Posted on 04/19/2014 11:28:48 AM PDT by Texas Fossil
When Kit Laney answered a knock on his door Saturday, law enforcement officers from the U.S. Forest Service handed him a piece of paper announcing his Diamond Bar Ranch in southwest New Mexico would be shut down Wednesday and his 300 head of cattle grazing there would be removed – one way or the other.
Other Forest Service officials were busy nailing similar notices on fence posts along the highway and informing neighbors that after Feb. 11, they should not attempt to enter the Diamond Bar property.
Laney was not surprised. He knew someday there would be an on-the-ground confrontation to enforce a 1997 court ruling which says his cattle are trespassing on federal land. That day has arrived.
(Excerpt) Read more at teapartytribune.com ...
Yes, indeed.
It no longer matters. When the government uses or changes the law as it sees fit, decides to prosecute or not prosecute based upon political ideological positions, decides the law means what they say when they say it - the rule of law is lost. If the government does not abide by laws, then the people are not bound by the laws either. Of course, all sides have to be prepared to pay the price for the conflict.
Ok, now things are getting silly. I don’t remember the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago mentioned in any of the Federalist Papers.
Yeah that’s the rub here and these western states have themselves to blame to a great degree. They’ve allowed this to go on and DC is becoming increasingly militant in the management of lands they clearly (at least constitutionally) don’t own.
Unless control is returned to the people and states these standoffs and worse are going to become increasingly common.
well, I don’t know anything about all that
all I know is the fedgov has powers and the states have rights and I hope the states throw the Feds the hell out
Over here...
Sorry to hear of the poor foundation of your well-being, but my Constitutional argument is VERY well founded. You obviously don’t know what my position is, making that statement, and you have obviously not done your homework.
Right, like Fedzilla exempting itself from paying Real Estate Taxes on all the land it says it’s the “owner” of.
Yes, it is his intent.
As far as Texas is concerned, he is going to have some difficulty pulling it off.
Agree.
We getting now what they got with the Crown/UK government, back at the beginning of America. It brought on the revolutionary war over government taxes and punitive control.
The civil war had us fighting each other, basically states VS states.
This is about the Crown or US government attempting total control over a free people.
Correct statement, especially from the lips of an Old Man.
You should’ve added that you are actually Batman. It might add some weight to your argument, for some.
This must be why the Feds took back those 192 Blackhawk helicopters from the State Nat’l Guard units around America.
Planning on suppressing anyone intent of fighting for their land.
Yes - they truly are silly. He never posited that the treaty was in the Federalist Papers, he said the land within said treaty does not fall within the bounds orf the clause in the Constitution you cited.
You have at least twice now been intentionally and sophomorically obtuse. In light of this, your pretense of having read the FP with any understanding, if at all, is laughable.
I agree. They see some of the Governors will not allow this to happen without objection.
It would take a major tax revolt to defund the feds. They would be forced to shut down within no time but it would take a very large number to have an impact. Thats how you kill tyrrany. Soldiers and government employees won’t be loyal to an employer that doesn’t pay them for very long.
Under the treaty it is the private interests that are sacrosanct.
That is what I was referring to.
I haven’t stated an argument, so there is nothing to add weight to. All I have done is point out the hollowness and stupidity of your arguments...which you once again confirm with you childish “Batman” comment.
Yep.
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