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Ptah

(33,037 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:12 PM Jan 2016

Arizonans fight at occupied Oregon building

Source: Arizona Daily Star

A Tucson group met with a harsh welcome from a fellow Arizonan at a federal building occupied by armed militia in Oregon.

Three men led by Michael Lewis Arthur Meyer, founder of the Veterans on Patrol group that built a shelter for homeless veterans and others at Santa Rita Park, arrived in Burns, Oregon on Wednesday to get a friend out of the occupied Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.

The Oregonian newspaper reported a fight broke out between Meyer’s group and militant group member Blaine Cooper, who said on his Facebook page he is a resident of Humboldt, Arizona.

Meyer said Cooper punched him in the back of the head, but Phoenix resident Jon Ritzheimer said Meyer’s group shoved a guard, causing him to bloody his hand.

Read more: http://tucson.com/news/arizonans-fight-at-occupied-oregon-building/article_1e57a36a-b599-11e5-a3a2-cb275f1219cc.html

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Arizonans fight at occupied Oregon building (Original Post) Ptah Jan 2016 OP
Paging Charles Darwin Botany Jan 2016 #1
Or cue the Mendocino Jan 2016 #5
Or the Laurel and Hardy Theme. A bunch of royal fuck-ups! Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #24
never saw this coming SoLeftIAmRight Jan 2016 #2
THEY ARE NOT ARMED MILITIA. pangaia Jan 2016 #3
They claim their "Injured" gate guard is a Vietnam Vet catnhatnh Jan 2016 #4
Is Tarp Man okay? underpants Jan 2016 #6
I believe they have him under wraps. . . Journeyman Jan 2016 #7
But I think he's Mendocino Jan 2016 #8
Has anyone looked under the tarp to check? 63splitwindow Jan 2016 #9
Nothing but a Mendocino Jan 2016 #14
Nothing but Cheetos and semen. Elmer S. E. Dump Jan 2016 #25
And just what was he really doing under there? We need to know these things. Gregorian Jan 2016 #12
It sounds like the Arizona group wanted to get their guy out of there, back into the real world... haele Jan 2016 #10
I'm so behind on this story... cui bono Jan 2016 #16
yes, you got vanilla isis right. trillion Jan 2016 #22
Maybe this situation will end with a circular firing squad. tanyev Jan 2016 #11
So, the cannibalism has started already passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #13
Know they are pro violence Have threatened to shoot people. Maybe they will self exterminate Person 2713 Jan 2016 #15
These angry type guys are really not joiners hollowdweller Jan 2016 #17
Exactly. (eom) oasis Jan 2016 #19
This is shocking! Did they call the cops? Midnight Writer Jan 2016 #18
we should be happy they didn't shoot each other and claim stand your ground. drunks with guns. trillion Jan 2016 #21
YEEE HAAA, now let's jerst throw us a good ole republican geet together. Bring guns cauze we gonna trillion Jan 2016 #20
Shootout 1Greensix Jan 2016 #23
Cowards won't be throwing lead, just pie someone donated. lonestarnot Jan 2016 #26
three stooges with guns. nt Javaman Jan 2016 #27

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)
4. They claim their "Injured" gate guard is a Vietnam Vet
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:24 PM
Jan 2016

I want his name so I can check for stolen valor.

haele

(12,676 posts)
10. It sounds like the Arizona group wanted to get their guy out of there, back into the real world...
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:53 PM
Jan 2016

And Vanilla Isis (I love that name) didn't want him to go because every warm body, (even if the person needs supervision and/or meds to function in public and maintain control), validates their simplistic con-game of cowboys and government.

I feel for the Vet's group. Their friend got eaten by the crazy hate beast.

Haele

cui bono

(19,926 posts)
16. I'm so behind on this story...
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 12:10 AM
Jan 2016

I don't know who Vanilla Isis is or Tarp Man either.

Oh, Vanilla Isis is the group, right? Another name for YallQueda?

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trillion

(1,859 posts)
22. yes, you got vanilla isis right.
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 05:18 AM
Jan 2016

Tarp man is their armed yahoo hanging out, outside with a tarp over him hoping someone messes with him. These guys are a class act. Hillbilly class.

tanyev

(42,613 posts)
11. Maybe this situation will end with a circular firing squad.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 09:26 PM
Jan 2016

I hope they at least take it outside.

 

hollowdweller

(4,229 posts)
17. These angry type guys are really not joiners
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 01:14 AM
Jan 2016

If they were people persons then they wouldn't be dreaming of some sort of battle all the time where they kill the bad guys. They'd be partying with their friends and getting laid.

So only natural that put that many together everybody thinks they are right and you are gonna get arguments or worse.
 

trillion

(1,859 posts)
20. YEEE HAAA, now let's jerst throw us a good ole republican geet together. Bring guns cauze we gonna
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 05:16 AM
Jan 2016

drink an fight.

1Greensix

(111 posts)
23. Shootout
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 09:34 AM
Jan 2016

I can hardly wait for all of these armed assholes start shooting at each other. Now that will be a cause for celebration.

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