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Originally Posted by dyna mo
For me there are many things going on here and I look at them separately.
- the guy is a freeloader. He hasn't paid his bill in 20 years, I get that, but if he never signed the contract back in 1993 then he hasn't been getting a bill
- BLM capriciously applying regulations
- BLM being overly agressive and overstepping their boundaries and common sense in handling this situation.
I'm glad BLM walked away from the continued escalation here and also that Bundy met with the sheriff and agreed to some terms. the big concern here for me was the overly aggressive pursuit by BLM on this, regardless of the guy being a freeloader.
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This is pretty much my opinion on the matter as well. I think both sides were in the wrong in one way or another. What gets me is how can BLM say with a straight face this guy owes $1 million dollars for letting so e cattle graze grass in a feaild, yet then turn around and lease hundreds of acres of land to 6 big oil companies that are going to dril oil and gas and charge just over $1 million combined for all 6 of the leases. I'm sorry but fuck that.
They want to charge this guy a million bucks then they better charge the oil companies a few hundred million due to the significat damage done to the land.
Also it will be a interesting day if BLM ever starts throwing people off the land that live on it illegally. There is a lot of BLM land out there that has squatters on it and have lived there for years. It's everything from total bums, retired people and even ex military and there are thousands of them scattered across BLM land. When ever they decide to start kicking those people out, it's gonna be a lot of unrest.