Cliven, Enlivening

THEM OLE BOYS OUT WEST is in a heap o' trouble. Cliven Bundy ("Cliven"?) sits in a jail cell, for several minor offenses, all having to do with defiance of the federal gummit. Funny how these right wing types espouse patriotism out their ears, then turn right around and consider the federal govt., which ultimately is the American people, to be some sort of enemy. These cattle ranching Mormons do not want to pay us for the use of our land upon which they graze their stock, and are willing to occupy our property with powerful weapons aimed at us to convey their lack of interest in the nations' welfare and respect for the very nation they claim to love.. If they don't wise up and learn how to get along with their fellow Americans, as represented by their government, more of them is likely to land in the clink, which might be a good opportunity for them to settle down a mite, and reconsider. The problem is, they are the sort of folks who still resent the Beatles for having long hair, and imagine that all the hippies from the nineteen sixties have now become environmentalists. Actually, most of the former hippies are now either dead, retired, or republicans. Even crazier, they believe that back in 1820 or so some dude in upstate New York dug golden tablets out of the ground, which revealed the "word of God". One would think that good, solid, hard working ranchers would have more sense than that, enough sense to understand that environmentalists are trying to preserve the very thing which makes their living possible, but don't bank on it. To paraphrase a rather well known quote, these right wing nut cases would be humorous, were they not in such deadly earnest. and another: nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of extreme right wing Mormons.