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Nevada Ranch Armed Standoff - Everyone vs The Feds

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Please explain how that is.

the rancher had grazing rights until 1993 to 158,000 acres of land for only 1000 head of cattle. the BLM wanted him and other ranchers out and came up with the retarded claim it was to protect a turtle. any idiot can understand that 1000 head of cattle will have zero impact on a 158,000 acres pasture. so why did the feds come in with such heavy handed tactics to do this? like i said, its a good thing that the turtle was not in rhode island.
 
i agree, why would you support the feds in stealing 600,000 acres land from the people?

/facepalm

The guy has been squatting for several decades now. He has defied repeated court orders. He is a thief.

As others have mentioned, now I get it. People are fine with giving huge amounts of free stuff to people so long as they are ranchers. As soon as you start giving it to poor people, THAT'S when the problems start.
 
/facepalm

The guy has been squatting for several decades now. He has defied repeated court orders. He is a thief.

As others have mentioned, now I get it. People are fine with giving huge amounts of free stuff to people so long as they are ranchers. As soon as you start giving it to poor people, THAT'S when the problems start.


/facepalm

jesus you cant be this dim. Are you this much of a slave to the government that you cant see what they did was wrong? Their grazing rights were stolen by the feds, how hard is that for you to understand?
 
/facepalm

jesus you cant be this dim. Are you this much of a slave to the government that you cant see what they did was wrong? Their grazing rights were stolen by the feds, how hard is that for you to understand?

Please explain how his grazing rights were "stolen" by the feds.
 
jesus you cant be this dim. Are you this much of a slave to the government that you cant see what they did was wrong? Their grazing rights were stolen by the feds, how hard is that for you to understand?

Good grief man how many times were you whacked with the stupid stick?

You fucking pay to graze on federal land. Nothing has been stolen. This freeloading douche bag has been making money off land we own and paying nothing in return for 20 years.

How hard is it for you to understand that? Other ranchers play by the rules why can't this guy?

404 Slavery not found.
 
the rancher had grazing rights until 1993 to 158,000 acres of land for only 1000 head of cattle. the BLM wanted him and other ranchers out and came up with the retarded claim it was to protect a turtle. any idiot can understand that 1000 head of cattle will have zero impact on a 158,000 acres pasture. so why did the feds come in with such heavy handed tactics to do this? like i said, its a good thing that the turtle was not in rhode island.

Those grazing rights were contingent on his paying the grazing fees, which he has not done in 20 years. In other words, he's being evicted for failing to pay the rent, not because of the turtle.
 
Those grazing rights were contingent on his paying the grazing fees, which he has not done in 20 years. In other words, he's being evicted for failing to pay the rent, not because of the turtle.


Really, because the feds are claiming this is all to save the turtles.

Still waiting to see if some private company found gold or oil or whatever, because I don't believe the turtle BS at all.
 
/facepalm

jesus you cant be this dim. Are you this much of a slave to the government that you cant see what they did was wrong? Their grazing rights were stolen by the feds, how hard is that for you to understand?

Do people need to write things in crayon for you to be able to follow along? Its not his land.

Especially funny that this rancher stole land from the people who were there originally, his claim of owning this land is hilarious.
 
Small Update:

The second Cliven Bundy Interview coming up later ...

In the meantime, here's a clip saying that Fox falsely claimed "exclusive filming rights" on Bundy Ranch property https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0e506pBUaI

Which brings up a few thoughts of those people earlier in this thread who relied so much on quotes from fox articles.
 
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There is no such thing as a grazing right on public land. There is a grazing lease which is subject to termination for failure to pay the annual fee. There is a "grazing preference" which gives preference to the current rancher in obtaining future leases on a particular piece of ground. Grazing preferences are inheritable, creating an arcane hereditary landed aristocracy based on publically owned land. Preferences are also saleable allowing ranchers to sell a preference to someone else. This is the equivalent of an apartment renter telling the landlord who the next renter shall be. It's a corrupt system.
 
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I really really hope the feds don't aggravate these people who WANT to be aggravated. Don't give them the idea of a "War" that just puts fuel in the fire.

If you watch all the protestors videos, they are like "Oh my GOD THIS IS WAR< YOU GOT IT NOW HERE WE GO WARRRRR GBLEAAAAAGGHHHHH FINALLY I GET TO USE MY BUGOUT BAG AND AR15 ETC> ETC>:awe: "

http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-ne...ution-starting-in-bunkerville-nevada_04102014

Really, they need some fucking people skills here. I don't know what was tried, but I'm pretty sure it hasn't been dialogue.
 
