BLM backs off due to “safety concerns”.

Whose safety? Theirs? Of the public? Or the contractors? 

Looks like the attention they garnered got the public too riled for them to continue their game.

I am proud of my fellow citizens today.

ETA: “ Based on information about conditions on the ground, and in consultation with law enforcement, we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public.“

I am sure that the BLM management was worried about the safety of the public. Certainly.

There are those who believe that the BLM backed off because of the fact that Harry Reid’s involvement came to light. Could be true. The rumors were there, but I could find no proof, despite looking.

(ETA) Other say it is about water.…controlled by H.Reid.

I dunno. 

Or so she said, one week ago.

Know how to tell if an Obama administration Director is lying?

Yeah, you know the rest.

The power of the repeated lies is amazing….

It was interesting, last night, to hear the views of some of my fellow gun club members the other day regarding Cliven Bundy and his struggle against the BLM.

They, sadly, had only the information that the media had doled out, and some of them believed that he was the entire problem, and that the BLM was innocent.

Now I really doubt that either side is innocent in this struggle. Bundy hasn’t played this as well as he could have, and AFAIK, doesn’t have the money he owes Clark County/BLM in an account somewhere waiting to be paid when this is all over…Nor is the BLM innocent in this struggle either.

Having said that, again, it was interesting to see that the opinions of my fellow club members had been….guided by the media.

Now these folks are not necessarily anti government, but neither are they great supporters of said government either. They, like most of us, feel that the Federal and State government should be the servant, not the master. But given the information they had gotten from the media, they had sided with the Feds.

I pointed out that they only had part of the story, and should know better than to believe the meme provided by the media. 

Once they had more information, provided by myself and others, they, like me, weren’t ready to place blame on either side.

These men should know better, and DO know better, They have seen how anti gun lies memes are presented by the government using the press…. but the stories presented by the media work even against people like these.

Seems that the BLM has some real pull with the rest of the Fed world..

Or thre is more to this than we realize.

Now the FAA has closed the low level airspace .

And for some reason, the cell towers seem to be having issues….

One might think that the Feds/BLM have something to hide….

So HERE is a slightly different viewpoint on the whole Bundy Ranch kerfluffle.

Can’t verify, but it does hang together as a story….Better than the BLM’s does, anyway

CNBC reports that Kathleen Sebelius is resigning.

I guess that Obamacare isn’t doing enough and she needs another place to fail…

Or another agenda to LIE about…

IMO, Were it a just world, she would be shot for treason, after a good and fair trial…Then hung on the white house gates so as to be a lesson to others.

History will remember he name as one of the enablers of quite possibly the most damaging legislation in the history of the United States. 

Perhaps she is leaving before things get all wobbly. 

The protesters are growing less compliant.

And the BLM cops are afraid. Watch the video. It shows

I expect that since the BLM boys are outnumbered about 2:1, that at some point someone on the protesters side is gonna strike one of ’em, and at that point things will go all pear shaped.

The cops are gonna react, and draw guns, and then the other side is gonna do the same.

I hope not, but I foresee this happening of someone doesn’t back off.

Not sure what the laws are in Nevada regarding the carriage of long guns, and the open carry rules aren’t clear, but at some point a protester is gonna use one if the police continue. If a protester is shot, or a cop, then it’ll become real war.

I’d hate to see that happen, Hate to see a cop (or a protester) get hurt or killed…. but I think if it does happen it’ll change a lot of attitudes. I wonder if Mr. Bundy is willing to see anyone killed for his principles? I wonder if the cops are willing to get killed for their bosses position (or are willing to kill for someone else’s principle)?

I notice that these protesters seem to know all the tricks…How far to push the police, and how to counter the Tazers and a lot of other tricks….Are they professional protesters? Or are they friends, neighbors and family? It makes a difference. One would ask what a pregnant woman is doing on the front line of such a protest (if she is really pregnant).

One point:
 The BLM refuses to manage the overpopulation  of wild horses and burros that has been an issue for years, the excess horses outnumber the cattle and are as “harmful” to the desert tortoises as the Bundy’s cattle are. But they claim they don’t have the money to round up the horses…but they have the money to round up the cattle.

**ETA: Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval pointed earlier to what he called “an atmosphere of intimidation,” resulting from the roundup and said he believed constitutional rights were being trampled.

But, sadly, the good Governor isn’t willing to do anything about the overreaching feds…

Former firefighter acquitted after mistaking police for burglars.

Seems he heard noises and saw shapes in his neighbors yard and took his firearm with him to investigate.

It were the Po-Po, who took offense at being interrupted while searching for a suspect, and the fact that a citizen had a gun (We are talking New Jersey here…)

Anyway, they claim he pointed it at them. He claims otherwise.

But the money quote?

“I just don’t see how people can grab a shotgun and rack it and stand on their front porch and point it at someone,” said Pennsville Police Chief AJ Cummings.

Yet how many times a day does a cop draw on a person whom they have no reason to believe is a danger?

“Only ones” and all that…..