This Land is Your Land

Western cattlemen raise their cattle on federal land, not always paying the nominal fee.  Somehow they think it’s unfair that they have to pay at all, that they can’t start fires and shoot wildlife when they think it might help their business.  So they grabbed their guns, invaded and and now occupy a federal facility.  This Land is My Land

A highly armed disgruntled band

Of ranchers is making a stand

In a Federal preserve

‘Cause they think they deserve

To exploit the government’s land.

They want to ‘take back’ the land from the US, because the ‘founders’ had a different idea of how the land should be used.  Yep!  Those dead founders, who can’t speak for themselves and who stole the land fair and square from the Paiutes.  This Land was Made for You and Me.

The rules that govern land use

The ranchers call federal abuse

Of the ‘founders intent’;

A weak argument,

Aren’t the founders really Paiutes?