white privilege, but they are gun nuts also. I think that has to be one of the defining characteristics is the lead and gun powder "poisoning" they get all the time.

My brother in law who was saying just a couple of weeks ago that he was for Hillary because Bernie does not have a chance. He said he liked Bernie but would have to vote for Hillery. He just bought a ar-15 clone and now has a Trump sticker on his jeep.

It has to be gun powder and lead poisoning.

this was established previously, the yeehawdists referenced it themselves.

i really don't see how the sherrif's announcement (or the AP's coverage) adds anything new to the story. this is his major contribution: "Ward urged the group to disperse peacefully."

i think what peeps out this way would like to know is "now what? what is the federal government going to do to secure its own goddam infrastructure from disgruntled militants?"

....wanted a state called "Jefferson" in the 50's. Didn't want to be associated with Oregon or Calif. Wanted their own state in the middle of the two.

They want the benefits we all enjoy but don't want to pay for it. Selfishness.

doesn't use a sound cannon to end the siege of the Federal Building.

oh hello Whale Wars , except knowing gun owners they probably have earplugs

They were going to resist for years...

sentence, even if they disagreed with it, it's the armed loons in the federal building that said they're prepared to stay for years.
To their credit, the Hammonds have said they want nothing to do with Bundy and his merry band of loons.
They've actually acted reasonably.