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.
Ammon Bundy claims new documents expose government abuse, page 2:
from wikipedia, based on his claim he was sent this mission from god… “In a January 4 statement released by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Church leaders said they “strongly condemn the armed seizure of the facility and are deeply troubled by the reports that those who have seized the facility suggest that they are doing so based on scriptural principles. This armed occupation can in no way be justified on a scriptural basis.”[59][142] not lies , unless you think he really is your modern prophet…
It’s worked so far for them.
Hmmm maybe re read what Jim Crow was about. It was legal racial redistribution of wealth…. The argument falls on deaf ears. We can poison a people, deprive them of education, rights, legal representation and wealth for generations. Then one day say, “Ok we’ll stop.” But don’t really for few more generations then say,” ok now it’s equal.” When it’s not. Then perpetuate racism until equality of disenfranchisement crosses all ethnicities to still not accept its about socio-economic equality. Just now we can’t hide behind slavery or Jim Crow to redistribute wealth in the name of capitalism. We have to fix it and work together. We have to decide what are our new rights as a people. Multinational corporations have more rights the citizens. It’s not a race thing. It’s not an executive office thing. It’s a collection of differed maintenance of our legal a system.
I think I’ll trust the ranchers. F the government
They do, BLM had for yrs back in the 80s
Who is the government? It is us, the people. Who owns land? Nobody. All that is owned is a bundle of rights.
Not so much Guy. The government is a collection of elected officials that are there to do our bidding. However the government now thinks that it rules us and that we are inconsequential and no longer represents us. We the people own that land not the government except the land owned by the ranchers but the feds are trying to kick them off of it. This is just a trial balloon to see if they can steal all of our property for the upcoming UN plans.
Tha land belong to animal refugess no one should be there .
The native American suffered a worse fate over land that was forcefully taken
Which one of them is the one that can read?
Prove me wrong wheat Perez I am a constitutional expert let’s hear your rebuttle