The stand-off in Oregon between the Federal government and Ammon Bundy and his fellow ranchers does not seem to be winding down. Bundy and his loosely connected organization came to Burns, Oregon about two weeks ago in support of Steven and Dwight Hammond, local ranchers who were accused of arson some years ago. The charges were filed because the Hammonds cleared some of their ranch by burning the underbrush and overgrowth, but the fire spread to surrounding Federal land. The Hammonds were able to extinguish the blaze without help, and in fact, both the Hammonds ranch and the Federal land are said to be more productive and healthier from the clearing, but the government seems intent on making a show of who is in charge.
The charge of arson, which in and of itself seems like a huge miscarriage of justice, in that it carries a mandatory sentence of 5 years in prison. A judge who tried the case thought so too and said that it would be improper and unfair to send them to prison for 5 years each, so he sentenced the Hammonds to less than a year in jail, which they completed some time ago. However, a judge or government agency seeking to show ranchers everywhere just who is in charge has demanded that the Hammonds serve the full five years, and the father and son left for prison last week.
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more environmental lies. Hell wildlife thrive off cattle and horse c**p. There is nothing there but hay and grain left overs. Birds love it. i see it all the time. There is suppose to be a bird sanctuary over in the city. would not know it if you looked around my property. There are birds of many sepcies eating from my horses and cows as well as goats. If these government funded environmental groups did any good the nations cities would not have areas of total trash, laying around. this trash breeds insects, as well as dangerous conditions. As rotting materials give off methane which of dangerous. you may not even know you are inhaling it until it is to late. becasue a low levels it is undetechable. But does creat respitory problems. Ive stock waste dries out in a matter of days and there is no odor. just good fertilize. Still so harmless birds will thrive on it.
Stece you are so full of c**p. is there anything you stooges will not lie about.
Well they do steal from working people to give it to lazy immoral people. Government marshaled so we have to follow. Has nothing to do with them. Their immune
The government is paying them cause they took all their land and their way to make a living.
And their as much domestic terrorist as you are pope.
They used to be the richest county in Oregon until the government decided it wanted the land and started stealing it from all the local ranchers.
So by that standard all those effected by Jim Crow laws, we should be happy to pay out welfare??? C’mon. Double standards. How about this. Personal accountability for all. Obey the law for all. The true problem is every year legal representation becomes more and more unattainable for the average citizen. When multinational corporations and the government can out lawyer the average citizen. We have a lack of accountability for all. Let stop the double standards and escuse a for both.
Chad unfortunatly the government will as always con them. Just like when the former govenor of NM in order to silence the various tribes along I 40 and I 25 north from albqueque when the indians were balking about government abuse, and threatened to cut off interstate highway use of all that crossed reservation lands Richardson and the feds offered the tribes casinos in return for the highway use. Still the real winners were government as over half of the casino intakes go to the government. Still the state collected taxes of all tabbaco sold on reservation lands. The state made money and the feds collected double. That is Bill richardson Dem clintons pal.
Tashins that is why 1/4 of the people of burns are now scared and want the Bundys to leave. Feds and media lies to these people. If it were not for the rest of the people of Burns it would be nice if the protestors that are standing for all the people to leave and the Hammonds get their men released and sell out to the highest bidder amd leave. so those that are bowing to the feds can learn a hard lesson. While i support minning in its place. The minning of the minerals at the preserve even on the hammonds land will destroy things. it happened here. The wells for 50 miles around started drying up and there was water table damage. The company was fined by the epa 50,000.00 dam i have seen larger fines for a bird building a nest on a piece of minning equiptment in other areas. If these taht that cower to the feds think the epa or its little treehugger groups really care, look this past fall know further than Colorado. When the epa caused a massive spill and an abandon mine. Then did not tell anyone for over a week when toxins were showing up in streams and rivers. The damage has been done to rivers in 4 states, Who is taking care of it local people and the states. The are having to file suit against the epa. Hell the epa is the major culprit to the water in /flint Mich. They knew the river was still to toxic for human use, and kept silent. Let others take the fall.
guess many have forgot about imenate domain where even the city people can loos their homes and land to government in the name of progress.