[JohnHuang2]

Friday, August 15, 2003

Quote of the Day by nhoward14

[goldstategop]

The federal government owns more than half the land in Western states and its a disgrace a rancher is locked up in prison for grazing cows on land he thinks belongs to him. The feds apparently have nothing better to do with their time than to imprison an old man for trying to pursue a lawful livelihood.

[Dudoight]

I simply cannot understand how this happens. I just don't get it.

[Iagreetonothing]

My heart goes out to him and his family. I am far a way but if letter writting would help (it can't hurt I guess) I will do it. If anyone comes up with something and need's help with it let me know and I'll try. This is awful.

[jonatron]

Bump!

[Chewbacca]

If this was my place I and they came to take the home and land I would let them have it after salting the waterholes and filling them full of chlorine.

[agrace]

Unlike the hardened felons he is in prison with, he was denied a court-appointed attorney.

WHY?

[csvset]

Perhaps the Klumps could appeal to President Bush. He's a rancher and perhaps he could find it in his heart to pardon Mr. Klump.

You'd think that the FedGov Agencies would focus on halting the invasion that is occuring along our border with Mexico.

[LibertyAndJusticeForAll]

Maybe we have the wrong department chasing down illegals crossing the border. Perhaps the Bureau of Land Management would be a better choice.
What would BLM have done if the cows were owned by a Mexican? No doubt the BLM would have ignored them.
I wonder if these cows were preventing fires by grazing in this remote area.

[CedarDave]

BUMP to my oil/gas/ranching/environmental PING list, and to add NM to topics.

[bedolido]

Cows With Guns

[Quix]

BLM has been growing into a socialist/commie monster for decades.

Get the UN out of the USA and the Feds out of the West!

Sigh.

[Varmint Al]

There are too many leftover appointees from the previous administration that should be removed.

President Bush: You can fix this.

This is the type of miscarriage of justice that the Presidential Pardon was meant to cure.

Good Hunting... from Varmint Al

[hardhead]

The BLM DOES suck! A bunch of entrenched, taxpayer-funded, bureaucrats. Let the steaks dry up in the congressional dining rooms then that will give the bastards an excuse to expand trade more with Meheeco.

[farmfriend]

Rights, farms, environment ping.

Let me know if you wish to be added or removed from this list.

[r9etb]

Something not quite right about this story. It's fine to disagree with the BLM, and no doubt they overreached in this case.

But I do not believe that this article is giving us an honest account.

For example, why would the BLM toss Wally Klump in jail, while at the same time continue to let his cows run around where they're not supposed to be?

Ahhh, yes. The reason Wally Klump is in jail is for contempt of court, not for grazing violations. And if you read past the reporter's obvious bias, you begin to wonder whether Wally's as innocent as he's made out to be. For example, the Klumps obviously have some idea of where their property lines are, as they apparently had to roll back their fences to let their cattle onto BLM land.

As for me, personally, I tend to distrust any reporter who uses Tom Clancy-style adjectives to describe people. Wally is "rawhide-tough." Wayne is "lean ropy," and drinks "tepid water." (How does the reporter know it's tepid, BTW?)

It would be interesting to get the real facts on this story. No doubt they'd still be sympathetic to the Klump's case. But they'd probably be a lot less cut-and-dried than Zane Wally's little novella would have us believe.

[Deadeye Division]

bttt

[Libertina]

This breaks my heart and inspires me all at the same time.

[F-117A]

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