Posted on 04/15/2014 10:09:09 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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Judge Andrew Napolitano reacted to the latest developments in the Nevada ranch standoff, telling Elisabeth Hasselbeck that the federal government has acted inappropriately and is trying to scare the Bundy family.
Fox and Friends played an audio clip of a Bureau of Land Management (BLM) special agent, who maintained that federal agents respect the Constitution and "understand free speech." He argued that the BLM was trying to avoid conflict, noting that some of the protesters were "holding rocks above their heads to throw at police officers."
Napolitano recalled that he was shocked to see that BLM agents were armed.
"The BLM is not a military or a law enforcement entity. I was shocked to see that they even have troops, dressed in camouflage and with M16's. It really looked like they were fighting a war against a foreign invader rather than enforcing a judgment against an American," said Napolitano, adding that the federal government cannot claim to have been respecting the First Amendment in this case....
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I have found over the years that most people form the East don’t have a clue what the West is all about or even the size, makeup etc. I live in Reno and run a business that often has customers from the East. Very often I get asked, can we fly into and stay in Vegas then drive over to see you? I tell them “Sure but that 400 mile commute is a drag.” They cannot comprehend the size of Nevada.
It is a fact that most of the support for the Sierra Club in money and membership is from people that have never been West of Chicago.
Hey, so does the Department of Education...
Eventually they will have to be held accountable- from ambush.
1776.
Why is he shocked? He should know that W gave all federal agencies their own police or paramilitary forces.
Wait til the judge finds out the FDA and the SS also have weapons.
That's about 10 divisions worth of civilians. Interestingly enough, the U.S. Army has 10 active divisions. Didn't Obama once say something about wanting a civilian security force equal in size and capability to the U.S. Army?
Very interesting connection. So he's created the "Civilian National Security Force" right under our noses. What does he have planned?
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