Hooray, Government!
I've been following this obsessively. The best part is, they managed to arrest Cliven Bundy, the Pa Barker of the whole thing who managed to make law enforcement strand down at his own ranch in 2014 with the help of a bunch of armed milita nuts and who has been welching on his grazing fee obligations for years. The dope decided to go to Oregon to stick his nose in the whole thing and got arrested at the Portland airport.
It would make a good comedy mash-up movie, like Dog Day Afternoon and The Gang That Couldn't Shoot Straight.
Maybe, "The Straight Dog That Couldn't Shoot in the Afternoon"
It could focus on the requests, "Give me back my grass." and extra attention to the wonderful gifts people throughout the country sent them in support of their quest to preserve our freedom.
bub said:
The best of many nicknames: The Ranch Stupidians
The horses and their asses
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That Oregon standoff ended. It didn't get nearly the media play it would have had it ended in deadly chaos. The lawbreakers were arrested quietly. The only casualty was someone who said he'd rather be killed than taken to jail. He got his wish a couple of weeks ago when he went after an FBI guy with a gun during one of the occupiers' frequent outside excursions.
I hope this successful outcome is recognized by government leaders and society in general. Law enforcement didn't lose their cool in a way that would have hyped up the situation and possibly made heroes out of the occupiers. Federal and local officials knew they had the cards in their favor and resisted any stupid moves out of pride, symbolism or impatience.
Instead, the occupiers were controlled, isolated, ignored and mocked. This was a pointless takeover of an abandoned spot by a small, feckless group. Because government treated it as such, the millionaire radio and internet personalities who stoke and profit off of anti-government rage never gassed up their private jets for a trip to Nowhere, Oregon. Eventually, the occupiers just wore out like a crying baby.
It doesn't make for a great movie, but it was an excellent outcome. Hopefully, future leaders will treat similar situations and meaningless symbolic acts in the same way.