Feds release cows gathered in Nevada roundup

[Peikko 1,575]

Only in America...

[LibCampFireClub 635]

It's inspiring to see that there are still Americans with roots in this country that run so deep as not to be affected by bullying left-wing radicals. God bless America. It's still the best country on earth!

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

It's inspiring to see that there are still Americans with roots in this country that run so deep as not to be affected by bullying left-wing radicals. God bless America. It's still the best country on earth!

Nah. This one is too easy. I'll let it go.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Nah. This one is too easy. I'll let it go.

I know. It's a pisser when there is someone you disagree with who throws out the God card in the name of patriotism. I say we just ban all card throwers and be done with it. Hell, just ban any two people who agree with each other and cast lots to see which one should be sent to the lib remediation school.

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

I know. It's a pisser when there is someone you disagree with who throws out the God card in the name of patriotism. I say we just ban all card throwers and be done with it. Hell, just ban any two people who agree with each other and cast lots to see which one should be sent to the lib remediation school.

Actually I was going to throw a jab about Mitt Romney and Chris Christie. Two people that have been called bullies in their respective careers.

When you generalize an entire population like that, you leave yourself wide open.

[LibCampFireClub 635]

Actually I was going to throw a jab about Mitt Romney and Chris Christie. Two people that have been called bullies in their respective careers.

When you generalize an entire population like that, you leave yourself wide open.

Generalize an entire population? Nah, didn't happen. There are people who believe in a cause that you and others may not like. That's the beauty of America. What gets real ugly is when an elected official openly suggests that an American patriot is a terrorist. That gets my panties in a real bunch.

[Peikko 1,575]

Generalize an entire population? Nah, didn't happen. There are people who believe in a cause that you and others may not like. That's the beauty of America. What gets real ugly is when an elected official openly suggests that an American patriot is a terrorist. That gets my panties in a real bunch.

What cause is that? Not having to pay to use federal lands? Is that a cause?

[Penny Lane 8,159]

The best country on Earth? The best in what?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

Uh-oh. Penny's awake and asking questions...

[Sousuke 1,214]

I'm pro Tortoise on this issue.

[Robby999 1,024]

I think it is more about mineral deposits and long term leases for Federal land.

Senators Hatch and Reid Introduce New Energy Legislation Important to U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.

SALT LAKE CITY--(Business Wire)--Senators Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah) and Harry Reid (D-Nevada) this week introducedthe Thorium Energy Security Act of 2010 to accelerate the use of thorium-basednuclear fuel in existing and future reactors. Their legislation establishes a regulatory framework and a development programto facilitate the introduction of thorium-based nuclear fuel in nuclear powerplants across the nation. The U.S. relies on foreign sources for approximately90 percent of its uranium fuel needs. However, the most recent U.S. GeologicalSurvey`s (U.S.G.S.) Thorium Mineral Commodity capital summary confirms that theUnited States has the largest thorium deposits in the world. The well-documented Idaho-Montana Lemhi Pass thorium holdings of U.S. RareEarths, Inc. (www.usrareearths.com) have officially been recognized by theU.S.G.S. in their Jan. 2010 Mineral Commodity Summary, pushing the U.S. tonumber one in the world (for the first time ever) with 440,000 metric tons ofreserves. "We have abundant domestic supplies of thorium, and when used in a nuclearreactor, thorium is non-proliferative, it produces much less volume ofhigh-level waste, and it can be used to dispose of existing plutoniumstockpiles. We certainly want to make sure it is a viable option in our nation`senergy mix," Hatch said. Senator Reid further emphasized thorium`s significance by saying, "Now that thefailed Yucca Mountain project is behind us, it`s important that our countryfinds ways to reduce the volume of nuclear waste coming from nuclear plants, anddevelop safe and secure solutions for managing waste." In addition to U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.`s thorium reserves, the company recentlyannounced that its rare earth element deposits in Idaho and Montana were listedas among the nation`s most important and largest domestic deposits in the annuallisting of the worldwide distribution of rare earth element deposits, producedby the U.S. Geological Survey (U.S.G.S.). Edward Cowle, U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. CEO, said: "Rare earths are essential rawmaterials used in nearly all sustainable energy technologies and a wide spectrumof defense applications. Our rare earth deposits could help supply the projecteddemand of the United States military and civilian green industries and wouldassist in eliminating the dependence the United States currently has on Chinesesources." U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.`s data, accepted by the U.S.G.S. in a study released lastSeptember, confirms that U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.`s holdings show highconcentrations of individual rare earths of both the yttrium-heavy rare earthsgroup and the cerium-light rare earths group. They include concentrations ofyttrium, cerium, lanthanum, neodymium, praseodymium, samarium, europium,gadolinium, terbium and dysprosium. According to James Hedrick, former U.S.G.S. rare earths commodity specialist,"U.S. Rare Earths, Inc. analytical data indicates that it is the only domesticresource that has significant heavy rare earths." The U.S.G.S. now recognizes U.S. Rare Earths, Inc.`s REE deposits in the LemhiPass district of Idaho and Montana and in Diamond Creek, Idaho as one of onlyfive proven substantial deposits of rare earths in the world, outside ofmainland China and/or Chinese control.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/03/04/idUS232557+04-Mar-2010+BW20100304

