jontheturboguy
Master
Maybe he's the last man standing because his business model is flawed? Grazing cattle, in a desert, on land you do not own, doesn't sound like a recipe for success to me.
We can argue about who owns the land. The bottom line is Mr. Bundy doesn't. The state of Nevada is my best guess as to who owns it and they have ceded their rights to it to the Feds.
Yes, free speech zones, commandeering private roads for Federal use, beating and tasing protesters are all heinous violations of their rights. Mr. Bundy brought this sh!tstorm down when he decided that he had a right to use property that does not belong to him and then threatened war with those who would stop him.
I agree with Mr. Bundy and many here that this should not be a federal .gov issue. I also think the 16th Amendment as interpreted to call wages "income" is wrong, I believe that rules on automatic weapons, suppressors, and SBRs are bullsh!t. But I pay my taxes just the same. I wait 9 months and pay for the stamp before obtaining a SBR. Guess that makes me a "sheeple" or something.
Blah blah blah. You'd be singing a different tune if the feds came to squash your family way of life that has been that way since 1880.
Dollars to dog nuts you'd scream the moment fed boots hit your door.
Oh wait, will you still be a proud sheep and wear that star on your arm?