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Oregon lunatics dont seem very prepared to take on government
Saturday, domestic terrorists from various militia groups entered federal land and took control of a federal building
on a bird sanctuary
because reasons.
The leader of the pack, Ammon Bundy, son of Cliven Bundy from the Nevada BLM standoff told the media the group was willing to die trying to achieve their objective stealing land from the government and planned on being on the property for YEARS if it came to that. Ammon is also joined by his brothers Mel and Ryan.
Also, on the property is Jon Ritzheimer, the infamous shithead known for his armed protests outside of mosques. He sent a tearful goodbye video to his wife and kids ahead of the occupation on federal land which is hilarious but he also recently sent out a plea for things the men should have brought ahead of usurping a government building in freezing temperatures.
Blaine Cooper has been relaying the groups messages to social media:
The Oregon lunatics need snacks. pic.twitter.com/YnAOM3hPQk
Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) January 3, 2016
Also in a separate post, Ritzheimer asked for:
Things we could use:
cold weather socks
snacks
energy drinks
equipment for cold weather
snow camo
gear
anything you think will help.
Thank you all for the support
So lets get this straight. These guys, who plan to stay on the refuge for years if need be, traveled to a remote location in the dead of winter and are in short supply of warm clothes, Redbulls, and snacks? Oh, this is too great.
Obviously, the internet was also equally pleased.
"We don't want your money." *Translation: "Please send money." pic.twitter.com/mhpqcYdtqh
Imraan Siddiqi (@imraansiddiqi) January 3, 2016
.@imraansiddiqi Well,this should teach them 2 pack more cheezy poofs next time they break into a wildlife refuge and threaten to kill people
twoOneSix (@TwoOneSix216) January 4, 2016
@imraansiddiqi my mom cooked hella pallau and chalau last night. Think they'd be ok w/ afghan food?
Wagma Mommandi (@wagmamommandi) January 3, 2016
@imraansiddiqi @EllenDatlow They want snacks? Send them Cocoa Puffs. They're obviously cuckoo!
Aaron Smith (@AaronSmith377) January 3, 2016
The response on Facebook was also hilarious:
Energy drinks. Of course.
It takes a really special kind of idiot to try to protest the federal government while asking people to send you stuff through the USPS.
Wow, for Militia, you sure went in totally unprepared. OathKeepers have made a public statement regarding your situation.
You clowns are like a child who ran away with only a jar of peanut butter and a sleeve of Ritz. Grow up, kids.
Lolol anti-government militia using a government service (US Mail) to beg for supplies.. Which they didnt bring to begin with because theyre idiots with no common sense
Waitaminit. You yahoos decide to take over a federal building in the hopes of fomenting governmental overthrow
but you forgot to bring snacks and toilet paper? Okay, then.
Thank you, internet!
http://reverbpress.com/news/us/oregons-domestic-terrorists-send-desperate-plea-for-snacks-response-from-muslims-hilarious/
LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)this "protest" had been planned for some time. So, how is it big tough guys need civilians to send them snacks? And cold weather socks? WT FLYING F? What a bunch o' losers.
Photographer
(1,142 posts)Lucky Luciano
(11,260 posts)sarge43
(28,945 posts)arcane1
(38,613 posts)Area Man Passionate Defender Of What He Imagines Constitution To Be
ESCONDIDO, CASpurred by an administration he believes to be guilty of numerous transgressions, self-described American patriot Kyle Mortensen, 47, is a vehement defender of ideas he seems to think are enshrined in the U.S. Constitution and principles that brave men have fought and died for solely in his head.
"Our very way of life is under siege," said Mortensen, whose understanding of the Constitution derives not from a close reading of the document but from talk-show pundits, books by television personalities, and the limitless expanse of his own colorful imagination. "It's time for true Americans to stand up and protect the values that make us who we are."
According to Mortensenan otherwise mild-mannered husband, father, and small-business ownerthe most serious threat to his fanciful version of the 222-year-old Constitution is the attempt by far-left "traitors" to strip it of its religious foundation.
"Right there in the preamble, the authors make their priorities clear: 'one nation under God,'" said Mortensen, attributing to the Constitution a line from the Pledge of Allegiance, which itself did not include any reference to a deity until 1954. "Well, there's a reason they put that right at the top."