You will notice that Nevada is not mentioned in the above release but I wonder if this company below is the same company listed above.

Founded in 2010, U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. (commonly, “Rare Earth Minerals”) and incorporated under the laws of the state of Nevada, is a publicly traded corporation (OTCQB:USMN), headquartered in Panaca, Nevada, USA.

We own the exclusive mining, marketing, and distribution rights to a range of natural mineral products under the brand name EXCELERITE®, which are packaged and sold in the United States and around the world. Our naturally occurring chelated minerals, carefully mined from an ancient, geothermally active, ocean/lakebed caldera basin in southeastern Nevada, are among some of the richest bio-available deposits known and commercially available worldwide.

Our mission at U.S. Rare Earth Minerals, Inc. is to play a significant role in the enhancement of soil, plant, animal, and human health throughout the world by ensuring the quality, availability, and affordability of our expanding, all-natural, EXCELERITE® and MicroEXCELERITE® product lines.

Unprecedented Emerging Global Opportunity

The long-term health and productivity of agriculture lands throughout the world are being severely compromised by the progressive depletion of the natural essential mineral complexes, which were originally disbursed globally throughout topsoils.

Questionable practices like deep-till plowing and mono-crop planting continue to this day, and, as a result, it may indeed be true that some amount of artificial, petro-chemical, fertilization may be required. However, the cutting edge of sustainability-minded soil science is absolutely clear: natural mineral fertilizers like EXCELERITE® will play an ever-growing role in soil remediation and productivity fortification in the decades to come.

http://us-rem.com/investors/

I bet those leases are worth billions.

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

What cause is that? Not having to pay to use federal lands? Is that a cause?

Yes, the free chit that Obama supposedly promised. Bundy just wants his, you know?

[Sousuke 1,214]

I'm also pro rare earth metals….

[Peikko 1,575]

Except that the protected land specifically prohibits mining as well. Nice try but seemingly totally wrong. I suspect that the problem is not that cows might step on tortoises, but that the grazing of cattle on the landscape has changed it such that the tortoise habitat has been compromised. If you do not protect the habitat they will die out completely. That being the case, grazing cows are a danger to the tortoise and if you want to preserve the tortoise you have to change the land use as is being tried. I suspect that a lot of it is down to the fact that in these situations there is intransigence,which needs to be dealt with sympathetically, but setting off bombs in public buildings because you do not like what's happening is not really going to induce sympathy is not really a good way to go..

[Peikko 1,575]

The stupid is that it's only because the land is managed by federal government that this type of thing attracts the nutters (sorry, the True Americans with their guns) to rally around the cause. It's sensible to have it run federally rather than at state level but of course 'federal government' is the face of evil so...