Gina Cassini:
Website FreeRepublic Exposes BLM “document dump” that suggests attempted cover-up of Sen. Reid/Chinese gov’t takeover of ranch for solar farm.
The Bureau of Land Management, whose director was Sen. Harry Reid’s (D-Nev.) former senior adviser, has purged documents from its web site stating that the agency wants Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s cattle off of the land his family has worked for over 140 years in order to make way for solar panel power stations.
The first segment of the document pulled by the feds from BLM.gov.
Deleted from BLM.gov but reposted for posterity by the Free Republic, the BLM document entitled “Cattle Trespass Impacts” directly states that Bundy’s cattle “impacts” solar development, more specifically the construction of “utility-scale solar power generation facilities” on “public lands.”
“Non-Governmental Organizations have expressed concern that the regional mitigation strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone utilizes Gold Butte as the location for offsite mitigation for impacts from solar development, and that those restoration activities are not durable with the presence of trespass cattle,” the document states.
The second segment of the document pulled by the feds from BLM.gov.
Another BLM report entitled Regional Mitigation Strategy for the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone (BLM Technical Note 444) reveals that Bundy’s land in question is within the “Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone and surrounding area” which is part of a broad U.S. Department of Energy program for “Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States” on land “managed” by BLM.
“In 2012, the BLM and the U.S. Department of Energy published the Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States,” the report reads. “The Final Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement assessed the impact of utility-scale solar energy development on public lands in the six southwestern states of Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, and Utah.”
Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone and surrounding area (Click to enlarge.)
“The Approved Resource Management Plan Amendments/Record of Decision (ROD) for Solar Energy Development in Six Southwestern States implemented a comprehensive solar energy program for public lands in those states and incorporated land use allocations and programmatic and SEZ-specific design features into land use plans in the six-state study area.”
Back in 2012, the New American reported that Harry Reid’s son, Rory Reid, was the chief representative for a Chinese energy firm planning to build a $5-billion solar plant on public land in Laughlin, Nevada.
And journalist Marcus Stern with Reuters also reported that Sen. Reid was heavily involved in the deal as well.
@ilovebeeswarzone: I still read FA everyday. I don’t post as much as before because my tolerance level for the lefties is gone. I don’t bother reading anything the trolls post here and have pretty much stopped reading anything posted by the regular Obamamites as well.
@Smorgasbord: It’ll be interesting to see what the reaction from Obama and Holder will be. Both have power hungry egos. Standing down in the face of a united citizenry as happened here, will no doubt inflame them.
another vet
HI,
I understand because i can’T stand them abuse on people and get away with it,
this time it had to be the RANCHERS RISING UP TO MEET THEM FACE TO FACE,
it’s the first time i see a real stand for freedom that meet the abuse they are being given,
this time they awaken the FRIENDLY GIANT, he stayed firm,
AND the leaders’sTACTICS ON SUCKING THE PEOPLE BY INTIMIDATION , WILL take a different curve,, PEOPLE ARE NOTICING, THEY CAME OUT OF THEIR SHELL TO WITNESS WHAT THE SOLUTION IS, TO CHANGE THE OFFENDER INTO THE ONE RECIEVING IT, IT WILL
BENEFIT ALL THE PEOPLE IN BUSINESS,
TIMES ARE CHANGIN, AND FOR THE FIRST TIME I KNOW, WE HAVE SEEN THE MILITIA
RIDING ON THE ROAD SLOWLY BUT MAKING A DIFFERENCE AND NO WORDS TELL IT ALL,
this is not for CHINA OR OTHER FOREIGNER TO BENEFIT FROM, THIS IS OUR LAND AND
WE ARE HERE TO STAY,
WE LIKE TO HAVE YOUR OPINION, BALANCE ALL THE TIME, COME BACK WHEN YOU CAN,
BYE
This stand down is more of a hudna than a surrender.
A hudna is simply a chance to quit the fight until things are more favorable….for your side.
The militia sent women on horseback to the front in the standoff.
A smart move.
Any shooting would have been really bad optics.
Harry Reid never denied his deal with China for the Tortoise killing solar ”farm,” in all the hours between when that story broke and the BLM stand down.
More really bad PR that might fade off the front page in a few days or weeks.
I foresee this whole thing ending badly for the Bundy’s.
But later, not now.
Remember the Elian Gonzalez case went exactly this same way.
They waited until interest died down a bit then blitzed in the dead of night.
Now Elian is a mouthpiece for the Castro regime.
Who can blame him?
They put food in his mouth and a roof over his head as trade while so many others suffer.