-snip-
http://www.theonion.com/article/area-man-passionate-defender-of-what-he-imagines-c-2849
liberalhistorian
(20,819 posts)favorite Onion headline and article is still this one: "Christian Scientist Pharmacist Refuses to Fill Any Prescriptions". It perfectly skewered the idiot pharmacists who try to substitute their own beliefs for the educated medical judgment of their customers' physicians and who think they should still be paid for refusing to do their damned jobs.
And these militia terrorist yahoos sound a lot like them.
Cassidy
(202 posts)This was the title to an Onion article published in January 2001.
Yes, that is right, the month that George W. Bush took office, The Onion foretold his entire 8-year administration with a single line.
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)This was a while after Lady Di collectable plates were available. The article says they just aren't selling as well anymore. Streisand's agent was considering it....
too funny!
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)"Dad's great, but listening to all that talk radio has put some weird ideas into his head," said daughter Samantha, a freshman at Reed College in Portland, OR. "He believes the Constitution allows the government to torture people and ban gay marriage, yet he doesn't even know that it guarantees universal health care."
I love how they gently skewer both sides.
brush
(53,876 posts)Not the first clause though that mentions "a well regulated militia", not a bunch of unorganized bozos who can't even remember to bring food and cold weather gear in the dead of winter.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)This really is hysterical.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)Thanks a lot!
Your guys' hilarious comments are making me leave this thread. (I've woken up everyone in the house with my LOL'ing).
p.s. I'll be back tomorrow to read the rest. HA!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Ohh the irony, late for the overthrow because the postman didn't bring the gubermint check in time.
Should I look it up? It is a meme on Twitter under #OregonUnderAttack
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Oregon Militiamen Mocked on Twitter
Adam Osborn
Couple hundred white terrorists and only few dozen IQ points among them #YallQaeda #YeeHawd
The Independent
'#YallQaeda' don't plan siege very well, put out desperate call for snacks, chewing tobacco http://i100.io/MWold8B
#GotSnacks?
meetgolfers ?
@Independent this is a inbreeding success story
Mia McPherson
@Independent they need snacks, today is the day of the #YallQaedaSnackAttack
Andrew ?@milesandtime
They're hungry. Please help. #YallQaeda #YeeHawdists
IronLionZion
(45,540 posts)Although wingnuts have claimed well-regulated means they should have training and excellent aim
brush
(53,876 posts)Last edited Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:18 PM - Edit history (1)
The authors of the Bill of Rights intended that militias/citizen armies, were raised and maintained at the behest of state governing bodies whenever needed as they themselves were against standing armies after having witnessed what powerful standing armies had wrought in Europe.
Midnight Writer
(21,803 posts)Some rat skin socks, some squirrel meat, and if necessary, a little sodomy and cannibalism (survival of the fittest, after all) and these stalwart pioneer men should do quite nicely.
Hell, weren't they ever in Boy Scouts? Eat some berries, boil some tree bark, melt some snow, experiment with some mushrooms (they won't all kill you), huddle together to conserve body heat. You've got guns, can't you shoot some rabbits? Man up, men!
arthritisR_US
(7,299 posts)country doesn't become a dictatorship. Obama has held it down as long and his term can do, the rest is up to you.
Nitram
(22,892 posts)No leaves in winter!
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Isn't poison sumac evergreen?
I looked it up after I made the joke. (I look up everything)
Sumac is the most toxic of the Ivy... Oak.... Sumac poisoned trio. But alas, it is native to...yes wet lands and swamps.... but in the South East, so it may be too cold for it in OR.
Oh well.... they're back to using birch bark.....
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Sockies, Red Bull, and candy is not.
Voice for Peace
(13,141 posts)You know... All the ways people can participate, like sending care packages to soldiers...
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)I'll send them some warm weather socks and Hawaiian shirts....
y'know, in case they're still there this summer.....
Elmer S. E. Dump
(5,751 posts)TheBlackAdder
(28,222 posts)Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)can be dropped in to show them all how to survive the cold wearing warm feces.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Big tuff self reliant gun toting man babies.
Minus any planning skills..
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)I am really surprised Palin has not shown up there.
Nay
(12,051 posts)the Ayn Rand activist flowers go off to Galt's Gulch in a huff, forgetting to bring all the servants. Ooops.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Just found the site, am laffing now.
thanks....
Nay
(12,051 posts)I'm glad to have introduced you to a delightful cartoon.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)unwanted by 95% of the local citizens. Please don't call them "Oregon" lunatics .. most are
from Nevada or elsewhere.
