Militia takes over Malheur National Wildlife Refuge headquarters in Oregon

Obviously you aren't a botanist. That is a picture of a doe eating low browse, not grass. Grasses are monocots, browse is dicots. What she is eating is a dicotyledon.

Ishmael

That's actually correct. I wouldn't go so far as to say I'm impressed but knowing the difference is something. Not a lot but something.
 
Republicans defunded Homeland Security branch which studied anti-government militias because, it hurt their feelings

Daryl Johnson once worked in the branch of the Department of Homeland Security that studied the threats posed by antigovernment groups. His former office was shut down more than five years ago.

But when members of an armed group took over a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon last week, Mr. Johnson was not surprised.

In 2009, the former analyst wrote a report that warned of a growing antigovernment movement and the possible recruitment of returning military veterans that could “lead to the potential emergence of terrorist groups or lone-wolf extremists.”

His words drew fierce criticism from Republican lawmakers and conservative news media, labeling the report an unfair assessment of legitimate criticisms of the government. The document was retracted after Janet Napolitano, who was then the Homeland Security secretary, apologized to veterans, and the Extremism and Radicalization Branch was quietly dismantled.

Now, as the takeover of the remote federal wildlife preserve enters its second week, a renewed focus is being placed on the so-called militia movement and on the efforts of the federal government, particularly the Department of Homeland Security, to identify and combat potential threats.

See full story at: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/09/us/politics/homeland-security-looked-past-militia-movement-ex-analyst-says.html?_r=0
 
Here's how I wish the government would handle this.

1. Inform the terrorists they will be charged a daily rental fee for their use of the facility.
2. Remove all government agents except one who confirms their daily use of the facility.
3. When they return to their homes deliver them the bill for renting the facility.
4. When they don't pay the bill place a lien on their property.
 
Hilarious & accurate.

"There's no doubt that these people are dangerous, but their ridiculousness is a huge part of who they are. Incidentally, this is true of groups like the actual al-Qaeda, too, led as they are by men in beards and Rick-Perry-style "smart glasses" who play at being religious scholars and intellectuals when in fact they are the kind of people who are afraid of cartoons and lie awake at night wondering if it's permissible to play chess with a menstruating woman. Just because a person is dangerous does not mean he's not also absurd.

The Bundy militiamen are an extreme example of a type that's become common in America. Like the Tea Partiers, they seem to not only believe that they're the only people in history who've ever paid taxes, but that they're the only people who were ever sad about it. What they call tyranny on the part of the federal government just means putting up with the same irritating bills and regulations and other crap that we all put up with, only the rest of us don't whine about it in the front seats of our cars while posing in front of tripods.

Again, these people may be dangerous, but their boundless self-pity, their outrageous sense of entitlement and their slapstick incompetence as rebels and terrorists are absolutely ridiculous. Sure, it may not help, but how can we not laugh?"

http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/the-dumb-and-the-restless-20160107?page=3


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Here's how I wish the government would handle this.

1. Inform the terrorists they will be charged a daily rental fee for their use of the facility.
2. Remove all government agents except one who confirms their daily use of the facility.
3. When they return to their homes deliver them the bill for renting the facility.
4. When they don't pay the bill place a lien on their property.

What do you figure the bill is for occupying expensive property on Wall Street? How much per hour should the government charge for renting a private lunch counter in the south?
 
What do you figure the bill is for occupying expensive property on Wall Street? How much per hour should the government charge for renting a private lunch counter in the south?

Pretty weak false analogies.

Even for you. :rolleyes:
 
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