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Grassy Knoll

(10,118 posts)
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:27 PM Jan 2016

Ammon Bundy Rejects Sheriff's Offer To End Oregon Standoff

Source: huffingtonpost

BURNS, Ore., Jan 7 (Reuters) - The leader of a group of armed protesters occupying the headquarters of a U.S. wildlife refuge in rural southeastern Oregon on Thursday rejected a sheriff's offer of passage out of the state to end the standoff.
During a meeting at a neutral site, Harney County Sheriff David Ward offered to escort Ammon Bundy and his group of occupiers out of Oregon, but Bundy declined.
Bundy met the sheriff on a roadside after leaving the compound with other occupiers in two vehicles.


Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/ammon-bundy-sheriff-oregon-standoff_568ef80fe4b0a2b6fb6f8417?section=politics

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Ammon Bundy Rejects Sheriff's Offer To End Oregon Standoff (Original Post) Grassy Knoll Jan 2016 OP
Ahh, shucks...did they at least get to eat prime rib and drink some Heineken Beer? randys1 Jan 2016 #1
In this situation, I was confused on "BLM" Tennis Magnet Jan 2016 #20
Paging Charles Darwin... nt Xipe Totec Jan 2016 #2
Bundy is David Koresh 2.0. Archae Jan 2016 #3
I think FU would be more appropriate of an translation. libdem4life Jan 2016 #4
enough already... dhill926 Jan 2016 #5
Bring in the Homeland drones.... Historic NY Jan 2016 #6
Amen to that! silverweb Jan 2016 #8
Bring me up to date here missingfink Jan 2016 #7
I'm afraid that this is going to be Ruby Ridge 2.0. Odin2005 Jan 2016 #9
Nothig like that at all Old Codger Jan 2016 #19
"We ain't leavin' until they quit making jokes about us on the japple Jan 2016 #10
So much for we will leave if the locals avebury Jan 2016 #11
What the hell was Bundy demanding from the sheriff? FLPanhandle Jan 2016 #12
He should have included snacks as part of the deal. nt silvershadow Jan 2016 #13
I'll offer him passage out of the country.... Spitfire of ATJ Jan 2016 #14
"I'll leave as soon as the locals tell me to." christx30 Jan 2016 #15
So if you're white, and you have guns, you're my buddy. But, Gregorian Jan 2016 #16
What the sheriff offered was complete capitulation and they still refused it. passiveporcupine Jan 2016 #17
In other news and a different bundy baby.... fredamae Jan 2016 #18

randys1

(16,286 posts)
1. Ahh, shucks...did they at least get to eat prime rib and drink some Heineken Beer?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:29 PM
Jan 2016

So what if this was BLM and there would be dead bodies lying around by now, these are white guys.

They count more.

 

Tennis Magnet

(38 posts)
20. In this situation, I was confused on "BLM"
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 12:00 AM
Jan 2016

Because I thought for a minute it was Bureau of Land Management, the same agency that Bundy stood off last year.

Sorry!

Historic NY

(37,449 posts)
6. Bring in the Homeland drones....
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:38 PM
Jan 2016

the ones with a little something extra. I personally think that psysops should bring in some bring sound gear and tell them bedtime stories.

missingfink

(174 posts)
7. Bring me up to date here
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:44 PM
Jan 2016

Are these yahoos allowed to come and go at will? I read on another thread about some of them going into town to eat, checking into a motel, and one buying & consuming vast amounts of liquor. Since they are in possession of deadly weapons, they should at least be surrounded and told to disarm.

Odin2005

(53,521 posts)
9. I'm afraid that this is going to be Ruby Ridge 2.0.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 08:50 PM
Jan 2016

If these nuts have to be removed by force they are going to end up "martyrs" inspiring a new generation of McVeigh-type terrorists.

 

Old Codger

(4,205 posts)
19. Nothig like that at all
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 10:16 PM
Jan 2016

Ruby ridge was a raid by a combined FBI and BATF bunch and was caused by a 1/4 inch too short rifle barrel that would have normally resulted in a $200.00 tax, they shot the dog first then they shot the unarmed teenaged boy who went out to see about the dog, later they sniped the wife through the window on the door while she was breast feeding the baby... At no time did Randy or anyone inside the house fire a weapon.... It was a total complete cluster fuck and was found that it never should have happened, randy won in court.... At the tie of the raid/siege he had plenty of firearms and ammo available but didn't fire back because he figured they would then finish the slaughter..

FLPanhandle

(7,107 posts)
12. What the hell was Bundy demanding from the sheriff?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 09:00 PM
Jan 2016

Get the fuck out of my state was about the best deal he could expect.

Gregorian

(23,867 posts)
16. So if you're white, and you have guns, you're my buddy. But,
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 09:44 PM
Jan 2016

if you're black, and you have guns, you're a target.

passiveporcupine

(8,175 posts)
17. What the sheriff offered was complete capitulation and they still refused it.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 10:04 PM
Jan 2016

Nobody is willing to stand up to these insurrectionists, and this bothers me a lot.
Are we really ready to allow people like this to dictate how our country is run. The sheriff says we need to do more to meet the needs of these idiots? Are you kidding me?

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