Photographer
(1,142 posts)citizens of thgat state.
99th_Monkey
(19,326 posts)Your suggestions otherwise are wildly off-the-mark.
Photographer
(1,142 posts)Only the idjits Bundy et. al.
rjsquirrel
(4,762 posts)Oregon is full of white supremacist gun nut militia guys. It was founded as a white supremacist state. It has had strong klan and neo-Nazi groups for years.
Sorry, not buying the "innocent locals" line. Eastern Oregon is militia country big time.
Marty McGraw
(1,024 posts)Always best to stay west of the cascades. But there are enclaves there as well.
niyad
(113,582 posts)Photographer
(1,142 posts)some would feel misled if they clicked on the link.
niyad
(113,582 posts)MisterP
(23,730 posts)Old Codger
(4,205 posts)Make sure everyone understands that these idiots are not Oregonians...
Downwinder
(12,869 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)cascadiance
(19,537 posts)Kind of fitting for the weather, and would serve as fuel for their racist tendencies...
I made the mistake just trying to drive to the eastern side of Portland yesterday, not just the eastern side of Oregon and it was a five hour effort in futility where the ice won in the end.
Stryder
(450 posts)"Birth of a Nation" with them. That will keep them busy for several hours.
Yallow
(1,926 posts)Are you sure?
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)They ain't watchin' no old black & white movie!!!!!
How about "Left Behind".... which they think is about a liberal ass....
Blanks
(4,835 posts)'Why We Fight' (Frank Cappra) made to get the American people behind the allied effort in WWII.
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLue4rhsHxp6-h5AO9Az-gdo7sq_m5roBm
Clearly they're misguided about why we fight.
AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)Is it in color?
Blanks
(4,835 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)A joke.
Blanks
(4,835 posts)Initech
(100,105 posts)They can use the discs as target practice maybe?
Travis_0004
(5,417 posts)Size-Newborn.
Note attached: Since you guys are being a bunch of crybabies, here are some socks for you. Didn't know your size, hope they fit.
Tipperary
(6,930 posts)How pathetic is this?
Mnemosyne
(21,363 posts)idiots...
sarisataka
(18,779 posts)homemade lutefisk and six bags of Haribo Sugar Free Gummy Bears...
longship
(40,416 posts)Inedible fish jello, cured in lye!
But without power, how will they bake it? Plus, they won't know to soak the lye out of it before baking it to its disgusting gelatinous consistency.
I agree! Send them lutefisk. Maybe they could use it as a weapon.
LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Where do I chip in so I can send a 5-lb bag
longship
(40,416 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)Hekate
(90,829 posts)The Amazon comments were .....
Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Submariner
(12,509 posts)2naSalit
(86,804 posts)Starry Messenger
(32,342 posts)Vinca
(50,310 posts)lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)But, they sure are pushing the envelope.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)but what those morons are doing is a crime, and need to be locked up.
2naSalit
(86,804 posts)suggested that they probably had enough food in them trailers they brung with them!
I stand corrected and happily so! This is far more entertaining! Who knew these guys would give us so much material for mockery?
I have to say that the comment about not bringing enough cheezy poofs is where I lost it.
muntrv
(14,505 posts)muntrv
(14,505 posts)LynneSin
(95,337 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)Last edited Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:46 PM - Edit history (1)
I once chomped down a whole package of breath mints sweetened with that stuff, just because they tasted so good. As I was driving home from work, i had to release the waistband on my skirt because I bloated up so badly. It hurt like hell. Poking a large bore needle thru my abdominal wall to release the pressure would have felt better that waiting for it to "take its course."
eta - make that sorbitol. I knew mannitol didn't sound right.
niyad
(113,582 posts)3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...thru the first 4 pages of reviews of these gummi bears. Seems that many, many people have experienced the intestinal distress and loss of control. I laughed so hard I almost experienced loss of bladder control.
One of the funniest suggestions was substituting the gummi bears for the per-ccolonoscopy cleansing prep. It could definitely work, and would at least taste better going down.
niyad
(113,582 posts)AlbertCat
(17,505 posts)..... buck up my confidence in mankind.
My fave:
"Customers who bought this also bought:
Pepto-Bismol
4 pack of baby wipes
Stomach pump
Air Freshener
Coffee straws
Gatorade
Bullets"
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)They can shit s'more.
