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Doc would say you are just too high strung and the strain seems to be more than you can bear.

This is not about you. Bundy has been standing up to the feds on this issue for over 20 years. It is his stand. I never heard him say he was doing this for anyone else or that he thought of himself as someone to lead us against things we don’t agree with. Those who want to join him are free to and those that don’t are also free not to, for any reason at all. I doubt you even grasp what he is all about, what his issues are about, what his struggle is all about. Seems you are looking for someone to come and save all of us. That is like young girls waiting for a knight to come rescue them. There is no knight, and if one does happen to show up, I can assure you someone will have to clean up after his horse.

We each need to stand up for what is right and struggle against what is wrong. The problem with waiting for someone else to do it is it likely will never get done. There is no reason we can’t all stand against the way the BLM does things, the heavy handedness of the government, the militarization of the government. If it means so much to you, or to anyone they can call, email, write, speak out whenever possible. If enough of us care then change will happen.

When the Bundy story first broke on national news someone said it wasn’t about Bundy, cattle, or turtles. That is true, it is still about what it was always about. Why would you let the liberals distract you from the issues?

Your post makes no sense to me. In the first place, I know exactly what this is about - more than most here, probably more than you do - because it is pretty close to my own family. People were inspired by Bundy’s case - and that is critical. Hage’s case was won a few years ago, but it never received much attention. I was aware of the case, and followed it through my brother and his involvement with a group of ranchers trying to fight the fight - not as a great cause, but as a way to preserve their livelihoods - just like Bundy. In reality - this story is about Bundy and cattle and turtles...AND the corrupt, tyrannical government that is lording it over the "vassals". Bundy became the rallying cry first for other ranchers familiar with the BLM, then it expanded to a larger group of supporters - including many, most probably, who don't really understand the specifics. This case had the opportunity to be the first brick in the wall to fall - bringing about the destruction of the wall. I'm the one trying to stay focused on the REAL issue, Bundy's right to his grazing easement, and the BLM's violations of that right. Bundy, unfortunately, tried to expand the attack before the first job is done. Had he stayed focused on the first job, it would have done much to further the larger job because of the attention it was drawing. But he has lost support (whether he should lose support or not is not the point - he did lose support, and it was predictable that he would), he has diffused the focus (few are talking about Reid and tortoises and grazing rights and BLM anymore), and his cause languishes. I never said Bundy owed anybody anything - but I have said he was strategically foolish in saying what he said - and he was. He should have known better, there is plenty of precedence that should have informed him that what did happen WOULD happen. It was a lost opportunity both for his specific issue, and for the larger cause he is evidently espousing.