Comments on Pro Libertate: Bunkerville Was Not the BLM's First Rustler's Roundup

I feel the U.S. government is the most worst hypoc...

2016-11-28T23:04:22.812-07:00

I feel the U.S. government is the most worst hypocrites who are destroying our lands throughout Nevada and Indian Land! You the government give the worst of the worst land to the indiansindians. Then take it back when you discover it holds gold, or oil or coal? Worthless is our government! Take and kill for it until there's no earth or water left! Dumb! Mary, you are a warrior in this life and the next R.I.P. our land will crumble and there will be no excuses left the government will kill itself it already has,discrimination on our Natives which we are also that have been detached from our culture many years ago,I am heart broken and a Indian without a tribe but not by choice!

OK, I know this comment will be largely unapprecia...

2014-04-26T22:37:22.794-06:00

OK, I know this comment will be largely unappreciated, but I'm big on consistency, so am compelled to post it.

When the U.S. annexed about 1/2 of the territory of Mexico at the conclusion of the Mexican-American War, some of that property had been owned by private citizens of Mexico. Officially, the U.S. honored those property rights, though in reality most of it was confiscated by U.S. citizens or local governments, largely through the courts and few of the descendants of those property owners still hold any of their ancestors' property.

Much of the land that was not previously in private hands was either given away or sold very cheaply to U.S. citizens, but a good portion of it has remained under ownership of the U.S. government. Now I don't appreciate the government owning so much land, and am anxious to consider options to put more of it into private hands, but for now, we taxpayers own that land.

From what I can find, the land in question here falls into that category of property that the Mexican government claimed as theirs and which the U.S. government has ever since 1848 claimed as theirs.

My experience with BLM-managed land (or generally, mismanaged land) is that it is leased to oil, lumber, ranching and other interests at well below market rates. I consider all of those to be government subsidies, and since I am generally opposed to government subsidies to private business interests, I'm having a hard time seeing letting Bundy graze his cattle on our land for what I've read is about 10% of the local rate for range fees on private property to be some form of tyranny. The only scent of tyranny I get is of our government nearly giving away our property to private business interests without our consent.

I am having an even harder time seeing Bundy refusing to pay y'all and me even the discount rates we charge him to be anything except a welfare scam.

But, I'm in full agreement with William that the real victims in all of this are the Shoshone, and other Indian groups who were in legitimate possession of that land before Mexico and then the U.S. took possession of it.

OK, INCOMING!
Keep up the good work, William. I recommend your blog to others all the time. I haven't been able to donate yet, but I'm hoping some of those I've turned on to your excellent research and writing have.

Is anyone keeping track of the body count in New M...

2014-04-26T12:43:14.083-06:00

Is anyone keeping track of the body count in New Mexico? I will never set foot anywhere near that state. I would love to see a Pro Libertate post on the APD.

As always Mr. Grigg lays out the truth...

2014-04-26T08:03:42.465-06:00

As always Mr. Grigg lays out the truth...

Another great article with outstanding references....

2014-04-23T11:15:32.858-06:00

Another great article with outstanding references.
A suggestion. Please highlight the links in this article. They are difficult to find without moving your cursor over the link.
Also, in paragraph ten, "and the Shoshone, quite understandably, ever considered themselves to be Mexican subjects." should say "and the Shoshone, quite understandably, (N)ever considered themselves to be Mexican subjects." I believe you meant to say.

http://goldtradercommentsaugust2010.blogspot.com/

Mr. Grigg, Thank you once again for writing about...

2014-04-23T02:11:49.386-06:00

Mr. Grigg,

Thank you once again for writing about the plight of ranchers with our federal government. You may want to check out Range Magazine (rangemagazine.com). They have some of the best investigative journalism that I have seen. It may give you some more ideas on where and how to look to find more of these stories. (There are thousands of similar stories. Few are as blatantly wrong as what happened to the Danns, but there are still many that could be found and reported.)

Fantastic! This is exactly the article and facts ...

2014-04-23T00:50:57.242-06:00

Fantastic! This is exactly the article and facts we need to get out in response to the let's references to Indians or "welfare cowboys" and other lies.

As always, this is an outstanding column that brings to light news I have not read anywhere else.

Mr. Grigg, Where do you find these atrocity stori...

2014-04-22T17:14:21.275-06:00

Mr. Grigg,

Where do you find these atrocity stories? Each one leaves me feeling more sick to my stomach than the last.

To the tune of the song, heard so often after 9-11-2001:

"I'M ASHAMED TO BE AN AMERICAN, WHERE I CAN NEVER SAY I'M FREE..."

Just in case any white people reading this think these sorts of things only happen to folks of color or ranchers out West, check out this link:

http://www.policestateusa.com/2014/galveston-wedding-beatdown/

What scares me, in a country that piously proclaims, "In God We Trust" is the solemn Biblical assurance: "God will not be mocked". I am afraid for the divine punishment that someday will descend upon us all, and for the price that Satan will exact for his favors, showered upon the corrupt and evil two-legged animals who have run this country for the last 150 years.

We can forgive a sinner, but we can never excuse a hypocrite. This country drips with hypocrisy like Niagara Falls drips with water. The utter evil and corruption, masquerading as goodness and light, is monumental in scale.

- Lemuel.

I can not express in words how I feel about these ...

2014-04-22T10:57:14.576-06:00

I can not express in words how I feel about these sorts of things. Thank You for bringing them to light.