Texas Attorney General Abbott to BLM-"Come and take it."

Posted by Non_mooching_artist 11 years ago to Government
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The rule of law is in place so crony govt pet agencies, BLM in particular here, cannot just swoop in and do what they please through intimidation. The line is drawn in the sand. I think Texas will win.

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  • Posted by $ jlc 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    It is my considered opinion that one cannot nationalize the National Guard if it refuses to be nationalized. The National Guard has a volitional say in the matter.

    Jan
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  • Posted by squareone 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    A salient feature of Nazi Germany was administrative officers carrying guns and having powers of arrest and seizure. Beware of history.
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  • Posted by SRS66East 11 years ago
    Considering the BLM isn't authorized by Congress in a law enforcement capacity, I wonder how they will come and take it. If the BLM agents get shot in the process, technically they had no legal reason to be there, armed, in the first place. Congress wanted BLM to use local law enforcement for these purposes.
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  • Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    Pfft.. Who needs Congress?

    Actually their first act will probably be to nationalize the Guard to enforce it. Gone are the days of the State Militias standing in the way of "progress"...
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    Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago in reply to this comment.
    If the battle takes place on the Red River?
    Lessee... TX N.G. to the south, OK N.G. to the north, BLM in the middle. Could be the biggest tactical error since the Little Big Horn...
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    Posted by Hiraghm 11 years ago
    I'd believe the Texas A.G.'s sincerity more if he'd stop invoking "the rule of law" while referring to either of two republics as "democracies". It's oxymoronic in a surreal way.

    (for the simple-minded in the audience: republic = rule of law; democracy = rule of the majority.)
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  • Posted by Zenphamy 11 years ago
    The BLM's going to get someone killed in all of this mess. What in the world makes anyone think that the government under Obama is going to pay any attention to a court ruling that won't be finalized until long after he's gone. They've showed for 6 years now that they have no fear of punishment, and before Obama did pretty much the same. It's a long old story with no discernible reason behind any of it.

    We have to get the guns out of those idiots hands when they're on the job, Then we have to get rid of them.
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  • Posted by $ AJAshinoff 11 years ago
    Texas definitely has a pull on my soul these days. Being from Arizona, I'm so tired of squinting when I step outside in the morning and/waking up sweating. I'm just really hating the desert
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  • Posted by $ Mimi 11 years ago
    I hope they do win. I’m definitely support the efforts to push back the land grabs.


    *Mimi goes to watch a rerun of Rawhide*
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