Posted on 04/12/2014 8:08:46 PM PDT by Mariner
BUNKERVILLE, Nevada (Reuters) - U.S. officials ended a stand-off with hundreds of armed protesters in the Nevada desert on Saturday, calling off the government's roundup of cattle it said were illegally grazing on federal land and giving about 300 animals back to the rancher who owned them.
The dispute less than 80 miles northeast of Las Vegas between rancher Cliven Bundy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management had simmered for days. Bundy had stopped paying fees for grazing his cattle on the government land and officials said he had ignored court orders.
Anti-government groups, right-wing politicians and gun-rights activists camped around Bundy's ranch to support him in a standoff that tapped into long-simmering anger in Nevada and other Western states, where vast tracts of land are owned and governed by federal agencies.
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Can you not see that your screen name is spelled two different ways, as in my post?
Again, my memory is vague. But I remember you telling me you named yourself after one of the Federalists or anti_Federalists...after a few beers.
I also remember Bill was quite the cook.
If that's the same party, Michelle was there...or you left before she got there.
She mentioned she was "The Token Conservative" at the Seattle Times. Couldn't bring her husband (Stephen?) because he was home with the kid(s).
Funny you mentioned DMV. When I went into renew my license, I noticed the people working there have Dept. of Homeland Security patches on their uniforms. I live in small town Tennessee.
I agree, but right now it’s an anonymous rumor pulled out of the comments section of yahoo. Does that pass muster for posting?
Alan was the cook. I was the drunk trying not to set the place on fire with the BBQ. ;-)
Jim is probably catching some Z’s, but I pinged him to your post. We’ll see what he says in the morning.
Absolutely. We are "The Paper of Record".
Someone needs to keep tabs on everyone present at the confrontation, and document & publish who gets hit with that penalty. I expect part of backing off is to individually incarcerate each participant, then have at it again. “Disappearing” people is a long popular technique of crushing opposition; even if they’re merely incarcerated, they’re taken off the board for long enough to get the job done with minimal resistance.
Good times. We were but pups:)
Cattle raiding a middle class family’s livestock = ‘Bad optics’
right, Rats?
We really should be going after the enviro wackos. This brand of patriotism will drive them nuts and expose them.
We really should be going after the enviro wackos. This brand of patriotism will drive them nuts and expose them.
Typical liberal - pissed that his government men with guns didn't kill the people he wanted killed for his peaceful cause.
How true,,,
Now that's a name with a long history...over a thousand years....half way to the birth of Christ to put it in perspective.
First Sheriff in America was in Virginia in 1620....maybe he knew Shakespeare.
Federal dog catcher.
It’s just “community organizing”, Part 2.
Looks like a terrorist to me.
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