Bundy in Nevada

The social media beats TV movies for entertainment pleasure.

Hasn't everyone been watching the cattle drama in Nevada?

Some dirt poor cattle rancher is being forcefully evicted from his ancestral home by Russian troops wearing US Army Ranger uniforms and carrying sniper rifles.

This terminally ill, blind man, confined to a wheelchair, only wants to live out his last few days in peace.

That about covers it for me. Except for the dying, blind, and peaceful parts. He is ill. Should be confined to a wheelchair via restraints.

So the story goes that Harry Reid wants the ranch so he can sell it to China along with the Grand Canyon. Oh, the story just changed again. Obama's uncle in Cuba wants the land for a solar power plant being built by Solyndra. Ops! The story changed again. A huge oil and natural gas deposit was found under the land by a desert tortoise. The tortoise, along with a hare named Bugs, have made huge campaign contributions to Hillary Clinton. Ops! The story changed again. It's all about water. Seems water has been bubbling out of the ground and drowned a thousand tortoises. And, a hare named Bugs. A consortium headed by Duck Dynasty's Daffy Duck, wants control of the water before a Saudi Prince buys it and builds a floating city.

Naw. The guy wants to graze his cows on land owned by his Mormon family since the 1870's. Since it is his land, he pays grazing fees to the county but won't pay them to the federal government which doesn't own the land. I have to say that again because it is so funny.

A man claiming to own some grazing land is paying grazing fees to the county. I couldn't make that up.

Ops. The story is changing again.

The family never owned the land in question. The Bundy family didn't graze any cows on land in question until 1954! In 1954, the family first applied to the federal government for grazing rights. To some rangers in Utah, the cows are considered feral. Utah's Congressional Delegation even came out against the cows. Those ranchers don't want the cows sold in or around Utah where feral cows are considered a danger to established herds. It seems not all cows are created equal. Some have pedigrees. Meet exacting standards of health.

The feral cow doesn't have an exact genetic heritage. Might have infectious diseases. Might be unsafe to eat.

Then, there's the other issue. The land in question is a desert. It covers 180,000 square miles. How does this guy Bundy water his herd of 1,000 cows?

Well, he has water rights.

Now that just blows me. Or, blows me away. Water rights in Nevada are far more valuable than cows. The starting price for water rights is $7,000 per acre foot. The rights can be sold. The water can be sold.

So I would kill the cows and sell my water to California, sit on my sofa wearing a white hat, and drink Mexican beer if I were Mr. Bundy.

This version of the story is deeper than ... a well diggers grave. Bad, bad pun.

Nevada began issuing 'water rights' in 1866. Years before Bundy's family arrived. Ouch!

So if Bundy has 'water rights,' those came through some legal process and not through ancestral claims or homesteading claims.

So where's the beef?

The man owes over a million dollars in grazing fees. He refuses to pay any fees except fees from the county which he claims --- sometimes --- really owns his land.

Nut case? A gun nut and cattle nut case.

Yes, there's been an armed confrontation of some sort. Anti-government forces have deployed. I think those are called survivalist or militia.

What will be the outcome?

Bundy loses and innocent people die.

Blog status

My readership, if it can be called that is less than 30 visits per day.

I'm happy to have one reader who thinks they might find a kernel of wisdom or a small chuckle reading my nutty posts.

Thanks.

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Knife Free Zone attracts Knife attack

You heard me!

Since we advertise schools as weapons free zones, the smart mass murderer targets the helpless people inside these zones. The attack in Pittsburg proves this conservative talking point again.

The recent Ft. Hood shooting proves this conservative talking point, too. Military bases are gun free zones.
The Weapon Free signage is just begging for gun totting and knife wielding nuts to attack.

What we need are signs saying, I pack heat in my pants seat. That will make the nuts keep driving around looking for weak victims in weapons free zones.

Seriously.

A student attacked others in the school because that's where he goes to school. The Ft. Hood shooter shot people where he worked.

When there are no guns, there will be no mass murders with guns.

Why politics makes us stupider.

I love to steal content. Better give some full credit on this one.

From Vox.com

There’s a simple theory underlying much of American politics. It sits hopefully at the base of almost every speech, every op-ed, every article, and every panel discussion. It courses through the Constitution and is a constant in President Obama’s most stirring addresses. It’s what we might call the More Information Hypothesis: the belief that many of our most bitter political battles are mere misunderstandings. The cause of these misunderstandings? Too little information — be it about climate change, or taxes, or Iraq, or the budget deficit. If only the citizenry were more informed, the thinking goes, then there wouldn’t be all this fighting.

Two more Georgia children killed in shooting accidents

Children die. Too often and too soon. Disease takes their lives. Birth defects still their hearts. All parents and potential parents face a risk of losing a child.

But shot to death by a brother or a sister in their own home?

Two accidental shootings in Georgia this weekend killed two kids.

Each with a different story. "My little sister wanted me to hold her 12 gauge shotgun. It went off while I was unloading it." If that is what happened, oh, the hole left in the parents hearts.

A little girl shot to death with a 12 gauge shotgun by her brother. It's said that children imitate adults.

The second 'accidental shooting' resulted in an arrest. Different city in Georgia. Different situation. Different color skin?

Meanwhile, police in Savannah are investigating the death of an 11-year-old boy who was killed by a gunshot while he and a friend handled the weapon in west Savannah.

Savannah-Chatham Metropolitan Police say a 12-year-old, who they described as a playmate, has been charged with involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct and possession of a firearm by a person under 18.

West Savannah. Let OutKast describe it. "Frazier home." "Baseball caps slightly pointed east." "Sade in the tape deck." "Diggin' the scene with a gangsta slouch." "Nine in the hand ... "
Words from OutKast.

So one 12 year old from west Savannah is facing charges of involuntary manslaughter, reckless conduct, and possession of a firearm by a person under 18. He's black.

The other family was white.

Guns do not provide justice. It seems like Georgia doesn't care about providing justice either.