Video of Donald Trump arguing that Native Americans do not look "Indian" enough to be granted licenses for casinos will blow your mind.

“They don’t LOOK Indian to me ... Why is it that the Indians don’t pay tax, but everyone else does, I do?” Donald Trump in 1993

Once a bigot, always a bigot. Nothing has changed. He’s been the same old white supremacist for decades. #TrumpResign #AMJoy https://t.co/If97mSKfTt

— Scott Dworkin (@funder) November 28, 2017

If you ever entertained even the slightest doubt that Donald Trump was a festering POS this should put those doubts to rest for good.

While attempting to honor Navajo code talkers, Donald Trump decides to attack Elizabeth Warren, insults all Native Americans instead. Update!

Here's the video: Trump calls Elizabeth Warren 'Pocahontas' while honoring Native American code talkers: "You were here long before any of us were here. Although we have a representative in Congress who they say was here a long time ago. They call her Pocahontas." pic.twitter.com/hjZ5MInDDf

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) November 27, 2017

Courtesy of CNN: 

President Donald Trump, during an event at the White House honoring Navajo code talkers Monday, referenced his nickname for Sen. Elizabeth Warren, "Pocahontas," a label he has long used about the Massachusetts Democrat. 

"I just want to thank you because you are very, very special people. You were here long before any of us were here," Trump said. "Although, we have a representative in Congress who has been here a long time ... longer than you -- they call her Pocahontas!" 

He then turned to one of the code talkers behind him, put his left hand on the man's shoulder and said: "But you know what, I like you. You are special people."

I have a feeling that after that idiotic remark the Navajos in the room thought that Donald Trump was a little "special" as well.

Later White House reporters confronted Sarah Huckabee Sanders about this clearly racist remark, and she of course tried to turn it back to another attack on Warren.

Damn, she is just a terrible person.

Elizabeth Warren was also asked about this incident, and here was her response. For the record there is no evidence that Elizabeth Warren's career benefited from her claim that she is part Native American, and in fact there it no real evidence that she is not part Native American.

I think that like a lot of Americans Warren grew up hearing stories of her family's Native American heritage and took it on faith that it was accurate.

I myself have been told my whole life that I am part Apache, my grandfather actually met and married my grandmother on an Indian reservation in Arizona, but I have never done a DNA test nor have I yet utilized the services of Ancestry.com.

For all I know for certain my family could be full of shit, but as of right now I stand convinced that I am part Apache.

In other words this is a ridiculous attack, and Donald Trump's fixation on Warren's heritage just had him make a racially charged comment in a room full of war heroes he was supposed to be honoring.

Update: Apparently Trump has a long history or disrespecting native Americans. 

Moronic White House correspondent for Right Wing rag wants those damn Native Americans to stop crossing the border (?) and disrespecting Mt. Rushmore.

Stupidest White House Correspondent On Internet Tells Native Americans To Go Back To Mexicohttps://t.co/IWR8v120Ly by @DoktorZoom pic.twitter.com/TNrG99ThOW

— Wonkette (@Wonkette) August 1, 2017

Courtesy of Wonkettte: 

Lucian Wintrich, the Milo-in-Training of Jim Hoft, the Stupidest Man on the Internet, found a thing to be outraged about over the weekend: a photo of three of those people flipping off the big stonefaces of Mt. Rushmore. 

Of course the problem, which you may have picked up on, is that those are NOT Mexicans, they are Native Americans.

You know, the people who were here first and failed to protect their borders adequately enough to keep all of US out.

But hey, they DO have brown skin. 

Wyoming mayor takes down portraits of Donald Trump and Mike Pence and puts up photo of Native American chief instead.

Chief Washakie-Shoshone, NOT a Putin puppet.

Courtesy of HuffPo: 

A Wyoming mayor’s decision to remove portraits of President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence from the town hall and replace them with a picture of a Native American chief has some community members up in arms. 

Mayor Pete Muldoon of Jackson, Wyoming, directed town staff members to make the swap on June 5, saying there is no requirement to have a picture of the president displayed in the building. 

