Cliven Bundy And Republican Move Toward Anarchism And Domestic Terrorism Support!

Cliven Bundy is a rancher in Nevada who has had his cattle grazing on federal land for years, and has refused to pay about $1 million in taxes to the Bureau of Land Management.

Bundy has gathered a group of gun toting haters of the federal government and its authority to control use of federal lands, and they have declared that they do not accept the authority of the federal government. In a confrontation a week ago, the Bureau of Land Management decided to back away as weapons were brandished, signs were aplenty, and women and children were being gathered as a front line of defense against action by the federal government to enforce federal law and authority.

This is an absolutely horrifying situation, and there is fear that violence will ensue when the time comes that the US government determines it will follow through on assertion of federal authority, and the collection of federal taxes due by this lawbreaker, Cliven Bundy.

If the US government does not enforce the law against Cliven Bundy, it will be seen as weak, indecisive, and having been intimidated by a hoodlum who has taken the law into his own hands, and has brought out right wing lunatics to back him up, and yet is cowardly enough to put women and children in the front line of defense! It will convince other ranchers who have obeyed the law and paid their taxes to wonder why they should continue to do so, if Cliven Bundy can bully the government and get away with it!

What is even more troubling than this is that Republicans, including Nevada Senator Dean Heller, usually a fairly moderate person, is backing Cliven Bundy, as is Texas gubernatorial nominee Greg Abbott, the present Texas Attorney General. And reckless right wing Fox News Channel talk show host Sean Hannity has been egging on Cliven Bundy, endorsing his illegal activities and his attack on the US government!

Hannity is inciting violence and riots, is conducting himself as outside the obeying of federal law, and should be condemned for that advocacy, if bloodshed breaks out. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is absolutely correct in calling what is going on as “Domestic Terrorism.”

The Republican Party is starting to move toward endorsement of anarchism, domestic terrorism, law breaking, and if there is a confrontation, which seems inevitable at some point, the Republican Party had better back away from the image that is developing, as if they are seen as endorsing Cliven Bundy over the federal government, that will be the final nail in the coffin of the party of Lincoln, TR, Ike, and even Reagan.

Abraham Lincoln is turning over in his grave right now!

8 comments on “Cliven Bundy And Republican Move Toward Anarchism And Domestic Terrorism Support!

  1. Paul Doyle April 23, 2014 7:39 am

    Professor,
    I am surprised at your thought process in this opinion piece.

    While Bundy is clearly in the wrong, I don’t think Schenk is a case you want to use as a comparison.
    That case involved protesters distributed pamphlets advising men not to register for the draft in WWI.

    The case revolved around the Espionage Act of 1917-clearly a violation of the First Amendment.

    As much as I disagree with Hannity and Faux News, even suggesting that he be arrested should never be uttered by anyone believing in the First Amendment. It could easily then be applied to anyone espousing an anti-war opinion on a more liberal news channel in the future.

  2. Ronald April 23, 2014 8:12 am

    Hmmm! Food for thought, Paul! As I read this, I sense that you are correct in your view, and that maybe I am a little too “hot under the collar” in that statement about Hannity. I stand corrected, and I thank you, as you make a good case! I will correct this entry right now, and I thank you. No one ever said I am perfect! LOL

  3. Rustbelt Democrat April 23, 2014 6:04 pm

    The State Department needs to issue a travel warning for Americans risking their lives by heading down to Georgia.

  4. Ronald April 23, 2014 6:43 pm

    The ironic thing about what is happening in Georgia is that someone who is clueless MIGHT think this refers to the nation of Georgia, affected by the Russian presence in the area! LOL

    This nation has gone nuts, and the odds of a civil war some day has grown by leaps and bounds lately, very scary!

  5. Paul Doyle April 24, 2014 7:41 am

    Yes, slippery slope, Professor.
    Eugene Debs was sent to prison because of the Espionage/Schenk vortex in 1917-18.

    The U.S. no longer need to make political prisioners of anyone–right or left–who are sent to prison because of their “free speech”.
    I can just see an avalanche of Schenk type arrests the further and further polarized the country becomes.

  6. Ronald April 24, 2014 8:22 am

    You are totally correct, Paul. There is a saying that anyone can learn from interaction with other people, as everyone knows something that we do not know. We are always learning, and you certainly taught me very effectively yesterday! 🙂 LOL

  7. Paul Doyle April 24, 2014 6:48 pm

    Tonight on Hannity: “Patriot” Clive Bundy on Picking Cotton on Federal Lands. A viable solution to the welfare state. Don’t miss it!!!

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