GeorgeGist
(25,323 posts)Quixote1818
(28,979 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)surrealAmerican
(11,364 posts)... to come within range of their weapons?
... or will they be coming to collect those provisions from the post office?
lpbk2713
(42,766 posts)You clowns might enjoy that while you're standing around a campfire in sub-freezing temps.
Photographer
(1,142 posts)Erich Bloodaxe BSN
(14,733 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)Skittles
(153,199 posts)Tipperary
(6,930 posts)occupying property.
dembotoz
(16,844 posts)no need to put usps, fedex or ups to risk
Fuddnik
(8,846 posts)But this is funnier than the Daily Show.
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So I think the postal carriers wouldn't feel obliged to deliver to a pack of overgrown spoiled brats.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Do something productive for winter socks, those things don't grow on trees.
Nay
(12,051 posts)deliver mail in dangerous situations. So, no, there will be no USPS deliveries to this place.
Ned Flanders
(233 posts)I generally don't get in peoples' faces, but I'm so done with the tea baggers/sovereign citizens/miltia whackjobs.
So when one of the articles mentioned that Ron Gainer, owner of a local RV park, had delivered them chili, I googled him and found his phone number. The lady who answered the phone (I used the 800 number, to cost them that extra 50 cents) said that Mr. Gainer was "unavailable." I tried to be as polite as possible, but I think she took exception to me asking her why she was delivering food to an armed insurgency against the U.S. government. Actually, yes, she got a bit upset, so I started feeling guilty.
Until she said she had a right to make a profit selling them her food.
Well, I told her she should probably find good legal representation, since according to U.S. anti-terrorism laws, she could probably be found guilty of aiding and abetting. Assuming, of course, that the Feds do arrest the Bundy clan.
I apologized for taking up her time, and politely ended the call.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)jberryhill
(62,444 posts)Tough shit.
They obviously wanted the publicity of having supplied these domestic terrorists, or they wouldn't have been mentioned in the paper.
If they think people have a "right" to take over a wildlife refuge, then I hardly see why they should be upset that someone would like to speak to them about it and share their opinion of it.
People also deserve to be aware of businesses that support domestic terrorism:
---
http://www.narrowsrvpark.com/
Your hosts, Ron and Linda Gainer, will ensure you receive the finest in Western hospitality.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/01/03/armed-militia-bundy-brothers-take-over-federal-building-in-rural-oregon/
Ron Gainer, the owner of a nearby RV park who dropped off some chili for the occupiers, told the broadcaster that he counted about 15 people, a half-dozen vehicles and a trailer at the site.
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I couldn't give two shits if she "got a bit upset". Fuck those people sideways.
lumberjack_jeff
(33,224 posts)kairos12
(12,875 posts)freshwest
(53,661 posts)spanone
(135,886 posts)dumb. fucks.
Drifter
(4,751 posts)but since they are occupying a federal building, I do not think it is unreasonable to charge them for staying there. $50 per person per night seems fair. I would also send a food truck up there and sell them $50 hamburgers.
Cheers
Drifter
niyad
(113,582 posts)classykaren
(769 posts)heat They even had children there. Remember seeing the Quakers cross the police lines to bring them food. No mail. Freeze them out.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)to the Wal-Mart in Burns. What...no socks or redbull or snacks at Wal-Mart?
And snacks? You asked for snacks and redbull? I thought you were tough survival dudes and you want snacks on your camping trip? And you think you guys are going to last for years? OMG,that is hysterical.
elmac
(4,642 posts)ate concertina wire and pissed napalm.
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)Thank you for the best laugh of the night.
elmac
(4,642 posts)have a good night.
csziggy
(34,138 posts)There is one in Ontario, Oregon, nearly 100 miles from Burns and 160 miles from the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Cause I might be wrong. Maybe they said Safeway, or maybe they said Wal-Mart, but meant Safeway. I thought I saw it on Oregon Live but I might have seen it somewhere else. I usually do links but there have been so many damned stories on this now I'm just spinning.
It was a few of the militants talking and I think it wasn't even to news, but to social media. Maybe it wasn't even a video, maybe it was a facebook post or something. Sorry...my bad.
