Drovers cattlenetwork editorial comment on the Malheur takeover

[tencats]

A good read written by Dan Murphy, a veteran food-industry journalist and commentator on cattlenetwork.com

Meat of the Matter: Time to end it
By Dan Murphy January 22, 2016 | 3:08 pm EST

As the ill-advised occupation of a wildlife refuge headquarters by a bunch of so-called freedom lovers drags on into yet another week, it’s time to put an end to this running travesty.

If the so-called occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge were led by anyone other than members of Nevada’s notorious Bundy clan, it might be a little more tolerable.

But to have a group so closely identified with ranching become the focal point of this ridiculous takeover is unacceptable. Ammon Bundy and the rest of his motley crew are disgracing all of animal agriculture by association.

It’s bad enough that these cowards chose federal property that is — literally — miles from nowhere for their “insurrection,” or that they picked the New Year’s holiday weekend when no one was around to conduct their raid.

There is no purpose, no agenda, no rationale for this gang of armed yahoos to be squatting inside of the wildlife refuge office building. For what? To “reclaim” a bird sanctuary for “the people?”



No matter how you slice it, the Bundys are deadbeats and criminals, not “patriots.” They’re no different from any other perpetrators holding people or property at gunpoint.

If these so-called “militiamen” really believed in their hollow rhetoric about the sanctity of “We the People,” they would acknowledge that above all, what makes America exceptional isn’t its armed citizenry, it’s the primacy of the law.

http://www.cattlenetwork.com/community/contributors/meat-matter-time-end-it?ss=community

[Warpy]

1. Thanks, that ought to curl the hair in their noses when they read it

At some point, those yahoos have got to realize that even with packages of their favorite cigarettes and chew arriving, they have very little support from most of the people they claim to represent, people who realize that the BLM is protecting the land from overgrazing by big time ranchers like Bundy, even if they don't like it much, themselves.

[99th_Monkey]

2. K&R - Thank you for this article. I'm posting on my Facebook, and I live in Oregon.

I'm sure my fellow Oregonians will love this take on the Bundy Terrorist take-over. Many
Oregon citizens have raised hell about this, including our Democratic Governor Kate Brown.

[navarth]

3. Boom!

That should curdle their gherkins.

Dan Murphy's got skills. Good writing. Thanks.

[valerief]

4. These criminals are literal morons and should be treated as such.

Their firearms should be confiscated and they should be contained in an environment where they can't hurt themselves or anyone else and can be medicated to be controlled.

[KT2000]

5. this might mean something

to those idiots.

[2naSalit]

6. Well that outs them in

a more appropriate perspective... they seem more like some old western teevee drama where some miscreants wander into the territory and take over a farmhouse while the man ain't around and terrorize the wife and kids till the sheriff shows up and...

Bullies without a clue.

[montana_hazeleyes]

9. What we need right about now,

is for Sheriff Bart and crew to show up and deal with them.......

[2naSalit]

10. Yep

This thing's old enough to have a rind on it. Time to put this thing to rest.

[safeinOhio]

7. Want to piss off those cattle ranching Bundys?

Turn the land over to sheep farmers.


I use to watch a lot of Western shows.

[passiveporcupine]

8. That deserves a repeat!

If these so-called “militiamen” really believed in their hollow rhetoric about the sanctity of “We the People,” they would acknowledge that above all, what makes America exceptional isn’t its armed citizenry, it’s the primacy of the law.

Unfortunately, the only law they recognize or respect is state law, and this is a Federal law issue. So they probably won't even pay attention to this. It does stand out for the rest of us though.