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Old 04-22-2014, 05:23 PM
 
Location: Chesterfield,Virginia
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After Breitbart Texas reported on the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) intent to seize 90,000 acres belonging to Texas landholders along the Texas/Oklahoma line, Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott questioned the BLM’s authority to take such action.

“I am about ready,” General Abbott told Breitbart Texas, “to go to the Red River and raise a ‘Come and Take It’ flag to tell the feds to stay out of Texas.”

Gen. Abbott sent a strongly-worded letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze, asking for answers to a series of questions related to the potential land grab.

Exclusive--Texas AG Abbott to BLM: 'Come and Take It'




Texas has the most private land, most non-government owned land of any state.

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Old 04-22-2014, 05:31 PM
 
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Finally someone with some balls... When thee government does not work for you anymore then it needs a militia to keep it in check.
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:37 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Finally someone with some balls... When thee government does not work for you anymore then it needs a militia to keep it in check.
A republican from Texas making an anti-government statement, this guy has some real stones.

Meaningless in any event because there are virtually no BLM managed lands in Texas, ranchers actually purchase their own property and don't need to graze on public lands. Tell the militia to hold off on this one.
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:43 PM
 
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A republican from Texas making an anti-government statement, this guy has some real stones.

Meaningless in any event because there are virtually no BLM managed lands in Texas, ranchers actually purchase their own property and don't need to graze on public lands. Tell the militia to hold off on this one.
Actually...its complicated. REALLY complicated.

Simple from one perspective though-the BLM may take someones land through no fault of their own (unlike Bundy). And thats not right. Complicated because it deals with how river boundaries change, and how two states define that change-guess what? They both do it differently.

Time for some senators to earn their pay and find a just resolution.
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:45 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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A republican from Texas making an anti-government statement, this guy has some real stones.

Meaningless in any event because there are virtually no BLM managed lands in Texas, ranchers actually purchase their own property and don't need to graze on public lands. Tell the militia to hold off on this one.


And Texas intends to keep it that way.

the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) intent to seize 90,000 acres belonging to Texas landholders along the Texas/Oklahoma line,
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:47 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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And Texas intends to keep it that way.

the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s (BLM) intent to seize 90,000 acres belonging to Texas landholders along the Texas/Oklahoma line,

What do the courts say
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:55 PM
 
Location: The Republic of Texas
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What do the courts say

The Attorney General of Texas intends to find out.

""Gen. Abbott sent a strongly-worded letter to BLM Director Neil Kornze, asking for answers to a series of questions related to the potential land grab.""
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Old 04-22-2014, 07:56 PM
 
Location: Long Island
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Actually...its complicated. REALLY complicated.

Simple from one perspective though-the BLM may take someones land through no fault of their own (unlike Bundy). And thats not right. Complicated because it deals with how river boundaries change, and how two states define that change-guess what? They both do it differently.

Time for some senators to earn their pay and find a just resolution.
Instead of caustic statements like Abbott they should come to an agreement with Oklahoma, this has been going on for awhile with water rights and the Red River. You know what let the 2 states settle the boundary on their own, we know they can't but let them have at it.
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Old 04-22-2014, 08:04 PM
 
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Instead of caustic statements like Abbott they should come to an agreement with Oklahoma, this has been going on for awhile with water rights and the Red River. You know what let the 2 states settle the boundary on their own, we know they can't but let them have at it.
LOL, maybe they could call in their national guards and go at it......
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Old 04-22-2014, 09:18 PM
 
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A republican from Texas making an anti-government statement, this guy has some real stones.

Meaningless in any event because there are virtually no BLM managed lands in Texas, ranchers actually purchase their own property and don't need to graze on public lands. Tell the militia to hold off on this one.
Right.... If that is the case then why does BLM have such a hard on for taking land? To sit and not do or say anything might be your way of handling things in life but it takes a man to be a man and step up to these out of line fools from the BLM.
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