The little Bundyl of Bundists still snacking and lubing has dwindled to four benighted souls including a husband and wife. OregonLive:
Among the four left at the refuge was Sandy Anderson, a 48-year-old former barber/cosmetologist who recently moved to Idaho from Wisconsin.….
...who is, in her mind, dictating terms to the U.S. of A.:
"Prison isn't an option," Anderson told OPB, "but I would hope that the FBI would consider what we've been asking. It was the same offer ... that we were unaware of."
Yes, terms like, you can come out through the roadblock and won’t be arrested...(until you get to the second check point---BAZINGA!!!):
The group's members had helped persuade Patrick to leave the refuge, said Joseph Rice, a founding member from Grants Pass.
The FBI had assured them that Patrick would be given safe passage out of the area, Rice said Wednesday night.
He described the FBI taking Patrick into custody at a nearby checkpoint as a betrayal
Well, cue the world’s tiniest violin….
Somehow the “former barber/cosmetologist” and other “bitter enders” think they deserve a better fate:
Anderson and the others want to be able to leave without anyone getting arrested. The others who remain inside are Anderson's husband, Sean Anderson, 47; Jeff Banta, 46, of Elko, Nevada; and David Fry, 27, of Blanchester, Ohio.....the group was willing to leave but had been told that Sean Anderson would be arrested on a felony warrant.
Sean is probably a model citizen who deserves better treatment...oh, wait...
….in Wisconsin...He has an outstanding bench warrant related to an August 2014 arrest. ... charged with resisting an officer, possession of THC and possession of drug paraphernalia, all misdemeanors.
Wisconsin court records show Anderson was convicted of misdemeanor disorderly conduct in 1998, 2008 and 2009. He was convicted of criminal trespassing in 2002.
I think the FBI should start schlepping booze and pot into the Refuge. Stir well, allow to “Bake” for 24 hours for a Bundty cake. Patent applied for.
But maybe that young guy David Fry, the techie of the bunch, deserves special treatment...oh, wait:
Two weeks ago, Oregon Public Broadcasting discovered that David Fry, who seems to serve as the Bundy group's webmaster and social media presence, is also an outspokenly-racist anti-Semite and militant enthusiast of Adolf Hitler.
Meanwhile, a group of similar misfits called Operation Mutual Defense dropped a large horse pie on themselves by first sending out this stirring challenge to Patrioters:
From Gary Hunt, Outpost of Freedom in Burns, Oregon.
Attention all Oathkeepers, Idaho Three Percenters, Pacific Patriots
Network, especially Brandon Curtis, Joe Rice, Eric Parker, and Stewart
Rhodes.
This is a call-out to the membership of Operational Mutual Defense (OMD)
and friends.
You have an obligation to proceed to the Harney County Resource Center
(the wildlife refuge)immediately, in order to protect the patriots still
there. If you fail to arrive, you will demonstrate by your own actions
that your previous statements to defend life, liberty, and property were
false.
To members of Operation Mutual Defense, this is an emergency. The
purpose of Operation Mutual Defense is to respond to overbearing actions
by the federal government that has become threatening to life, liberty,
or property. Lavoy Finicum has been murdered by the FBI, and Ryan Payne has been shot.
They were en route to a meeting where had been invited by
the Grant County sheriff to address the citizens in Grant County, a
peaceful mission.
The time for all good men to come to the aid of their country has come
to the Harvey County Resource Center, which is 30 miles south of Burns
Oregon.
Stand by your oath. God Bless America
But after the bullets started flying, Gary then decided, Oh, wait, THIS IS REAL! , put his tale of “Freedom” between his legs, and beat a hasty retreat:
From Gary Hunt, Outpost of Freedom
In Burns, Oregon
Based on existing circumstance, support is too late, and would be dangerous, or at least result in your arrest if you attempted to get into the Refuge.
As I left the Refuge, this morning, troops were still arriving, according to those I talked with were arriving from various points as far east as Iowa, and further north. They appeared to have been staged at their home bases until they deployed directly to their field assignments. My estimate of perimeter troop strength would be 200-300, and one of this that I spoke with explained that he was "external perimeter"; they had even developed a protective perimeter concept, so that there were two lines that had to be overcome to gain entry.
At this point any effort to provide support for those inside by joining them would serve no useful purpose, and would be a fool's errand.
Takes one to know one’s errands….
Felony charges are not the only consequences for these Freedumb Riders:
Although no official numbers have been released, officials have estimated the daily and weekly cost of the Malheur occupation from the onset. Harney County Judge Steve Grasty said he would bill the occupiers $70,000 per day...,