Forget them. Second Party Now.)
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