I've come to a painful opinion about the basis of the Bundy's dispute [View all]

[underpants]

Painful in the sense that regardless of my cynicism I still hold out hope for my fellow humans.

Here goes:
The Bundy's gripe with the Federal government over the use of land for grazing is not based on their "beliefs" "ideals" or any "Constitutional" dispute. The reason they feel the need to use (and not pay for) restricted land adjacent to their property is that they routinely get outsmarted by the cows and can't control them. They are embarrassed to admit it.

Look ranching is long hours of hard work but there are plenty of ranchers in the same situation as the Bundys who don't use Federally protected land or if they do they pay for it. Case in point, Tim Puckett - the Oregon rancher whose land they trespassed on to tear down a fence. By all accounts Mr. Puckett doesn't care about using the land on the other side of the fence and is a good steward of his land.

Like petulant children who want to avoid having to do what they have to or admit that they can't do something they throw a fit to change the issue away from the actual point. The Bundys are dumber than cows and they are going to extremely embarassing links to avoid dealing with it.

There I said it.