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UTUSN

(70,711 posts)
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:32 AM May 2014

BUNDY ranch gunnutters are panhandling the net because loving their fellow man ain't free

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http://gawker.com/bundy-ranchs-armed-defenders-seek-welfare-to-sit-around-1574052982
[font size=5]Bundy Ranch's Armed Defenders Seek Welfare to Sit Around Doing Nothing[/font]
Adam Weinstein

The life of an ever-vigilant anti-government armed patriot is hard. And by hard, I mean dull and unproductive. Also, not very profitable. Maybe that's why all those guys hanging out cleaning their guns in Nevada are now begging hard-working Americans to please give them some money.

One enterprising ranch defender needs funds so badly, he's taken to GoFundMe:



"To all American Patriots:

"I am the Team Leader that took Charlie Delta, the black marine, out to Nevada along with two other volunteers that all did an outstanding job at the Bundy Ranch. I understand most of you have come to know Charlie Delta through his expressed views on Cliven Bundy and the good we are all doing as patriots at the ranch. I am coming to you tonight humbly asking for your help. We may be the front line soldiers facing down an overbearing govt bureaucracy, but we are first off family men and women that have our own homes and jobs and families left behind to take on this endeavor. Therefore we have spent our fortunes for freedom and love of our fellow man and need your help to continue our efforts to keep all Americans free from tyranny. Please if you can spare even a few dollars for food, fuel and supplies to continue the stand against tyranny and an overbearing governtment [sic] please help. Even the smallext amount will help keep up the pressure to return this land to the people. I thank you all sincerely for your contribution.

"Christopher E Ferrell

"United we stand! Divided we fall!"


Chris isn't alone in opting for unemployment assistance to play soldier out in the desert. Another self-appointed militia bigwig, Blaine Cooper, took up a GoFundMe collection "for gas, and expenses to help in our fight with the bundies all money will be used for food and gas........." (his page has since been taken down but is cached here.)

How's the welfare drive going? Shitty. Cooper, who's been something of a celeb in the cause (and is incensed that prison inmates get free food), made just under $1,500 in a month and a half. Ferrell, meanwhile, has netted $170 from five donors... well short of his $100,000 goal. Sheesh. Why don't these losers get jobs?

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BUNDY ranch gunnutters are panhandling the net because loving their fellow man ain't free (Original Post) UTUSN May 2014 OP
Send these .... JoePhilly May 2014 #1
Mr. Taggart recommends that menu. riqster May 2014 #29
Nice, "Blazing Saddles" mention!!! winstars May 2014 #38
Makes one want to sing the theme song. riqster May 2014 #39
Unlike the damned dirty naked drugged hippie types who use BLM land for their Burning Man orgies!!11 NYC_SKP May 2014 #2
Grifters gotta grift! The only downside I see are less bucks into Perry or Ryan's campaign coffers. FSogol May 2014 #3
Oh oh oh... SummerSnow May 2014 #4
Please send the smallext amount GusBob May 2014 #5
why did they have to indicate that guy was black? warrior1 May 2014 #6
That's the black guy they found to say Bundy's not a racist. Proof! they love everyone, too... freshwest May 2014 #19
Sort of jumps out at you, doesn't it? herding cats May 2014 #23
This is why... Adrahil May 2014 #24
Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility? Butch McQueen May 2014 #7
I think they've already done that. freshwest May 2014 #20
Armed men with no income who want to be in the desert? Send them to Afghanistan. onehandle May 2014 #8
How long Blue Idaho May 2014 #9
Bar-B-Q!!!!!!!!!1 n/t UTUSN May 2014 #10
More like beef jerky... 2naSalit May 2014 #31
I like your style! nt. Blue Idaho May 2014 #34
Gee, thanks. 2naSalit May 2014 #35
Strike a blow against overbearing government tyranny, fellas... JHB May 2014 #11
moocher militia needs to pull themselves up by their own bootstraps AceAcme May 2014 #12
Oops the koch bros must be out of money! jwirr May 2014 #13
but we are first off family men and women"these "family"men were going to put women up front leftyohiolib May 2014 #14
DU Gun Enthusiasts: Is this part of the "Culture War" you keep whining about? (nt) Paladin May 2014 #15
No. It is RW militia stupidity. nt hack89 May 2014 #30
what a bunch of takers leftyohiolib May 2014 #16
GET A JOB!!! Iggo May 2014 #17
Now now... we start giving you hand-outs and soon you'll become dependant on them arcane1 May 2014 #18
DUzy! riqster May 2014 #26
Look, the guys are starving, I tell ya: freshwest May 2014 #21
Damn. Those are men of no small stature. riqster May 2014 #28
isn't there a Bootstrap Militia these guys could muster with? frylock May 2014 #22
and seriously, Charlie Delta?! frylock May 2014 #25
I think it should have been Charlie Foxtrot. riqster May 2014 #27
ha! frylock May 2014 #32
They could just sell their guns and vehicles to support this idiocy sadoldgirl May 2014 #33
Get a fu*king clue... Earth_First May 2014 #36
Grifters all Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin May 2014 #37
Ah, the limits of replacing government assistance with private charity... phantom power May 2014 #40
 

NYC_SKP

(68,644 posts)
2. Unlike the damned dirty naked drugged hippie types who use BLM land for their Burning Man orgies!!11
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:39 AM
May 2014

Quite unlike them...

