Why One Man Traveled Almost 3,000 Miles to Take on the Federal Government at a Nevada Ranch

[struggle4progress]

By Brett LoGiurato

... They spent more than an hour on the phone. “What do you need?” said DeLemus, who was calling from some 2,700 miles away in Dover NH ...

Soon, he began the long drive in his truck. His son; his friend, Jack; and Jack’s son accompanied him on the cross-country trip. All in all, it took 41 hours across a three-day span. They began driving at 5:30 a.m. Thursday and made it there by Saturday afternoon. They barely took any breaks ...

This Wednesday, DeLemus remains in Nevada. He is now running the makeshift “militia” of conservatives protecting the ranch, some of whom are armed with handguns and rifles. DeLemus said about 100 conservative activists are still there, three days after federal agents returned hundreds of cattle they had taken from the ranch ...

“Lawlessness,” DeLemus said of the situation. “You look that up in the dictionary, and you’ll see the definition of our government right beside it. They all are. Congress, both houses, and the White House” ...

http://www.slate.com/blogs/business_insider/2014/04/16/cliven_bundy_blm_standoff_jerry_delemus_traveled_almost_3_000_miles_to_take.html



he's a wacko
she's a wacko
we're all wacko!
wouldn't you like to be a wacko too?

[Atman]

1. Did he drive on the Federal highways?

Did he use cell phones, or any public services?

[TwilightGardener]

2. 1) Excuse to brandish guns. 2) Ebil Gubmint. 3) Bored.

[NYC_SKP]

3. "His son; his friend, Jack; and Jack’s son accompanied him on the cross-country trip."

What about the dog?

There has to be a dog in this truck with these men.

I'm thinking a hound, or a mutt, with a clever and homespun name.

[pinboy3niner]

9. Or at least a tapir

SOMEBODY has to give the turn signals.

[Brigid]

10. An orangutan.

"Right turn.Clyde!"

[pinboy3niner]

13. Yeah, but can Clyde signal without using his hands?

[herding cats]

4. It's like a religious pilgrimage of the wacko cult

Is it terribly wrong of me to hope for a huge sinkhole to spontaneously develop there?

[Rex]

5. I see The Stupid has finally reached it's zenith.

No doubt monuments will be erected to Bundy and he will be hailed as the Second Reagan.

Their cry? "FOR FREEDUMB!"

[arcane1]

6. He must use some definition of "Lawlessness" that I'm unfamiliar with.

[meadowlark5]

7. These people have nothing in their lives

They think they do. They think they are protecting something but they do it because their lives are dull and crap. Fighting a feigned tyrannical govt makes them feel alive and feel purposeful. Without these trumped up govt overreaches, they would go back to dull, nothingness. Anger is an easy emotion. Much harder to be happy and feel happy than it is to be pissed off and mad. So Hannity, Rush and the Kochs exploit that in these bored, blah people.

[Johonny]

8. Timothy McVeigh visited Waco...

[bunnies]

11. This idiot has a teabaggy group in the area...

Doesn't surprise me at all. Although he's from Rochester, not Dover, big difference.

[kydo]

12. I'm Sorry This Wacko Bird Is Just Not Patriotic Enough

True wacko bird patriots wear depends on their cross country treks to defend their gov'ment teat sucking brethren. There are standards you know.

[StarryNite]

14. They confuse liberty with anarchy

Even the Nevada Constitution is also against Mr. Bundy’s claims to the land.

“Third. That the people inhabiting said territory do agree and declare, that they forever disclaim all right and title to the unappropriated public lands lying within said territory, and that the same shall be and remain at the sole and entire disposition of the United States; and that lands belonging to citizens of the United States, residing without the said state, shall never be taxed higher than the land belonging to the residents thereof; and that no taxes shall be imposed by said state on lands or property therein belonging to, or which may hereafter be purchased by, the United States, unless otherwise provided by the congress of the United States.”