“When the Town Of Jackson decides to honor such a divisive person, it is taking sides against some of its residents,” Muldoon said in the statement. “The Town Council has made no such decision, and until and unless it does, that kind of honor will not be bestowed.”

Muldoon said he isn’t sure who hung the photographs of Trump and Pence in January, but that the town council, a non-partisan body, never authorized their display. 

“We aren’t required to display signs of respect ― our respect is earned, not demanded,” Muldoon said. “Dictators like Joseph Stalin required their portraits to be displayed everywhere. Luckily, we do not live in a dictatorship.”

And this is in Wyoming?  Damn that's awesome!

Apparently the pictures of the current president of the united States has had a place on the wall of this town hall since the 1800's, but that was before we got stuck with this Russian operative.

Some of the residents are not happy with this decision, but I am willing to bet that they will be coming around at some point.

Army veterans return to Standing Rock to stand with Native Americans in their protest against the Dakota Access pipeline.

Courtesy of The Guardian:  

US veterans are returning to Standing Rock and pledging to shield indigenous activists from attacks by a militarized police force, another sign that the fight against the Dakota Access pipeline is far from over. 

Army veterans from across the country have arrived in Cannon Ball, North Dakota, or are currently en route after the news that Donald Trump’s administration has allowed the oil corporation to finish drilling across the Missouri river.

The growing group of military veterans could make it harder for police and government officials to try to remove hundreds of activists who remain camped near the construction site and, some hope, could limit use of excessive force by law enforcement during demonstrations. 

“We are prepared to put our bodies between Native elders and a privatized military force,” said Elizabeth Williams, a 34-year-old air force veteran, who arrived at Standing Rock with a group of vets late on Friday. “We’ve stood in the face of fire before. We feel a responsibility to use the skills we have.”

Well this is going to make it substantially difficult for the local police to bully these protesters and stomp on their civil rights. 

It also presents a real challenge for the Trump administration.

After all how can they stand arm in arm with their corporate buddies when that might mean seeing military veterans dragged away in handcuffs because they were exercising their constitutional right to protest?

Army Corps of Engineers denies easement for Dakota pipeline.

Courtesy of NBC 4 Washington:

The secretary of the Army Corps of Engineers has told Standing Rock Sioux Chairman David Archambault that the current route for the Dakota Access pipeline will be denied. 

The proposed route led to a protest encampment by the Standing Rock Sioux and other activists. 

The 1,172-mile pipeline is nearly complete except for a small section beneath a Missouri River reservoir near the encampment, which is about 50 miles south of Bismarck.

Archambault cheered the decision in a statement Sunday. 

"I am thankful there were some leaders in the federal government that realized something was not right even though its legal," he said. "For the first time in history native American, they heard our voices. This is something that will go down in history and is a blessing for all indigenous people.

Well, that is great news for these protesters, who were joined today by a group of veterans. (Gee, I wonder if that had anything to do with this decision?)

However, it should be noted that if there is an appeal after Donald Trump takes office this decision can be reversed.

And don't forget Trump has an investment in this company and stands to benefit financially if the pipeline is completed.

Donald Trump refers to Elizabeth Warren as "Pocahontas" in interview with Maureen Dowd.

During an interview with Maureen Dowd Donald Trump was asked about his Twitter war with Elizabeth Warren.

This was his response: 

When I asked if he had been chided by any Republicans for his Twitter feud with Elizabeth Warren, he replied, “You mean Pocahontas?” So much for reining it in.

Wow, it seems that Trump is raising misogyny and  racial insensitivity to an art form.

Gee isn't Donald Trump also the guy who said this about the Washington Redskins changing their name?

Courtesy of ESPN:

"Honestly, I don't think they should change the name, unless the owner wanted to," Trump told the Times.

"I know Indians that are extremely proud of that name," Trump said. "They think it's a positive." 

Yeah, no they don't. And I am pretty sure they don't take to kindly to people being called "Pocahontas" either.

You know I wonder if Donald Trump is going to alienate each voting demographic individually, like he has done with women, African Americans, Mexicans, and Muslims, or if at some point he will simply do or say something that pisses them all off all at once?

