The recent slaughter of police in Nevada has my blood boiling. I think the people of this country have been had many times over. Since the Bush take over of our rights in the name of "anti-terrorism" we have seen nothing but a rise in domestic terrorism under the most phony pretenses imaginable. Here is a very good essay bythe Executive Director of the Coalition to Stop Gun Violence that at least begins to spell it out:In Wake of Las Vegas Killings, It's Time to Tread on Insurrectionists
By staring down the U.S. government at gunpoint and "winning," Bundy is inspiring those of weak mind like Jerad Miller to seek a little "glory" of their own. It's long past time to hold Bundy and his gang accountable for their actions and send a clear message to the insurrectionists. The BLM should enforce the court orders that authorize it to remove Bundy's trespassing cattle from public lands, which belong to all Americans. Likewise, the FBI should conclude its investigations into alleged death threats, intimidation and possible weapons violations committed by Bundy's followers and arrest the appropriate parties. We must also collect and assess intelligence to disrupt lone wolves and insurrectionist cells before they can take violent action. I'm encouraged to see that Attorney General Eric Holder has reestablished the Domestic Terrorism Executive Committee to combat "escalating danger" from homegrown terrorists (an initiative that Jerad Miller criticized on his Facebook page just days before his rampage).
I am glad something seems to be being done, but like Global Warming, too little and too late. These latest deaths were preventable had the law enforcers that take away OUR civil liberties done their job!
Please read on below for I have more to say.
The imbalance here is so obvious that it should not need mention. Yet it goes on and worsens. The OWS demonstrations were peaceful and little or no threat to any citizens. Police tactics and brutality are nothing but total overreaction and cruelty. The bankers who committed huge crimes are protected.
Now we have the one two punch of the Tea Party/Libertarian destruction of the government. The elected members stop it and the lunatics take up arms. I remember how the birth of Israel came from such a combination of terrorism and "diplomacy".
As the article says:
There is little doubt that many Americans watched events unfold in Bunkerville, Nevada with a great deal of frustration. No one wants to see a double standard in our justice system. "I pay my ranching fees religiously, but this guy mooches for 20 years." "I break the law and get busted, but these guys point their guns at law enforcement officers and walk free." The big idea that binds us as Americans is that we're all supposed to be equal before the law. When we're not, confidence in the democratic form of government created by our Founders is eroded, and terrorists like Jerad and Amanda Miller get the idea that the time for "revolution" has come.
President Washington did not give one minute of countenance to insurrectionists in 1794 and neither should we today. It's time for the Rule of Law to prevail.
If anyone needs to rise up it is the masses of people who are victims of all this totalitarian theater. We need to rise up non-violently and demand our country back. The coddling of the domestic terrorists doesn't fool me one bit. Let them call the corrupt bankers to task and they will be smashed like OWS.
We certainly do not need a weatherman to see which way this ill wind is blowing.