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Apparently, the jury did not buy their defense jberryhill Jan 2016 #1
Unfortunately, news accounts are not .... reACTIONary Jan 2016 #3
Oregon has air quality laws and a low tolerance 4 idiots who abuse land roguevalley Jan 2016 #42
Thank you for posting this. tazkcmo Jan 2016 #2
This is the background ... sunnystarr Jan 2016 #8
$600,000 of taxpayer's money handmade34 Jan 2016 #4
I've read they did it to cover illegal poaching on federal grounds cali Jan 2016 #5
They intentionally set fire to federal property. cleanhippie Jan 2016 #6
K&R eom MohRokTah Jan 2016 #7
It is the same thing I would be guilty of if I was burning my grass and it LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #9
Actually, they set the fires intentionally to cover up poaching on public land. OregonBlue Jan 2016 #11
It doesn't make that much different the act that they did to cover it up was arson on LiberalArkie Jan 2016 #12
Here's some history on the Hammonds... 2naSalit Jan 2016 #10
Uhhmm, did you read your own title? How about- arson? LooseWilly Jan 2016 #13
The point of my post us that.... reACTIONary Jan 2016 #22
Read more, get back to us. nt Logical Jan 2016 #14
The federal government has been entering "stewardship contracts" to restore PufPuf23 Jan 2016 #15
interesting hfojvt Jan 2016 #17
The "whiny babies" are obviously making excuses. PufPuf23 Jan 2016 #20
middle of nowhere? hfojvt Jan 2016 #25
I actually live where there are less people and services local PufPuf23 Jan 2016 #27
I was way off on the size hfojvt Jan 2016 #29
You are correct now. South Dakota is sparsely populated and so is eastern Oregon (and Montana). PufPuf23 Jan 2016 #31
A major claim of the militia is they believe they have a constitutional right to the land. PufPuf23 Jan 2016 #30
Thanks for the background information eom reACTIONary Jan 2016 #23
if you can start a 139 acre fire hfojvt Jan 2016 #16
You haven't spent much time in the west, have you? XemaSab Jan 2016 #18
Driving across the Colorado Rockies a few years back EL34x4 Jan 2016 #19
to some people hfojvt Jan 2016 #26
Nice try. Ohio is mid EAST. It is 2/3 of the way from the center of the country Ms. Toad Jan 2016 #43
I think it is insane too hfojvt Jan 2016 #44
Arson. (n/t) Iggo Jan 2016 #21
K and R. nt Quixote1818 Jan 2016 #24
Origionally,, poaching on the reserve larkrake Jan 2016 #28
Were they ever convicted of poaching? NobodyHere Jan 2016 #37
Does anybody besides me NobodyHere Jan 2016 #32
It doesn't sound right to me either. rtw Jan 2016 #33
Were they even convicted of poaching? NobodyHere Jan 2016 #34
Don't think so rtw Jan 2016 #36
the judge that gave the first reduced sentence was a wingnut who had no RIGHT to do so. JanMichael Jan 2016 #35
I'm not sure I'd equate rtw Jan 2016 #38
nit picking point. they are going and not playing cowfucking gunhumpers with the out of towners. nt JanMichael Jan 2016 #40
Well, the Bundy brothers are not out of towners rtw Jan 2016 #41
Nope. truebluegreen Jan 2016 #39
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