@another vet: #52
I’m guessing that this was just a test to find out how the public would respond. I’m also guessing that they were surprised how many went, and from how far. Fox News mentioned New Hampshire.
I can’t take the heat, or I probably would have been there too. I hope this woke up the rest of the country, and if they try something like this someplace else, we will be called to action again.
This is why I have suggested that every state should start their own militia. This way they can legally have guns no matter what laws the feds may pass, because it is in the Constitution.
@another vet:
I agree, I’m sure they are planning their next move as soon as the smoke from this one dies down.
Nanny G
hi, i would not have put a weapon under the nose of those MILITIA WOMAN,
THAT WOULD HAVE SENT THE FEDS RUNNING FASTER, WITH BULLET IN THEIR ASSES,
THOSE MEANT BUSINESS, AND WHERE SENDING THE MESSAGES,
DON’T THREAD WITH US,
BYE
THEY WILL BE RECIEVED THE RIGHT WAY,
BECAUSE THERE YOU HAVE SMARTER THINKERS, WHO THINK FOR SPORT
THEY KNOW ALREADY THE NEXT MOVE OF THOSE OBAMA’S THUGS,
FEDERAL LAND MY FOOT, THEY DEMONSTRATE THEIR ARROGANCE AND LACK OF PEOPLE’S RIGHTS,
THEY PUSH THEIR MAD DOGS TOWARD THE PEOPLE, IT ALSO HAVE DEMONSTRATE WHAT THEY ARE,
LOW LIFE SCUMS, CATTLE KILLERS,
they talk about photo id making it hard on the black to vote,
that is not right,
because even the criminals have been photo id,
why is it so hard, they just have to go and get it,
it’s easyer than to go to the doctor, and even to go to a doctor they need a photo id,
why make a big fuss for having an photo identification, which they will need for many other things,
Reports: Company Tied to Reid’s Son Wants Land in Bundy Standoff
So it appears the Chinese company bought County Commissioner Rory. Crony Capitalism, selling county land to foreign investors. I wonder what Rory Reid got in return.
The Obama administration transparency model. When investigations find documents on a website that might be a smoking gun, they are quickly removed.
Dirty dealing and Crony capitalism.
Important notes here: the land is owned by Clark County, but the county has been allowing BLM to manage the land. (in other words the ultimate jurisdiction is Clark County and The State of Nevada, NOT the BLM which was an invited entity. There were many more ranchers who also had cattle grazing on the land prior to 1993, but their ranches have folded since they gave in to the BLM’s continually changing demands to reduce their herds. The BLM ordered Bundy to reduce his almost 1000 head heard to 150 cattle, a number which Bundy said would not allow him enough profit to stay in business.
Notes about the Desert tortoise:
So, The Reid family’s answer to a “threatened” species, is allowing development on it’s lands, along with euthanasia of undefined numbers, if Democratic politicians stand to profit. As cattle, wild horses and burro’s have been grazing in peaceful coexistence with the desert tortoise for 150 years, I can’t accept the “danger” claim by grazing animals. Especially, when the tortoise on these lands are being euthanized to make way for a solar farm.
HARRY REID IS ANTI AMERICAIN,
he would sell AMERICA TO CHINEESE COMPANY TO SCREW THE RANCHERS OF WHAT THEY NEED,
THAT LAND FOR PROVIDING FOOD FOR AMERICANS, THEY DID FOR SO MANY YEARS,
and this reid has been given a job in government of AMERICA,
the citizens are counfounded to see so much crimes done to them for making profit,
IN THE OLD TIMES, they would be hang on a tall tree, AS TRAITORS OF AMERICA,
PUBLIC LAND MEAN TO THE PUBLIC,
MEAN NOT FOR FOREIGNER, BUT PUBLIC AMERICANS,
ONLY,
THEY WANT TO DESTROY ANOTHER RANCHER, HE IS THE LAST ONE STANDING,
REID WANT TO SELL THAT PUBLIC LAND TO CHINA IN A DEAL NOT FOR THE PUBLIC USE OF THAT PUBLIC LAND,
THE RANCHER IS USING THAT LAND FOR THE CATTLE TO BE SOLD TO THE PUBLIC AMERICAN,
HE IS WORKING FOR AMERICA
HE HAS A RIGHT TO STAND FOR HIS RIGHT, THE ADMINISTRATION HAVE BEEN ROBBING THE PEOPLE, THE OTHER RANCHERS, AND THE GUITAR MAKER AND THE OIL BUSINESS STEELING
MILLIONS FROM THEM, THE BUNDY RANCH KNEW IT AND TOLD OBAMA,THIS WILL NOT BE SOLD TO CHINA, HE GAVE HIM A LESSON THAT AMERICA IS NOT FOR SALE ON HIS PUBLIC LAND,
WHICH BELONG TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOREVER,
HE IS THE LAST STANDING FOR FREEDOM, HE IS RIGHT,
@Smorgasbord: and Redteam
It was good to see that the Nevada governor and the sheriff went to bat for Bundy. It’s obvious Congress won’t stand up to this administration as they have given it carte blanche to change laws whenever they want (amongst other abuses) and SCOTUS proved with their Obamacare ruling that they can no longer be trusted to uphold the Constitution. We no longer have any real constitutional safeguards at the federal level anymore. About the only thing they safeguard is their own jobs via freebies for their “clients”.
