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"Cowboy Express" reaches Washington, DC

Posted by Non_mooching_artist 9 years, 7 months ago to News
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These 11 ranchers and farmers rode cross country to DC, with their saddlebags stuffed with petitions collected along the way. They made stops in Utah, Nevada and Kansas and met with some tribal nations to bring these by horseback to the nation's Capitol.
They are petitioning their congressmen to address very serious concerns, stemming from abuse by BLM'S agents. These range from blocking grazing lands for which they have permits, and on privately owned land which the gov shouldn't have any say in.
It seems like they have done this with a lot of thought, and clearly a tremendous amount of time and energy. May their efforts not be in vain.

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  • Posted by Non_mooching_artist 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Oh that is so terribly sad. Thank you for sharing that though. He was certainly a man of integrity, and one who fought against the egregious encroachment of the federal government.
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  • Posted by johnpe1 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    this came out back when osha was formed in the 70s,
    and boy howdy did it make the rounds!!! -- j

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  • Posted by Joy1inchrist 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wackyman,
    I am certainly not trying to be contentious ... just letting you know that, even though you haven't met me in person, I DO exist ... as do numerous others who are of the same persuasion. When you made a blanket statement that you'd never met a libertarian who isn't racist, I wanted to be the proverbial kid in the back of the class who raised her hand and said, "Then meet me! I am both a libertarian AND make no judgements on the basis of race.". That's all. I will not honor your statement about Ron Paul or his son since you offered no evidence, anyway. I genuinely hope you have a nice day, too ... and may the best card player win the game : )
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  • Posted by Joy1inchrist 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Wackyman,
    Hey! I just got back from a nice walk with my granddaughter - wore her out, so she's taking a nap right now! Thought I'd check out what's happening on the forum this a.m. Interesting comments about horses, freedom, and racism!!! What a mix - actually they DON'T mix, contrary to your comment! You mentioned you never met a libertarian who is not a racist .... well, let me introduce myself to you. I have been a libertarian since before the first libertarian convention which I attended in 1972, during which time I met John Hospers, the first libertarian presidential candidate. Fast forward to 2008, where you would find me (and my Anglo cousin and her African American husband) with about 14,000 other freedom lovers, marching down Constitution Avenue to hear Ron Paul (and other patriots) speak on the lawn of the capitol. So, for over 40 years, I have proudly been a libertarian who loves freedom for all!!! Unlike you, I have never met a libertarian who IS a racist - sounds like a contradiction in terms to me! Well, must run now and check on "the love of my life" - my 5 year old African American granddaughter, who isn't libertarian (yet!), but also happens to be color blind. Just saying ...
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  • Posted by weepingbeaver 9 years, 6 months ago
    Excellent! Kudos to every rider and their sacrifice of time and resources to help us (U.S.) understand their struggle. We all suffer from obama's socialist tactics and democrat/progressive schemes to take over everything. "Before it's too late!"
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  • Posted by RevJay4 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Always loved the osha cowboy.A perfect example of what could happen if guvmint was allowed too much power...like now.
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 9 years, 6 months ago
    There was one pic,(from an european news outlet?) and no story on the front page of the Washington Post when the ranchers got to town. Lame. Beautiful pic, however. On the upside, they did kind of kick off the International Horse Show which started this week.
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  • Posted by ewv 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    All of that is false, without foundation, and irrelevant to the topic of the thread. You are a dishonest smear artist who doesn't belong here.
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  • Posted by Herb7734 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I am aware of much of what you have outlined. Thanks, however, for the articles. In reality, I have to be discriminating or else my files will start to look like the 5th floor of the Library of Congress.
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  • Posted by $ jlc 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    You are welcome. About 35 years ago, I wrote a short article called "As fast and as far" for a local equestrian publication. It was about what mileage you could make on horseback (and top speeds), and included some experiences of a friend of mine who had come to California from Montana - on horseback. He said his best day on the fabulous mare he rode for the trip was 52 miles in a day. (This was not a stunt. It was how he 'moved' to California.) The "52 mpd" was all I recalled offhand, so I looked it up again.

    The short answer is that 'you were right'. They did as you suggested.

    Jan
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  • Posted by ewv 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Clive Bundy does not want to "bring back slavery". Your post is a dishonest smear.
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  • Posted by ewv 9 years, 6 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Federal land agencies have been totalitarian in nature since they were intentionally created that way by the progressives about a century ago, and have been growing in scope and intensity ever since. Government is the source of the power to enforce it, but the environmentalist pressure group lobby is the intellectual and funding source driving the preservationist anti-private property rights policies for the last 50 years.

    Here is a PBS Frontlines documentary “For The Good Of All” on the National Park Service from 1982 http://www.landrights.org/VideoGoodOfAll...

    ... and a shorter, 11 mininute documentary on the same NPS assault on private property owners “In Condemnation, The Cuyahoga Valley” http://www.landrights.org/VideoInCondemn... (This won an amateur film award.)

    For the history of the collectivization of grazing and water rights in the west (and what is left of them) read Wayne Hage, Storm Over Rangelands: Private Rights in Federal Lands, 3rd ed 1994 http://www.amazon.com/Storm-over-Rangela...

    Harold Steen, ed, The Origins of the National Forests, 1992 http://www.amazon.com/Origins-National-F... (inadvertently) reveals how statism and collectivization of the Federal Lands, which had previously been available for settlement, were the dominant intellectual ideas of public policy makers by the late 1800s at the beginning of the progressive movement.

    Ron Arnold, Trashing the Economy: How Runaway Environmentalism is Wrecking America http://www.amazon.com/Trashing-Economy-R... comprehensively documents the viro movement.
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