from Mexico as its own sovereign republic. True story.
We did it before, we'll do it again.
Posted on 04/21/2014 1:37:28 PM PDT by Jim Robinson
After the recent Bundy Ranch episode by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Texans are becoming more concerned about the BLM’s focus on 90,000 acres along a 116 mile stretch of the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. The BLM is reviewing the possible federal takeover and ownership of privately-held lands which have been deeded property for generations of Texas landowners.
Sid Miller, former Texas State Representative and Republican candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, has since made the matter a campaign issue to Breitbart Texas.
“In Texas,” Miller says, “the BLM is attempting a repeat of an action taken over 30 years ago along the Red River when Tommy Henderson lost a federal lawsuit. The Bureau of Land Management took 140 acres of his property and didn’t pay him one cent.”
Miller referred to a 1986 case where the BLM attempted to seize some of Henderson’s land. Henderson sued the BLM and lost 140 acres that had been in his family for generations. Now the BLM is looking at using the prior case as a precedent to claim an additional 90,000 acres.
Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) represents the ranchers in this region of north Texas. According to Thornberry’s legislative analysts, the issue of the ownership of this land dates back to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the BLM made the claim on Henderson’s land, their position was that Texas never had the authority to deed the land to private parties and therefore it would fall under federal control.
In 1922, the U.S. Supreme Court attempted to settle the boundary dispute in Oklahoma v. Texas and declared the boundary to be defined by wooden stakes set on the river bank. That boundary apparently lasted no longer than anyone could expect wooden stakes to last in the shifting sands of a meandering river...
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Well, that’s gonna start some s#!t...
Welcome to the USSA Comrade!
Where your land is OUR land.
Yeah, I'm thinking that might not work out so well.
Got troops in Texas you say?
Axe 'em how they lean, I say.
Say, and how many hunters we got anyway, who ain't keen on the government?
Poke that wasp nest just a couple more times...
I just went to governor’s website and there is no info. on the Oklahoma/Texas border.
Went to Attorney General Greg Abbott’s website and signed up for every news release, criminal proceeding, just every, anything he does in that office, puts on paper or speech pertaining to his official office, to be sent to me. If he does anything about that border, I’ll get a notice about it.
I know Perry won’t make a move without consulting with Abbott due to the legal angles of it all. If I get anything, I’ll let you know. I can see Abbott in his wheelchair sitting on the bank of the Red River with his rifle on his lap. :o)
/johnny
Agreed. Perry isn’t the strong brother on many issues. More like a “weak sister”.
If John Tower were still in office, he’d have the BLM hog-tied and hoosegowed before you could say “Uncle”.
The Dept. of Interior is also out of control, just as the Dept. of Agriculture is. BLM, BIA, USFS. Turned into political tools by the Obama regime.
They need to be reformed ASAP, as in Nov. 2014 after the elections.
We did it before, we'll do it again.
Why.. 1/3 of the United States was won that day.. in 18 minutes.
Hmmmm.
I really don’t think the patience shown by the Arizona folks will be demonstrated by Texans...
correction...Nevada
The area specifically in question runs from Vernon, Texas, East to Byers, Texas. There was a dispute of the boundary and mineral rights that Federal Receiver Frederick Delano had to referee back in 1919 near the little crossing at Bridgetown, the Northwest portion of the Burkburnett Oil fields. Texas Rangers and Oklahoma National Guard faced each other almost to the point of violence over the dispute. Texas Rangers had to enforce the truce and law while mediation was being done. The SCOTUS decision of 1922 finished the argument. I don’t think the ranchers along this border from Vernon to Byers are going to stand by quietly and let the BLM take their ranch lands quietly. I know them and they won’t take this without a fight.
BLM doesn't have a damn thing to do with it.
/johnny
They want to control the waterways. They are also coming after land my family owns that borders a river.
I know that Texans and Sooners have their disagreements about sports, but for once, I think they may find common ground in telling the BLM to butt out. They might even be downright amiable about it.
LMAO! Heads roll for the ultimate moronic decision in 3...2...1...
Brave little critters, ain’t they...those BLM types?
These brave little critters have NO IDEA what awaits them should they attempt this. I do believe it will be considered, and dealt with, as an outright invasion by many here and OK. It will not end well for them. Texas has first-hand experience in dealing with self-serving, land-grabbing tyrants. If I remember correctly, there is this big tree in the town square in Goliad that ain’t been used in quite a while now.
I’m sure the Texas Rangers have a little more firepower than those ranchers. Time for the refrains of the Alamo and Goliad!
This will not fly in Texas. I predict an even bigger stand off. You can bet your dollars that I will be there! Enough!!
This is again about water....The UN has always wanted to control America’s water.
90,000 acres is just over 140 sq miles of land.
example: 1 mile wide for 140 miles long
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