PING to you all.
Wow.
Thanks!
Thanks so much for the very comprehensive, informative write up, Jeff!
Good job Jeff...Free speech area...They must think they can successfully turn the U.S. int Nazi Germany...
FReegards, and God bless.
What I'm having trouble with is why on earth does the BLM have an armed contingent?
Thank you for the information! Buuuuump!
Just a couple of additional observations:
(1) The silence from the republicans in congress regarding what happened at the Bundy Ranch is deafening. Putting on my Pollyanna, pie-in-the-sky hat for a moment ... these are supposed to be our elected 'representatives' ... you know, the of, by and for the people concept is supposed to be in play in D.C. 24/7. Yet the people scored an important (if fleeting) victory at the Bundy Ranch, and our 'leaders' are not celebrating that victory. If anything, they are silently begrudging it.
I believe that even the so-called republicans in congress (with a few notable exceptions) see this people's victory as a threat to their ever-growing power to decide what is best for the rest of us. It's unsettling to them, and is causing them to step back and reassess the relationship between them and us. Whether that reassessment will result in a positive readjustment in their elitist thinking remains to be seen ... but I'm banking on the fact that, if anything, it will strengthen their power-over-the-people mindset.
(2) A valuable lesson that should have been learned from the government's stand-down at the Bundy ranch is the fact that hundreds of American 'militia' members -- honest, law-abiding, gun-owning, patriot Amercans -- showed up to defend Cliven Bundy from the heavy hand of the BLM. They were prepared to use their Constitutional right to keep and bear arms in order to do so, yet, despite the police-state behavior of the BLM, not one of them resorted to violence, or fired a shot. Their show of power and unity achieved their goals of having Bundy's cattle returned and the feds retreat.
So much for the mainstream media's portrayal of the average American gun owner as a violence-prone hothead, just itching for a reason to use his weapon.
They are all modern American heroes in my book, and I would be proud to live next door to any one of them.
(3) When was the last time an armed militia stood in front of the US government and forced them to retreat? Other than the armed militia that stood its ground in the late 1770s, at the birth of our republic, it would be difficult to answer that question. Perhaps this 'incident' signifies the beginning of a rebirth of that kind of sovereignty-of-liberty mindset. We can only hope.
(4) I believe that, aside from its generalized agenda to accumulate more centralized power, two of the major goals of this administration and its cohorts on the hill are: (a) to take the teeth out of the Second Amendment, and (b) to accede control of the internet to 'global entities' so that ferreting out the truth about what our government is doing becomes an eventual exercise in futility. Do we need any more evidence than the small but meaningful victory attained at the Bundy Ranch to remind us that we cannot allow the left to take the teeth out of the Second Amendment, and that the internet must remain as free as it is today?
God bless you, Gail, and the family in these troubling times. Always proud to call you my friend.
~ joanie
Jeff. Thank you for this clear and concise write up of the Bundy Ranch stand down. My blood boils during these times but my heart soars when fellow Americans unite and say “No more”.
Bless you and yours Jeff.
Thanks for the ping. I happened to pass through Mesquite NE on the eighth of April, fat dumb and happy, enroute to the start of Mustangs Across America from the Saleen facilities in Corona, CA. An event in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Ford Mustang.
I say fat, dumb, and happy, because at the time I was not aware of what was going on not far from where I was on I-15. Had I realized, I might have changed plans, but it was four days later in Phoenix AZ before the story broke to the point I started paying attention.
Thank heavens for those ranchers and city folk who were paying attention and came to support the Bundys. I was truly amazed at the amount support especially the number of horses and riders, sure need them for an authentic cattle drive. Just unfortunate that so many calves ended up orphans thanks to the helicopter roundup by the feds.
Thanks also for a rerun of efforts you were personally involved in that many freepers followed over the years. Actions that proved successful in the fight against federal takeover of land and sovereignty of states that are clearly unconstitutional, unless you live under a “living” Constitution, and so far due to efforts of brave Americans, the Constitution, is still the supreme law of the land.
Seems it’s getting a little Harry for Senator Reid’s solar folly ..... Add the fact theres a a big chink in said polidiots pandering plan.....
Anyone here ever owed cash to the Feds and it NOT be resolved for 20 years ?
RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) REID and his rug rat son should be fired and then imprisoned for the twenty years they sought to punish this rancher with.....
Doom on em....good report Jeff.
Stay safe !