Harney County, Oregon: Some Thoughts

January 7, 2016

R-O-T-F-L-M-A-O over the events in Harney County, Oregon. I certainly hope the situation ends peacefully, but if the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge get some justice I won’t lose a moment’s sleep.

The background for the story can be found here. In simple terms, Dwight and Steven Hammond—a father / son due, and both bad actors—set fire to federal property. They were convicted. They were sentenced and resentenced. They have surrendered and are in prison.

Notwithstanding all of that, some good ole boys decided to get behind the situation and take a stand, after G-d told them to. (Here’s the video from Ammon Bundy, and I need to warn you in advance that it’s incoherent. It’s

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