Ya, so I was just gazing into my crystal ball, and I thought I'd let all my new-found friends from this thread know how things will turn out in Bundy-land.
An anonymous wealthy donor shows up and pays Bundy's past fees. Sharp-eyed viewers might notice that Bundy has not done anything terribly wrong, nor have any of his family. He's been an annoying pain-in-the-ass but there is no law against that. He's also been the gift that keeps on giving to us on the left by telling tall tails that are easily dismissed, making absurd arguments which are trivial to shoot down, making out-of-the-blue and over-the-top racial comments which just happened to be timed to royally screw his political supporters, etc and just happened to be caught by a reporter who happened to be around. That might make a certain small segment of analysts say 'hmmm...', but not a lot.
In short, Bundy will be leasing land from the BLM for his somewhat reduced herd next year and paying the fees like all the rest of the Ranchers. His problem which have been building for 20+ years will be resolved and behind him.
There are a contingent of people who really are 'milita' and at least in their own minds 'patriots'. They were stirred by the cause, packed up their guns, and drove on out to NV. Some of them were there for the showdown with the BLM. They are now in a shit-load of trouble and they've got no way out. Most of them have already packed up and gone home, but they will be quietly picked up by the cops in the coming months.
There are a contingent of individuals who worked formally worked on this psyop. They will vanish into the ether that they came out of it.
There are a contingent of individuals who are still potentially useful in future psyops. Lots of them just happened to miss the goings-down during the 'showdown'. They might continue on in their present capacity.
Then there are the general public. They'll be left with a general discomfort about the 2nd amendment and the dangers of certain 'extreme' groups. The label 'extremist' will be more effective when pinned on the chest of future adversaries, and laws which protect 'the people' from various dangers (and guns in particular) will be easier to pass.
Most of the general public was mainly unaware or apathetic about this event. Those who were not will have records added to their dossiers deep within the NSA databases detailing how actively they researched things, what web-sites they looked at, what they wrote on various forums, etc, etc.
Well, wadayaknow?
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/news/press_releases/2015/bundy-02-26-2015.htmlNot exactly as I predicted, but the net affect is the same. Bundy's cattle are happily munching on what little vegetation grows in that desert and I think it's fair to suspect that this is in thanks for a job well done on the part of the Bundy clan. I'd rate it as one of the most successful domestic psy-ops (which
became legal due to the 2013 NDAA) because probably only 0.01% of the population even suspects it as possible.
Since this thread started I've personally moved much farther to the right on a lot of issues and in particular land use issues on account of me personally being extorted by my state's DEQ. I don't change my stance on the Bundy issue one iota and stand by everything I said on this thread. Why?
Consistency. I am a strong believer in property rights and always have been even when I was much more left-leaning. The land Bundy's cattle are using belongs to the Federal govt. It is there right to do whatever the fuck they please with it more or less.
I think the Feds own to much land and that we as a society should move that in the other direction, but that's the way it is in the here and now. Bundy's activities were not achieving this goal at all and caused significant regressions on multiple fronts. Further, I strongly suspect that this was more by design than by accident.