let me guess they named it something like "Freedom Drive"
So far authorities have declined to confront the men or to put the squeeze on them by restricting movement to and from the refuge or even to turn off the electricity, which might help draw the men out of the compound in the freezing January days.
But the lack of confrontation by federal officials has not only prevented it from becoming the next Waco or Ruby Ridge but transformed it into a peculiar and mundane sideshow, a one-sided standoff where the militiamen's days are marked by visits from wacky outsiders like pretend judge Bruce Doucette coming to sniff out "evidence" against the federal government and from disgruntled community members ready for the men to leave already.
By leaving the would-be revolutionaries to their own devices, authorities have given them enough rope to hang themselves.
wonder how long they're gonna let the circus run
It might take a while before they run out of lube.wonder how long they're gonna let the circus run
"These lands belong all of us. What this is, is an armed, criminal political occupation of public lands. That should offend everybody," said Bob Sallinger of the Adubon Society of Portland. "Number two, they're destroying public property. I mean they're literally stealing from the public when they go in and take down fences and they destroy habitat and they break into buildings."
have they posted the "unboxing video" of the lube?It might take a while before they run out of lube.
I hadn't watched the dildo clip until today. Was well worth it.
I don't know how a barrel of lube gets shipped, but we get 55 gallon drums of oil and chemicals on pallets, usually wrapped in saran wrap. Hopefully they have proper spill prevention. Safety is everyone's business!have they posted the "unboxing video" of the lube?
They forgot snacks, I highly doubt they have appropriate PPE for handling such a chemical, yet alone a pallet jackI don't know how a barrel of lube gets shipped, but we get 55 gallon drums of oil and chemicals on pallets, usually wrapped in saran wrap. Hopefully they have proper spill prevention. Safety is everyone's business!
FTFY.Before long, they're going to get bored. I think some sexy cop, and sexy firefighter costumes might be In order. Maybe even sexy road construction worker outfit?
Before long, they're going to get bored. I think some sexy cop, and sexy firefighter costumes might be In order. Maybe even sexy road construction worker outfit?
One woman said she appreciated the attention Bundy has brought to rural issues but told him, "Get the hell out of my county."
Not unless someone has drowned in the barrel of lube and I haven't heard about it.no one is dead yet?
Yeah, I'm a little confused too. Seems like it's all so low-key that they could just send in a few plain clothes agents to arrest em when they're not lookin.I don't understand why they didn't just arrest them at the "community meeting" and call it a day.
That's when the shooting happens and the right wing martyrdom begins +/- some dead federal agents. Best to let them be idiots off in the hinterlands.Yeah, I'm a little confused too. Seems like it's all so low-key that they could just send in a few plain clothes agents to arrest em when they're not lookin.
Yeah, you're probably right. I just view them as so comfortable and inept that none would even be ready. But I suppose even one packing a tertiary prison pocket sidearm would be enough to start a massive shit show.That's when the shooting happens and the right wing martyrdom begins +/- some dead federal agents. Best to let them be idiots off in the hinterlands.
^^ This
Anything to avoid another Sandy Ridge
i'm not talking about going into the compound guns a blazing, I'm talking about picking them up as they exit the WalMart, or in this case, the community meeting.That's when the shooting happens and the right wing martyrdom begins +/- some dead federal agents. Best to let them be idiots off in the hinterlands.
So what happened finally in Portland? That article is a couple of years old.Meh, it really wasn't that big of a deal. Those shitty imba trails aren't that good anyway.
http://bikeportland.org/2014/03/11/sandy-ridge-trail-users-report-confrontations-with-mace-toting-couple-102611
http://koin.com/2015/04/07/cantankerous-sandy-ridge-trail-couple-sentence-04072015/So what happened finally in Portland? That article is a couple of years old.
Gov Brown said:“Federal authorities must move quickly to end the occupation and hold all of the wrongdoers accountable,” Brown said.
“This spectacle of lawlessness must end.”
is "nuke it from orbit" still an option?
The Oregonian's A1 headline on Sunday, Jan. 17, "Effort to free federal lands," is inaccurate and irresponsible. The article that follows it is a mere mouthpiece for the scofflaws illegally occupying public buildings and land, repeating their lies and distortions of history and law.
“God wants us here, there’s a sense that’s beckoning and it comes from heaven,” militiaman Kelly Gneiting said. “We’re doing what’s right, we’re doing what the founding fathers would do because we’re inspired by God, also.”