Life, liberty, and property were the primary concerns of the Founding Fathers. Property rights were a big deal to these men. Early presidents were very wealthy not because of personal fortune or material possessions, but because they were vast land owners.
Thomas Jefferson envisioned this nation as being prosperous because of the rural nature of much of the country. The property owners, and their farms or ranches that produce the things we need to survive would be, in his opinion, among the trademarks of this nation. Property ownership, and entrepreneurship are among thing things that has made this nation exceptional, and it is those rights that we must protect, and that are being targeted by a rising tyranny in Washington.
The first plank of the Ten Planks of Communism by Karl Marx in 1845 is "Abolition of private property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose."
The first plank of the Ten Planks of Communism by Karl Marx in 1845 is "Abolition of private property in land and application of all rents of land to public purpose."
Both parties are guilty of the work towards the abolition of private property in America through these sinister tactics. The participation in these kinds of policies by both parties are not a surprise. After all, number 15 on the List of 45 Goals for the Communist Takeover of America is "Capture one or both of the political parties in the United States."
Property ownership is an important right in the American System, so the tyrants of government had to find a way to get some of the citizens to work with them on it, and they found the perfect companion to the red socialist wave moving through government. The accomplice is green, as in "environmentalism."
Eminent Domain is on steroids, and the excuse is "Sustainable Development," known by some as Agenda 21. In the name of saving the planet, and herding people away from the domain of endangered species, property rights are being compromised, and taken away, by gunpoint, if necessary.
In Nevada, a lone rancher has been battling federal agencies for two decades, because he is the last rancher remaining on a range that has been determined to be off-limits by the federal government, in order to protect a tortoise.
Federal officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have surrounded the ranch, armed with machine guns, in order to forcibly remove the owner’s cattle.
Cliven Bundy is accused of refusing to pay fees for the right to graze on a ranch owned and run by his family for centuries.
After years of court battles, the BLM secured a federal court order to have Bundy’s “trespass cattle” forcibly removed with heavy artillery, the family said.
“The battle’s been going on for 20 years,” Bundy told the Washington Free Beacon. “What’s happened the last two weeks, the United States government, the bureaus are getting this army together and they’re going to get their job done and they’re going to prove two things. They’re going to prove they can do it, and they’re gonna prove that they have unlimited power, and that they control the policing power over this public land. That’s what they’re trying to prove.”
In Nevada, a lone rancher has been battling federal agencies for two decades, because he is the last rancher remaining on a range that has been determined to be off-limits by the federal government, in order to protect a tortoise.
Federal officials from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have surrounded the ranch, armed with machine guns, in order to forcibly remove the owner’s cattle.
Cliven Bundy is accused of refusing to pay fees for the right to graze on a ranch owned and run by his family for centuries.
After years of court battles, the BLM secured a federal court order to have Bundy’s “trespass cattle” forcibly removed with heavy artillery, the family said.
“The battle’s been going on for 20 years,” Bundy told the Washington Free Beacon. “What’s happened the last two weeks, the United States government, the bureaus are getting this army together and they’re going to get their job done and they’re going to prove two things. They’re going to prove they can do it, and they’re gonna prove that they have unlimited power, and that they control the policing power over this public land. That’s what they’re trying to prove.”
Bundy said the government has brought everything but tanks and rocket launchers.
“They’re carrying the same things a soldier would,” he said. “Automatic weapons, sniper rifles, top communication, top surveillance equipment, lots of vehicles. It’s heavy soldier type equipment.”
His wife, Carol Bundy, said that roughly 200 armed agents from the BLM and FBI are stationed around their land, located about 75 miles outside of Las Vegas. Helicopters circle the premises, and the airspace and nearby roads remain blocked.
“We’re surrounded,” Carol Bundy said. “We’re estimating that there are over 200 armed BLM, FBI. We’ve got surveillance cameras at our house, they’re probably listening to me talk to you right now.”
A National Park Service spokesman denied there were armed guards rounding up the cattle in a conference call on Tuesday. However, she confirmed that there was “security” in place, citing threats to the contractors who are removing the cattle.
“Contractors are here and they are in place to round-up the cattle and to bring them to the impound area,” Christie Vanover said. “As for security, there [is] security in place, but that is merely to protect the contractors.”
