Hundreds of activists seeking to directly challenge federal control of swathes of territory in the U.S. West on Saturday drove dozens of all-terrain vehicles into protected land in Utah that is home to Native American artifacts and where such journeys are banned.
The ride into Recapture Canyon, which comes amid heightened political tensions, is a protest against indecision by federal land managers on whether to reopen canyon trails to recreational vehicle use after more than seven years of study.
About 300 people rallied at a nearby park before dozens of people, some of them armed with guns, set off in about 60 ATVs down a closed-off trail, which winds through red rock desert. The local sheriff had armed officers on horseback monitoring the protest.
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| You can always tell the Teabaggers by their protest signs. You know it is time to "tranfer" federal lands. |
However it was not simply history and government workers who were disturbed by the antics of these yahoos.
Courtesy of KUTV:
A land dispute in Southeastern Utah has derailed an event for military veterans.
"On Sunday we were going to go through a traditional Navajo Warrior welcoming home ceremony," said Stacy Bare, an Iraq War Veteran, who has been coordinating the weekend event for 20 veterans in the wilderness near Blanding, Utah.
In light of recent protests in the region between citizens and the feds, Bare and his comrades are worried protestors could get out-of-hand, so they canceled the veterans project.
"There's plenty of opportunities to ride ATV's and RV's and if people are upset with the government there's opportunities for due process," said Bare. "It's just a real shame."
Indian artifacts, federally protected lands, war veterans, do any of these really matter if you can't selfishly ride your off road vehicles whenever, and wherever, you want to?
I love the "approving" look of the guy on the right, as if he completely fails to recognize the spelling mistake in "tranfer."
ReplyDeleteWhat a "moran."
Sexy beasts (top picture).
DeleteDearest Lord in the heavens above: when will people learn to spell "moron"? It isn't spelled "moran"; that's a surname.
Delete"Moron" is the correct spelling for a retard, or in today's example, a Bundy.
Balzafiar
DeleteThe poor spelling is being done on purpose by the poster because of it being spelled that way on tea bagger signs, get a clue.
Dearest Balzafiar: "Moran" is a meme because of the now iconic protest photo. From knowyourmeme.com:
Delete"Get a Brain! Morans is an exploitable photograph of a man seen at a protest outside a Boeing plant in St Charles, Missouri in 2003. The infamously misspelled sign came to embody the “proud to be ignorant” stereotype sometimes placed on midwestern or southern Americans."
I expect the Queen of All Things Veteran to grab her buddies Ted Cruz and Mike Lee and high tail it out there to protest this reprehensible treatment of our veterans. Or at least dash off a strongly worded Facebook protest post.
ReplyDeleteOr not.
What a fraud.
A Fan From Chicago
Palin won't show - she knows they'd put her at the front of the line to be shot first!
DeleteWhen you see the weird expression on Cliven's son's face you begin to understand what federal officials are dealing with. This is sheer ignorance and resentment (of what, I do not know.) These are some dumb ass crazy folks but, make no mistake, they are potentially very, very dangerous.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure if that is a weird expression or not. It looks like it may be his normal appearance. I can't imagine why he would be distorting it in that manner otherwise.
DeleteIf their theory is that the land needs to go to the original owners shouldn't it go back to the Native American tribes from that area?
ReplyDeleteBTW I always love how rightwing extremist can't spell correctly on their signs.
Same problem in MN except we add in the snowmobiler's who chase deer to exhaustion and death because.... well, they can.
ReplyDeleteThose are the same people who, as kids, shot squirrels with BB guns, set cats tails' on fire, taunted chained dogs, and left flaming paper bags of dog poop on elderly neighbors' porches.
DeleteBecause they could.
Jeezus I have no respect for these folks. They are scum.
ReplyDeleteIn the first photo, looks like the heifer in her skinny jeans has been grazing somewhere for quite a whle! Is that Willing Palin holding a sign her mother made in the second photo?
ReplyDeleteJuan Palma, Director of BLM: "There are more than 2,800 miles of trails on public lands that are open to ATV use within a short drive of Blanding...."
ReplyDelete"But I wanna drive on THAT trail!!!"
DeleteWhen toddlers behave this way, we put them in time out.
Psssst Gryph, you might want to change "rife" to ride.
ReplyDeletePsssst. thank you I did.
DeleteI'm growing so intolerant of these jerks that I know what I'd like to do to each and every one of them.
ReplyDeleteStupid friggni' idiots and I'm embarrassed that they call themselves Americans.
Me too 9:41. I'm so mad I can hardly comment.
DeleteA festering boil, inflamed and throbbing-- comes to the surface before it is lanced.
ReplyDeleteWhew! For a moment I thought you were writing about Todd's penis.
DeletePensive, freedom loving stare, check. Pocket constitution, somewhat dogeared from looking at the pictures, check. Cowboy hat symbolizing that western independent redneck, check.Supporters in sweat pants, thread worn flannel, bellies falling over pubic regions, and more fat than found on a barn yard hog, check. All openly violating Federal Laws. What more could a states rights, treason bloviating, seditionist ask for? The very vision our founding fathers had for the future of their great nation.
