The Federal government does not like to be challenged, and it has the resources and the power to make citizens yield, and does so when it cannot win the argument. If you have been following the conflict in Oregon recently between ranchers and the Federal government, you will know that the government, which owns over 50% of the land in eleven western states, is willing to jail you for unintended trespass of undeveloped, unoccupied land.
Two ranchers who did some brush clearing of their own ranch, but inadvertently burned some of the adjoining federal land, are now in prison for a long stay, based on a charge of arson. It is worth pointing out that the fire they started was put out by the ranchers without outside help, and the land itself is actually now healthier and more productive due to the reduction of brush and overgrowth. But the government wants to make sure that everyone understands they are in charge and they have the power.
A small group of ranchers, led by Ammon Bundy, are occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge building in protest of the unjust sentence and the overbearing government position. Fortunately, no violence has developed, but Bundy and his group have vowed to stay until the two ranchers in question are freed. But the government still wants to make a strong point, and they have enlisted a judge to help them.
Huge fine threatened, page 2:
This judge is power hungry.
he should not pay a damn cent
70,000 per day? Is that what the county will make from the government for homesteading muslims?
They have already taken all of his money and his ability to eran a living and his freedom. Only thing left is his life. Is that next?
This is b******t, this judge is out of his ever loving mind. the only thing they want to do is 2 tank Bundy’s land for the mineral rights
That judge, ladies and gents, is what you call a TYRANT.
Trying to push hard enough to cause action they can use to attack. them
Jared Walls According to who?
Gee, was he an obummer appointee?
Allen Schwartz They are armed and have seized a federal blgd. Same as if they invaded a military base. I don’t need a “moral equivalency” , the law doesn’t demand that. Also, i don’t agree with the rioters. They were wrong and should be prosecuted, but the “protesters” (the innocents) should not. How do we distinguish between the 2 when they are mixed in the chaos?