The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) backed down from a planned confrontation, set for Saturday morning. So much for the good news; now here is the bad news:

Update:  The BLM is returning the 300 head of cattle it stole.  Clearly,  the power of the people, got things done,  here.  Hats off to the Bundy's for standing up for their rights.  

The legal battles continue,  but the armed intervention of our Federal Government,  has taken a back seat,  for now.  The bad news,  in all this,  is the fact on display in Maggie's Notebook: that the Feds had shutdown the skies overhead,  to prevent news associations from monitoring the day's events  . . . . .  you know,  EXACTLY like the commies  (I am talking about real "commies") in Russia,  or China,  or Venezuela.  We wonder what they had in store for the Bundy's,  today,  April 12, 2014.  At least we had pictures of the day Janet Reno under Bill  Clinton,  burned all those children in Waco.  The Feds were not going to allow even that, on this day,  until they backed down.   The Federal Government under Barack Obama,  has weaponized the various federal agencies,  no doubt in anticipation of a war (I am talking about a real war) against the people of the United States.  Do the events in Nevada and the closing of skies,  overhead, have anything to do with Obama's "civilian army,"  mentioned below in this post?

BTW,  I recommend Maggie's Notebook to the readership.

BLM Anti-Free Speech Zone From the Sky: No Fly Zone Over Bundy Ranch Prevents News Helicopters by Maggie There will be no news helicopters over the Nevada Bundy Ranch this weekend with an FAA "no-fly zone" now in place. Large numbers of Bundy supporters are expected on the ground today, perhaps thousands, but there will no shots of the crowd from above.

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Here is Obama's "civilian military" quote in its context.  I believe he was talking about a civilian military,  not building a an army of social workers and do gooders.  You decide for yourselves.  Understand that a "national security force" is not an army of do gooders.  I am aware of the surrounding context,  but I do not believe Obama is as bright a fellow and some of you seem to think he is.  He speaks on an eighth grade level and I get this information from Politico,  regarding his 2012 State of the Union Speech  (Politico, here).  And he is the first President to so poorly write a "budget,  that with four votes,  two in the House and two in the Senate,  he received only two votes,  total.  I am saying that two Senate votes were 0 to 97 and 0 to 99 (2012 ans 2011) and,  in the House,  the vote totals were 0 to 414 and 2 to 413.  How untrained does a man have to be,  to post such a ridiculous record?  Seriously.  The fact that Obama confuses contexts,  should be no surprise.  I ask you,  if he was symbolism,  how does he go from from doubling the size of our Foreign Services and our Peace Corp  (did he do any of this?) and developing a communication network for a volunteer "US Freedom Corps," to trashing the US Military and proposing its replacement with a civilian.  What kind of thinking is that?  Five years into his presidency,  we have had our share of "ammunition dumps" to the IRS, the ATF,  and Homeland Security.  Millions of rounds of ammunition has been purchased by these Federal Agencies,  so let's stop pretending,  that Obama had something else in mind,  when talked of "national security force," shall we?  

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Obama, July 2, Colorado Springs, CO: [As] president I will expand AmeriCorps to 250,000 slots [from 75,000] and make that increased service a vehicle to meet national goals, like providing health care and education, saving our planet and restoring our standing in the world, so that citizens see their effort connected to a common purpose.

People of all ages, stations and skills will be asked to serve. Because when it comes to the challenges we face, the American people are not the problem – they are the answer. So we are going to send more college graduates to teach and mentor our young people. We’ll call on Americans to join an energy corps, to conduct renewable energy and environmental clean-up projects in their neighborhoods all across the country.

We will enlist our veterans to find jobs and support for other vets, and to be there for our military families. And we’re going to grow our Foreign Service, open consulates that have been shuttered and double the size of the Peace Corps by 2011 to renew our diplomacy. We cannot continue to rely only on our military in order to achieve the national security objectives that we’ve set.  We’ve got to have a civilian national security force that’s just as powerful, just as strong, just as well-funded. We need to use technology to connect people to service. We’ll expand USA Freedom Corps to create online networks where American can browse opportunities to volunteer. You’ll be able to search by category, time commitment and skill sets. You’ll be able to rate service opportunities, build service networks, and create your own service pages to track your hours and activities.

 This will empower more Americans to craft their own service agenda and make their own change from the bottom up.