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AP summarizes Bundy Gate: "Bundy 'Thwarted' US Government......". Oy Ve.
http://bigstory.ap.org/article/us-capitol-police-look-threats-against-reidCan they get anymore obvious? It was not just Fox that Obama mocked and devoured today.
thwart
THwôrt/
verb
past tense: thwarted; past participle: thwarted
prevent (someone) from accomplishing something.
"he never did anything to thwart his father"
oppose (a plan, attempt, or ambition) successfully.
"the government had been able to thwart all attempts by opposition leaders to form new parties"
synonyms: foil, frustrate, stand in the way of
Yeah, because that is what an armed and organized militia threatening violence was doing! They were thwarting, don't ya see? Just foiling and frustrating and standing in the way of......the rule of law.