Beck had a guest on the other day who stated that it was instances like this where the government loses credibility and creates people willing to set up their own mini-governments.
The idea has a certain appeal.
Big ideas like this have a certain appeal, but the day-to-day reality is that individuals like Barnett are being stomped into the ground with legal expenses and judgments. Here's a sample:
"If they're not going to help me, what am I going to do -- throw the ranch away? Back off? ....All these groups like [the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund]...there's a Voter Action Network in Tucson, they're just a small group -- they don't like what I'm doing, what I'm saying. And they're trying to put a stop to me."
Where's our Legal Defense Fund to fight these legal battles? We need to organize and match these people dollar for dollar. It's pointless to say we support them if all we end up doing is venting on Free Republic.