Posted on 04/20/2014 11:45:50 AM PDT by Jim Robinson
By the time Gov. Brian Sandoval criticized the Bureau of Land Management for creating an atmosphere of intimidation while rounding up Cliven Bundys cattle, the militias were already on their way to Bunkerville, ground zero for what turned into an armed confrontation between gun-toting citizens and federal officers.
As governor, Sandoval had every right to weigh in and try to tamp down BLMs tactics. It worked. Under political pressure and the threat of violence, the agency shut down the weeklong roundup April 12 and released several hundred trespass cattle that had roamed the federal public land for 20 years while Bundy refused to pay $1 million in BLM grazing fees.
No cow justifies the atmosphere of intimidation which currently exists nor the limitation of constitutional rights that are sacred to all Nevadans, Sandoval said in an April 8 statement in which he called on the BLM to take down designated First Amendment areas set aside for American flag-carrying demonstrators who were backing Bundy. The BLM needs to reconsider its approach to this matter and act accordingly, the Republican added.
Sandoval was just one of more than a dozen politicians and candidates from Nevada and neighboring states who publicly denounced the BLM, although views were sharply divided on whether the agency, backed by court orders, had the legal right to remove Bundys cattle from land his family maintains it has been on since the 1870s.
Each time a public official or political candidate spoke out for or against the BLM or Bundy, the comments added fuel to an already hot-burning fire that quickly turned into a national inferno, pitting the romantic image of the cowboy rancher against the behemoth federal government that owns 85 percent of the Silver State.
WHEN THINGS GOT INTENSE...
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Your Pew Pew pictures of Officer Curly are needed on this aisle...
That guy has got to have an IQ in the strasotphere, like 75-80, right?
OK, thanks.
Kind of an informational "choke point", though, if they manage to neutralize her Internet connection.
True. Hopefully, someone has already pointed this out to her, or someone may still let her know, but she has a point. There are so many conflicting claims out there that one needs to be cautious. Perhaps someone could offer her a website other than the facebk one so there is at least one alternative, or she can phone someone she trusts and have them broadcast any news out if they block her.
Both, I would think. If you expunge the 'regulations' then you wouldn't need the people on the payroll to 'enforce' them, would you?
the infowarrior
I was kind of joking;)
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