Ted Cruz and Judeo Christian values.

And you know that Ted Cruz is just the kind of Christian to not only defend these practices, but even suggest bringing some of them back.

Taking Donald Trump's immigration policy to its logical conclusion.

‘I Support Your Birthright Citizenship Stand……’ #Trump pic.twitter.com/vU4M986bpV

— TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) August 23, 2015

Having read extensively about our treatment of the Native Americans and Alaskan natives I would not blame them for kicking the whole lot of us off their land.

Here's a little perspective on the whole undocumented immigrant debate.

Of course perhaps it's just that the current descendants of the immigrants pictured above are afraid that the same thing will happen to them that happened to the Americans who offered food and friendship instead of imprisonment and aggression.

Well great now we are on the cusp of starting another war with the Native American people. Over a stupid pipeline yet.

Courtesy of Lakota Voice:  

In response to today’s vote in the U.S. House of Representatives to authorize the Keystone XL tar sands pipeline, the Rosebud Sioux Tribal President announced that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe (Sicangu Lakota Oyate) recognizes the authorization of this pipeline as an act of war. 

The Tribe has done its part to remain peaceful in its dealings with the United States in this matter, in spite of the fact that the Rosebud Sioux Tribe has yet to be properly consulted on the project, which would cross through Tribal land, and the concerns brought to the Department of Interior and to the Department of State have yet to be addressed. 

“The House has now signed our death warrants and the death warrants of our children and grandchildren. The Rosebud Sioux Tribe will not allow this pipeline through our lands,” said President Scott of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. “We are outraged at the lack of intergovernmental cooperation. We are a sovereign nation and we are not being treated as such. We will close our reservation borders to Keystone XL. Authorizing Keystone XL is an act of war against our people.” 

In February of this year, the Rosebud Sioux Tribe and other members of the Great Sioux Nation adopted Tribal resolutions opposing the Keystone XL project. 

“The Lakota people have always been stewards of this land,” added President Scott. “We feel it is imperative that we provide safe and responsible alternative energy resources not only to Tribal members but to non-Tribal members as well. We need to stop focusing and investing in risky fossil fuel projects like TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline. We need to start remembering that the earth is our mother and stop polluting her and start taking steps to preserve the land, water, and our grandchildren’s future.” 

The Rosebud Sioux Tribe, along with several other South Dakota Tribes, stand together in opposition to risky and dangerous fossil fuel projects like TransCanada’s Keystone XL. The proposed route of TransCanada’s Keystone XL pipeline crosses directly through Great Sioux Nation (Oceti Sakowin) Treaty lands as defined by both the 1851 and 1868 Fort Laramie Treaties and within the current exterior boundaries of the Rosebud Sioux Reservation and Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation.

Well that could not be any more disturbing to read.

And the Lakota tribe is completely in the right on this issue.  Something that usually I would expect the Democrats to recognize.

Look I understand why Mary Landrieu sponsored the bill to authorize the Keystone XL pipeline, and I understand why some Democrats feel they must support it.

But ultimately it will not help Landrieu hang onto her Senate seat, and it WILL anger not only the native American people but also the environmentalist who have usually been a reliable demographic for Democrats.

Personally I would rather lose a Senate seat, than to lose the support of voters that we are desperately going to need in the next two years.

Sarah Palin once again leaves lipstick marks all over Rush Limbaugh's porcine hindquarters. Eeeww!

Courtesy of the lard ass kisser's Facebook page: 

Rush Limbaugh’s always on top of the pile. He’s ahead of issues, including this one where he gives a heads up that Coach Ditka may actually get fired for exercising America’s First Amendment.

Palin then links to a Newsmax article covering remarks by Limbaugh suggesting that Mike Dtika might lose his job at ESPN for comment he made about the liberal media being behind the call for the Washington Redskins to change their name.

Apparently this enraged Limbaugh, who then went on his own rant about the politically correct liberals attacking the Redskins over their name, and suggesting that the majority of people want the name to remain the same.

