COWBOY'S LIVES MATTER.
I am trying to absorb what happened in Oregon at the Malheur Refuge. A couple dozen people were holed up in what was basically an un-attended building, left open to the public. They were heavily armed and protesting the re-arrest, and re-sentencing of two local ranchers, for a crime they had already served time for. Whether the original conviction was even legitimate or not you cannot re-sentence someone for the same crime. It is unconstitutional, period! The protesters holed up were also trying to bring attention to the fact that this was only one more seizure of private property by a land hungry federal (or is it feral) government. The government has forced out ranchers and farmers and miners all to gain control over "public land." So that is the backdrop.
Last night on the way to a public meeting the protesters were stopped at a roadblock and engaged in a fire-fight. One protester was shot dead, another wounded, and 7-8 arrested and hauled off to jail. Now what really puzzles me is the high level of aggression brought down on these peacefully assembled people. In fact they were headed to a meeting to discuss a stand-down when they were stopped. Now I want you to contrast what happened in Oregon with what did not happen in Baltimore, or Ferguson, or New York City when other peoples exercised their First Amendment rights to gather and ask for redress of grievances. No arrests were made, none were shot and killed in Baltimore or Ferguson by the way. You look at the photos and see which side might be the Anarchists and which are not.
I am trying to absorb what happened in Oregon at the Malheur Refuge. A couple dozen people were holed up in what was basically an un-attended building, left open to the public. They were heavily armed and protesting the re-arrest, and re-sentencing of two local ranchers, for a crime they had already served time for. Whether the original conviction was even legitimate or not you cannot re-sentence someone for the same crime. It is unconstitutional, period! The protesters holed up were also trying to bring attention to the fact that this was only one more seizure of private property by a land hungry federal (or is it feral) government. The government has forced out ranchers and farmers and miners all to gain control over "public land." So that is the backdrop.
Last night on the way to a public meeting the protesters were stopped at a roadblock and engaged in a fire-fight. One protester was shot dead, another wounded, and 7-8 arrested and hauled off to jail. Now what really puzzles me is the high level of aggression brought down on these peacefully assembled people. In fact they were headed to a meeting to discuss a stand-down when they were stopped. Now I want you to contrast what happened in Oregon with what did not happen in Baltimore, or Ferguson, or New York City when other peoples exercised their First Amendment rights to gather and ask for redress of grievances. No arrests were made, none were shot and killed in Baltimore or Ferguson by the way. You look at the photos and see which side might be the Anarchists and which are not.
Okay now here are the folks in Oregon who were attacked by the FBI and State Troopers. Can you see any comparison?
As seen in the photo below these people came fully prepared to defend their rights and could have easily drawn first blood. But they vowed to NOT fire the first shot, even in defense of their rights or lives. One thing I didn't know, that Anarchist could also be spelled P.A.T.R.I.O.T.
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