Weekend Economists Pull the Easter Rabbit Out of the Hat April 18-20, 2014

[Demeter]

6. Nullification, The Bundy Ranch And Right-Wing Lawlessness

http://ourfuture.org/20140418/bundy-ranch-and-right-wing-lawlessness?utm_source=pmupdate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20140418

Does the right get a free pass to ignore laws? Is armed intimidation the way we decide which laws should be followed? Is conservative media whipping up the conditions for another Oklahoma City bombing? These questions are popping up with more and more frequency in light of recent events.

Armed Militia At Bundy Ranch

Flag-waving Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy refuses to pay cattle-grazing fees like other ranchers do, or even get a grazing permit, because he “doesn’t recognize the federal government.” The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), following years of federal court rulings, finally starts removing Bundy’s cattle from public land. The state’s Republican governor and Republican senator accuse the government of “intimidation” for enforcing the court’s rulings.

Think Progress has a good take on what happened next:

Egged on by media figures like Fox News’ Sean Hannity and Tea Party groups like the Koch-funded Americans for Prosperity, Bundy quickly became a conservative celebrity — including among right-wing fringe groups. By Wednesday, right-wing militia members began to arrive in Nevada to “provide armed response” to federal officials seeking to enforce the court order.

Whipped up by conservative media and politicians claiming “tyranny” and “intimidation”, the armed militia members arrived and began to make threats. Camouflaged militia snipers were photographed aiming at federal officers (a federal crime). The BLM decided to back off for the safety of its employees and the public. Conservative media declared a victory over the “tyranny” of the government.

Just as this conservative-media and conservative-politician frenzy of support for these armed militias reached a crescendo, a deranged white-supremacist opened fire at two Jewish-affiliated facilities in Kansas, killing three people. Coincidence?

There is no such thing as coincidence, just the illusion of coincidence itself.
- V for Vendetta

"In politics nothing happens 'by chance.' If something happens, then you can bet that it was planned that way."
-Franklin Delano Roosevelt
http://www.disinfotainmenttoday.com/issue26.htm

AND FDR WAS IN A POSITION TO KNOW!


SEE RACHEL MADDOW'S NEWS REPORT, ALSO AT THIS LINK...IT'S DEVASTATING!