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BLM ON TEXAS LAND: NOT A LAND GRAB, IT’S ALREADY OURS
Breitbart ^ | April 25, 2014 | By Bob Price

Posted on 04/25/2014 11:04:36 AM PDT by Jim Robinson

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office responded to Breitbart Texas about the so-called Red River “land grab” by emphasizing that parcels in question are already held in the public domain and BLM-managed. The Bureau claims it is not they who are declaring the ownership but that settled case law long declared it to be government land.

BLM Public Relations Specialist Paul McGuire agreed to a one-on-one telephone interview with Breitbart Texas after reading the original report published earlier this week. In contrast with the interview with Texas General Land Office Commissioner Jerry Patterson, McGuire expressed much more confidence about the ownership of the land and indicated little, if any, ambiguity about how or why the land should be under federal control.

“It’s not the BLM making any such claim as to the status of the land,” McGuire said. “That land was a matter that the courts adjudicated decades ago, going back to the 1920s in fact. The Supreme Court settled the matter as to where the public land in the Red River was. So, BLM is really just proceeding on those earlier court decisions.”

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TOPICS: Breaking News; News/Current Events; US: Oklahoma; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: blm; federalland; landgrab; oklahoma; redriverland; texas
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To: Jim Robinson
Thanks for the video link. The ex-BLM guy has the "progressive solution": More taxes from "the rich".


61 posted on 04/25/2014 12:16:48 PM PDT by caveat emptor (!)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade

Speaking of which, has the Texas National Guard surrendered their Apache helicopters to Fedzilla yet?

Might be a good time to hold off on that a bit...


62 posted on 04/25/2014 12:18:24 PM PDT by null and void ( They donÂ’t think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
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To: Forward the Light Brigade
If the war starts. How many states would follow Texas? The South? The west? CW II.

Both ends against the middle...

63 posted on 04/25/2014 12:21:06 PM PDT by null and void ( They donÂ’t think think they are above the law. They think they are the law.)
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To: Jim Robinson

Note to BLM......NOT yours! Don’t mess with Texas!


64 posted on 04/25/2014 12:22:34 PM PDT by luvie (All my heroes wear camos! Thank you David, Michael, Chris Txradioguy, JJ, CMS, & ALL Vets, too!l)
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To: alloysteel

Wow. That is interesting. There are areas in Rocky Mountain Natl Forest that I’d like to claim “squatter’s rights” to.

Anyway, you had better have a good team of lawyers if you are going to fight “city hall.”


65 posted on 04/25/2014 12:27:07 PM PDT by dhs12345
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To: Jim Robinson

Expect the BLM to continue to claim they own land whether they do or not. It is the only way they can continue to enlarge obama’s control


66 posted on 04/25/2014 12:27:30 PM PDT by Nifster
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To: The Cajun
Ain't no way the BLM is going to win this and they know it.

And that may be exactly what they are hoping for. A huge fight, lots of feds hurt/killed would be just the thing for obozo to declare martial law (and probably revoke elections).

Never thought I would see this in my lifetime.

67 posted on 04/25/2014 12:36:10 PM PDT by coder2
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To: Red Badger

I know — ironically(?) the modified lyrics are more “in-tune” with the author ...


68 posted on 04/25/2014 12:37:03 PM PDT by mikrofon (Bureau of Lenin & Marx)
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To: coder2

Today I became a Texan.


69 posted on 04/25/2014 12:39:47 PM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: Jim Robinson

who’s the slave of who, now?


70 posted on 04/25/2014 12:41:32 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: coder2

I ma pretty sure most people in Michigan wouldn’t give a hoot if the BLM decided to take over Detroit...It’s mostly run down parcels and vacant lots now anyway.


71 posted on 04/25/2014 12:41:35 PM PDT by VRWCarea51
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To: Windflier

I need flag like that.


72 posted on 04/25/2014 12:43:48 PM PDT by dragonblustar ( Psalm 103, Psalm 37:7, Ephesians 6:12)
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To: humblegunner

“If they click “go” on this.. hijinks will ensue. “

Battle of the Red River has a nice ring to it.


73 posted on 04/25/2014 12:47:22 PM PDT by Rebelbase (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: Jim Robinson
“It’s not the BLM making any such claim as to the status of the land,” McGuire said. “That land was a matter that the courts adjudicated decades ago, going back to the 1920s in fact. The Supreme Court settled the matter as to where the public land in the Red River was. So, BLM is really just proceeding on those earlier court decisions.”

MULEY
You mean get off my own land?

THE MAN
Now don't go blaming me. It ain't
*my* fault.

SON
Whose fault is it?

THE MAN
You know who owns the land—the
Shawnee Land and Cattle Company.

MULEY
Who's the Shawnee Land and Cattle
Comp’ny?

THE MAN
It ain't nobody. It's a company.

SON
They got a pres’dent, ain't they?
They got somebody that knows what a
shotgun's for, ain't they?

THE MAN
But it ain't *his* fault, because
the *bank* tells him what to do.

SON
(angrily)
All right. Where's the bank?

THE MAN
(fretfully)
Tulsa. But what's the use of picking
on him? He ain't anything but the
manager, and half crazy hisself,
trying to keep up with his orders
from the east!

MULEY
(bewildered)
Then who *do* we shoot?

http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/grapes_of_wrath.html

74 posted on 04/25/2014 12:49:21 PM PDT by PATRIOT1876
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To: dragonblustar
I need flag like that.

Says it all, doesn't it?

75 posted on 04/25/2014 12:50:31 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Rebelbase
Battle of the Red River has a nice ring to it.

And the Goliad flag takes on an additional meaning:


76 posted on 04/25/2014 12:56:11 PM PDT by humblegunner
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To: Hillarys Gate Cult

I prefer to call them Brownshirts, Low-lifes, and Mother-jazzers.


77 posted on 04/25/2014 12:56:34 PM PDT by july4thfreedomfoundation (I don't want to feel "safe." I want to feel FREE!)
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To: Jim Robinson; All
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Oklahoma Field Office responded ...

Why are unelected government bureaucrats who have no concern that this is an election year responding to property owner voters concerning issue?

And what's arguably worse is why are citizens willing to talk with unelected officials instead of their elected lawmakers where their property, or any issue, is concerned?

... The Bureau claims it is not they who are declaring the ownership but that settled case law long declared it to be government land.

Property owners need to demand that their federal representatives prove that the land in question was purchased by the feds with the consent of state lawmakers in compliance with the Constitution's Clause 17 of Section 8 of Article, or purchased in compliance with the 5th Amendment's Eminent Domain Clause - or get out of Dodge.

78 posted on 04/25/2014 1:01:37 PM PDT by Amendment10
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To: Windflier

Now THAT is a good flag!


79 posted on 04/25/2014 1:02:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: grobdriver

“If they bring a knife, you bring a gun.
If they bring a handgun, you bring a rifle.
If they bring a tank, you bring an A-10.”

Texas air national guard can probably do just that. I can see some Fed thugs crapping themselves thinking they had all the power, then watch an A-10 buzz them.


80 posted on 04/25/2014 1:06:58 PM PDT by LevinFan
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