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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:03 AM

Lizzie Poppet (10,164 posts)

Ryan Bundy to OPB: We’ll Leave if The People of Harney County Want Us Gone

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http://www.wweek.com/2016/01/04/ryan-bundy-to-opb-well-leave-if-the-people-of-harney-county-want-us-gone/

The armed militants occupying a federal building in Harney County, Ore. will leave peacefully if the people of the county want them gone, a leader of the group tells Oregon Public Broadcasting.

Ryan Bundy, a Nevada cattle rancher leading the seditionists with his brother Ammon, says the group will hold a community meeting with Harney County residents, according to OPB's John Sepulvado.

"This is their county – we can't be here and force this on them," Bundy tells Sepulvado.

This was published at about 6PM Pacific. If they stick to this (I have zero doubt the locals will ask them to leave at that meeting), then it looks like this has a good chance of ending without bloodshed and destruction. I'd like to see arrests, but the main thing is that no one die for this foolishness.

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Ryan Bundy to OPB: We’ll Leave if The People of Harney County Want Us Gone (Original post)	Lizzie Poppet	Jan 2016	OP
When will they cut off power to the building?	muntrv	Jan 2016	#1
They should leave in handcuffs	Renew Deal	Jan 2016	#2
...	GGJohn	Jan 2016	#3
What happened to "We are prepared to stay for years!"	Quixote1818	Jan 2016	#4
There was a chilling effect	anigbrowl	Jan 2016	#6
They have no snacks.	Iggo	Jan 2016	#7
Or cold weather socks	underpants	Jan 2016	#8
OTOH people now know about the Hammonds, which was their goal	Recursion	Jan 2016	#15
Translation:	Docreed2003	Jan 2016	#5
Ah, the plight of the nation's snackless!	Lizzie Poppet	Jan 2016	#11
Their loophole was they said they'd die for the cause WHEN THE CHIPS WERE DOWN	pinboy3niner	Jan 2016	#21
Local schools closed for up to a week or more.	moondust	Jan 2016	#9
Yep. I suspect a concise summary of locals' comments at that meeting...	Lizzie Poppet	Jan 2016	#10
Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah. I never should have left Nevada.	pinboy3niner	Jan 2016	#12
by U... S... P... S...	Electric Monk	Jan 2016	#18
Looking for a way out to keep from looking like candy ass quitters.	lpbk2713	Jan 2016	#13
Looking for a face-saving way out	pinboy3niner	Jan 2016	#16
+10000	mfcorey1	Jan 2016	#20
And the horse you rode in on. nt	JEB	Jan 2016	#14
Sounds like they are looking for a face-saving way out of an ill-considered attempt	tblue37	Jan 2016	#17
Maybe if they hadn't thrown all their change	MurrayDelph	Jan 2016	#19
Go away from our refuge / Leave at your own chosen speed	pinboy3niner	Jan 2016	#22
I like the Turtles but I love that song of Bob Dylan's....	Bluenorthwest	Jan 2016	#24
Translation: it got cold last night.	Vinca	Jan 2016	#23

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:05 AM

muntrv (14,505 posts)

1. When will they cut off power to the building?

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:06 AM

Renew Deal (81,068 posts)

2. They should leave in handcuffs

At best

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:09 AM

GGJohn (9,951 posts)

3. ...

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:18 AM

Quixote1818 (27,852 posts)

4. What happened to "We are prepared to stay for years!"

Camping out in the cold is really no fun it seems.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:21 AM

anigbrowl (13,889 posts)

6. There was a chilling effect

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:23 AM

Iggo (46,625 posts)

7. They have no snacks.

NO SNACKS, I tell you!

Oh, the humanity!

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:25 AM

underpants (176,763 posts)

8. Or cold weather socks

They must have thought the gift shop had EVERYTHING

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:25 AM

Recursion (56,558 posts)

15. OTOH people now know about the Hammonds, which was their goal

So, in that sense, they accomplished what they wanted to and are heading home.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:20 AM

Docreed2003 (15,824 posts)

5. Translation:

It's cold as hell up here and no one thought to bring enough rations to make it through the winter! Oh...I know we said we'd be here for years....and this cause is too great to surrender, so please send us your support, mainly in the form of heating fuel and snacks.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:53 AM

Lizzie Poppet (10,164 posts)

11. Ah, the plight of the nation's snackless!

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 07:20 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

21. Their loophole was they said they'd die for the cause WHEN THE CHIPS WERE DOWN

Now we know what they meant.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:44 AM

moondust (19,209 posts)

9. Local schools closed for up to a week or more.

Many eastern Oregon school children are getting a few more days of holiday this week near Burns. Parents and school officials are worried about security for children since an armed group began occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

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Nearly a dozen Burns-area schools are closed. Some won’t start again until at least January 11, while others are assessing closures day-by-day like the tiny elementary in the community of Diamond.

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http://spokanepublicradio.org/post/schools-wide-swath-around-burns-close-down-security

Yeah, the locals must really love these guys.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 12:52 AM

Lizzie Poppet (10,164 posts)

10. Yep. I suspect a concise summary of locals' comments at that meeting...

...will be "don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out."

Still, I've always found the people out there to be a friendly lot...maybe they'll pitch in and buy the seditionists some snacks for the trip.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:12 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

12. Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah. I never should have left Nevada.

People are laughing, making fun of us.
Please send ticket for the next homebound Greyhound bus.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 03:08 AM

Electric Monk (13,869 posts)

18. by U... S... P... S...

(I hope you don't mind if I massaged it a bit

)

Hello Muddah, Hello Faddah.
I never should have left Nevada.
People are laughing, making fun of us.
Please send ticket, by USPS,
for the next home bound
express Greyhound bus.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:20 AM

lpbk2713 (42,070 posts)

13. Looking for a way out to keep from looking like candy ass quitters.

I think the fun was over for them after the first thirty minutes or so.

They will all be compared to the half governor from now on.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 02:38 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

16. Looking for a face-saving way out

Will declare mission accomplished, respect for the wishes of the people, etc. Then go home and get warm where there's Red Bull and Cheetos.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 06:45 AM

mfcorey1 (10,963 posts)

20. +10000

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 01:21 AM

JEB (4,748 posts)

14. And the horse you rode in on. nt

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 02:58 AM

tblue37 (59,462 posts)

17. Sounds like they are looking for a face-saving way out of an ill-considered attempt

at grandstanding.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 03:21 AM

MurrayDelph (5,078 posts)

19. Maybe if they hadn't thrown all their change

on the sidewalk while mocking land use fees they might have been able to use it for the snack machine.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 07:57 AM

pinboy3niner (53,339 posts)

22. Go away from our refuge / Leave at your own chosen speed

You're not the ones we wanted / You're not the ones we need

Gotta love the Turtles.

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 08:54 AM

Bluenorthwest (45,319 posts)

24. I like the Turtles but I love that song of Bob Dylan's....

nt

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Tue Jan 5, 2016, 08:48 AM

Vinca (49,401 posts)

23. Translation: it got cold last night.

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