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Since the Dilly, Dally, Delay & Stall Law Firms are adding their billable hours, the Toyota U.S.A. and Route 44 Toyota posts have been separated here:

Route 44 Toyota Sold Me A Lemon



Thursday, April 24, 2014

Why do so many lunatics defend this racist? The crazy tales they're hearing.



I know that this is a long post, but I took the time to type it, so I hope that at least a few people take the time to read and consider its merits.

It amazes me that it takes racist comments for some people to realize that Cliven Bundy is not some sort of folk hero. Back in 1987, two years before his death, the libertarian and environmental activist Edward Abbey, who liked to characterize the Bundy crowd as “a tiny 3 or 4 percent of subsidized welfare ranchers who turn loose their private cows upon our public lands” was railing against the LACK of regulations against grazing on public lands. He wrote the following letter to the Director of the Bureau of Land Management, at a time when the BLM was proposing new regulations that would loosen restrictions on livestock grazing on private lands. He cc’d everybody from the National Wildlife Federation to the National Rifle Association, as a proud member of these and other organizations.

“… the grazing of domestic livestock – cows, horses, sheep – on our public lands (ours, not the ranchers’) should be phased out completely during the next ten years. Those taxpayer-supported parasites have been abusing our public property for over a century now: it’s time to call a halt to it. In every western state human recreation, or tourism, is a far bigger money maker for local people than ranching, mining and logging combined, and even aside from mere economic considerations, the health of the land requires that we give first priority to wildlife habitat, watershed protection and ample opportunity for the public enjoyment of what is a public treasure: the free and open spaces of our western states, especially the vast areas under BLM administration.

Those cows are eating grass that belongs to our elk! And most hunters out here are fed up with that unjust and destructive situation. Your new regulations would be a big step in the wrong direction. If you don’t soon start reducing the number of cattle on our public lands, then we hunters are going to begin a stock reduction program without your help. I feel, and most of my friends agree, that every domestic cow found stumbling around on our public lands should be regarded as a game animal. Open season, no bag limit.”

http://www.salon.com/2014/04/24/fox_news_worst_cliven_bundy_lies_22_right_wing_delusions_about_the_absurd_standoff/



Thursday, Apr 24, 2014 02:45 PM EDT

Fox News’ worst Cliven Bundy lies: 22 right-wing delusions about the absurd standoff

Why do so many lunatics defend this racist? The crazy tales they're hearing. We explain why their claims are wrong










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