I'm too wrapped up in this reality TV show...because I live in Oregon, and I hate to see this happening in our state. Although parts of the state are like a whole different state...red as can be.
csziggy
(34,138 posts)So it's not just you. I was just curious if a town as small as Burns might have a Walmart and looked it up.
It was not intended as a criticism of any comment you made. My husband had said something about it earlier so it seems to be a pretty wide spread rumor.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Most of these guys probably shop at Wal-Mart at home, so maybe it just slipped out.
LiberalArkie
(15,729 posts)mountain grammy
(26,655 posts)Marrah_G
(28,581 posts)The comment on Afghan food was precious
Snarkoleptic
(6,002 posts)John Wayne movie on Betamax, and some really scratchy institutional toilet paper.
mdbl
(4,976 posts)and you have a revolution!
grntuscarora
(1,249 posts)What a gaggle of idiots.
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)Paka
(2,760 posts)Too funny for words.
Stryder
(450 posts)You gonna sneak out the back door?
While the FBI is having lunch maybe.
Declaring YeeHawd for sure.
Iggo
(47,571 posts)Fuck that worthless dirty corrupt gubmint money. Let's barter like big boys!
niyad
(113,582 posts)cold weather gear with. . . and so on. .
works for me.
Javaman
(62,534 posts)morons.
Like I said in another thread, the feds don't have to do a thing, just given this morons a month and they will destroy themselves.
just block all the road access to the site and nature will do the rest.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)Ummm yes. Because Oregon. in fucking JANUARY derpyderpDERPderp...
Youre right Feds need to cut power and access and let them all freeze to death.
The FBI post-event press conference will be 3 sentences:
"Winter is Coming. Thank you all for being here today. God bless America."
Gore1FL
(21,152 posts)That's a small investment for the greater good.
The address is at the tweet.
https://twitter.com/imraansiddiqi/status/683764510662901760/photo/1
LakeVermilion
(1,044 posts)the only heat must be from propane. Eventually the tanks will run low. I'm also predicting an acute shortage of toilet paper. Plumbing will be a problem if the electricity is cut off.
SunSeeker
(51,726 posts)world wide wally
(21,755 posts)Then, if they leave and try to get back in, arrestn them for trespassing.
Jerry442
(1,265 posts)See if they take the hint.
Kalidurga
(14,177 posts)that I would ever laugh my ass off at the thought of someone being cold and hungry.
Cal Carpenter
(4,959 posts)I'd laugh my ass off at someone laughing their ass off at the thought of someone being cold and hungry...
TeamPooka
(24,259 posts)Tarc
(10,476 posts)I certainly hope that these nutjob terrorists are actually unable to receive care packages.
csziggy
(34,138 posts)So the "occupied" site is not sealed at all.
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)[link:|
Rex
(65,616 posts)Are they feeding these animals? It is amazing the lack of worry to government property I hear the usual suspects crying about in the news. Are they stupid?
Stupid domestic terrorists crying about the govt oppressing Moses and slavery or bird poop? I read there is a brigade of TVEE cars there...what are their demands?
Socks for bird poop cleanup? Are they going to let people in there to take care of the birds? The GOP morans are coming unhinged, Glenn Beck can be heard slobbering all the way to Oregon.
SCVDem
(5,103 posts)They have problems and they are armed.
Let them eat their guns.
Pussy assed tough guys, welcome to reality based life!
mrdmk
(2,943 posts)Longing for the days of old, here is a picture of that event...
Not trying to be heartless here, there is time to admit the planning was flawed.
/
sarge43
(28,945 posts)Blue Owl
(50,514 posts)AwakeAtLast
(14,134 posts)2naSalit
(86,804 posts)what kind of gear? Gear for what?
3catwoman3
(24,054 posts)...make life pretty miserable.
dflprincess
(28,082 posts)were out at a bar right before this happened trying to prove "Quien es Mas Macho" (the SNL game show from way back)
And when they woke up and their hangovers wore off they realized they were in a building in the middle of a bird sanctuary.
Bjorn Against
(12,041 posts)Marie Marie
(9,999 posts)Pussies!
csziggy
(34,138 posts)And one of the things I considered if I were to occupy a remote location would be to buy some of those emergency freeze dried food supplies. At Costco you can get one year supply for one person for just under $1000 that includes two water barrels.
But then if these guys are relying on their government aid checks to make ends meet, they can't afford to actually buy supplies, can they?
MarianJack
(10,237 posts)...but they're way too full of shit!
