Posted on 04/19/2014 6:14:35 PM PDT by Paladin2
Last week’s standoff at Bundy Ranch is still reverberating in Washington today. According to Kate Sheppard at Huffington Post, Raul Grijalva (D-AZ) has sent a letter to Mary Kendall, acting Inspector General for the Department of the Interior, asking her to investigate whether legislation pushed by the Koch brothers-linked American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) has been aimed at undermining the agency’s work.
Two member affiliates of the Koch-supported Americans For Prosperity (AFP) organization gave their blessing as armed ‘Patriot’ militias showed up to confront agents of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) doing the dangerous, difficult job of removing Bundy’s trespass cattle from federal lands last week. The Kochs have been trying to privatize federal lands in the West for a long time, and Bundy’s cause crystallized that issue in a very public fashion.
Although the federal agency was largely able to avoid violent incidents, three people were arrested, including rancher Cliven Bundy’s son, and the BLM chose to cancel the operation rather than risk further escalations by armed right wing fanatics. Grijalva’s request seems eminently reasonable in that light.
ah, so enviroweenies can disrupt how the BLM does things but a “conservative” group? the horror!!
Civil disobedience works in a just society. It depends upon a commitment to the dignity of man. If we have lost the ability to influence government with the power of human decency and justice we have lost the ability to entrust government with our safety. A government that cannot be trusted to act on behalf of its citizens must be replaced.
I saw that the other day. Unfortunately, he’s already been labeled a *crazy*...even by many here.
The GOP remains silent so that the Left can narrate the story.
Hopefully, we’ll have more than Rand’s reprimand to Dingy from some/ANY GOP Rep. We need a fighter at the federal level (like the state Reps who have stepped up).
Bump
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