Oregon standoff leader warns feds: Back off

Oregon Live ^ | 1/19/2016 | Les Zaitz

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Forbes has an excellent article on how Suckling’s lawsuits exploit our taxpayer dollars as he destroys the livelihoods of those out west involved in ranching and the timber industry titled:

“The “Sue And Settle” Racket”

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“The overall anti-societal mindset that has overtaken these groups is no different than the contempt for ordinary society that dominated the now-moribund Occupy Wall Street movement. Mr. Suckling’s contempt also runs to those who staff the agencies he assaults with CBD’s “sue and settle” tactics, as he brags about the “psychological warfare” CBD and the other anti-development groups wage on these bureaucracies:

“New injunctions, new species listings and new bad press take a terrible toll on agency morale. When we stop the same timber sale three or four times running, the timber planners want to tear their hair out. They feel like their careers are being mocked and destroyed — and they are. So they become much more willing to play by our rules and at least get something done. Psychological warfare is a very underappreciated aspect of environmental campaigning.”

“Bullying, ruining reputations, psychological warfare – it all sounds like something out of “The Sopranos”, doesn’t it? Try to imagine the outrage that would emanate from the nation’s news media if the leader of an oil and gas industry trade association, or CEO of a coal company bragged about deploying similar anti-government, anti-societal tactics in an interview. No industry leader would keep his job for more than a few days after uttering such statements in public. Yet Mr. Suckling remains firmly ensconced in his lofty perch four years later.”

http://www.forbes.com/sites/davidblackmon/2013/05/27/the-sue-and-settle-racket/#583c94545e3221a2d0f25e32

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