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The fact of the matter is he is and has been in violation of court orders for years(he's lost every court case regarding this matter) and owes several hundred thousand to several million in fees/fines to the government.
 
Really, because the feds are claiming this is all to save the turtles.

Still waiting to see if some private company found gold or oil or whatever, because I don't believe the turtle BS at all.

I'm saying that if he had kept paying the grazing fees then the turtle probably would have never come up.
The simplest way to explain this is that, in real estate law, if a property owner allows a tenant to use the property for free for an extended period of time, then eventually the tenant can legally claim ownership (or exclusive rights) to the property. That's what Bundy was trying to do. It's called adverse possession, and I already linked to its wiki above.
Now imagine if more ranchers tried to do this, and you should be able to understand why the feds are so freaked out.
 
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The fact of the matter is he is and has been in violation of court orders for years(he's lost every court case regarding this matter) and owes several hundred thousand to several million in fees/fines to the government.


That makes it ok to tackle women and tazer everybody, and set up snipers aimed on these people?

The laws they broke had not a thing to do with violence. For the feds to act like this is way over the top, and just another way for the gang members to show off their toys. Totally inappropriate.
 
That makes it ok to tackle women and tazer everybody, and set up snipers aimed on these people?

The laws they broke had not a thing to do with violence. For the feds to act like this is way over the top, and just another way for the gang members to show off their toys. Totally inappropriate.

Well, just keep in mind we are only receiving news from those who are protesting...I'm not aware of any government leaked information on the situation.

If Alex Jones is our only source of info on the ground...god help us all.
 
It's not attacking. It's delivering justice. So yeah, you partisan hack. It's called theft of services, and he's been skirting it for 20 years. Need it drawn up any clearer, dumb fuck?

So the government can just steal your property? This isn't the first time they have done this. They have stolen land from property owners before claiming some environmental BS.

And why do you resort to insults? Because you have nothing.
 
That makes it ok to tackle women and tazer everybody, and set up snipers aimed on these people?

The laws they broke had not a thing to do with violence. For the feds to act like this is way over the top, and just another way for the gang members to show off their toys. Totally inappropriate.

Umm you do realize Bundy has made repeated threats of violence towards the BLM and its federal agents. So yes being fully armed and prepared for the threatened "war" was appropriates for handling this nutjob. Don't threaten to start an armed conflicted against federal agents.
 
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So the government can just steal your property? This isn't the first time they have done this. They have stolen land from property owners before claiming some environmental BS.

And why do you resort to insults? Because you have nothing.

This is federal land and has been federal land since Nevada became a state. His grazing rights were gone when he stopped paying for them in 1993, long before the desert tortoise issue.
 
That makes it ok to tackle women and tazer everybody, and set up snipers aimed on these people?

The laws they broke had not a thing to do with violence. For the feds to act like this is way over the top, and just another way for the gang members to show off their toys. Totally inappropriate.

To leftist idiots of course it is. They have no problem with government stealing land like this.
 
I have a feeling that people are rallying behind a dirtbag to deal with dirtbag federal agent tactics.

These might be good decent people, getting caught up in a shitstorm thats not worth being a part of.

Also, it's not "America is FED UP!" It's a small percentage of mentally ill people who freak out or fantasize about a federal army taking them over. These are the same people that thought the US Military was training to prepare for martial law in major cities. The internet has allowed these people to organize and share their delusions to the point that it's now a movement. Thankfully its small, but sadly it is well armed.

Our president has completely neglected to acknowledge this problem and, at best, has scoffed at them making the problem worse.
 
To leftist idiots of course it is. They have no problem with government stealing land like this.

Bundy has ZERO TITLE to this land. It is and has always been Federal Land. The issue is grazing permits, ones he abandoned in 1993. Hes lost every court case and has NO LEGAL CLAIM TO THE LAND OR GRAZING RIGHTS TO THE LAND. PERIOD. The rule of law applies to everyone and hes been violating it for over 20 years.
 
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This is federal land and has been federal land since Nevada became a state. His grazing rights were gone when he stopped paying for them in 1993, long before the desert tortoise issue.

Actually, the federal government's title to the land goes back to the creation of the Utah Territory in the Compromise of 1850.
 
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