From a friend . . .



A person my wife knows tried to get to the ranch in NV. Here's her account. She's an attorney in LA.



Subject: Here's what the news won't say about what really happened in Nevada



From a person that went there, drove there from L.A.



I rolled into Laughlin really early, like 5:30 am. So many people had shown up, that we decided to leave in groups. A second group to leave at 8 AM as scheduled. Ours was a big group too. About two dozen cars, loaded with passengers.



The highway was almost empty until near Mesquite. Then it was a traffic jam. Motor homes, campers, ATVs running along side the freeway, motorcyles, vehicles, every thing you could possibly imagine. Everyone on their way to Bunkersville. Then it about stopped, just inching along. Word traveled down the traffic line that the feds had blocked the road just out of Mesquite and were searching vehicles for weapons and cell phones. Cell phones were confiscated and smashed. The people were given a chit for $30.00 redemption value. I left my phone at home. Some of us that had four wheel drives decided to just leave the road and head overland. As we got closer to the ridge, we were stopped by armed m*****a. We could not go any further. We could wait, or turn around and go back to the road. Men, that I suspect were special forces, had climbed the ridge from the back side and captured the snipers. They were at that moment coming down the ridge to take them to Mesquite where they would be let go. They weren't prisoners, they were just going to be replaced by friendlies.



Because of the roadblock on I-15, people refused to be searched, and refused to turn back. They just pulled off the road and parked. It was like a dam backing up a river. Soon the feds were trapped between the Americans who had already gotten through, and the Americans that had been stopped on the highway. The B*M agents went into full panic mode and called for help. LVPD which had REFUSED to show up to help Americans HAD to show up to rescue B*M that was now trapped and helpless. The blockade was SEVEN MILES LONG! That's a potload of people.



A group of armed Americans along with local cowboys went to Mesquite to liberate the cows that had been confiscated and held by B*M. They were being driven back home in an old fashioned cattle drive. The feds say it was voluntary, don't believe it.

I was basically standing around twiddling my thumbs when the word came down that the Director of B*M had surrendered and all forces would be withdrawn. I could not go on. The road was blocked and would be blocked probably for the rest of the day at least. A bunch of us turned around and left. It was over. There was THOUSANDS of people there, and more arriving every minute. The ranch, Gold Butte, the entire area was completely surrounded by Americans. The highway was completely blocked in both directions of people trying to get through. Everyone was very peaceful and friendly. No fights or anything. There was a rumor in the line, that some of the mercenaries hired by the feds had defected and were now on the side of the Americans.



At one point, I-15 was closed in both directions, about seven miles south of Mesquite, because protesters had blocked the freeway. Nearly two dozen police officers and a SWAT unit were at the scene to keep the peace and assist the B*M enforcement officers to safely leave the area. They were scared crapless!

Your definition of "free markets" (Uncle Sam paying everyone's salary for four years) gets close to my idea of good government.

The goal of a nation’s economy is to maximize the wealth of the nation by full employment of its resources. When private industry does not fully employ all of the nation’s resources, it is the duty of a government with fiat currency and a floating exchange rate to employ its idle resources to build infrastructure for our grandchildren while avoiding harmful inflation and a serious trade imbalance.

The wealth of our nation depends only upon its resources and its productive capacity and not upon its accounts. Wh**ever is technically feasible is financially possible. The myth that the powers of Congress are limited by tax revenue vanishes in every crisis, corrupts political dialogue, promotes austere budgets, and destroys our infrastructure.

Our Congress does not need tax revenue for spending. On the contrary, taxpayers need Congress’ spending to pay their taxes. Congressional spending is the only source of currency.

Think about it. How did the first American taxpayer, a Pilgrim, get legal tender for the first American tax payment? At first, the colonial government was new and had no currency. Tax-anticipation warrants were the only answer and became the only legal tender for paying taxes.

The Governor of the Massachusetts colony, out of thin air, issued warrants as payment for goods and services furnished by the colonists. The warrants would also be the only legal tender for payment of taxes. Without the Governor’s warrants, the colonists would not be able to pay their taxes. The Pilgrims also used the warrants as money. The warrants became money.

Every householder or business owner ALWAYS checks his bank account before writing a large check. Before passing a spending bill, Congress NEVER checks to see if the Treasury has the cash. Congress writes a check that never bounces. After cashing the check, the Treasury taxes the public. Any funds spent and not recovered by taxes (the deficit) are saved by the public and becomes the public’s wealth. The Treasury auctions enough bonds to provide interest-bearing assets for that wealth. Outstanding US bonds are equivalent to the wealth of the private sector.

There is no upper limit on the amount of money Congress can spend, neither in the Constitution nor in any law. The financial assets of the federal government are infinite. Our only problems are inflation and unemployment, not federal debt.

If you could legally print dollars in your attic, why would you balance your budget? You would only have to balance your desires against the well-being of your family. The government does not have to balance its budget. It has to balance inflation against unemployment. Unemployment is winning that fight thanks to austerity nuts.

You were unable to find fault with a single sentence in my essay because you can’t. You have neither the knowledge nor the resources required to get enough knowledge to counter my facts and logic. You simply do not like the logical conclusion. So, bereft of facts and logic, you became angry, lost your composure, and lashed out like a cornered snake. How sad!

But there is hope for you. Go back and try to tackle it again. Borrow a dictionary and look up the long words. Keep trying. Grit and perseverance may bring success. Good luck and have faith!

And what happened to civility?