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BEHIND ENEMY LINES: Hi-Res Images of BLM War Zone Exposes Fed’s Military Fiasco at Bundy Ranch
21st Century Wire ^ | April 14, 2014 | 21wire

Posted on 04/16/2014 11:05:04 AM PDT by ponygirl

New images of cattle rancher Cliven Bundy’s tense standoff with the Federal Bureau of Land Mangement (BLM) on Saturday afternoon reveal how the armed agency’s military operation configured to forcefully engage Bundy cowboys and their supporters who sought to liberate federally confiscated cattle over the weekend.

These exclusive images were taken by a GMN photographer positioned right above the action on the Southbound side of Interstate 15 near Bunkerville, Nevada.

Despite the BLM being instructed to leave the Bundy Ranch and Gold Butte area earlier that morning, the agency still insisted had a legal right to be there and that it would not let go of hundreds of cows it had already taken away from the Bundy Family. Critics are asking if that ‘legal right’ also includes stationing a federal military force in Bunkerville.

Prior to this standoff, the special agent in charge of BLM’s ground operations, Daniel P. Love, had issued a warning that any one who crosses the federal line in order to free the seized cattle – will be arrested. Love went on boasting his agency’s advantage over Bundy supporters when saying, “I’ve seen your numbers right now, you’d better hope that 10,000 show up.”

It turns out that protesters needed far less numbers to overcome Love’s federal army. In the end, a Bundy’s contingent of 150 cowboys on horseback and a few hundred of peaceful supporters – backed by a well-organised volunteer militia, all together, proceed to march past the BLM’s line of demarcation to the entrance of cattle holding area, prompting the platoon of armed federal tactical teams to stand down and fall back.

This is the first collection in a three part series, showing the federal government’s military build-up to Saturday’s climax under US Interstate 15…

(Excerpt) Read more at 21stcenturywire.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: blm; bravecompanions; bundy; bundyranch; zot
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To: Monkey Face
thanks, for the post.

161 posted on 04/16/2014 2:13:31 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Right..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: TheOldLady

You got that right!


162 posted on 04/16/2014 2:13:33 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TheOldLady
He’s dead, Jim.

Somebody should have warned him not to beam down to a Cliven Bundy planet thread wearing a Commie Red shirt...

163 posted on 04/16/2014 2:15:13 PM PDT by kiryandil (turning Americans into felons, one obnoxious drunk at a time (Zero Tolerance!!!))
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To: Monkey Face

(And I keep thinking that with NSA being so nosy, Black Helicopters will be hovering over my house any day. I will watch for odd things...odd sounds...and odd people... I mean, Slimy Harry hails from Searchlight which is about 90 miles south of here...)


164 posted on 04/16/2014 2:16:12 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

My pleasure, Skinky!


165 posted on 04/16/2014 2:17:16 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

“Pretty?” I hope that Mrs. Grass posted that comment.

But seriesly, it really is a pretty lightning graphic. The tree didn’t appreciate the grandeur, but it’s too late for that now.


166 posted on 04/16/2014 2:24:04 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: Monkey Face
*GRINNING*
My pleasure, Skinky!
not Skinky (Stinky??)...it's skink....
OPppss! need my reading glasses! ...
*GRINNING*
167 posted on 04/16/2014 2:29:40 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Right..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: kiryandil

Why? He was ZOTTAGE in our cottage (bait) for quite a while, and JimRob himself gave him the heave-ho.

And how do you do? It is nice to meet you. I do not recall seeing you before, but I’m old. I forget stuff.


168 posted on 04/16/2014 2:29:56 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: trisham

;-)


169 posted on 04/16/2014 2:31:01 PM PDT by TheOldLady
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To: TheOldLady
“Pretty?”
Well, I see what, you mean (I was typing quickly :)..
I could've used:
.
agreeable, blessed (also blest), congenial, darling, delectable,
delicious, delightful, delightsome, dreamy, dulcet, enjoyable, felicitous,
good, grateful, gratifying, heavenly, jolly, luscious, nice, palatable,
pleasing, pleasurable, pleasant, satisfying, savory

but I was in a hurry.

