re: #10 EPR-radar

I pretty much agree with this assessment of the situation.

However, I also think it is fair to point out the basic insanity of routine law enforcement (i.e., cattle grazing where they shouldn’t) escalating to this level because of right wing militia nonsense that is fueled by the propaganda of Limbaugh and Fox News et al.

The militia stuff isn’t really the province of Limbaugh and Fox News, though they do stir up anti-Obama sentiment to an irrational pitch. The militia stuff predates both Rush and FNC by a good margin. That’s not to exonerate Fox News, but more an attempt to establish how things got as bad as they are.

And on the point of how things got this bad, I’m forced to conclude that the Bureau of Land Management was lenient with Clive Bundy for too long. They should have taken firm action a couple years ago, rather than letting things fester and allowing the Bundy family to find supporters. The BLM’s desire to handle things equitably was a good thing, but they took too long in realizing that Clive Bundy is an predatory individual with whom a reasonable settlement is vanishingly unlikely. That should have been accepted a good ways back and then the hammer brought down. Instead, the BLM delayed and that delay let the problem get much worse.