First, burning man PAYS the government more than a million dollars in fees every year.

AND, they leave the place as they left it with one of the most respectable and efficient clean up programs you will find:



They even sweep and rake the SAND! They Leave No Trace!





And I just love the graphic of the map of the Playa:






FSogol

(45,491 posts)
3. Grifters gotta grift! The only downside I see are less bucks into Perry or Ryan's campaign coffers.
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:41 AM
May 2014

SummerSnow

(12,608 posts)
4. Oh oh oh...
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:41 AM
May 2014

Oh so now you need some money hu? Go get a job freeloader.You risk your families and your homes for Bundy. I bet he wouldn't give you a damn dime, feed your kids or even give you a slice of bread. Oh, go ask Sean Hannity, he has tons of money for the real Amerikuns. Stupid fucks. Karma is a bitch



You can always eat roadkill Bundyites

herding cats

(19,565 posts)
23. Sort of jumps out at you, doesn't it?
Tue May 13, 2014, 02:15 PM
May 2014

That they saw nothing wrong in what they said is the truly shocking part.

Butch McQueen

(43 posts)
7. Whatever Happened to Personal Responsibility?
Tue May 13, 2014, 11:49 AM
May 2014

Don't these guys understand that if other people give them things for free they'll just become members of a welfare-militia class? Why the next thing you know they'll be pulling up to the grocery store in a camouflage painted Cadillac and buying steaks for their attack dogs while the only thing their supporters can afford is hamburger. And after that, they'll all start having multiple generations of little welfare-militia babies that they'll expect the rest of us to support. This welfare-militia entitlement mindset is going to cripple the country with it's creeping welfare-militia socialism!

sarcastic rant over

Blue Idaho

(5,049 posts)
9. How long
Tue May 13, 2014, 12:01 PM
May 2014

Before they decide they must take possession of Bundy's cattle so they can sell them to continue the heroic work of protecting Cliven from the overreach of the BLM?

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
31. More like beef jerky...
Tue May 13, 2014, 03:21 PM
May 2014

unless they go to a feed lot to finish off the weight gain phase, all bundy's got is beef jerky on hooves.

Bunch of losers who don't have jobs other than jumping through wide hoops to get their dole-$$ twice a week. Since they are being identified, maybe they are whining because Uncle Sam has been quietly sanctioning their bank accounts. Wouldn't that be a hoot? When they run out of cash, I wonder if they'll leave those gas guzzling trucks out in the desert and be hitch-hiking back to their caves.

It's too bad there isn't some way to send them a teeny tiny bit of money with fees forwarded that exceed the amount sent!!

2naSalit

(86,650 posts)
35. Gee, thanks.
Tue May 13, 2014, 09:07 PM
May 2014


Must be all those years I lived in Idaho and Montana that helped me hone my dull wit! ...or maybe it's western snark.

I put up with too many of these type of clowns to have any sympathy or respect for them in any humane capacity.

JHB

(37,161 posts)
11. Strike a blow against overbearing government tyranny, fellas...
Tue May 13, 2014, 12:17 PM
May 2014

...graze the grass on federal land.

 

leftyohiolib

(5,917 posts)
14. but we are first off family men and women"these "family"men were going to put women up front
Tue May 13, 2014, 12:47 PM
May 2014

when the shooting started so the world can see the govrnmnt mowing down the women and children of these "family" men

 

arcane1

(38,613 posts)
18. Now now... we start giving you hand-outs and soon you'll become dependant on them
Tue May 13, 2014, 01:17 PM
May 2014

Get a job, loser!

riqster

(13,986 posts)
28. Damn. Those are men of no small stature.
Tue May 13, 2014, 02:29 PM
May 2014

(A doctor once used that phrase to let me know I needed to lose weight.)

Earth_First

(14,910 posts)
36. Get a fu*king clue...
Tue May 13, 2014, 09:16 PM
May 2014

I hope to hell that one of these jackasses are found to be in violation of recieving federal/state benefits while 'serving on the front lines...'

I guaran-damn-tee you at least one of these freeloaders are gaming the system.

phantom power

(25,966 posts)
40. Ah, the limits of replacing government assistance with private charity...
Wed May 14, 2014, 09:38 AM
May 2014

Will they learn anything from this? No. No, they won't.

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