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struggle4progress

(118,290 posts) Wed Apr 16, 2014, 02:35 AM Apr 2014

Arizona lawmakers pointlessly charge Bunkerville Hill

Editorial board, The Republic
6:51 p.m. MST April 15, 2014

... So many Arizona lawmakers have run off to Bunkerville or gotten their heads full of Bundy-worship that the business of Arizona government has been impeded. On Tuesday, lawmakers were requesting time for floor speeches, then using that time not to explain their votes on any bills, but to extoll Bundy-ism.

Let's be clear about old Cliven: He refused to pay grazing fees for his use of federal land for his cattle operation — the fees every rancher in Arizona with a federal lease dutifully pays. That means he broke the law. He has lost every court case on the issue ...

The fact that he has been rendered a modern-day saint and is being celebrated by so many Arizona lawmakers that their idol-worshiping has interfered with the business of the state is just obscene.

You had your temper tantrum, folks. You charged up Bunkerville Hill. Great. Now get back to work.

http://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/editorial/2014/04/15/az-lawmakers-charge-bunkerville-hill/7755113/

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Arizona lawmakers pointlessly charge Bunkerville Hill (Original Post) struggle4progress Apr 2014 OP

Lawmaker can’t stop talking about life-changing weekend at Nevada ranch struggle4progress Apr 2014 #1

Rep. David Livingston and Rep. Kelly Townsend are self admitted Domestic Terrorist. Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #2

It's not against the law to be a blowhard a-hole struggle4progress Apr 2014 #3

But they did more then that Nobel_Twaddle_III Apr 2014 #4

struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)

1. Lawmaker can’t stop talking about life-changing weekend at Nevada ranch

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 02:43 AM

Apr 2014

By: Hank Stephenson
April 15, 2014 , 6:40 pm

Republican Rep. David Livingston of Peoria frustrated his fellow representatives on Tuesday when, during voting on a half-dozen bills, he stood to “explain his vote” but actually described his experiences over the weekend at the Bundy Ranch in Nevada ...

But after several updates about Livingston’s weekend at the ranch, standing up with armed ranchers and activists against the federal government, House Democratic Leader Chad Campbell of Phoenix had had enough. Campbell started calling out the ranchers and activists, who he said told Fox News that they were planning on putting the women and children between them and the BLM officials in case it came down to bloodshed.

“This is crazy… These are not patriots, these are cowards,” Campbell said ...

Democratic Rep. Lisa Otondo of Yuma got a big round of applause on the floor from even the conservatives in the room when she told Livingston to cut out the Bundy Ranch talk and focus on “our constituents, our work” ...

http://azcapitoltimes.com/news/2014/04/15/lawmaker-cant-stop-talking-about-life-changing-weekend-at-nevada-ranch/

Nobel_Twaddle_III

(323 posts)

2. Rep. David Livingston and Rep. Kelly Townsend are self admitted Domestic Terrorist.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 04:05 AM

Apr 2014

They should be arrested, and prosecuted.

struggle4progress

(118,290 posts)

3. It's not against the law to be a blowhard a-hole

Reply to Nobel_Twaddle_III (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 04:19 AM

Apr 2014

Nobel_Twaddle_III

(323 posts)

4. But they did more then that

Reply to struggle4progress (Reply #3)

Wed Apr 16, 2014, 04:45 AM

Apr 2014

They crossed past the Federal Government’s road block and took part in the protest. Similar activity got plenty of “occupy” protesters arrested and prosecuted.

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