JURISDICTION IS THE ONLY SOLUTION
by Kirk McKenzie, ©2014, Defend Rural America
(Apr. 28, 2014) — The Bundy family has done a great service to our country by standing up to the federal government and uniting various arms of our liberty movement, both of which DRA has advocated for a long time, and for bringing to the fore the work that has been ongoing for several years to solve the crisis caused by federal mis-management of public lands.
There are two competing approaches: Jurisdiction and Land Transfer. They hopefully will eventually merge into one, but for now they are distinctly different.
The proponents on both sides of this debate are true patriots; well-studied on the history, constitution, and legal issues; and believe in their conclusions. The debate, therefore, is only as to policy. Character, motivation, personalities, or similar side issues are not at question.
The choices we make now are fundamental to whether or not the founding principles, constitution, federation, and republican form of government survive. Accordingly, the decisions we make now must involve the greatest possible participation of the People, not solely legislators meeting in closed door sessions.
Toward that end, I offer my thoughts for consideration.
Right now federal land and its potential use is being used to enhance the bank account of politicians. They use the BLM and the EPA to justify the means. The BLM marked the Bundy land in question and the EPA offered “mitigation” that would allow the solar development. I’ll bet if it were the Koch brothers wanting to build and industrial machine plant that would employ a couple thousand people, there would be no “mitigation” plan by the EPA as it was offered to Harry Reid, his boy Rory, and the Communist Chinese.