In Bundy Ranch's War Against the U.S. Government

Worse than the tortoises was Harry Reid. In 2012, the Nevada Senator's influence apparently helped his son Rory, who was doing business with a Chinese solar energy company, score Nevada land at rock-bottom prices. That land happens to be in Clark County, and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones found a document allegedly "pulled by the feds from BLM.gov" that listed, among the "examples of restoration funding and visibility impacted" by Bundy's cattle, the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone, a government project which would presumably be helpful to any solar energy developer in the region, including Reid.

That's all the brethren needed. "ALLEGATIONS SURFACE THAT SENATOR HARRY REID (D-NV) IS BEHIND THE BLM LAND GRAB OF BUNDY RANCH TO HELP CHINESE COMPANY," cried Kit Daniels at Liberty News Online. "Shocking Allegations," clarified B. Christopher Agee of Western Journalism, "Show Harry Reid, Chinese Company Behind Nevada Ranch Standoff." "Reid smelling anything but rosy in ranch fight," headlined R. Jerome Corsi at WorldNetDaily. "Desert showdown blows lid off long-standing plans with the Chinese."

"It isn't about grazing fees the BLM says Bundy owes," claimed The Oakdale Leader. "It's about Sen. Harry Reid using the BLM to illegally seize property and destroy a family's business so his son can do a deal with the Chinese... Not only would Reid commit these heinous acts of treason, but he would take jobs from American workers and American companies and give them them to the Communist Chinese," who should instead be making our clothes like the Founders intended.

But, you might respond, actually it is about the fees; even if these complaints are legit, doesn't Bundy still owe the government (that is, us) the money?

Rightbloggers could give you still more explanations, if they were in a patient mood. Radio host Dana Loesch, for example, said it wasn't true that Bundy hadn't been paying, despite what the courts said: "Bundy has in fact paid fees to Clark County, Nevada in an arrangement pre-dating the BLM," she explained. "The BLM arrived much later, changed the details of the setup without consulting with Bundy -- or any other rancher -- and then began systematically driving out cattle and ranchers." Why shouldn't he stop paying when he doesn't like the title holder on his debt? That's what the rest of us do when the banks holding our loans sell them to other banks, right?

Anyway, said Loesch, "Many bad things are done in the name of unjust laws. Just look at Obamacare." And that's really the hook here: If the U.S. Government is doing something you don't like, and you're the right sort of person, you don't have to comply, because freedom.

"Americans have been surrounded, deliberately corralled, by an increasing code of regulations," heart-wrung Monica Morrill at The American Thinker. "Americans have regulations pointed at their health care in the form of ObamaCare, their finances by the mercurial IRS, their communications by the NSA, the future education of young Americans by the newly launched Common Core. When will Americans reach the tipping point? It might all begin in Senator Reid's home state - the Nevadan Wild West."

This barely-concealed insurrectionism was taken up and taken further by other rightbloggers.

"I think the sleeping giant is being awakened," fervored Adrienne's Corner. "The people of this country - well, okay, the half that is sentient, are fed up. I pray for the safety of all involved."

Among the "10 Things We've Learned from the Bundy Ranch Standoff So Far," Survival Joe ("Helping the 'average Joe' prepare for the coming crisis") listed, "The federal government has absolutely no respect for state rights... Force is the only language the BLM knows how to speak. This bureau is just as bad as any other power-tripping government agency, of which there are many: CIA, FBI, NSA, NEA, EPA, ATF, FDA, etc..."

"Is it time to lock and load? YES," hollered Laurie Roth at Renew America. "Obama and his bought-and-paid-for thugs in all branches of government continue to set America on fire. They create false flag events... If the Bundy ranch standoff, set up, and attack by BLM doesn't make you scream with rage and alarm, then you are dead and no American..."

After talking about impeachment awhile, perhaps to shore up her credentials as a moderate, Roth advised her readers to "Buy as many guns as you can and tons of ammo... Obama and his BLM are bringing it, AND AMERICA IS GIVING IT BACK."