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99th_Monkey

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48. You are wish-dreaming IMHO.
Sun Jan 24, 2016, 02:26 PM
Jan 2016

You do know that the FBI et. al. have completely backed-down from enforcing the law already at the Bundy Ranch
in Nevada: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundy_standoff

The Bundy standoff was an armed confrontation between protesters and law enforcement that developed from a 20-year legal dispute between the United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and cattle rancher Cliven Bundy, over unpaid grazing fees on federally owned land in southeastern Nevada.

The ongoing dispute started in 1993, when, in protest against changes to grazing rules, Bundy declined to renew his permit for cattle grazing on BLM-administered lands near Bunkerville, Nevada. According to the BLM, Bundy continued to graze his cattle on public lands without a permit. In 1998, Bundy was prohibited by the United States District Court for the District of Nevada from grazing his cattle on an area of land later called the Bunkerville Allotment. In July 2013, the BLM complaint was supplemented when federal judge Lloyd D. George ordered that Bundy refrain from trespassing on federally administered land in the Gold Butte area of Clark County.

On March 27, 2014, 145,604 acres of federal land in Clark County were temporarily closed for the "capture, impound, and removal of trespass cattle". BLM officials and law enforcement rangers began a roundup of such livestock on April 5, and an arrest was made the next day. On April 12, a group of protesters, some of them armed, advanced on what the BLM described as a "cattle gather." Sheriff Doug Gillespie negotiated with Bundy and newly confirmed BLM director Neil Kornze, who elected to release the cattle and de-escalate the situation. As of the end of 2015, Bundy continued to graze his cattle on Federal land and had not paid the fees.


I mean seriously, how much damning & incriminating information does law enforcement need, before it decides to take any meaningful action to actually enforce the law of the land?

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good question KT2000 Jan 2016 #1
it can't be the bginning because there have been so many similar occupations in the past. Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #15
I am aware KT2000 Jan 2016 #49
He probably has the ultimate word, but just delegates his situation managers in the FBI to deal with world wide wally Jan 2016 #2
They are doing infograthering all the time. Probably have an undercover person Jim Beard Jan 2016 #3
^^ exactly ^^ lamp_shade Jan 2016 #9
more than one, is my guess eShirl Jan 2016 #13
Yes! This is what I've been hoping would happen. Lars39 Jan 2016 #17
I'm so tired of hearing of the standoff described this way: either violent action or 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #4
I think to a bigger extent than we perhaps realize law enforcement sympathizes with the militias Fumesucker Jan 2016 #5
No shit. Have you seen this 2006 FBI report, that no one talks about? 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #6
OMG newfie11 Jan 2016 #7
Yes, it certainly does. n/t 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #33
Yep!!! This, says it all! n/t RKP5637 Jan 2016 #29
Thanks for the links. ronnie624 Jan 2016 #42
Thanks! Very interesting stuff WhaTHellsgoingonhere Jan 2016 #47
As a person who worked with many LEOs, I can attest to the truth of this. It's the job Nay Jan 2016 #30
Serious question... Blanks Jan 2016 #51
Not that I noticed. Unless it was on the order of "Guns for me, but not for thee." Nay Jan 2016 #53
That's what I mean... Blanks Jan 2016 #62
The feds? Seems highly, highly unlikely. Hortensis Jan 2016 #55
I trust that you're not conflating my post w/ 'authoritarianism' or summary execution of Bundy jerks 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #63
Nope. I'm suggesting an identification with Hortensis Jan 2016 #65
I certainly can't argue with that. Thanks for the clarification. nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #66
+1000 smirkymonkey Jan 2016 #43
You have pretty much described it. Sickening. nruthie Jan 2016 #57
I believe your guess is right. There will be no Waco under Obama's watch. lamp_shade Jan 2016 #8
You have a lot of faith rjsquirrel Jan 2016 #10
Agree, plus the Bundys have their children there to act as hostages flamingdem Jan 2016 #34
If Obama is calling the shots, I'm with him. safeinOhio Jan 2016 #11
For sure GummyBearz Jan 2016 #21
He is. Think of the Somali pirates and Bin Laden flamingdem Jan 2016 #35
Also think of Cliven Bundy. Jim Lane Jan 2016 #67
Just found out what some are saying so I guess flamingdem Jan 2016 #69
Why does he not or the FBI not do something? There options. daybranch Jan 2016 #12
Can you cite laws which allow the seizing of accounts of those who have not even been arrested? Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #14
Seizure is done all the time in the name of drug enforcement. hobbit709 Jan 2016 #16
Arrested people with evidence collected and when that is abused good people oppose it and do not Bluenorthwest Jan 2016 #19
IRS does it all the time NT 1939 Jan 2016 #28
Shhhh...he or she is on a roll! nt Rex Jan 2016 #40
good idea treestar Jan 2016 #44
Estimated taxes are due on Jan 15 NT 1939 Jan 2016 #50
Look at the War on Drugs. Law enforcement seizes money from people all the time, without charges. backscatter712 Jan 2016 #61
They do it to terrorist groups all the time, but yeah this is not the same thing. Rex Jan 2016 #39
There's asset forfeiture... backscatter712 Jan 2016 #58
Cut off food, for sure. Water's on-site, but if they can cut off power... Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #23
cutting utilities handmade34 Jan 2016 #31
There are children there nt flamingdem Jan 2016 #36
Good point. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #54
Whomever it is has a lot more patience than I do FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #18
Loretta Lynch, who is probably listening to regional FBI. nt geek tragedy Jan 2016 #20
If anybody at all has made a decision (an open question), it was the wrong one. Paladin Jan 2016 #22
Some expert group at Homeland Security is developing the strategy haele Jan 2016 #24
spock or maybe odin? not sure really. nt JanMichael Jan 2016 #25
POTUS. He wants NO DRAMA. WinkyDink Jan 2016 #26
I think he's being proved right as long as other incidents don't start up elsewhere flamingdem Jan 2016 #37
Actually, "other incidents" are now being planned, incited & actively organized 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #45
If there are other incidents the FBI could arrest more flamingdem Jan 2016 #46
You are wish-dreaming IMHO. 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #48
IMO it's with President Obama. Also, I bet there is a lot of discussion on how actions might RKP5637 Jan 2016 #27
Good point. Could be an endless talking point if anyone is killed or injured. flamingdem Jan 2016 #38
I bet there are a whole 2naSalit Jan 2016 #32
Only one person with a cool head in DC, the President of the United States! B Calm Jan 2016 #41
I support much of what Obama has done, but on this one, not so much. 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #52
Is anyone??? nruthie Jan 2016 #56
So far, it appears that the burglars are. Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2016 #59
Nobody? Retrograde Jan 2016 #60
Lynch... TipTok Jan 2016 #64
I found the thread!1 Here: sorta the Department of the Interior, no?!1 Or Mobil Oil?!1 UTUSN Jan 2016 #68
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