now, at least the dramatic part is over. the federal government stopped trying to enforce federal law about grazing fees. stopped trying to enforce a court order that said they could enforce that federal law. and they backed off, because people showed up with guns. to stop them from enforcing that court order. and while that is a remarkable form of dispute resolution for this country in the 21st century, it s also true that the drama is also kind of over. the guy who says he does not believe in the united states is still refusing to pay the grazing fees that everybody else pays to let his cows eat grass on federal land. and the government says they ll continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially. so the drama here is over. but the drama being over, of course, that is terrible news for the people who have basically been selling tickets to what they hoped was going to be a shooting war, involving anti-government zealots in the american southwest. i mean, the rig
about grazing fees. stopped trying to enforce a court order that said they could enforce that federal law. and they backed off, because people showed up with guns. to stop them from enforcing that court order. and while that is a remarkable form of dispute resolution for this country in the 21st century, it s also true that the drama is also kind of over. the guy who says he does not believe in the united states is still refusing to pay the grazing fees that everybody else pays to let his cows eat grass on federal land. and the government says they ll continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially. so the drama here is over. but the drama being over, of course, that is terrible news for the people who have basically been selling tickets to what they hoped was going to be a shooting war, involving anti-government zealots in the american southwest. i mean, the right has been hyping this as a fight almost to the point of hysteria. this could be how the shot heard
notes, this domestic dispute in nevada really is basically over now, at least the dramatic part is over. the federal government stopped trying to enforce federal law about grazing fees. stopped trying to enforce a court order that said they could enforce that federal law. and they backed off, because people showed up with guns. to stop them from enforcing that court order. and while that is a remarkable form of dispute resolution for this country in the 21st century, it s also true that the drama is also kind of over. the guy who says he does not believe in the united states is still refusing to pay the grazing fees that everybody else pays to let his cows eat grass on federal land. and the government says they ll continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially. so the drama here is over. but the drama being over, of course, that is terrible news for the people who have basically been selling tickets to what they hoped was going to be a shooting war, involving an
the federal government backed down after trying to seize a nevada family s cattle, accusing them of grazing on public lands without making payments to the federal government. the federal bureau of land management seized about 400 head of cattle only to return them after a standoff with the family and their supporters threatened to turn violent. those cattle are ours. they re cliven bundy s family s cattle. they ve stolen them and they realized it. they re our cows and they get to come home to the place they ve lived all their life. the bureau of land management isn t done, though. they say they still plan on trying to enforce grazing fees in the family, which amount to about a million dollars. here s what they say in a statement. we have made a decision to conclude the cattle gather because of our serious concern about the safety of employees and members of the public. the blm will continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially.
support with top celebrities, but now a big settlement from the blm basically pulling out to handle this through the legislature. here s what the blm had to say, after 20 years and multiple court orders to remove the trespass cattle, rancher cliven bundy owes the american taxpayers in excess of $1 million. the blm will continue to work to resolve the matter administratively and judicially. we ask that all parties in the area remain peaceful and law-abiding as the bureau of land management and national park service work to end the operation in an orderly manner. people were being tased and three arrests were made. the blm is doing this to keep the peace for the protesters out there and also the feds themselves. but word is that when the blm made this announcement, there