Armed Feds Besiege Nevada Cattle Rancher

by JASmius

A follow up to yesterday's other breaking story....

A Ruby Ridge-style standoff is brewing in Nevada, where dozens of armed federal agents are closing in on cattle rancher Cliven Bundy over claims that Bundy has allowed his cows to graze illegally on government land, endangering a protected species of tortoise.

Vowing to take a stand for, "your liberty and freedom," Bundy says he is prepared to be killed as authorities surround a 600,000 acre section of public land as a result of Bundy violating a 1993 Bureau of Land Management ruling which changed grazing rights in order to protect the endangered desert tortoise.

"With all these rangers and all this force that is out here, they are only after one man right now. They are after Cliven Bundy. Whether they want to incarcerate me or whether they want to shoot me in the back, they are after me. But that is not all that is at stake here. Your liberty and freedom is at stake," Bundy said.

Bundy's refusal to recognize federal authority over the land under dispute and his failure to pay tens of thousands of dollars in grazing fees stems from his assertion that his family's history trumps bureaucracy.

"My forefathers have been up and down the Virgin Valley ever since 1877. All these rights I claim have been created through pre-emptive rights and beneficial use of the forage and water. I have been here longer. My rights are before the BLM even existed," Bundy said.

Accusing feds of seizing Nevada's sovereignty, Bundy says he has fought the battle legally, through the media, and is now gearing up to fight it physically.

"Armed agents are forming a military-like staging area to prevent anyone from approaching the area," writes Mike Paczesny.

UPDATE: Escalation:

Protestors at the Bundy Ranch in Bunkerville, Nevada take on the Feds and stand their ground.

And you wonder why I maintain that America is deader than the Pharaohs of old.  This is Obamerika, folks, where federal agents throw a woman on the ground, taser protestors, sic a dog on a pregnant woman, with utter and complete impunity, compliments of Barack Obama and greenstremists everywhere.

For what it's worth, send an email to both Clark County Sheriff Douglas Gillespie and Governor Brian Sandoval and tell them to stand up against the BLM and order the federal government out of Clark County and out of Nevada.  I'm sure the Obamastapo has enough tasers for everyone.


UPDATE II: Recrimination:

Sheriff Richard Mack joins Gary Franchi and responds to Governor Sandoval's failure to tell Feds to stand down at the Bundy Ranch during their administration of state-sponsored terrorism.

Sheriff Mack and Stuart Rhodes of the Oath Keepers are on their way to Nevada now.

Something tells me the feds aren't going to dick around with tasers and killer dogs when Mack and Rhodes show up.