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The American Legacy Of Public Land Rebellion, John W. Ragsdale Jr

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The most recent manifestation of the Sagebrush Rebellion is a mind-bending, consciousness altering, looking glass version of logic and reality. The sight of Cliven Bundy with his big hat, massive silver belt buckle, and his equally sizeable paunch, his unemployable spawn, the late, doggedly litigious Wayne Hage and his dutiful descendants, the swat teams of heavily armed, confrontation-seeking acolytes, equipped with flak jackets, AK-47s, second amendment signage, and "patriot" bling is, to be charitable, cartoonish. This clown car has emerged, clad in the sackcloth of "injured innocence" and professing to be the beleaguered natives of the Great Basin's high desert. …