{"id":12241,"date":"2016-01-06T03:59:57","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T03:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12241"},"modified":"2016-01-06T03:59:57","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T03:59:57","slug":"armed-ranchers-have-grabbed-public-property","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12241","title":{"rendered":"Armed ranchers have grabbed public property"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CXzmr-tUMAAEatL.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-12243\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12243\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CXzmr-tUMAAEatL-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"CXzmr-tUMAAEatL\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CXzmr-tUMAAEatL-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CXzmr-tUMAAEatL-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/CXzmr-tUMAAEatL.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Those yahoos who have taken control of a federal installation have committed a crime against the rest of the country.<\/p>\n<p>Some ranchers who became upset because a couple of their colleagues got into trouble have seized the Malheur\u00a0National Wildlife Refuge headquarters.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re vowing to stay put. The feds and local police authorities have other ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a thought I want to share.<\/p>\n<p>The individuals have taken control of property that belongs to all Americans. The headquarters in Burns, Ore., belongs to me, my family . . .\u00a0 and to you and your family. We&#8217;ve all paid for it with our tax money.<\/p>\n<p>I can hear the logic, though, from those who say that the goofballs who have seized the building have paid for it, too. So, it&#8217;s their right to control it as they see fit, the argument might go.<\/p>\n<p>Wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law prohibits the seizure of federal property by private citizens. Aren&#8217;t we required to follow the law?<\/p>\n<p>These dipsticks say they&#8217;re mad at the feds over the way they treat citizens. Well, I&#8217;m angry that they feel compelled to seize property that belongs to all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not theirs to grab.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Those yahoos who have taken control of a federal installation have committed a crime against the rest of the country. Some ranchers who became upset because a couple of their colleagues got into trouble have seized the Malheur\u00a0National Wildlife Refuge headquarters. They&#8217;re vowing to stay put. The feds and local police authorities have other ideas. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=12241\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Armed ranchers have grabbed public property<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14],"tags":[667,5842,5836],"class_list":["post-12241","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-blm","tag-federal-property","tag-malheur-national-wildlife-refuge"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12241"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12244,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12241\/revisions\/12244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12241"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12241"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}