Posted on 04/11/2014 10:01:17 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
BUNKERVILLE — The militiamen rolled in to draw a line in the dirt.
About 70 miles northeast of Las Vegas, they set up camp on a sun-baked patch of land next to a bend in the Virgin River, keeping supplies — like rucksacks and sleeping bags — in neat piles under the roof of an abandoned shack.
Gruff and largely unshaven, dressed in camouflage fatigues and cut-off shirts, the men kept their intentions quiet, telling news reporters the reason they pulled their trucks into this rural desert town — on one of the hottest days of the year — is simple enough: “We’re here to camp,” said one man who would not share his name.
But they were really here to protect one of their own from the perceived enemies: a band of federal agents recently dispatched to the scrub desert to seize the cattle of embattled rancher Cliven Bundy.
“They’re here to protect Cliven’s family and home,” said Lynn Brown, one of Bundy’s daughters.
A 68-year-old Nevada native, Bundy has long been at the center of a battle with the Bureau of Land Management, the federal agency controlling the 150 miles of desert where the rancher’s cattle have roamed for decades. A renegade when it comes to any sort of government control, Bundy — the father of 14 children — has refused to pay BLM a dime of required grazing fees for his 900 cattle, a tab that has since reached $300,000. Bundy has fought the fee, he says, because his Mormon ancestors set up shop on the land long before the BLM formed.
The problem? The land where Bundy’s cattle graze is federally owned, and the BLM now says the livestock aren’t supposed to be there. Federal agents this week cordoned off sections of land and sparked...
(Excerpt) Read more at lasvegassun.com ...
Clark County, NV county commission Tom Collins’ email (in case you want to advise him on burial plans):
ccdistb@ClarkCountyNV.gov
Simply not true...it is federally cared for in trust for the people.
If the fed is even on federally cared for ground, because Hannity and Cliven were both saying last night on Hannity's show that it's actually state of Nevada ground.
“been” gawd I hate tablets!”
LMAO My Kindle sure doesn’t speak the same language that I do.
If you have a TV and a DVD player you should immediately go out and rent “Casino.” It stars Robert DeNiro, Sharon Stone, and Joe Pesci and is an only moderately fictionalized account of the downfall of the Las Vegas Mafia. It’s a great movie, one of the classics, and, along with the lurid stuff, shows how the casino business worked, and works, to fleece its customers, get them to like it, and get them to come back for more. You might also be able to get some old History Channel reruns to show what the actual history was. You’ll be surprised how close the movie stays to the history.
Good grief—I left out the link to the videos I recommended. Sorry!
Sheriff Tony DeMeo Nye County.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JaEKB8pU2Tw
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=QdpOT7wR-wU
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W2lVI6gzsVM
And what exactly the hell would they be damaging....weeds?
And one more thing. The irrelevant tortoise in question is not an endangered species.
Mr. Bundy said he quit paying the fees when the govt cancelled his contract. He accepts that he owes about $300,000.
“The most complete data is from the Beaver Dam Mountains. Woodbury and Hardy reported a tortoise population density of 150 per square mile in 1948. BLM reduced cattle grazing a few years later and eliminated cattle in 1970. Coombs reported a tortoise density of 39 per square mile in 1974. In these 26 years cattle use was reduced 100 percent and tortoise numbers were reduced 74 percent.
“These tortoises were doing so poorly a veterinarian, Dr. Jarchow, was consulted. He reported all six specimens were suffering from osteoporosis caused by a protein deficiency in their diet. Dr. Jarchow examined five specimens from the same mountains that shared their range with cattle. He reported these specimens were all healthy and well nourished.
“The historical record proves conclusively that tortoise thrive when cattle are on the range with them and without cattle grazing they are always malnourished and unhealthy and their numbers plummet.
http://www.vinsuprynowicz.com/?p=80
I could probably rent it on Direct TV. That is my wife’s TV source. I watch almost NO TV.
Tom Collins is a booger eating Idiot.
LOLLLLLLL!!!!
He may be a nutter. But he is my kind of nutter. It takes a nutter to trim the ears of gubment power.
You might be able to get it streaming but you could be better off renting it through Netflix and just getting the disk. Before writing this post I checked Netflix and found they have the disc but are not streaming the movie. Amazon could be another good source. It’s a really great movie and would be worth your time to watch.
This is not a direct and proportional response by the Feds however. Treating a ranching family like a group of foreign subversives planning treachery and all.What are you doing about it?If the BLM would put such resources toward guarding the border or the like. If....
You going down to the border?
You have no problem denigrating FR members for not taking any action (your take on FR members) but there you are sitting on the porch and talking like a bunch of old women.
Nice dig at women too...
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