Feds release cows gathered in Nevada roundup

[UncleBeer 244]

First of all, if you as a citizen of the United States of America recognize the legitimacy of our nation, you recognize that some land is publicly owned.

Yes, SOME land should be commonly owned, but 84% of a US state? I can imagine justification for public ownership such as national parks, military testing grounds, and reasonable amounts of acreage for wildlife refuges. But 84% of one state isn't justifiable.

If you want to question that legitimacy, perhaps you'd like to question the Louisiana Purchase?

The vast majority of those plots are now privately owned, as should be the case.

And if you go down that road, perhaps Mexico can question the legitimacy of our current borders?

Heh: pretty sure that's already the case.

Apparently over 50% of the American west is "owned" by the federal government. That's wildly excessive.

[Robby999 1,024]

I bet ole Dinghy Harry is going to be pizzed now. Everyone wants a piece of the action now!

Lawmakers from Western states said Friday that the time has come for them to take control of federal lands within their borders and suggested the standoff this month between a Nevada rancher and the federal government was a problem waiting to happen.

"What’s happened in Nevada is really just a symptom of a much larger problem," Utah House Speaker Becky Lockhart, a Republican, told The Salt Lake Tribune.

The lawmakers -- more than 50 of them from nine Western states -- made their proclamations at the Legislative Summit on the Transfer for Public Lands, in Utah, which was scheduled before this month’s standoff between Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and the Bureau of Land Management.

The agency rounded up hundreds of Bundy's cattle, saying he hasn't paid more than $1 million in grazing fees he owes for trespassing on federal lands since the 1990s. But Bundy does not recognize federal authority on the land, which his family has used since the 1870s.

The agency released the cattle after a showdown last weekend with angry armed protesters whom Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid referred to as “domestic terrorists.”

Whether the federal government will use the courts system or other methods to try to resolve such disputes remains unclear. Reid, D-Nev., said earlier this week that he talked to Attorney General Eric Holder and that a task force might be formed, in response. However, a law enforcement official said Saturday that there are no plans for a task force.

The idea of Western states taking control of parts of wide tracts of federal land is nothing new. Those involved in the so-called Sagebrush Rebellion and similar movements have argued for decades that states and local governments west of the Mississippi River often can best manage the land and that doing so would allow them to use it to improve their economies.

On Friday, political leaders from the nine states convened for the first time to talk about their joint goal of wresting control of oil-, timber -and mineral-rich lands away from the U.S. government, according to the paper.

"It’s simply time," said Utah state Rep. Ken Ivory, a Republican who co-organized the summit with Montana state Sen. Jennifer Fielder. "The urgency is now."

Utah GOP Sen. Mike Lee also spoke to the attendees.

Idaho Speaker of the House Scott Bedke argued that Idaho forests and rangeland managed by the state have suffered less damage and watershed degradation from wildfire than have lands managed by federal agencies, the newspaper reported.

The Associated Press also contributed to this report.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/19/western-lawmakers-strategize-on-taking-control-federal-lands/?intcmp=latestnews

[Barabbas 1]

The BLM murdered Bundy's cows. Where is PETA ?

http://www.prisonplanet.com/bundy-family-uncovers-suspected-blm-cattle-grave.html

[lostinblue 1,989]

The BLM murdered Bundy's cows. Where is PETA ?

http://www.prisonplanet.com/bundy-family-uncovers-suspected-blm-cattle-grave.html

Digging up 1 of the HUGE holes where they threw the cows

that they had ran to death or shot.

I feel that this NEEDS to be put out for the public to see.

Where is PETA....collecting more government money