Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in the News

[Clark Addison]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/us...west.html?_r=0

That's what happens when you hitch your wagon to crazy.

[TripletDaddy]

lol dabrockster is a Moran!

[Uncle Ted]

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/24/us...west.html?_r=0

He said he would continue holding a daily news conference; on Saturday, it drew one reporter and one photographer, so Mr. Bundy used the time to officiate at what was in effect a town meeting with supporters, discussing, in a long, loping discourse, the prevalence of abortion, the abuses of welfare and his views on race.

LOL. Bundy complains about government welfare when his cattle grazes on public land that apparently he doesn't even pay for.

[Uncle Ted]

Looks like his supporters are now running for the hills

And Glenn Beck [to help get this thread back on topic] is looking better every day...

Glenn Beck and Tucker Carlson warn conservatives about Bundy ranch dispute

Glenn Beck is warning conservatives not to get too caught up in the controversy over Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy, who has been illegally grazing his cattle on federal land for more than 15 years. (Read more about the case here.) Yes, the federal government controls too much land out west — and yes, federal rangers went too far with their heavy-handed tactics — but Beck cautions that extremists are using this incident as an excuse to fan the flames of violence.


"We did some research online with PsyID today," Beck said on his show, "and found that there's about 10 or 15 percent of the people who are talking about this online that are truly frightening."


There are many "decent, small-government proponents from groups like the Tea Party" supporting Bundy, Beck continued, and they should be aware this controversy has drawn "violent, anti-government groups" who constitute "the right's version of Occupy Wall Street."
[…]

http://theweek.com/article/index/259...-ranch-dispute

[Dwight Schr-ute]

A little more Jon Stewart from last night. It's mostly a response to Sean Hannity, but still worth watching both segments.

http://thedailyshow.cc.com/videos/o9...d-and-confused

[dabrockster]

lol dabrockster is a Moran!

I admit nothing.


In all seriousness, I looked at what was taking place and saw bigger topics that could have had major implications later on in the public opinion of Big Govt. Could it have had an impact? Who knows.. But he just harpooned any clout he had in the media/political world by his stupid comments.. Guess that's what happens when you hold a fireside without being prepared and run off topic...

[snowcat]

Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.

[Northwestcoug]

Aaaaand the coverage from Fox News will quickly dwindle to nothing. And the patriotic facebook posts as well.

Such a ridiculous character.

[Jeff Lebowski]

Aaaaand the coverage from Fox News will quickly dwindle to nothing. And the patriotic facebook posts as well.

Such a ridiculous character.

Yeah, he just blew out the broad base of his sympathizers, but there is still a strong core of extremists that will double down. These were the truly dangerous people all along anyway, so not much will really change at the ranch.

[old_gregg]

lol. but heidegger's nazism had nothing to do with his ontology!

[dabrockster]

Rand Paul: I like his comment and I think was the bigger topic of discussion.. Which will now just be pushed down the pages.. Too bad..

But with regard to the general question, should the states have some prerogative in this, I think so. I would like to see the land owned by individuals, either privately or, at the very most, the state government, but not the federal government. And I would like to see the Endangered Species Act administered with a little more sense of what people need as well as what animals need."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...m-bundy/?clsrd

[Uncle Ted]

Looks like his supporters are now running for the hills

Yep… and it only took Rand Paul 12 hours to comment.

Republican Sens. Rand Paul and Dean Heller on Thursday both denounced as “offensive” and “racist” Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy’s recent comments about African-Americans.


“His remarks on race are offensive and I wholeheartedly disagree with him,” Paul said in a statement, according to Business Insider.

“Senator Heller completely disagrees with Mr. Bundy’s appalling and racist statements, and condemns them in the most strenuous way,” Heller spokeswoman Chandler Smith said in a statement.


Both Paul and Heller have previously defended Bundy, the Nevada rancher who is in a standoff against the federal government. Heller has referred to his supporters as “patriots.”
[…]
Appearing on “CBS This Morning” on Thursday, Texas Gov. Rick Perry said he hadn’t seen Bundy’s comments. The Republican called Bundy a “side story” in the greater issue of how the federal government deals with public and private land.

Fox News host Greta Van Susteren on Thursday released a statement on her official blog: “Let me make this plain: I condemn what Cliven Bundy said about African Americans.” Van Susteren has devoted significant time on her program to the Bundy issue, interviewing both Paul and Carol Bundy, Cliven’s wife.

“Morning Joe” co-host and former GOP Rep. Joe Scarborough on his program Thursday morning slammed Bundy and Republicans who have embraced him. He said that Bundy is demanding “a right that no other rancher in America has.”

The host appeared to be equally upset with conservatives that have championed Bundy over the course of the past few weeks. “There’s nothing conservative about this man,” Scarborough said. “This is where nihilism about the federal government gets you in trouble every time.”

Comparing Bundy to George Zimmerman, Scarborough continued: “They basically pick their friends based on who their ‘enemies’ are.
In this case, a lot of people in conservative media have raced to this guy’s defense. They must be feeling very exposed this morning.”
Mo Elleithee, communications director for the Democratic National Committee, took to Twitter to criticize Paul for what he thought was a slow response. “So @SenRandPaul took 12 hours to condemn Bundy’s racist rant. 12 hours. I dunno about him, but my outrage was pretty instant,” Elleithee wrote.

Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2014/0...#ixzz2zopVRzKL


It seems that Cliven Bundy has just given the police violence hating liberals clearance to send in the drones.

[dabrockster]

Rand Paul: I like his comment and I think was the bigger topic of discussion.. Which will not just be pushed down the pages.. Too bad..



http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...m-bundy/?clsrd

And to follow that article up with this one.

I think Hilary could have been impacted by President Clinton's actions back in 1996 and the current movement that we are unaware of. The fed's looking to add even more land..

http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Governm...-Grabbing-Feds

[Jeff Lebowski]

It seems that Cliven Bundy has just given the police violence hating liberals clearance to send in the drones.

Whoa. You mean to tell me a few people said stupid things on Twitter? No way!

[Uncle Ted]

Whoa. You mean to tell me a few people said stupid things on Twitter? No way!

Only the republicans and democrats. The libertarians never say stoopid things.