Here is more of what Palin had to say about that: 

Nothing should surprise us lately; but when the Politically Correct Police bust Ditka, they hope the silent majority will cower under leftist control. My goodness, Ditka merely spoke his mind. This accomplished and esteemed coach knows there are big issues to be addressed in America today; there’s no intent to offend by referring to a team by the name they’ve proudly worn since day one and chose with pride in our native ancestry and obviously had absolutely no intent to insult; and the liberal media’s made-up controversies divide our country. The government’s intent to force any owner of anything, in this case an NFL entity, to change a name is the antithesis of the American way of working through differences. Ditka said he actually likes the Washington Redskins, and he’s a man full of commonsense and admired patriotism. Still, I must disagree with Coach Ditka after reading his full statement: 

“What’s all the stink over the Redskin name?” Ditka said. “It’s so much [expletive], it’s incredible. We’re going to let the liberals of the world run this world. It was said out of reverence, out of pride to the American Indian. Even though it was called a Redskin, what are you going to call them, a Proudskin? This is so stupid it’s appalling, and I hope that owner keeps fighting for it and never changes it, because the Redskins are part of an American football history, and it should never be anything but the Washington Redskins. That’s the way it is. It’s been the name of the team since the beginning of football. It has nothing to do with something that happened lately, or something that somebody dreamed up. This was the name, period. Leave it alone. These people are silly — asinine, actually, in my opinion.” 

He thinks the name should always be Washington Redskins, as a source of pride? Take the word “Washington” out and I’ll agree the team name is a great source of pride. 

- Sarah Palin

It should be noted that as of right now there is no public cry for Ditka to lose his job. 

It should also be noted that those calling for a name change are not simply a liberal minority, but the Native American community themselves.

Now I can understand that Rush Limbaugh, an unhealthily overweight, cigar smoking white guy, might demonstrate insensitivity to the native American community. After all the only reason he is not in the KKK is that they cannot find white bed sheets big enough to cover him. 

But Sarah Palin is married to a Native American man, and has Native American children, as well has grandchildren who are part Native American.

Hell Tripp has doctor visits at the Alaskan Native Hospital in Anchorage, and you certainly do not get that opportunity if you are a pure Aryan.

So for Palin to defend Rush Limbaugh, while Limbaugh defends Mike Ditka, is...well it's pretty fucked up is what it is.

I am also part Native American and I can remember my maternal grandmother, who was a quarter Apache, being disgusted by the westerns we would watch on television during the Sunday afternoons we would come to visit her.

At first I thought it was just the violence that bothered her, but later I learned that it was the constant references to "injuns," and "squaws," and "savages" that used to upset her.

She felt she had no choice but to accept the world as it was back then, but today we are making great progress and surely we can all enjoy rooting for sports teams that do not denigrate, or insult, minorities in this country.

I mean after all, is that too much to ask?

Famous biker bar in Sturgis, South Dakota regrets allowing Ted Nugent to perform there.

Courtesy of KOTA:  

Michael Ballard, owner of Full Throttle Saloon, says Nugent was booked a year ago, and if he knew about this issue sooner, he wouldn't have booked Nugent. He says the Throttle is not a racist establishment. "I can't turn around and walk away from $150,000," said Ballard. "I mean that's the nuts and bolts of it. Now that we're made aware of it, we'll listen to it next time." 

Ballard says he won't be booking Nugent in the future, unless things are resolved between Nugent and Native Americans. 

Those comments were in response to protests from native American groups outside of the saloon after hearing that Nugent referred to them as, " 4 stinkyass unclean dipshit protestors that admitted they hate me AND ALL WHITE PEOPLE THAT STOLE THEIR LAND BULLSHIT!! See, it aint me they hate, they hate all Americans that produce & live the American Dream. Simply insane!

This is what James Swan, president of The Urban Warrior Society, had to say in response about Nugent:

"Ted Nugent, you're a slob. You're an evil, horrible being, and Native Americans don't want you to like us," said Swan. "We don't want you to wear our head dress, we don't want you to act like you're native, because you're not."

You know it often appears that some Teabaggers are itching to restart the Civil War, but Nugent appears to be going old school and attempting to reignite the American Indian Wars.

