The movement against the BLM and Forestry Service western lands takeover continues to build, with the aftermath of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge demonstration and the slaying of rancher LaVoy Finicum by federal agents serving as a rallying point for those who believe the federal government has grown too big and powerful, particularly in the western states. Don’t miss the video included later in the article.
The compliant media has circled the wagons to declare the demonstrators were radical, right-wing constitutionalists, as if the U.S. Constitution can be protected and promoted too much.
Somehow, those who dismiss the ranchers and their supporters in the western states can’t see that the government, which “owns” over 50 percent of the land in eleven western states, is much more interested in power and control, and much more committed to radical environmentalists than to farmers and ranchers trying to make a living on the land that, like as not, has been a family pursuit and way of life for generations.
To put a finer point on the issue, mere weeks after the Malheur protesters were arrested and the refuge cleared, President Obama declared three more parcels of land in California as federal land, with little or no future access granted to mere citizens of the state. And by parcels, I mean almost 2 million acres that are now set aside as an offering to the Sierra Club and their ilk, with no compensation offered to California for the taking.
Federal government supporters are painting protesters as lawless cowboys, ignoring the fact that the Constitution prohibits the federal government from owning more than a ten square mile plot in Washington D.C., and areas for forts and military installations that require state approval to acquire.
Watch as the Sheriff fights back in video on the next page:
Sir, after today,President Trump will make Fed agents be on your side
I thot he meant the black lives matter folks…, He means the bureau of land management, duh…
Very sad that the government can just take the land!
The federal government by the constitution can not owne this land. It should have control returned to the states. This would be a good opportunity for Trump to start upholding the constitution.
So this is a racist pge???
Actually the sheriff is the poster child for good ol’ boy politics. The only reason he’s making this big so called stand is he is closely related to a noncompliant grazer. He’s worthless and a phoney.
Why don’t you leave America , you don’t know it, its history, you haven’t done anything for it, nor for your freedom to spew inane stuff, so don’t let the door hit you on the way out. Bye
Dude your awesome! Have fun in your pool!
I expected to hear the sheriff not some horses$#%&!@*from Jacksonville, f**e posting!
Outstanding!