ReplyDeleteI wonder how long they'd last in Putinland?
DeleteBeaglemom
Do these assholes realize how stupid their "cause" is? They want to reclaim land that belongs to the Navajo Nation. What's the matter assholes, aren't there other places in Utah that you can ride your toys, and ruin the land?
ReplyDeleteThey want trouble so badly, they are willing to start it any way they can.
I hope that the Navajo Peoples don't put up with this shit. How pathetic it would be for the World to see just how pathetic these Bundyclowns are. Invading the land that belongs to American Indians.
not enough bad words in Webster's to describe my antipathy toward all off-road vehicles and the arrogance of their owners.
ReplyDeleteMy husband always threatens to take a muscle car and do donuts on the front lawns of ATV riders. We get a bunch of them here, but our lands aren’t as historically sensitive, and the gold mining pretty much trashed everything in the mid-1800s.
DeleteAh, Darlene, don't you think most ATV riders use their front lawns to park their broken-down junkers?
DeleteCinder blocks and muscle cars do not mix. So best be looking carefully before yardjobbing these eedjeets.
Delete*ride their motorized ponies.
ReplyDeleteAmerica has done little to protect the American Indians - i.e. Navajos throughout these many years. It's about time it be done!
ReplyDeleteThese Bundy clowns need to be brought up short (and quickly) before they ruin more native American property.
If I was the Federal Prosecutor for Utah, I'd have the sheriff's taking down license plates, noting names, taking photos, all quietly. And then when these assholes get back home they will be served with fines for all the violations they just perpetrated on the Citizen's Property. Trespass, riding motorized vehicles in a restricted area, destruction of property, destruction of historical site, destruction of archeological site, etc. etc. And when they fail to pay, ignore court order summons, then they are quietly removed from their couch and made to sit 30 days at the local county and have their pay check garnished. Take em out one at a time, legally, and where it hurts them, in their non-existent pockets and in their home towns.
ReplyDeleteExactly! If sanctions worked on Putin, then fines and garnishment will definitely work on these law-breaking U.S. citizens.
DeleteSend a drone and nail their asses - but, not in the area of the native archives!
DeleteOr, pictures could be taken w/a drone and photos and car ID's could be obtained to use against them. Fines, tickets, liens, etc.
Great Idea! No parade permit? Publish their information and fine them.
DeleteFecking wankers.
ReplyDelete+2
DeleteHey Irishgirl did you see the Palin email about Bristol's prom date? A link posted in comments a few days ago?
DeleteSounds like exactly the sort of guy you would be wanting your daughter to go with.
DeleteBristol's date (she is out of high school w/a GED) or Piper's (who just this year started high school, I think)?
DeleteGovernor Yahoo's response was telling also too.
DeleteProm date email
Deletehttp://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/319665/pra-gsp02-0014664.pdf
They look like the casting call for a remake of Deliverance.
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a prudent decision to let these defectives play themselves out ,
rather than risk endangering the lives of law enforcement.
Bundy's cows look more intelligent
than this group of imbeciles.
Too bad an IQ test is not required when obtaining a firearms permit.
Are they his cows? Seems to me if they aren't on his land they are free for the shooting.
DeleteRemember that earlier posting of the Boy Scout leaders who videoed themselves in a Utah park?
ReplyDeletewww.usnew.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/31/22526382-charges-filed-in-toppling-of-ancient-utah-rock-formation
Why, oh, why couldn't all of these folks have shown up in the same place at the exact same time?
One loud squash and they all get the Darwin Award.
Wild Tortoise
So if a group of ATVers were to ride on the BLM land next to Bundy's ranch and destroy all the vegetation so Bundy couldn't use the land for grazing, who would he bitch to?
ReplyDeleteOr, if someone went out there and killed all of his cattle - then what would he do?
ReplyDeleteCloven Bundy always wears a white hat, but his young'un is wearing a black one.
ReplyDeleteDoes that mean that junior is not as nice a guy as his old man?
What a lovely visage in that second photo. Armed, overweight "People of Walmart" types standing their ground at a play ground!!!! Would make a neat album cover for Ted Nuge's next album!
ReplyDeleteShame Granny Pasty White's nowhere to be seen. Is she busy waterboarding new church members? Gnawing through the latest grandkid's umbilical chord? What a bunch of maroons!
Stomping through a sacred area, destroying artifacts and disrupting a veteran's event is not only rude, but disrespectful to the Indian Culture AND the sacrifices our veterans have made.
Wanna wager they're called "patriots" but the queen of stupid (Facebook)?
Whoever scribbled those signs apparently knows how to draw all the lower-case letters except the "n", which they capitalized several times within words.
ReplyDeleteLet's find out where the riders' ancestors are buried and go do a few donuts over their grave sites with ATVs. Knock over some headstones, muck up the grounds, maybe take a few souvenirs. We can claim that we just want to ride there and that the church has been overreaching in designating cemetery sites.
ReplyDeleteI can reach out a mile and a half to touch you morons with a great big mean .50 cal. See you soon!
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