Officials, so far, have seized 234 of Bundy’s 908 cattle. Impounding the cattle alone could cost the government as much as $3 million.
“They just brought a load down today,” she said. “They kind of harass us as well. When we leave they follow us.”
The BLM said they took Dave Bundy into custody following his “failure to comply with multiple requests by BLM law enforcement to leave the temporary closure area on public lands.”
Carol Bundy said five officials took Dave and “threw him on the ground.”
Environmentalists are praising the government’s forceful actions.
“We’re heartened and thankful that the agencies are finally living up to their stewardship duty,” said Rob Mrowka, a Nevada-based senior scientist with the Center for Biological Diversity. “The Gold Butte area has been officially designated as critical habitat for threatened tortoises—meaning the area is essential to their long-term survival as a species.”
“[Cliven] Bundy has long falsely believed that Gold Butte is his ranch,” added Terri Robertson, president of Friends of Sloan Canyon.
The BLM designated 186,909 acres of the Gold Butte off-limits for the “critical desert tortoise” population in 1998, without just compensation, and without constitutional authority. Bundy had already lost his grazing permit five years earlier for refusing to pay fees for the land, which his family has ranched since the 1870s.
The “federal grazing fee” is $1.35 per “Animal Unit Month,” or the amount of forage needed per animal, each month. Bundy said he owes roughly $300,000 in back fees, while the BLM asserts he owes over $1 million. The BLM defended the removal because Bundy did not “voluntarily” give up his cattle.
“We’ve tried to do this through the legal and we’ve tried to do it through the political, and what we’re at right now, I guess we’re going to have to try to stand,” Cliven Bundy said. “We the people have to stand on the ground and get our state sovereignty back, and also take some liberty and freedoms back to where we have at least access to this land.”
“The story is a lot about the cattle, but the bigger story is about our loss of freedom,” Carol Bundy added. “They have come and taken over this whole corner of the county. They’ve taken over policing power, they’ve taken over our freedom, and they’re stealing cattle.”
“And our sheriff says he just doesn’t have authority, our governor says he doesn’t have authority, and we’re saying, why are we a state?”
“I’m a producer,” Cliven Bundy said. “I produce edible commodity from the desert forage, and all of these things are governed under state law. So, in other words, this type of government has eliminated all of our state law, eliminated our state sovereignty, and has took control over our public lands and even took control over our Clark County sheriff. They’ve taken the whole county over. The whole state, almost.”
“This is just about power of the government,” Carol Bundy said.
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval (R.) has proven to be worthless, as has the sheriff. It is the constitutional authority of the governor and sheriff to kick the federal agents out of the State of Nevada. Instead, the governor provided lip service, voicing his "concern" about so-called “First Amendment Areas,” designated locations set up by the BLM where citizens can protest the removal.
“Most disturbing to me is the BLM’s establishment of a ‘First Amendment Area’ that tramples upon Nevadans’ fundamental rights under the U.S. Constitution,” he said in a statement Tuesday.
My message to the governor? If it bothers you, then quit talking and DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. KICK THE ILLEGAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENTS OUT OF YOUR STATE!
“To that end, I have advised the BLM that such conduct is offensive to me and countless others and that the ‘First Amendment Area’ should be dismantled immediately,” he said. “No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans. The BLM needs to reconsider its approach to this matter and act accordingly.”
Sandoval also said his office has received numerous complaints about the BLM’s conduct, including road closures and “other disturbances.”
Let me repeat: DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT. KICK THE ILLEGAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AGENTS OUT OF YOUR STATE!
In the end, it has nothing to do about doing what the officials thinks is right, and everything to do with money. The environmentalist lobby has deep pockets, and they feed a lot of that money into the pockets of politicians willing to take the money, and take away our freedoms for the sake of money and power. That is the trademark for all of these movements that have us scratching our heads as the government force-feeds Americans the most ridiculous policies. . . from taking away property rights in the name of an animal, to taking away religious rights in the name of a lifestyle, it is all about money, power, and transforming America into a collectivist hell-hole the Founding Fathers would never have approved of.
-- Political Pistachio Conservative News and Commentary
Last Man Standing; Rancher: Armed Feds are Surrounding My Farm - Washington Free Beacon
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