Posted on 04/25/2014 11:04:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office responded to Breitbart Texas about the so-called Red River “land grab” by emphasizing that parcels in question are already held in the public domain and BLM-managed. The Bureau claims it is not they who are declaring the ownership but that settled case law long declared it to be government land.
BLM Public Relations Specialist Paul McGuire agreed to a one-on-one telephone interview with Breitbart Texas after reading the original report published earlier this week. In contrast with the interview with Texas General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson, McGuire expressed much more confidence about the ownership of the land and indicated little, if any, ambiguity about how or why the land should be under federal control.
“It’s not the BLM making any such claim as to the status of the land,” McGuire said. “That land was a matter that the courts adjudicated decades ago, going back to the 1920s in fact. The Supreme Court settled the matter as to where the public land in the Red River was. So, BLM is really just proceeding on those earlier court decisions.”
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Speaking of which, has the Texas National Guard surrendered their Apache helicopters to Fedzilla yet?
Might be a good time to hold off on that a bit...
Both ends against the middle...
Note to BLM......NOT yours! Don’t mess with Texas!
Wow. That is interesting. There are areas in Rocky Mountain Natl Forest that I’d like to claim “squatter’s rights” to.
Anyway, you had better have a good team of lawyers if you are going to fight “city hall.”
Expect the BLM to continue to claim they own land whether they do or not. It is the only way they can continue to enlarge obama’s control
And that may be exactly what they are hoping for. A huge fight, lots of feds hurt/killed would be just the thing for obozo to declare martial law (and probably revoke elections).
Never thought I would see this in my lifetime.
I know — ironically(?) the modified lyrics are more “in-tune” with the author ...
Today I became a Texan.
who’s the slave of who, now?
I ma pretty sure most people in Michigan wouldn’t give a hoot if the BLM decided to take over Detroit...It’s mostly run down parcels and vacant lots now anyway.
I need flag like that.
“If they click “go” on this.. hijinks will ensue. “
Battle of the Red River has a nice ring to it.
MULEY
You mean get off my own land?
THE MAN
Now don't go blaming me. It ain't
*my* fault.
SON
Whose fault is it?
THE MAN
You know who owns the land—the
Shawnee Land and Cattle Company.
MULEY
Who's the Shawnee Land and Cattle
Comp’ny?
THE MAN
It ain't nobody. It's a company.
SON
They got a pres’dent, ain't they?
They got somebody that knows what a
shotgun's for, ain't they?
THE MAN
But it ain't *his* fault, because
the *bank* tells him what to do.
SON
(angrily)
All right. Where's the bank?
THE MAN
(fretfully)
Tulsa. But what's the use of picking
on him? He ain't anything but the
manager, and half crazy hisself,
trying to keep up with his orders
from the east!
MULEY
(bewildered)
Then who *do* we shoot?
Says it all, doesn't it?
And the Goliad flag takes on an additional meaning:
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I prefer to call them Brownshirts, Low-lifes, and Mother-jazzers.
Why are unelected government bureaucrats who have no concern that this is an election year responding to property owner voters concerning issue?
And what's arguably worse is why are citizens willing to talk with unelected officials instead of their elected lawmakers where their property, or any issue, is concerned?
... The Bureau claims it is not they who are declaring the ownership but that settled case law long declared it to be government land.
Property owners need to demand that their federal representatives prove that the land in question was purchased by the feds with the consent of state lawmakers in compliance with the Constitution's Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article, or purchased in compliance with the 5th Amendment's Eminent Domain Clause - or get out of Dodge.
Now THAT is a good flag!
“If they bring a knife, you bring a gun.
If they bring a handgun, you bring a rifle.
If they bring a tank, you bring an A-10.”
Texas air national guard can probably do just that. I can see some Fed thugs crapping themselves thinking they had all the power, then watch an A-10 buzz them.
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