Coincidentally, the Little Richard version of this song never gets old. It just gets better and better when played on a loop.
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Oregon Public Radio has some good pieces on the "#OregonUnderAttack " deal:
In the FYI department, Burns is way the hell out in the middle of nowhere, in the eastern third of Oregon, maybe five hours from Portland, over the Cascase Range and way through High Desert territory. The furthest Iâve got out there is Brothers, a tiny, tiny town in the almost exact middle of the state.
Empty enough out there to launch rockets. When our rocket set off grass fires we put them out.
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This is very unkind and so unnecessary. In fact, in Europe it is contrary to the Declaration of Human Rights.
And remember, these people have the right to bear arms and to form a well regulated militia. We should sympathise with their aspirations to statehood, so similar to those of the European settlers of the US.
Put up a fence around them at a suitable distance and put a customs post in it and border control. Then encourage like minded individuals to join them. Show the US commitment to freedom.
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Itâs not just a skin-color thing, though - it also has to do with politics. The US government has historically been very happy to apply the label of âterroristâ to left-leaning groups that have committed property damage (but been very careful not to risk harm to people) but reluctant to label racist or anti-choice groups as terrorists even when they were waging organized campaigns of fear where they threatened to bomb or shoot people (or actually did so).
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I do not understand the âwhite separatistâ label. Are they seeking a homeland where white people can be white? Because I hear we already have that.
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I suspect that Washington would be having a very, very, unhappy chat with Ottowa if âcivilian volunteersâ with valuable Canadian military experience started showing up; but until then, theyâll handle it with kid gloves and hope it goes away.
The adverse PR from Waco and Ruby Ridge really spooked the feds, so are probably going to avoid trying for a sequel; which limits their options considerably.
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Point, very much point, but much less pithy than my comment. 
In complete agreement, though, on that historical note. Iâd have to speculate on how much of that dichotomy in treatment has to do with the effective economic caste system we have in this country. People are not property (anymore) and therefore donât have value to the highest castes of corporations and 1%ers, hence the lack of focus and concern on crimes against persons. Property, however, is highly likely to belong to those high castes, and therefore crimes against property are more likely to be punitively punished and negatively labeled.
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Fox News âfolk heroâ Cliven Bundy quoted on the abolition of slavery:
â[African Americans] abort their young children, they put their young men in jail, because they never learned how to pick cotton. And Iâve often wondered, are they better off as slaves, picking cotton and having a family life and doing things, or are they better off under government subsidy?â
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Truly great.
His unsanitized lyrics were about gay sex.
âTutti Frutti, good booty
If it donât fit, donât force it
You can grease it, make it easyâ
Fun to think Pat Boone made his name singing about gay sex. I donât think a version of Little Richard singing that version is available.
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Wouldnât showing itâs commitment to freedom mean sending them to Gitmo?
When a group of white ranchers in Oregon announce that they are starting a separatist movement, which unfriendly government does the US have to blame?
âenemies foreign and domesticâ covers a lot of ground.
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drone strike?
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They want a place where they can discriminate against whoever they want.
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Understandably so. Imagine the outcry if police shot an unarmedâŚ
Oh, wait.
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Oh good, Cory got right to race-baiting without batting an eye.
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Itâd be OK if they were infesting the building because they were homeless; ideally with at least some evidence of distasteful lack of mental hygiene(unless manifested as apocalyptic piety). These guys, thoughâŚ
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The OP is race-baiting? Itâs literally a gang of armed racists who want to overthrow the federal government with guns and segregate black people. Letâs donât kill the messenger.
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This is what I find most ironic. They fear the gubbermint wants to take their guns, so they make a show of crazy and illustrate exactly why they shouldnât be trusted with their guns.
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Yes.
Thatâs something that Cliven Bundy mentioned, yes. This isnât him. Itâs two of his sons. So while you can infer that they are also racists given their upbringing, nothing theyâve said so far has been related to segregation. Their demands all center entirely around getting land back from the government that they (incorrectly) think was âstolenâ from them when Teddy Roosevelt made the place a wildlife refuge, and the release of the two ranchers convicted of arson and poaching.
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Russia has its Donbass rebels; we have dumbass rebels.
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