Posted on 04/21/2014 1:37:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
After the recent Bundy Ranch episode by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Texans are becoming more concerned about the BLMs focus on 90,000 acres along a 116 mile stretch of the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. The BLM is reviewing the possible federal takeover and ownership of privately-held lands which have been deeded property for generations of Texas landowners.
Sid Miller, former Texas State Representative and Republican candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, has since made the matter a campaign issue to Breitbart Texas.
In Texas, Miller says, the BLM is attempting a repeat of an action taken over 30 years ago along the Red River when Tommy Henderson lost a federal lawsuit. The Bureau of Land Management took 140 acres of his property and didnt pay him one cent.
Miller referred to a 1986 case where the BLM attempted to seize some of Hendersons land. Henderson sued the BLM and lost 140 acres that had been in his family for generations. Now the BLM is looking at using the prior case as a precedent to claim an additional 90,000 acres.
Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) represents the ranchers in this region of north Texas. According to Thornberrys legislative analysts, the issue of the ownership of this land dates back to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the BLM made the claim on Hendersons land, their position was that Texas never had the authority to deed the land to private parties and therefore it would fall under federal control.
In 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to settle the boundary dispute in Oklahoma v. Texas and declared the boundary to be defined by wooden stakes set on the river bank. That boundary apparently lasted no longer than anyone could expect wooden stakes to last in the shifting sands of a meandering river...
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The Red River could get a lot redder.
In my research of the Bundy case and of the BLM, I hit on an “executive order” by 0Bama, that seemed to provide cover for the more recent actions undertaken.
I need to dig through a boat load of documents and web pages to find it.
Hasn’t anyone ever heard, “Don’t Mess with Texas”
Nevada has a wimp governor.
(*snort*)
The peeps on my conference call thought I was just laughing at them.
(*grins*)
and Texas became an INDEPENDENT NATION and Recognized as a Republic after that.
So either give us BACK the parts of the other states we brought to the table, or shut the 'ell UP!
One Ranger One Riot.
But I don't see anybody rolling over for the Feds here, either.
/johnny
That means they’ll be going after the Mighty Mississippi before it’s over. That squares with Agenda 21. It wouldn’t do much good to have control over all the farm land without control over the water.
There’s another thing in play, too. The water tables from these rivers have dropped substantially do to irrigation of farmland. They probably want to be able to stop it.
BLM hasn't got squat to say about it.
/johnny
What counties in Texas? Cooke?
...Loans from China typically carry different terms than World Bank loans. In the case of Chinas involvement in Africa, Robert Rotberg, editor of the book China into Africa, says, China loans [are] in exchange for resources, which its companies extract themselves using Chinese labor, so in essence its fake lending.
The Chinese rarely expect those loans to be paid back. According to a paper published by David Mitchell of the Center for Strategic and International Studies, China canceled $1.2 billion in debt from 31 African countries in 2000 and added another $750 million in debt forgiveness in 2003
I think they ought to just go ahead and do it. This is going on too long. Let’s get it on.
We’ll either stand up or let ‘em roll over us. This incremental bullshit has gone on too long.
Time to put up or shut up.
Claire Wolfe: “It’s too late to work within the system, but it’s too early to start shooting ‘em”.
When is it that we push back? When is it that we decide that enough’s enough? When is it that we realize that we are so far from our Constitution that the militia has to be called out to hold people accountable?
They aren’t the only ones with scopes!
Texas has an extremely small percentage of public lands. The feds HATE not owning big parts of the state. This is an obvious attempt to grab some lands in a part of the state where there are almost none.
Then their regulations and stormtroopers follow.
Sorry. After digesting the whole story, I told the wrong interviewee to shut up. In my defense - the whole mess has me so hacked off, I can’t see straight.
It’s time for Texas to play Cowboys and Marxists!
F U B O!
Hahahaha! Ever been to Texas? Might not be such a smart idea.
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