I'm a few years younger than you JL and we are both geezers on Social Security Retirement. 2016 is nothing like what we were taught to believe. Where to begin? Federal Reserve isn't federal and has no reserves. USA drones murder people from the sky without trial. IRS can instantly freeze our bank account on a whim. No limits on anonymous Congressional "contributions" according to the Supreme Court. Federal Debt Limit automatically raised now. Nobody voted for this. None of this is Constitutional and yet this is our Reality now.
Lobbyists literally write the legislation and our so-called "elected representatives" admit to not even being able to read them before signing. Only naive people still believe there is a Constitution and the Rule Of Law. I finally stopped being naive only a couple of years ago.
My takeaway from this Oregon thingie is that the FBI is even more capable then I imagined. Helicopters with zoom video cameras. Listening to every word spoken on cell phones. Must have been at least a hundred agents planning and manning that Oregon road trap. They even provided us public with a Youtube movie of how it went down.
Lesson learned: When a cop points a gun at you do exactly what they say. They have radios. They have backup. They can use a Drone and bomb you from the sky if need be.
The two Bundy boys peacefully surrendered, did not resist arrest, and are now sipping coffee with their lawyers...

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