another vet
i heard the daughter of BUNDY SAY THAT THE SHERIF DID NOT COME TO TAKE THE SIDE OF THE PEOPLE,
SHE SAID WE THOUGHT AND WHERE WAITING FOR HIM BECAUSE HE HAS THE POWER TO STOP IT ALL,
HE NEVER DID
IS THAT WHAT YOU MEAN BY SAYING THE SHERIF AND GOVERNOR WENT TO BAT?
IT’S THE FIRST TIME I HEAR THAT A SHERIF LET DOWN HIS CITIZENS,
I HEARD THE STATE SHERIFS ARE VERY PROTECTIVE OF THEIR POWER OVER CITIZENS,
IT WAS SAID AGAIN NOT LONG AGO,
BYE
HARRY REID SAID IT’S NOT FINISH,
CAN YOU BELIEVE IN IT’S OWN STATE,
STEVE ISRAEL MADE A BIG MISTAKE,
HE AND THE DEMOCRATS ARE THE MOST RACIST OF AMERICA,
AND HISTORY CAN SUPORT IT,
AND TO COME PUBLICLY AND SAY IT, HE HAD TO BE BOUGHT TO SAY IT,
FOLLOWING THE HOLDER AND OBAMA INCITING THE BLACKS ON THE COMMOMERATION OF BLACK FREEDOM, THAT WAS THE LOWEST YET,
@another vet: #63
When I think about how many government agencies are PURPOSELY going against the US Constitution, and are trying to intimidate people and groups just exercising their rights as American citizens, I am afraid the government has been infiltrated with the purpose of turning the USA into a type of government our founding fathers wanted us to have militias so we could stop it from happening.
I’m going to guess that the different militias around the country are seeing an increase in the rate of membership, and maybe more militia groups starting up. Who says obama doesn’t know how to unite the people?
Harry Reid on Bundy Ranch Showdown: ‘It’s not Over’; Rory Reid says Bundy should be Prosecuted
So an organizer thug, came in to protect Harry from tough questions. This is typical of Democrat’s “management of the Press.”
What dis Rory Reid have to say?:
So, Rory’s position is that “you can’t just ignore the laws you don’t like,” yet he he has never spoken out against President Obama doing that on numerous occasions. That makes Rory a hypocrite and a bully. to his discredit, host Jeff Gillan of KSNV’s What’s Your Point, did not hold Rory Reid’s feet to the fire and ask him to describe his dealings as a lobbyist for the Chinese company, whether it was a conflict of interest for him to represent a Foreign Company as a County Commissioner, or whether the company contributed to Rory’s political campaign.
This is not surprising, as viewers of What’s Your Point can easily understand that Gillan, like most of the Las Vegas FOX News team displays a decidedly left-wing bias in their reporting. It’s a shame that FOX seems unaware that their Las Vegas affiliate is in leftist control.
@Ditto: Are not all democrats hypocrites? Well, that may not be true. The low information democrat voters are just ill informed. Look at all of the environmental activists who fly all over the world in private jets and use a suburban?
