Republican congressmen trying to create a Texas-sized ‘Republic of Cliven Bundy’

Posted by | July 8, 2016 15:23 | Filed under: News Behaving Badly Politics

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What they want to do is remove as much federal authority as possible from as much of the country a they can get away with.

The counties that would be exempted from the Antiquities Act of 1906 cover more than 250,000 square miles — an area nearly the size of Texas. The amendment, which was authored by Rep. Stewart (R-UT) and Rep. Gosar (R-AZ), appears to have two main purposes.

First, it would block the efforts of local communities inMaine, Utah, Arizona, and elsewhere which have been asking President Obama to establish new national monuments in their states.

In southern Utah, for example, the president would not be able to respond to the requests of tribal nations that he protect the Bears Ears area, which is a hotbed of grave robbing, looting, and desecration of sacred sites. It would also prevent the president from protecting Gold Butte in Nevada, where Cliven Bundy illegally grazed his cows for decades, as a national monument…

Second, the Stewart-Gosar amendment would make a major concession to the demands of scofflaw rancher Cliven Bundy and his followers who argue that the U.S. government should have no authority over national public lands in the West. Bundy and his sons Ammon and Ryan were arrested and indicted in February for their involvement in armed standoffs with federal law enforcement officials in Nevada and Oregon.

“Congressman Stewart’s proposal seeks to carve out an area of the country where only some laws apply,” said Jennifer Rokala of the Center for Western Priorities. “By first proposing to strip U.S. land management agencies of their law enforcement powers and now taking away the president’s authority to protect public lands, it seems that some members of Congress are trying to establish a Republic of Cliven Bundy in the West. What a recklessly bad idea.”

 

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21 responses to Republican congressmen trying to create a Texas-sized ‘Republic of Cliven Bundy’

  1. anothertoothpick July 8th, 2016 at 15:47

    I’ll tell you what. (Spoken in southern slang) when I saw cloven hugging the dead calf that Obama killed I could not hold my bodily functions.

    • Gina Bousquet July 8th, 2016 at 17:42

      Hahahahaha. :)

      • anothertoothpick July 8th, 2016 at 18:27

        Hey Gina ???. Some of those Dallas cops that got shot were taken to Parkland hospital.

        Parkland is where JFK died..

        • Gina Bousquet July 8th, 2016 at 18:34

          Very very sad day. I was a child then, but the TV here would show nothing else. Can’t forget the images, Parkland, yes…

          • anothertoothpick July 8th, 2016 at 18:48

            Yeah. When I saw the Parkland sign on TV I had flashbacks too..

            ?

            • Gina Bousquet July 8th, 2016 at 18:56

              :(

            • bpollen July 9th, 2016 at 19:05

              LHO is the first actual killing I ever saw.

          • Samira Burkett July 9th, 2016 at 05:05

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    • bpollen July 9th, 2016 at 19:04

      Clean up on aisle one!

  2. Relativicus July 8th, 2016 at 17:31

    Idiots.

  3. eyelashviper July 8th, 2016 at 17:35

    Silly fools, they cannot take away public lands without the full approval of Congress, and Obama still has veto power.

    • Gina Bousquet July 8th, 2016 at 17:41

      That’s what I imagined. Thanks for clarifying it for a foreigner Eyelash! :)

  4. Suzanne McFly July 8th, 2016 at 18:04

    Why not? They carved out voting districts so they can ensure a republican can win it, why not carve out areas for specific laws too?

  5. amersham1046 July 8th, 2016 at 18:20

    A group has already been form for this , it is call Texit, and many hope they get their wishes

  6. dewired4u July 8th, 2016 at 19:13

    My congressman is part of this cartel doug lamalfa a rice grower from the central valley who gets subsidized government water and crop price support payments in other words government welfare for the rich white guys. he took over the seat of one the most useless longest serving congressman in history and he’s keeping the faith.

  7. Obewon July 8th, 2016 at 23:37

    The bill would also block a grassroots call to protect the Grand Canyon from Koch Bros uranium mining, the expansion of which would fall in Rep. Gosar’s district. The petition to protect the area has recently reached more than half a million signatures. Charles and David Koch are behind a well-funded effort to undermine protections at the Grand Canyon and overturn Teddy Roosevelt’s permanently protected 1908 Antiquities Act http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2016/03/02/3755751/kochs-uranium-mine-grand-canyon/

    • dewired4u July 9th, 2016 at 14:03

      That would be 5/3400th of the population or 0.014%, hell ya that’s enough to steal the public’s land. where do I sign up because there’s a real nice spot called Yosemite that I really really want all to my self.

  8. William July 9th, 2016 at 10:18

    Great idea.

  9. bpollen July 9th, 2016 at 19:01

    The Church of Ayn Rand wants a Liberpuddlian Lilliputian Libertarian theocracy.

  10. spacegod July 9th, 2016 at 19:22

    He just wants to tell us even more things he knows about the Negro…

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