Posted on 04/15/2014 8:52:11 PM PDT by Redcloak
First, let’s be clear that this is about perceptions. The BLM vs. Cliven Bundy story isn’t about who’s in the right or who’s in control; it’s about who appears to be in the right and about who appears to be in control.
A little background first. Cliven Bundy is a rancher who lives outside of Mesquite, Nevada. His family has been ranching on that land since before Nevada became a State. The Bureau of Land Management, BLM, claims control of the land the Bundys graze their cattle on. Bundy’s position, in a nutshell, is “I was here first”. But like I said, the right or wrong of the arguments isn’t anywhere near as important as public perception.
The BLM has been arguing with Bundy over grazing fees for two decades now. Note that I said arguing and not doing X, Y, or Z. So right away, who looks to be in the weaker position? Not Cliven Bundy. Now, over 20 years later, the BLM is attempting to flex its atrophied muscles to intimidate the Bundys into paying the fees. Remember that this is about perception. That last sentence can be called hyperbole, but that is the perception and the BLM should have realized it before this fiasco began.
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The last line of “Checks and Balances” defense for “We, the People” was the Republican Leadership in the US House of Representatives until late 2014.
When Reid and Obama shut down part of the US Federal Government last Autumn, that same Republican Leadership in the US House caved in to “Stonewall” Reid, and “No Negotiation” Obama, leaving “We, the People” with no Federal protection from the well documented, arrogant tyranny of the Obama Administration, and the Godless Democrat Party.
Now “We, the People” are given a rare, gifted opportunity to change our failed Republican Leadership in the US House and Senate, as we stand witness to the tyrannical brute force of the most powerful Nation that the World has ever known being leveled against an aged and last Rancher in Clark County, Nevada.
Our patience with the cowardly Republican Members in the US House of Representatives is nearly gone, as we wait with dimming hope for them to quickly replace Boehner, McCarthy, Cantor, Issa, Rogers, King of NY, and Ryan with fire-in-the-belly Leaders such as Trey Gowdy and Joe Wilson of SC, and Gomert of TEXAS.
It is time - - - - for a change.
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The BFLM is currently a more accurate abbreviation of the BLM.
The BFLM is the abbreviation for the Bureau of FEUDAL Land Management.
Feudalism is what Europe was based on, and if it was good enough for Europe, then it is good enough for America!
Currently, the purpose of the BFLM is to provide land, free of charge, to the Commune-organized Obamanation to do with as the ruling Senate and Administration Feudal Lord Democrats see fit.
Predictions are that the cave-in Doormat Republican Leaders will, as usual, just huff and puff on TV, as required by the 2 year Congressional “No Fight Deal” that Ryan, Pelosi, Reid and Obama have forced them to sign.
Obama now knows in his smug arrogance that his “Obamanation Transformation of the United States of America” will continue unchallenged as long as Boehner and McConnell are kept in power as leaders in Congress.
“All ye lowly, collateral-damaged, Feudal Serfs bow to thine arrogant Feudal Democrat Lords!”
FORWARD!
“Now, over 20 years later, the BLM is attempting to flex its atrophied muscles to intimidate the Bundys into paying the fees.”
Now, over 20 years later, coincidentally while zero is emperor....
Yep. I know a lot of folk who you would never have thought would volunteer to go, but they are talking about going next time.
I’ve been following this, but just learned today that at one point in this ‘Cowboys v. Statists’ showdown, it was an actual ‘guns up’ showdown.
Makes me miss Oklahoma.
“Grazing fees”? Why should there even be such a thing? Seriously?
For the first time, I have contemplated just how far I would go to protect our nations freedom from tyrannical rule. If I believe there are a great number of Americans that still hold these truths to be self evident, I'd risk life and limb if that's what it comes to. And this offense, along with New York and Connecticut gun bans is indeed inspiring, if not convincing.
There’s nothing wrong with the government charging a fee for a service. But other than processing the paperwork for Harry Reid’s Chinese land swap, I’m not sure what service they’ve provided to Mr. Bundy.
What “service”? The rancher is doing all the work, and the land is not being deplenished of anything.
In theory, things like road maintenance. But looking a Google Earth, there doesn’t seem to be a lot of that going on around Mesquite. The dude who normally drives the grader must be off learning Mandarin.
According to his daughter, that’s the reason Bundy starting tendering payment to the state of Nevada. The BLM wasn’t doing jack, except for hassling him over the dammed terrapins.
like Obama Vs Putin
War is coming.
Rory Reid, China and Solar Farms!! They need that land to kill the Tortoises!!!
The chinese call up army is around 600 million....
if they could arrange 100 mil full kit ....to just WALK in.....Then the fat lady.....Would be singing Our national anthem .
Course a staging area would be required.......like mexico.
http://www.asialawportal.com/2013/08/09/mexico-a-land-of-opportunity-for-chinas-companies/
Hong Kong: $121.9 billion (0.9 percent)
Caribbean banking centers: $148.3 (1 percent)
Taiwan: $153.4 billion (1.1 percent)
Brazil: $211.4 billion (1.5 percent)
Oil exporting countries: $229.8 billion (1.6 percent)
Mutual funds: $300.5 billion (2 percent)
Commercial banks: $301.8 billion (2.1 percent)
State, local and federal retirement funds: $320.9 billion (2.2 percent)
Money market mutual funds: $337.7 billion (2.4 percent)
United Kingdom: $346.5 billion (2.4 percent)
Private pension funds: $504.7 billion (3.5 percent)
State and local governments: $506.1 billion (3.5 percent)
Japan: $912.4 billion (6.4 percent)
U.S. households: $959.4 billion (6.6 percent)
China: $1.16 trillion (8 percent)
The U.S. Treasury: $1.63 trillion (11.3 percent)
Social Security trust fund: $2.67 trillion (19 percent)
So America owes foreigners about $4.5 trillion in debt. But America owes America $9.8 trillion.
http://bigthink.com/strange-maps/291-federal-lands-in-the-us
Try finding “how much mexican land owned by china”
Think about what it’d take to transport 100 million fully-equipped soldiers across the world’s largest ocean without detection. There’s a reason that even 1% of that has never been done. There’s not enough ships, airplanes or anything else to pull that off in 20 years time, not to mention not enough food, fuel, drinking water, etc. Think about how long and how much effort went into putting enough troops in the British Isles to pull off Normandy. Even a Red Dawn scenario is very far-fetched. And remember ... there are enough firearms in the US to give every adult 3 or 4.
Nope,
No revolution.
Just disband about 60 percent of this pathetic overly large federal gub mint.
Detection would not matter. The armed forces have been gutted of real Americans in top leadership positions, so We The People would never know they were coming. By the time a few real American junior officers went rogue and disclosed the invasion it would be too late.
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