I-Team: Bundy's 'ancestral rights' come under scrutiny (It seems that his claims are all lies)

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62. In one sense you're correct.

It really doesn't matter how long the small ranch Bundy owns has been in his family. It also doesn't matter whether his ancestors grazed on federal lands. The important part is that Bundy doesn't own the federal land; we, the taxpayers, do. And Bundy is in arrears to the tune of a million dollars.

But in another sense it does matter because 1) it shows what a liar Bundy is. Even though his claim was irrelevant to begin with, I think it says something that even the underlying facts have now been shown to be a lie... or at best a "weasel words" sort of half-truth. And 2) Bundy has sought from the start to muddy the waters. I really think a lot of people don't understand that the land in dispute does not belong to Bundy. I even saw this misconception here on DU. I think a lot of people are under the impression that the fed is telling Bundy he can't graze his own land because it endangers a desert tortoise or that the fed is trying to seize private property under eminent domain.