By: Ray
Been doing a slow burn over Bundy and his band off scofflaws and domestic terrorists. I think the Salt Lake Tribune nailed it this morning.
Here's the full editorial:Cliven Bundy and his ragtag band of armed supporters forced the federal government to back down as the roundup of Bundy cattle was called off and the bovines returned to the Nevada rancher.
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Some declared victory and hailed the outcome a clear blow against tyranny and a win for freedom.
Hardly. The only winner in this was a scofflaw who has twice lost in the courts for running cattle where they don't belong and skipping out on grazingfees. Some 20,000 ranchers in Western states abide by BLMregulations, so what makes Bundy special?
What makes Bundy special is the army of self-styled patriots who rallied to his ranch with their guns and grudges. If the government hadn't acted to defuse the situation by backing off and letting Bundy have his win, we might have witnessed Americans shooting Americans over a few cows and a specious interpretation of the Second Amendment and private property rights.
"The victory on Bundy's ranch, backed as it was by the threat of violence, is a danger to the peaceful functioning of a civil society. Swagger and bombast shouldn't become the American way. The government was right to back down to avoid possible bloodshed, but it should employ other means to see that Bundy doesn't profit from his lawlessness," the Tribune editorial board quite rightly intones.
Update 4/16/14 9:00 a.m.: As an added bonus, Standard-Examiner blogger Catherine Burt is blogging on this topic too:
Don't let the cat get your tongues... O Gentle Ones.
Update 4/16/14 6:00 p.m.: The Standard-Examiner is all over this situation too, with a parallel editorial of its own:
12 comments:
When my friends protested the Vietnam War buy refusing to pay the military part of their taxes, they just found all their bank accounts frozen by the government. That would seem a useful ploy here.
What's the surreal connection here and why did it spill into Utah? Oh that's right, the Bundys and the Reids are LDS. Maybe it should be called Mormon Mayhem and Corruption in the Desert?
There's a lot of spoiled meat in this story, imcluding how Senator Reids umqualified staffer was appointed to the BLM and..., Rudi, the whole aspect of land sales by the Clark County Commission. Yes, Bundy hadn't paid some range fees on this conspicuously deseetic barren fallow land. Even Bundy must submit to Caeser the things of Caeser. EOT
Why would anyone think to call it that, Aaron? Seems a stupid name for something not at all driven by Mormons. "Mayhem" I'll damned sure give you.
Timmy, unwind your umbilical panty knot and embrace the dark side of momo mayhem spun out of control.
I wonder if our state senator was down there with his elephant gun?
Thanks Rudi Aaron, yes, there are bigger agendas at work. The ranchers are furthering those agendas nicely... It's going to take a national effort to save our rangelands from what's coming. Chinese mining operations and more... if they think there is a drought now, wait until what little water there is, is full of tailings and chemicals.
The so called militia are nothing but traitors. They interfered with a court order and threatened to overthrow the government. They should be arrested, tried , and when found guilty, expelled from the USA. One of the things that amazes me is the fact that these militia folk apparently have no jobs or must be self employed in order to show up from put of state on such short notice. Also, as a former Army officer, their open show of weapons, laying in the open on a road and lack of coordination would have made it easy for a trained military unit to take them "out". Amateurs.
I am the real Catherine McLaughlin Burt and I did not write this. Please remove it. And whoever you are, try using your own name, not mine.
aaron, as a land owner in Malibu CA, i invite u to our next city council meeting
Angela: It's all about wannabes, intimidation, and folks looking for the black helicopters. Same type runs around JC Penny's with an AR15 strapped to their back. Look at me, fear me, my guns bigger than yours. Take back America for the real Americans. Native Americans may have an issue with that. Sorry that dog don't hunt...
This is off subject but the Standard-Examiner has just published an editioral opinion on the Weber County Republican convention outcome. It will be interesting to see if Mr. Bell or Mr. Gibson continue to pick a fight with the local newspaper.
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