PEACE!
w0nderer
(1,937 posts)...it'll be over before winter
won't need winter equipment
what ever
oops
Monk06
(7,675 posts)and TP
Marthe48
(17,035 posts)let alone years. I know little children who go to the playground better prepared.
underpants
(182,904 posts)?
Marthe48
(17,035 posts)People in New Orleans were trapped in an unplanned disaster. The idiots in Oregon put themselves in the position they are in.
underthematrix
(5,811 posts)Dumb shits
The Yallqaeda tweets will have you laughing til you cry.
Gothmog
(145,619 posts)tclambert
(11,087 posts)"We are ready to die fighting the gub'mint, but you expect us to go a week without some ultra-soft Charmin?"
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)but i think they are cherry picking Oregon for the nice prisons full of white people.
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passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)There are supposed to be some Oregonian militants out there too...maybe not, but they asked them to come. Oregon has some of these nuts too.
blackspade
(10,056 posts)What a pack of dumbfucks.
underpants
(182,904 posts)ohnoyoudidnt
(1,858 posts)KT2000
(20,588 posts)Surely the federal employees filed change of address forms when they closed the office. Their cheese puffs will probably go to an office in Portland. They better brace for the socks, red bull and cheese puffs on their way!
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)Volaris
(10,274 posts)is going to end up being grist for the South Park mill.
anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)I hope it will fizzle and be wrapped up in court, but other people share this group's anti-establishment ideals.
Beartracks
(12,821 posts).... get jobs.
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kcr
(15,320 posts)anigbrowl
(13,889 posts)All I pointed out was that the first OWS folks also sent out tweets about stuff they needed and people mocked them for it. Look it up yourself - you might have to scroll down a few times but I got right back to the beginning of OWS within seconds: https://twitter.com/hashtag/needsoftheoccupiers
It does not mean that I think the guys in Oregon are justified or that they are just like OWS, as you well know. My point was that many people did not take OWS seriously at first either, and underestimated the seriousness of the participants.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)Aamond Bundy says God told him to do this.
Not in those words, but basically that's what he's saying and that he knows what God is thinking.
Here is a video of him explaining this. I almost couldn't stand to watch the whole thing, but I did.
Now my biggest question is, if they want people to join them, why are they not laying out the facts, that they believe happened, and the constitutional writings that are being broken by not stopping the law from arresting, bringing to trial and sentencing people who break the law. He refuses to talk about the fact that the Hammonds and the Bundys broke the law and that it's the government that is wrong, not them.
SO you get pablum with a big scoop of God and patriotism and please please please come and help us...it's the right thing to do. Oh, and don't forget...bring snacks. (just kidding about the snacks)
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)there is another thread now where NPR is reporting that the militants have said if the town of Burns asks them to leave they will.
Wooops! I guess God changed his mind.
Message from town:
"Don't let the door hitcha where the Lord splitcha!"
Lets hope this is for real.
Crowman1979
(3,844 posts)Half of his speech consisted of the word "uhh", not to mention his soft speaking voice.
Marthe48
(17,035 posts)If he gets a show, hope it is like 'Orange is the new black'.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Might get them out of there a bit faster.
Where are the Colorado readers? Perhaps some of those special cookies and brownies you get there could mellow them all out.
OldHippieChick
(2,434 posts)Just sayin'
jmowreader
(50,565 posts)Y'know, this could work to our advantage...go watch the War Game scene in The Dirty Dozen.
Liberty Belle
(9,535 posts)Second funnier image, can't get it to embed: http://www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/13312080-113/bear-bears-break-doors
TygrBright
(20,771 posts)NBachers
(17,146 posts)pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)People are laughing, making fun of us.
Please send ticket for the next homebound Greyhound bus."
With apologies to Allan Sherman.
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)That should go on facebook.
sdfernando
(4,945 posts)It's from Dance of the Hours from La Gioconda....1876.
Deuce
(959 posts)Kablooie
(18,641 posts)Hugin
(33,207 posts)If they remembered to bring ammo.
Just trying to be helpful.
rpannier
(24,339 posts)I'm beginning to think these guys are really my old mates from Billionaires for Bush
That group certainly sounds like street theater
txwhitedove
(3,932 posts)them to leave... No shots need to be fired because those militant morons are being roasted in the court of public opinion. Laughingstocks! National Lampoon's Militia.
harun
(11,348 posts)Then deal with them later.
