Amelia
Rookie
- Banned
- #161
Here's the thing. IMO Pelosi is one of the worst human beings on the planet, a marxist racist biggot if there ever was one. But, I'd defend Pelosi from the feds coming to take her families livelihood away by forcing her family to reduce their grape crop to a hobby level number of bushels. Hell I'd even defend the Kerry's from the feds running Heinz out of business with unreasonable regulations. Sometimes it's not about who you are protecting, but rather what you are protecting.
Bundy is not the victim being run out of his livelihood. Like every other rancher in his area, and indeed, like every other citizen anywhere in this country, he needs to adapt to the changing times and environment. The little ranches that at one time enabled families to make decent livings in the desert can no longer do so. The property has other more valuable uses. Corporate owned or managed ranches have become so far advanced that raising cattle in the desert in traditional methods belong to a bygone era. The 160 to 640 acre ranches with access to water of the type in this area can and will survive to support those ranchers that are willing to adapt and advance into a new era. Allowing a few cattle that bring minimum income and revenue to the area to destroy large tracts of land that are in the middle of a growing tourist area are not going to be part of the future.
"The property has other more valuable uses."
Yup, helping the Reid family get richer.