Posted on 04/16/2014 6:15:51 PM PDT by PaulCruz2016
For 20 years the federal government has fined Cliven Bundy for grazing his cattle on protected land. And for 20 years Bundy has refused to pay. Last month this dance came to an end when the Bureau of Land Management sent Bundy a letter informing him that it intended to “impound his trespass cattle” that have been roaming on federal property. It closed off hundreds of thousands of acres, and moved to round up Bundy’s cows.
Protesters challenged the BLM, and Bundy’s son was arrested for “refusing to disperse” from the area in question. Bundy’s cause caught fire on right-wing blogs, egged on by Fox News and conservative outlets like the National Review, which have held the confiscation as a dangerous intrusion on private property rights, despite Bundy’s lawbreaking. Defending his decision, the rancher told one right-wing radio host that he’s ready to take steps beyond refusing to pay:
I told you that I did the legal thing and the political thing and the media thing and it seems like it's down to “we the people” if we're going to get it done. You know the things like militias. You know, I haven't called no militia or anything like that, but hey, it looks like that's where we're at.
To that end, hundreds of people from outside Nevada—including “militia” armed with rifles and ammunition—have joined his protests, going as far as to set up camp and confront federal officials with brandished weapons. The federal government blinked, and the BLM announced an abrupt end to its cattle roundup, hoping to avoid violence and further confrontations.
Finally, I can’t help but wonder how conservatives would react if these were black farmers—or black anyone—defending “their” land against federal officials. Would Fox News applaud black militiamen aiming their guns at white bureaucrats?
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.com ...
These clowns could make constipation all about race
A WHOLE DIFFERENT Ball-Game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The deciding factor is whether they’re leftist/criminal or not.
If they are, they get cut in/paid off. If they’re not, they get a SWAT team.
/johnny
They’d get a cool Million from the Pigford fund and all would be good.
"Republican policies against raising the minimum wage and their support for food stamp cuts have disproportionately affect America's black community, forcing them to eat a cheaper diet and lots of fast food, leading to a pandemic of constipation among African-Americans."
What if the Mexican Drug cartels ran it?
Holder would never have let it happen. That's what.
I don't remember seeing one brother in their posse.
Even a BLM land-use permit issue regarding desert tortoise habitats in the remote wilds of Nevada can cause a dazzling urban blacktivist all the way across the country to start singing the lyrics to ‘Across 110th Street’ on Slate.com. Amazing.
Gosh, Jamelle Bouie. I don’t know. Let’s release some desert tortoises into the ghetto and find out.
Are we talking about BLACK Blacks or Oreo Cookie Uncle Tom Blacks? I mean whose definition are we using, liberals or the rest of normal sane folks?
A Kenyan would be at the forefront of the protest, that’s what would happen.
...and be livin' life large down on the strip while their cattle starved out for another victim subsidy.
“Would Fox News applaud black militiamen aiming their guns at white bureaucrats?”
What this idiot doesn’t understand is that as a conservative I would be thrilled if black militiamen ( not Black Panthers or other communists) did anything against their dimorat handlers
Pitbulls don’t graze.
i think the protesters would be throwing watermelons at the feds.
He’s right that the situation would be different, but not the way he thinks.
The better question is how would the GOVERNMENT react..? But it's a non-issue because the tension would never have reached that point, anyway --too anti-multicultural.
We don't even have to theorize about it:
Not too long ago the Dept of Agriculture was massively compensating black farmers for imagined loan discrimination --it was such a huge scam that even blacks who had NEVER farmed and simply had potted plants were able to claim they were farmers who'd been discrimated against and FILED FOR COMPENSATION.
So not only would cattle of black ranchers never have been seized but they would have been BOUGHT for black NON-RANCHERS.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.