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| -Land of the Free |
| They're at it Again |
| 2014-04-23 |
| After the recent Bundy Ranch episode by the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Texans are becoming more concerned about the BLM's focus on 90,000 acres along a 116 mile stretch of the Texas/Oklahoma boundary. The BLM is reviewing the possible federal takeover and ownership of privately-held lands which have been deeded property for generations of Texas landowners. Sid Miller, former Texas State Representative and Republican candidate for Texas Agriculture Commissioner, has since made the matter a campaign issue to Breitbart Texas. "In Texas," Miller says, "the BLM is attempting a repeat of an action taken over 30 years ago along the Red River when Tommy Henderson lost a federal lawsuit. The Bureau of Land Management took 140 acres of his property and didn't pay him one cent." Eminant domain, dontch know. Miller referred to a 1986 case where the BLM attempted to seize some of Henderson's land. Henderson sued the BLM and lost 140 acres that had been in his family for generations. Now the BLM is looking at using the prior case as a precedent to claim an additional 90,000 acres. Congressman Mac Thornberry (R-TX) represents the ranchers in this region of north Texas. According to Thornberry's legislative analysts, the issue of the ownership of this land dates back to the Louisiana Purchase of 1803. When the BLM made the claim on Henderson's land, their position was that Texas never had the authority to deed the land to private parties and therefore it would fall under federal control. Interesting assumption by the BLM as Texas was not part of the Louisana Purchase. Neither was Oklahoma. |
| Posted by:Deacon Blues |
| #3 They (Texas) have the right to secceed whenever they want , maybe they better advertise it. BLM Seems to have forgotten. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2014-04-23 16:33 |
| #2 It doesn't say exactly when the land was deeded but Texas was an independent republic before it joined the Union. They won their sovereignty from Mexico without any help from the US, er, unless you count Davy Crockett. As such I would think they had the right to deed that land as they saw fit. Maybe they'd like to revert to being an independent republic again. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2014-04-23 15:49 |
| #1 With a $117 / barrel, one year forecast....Just a wild guess. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2014-04-23 01:03 |