I have a Question is this LEGAL? is congress gonna do anything about this act.. I know media stays silent because he is democrat …. this is foul. is he above the law…. seriously obama laughs at our legal system with blatant disregard… My God we have fallen…
BUNDY SAID HE DOESN’t owe them nothing, and so many believe’d him because he was there with his cattle on a different deal he had made with NEVADA WHICH HE MENTION IS A SOVEREIGN COUNTRY,
and he paid them,
and the way they came, that was to destroy him, like they did with other RANCHERS who left and
where bombarded with change of laws about their rights costing them their live hood,
BUNDY KNEW OF THE REID ACTIVITY AND HE STOOD UP TO GIVING IN TO THEIR CHINEESE DEAL,
THIS IS PUBLIC LAND THEY WHERE THERE SO LONG, THEY ARE AMERICAN AND HAVE THE FIRST SAY AS TO WHO LIVE IN THAT PUBLIC LAND, WHICH THE CATTLE DO NOT ENDANGER THE TURTLES
SO BIG , IT SHOW THEY ARE HAPPY THERE, THE REID USED ALL KIND OF WAYS TO GET THEM OUT,
HE IS THE LAST RANCHER STANDING UP,
REID SHOULD GO IN PRISON FOR HAVING TRY TO TAKE THEM OUT FOR MONEY DEAL,
the first time we see the people resist the obama gang of suckers,
AND IT WAS BEAUTIFULL TO SEE, HOW THEY GOT THEM PACKING, AND HOW THEIR ARROGANCE CHANGE IN FRONT OF THE MANY SUPPORTERS THIS TIME, THE PEOPLE WON AGAINST EXTORTIONIST, GOVERNMENT,
this land is only good for RANCH, AND LIKE ONE SAID IT WOULD INGNITE MANY FIRE IF MADE TO HAVE WIND TOWERS AND FROM CHINA ON TOP OF IT, THAT IS CRUSHING A GOOD RANCHER TO BRING CHINA IN THEIR MONEY DEAL,
THAT’S WHY THEY WHERE THERE HIDDING UNDER FALSE PRETENSE, ACCUSING HIM OF BREAKING THE FEDERALS LAWS,
THEY TOOK BUNDY FAMILY FOR FOOLS, AND THOUGHT THEY COULD WIN, BY ASKING MILLIONS AGAIN,
I’M thinking of the many other who could not afford to back the obama scam ,
WHO COULD NOT AFFORD TO DO THE SAME AND PAID,
I HAVE BEEN WATCHING THEM DOING THEIR EVIL SCAM ON SO MANY AND GETTING AWAY WITH IT BECAUSE THEY ARE GOVERNMENT HIDING under A MULTIPLE AGENCIES, TO COVER THEIR ASS, it made me so mad to see abuse done on good people,
WELL NOT THIS TIME BUDDY, you got more than a smidgeon of guilt
@ilovebeeswarzone: If I’m not mistaken, it was the sheriff who negotiated the end to the stand off.
another vet
that is two rendering of the conflict,
i read it at fox from the young daughter as a guess to that journalist, very popular,
that the sherift should have come and stop it, he had more power than the blm ,
and we never saw him, that was at the end of the conflict,
that had me vry surprise to hear the sherift not coming,
because the other states love their sherift and feel protected whith them who have the power over the federal government and over OBAMA,
AND I READ THE MILITIA CAME FROM MONTANA, AND OTHER PART OF AMERICA,, WHAT A BEAUTIFULL SITE TO SEE THEM COMING ON HORSE BACK SLOWLY ADVANCING ON THE ROAD UNDER A SILENT CROUD OF PEOPLE HAPPY TO SEE THEM,
YOU SAW THE REAL AMERICA READY TO FACE THE DEVIL ITSELF,
bye
@ilovebeeswarzone: I saw that, but they were saying he should have disarmed the federal agents. That is something that wouldn’t have happened and he would have been less than smart to try and do so. This was obviously an emotionally charged situation for quite a few people and when emotions drive thought, bad things can happen.
@Ditto: I say let them bring Bundy to federal court if they believe he broke a federal law. That’s the way it’s supposed to work. You don’t show up and take someone’s property at gunpoint without having convicted him first. Reid, Obama, and company can then explain to the American people why they are enforcing the law with Bundy but won’t enforce it in other areas such as illegal immigrants. In addition, they can explain to the American people why the desert tortoises are endangered species where Bundy’s cattle graze but the ones where the Reids’ Chinese buddies want to put up their solar energy sites aren’t. Finally, they can explain why all of a sudden this became such a big issue when it has been 31 years since he was first brought to court over it.
another vet
yes that would be embarrassing,
and they can explain to the court how come the other ranchers close their ranchs because they have been harass, by the federals bulies always changing the law,
bye
@ilovebeeswarzone: They change the laws to suit their needs. Kind of like 31 changes to Obamacare. Also make that 21 years in my earlier comment and not 31 years. I just noticed the typo.
another vet
SOMEONE SHOW THE INDEX AND TUMB WITH ONE INCH IN BETWEEN ,
TO SHOW HOW CLOSE THEY WHERE TO SHOOT,
IF THEY ATTACK AGAIN IT MIGHT BE THE CALL TO ARMS,
I’M THINKING , MAYBE THAT IS WHAT OBAMA WANT TO CALL MARTIAL LAW, AND STAY IN POWER,
BYE
another vet
more are coming from there FROM REID,