Ted Nugent doubles down on racism as he prepares to play at another poorly attended gig.

Courtesy of Media Matters: 

On August 7, Nugent took to his Facebook page to hype his "Rib-Off" appearance, but also to argue that American Indians upset about land being taken from them by white settlers need to learn about the American Dream. 

Nugent wrote, "WE ARE ON OUR JET NOW HEADING FOR TOLEDO RIBFEST JAM AFTER AN INSANE INCREDIBLE OUT OF BODY ULTRAROCKOUT at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis SD! Simply astonishing gig! 4 stinkyass unclean dipshit protestors that admitted they hate me AND ALL WHITE PEOPLE THAT STOLE THEIR LAND BULLSHIT!! See, it aint me they hate, they hate all Americans that produce & live the American Dream. Simply insane!" 

The protestors that Nugent attacked as "stinkyass unclean dipshit[s]" were reportedly from the United Urban Warrior Society in Rapid City, SD. 

Nugent made other inflammatory comments in the discussion thread on his Facebook post. One fan wrote that "Maybe the natives shoulda had better weapons ..." to which Nugent responded, "less peyote less whoopin & hollerin." 

 Nugent also had some nasty things to say about the Mexicans, because you know he is so NOT a racist.

I swear it is almost like Nugent is trying to destroy what is left of his career.

But hey, maybe Sarah Palin will broadcast some of his music from her channel website blog.

Then at least he would know that at least a dozen like minded people would hear him play.

How many cultures came to know and understand Christianity.

Those comfortably ensconced in the protective shell of Christianity see the religion as spreading salvation and hope to primitive indigenous people around the world.

But for those who are subjected to the most aggressive religious campaign in human history, the view is quite different.

The underlying subtext of Christianity is crystal clear. Join us, or perish. 

Ted Nugent reacts to his lost gig at the Indian casino with usual quiet grace. He refers to his detractors as "unclean vermin."

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

“The Motor City Madman” had been schedule to perform for Couer D’Alene Casino in Worley, Idaho on Aug. 4 until the Southern Poverty Law Center caught tribal officials by asking for a comment on Monday. Later that day, the performance had been canceled. 

“I take it as a badge of honor that such unclean vermin are upset by me and my positive energy,” Nugent told Gannett Wisconsin Media on Tuesday. Put your heart and soul into everything you do and nobody can stop you. Sometimes you give the world the best you got and you get kicked in the teeth. Give the world the best you got anyway.” 

“By all indicators, I don’t think they actually qualify as people, but there has always been a lunatic fringe of hateful, rotten, dishonest people that hate happy, successful people,” he continued. “I believe raising hell and demanding accountability from our elected employees is Job One for every American. I am simply doing my job.”

Oh yeah, THAT should convince them that they are all wrong about Ted Nugent's character.

I love how a founding member of the lunatic fringe projects that label on anybody who dares to point out his own lunacy.

For a self identified tough guy Nugent certainly gets his panties in a wad fairly easily.

Native American tribe cancels Ted Nugent's appearance after learning he is a racist. Apparently they did not know that.

Courtesy of AOL:  

A Native American tribe has canceled an Aug. 4 concert by Ted Nugent at its casino. 

The Coeur d'Alene Tribe on Monday said that the cancellation of the concert at the casino in the northwest Idaho city of Worley was because of the rocker's "racist and hate-filled remarks." 

The tribe says it booked Nugent without realizing he espoused "racist attitudes and views." The tribe did not detail which of Nugent's specific views it opposes.

Okay first off I am surprised that AOL is still operating. I thought they went the way of the floppy disk.

Second how could somebody NOT know that old poopy pants was a racist?

And what clued them in?

Was it calling President Obama a "subhuman mongrel?"

Was it when he referred to murdered teen Trayvon Martin as a "Dope smoking, racist, gangsta wannabe?"

Or was it perhaps when he referred to REAl Americans as "working hard, playing hard, white motherfucking shit kickers, who are independent and get up in the morning?"

