I used my dad’s homebrew gear to siphon petrol out of his car and as a receptacle to make napalm in. He wasn’t happy. Serves him right; he should never have bought me a chemistry set and sparked (heh) an interest.
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It seems to me that in employing the charity-request strategy of “ask for food, hope for money” they are borrowing an innovation of the crowded and competitive marketplace of urban subway panhandling (see also the “I am selling candy for a basketball team / I’m not selling candy for a basketball team” cycle) These guys are really just getting a Ghost of Christmas Present look at all the people they’ve shit on over the years. You’re welcome, assholes.
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Maybe they figured those would work for all they needed.
“I heard Matt Damon lasted a year with just a couple of these. If he can do it, I reckon we can!”
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Sure, you don’t have to believe in the government to use the provided services : )
Reminds me of our own anti-government movement: The Reichsbürger ask the state-run fiscal offices to waive the tax bills because they have no authority over them.
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Unless they are hoping to handle shooting all the feds and restoring the authentic constitution with just the people they currently have on hand, I’d assume that media coverage is their #1 objective right now. Plus, even if they wanted to institute a ‘Patroit Press Only’ policy, they have to contend with the fact that anyone who can’t get access but wants to cover the story will either pull pictures from people who could, or content themselves with reporting up contemporary American right-wing miliitant facts, which won’t be any more flattering but will be much more diffuse.
Unless they are being operated by complete idiots who don’t even posses a sense of low cunning they would probably let Al Jazeera take their press tour,
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I am so glad you’ll be on our side if the revolution/zombie apocalypse ever comes. You’d be a formidable enemy in any survival Olympics!
You WILL be on our side, right???
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Militium?
When I was active on various disability support forums I remember reading horror stories about people in the US who tried staying in work for as long as possible rather than claiming welfare, only to discover that people leaving part time work got less than those leaving full time jobs. Admittedly that was ten years ago, but I doubt that things would have changed for the better considering US politics in that time.
It is good that you are trying to to keep your pride, but also remember that it doesn’t pay the bills.
And start asking for something like the old UK system, where they didn’t mind paying disability welfare to working people as it helped keep them in work for longer. But beware of the current one that does stuff like decide that people with advanced alzheimers are capable of doing workfare.
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Slayer?
I’d use something like Merzbow on them!
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You see the irony, insofar as the protest started around a couple of yahoos who poached on federal wildland and then burned off the evidence of such. That would definitely not be much of a stretch for these folks.
It would seem to be their destiny, manifest.
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And by “free” they mean “privatize.”
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Boil 'em, mash 'em, stick 'em in a stew?
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That generally only works when business reply envelopes are involved.
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Well, technically they could go to jail for doing so without a permit (something I think they should know by now).
A permit and load tickets are required. A firewood cutting permit and load tickets are required to cut, gather, and transport firewood on the Malheur National Forest.
<a href=http://www.fs.usda.gov/detailfull/malheur/passes-permits/forestproducts/?cid=fsbdev3_033809&width=full>Malheur National Forest Policies>Forest Products>Firewood
Risking an off-topic flag, but I saw this today as well:
Family of ranchers who inspired Ore. militia takeover accused of abusing teen relative, scraping his chest with sandpaper (i.e. they removed a DIY tattoo with sandpaper). They’re basically just Dog-Fearin’ Xtians, good family people!
These are important people doing important things–I’ll spring for the shipping.
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If the Feds need to do any cooking for the law enforcement personnel maintaining the perimeter, I recommend they set up the chuck wagon / food truck / campfire / etc. upwind of the visitor’s center. Taunt them with the smell of steak grilling or coffee brewing.
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Well, you know how some of us carry various small tools (screwdriver, pocket knife, towel, etc.) just in case we need one? Some people obviously take this to a whole new extreme.
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