Why we should be sympathetic to the Bundy family in Nevada.
Why we should be sympathetic to the Bundy family in Nevada.
The author notes that the Bundy’s don’t have a legal leg to stand on, but then explains why what is happening to them is still unjust. The best quote:
So let’s have some sympathy for Cliven Bundy and his family. They don’t have a chance on the law, because under the Endangered Species Act and many other federal statutes, the agencies are always in the right. And their way of life is one that, frankly, is on the outs. They don’t develop apps. They don’t ask for food stamps. It probably has never occurred to them to bribe a politician. They don’t subsist by virtue of government subsidies or regulations that hamstring competitors. They aren’t illegal immigrants. They have never even gone to law school. So what possible place is there for the Bundys in the Age of Obama?
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Why we should be sympathetic to the Bundy family in Nevada.
The author notes that the Bundy’s don’t have a legal leg to stand on, but then explains why what is happening to them is still unjust. The best quote:
So let’s have some sympathy for Cliven Bundy and his family. They don’t have a chance on the law, because under the Endangered Species Act and many other federal statutes, the agencies are always in the right. And their way of life is one that, frankly, is on the outs. They don’t develop apps. They don’t ask for food stamps. It probably has never occurred to them to bribe a politician. They don’t subsist by virtue of government subsidies or regulations that hamstring competitors. They aren’t illegal immigrants. They have never even gone to law school. So what possible place is there for the Bundys in the Age of Obama?
On Christmas Eve 1968 three Americans became the first humans to visit another world. What they did to celebrate was unexpected and profound, and will be remembered throughout all human history. Genesis: the Story of Apollo 8, Robert Zimmerman's classic history of humanity's first journey to another world, tells that story, and it is now available as both an ebook and an audiobook, both with a foreword by Valerie Anders and a new introduction by Robert Zimmerman.
The ebook is available everywhere for $5.99 (before discount) at amazon, or direct from my ebook publisher, ebookit. If you buy it from ebookit you don't support the big tech companies and the author gets a bigger cut much sooner.
The audiobook is also available at all these vendors, and is also free with a 30-day trial membership to Audible.
"Not simply about one mission, [Genesis] is also the history of America's quest for the moon... Zimmerman has done a masterful job of tying disparate events together into a solid account of one of America's greatest human triumphs."--San Antonio Express-News
Yet another example of the federal government legislating some guys life and livelihood out of existence, last man standing. From what I have read, several other cattle ranchers have been removed from their property, along with a large majority of the cattle that was raised on that land, so it seems that a large percentage of the cattle is no longer in this area, also the feds have euthanized several of these prized desert turtles. this whole thing smells of dirty politics.
Sun, August 25 2013 at 17:45
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management announced it will kill hundreds of threatened desert tortoises it’s been caring for at a Nevada conservation facility. The slaughter is being blamed on a lack of funds by the agency.
https://www.change.org/…/blm-stop-the-killing-of…
I’m wondering if the reason for the government bullying is (A) driving the little guys out of business in order to help the big guys/campaign contributors, or (B) hurting the entire industry in order to impose the agenda of the environment/animal rights crowd.
The answer is yes, to both.
Welcome to Obama’s America, land of the formerly free.
Yes!
It’s like the old classic western story plot. But now the bad guys in black hats that take over the town have first taken over the capital.
There is an overlooked irony here, I think. The type of beef Mr. Bundy is raising is “free range” as opposed to factory lot, which is precisely the type of beef production liberals favor, or more precisely the ones still consuming meat. It is more environmentally friendly, existentially satisfying for the animals, and the meat produced is more healthy to consume. (See eatwild.com)
Perhaps liberal free range meat production advocates prefer that the free ranging be done in another country, much like oil production.