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SHOVEL BRIGADE Press Release
October 24, 2003 | DEMAR DAHL

Posted on 10/24/2003 2:30:40 PM PDT by farmfriend

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 24, 2003

FROM: DEMAR DAHL (775)741-4168

PRESIDENT OF THE SHOVEL BRIGADE

An advertisement was placed in the Elko Daily Free Press and on Elko radio stations last week in the name of the Shovel Brigade. The ad, which referred to some Forest Service employees as "armed and dangerous", was not taken to the Brigade Board for approval. On first review by the Board, it was felt that the ad may have gone a little over the line with reference to being "armed and dangerous". However, after considering all of the facts available to it, the Board concluded that for the Forest Service and the BLM, "armed and dangerous" may be an accurate description for some of their enforcement officers and activities. Here are a few of many examples of agency employees as "armed". How "dangerous" they may be is yet to be determined:

Example 1: In November 2001, at a sale of confiscated cattle in Palomino Valley, an observer, Ken Greenwell, a house builder from Fallon, Nevada, had a firearm in plain view in his pickup. A BLM gunman walked past and apparently thinking Ken was standing too close to his firearm drew his pistol and pointed it at Greenwell screaming for him to lay down on the ground. Ken and others who witnessed the incident said the gunman had his finger on the trigger, a wild look on his face, was visibly shaking, and definitely a dangerous look about him. The BLM gunman is C. J. Ross. The incident was caught by the camera of Jean Voigts and was first published in the Sparks Tribune.

Example 2: Whether one is sympathetic to the plight of the Dann sisters or not, everyone has to agree that they are well known as peace activists. While on their ranch and surrounded by their avowed non-violent peace activist friends, the sisters were confronted by the BLM with over 50 armed gunmen. They were there to confiscate their horses. The BLM established two command and control centers in a paramilitary operation that was as bizarre as it was frightening to think it was happening right here in the United States of America.

Example 3: When the BLM confiscated cattle on the Pine Creek Ranch belonging to Wayne Hage, the confiscation was handled by six BLM gunmen. According to the depositions taken before the trial that followed the confiscation, each gunman possessed the following firearms: 1 military type fully automatic rifle, 1 semi-automatic handgun, 1 revolver, and each gunman had ready access to a semi-automatic shotgun in a nearby vehicle. All of this firepower to go against Wayne Hage and a few of his helpers armed with one camera between them.

Example 4: An employee of the Maestri Ranch in Buena Vista Valley, while driving on a dirt road toward a windmill to pump stock water, was stopped by a BLM gunman with siren and flashing red lights. The gunman, Randy Reeder, with a pistol on his hip, had stopped the employee for no apparent reason except to ask his name, where he was going, and to look over his pickup. Upon seeing a 22 caliber rifle on the seat of the pickup, the driver was told by the gunman that he was not allowed to carry a rifle in the pickup. The man’s employer, Frank Maestri, reported the incident to the Pershing County Sheriff, who, being concerned about a dangerous situation, advised Frank, for himself and his employees both, if confronted by Randy Reeder or any other BLM gunman again to cooperate in every way and report the incident to the Sheriff’s Office.

Example 5: In September 2003, the Forest Service sent a gun-toting investigator from Sparks, Nevada, to Wendell, Idaho, to issue a citation to John Eickhof for damaging a resource by driving off the road. The alleged damage could not be detected by a number of civilians who inspected the area shortly after the incident.

The County Sheriff, who is elected by the people, is the head law enforcement officer in the County. The Shovel Brigade challenges the Forest Service and BLM to cite any incident that has occurred on federal land requiring law enforcement that could not have been easily handled by the Sheriff’s Department.

The hunters, ranchers, campers, miners, snowmobilers, rock hounds, and other federal land users are becoming increasingly concerned by the aggressiveness of the federal agencies. The Brigade thinks it is time for a congressional review of the policy which allows gunmen to roam around the counties as representatives of the bureaucracies.


TOPICS: Activism/Chapters; Announcements; Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: environment; forestservice; government; shovelbrigade
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1 posted on 10/24/2003 2:30:40 PM PDT by farmfriend
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To: AAABEST; Ace2U; Alamo-Girl; Alas; amom; AndreaZingg; Anonymous2; ApesForEvolution; ...
Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.
I don't get offended if you want to be removed.

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And you won't miss a thread on FR because e-bot will keep you informed.

