Nevada Ranch Armed Standoff - Everyone vs The Feds

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IronWing

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“No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans.”- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval
There is no abridgement of nor violation of Constitutional rights evident. Mr. Bundy should have followed the law. Instead the welfare cowboy chose to continue his law-breaking ways.
 

Jaskalas

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There is no abridgement of nor violation of Constitutional rights evident. Mr. Bundy should have followed the law. Instead the welfare cowboy chose to continue his law-breaking ways.

There is in the handling of the protestors.
 

IronWing

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Who the land belongs to is debatable.
No, the land clearly belongs to the public and not Mr. Bundy. Mr. Bundy is simply stealing forage and trespassing in his use of the land.

But the government shouldn't be sending in people with guns and spending millions of tax dollars to deal with this. This isn't the first time they have done this. They have tried to take away peoples private property because certain animals live there completely screwing the landowner out of all the money they spent. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they were up to the usual tactics.
Mr. Bundy had twenty years to remove his property from the public lands. He chose to continue stealing forage instead. One hopes that Mr. Bundy gets billed for the cost of removing his cattle.
 

ivwshane

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Pay attention to what I say on those topics. Immigration one is hilariously off. I have been for open immigration for nearly a decade. Take that answer and deduce how far off you are on the rest.

While I addressed you, my post was a generalization of the right, if you don't fall into that generalization then good for you. I'm still waiting for an explanation on why anyone would defend the freeloading law breaker in this instance. You've avoided answering that twice now, unless the flawed logic I pointed out was indeed your reasoning.
 

DominionSeraph

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that's terrible economics for this terrible PR they are receiving. probably a HUGE net loss after you factor in all the staff time over 2 federal court cases and this circus

The government workers are salaried, so giving them work isn't costing anything extra. Considering this land is an income source for the government, economically, there isn't anything better that they could be doing. He's stealing a salable resource and they're putting a stop to it.
As for the cost of the roundup, I'm pretty sure Bundy's gonna be on the hook for that.
 

Genx87

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While I addressed you, my post was a generalization of the right, if you don't fall into that generalization then good for you. I'm still waiting for an explanation on why anyone would defend the freeloading law breaker in this instance. You've avoided answering that twice now, unless the flawed logic I pointed out was indeed your reasoning.

How am I supposed to answer for other people defending him? I have already said that I am not defending him. My role in this thread is pointing out our govt spending 1 million dollars killing cattle and destroying infrastructure.
 

IronWing

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There is in the handling of the protestors.

According to who? If there have been any violations of rights then the offenders should be prosecuted. This is a separate issue from addressing Mr. Bundy's illegal conduct.
 

Stewox

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Update:

1 Minute Pre-Show video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUxYmmsi1iY

This is the area of the today's report, first one happend an hour ago live, will be up later on the day.

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Second Report today going live right now: LIVE Interview on-scene with Mr. Bundy HIMSELF NOW! (upd: now over, will be later on youtube)

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  • Politicians will arrive 5 o clock today local time, not sure if they are allies or not (contradicting with previous mention)
  • Fed goons picked up women and thrown them on ground
  • He Says: It's not clear who owns this land, but it points to State Of Nevada, as one judge said, the property is VERY OLD, which makes birocracy problematic, the problems is with him "WHO TO PAY THE GRAZING FEE TO", Calvin Bundy does not recognize the Federal Government to be the owner! That's why he won't pay em.
  • He continues, that he is one of the last who's standing against the feds, other ranchers, this is only one of many of these cases, but this one went viral because he fought back.
  • Family-Supporters have their own aircraft spotting stolen cattle to help retrieve them back


EDIT: Interview now here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uS1EW839LsI
 
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IronWing

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The government workers are salaried, so giving them work isn't costing anything extra. Considering this land is an income source for the government, economically, there isn't anything better that they could be doing. He's stealing a salable resource and they're putting a stop to it.
As for the cost of the roundup, I'm pretty sure Bundy's gonna be on the hook for that.
Actually, the government loses millions of dollars per year on public lands grazing. Congress sets the grazing fees well below market value and below administrative costs. It's a welfare program for ranchers. This is what chaps my ass about Mr. Bundy's actions. Even when he was paying his fees he was still sucking at the public tit.
 

Genx87

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Actually, the government loses millions of dollars per year on public lands grazing. Congress sets the grazing fees well below market value and below administrative costs. It's a welfare program for ranchers. This is what chaps my ass about Mr. Bundy's actions. Even when he was paying his fees he was still sucking at the public tit.

