the author would rather dance with harry reid..... I suspect.
LOL ... Smelling Backfire and Now the democRATs are saying, ‘Blame Somebody, I know Blame Them’
Gee, and I thought Democrats were for the little guy.
Rep. Raul Grijalva (D-Ariz.) sent a letter to DOI acting Inspector General Mary Kendall Wednesday asking about this issue in the wake of a standoff in Nevada between militiamen and officials from the DOI's Bureau of Land Management. Rancher Cliven Bundy has refused for years to pay grazing fees for his use of federal lands, saying he does not recognize federal authority over public lands in the state. The issue came to a head last week when BLM officials seized hundreds of Bundy's cattle, and armed right-wing and anti-government groups flocked to the area for a showdown. Authorities then abandoned the cattle seizure, citing "serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public."
Grijalva asked Kendall to look at what role the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), which brings together conservative lawmakers and corporate interests to develop model legislation, has played in passing state laws that contradict federal land management policies or directives. He also asked Kendall to examine how those laws have affected Interior staff.
Grijalva cites a recent article in The American Prospect that links ALEC to bills in Utah claiming that federal ownership of Forest Service lands violates state sovereignty, and seeking to expand grazing into areas currently off-limits. Grijalva also notes that Bundy spoke at a committee hearing in March 2013 on an ALEC-backed bill in Nevada that dealt with the transfer of federal lands to state control.
"I must say that I am glad to see you people stand for state sovereignty today," Bundy said at the meeting. He went on to cite a portion of Nevada's state code that says the state "has a strong moral claim upon the public land retained by the Federal Government within Nevada's borders.'"
According to the minutes of that committee hearing, Bundy said he did not endorse or oppose the bill, though his comments indicated that he was supportive of the principle. He told legislators, "Let us strengthen that bill and go on and claim this land and our sovereignty."
Grijalva urged Kendall to probe ALEC's role in pushing these anti-federal policies.
"The ALEC vision of state sovereignty trumping long-standing federal government efforts to manage public lands has already had tangible effects on Bureau of Land Management and other agency employees' efforts to do their jobs," he wrote. "Examining how severe that impact has been, and whether ALEC is exerting undue influence on federal land management efforts, is well within the scope of your office. I believe a timely examination of these issues would serve the public interest.""
How dare they have the same rights as leftist groups!!!
They’re a bunch of jackazzes...
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KDS , and , classic spin. The nazi bastards are trying turn this around and cover for Reid, and Barry.
Grijalva is a Marxist pig. Unfortunately, maggots like him are the future of what was once the American southwest.
It’s not smart to link to that particular website, which is associated with the convicted domestic terrorist Bret Kimberlin. I would not trust that it isn’t infected with malware.
” ... agents of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) doing the dangerous, difficult job of removing Bundy’s trespass cattle from federal lands ... “
Bovine flatulence can knock a man off his feet—or roast him alive if sparked!—but the brave men and women of the Bureau of Land Management are aware of the risks.
The danger and difficulty to these human critters is richly rewarded by charging the owner about $2,000.00 (the Laneys, $40,000 total) per head that they rustle.
ALEC was around long before the Koch brothers had anything to do with it.
Rule 12
Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.” Cut off the support network and isolate the target from sympathy. Go after people and not institutions; people hurt faster than institutions.
Liberal dementia.
Waiting for the letter sent by ANY Rep demanding an investigation into Dingy’s Dirty Dealings/connections on this.
Too bad, little Lefty gurls.
Although the federal agency was largely able to avoid violent incidents - well, except for beating up the sister, and siccing the attack dog on the hated Bundys, and Tasing a Bundy, and having a Bundy son "fall down" a bunch of times while being arrested for resisting arrest, I guess they "avoided violent incidents".
If you want to read a work of complete fiction, go to the Wikipedia "Bundy standoff" page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_Ranch_standoff
The Lefty trolls controlling the page make it seem as if the BLM was barely there, and CERTAINLY not with guns, or automatic weapons. The lies-by-omission are breath-taking.
asking her to investigate whether legislation pushed by the Koch brothers-linked American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been aimed at undermining the agency’s work.
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Hope springs eternal. Since the agency is appartently overstepping what is constitutional, it would probably be best to undermine that work, especially since it appear to be serving interests other than the American Citizens.
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armed ‘Patriot’ militias showed up to confront agents of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) doing the dangerous, difficult job of removing Bundy’s trespass cattle from federal lands last week.
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Seems to me that armed BLM agents showed up first, and that’s no way to collect a disputed debt.
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Although the federal agency was largely able to avoid violent incidents, three people were arrested, including rancher Cliven Bundy’s son, and the BLM chose to cancel the operation rather than risk further escalations by armed right wing fanatics. Grijalva’s request seems eminently reasonable in that light.
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BLM was the only ones I saw and heard trying to escalate things. Threatening to shoot the people there even unarmed, women, and children. BLM was standing around with guns in hand. and the cowboy’s guns were holstered and they were praying.
All this over trespassing cattle, meanwhile the drug cartels trespass all over the public lands, and all they do is post a warning sign. Unfreakin’ believable.
Leftwing American Statists -cannot- grasp the reality of spontaneous action on the part of liberty oriented Americans. This is a tremendous asset, as they swing at shadows to strike the ‘leaders’.
I have no worry about saying it openly. They truly cannot grasp the concept.
ah, so enviroweenies can disrupt how the BLM does things but a “conservative” group? the horror!!