2 posted on 10/24/2003 2:32:23 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
Good post farmfriend...while doing minerals exploration work in Nevada I was stopped several times by BLM gun- toters. While being asked what I was doing, the BLM thugs always kept one hand on their side arms. What jerks.

And they wonder why people supported Claude Dallas.
3 posted on 10/24/2003 2:36:57 PM PDT by Cuttnhorse
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To: farmfriend
BTTT!!!!!!
4 posted on 10/24/2003 2:40:26 PM PDT by E.G.C.
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To: Cuttnhorse
A good reason to kill off the BLM and turn the land over to the states.
5 posted on 10/24/2003 2:43:57 PM PDT by kaktuskid
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To: farmfriend
I hope you saved a link to the thread that provocated this response for the benefit of a couple of those who said they thought such behavior impossible. A directed flag is in order. Some of these USFS people are nuts. California Fish and Game people are probably worse.
6 posted on 10/24/2003 2:47:15 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (There are people in power who are truly evil.)
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To: Carry_Okie
Armed and dangerous: Forest Service calls Elko ads inflammatory
7 posted on 10/24/2003 2:56:36 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
SWAT bump.
8 posted on 10/24/2003 3:04:30 PM PDT by SuperLuminal
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To: Carry_Okie; r9etb; cfrost; .38sw; olorin
ping
9 posted on 10/24/2003 3:12:12 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
Example 1: In November 2001, at a sale of confiscated cattle in Palomino Valley, an observer, Ken Greenwell, a house builder from Fallon, Nevada, had a firearm in plain view in his pickup. A BLM gunman walked past and apparently thinking Ken was standing too close to his firearm drew his pistol and pointed it at Greenwell screaming for him to lay down on the ground. Ken and others who witnessed the incident said the gunman had his finger on the trigger, a wild look on his face, was visibly shaking, and definitely a dangerous look about him. The BLM gunman is C. J. Ross. The incident was caught by the camera of Jean Voigts and was first published in the Sparks Tribune.

I wish I could remember the thread this picture was on..it was during the Klamath standoff.

10 posted on 10/24/2003 3:25:07 PM PDT by hattend
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To: farmfriend
That's the one, thank you.
11 posted on 10/24/2003 3:26:10 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The environment is too complex to be managed by central planning.)
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To: hattend
hmmm...okay, I must have thread mixed up the gun incident was during a cattle confiscation? I thought it was the Klamath area...oh well, BTTT
12 posted on 10/24/2003 3:28:21 PM PDT by hattend
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To: farmfriend
Those that can, do for themselves
Those that can’t, work for the government.

It used to be those with authority complexes were weeded out and given nothing more than a whistle. Today the BLM seeks them out throws a gun in their shaky hands and instructs them to terrorize the people who pay their salaries.

The answer is obvious more fire power for civilians. Corrupt and out of control government bodies is precisely the reason there shall be no infringement on arms.

God, guns and Country, if this scares the liberty out of you, move to France.
13 posted on 10/24/2003 3:33:23 PM PDT by Fearless Flyers (Proud to be of The Brave and the Free, http://fearless-flyers.com)
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To: farmfriend
Please add me to your ping list.

Thanks!

Ed
14 posted on 10/24/2003 4:26:54 PM PDT by Sir_Ed
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To: farmfriend

Demar Dahl leading the Jarbidge Rebellion.
15 posted on 10/24/2003 5:06:48 PM PDT by ravinson
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To: Sir_Ed
Consider yourself added. If you ever change you mind just let me know.
16 posted on 10/24/2003 6:39:21 PM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: farmfriend
hello Farmfriend,

please add me to your ping list. Thank you, Byron

17 posted on 10/24/2003 11:01:31 PM PDT by Byron_the_Aussie (http://www.theinterviewwithgod.com/popup2.html)
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To: Byron_the_Aussie
Consider yourself added. If you ever change your mind, just let me know.
18 posted on 10/25/2003 8:48:08 AM PDT by farmfriend ( Isaiah 55:10,11)
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To: r9etb
for you
19 posted on 10/25/2003 11:27:00 AM PDT by snopercod (I am waiting for the rebirth of wonder.)
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To: farmfriend
I had a Park Ranger tell me to run so he could shoot me in the back. His name Was Brian Lakes and it happened at Florrisant Fossil Beds National Monument around 1992. I had been working on my deeded right-of-way at the time. These people have no business being armed!
20 posted on 10/25/2003 7:41:26 PM PDT by Colorado Doug
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