DinahMoeHum
(21,812 posts)harun
(11,348 posts)out to the middle of nowhere in the winter.
DI Freighter Watcher
(128 posts)I am sure the people of the city of Flint MICHIGAN will send all the tap water they want.
Nitram
(22,892 posts)NorthCarolina
(11,197 posts)Hmmm...
Fortinbras Armstrong
(4,473 posts)Send us free food and other things, because we don't want government handouts.
Hugin
(33,207 posts)Hypocracy has no better friend than a right wing nut. With them it's a lifestyle.
Glassunion
(10,201 posts)We should look into our hearts and dig deep to donate...
I have a broken VCR, 2 pairs of old flip flops, a summer dress, and a beach ball I can send them.
nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)niyad
(113,582 posts)mormons have to have supplies for a year? didn't they bring theirs?
tabasco
(22,974 posts)but the fat stupid bums would never make it through basic training.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Yeah the Feds should be real worried about these guys.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Oh you want a PAIR of socks? That will be two guns, please.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)jillan
(39,451 posts)rateyes
(17,438 posts)as in they couldn't organize a pissing contest at a brewery.
Cheap_Trick
(3,918 posts)But I would send them some Ex-Lax disguised as Hershey's bars, and some potato chips cooked in Olestra. Maybe some Hello Kitty socks. Some Bertie Bott's jelly beans, but only the Booger, Dirt, Earthworm, Earwax, Rotten Egg, Soap and Vomit flavored ones.
These inbred, cousin humping sacks of monkey shit are such candy asses that if they fell on an ant hill the ants would eat them alive.
Contrary1
(12,629 posts)That will keep them busy for a while.
Cheap_Trick
(3,918 posts)Forgot those Gummy Worms. And we send them these things after we shut off the water.
George II
(67,782 posts)HassleCat
(6,409 posts)They remembered the important things -- firearms and ammunition. Just as all freedoms are secondary to the right to bear arms, so it is that food and clothing are secondary to having lots of fire power.
Doctor_J
(36,392 posts)I suggest you grab your bootstraps, or eat them, whichever is more urgent, and stop whining.
Solly Mack
(90,787 posts)You may well remember the battle of Jade Helm and how successful we were at holding the government at bay. We saved Texas and we can save Oregon too!
We understand that you can't be with us here in person, due to your government checks being delayed, and we know your Medicare paid for scooters don't do well in the snow, but you can still be here in spirit!
Remember us while using your SNAP card at the grocery store! Buy a little extra and send us as much as you can. Just go down to your local U.S. Post Office and show your support by sending a care package today!
We'll take money or goods. Cash is preferable, as we don't trust the banks either.
You may be aware of our cause: To defend true Americans from the tyranny of government by exercising our right to trespass on federal lands and to threaten violence against those who deny us that right.
You may know our goals: To restore the Constitution because, obviously, we're not really free if we can't take up arms against the government.
If you're tired of the government telling you you can't engage in armed insurrection, then please send your donations today!
Even though we were well prepared for this moment, can a person ever truly be prepared for the restoration and glory of sedition?
Your help is needed.
P.S. Please send netting. The birds are shitting all over us. A government plot if ever there was one.
(Disclaimer: I am NOT mocking those that rely on government services. I AM mocking those who rely on government services and support anti-government, tea party-esque ignorance.)
Photographer
(1,142 posts)Angry Dragon
(36,693 posts)NCjack
(10,279 posts)Nac Mac Feegle
(971 posts)There's what, about 15 guys in there?
Send in about 3-4 bags of the Dreaded Haribo Sugar Free Gummi Bears, hack in to the security cameras, and stand back.
Forward the video to Youtube, and make the entire militia movement(pun intended) into a laughingstock forevermore.
Non-lethal, low cost, simple, and effective; they'll come crawling out by themselves begging for something to relieve the agony.
"And the Youtube videos will be frickin' hilarious."
ejbr
(5,856 posts)to the postal carrier so he/she can thank them for hooking her/him up with free eats.
Island Blue
(5,819 posts)Oh fuck liberty, just send Pop Tarts. Or Cheetos. Or Funyuns.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)[center]The #BundyBunch was spotted this morning, foraging for snacks.
Many more at the link.
calimary
(81,511 posts)No idea how I landed here, but it was fun reading all over again.