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Does Anyone Else Find This Rather Ominous?
Senator Harry Reid at a Las Vegas Review-Journal event had some interesting statements to make regarding recent events at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada.
“They’re nothing more than domestic terrorists, I repeat: what happened there was domestic terrorism….There were hundreds, hundreds of people from around the country that came there,” Reid said. “They had sniper rifles in the freeway. They had weapons, automatic weapons. They had children lined up. They wanted to make sure they got hurt first … What if others tried the same thing?”
Mention was also made of a federal task force being organized all though no details were provided regarding that.
This type of attitude seems all but guaranteed to escalate matters.
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From your keyboard to Gd’s ear. Still I can dream. Maybe damning emails surface that directly link him to manipulation of BLM and EPA. It won’t be hard to prove that he and his boy are profiting big time in Nevada land. Hook it all to a phony Chinese Solar project that make Solyndra look lame and it’s time for a Harry Bar B Que.
Regards,
Jim
Reid should just get it over with and issue us our gold stars and get the boxcars rolling to the camps. This is absurb coming from a national politician.
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Now are these guys for real or just posers, I have no idea.
I don’t even know what kind of gun that is.
Happy Good Friday!
Three issues for sure. One; Harry Reid and his Family are a terrorist organization, and a nasty one at that. Two; he is doing what all psychopaths do, throw as much dust in the air to hide what the real objectives are. Three; I am very sure he wants his way on this issue, but is dam close to being thrown in jail himself, (and should be in Prison).
The entire issue is very close to the departed San Diego Mayor. Keep a bad politician in office with kickbacks, so the outside interests can rape and plunder! You were right, it is the Obama way of doing business. Funny to read all the people concerned about the rule-of-law; that is exactly the leverage Reid uses?
Happy Easter Chainsaw
They’ve already gotten away with a hell of a lot.
James Of England: “…I’m pretty sure that if the Feds did decide to shoot people, they’d have been able to select targets.”
Well, that’s a relief.
Looks like an SKS variant of some kind. Lacking a scope, it’s hard to call it a “sniper rifle”.
Tyranny is defined as “that which is legal for the government but illegal for the citizenry.”
Reid is a would be tyrant. And his party is quickly morphing into a fascist entity.
Maybe you can explain the concern with drones. Unmanned Aerial Systems differ from other aircraft chiefly in the fact the pilot operates the aircraft from somewhere other than the aircraft itself. There is no substantive difference for the target of the missile is launched from a UAS or a manned aircraft.
As for targeting American citizens, enemy combatants are enemy combatants regardless of nationality. Every president from Washington (Whiskey Rebellion) thru Lincoln & FDR has targeted US citizens during wartime. What is the concern now?
No just enough that he can make his political points and achieve his goals.
Just whom was terrorized?
That is an uncomfortable picture, one that does Bundy and his supporters no favors. I think many Americans seeing this might be inclined to suspect Senator Reid had a point.
Though I realize that Harry Reid is from Nevada, why does what he (and his ‘private sector/lost gubernatorial race’ son) say about the standoff warrant more/any coverage than Nevada’s Governor or other Senator? So Rory Reid stands to gain nothing but microphones are being shoved in his face and he doesn’t address the actual accusations that he’s involved in real estate manipulation and dealing? I initially didn’t think Reid had anything to do with this but am starting to reassess that.
What Lefties think about guns.
I don’t think Reid would shed a tear if they had been killed. He’s not honest enough to come out and say it, but I think he thinks the world would be a better place if the BLM storm troopers (And WTF is BLM doing with SWAT teams, anyway?) had gunned down a few dozen of them.
Terrorists are not people you talk with. Terrorists are not people you negotiate with. Terrorists are people you kill, preferably before they kill someone you care about. Calling someone a terrorist is saying they deserve to die.