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originally posted by: randyvs
a reply to: Peekingsquatch
Awe um blah! Gawd I couldn't look past the first pic.
There goes my theory of a depleted white house freezer.
I think I'll go throw up in the shower now.
originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: Bassago
Well, tbh, I've quickly caught up with what the issue is here and it seems this Bundy guy is a bit of a dick.
This is a dispute that has been going on for a couple of decades and he has openly threatened violence in an atmosphere of violence (pipe bombs being laid, or sent to Federal employees etc), has said he doesn't recognise the US Government or Federal Law and that he is a citizen of Nevada - while also ignoring and trampling (pardon the pun) over State and County law as well.
I'm sorry, but if you act like a prize penis and threaten violence because you refuse to pay the $1.35 per cow a month to graze on public land (when it would cost a lot more to feed them yourself), then you're going to illicit a heavy handed response from the Law. This has been going on for 20 odd years with the first court order being issued in 1998 - he's had plenty of time and opportunity to sort this out, but no, he had to go all "Freeman" and this is what happens.
He is also spitting in the eye of all the other ranchers who do obey the law and pay their fees for subsidised cattle grazing - not very neighbourly.
originally posted by: stumason
a reply to: whyamIhere
As far as I can tell, the "process" was followed, over 20 odd years - 3 court orders, first in 1998 and monies owed dating back to the early 1990's...
Then, when threatened with court action, he threatens violence - ergo, men with guns turn up.
Dead animals and their remains shall be disposed of at least 200 feet away from springs,
streams, lakes, ponds, campsites, roads/trails.
originally posted by: Aazadan
After what the BLM did to wild horses in Nevada a couple years ago, this is nothing.
I'm really surprised PETA has never gone after them given just how many and how often they kill animals.
The Bureau of Land Management rounded up a horse herd that had roamed for decades on federal land in northwest Wyoming and handed the horses over to Wyoming officials.
They, in turn, sold the herd to the highest bidder, a Canadian slaughterhouse.
Wild horse advocates are incensed, saying they should have had a chance to intercede in the March roundup and auction. But the BLM says that the horses were abandoned, not wild, and that it publicized the sale beforehand.