Posted on 04/26/2014 6:59:24 AM PDT by rktman
Regardless of the outcome of the federal government's confrontation with Nevada citizen Cliven Bundy, some important lessons have already been learned.
We have seen our federal government (Bureau of Land Management) with arms and military vehicles confronting American citizens, not unlike Russian troops confronting Ukrainians, or Syrian troops facing off against rebels. It is scary.
We have seen a newly appointed director of the BLM, who used to work for Sen. Harry Reid, selectively enforce the "Endangered Species Act" regarding a species, the desert tortoise, never contemplated to be within the act's protection when passed in 1973 to protect the Bald Eagle. This is what precipitated the confrontation — not non-payment of grazing fees.
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Fat chance.
The government eats, drinks, breathes bureaucracy - it’s their bread and butter; does anyone seriously think they’re going to give up a single foot of red tape?
Think again. Terry Gilliam’s “Brazil”, here we come.
Hear, hear!! Well done.
Can’t deny them their “right” to abuse the “govt” credit cards and waste “govt” money. Kinda like the “govt” money that’s gonna help folks afford obiecare.
And aren’t you happy to be paying for it all....
Well, heck yeah. If it keeps us turning the corner on the way out of the gop caused recession. LOL!
The Feds like keeping their Western Colonies.
Isn’t Investor’s Business Daily a major publication?
Does an article like this mean the hypocrisy and crony capitalism critiques are now in the open?
The greatest enemy to the state is an honest man.
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