Posted on 04/22/2014 1:56:16 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
After Breitbart Texas reported on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) intent to seize 90,000 acres belonging to Texas landholders along the Texas/Oklahoma line, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott questioned the BLM’s authority to take such action.
“I am about ready,” General Abbott told Breitbart Texas, “to go to go to the Red River and raise a ‘Come and Take It’ flag to tell the feds to stay out of Texas.”
Gen. Abbott sent a strongly-worded letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze, asking for answers to a series of questions related to the potential land grab.
“I am deeply concerned about the notion that the Bureau of Land Management believes the federal government has the authority to swoop in and take land that has been owned and cultivated by Texas landowners for generations,” General Abbott wrote. “The BLM’s newly asserted claims to land along the Red River threaten to upset long-settled private property rights and undermine fundamental principles—including the rule of law—that form the foundation of our democracy. Yet, the BLM has failed to disclose either its full intentions or the legal justification for its proposed actions. Decisions of this magnitude must not be made inside a bureaucratic black box.”
In an exclusive interview with Breitbart Texas, General Abbott said, “This is the latest line of attack by the Obama Administration where it seems like they have a complete disregard for the rule of law in this country ...And now they’ve crossed the line quite literally by coming into the State of Texas and trying to claim Texas land as federal land. And, as the Attorney General of Texas I am not going to allow this.”
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Nice, Gunner.
Something like that. Another saying is “Anytime you think you’re big enough.”
God bless him.
Or throw aborted fetuses at them.
/johnny
From what I can tell, just to hurt some Texans. They don’t like us in DC for some reason...
Hence Tennessee Volunteers
The lone star state leading the way!
It’s way past time for the BLM to become a thing of the past along with the current criminal administration.
You betcha!
When someone stand up to the bully the coward becomes brave and it’s just a matter of time before his threats have no power! A leader has stepped forward.
Feh. It'll still get just as hot up there.
Kick those brown shirts in the ass and send them running back to their daddy odumbo. What the hell is our government becoming?
Greg Abbott is just the lawyer to deal with it. He's made a career out of suing the federal government, it seems.
/johnny
You know.. I might just know a couple folks with a flag like that just a-waitin’ to get brandished about.
Likewise with Senator Ted Cruz and Ted Nugent both of whom embody more authentic Texas values than natives such as the baby killer apologist Willie Nelson and his best friend, Wendy Davis.
MAy need to plan a visit to TX soon, for some hunting...
Good for him! He sounds like he’ll make a great governor and I hope he trounces Abortion Barbie’s rear!
This Bundy pushback is spreading like wildfire. The Feds have finally poked the Bear one time too many.
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