Of course if the govt thinks it is losing too much money. They could put the land up for auction. What % of Nevada is owned by the federal govt again?
 

ivwshane

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How am I supposed to answer for other people defending him? I have already said that I am not defending him. My role in this thread is pointing out our govt spending 1 million dollars killing cattle and destroying infrastructure.

Well thanks for the 'no shit Sherlock' commentary;)

Shall I create a thread about how our government will be destroying an old bridge after building a new one so you can add some great insight?
 
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Gotta love the hypocrisy of leftist idiots. Cheering this on but don't want anything about done about welfare fraud.
 

Genx87

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Well thanks for the 'no shit Sherlock' commentary;)

Shall I create a thread about how our government will be destroying an old bridge after building a new one so you can add some great insight?

If it is no shit sherlock why did you ask the question? Baffling you ask me to explain others actions. Then respond with that.

And about your new thread. Why? Are they going to rebuild the infrastructure and bring the cattle they kill back to life? Your analogy doesn't seem well thought out.
 

Jimzz

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Typing details below from this:


  • Politicians will arrive 5 o clock today local time, not sure if they are allies or not (contradicting with previous mention)
  • Fed goons picked up women and thrown them on ground
  • He Says: It's not clear who owns this land, but it points to State Of Nevada, as one judge said, the property is VERY OLD, which makes birocracy problematic, the problems is with him "WHO TO PAY THE GRAZING FEE TO", Calvin Bundy does not recognize the Federal Government to be the owner! That's why he won't pay em.
  • He continues, that he is one of the last who's standing against the feds, other ranchers, this is only one of many of these cases, but this one went viral because he fought back.
  • Family-Supporters have their own aircraft spotting stolen cattle to help retrieve them back


"The trouble started when Bundy stopped paying grazing fees in 1993."

"he has lost two federal court rulings — and a judge last October prohibited him from physically interfering with any seizure or roundup operation."




It's not my fault if it ended up innacurate.
 

Newell Steamer

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Cheering this on but don't want anything about done about welfare fraud.

Sorry - we don't want to shoot poor people like cattle, as you would love to.

Also, welfare fraud doesn't take 20 years and multiple rulings to try to get the person to stop,... you just cut off their funds.

This asshat needs to get the fuck off of land he has no right to use.
 

Newell Steamer

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"The trouble started when Bundy stopped paying grazing fees in 1993."

"he has lost two federal court rulings — and a judge last October prohibited him from physically interfering with any seizure or roundup operation."


,... you don't say!!

Well,.. you did. It's just that the OP doesn't - and, he refuses to, even when pointed out multiple times.
 
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Sorry - we don't want to shoot poor people like cattle, as you would love to.

Also, welfare fraud doesn't take 20 years and multiple rulings to try to get the person to stop,... you just cut off their funds.

This asshat needs to get the fuck off of land he has no right to use.

Gotta love the left making up more BS.
 

Jaskalas

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“No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans.”- Nevada Gov. Brian Sandoval
There is no abridgement of nor violation of Constitutional rights evident. Mr. Bundy should have followed the law. Instead the welfare cowboy chose to continue his law-breaking ways.
There is in the handling of the protestors.
According to who? If there have been any violations of rights then the offenders should be prosecuted. This is a separate issue from addressing Mr. Bundy's illegal conduct.

That's correct, the Governor of Nevada speaking against BLM treatment of Nevadans is a separate issue from Mr. Bundy's conduct.
 

Newell Steamer

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You are cheering on this action that is resulting in the deaths of cattle. Who is blood thirsty here?

You mean the rancher?

Well, how else are we going to get our delicious steak, which grew off of the illegally grazed grass? He has to kill them at SOME point!!
 

Stewox

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"The trouble started when Bundy stopped paying grazing fees in 1993."

"he has lost two federal court rulings — and a judge last October prohibited him from physically interfering with any seizure or roundup operation."

They don't believe those rulings are just, this is just one case of many, as they said, the BLM policies are basically anything they think up, nobody has a voice in that except the federal govt, they make "rules" up for each case to find some excuse to take the land over, it's not about fees really, that's the fake reason, it's the land use.

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It's just that the OP doesn't - and, he refuses to, even when pointed out multiple times.

That's because I believe it's fraud. Don't I have free speech?

Plus what are you guys even talking about, that dailysheeple article was contradicting, but this isn't, there is no statement saying he's not owing grazing fees, it's just reporting on the events taking place, I and others may be on the side of the Family, but it doesn't matter, that's my/our opinion.
 
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