...More than 100 supporters violated a crudely taped off “First Amendment Area” to rally in support of the Bundy family. They erected two flagpoles with the words “We the People” above a flag which read, “Liberty Freedom For God We Stand”. The first amendment area stood empty, with one sign nearby declaring, “1st Amendment is not an area.”
The feds say the move is about enforcing the law and protecting the endangered desert tortoise, but the Bundy family says the spat represents a showdown between big government and American farmers.
The Feds claim that the removal of the cattle from the land will cost taxpayers roughly $ 3 million...more
Some hyperbole here, but I'm bringing you all the news on this event, so here is the WHDT report.
http://youtu.be/wWhFm80Phqk
Issues of concern to people who live in the west: property rights, water rights, endangered species, livestock grazing, energy production, wilderness and western agriculture. Plus a few items on western history, western literature and the sport of rodeo... Frank DuBois served as the NM Secretary of Agriculture from 1988 to 2003. DuBois is a former legislative assistant to a U.S. Senator, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of Interior, and is the founder of the DuBois Rodeo Scholarship.
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