170 posted on 04/16/2014 2:41:01 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Right..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: TheOldLady; Lou Budvis; WildHighlander57; exit82; Jim Thompson; humblegunner; darkwing104; 50mm; ...

I looked at the posting history,

Seems LouBudvis was fond of quoting FedGov case law.

Well, Lou, ole Buddy, it boils down to this. Do you believe that legitimate governing power devolves from above? or from its legitimate roots in the God Given Rights of “We The People?”

For those of us who remain here, our choice and belief is pretty obvious.

For your own personal sake, you had better hope and pray to the God that gave US those rights that we prevail.


171 posted on 04/16/2014 2:42:58 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: shibumi
He didn't seem to understand the principles under which this country was born. He didn't seem to understand what our Founding Fathers believed in, and strove to protect.

Lou appeared to be pro-government, and without any concept of what the Declaration of Independence represents:

"When, in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate and equal station to which the laws of nature and of nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with inherent and inalienable Rights; that among these, are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness; that to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed; that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles, and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

For the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge to each other our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor."

~Thomas Jefferson


172 posted on 04/16/2014 2:48:38 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: shibumi
Seems LouBudvis was fond of quoting FedGov case law.

He was an educated fool. He incapable of seeing that what is legal is often not just.

Levin's opening segment from yesterday brilliantly laid out the abuse of power by those in government against Bundy.

What LouBudvis and other Statist loving fools don't see is that we are now living in, as Levin says, a post-Constitutional time.

The law is being used by those in power to bludgeon political enemies -- that is evil.

173 posted on 04/16/2014 2:53:20 PM PDT by sand88 (We can never legislate our way back to Liberty)
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To: Iron Munro; Pride in the USA
These "Alphabet Agency Armies" are just the Feral Government's way of getting around the Posse Comitatus restriction on the government using military forces within US borders.

For all practical purposes they are the "civilian national security force" Barack promised to build.

You know, I hadn't thought of it that way. Now that you've posted it, I think you may very well be correct. Interesting (and chilling).

174 posted on 04/16/2014 2:54:42 PM PDT by lonevoice (We can evade reality, but we cannot evade the consequences of evading reality)
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To: sand88

Bundy is important because he is the LAST rancher in Clark County. If he falls, other ranchers in other counties, in other states, will be (are) at risk.

If the Second Revolution is to start, let it start here, where there are more cowboys than lawyers.


175 posted on 04/16/2014 2:56:12 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
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To: sand88

+1


176 posted on 04/16/2014 2:57:55 PM PDT by shibumi (Cover it with gas and set it on fire.)
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To: skinkinthegrass

I like “SKINKY!” It has a certain whatever-that-French-phrase is...

Besides...it makes skinks a little more fluffy... ;o]


177 posted on 04/16/2014 2:58:28 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
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To: All
"The origin of all civil government, justly established, must be a voluntary compact, between the rulers and the ruled; and must be liable to such limitations, as are necessary for the security of the absolute rights of the latter; for what original title can any man or set of men have, to govern others, except their own consent?

To usurp dominion over a people, in their own despite, or to grasp at a more extensive power than they are willing to entrust, is to violate that law of nature, which gives every man a right to his personal liberty; and can, therefore, confer no obligation to obedience."

Alexander Hamilton





178 posted on 04/16/2014 2:58:37 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: Monkey Face
O.K...no contest. (grudgingly :)

179 posted on 04/16/2014 3:00:22 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (The end move in politics is always to pick up a gun. Right..0'Caligula / 0'Reid? ;-)
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To: skinkinthegrass

:o])


180 posted on 04/16/2014 3:02:17 PM PDT by Monkey Face (Liberalism: Moochers electing looters to steal from producers.)
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