Lucille
06-16-2014, 10:19 AM
Busy busy busy. There is so much tyranny going on you can hardly keep up, which I suppose is part of the strategy.
http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2014/6/12/obama-sets-the-stage-for-a-range-war.html
President Obama seems to want a range war. On one side would be pro-gun anti-Democrat ranchers; on the other side would be militarized federal agents and local law enforcement. The proximate cause is the ongoing restriction of ranchers' traditional right to graze cattle on public land.
A range war almost erupted in April when agents from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) laid seige to Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch. Helicopters hovered over 200 law enforcement agents; BLM snipers were strategically deployed. Bundy and his supporters pointed their own guns directly back and declared an intention to shoot if fired upon. The Washington Times (May 28) reported, “the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force.”
Obama considered using the US Military against Americans on American soil; and he did so over one man's refusal to pay grazing fees or cease to graze his cattle on public land. Of course, it was about far more. Bundy openly challenged the authority of the federal government, and he won...for the moment. Now Obama is taking the offensive in his own behind-the-scenes, manuevering fashion.
On May 21, Obama flexed his muscle under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The obscure Act gives the President the authority to restrict use of federally-owned public land in order to protect national treasures. Through an executive order, Obama created a “national monument” site that consisted of nearly a half-million acres in New Mexico. According to the protesting National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the area “encompasses 68 percent of public grazing lands and 9,000 head of cattle in Dona Ana County, threatening the livelihood of these family ranching operations.”
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The land grab came with a particularly chilling announcement. In a speech accompanying the order, Obama stated an intention to make “many more” national monument designations before his second term expires. Gold Butte in Nevada was explicitly mentioned as an active possibility. This is approximately 350,000 acres of public land in Nevada; it includes the land over which Cliven Bundy and his supporters almost went to war with BLM agents.
Obama's pointed reference to Gold Butte means he has not forgotten the challenge to his federal authority. Nor have other powerful Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has repeatedly referred to Bundy and his supporters as “domestic terrorists.” The label is absurd. There is no valid parallel between a domestic terrorist like Timothy McVeigh who bombs occupied buildings and a family who defends their own home under seige. But Reid's label hints at the rationale with which federal agents could open fire the next time.
http://dollarvigilante.com/blog/2014/6/12/obama-sets-the-stage-for-a-range-war.html
President Obama seems to want a range war. On one side would be pro-gun anti-Democrat ranchers; on the other side would be militarized federal agents and local law enforcement. The proximate cause is the ongoing restriction of ranchers' traditional right to graze cattle on public land.
A range war almost erupted in April when agents from the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) laid seige to Cliven Bundy's Nevada ranch. Helicopters hovered over 200 law enforcement agents; BLM snipers were strategically deployed. Bundy and his supporters pointed their own guns directly back and declared an intention to shoot if fired upon. The Washington Times (May 28) reported, “the Obama administration considered but rejected deploying military force.”
Obama considered using the US Military against Americans on American soil; and he did so over one man's refusal to pay grazing fees or cease to graze his cattle on public land. Of course, it was about far more. Bundy openly challenged the authority of the federal government, and he won...for the moment. Now Obama is taking the offensive in his own behind-the-scenes, manuevering fashion.
On May 21, Obama flexed his muscle under the Antiquities Act of 1906. The obscure Act gives the President the authority to restrict use of federally-owned public land in order to protect national treasures. Through an executive order, Obama created a “national monument” site that consisted of nearly a half-million acres in New Mexico. According to the protesting National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA), the area “encompasses 68 percent of public grazing lands and 9,000 head of cattle in Dona Ana County, threatening the livelihood of these family ranching operations.”
[...]
The land grab came with a particularly chilling announcement. In a speech accompanying the order, Obama stated an intention to make “many more” national monument designations before his second term expires. Gold Butte in Nevada was explicitly mentioned as an active possibility. This is approximately 350,000 acres of public land in Nevada; it includes the land over which Cliven Bundy and his supporters almost went to war with BLM agents.
Obama's pointed reference to Gold Butte means he has not forgotten the challenge to his federal authority. Nor have other powerful Democrats. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has repeatedly referred to Bundy and his supporters as “domestic terrorists.” The label is absurd. There is no valid parallel between a domestic terrorist like Timothy McVeigh who bombs occupied buildings and a family who defends their own home under seige. But Reid's label hints at the rationale with which federal agents could open fire the next time.