[2CAVTrooper]

I’ve heard that the area is awash in rare earth metals, and dingy harry is trying to put the area off limits so his chinese paymasters can get their grubby hands on the mineral rights.

[Captain7seas]

“In Bundy’s case the designation of his grazing area as a critical habitat for the endangered desert tortoise gave the BLM the rationale they needed to order a 500% decrease in his cattle numbers. There never was any scientific proof that cattle had historically harmed the desert tortoise.”

They do not need any scientific proof at all. They are invoking Item 15 of The Rio Declaration of Agenda 21:
Principle 15. Precautionary principle

“In order to protect the environment, the precautionary approach shall be widely applied by States according to their capabilities. Where there are threats of serious or irreversible damage, lack of full scientific certainty shall not be used as a reason for postponing cost-effective measures to prevent environmental degradation”

[lentulusgracchus]

Noticed a lot of posts on the Las Vegas Review-Journal's site in the discussion, that read like like Administration Netroots werewolves Mau-Mau'ing the site. Their posts are short but they use politispeak and lawyerspeak and insist on the same points the Administration is polluting the Politisphere with: Farmer's a freeloader, he's a "welfare cheat", he's this and he's that, he owes the Government and won't pay.

Underneath all that is a law case that should have/would have been decided and executed long ago if the Government had an airtight case. Something smells here.

But the werewolves are in no doubt -- and want to change our minds for us. "Don't support Bundy -- he's a bad guy!"