Well whatever it was aren't we glad that the Coeur d'Alene Tribe finally managed to get Nugent's number and kick him the hell out of their casino?

I imagine there are many more cancelled gigs coming his way.

Self taught mapmaker creates the saddest map depicting the fate of the Native Americans ever.

Courtesy of NPR:

Aaron Carapella, a self-taught mapmaker in Warner, Okla., has pinpointed the locations and original names of hundreds of American Indian nations before their first contact with Europeans. 

As a teenager, Carapella says he could never get his hands on a continental U.S. map like this, depicting more than 600 tribes — many now forgotten and lost to history. Now, the 34-year-old designs and sells maps as large as 3 by 4 feet with the names of tribes hovering over land they once occupied. 

"I think a lot of people get blown away by, 'Wow, there were a lot of tribes, and they covered the whole country!' You know, this is Indian land," says Carapella, who calls himself a "mixed-blood Cherokee" and lives in a ranch house within the jurisdiction of the Cherokee Nation. 

For more than a decade, he consulted history books and library archives, called up tribal members and visited reservations as part of research for his map project, which began as pencil-marked poster boards on his bedroom wall. So far, he has designed maps of the continental U.S., Canada and Mexico. A map of Alaska is currently in the works.

These were proud people, living a subsistence lifestyle that was in harmony with the nature around them.

Just imagine how different America would look today if the white settlers had respected their sovereign right to the lands that they had lived on for thousands of years.

But sadly they were non-Christian heathens and were at the mercy of Manifest Destiny: 

The religious fervor spawned by the Second Great Awakening created another incentive for the drive west. Indeed, many settlers believed that God himself blessed the growth of the American nation. The Native Americans were considered heathens. By Christianizing the tribes, American missionaries believed they could save souls and they became among the first to cross the Mississippi River. 

At the heart of manifest destiny was the pervasive belief in American cultural and racial superiority. Native Americans had long been perceived as inferior, and efforts to "civilize" them had been widespread since the days of John Smith and MILES STANDISH. The Hispanics who ruled Texas and the lucrative ports of California were also seen as "backward."

Just another shameful chapter in the book of horrors visited upon those ethnically impure heathens who  dared to stand in the way of the Christian Caucasians who felt duty bound to destroy their cultures and bring them to Jesus whether they wanted it or not.

President Obama becomes one of only four US Presidents who have visited an Indian reservation.

Courtesy of KXNews:  

Only 4 Presidents have ever visited an Indian Reservation while in office. Calvin Coolidge to Pine Ridge in 1927, FDR on a Cherokee reservation in 1936, Bill Clinton in 1999 on Pine Ridge, and President Obama to Standing Rock on Friday. 

Tia Streeter-KX News: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama are set to visit Fort Yates and Cannonball. Its a trip in which the Obamas can see first hand what's really going on in Indian Country. 

Rick Collin- President Obama coming on to a reservation to see up close and personal, the misery and quality of life will really drive home to him how he can't possibly, get otherwise, to understand what needs to be done what needs to be addressed in Indian Country 

Tia Streeter: During his time in office, President Obama has worked on Indian issues. Carole Barrett-a professor of American Indian studies at U Mary says this historic trip to Standing Rock will mean more than other political overture he could make. 

Carole Barrett: he's had tribal summits but those are always top officials from Tribal organizations so its still political level but this is on a grass roots level which is really what means something to American Indian people.

 Occasionally I just like to post something to rub in the faces of the Republicans about how much better our presidential choices are to theirs.

I mean sure when it comes to destroying the country's reputation, unprovoked attacks against sovereign nations, and tanking the economy, the Republican President's still hold the lead, but in everything else.....

(Photos courtesy of The Obama Diary.)

"Oh give me a home, where the assholes doth roam, and their ATV's and guns are on display." Bundy son leads protest in Utah.

Courtesy of Raw Story:  

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.

You can always tell the Teabaggers by their protest signs. You know it is time to "tranfer" federal lands.

 I think it makes perfect sense for these assholes to ride their motorized ponies through protected land over Native American artifacts. After all it was probably their ancestors who handed out those small pox infected blankets to the Indians.

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?