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8. When even birdwatchers hate you, you're screwed.

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Mon Jan 4, 2016, 01:41 AM

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Audubon Society: Statement on Armed Bundy Terrorists' Malheur Occupation [View all] 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 OP

I wonder whether those crazies knew what the word JDPriestly Jan 2016 #1

Wow. Thank you for that. Uncanny 'coincidence'? Not. nt 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #3

The fuckers'll be shooting and deep frying the threatened birds by Tuesday NightWatcher Jan 2016 #2

Fortunately, most are migratory. Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #5

Me too. Destroy historic monuments like terrorists in the Middle East. They have much in common. rusty quoin Jan 2016 #9

Exactly the analogy that came to my mind as well. nt SunSeeker Jan 2016 #19

They are terrorist scum workinclasszero Jan 2016 #93

Maybe not. Maybe it will turn out to be similar to the JDPriestly Jan 2016 #11

I wish I could believe that, Paka Jan 2016 #15

I read what was behind this whole thing, which was JDPriestly Jan 2016 #16

Arson for the purpose of destroying evidence of poaching on public lands. eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #40

Not only that passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #60

Occupy did not take over in order to shut people out. They welcomed different points of view. JDPriestly Jan 2016 #62

They probably felt about us, like we feel about them. AtheistCrusader Jan 2016 #22

I worry about that too. I appreciate your updates here since you have knowledge of that sanctuary Tipperary Jan 2016 #35

Thank you! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #44

I so want to visit that part of the country. I really hope they get those fools out of there without Tipperary Jan 2016 #55

If you get the chance do it! Lizzie Poppet Jan 2016 #56

Please don't go now...anyone...that's what the militants are asking for passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #61

They expressed this beautifully! nt Quixote1818 Jan 2016 #4

Yeah how is giving the land to private interests giving it to the people?? hollowdweller Jan 2016 #6

Then they'll sell out to the condo builders. Vinca Jan 2016 #29

They will harvest the timber. Enthusiast Jan 2016 #38

They have explicitly stated: Saviolo Jan 2016 #57

They have already put AtV trails through Native American ruins in the area..against law of course Person 2713 Jan 2016 #89

I agree that the people occupying this federal facilictyvare idiots. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #7

Really? "Hyperbole"? JNelson6563 Jan 2016 #10

I do not support these idiots. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #13

Lack of regular maintenance Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #18

How many clogged culverts have been a problem since this whole thing started? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #27

I assume you've never spent much time in that part of the country? Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #81

How many roads have washed out in the last four days? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #84

So let's see what happens the next time a storm drops a couple inches on the area. n/m Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #91

A couple inches of snow won't be a big deal. Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #92

You don't think they are capable of sabotage? eShirl Jan 2016 #25

What sabotoge? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #28

provoking an armed attack on the refuge's infrastructure hopemountain Jan 2016 #30

Provoking an armed attack? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #37

That is what I thought they were doing at the first Bundy confrontation. bvar22 Jan 2016 #65

There have been other armed incursions as well Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #82

How about arson ? After all, they are riled about the conviction of two arsonists ... eppur_se_muova Jan 2016 #41

What about the arson? Snobblevitch Jan 2016 #43

How it got screwed up? atreides1 Jan 2016 #54

If violence happens, they'll lose. Plain and simple. AtheistCrusader Jan 2016 #23

The refuge is a big place, these idiots have occupied an outhouse. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #26

this is bullshit and you know it. nt hopemountain Jan 2016 #31

If unarmed hippies occupy a public park they get brutalized. If armed crazy-assed rhett o rick Jan 2016 #69

If we kill them with drones, we'll damage that outhouse. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #70

Why do you have more contempt for the Audubon Society than the terrorists? nm rhett o rick Jan 2016 #74

I don't advocate killing any members of either. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #75

So what do you propose? nm rhett o rick Jan 2016 #76

I proposed it in another thread: huge loudspeakers JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #77

I could go along with that, as long as no birdwatchers are harmed. nm rhett o rick Jan 2016 #78

Rick Astley 24x7 could destroy a birdwatcher's ability to hear a finch. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #79

When even birdwatchers hate you, you're screwed. rug Jan 2016 #8

You've really got a point there. montana_hazeleyes Jan 2016 #14

Yip, *now* the gunnutters have done it!1 n/t UTUSN Jan 2016 #45

Those birdwatchers have kicked some pro-wrestling butt! JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #72

K & R for Sallinger's clear statement davekriss Jan 2016 #12

Good Thing No Firefighters Lost Their Lives Fighting The Fire Yallow Jan 2016 #17

I think I read that one or two were injured Schema Thing Jan 2016 #39

My wife, the wildland fire captain of 30 years... Ned Flanders Jan 2016 #83

K & R SunSeeker Jan 2016 #20

lucky their white captainarizona Jan 2016 #21

Yep. Just ask the Black Panthers 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #24

lucky their white AlbertCat Jan 2016 #48

Skin I'm guessing. n/t 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #59

Their white unperforated butts. JustABozoOnThisBus Jan 2016 #73

Very nice statement roscoeroscoe Jan 2016 #32

you are thinking these folks are capable of shame dembotoz Jan 2016 #36

It would be nice to see M$Greedia carry this response malaise Jan 2016 #33

corporate media are anti Liberal government. BillZBubb Jan 2016 #34

"BELONGS TO ALL AMERICANS"... Herman4747 Jan 2016 #42

Sons of Nevada Rancher, Bundy, are the Ringleaders dem in texas Jan 2016 #46

Let's ignore the fundies on this one. saidsimplesimon Jan 2016 #50

Refuge has its own Wikipedia page Herman4747 Jan 2016 #47

Vanilla ISIS at work again. blackspade Jan 2016 #49

This refuge was designated by Teddy Roosevelt in 1908. It is not land that has been OregonBlue Jan 2016 #51

I agree with you but this idiot does not passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #63

But they are not Oregon militants. They are foreign terrorists. OregonBlue Jan 2016 #64

Why would you consider anyone from the US a foreigner? passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #67

As you can probably tell, I'm from Oregon. OregonBlue Jan 2016 #85

Yes, so am I passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #86

Not everyone. Just Teabilles who come here to stir up trouble. OregonBlue Jan 2016 #87

We have two simliar wildlife refuges here in Delaware - Bombay and Primehook LynneSin Jan 2016 #52

These people are "Takers!" The irony is lost on them. Dustlawyer Jan 2016 #53

Typical Reich-Wing Attitude Toward Property Rights . . FairWinds Jan 2016 #58

seems to me that ranchers have always ignored public lands allan01 Jan 2016 #66

These Bureau of Land Management militants passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #68

Why isn't Obama taking action? His admin sure took quick action on OWS. nm rhett o rick Jan 2016 #71

K&R...Thanks for posting red dog 1 Jan 2016 #80

K&R!!!!!! burrowowl Jan 2016 #88

This is interesting...an animated map of the facilities, passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #90

Thieves and poachers. Nothing more. Nothing less. K&R ffr Jan 2016 #94