Originally Posted By: dogcatcherOriginally Posted By: C.JayOriginally Posted By: dogcatcher....While Bundy had his head up his rear and refused to pay the lease fees, it was leased to the conservation group for the turtles.
Yes, this is true, however, I do believe the issue is the snipers, helicopters and tazers brought out to control the crowd of protesters and the rancher and his family. Kinda like Randy Weaver brought under siege by Lon Horiuchi and the FBI for missing a court date and cutting an 870 less than 1/8" too short. Lets not even mention the benevolent governments flagging off a "1st amendment" area for these protesters, thereby restricting their right to free speech in the rest of the area.
This could end bad.
Oh, and the backhoe and dump truck brought in to render the cattle.
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If he broke the law, wait until he goes to town and file charges on him, arrest him, whatever. But we all know that is not the motivation as they could have done that to David Koresh as well, and saved the lives of both federal agents and members of the Davidian compound.
It is about control and making sure the good subjects submit to the benevolent good of the peoples government.
With the rancher issuing threats, refusing to remove the cattle even though he was given plenty of time, The son getting in a confrontation with the BLM people, The members from 3 out of state "militia" saying they are coming armed, and the rancher saying e will comply with the court order. Maybe they thought they needed the backup. The daughter the son and the rancher have lied too the media, again and again playing the innocent offended party even though it has been through all of the courts and they have consistently lost.
If that was your private ranch land and he leased from you and did not pay, and claimed it as his property, would you just ignore it? Would you let someone take your property without calling the police and having them help you get it back, even if it caused a shoot out?
Actually, none of this happened before the BLM showed up on the sence with 200 heavily armed agents. It has happened because BLM forces showed up with 200 armed agents. This is typical of the US government agentcies, this is how Ruby Ridge happened, and this is how Waco happened. Had anyone knocked on the front door and said they were there to enforce a court order, maybe nothing happens, cows are removed and there is no big showdown. But, this is the government telling us peons that they have the power to do whatever they want, and we better not resist. I'm glad that people are showing up to prove them wrong..