Y'allQaeda at Malheur

You can't argue with a twit. Hence the impasse between Ammon Bundy and the entire Federal government. The Federal government has been especially diligent in not turning the takeover of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge into a bloodbath after its dubious beginning as the most ludicrous protest in recent US history. The self-styled Constitutional Patriots drove up to the closed building at the refuge and moved in for the long-haul. They immediately realized they were wholly unprepared to last the "many years" if necessary and put out a plea on the Internet for snacks and warm clothing and everything else they might need if they were opening a Bed & Breakfast.

"Snacktivists" of every ilk quickly picked up on the absurdity of the occupation and mercilessly bombarded the armed militants with internet memes and actual "care packages containing "Gummi Dicks" and a plethora of dildos for their use during the long winter months.

Aside from the absurd maneuver they perpetrated by armed intrusion onto Federal property, a crime of sedition and possible treason, their demands for actions that will end this tempest in a teacup are supremely absurd.

The Chief spokesman and militant Mormon manipulator has said he will end the occupation when the Federal government surrenders to his ragtag rabble rousers and turns over all of the Federal land  (of at least the Refuge) to local control. He seems to think that is a viable negotiating position.

What is a more likely outcome is that the patient Federal agencies, FBI and BLM, will listen to the request of the Oregon Governor, Katherine Brown, and will escalate the standoff to the level of crises. Until now (Jan 22) the debacle has been more a point of parody and satire on the part of 15,500 "Snacktivists" on the Facebook page "Snacks for Y'allQaeda". This group of earnest patriots and wannabe weekend warriors have been on the receiving end of volley after volley of the sharpest of wit. Every day more criticism than support weighs against them.

From the "Daddy Swore an Oath" videos of numerous bearded men sitting behind the steering wheels of their vehicles to the destruction of pole-mounted cameras and barbed wire fences, these little men in their jungle camo clothes believe they can cherry pick parts of the Constitution and Bill of rights to their own agenda.

At the end of this standoff they will have damaged their brand beyond hope of recovery. The Federal Agencies are letting them have sufficient lengths of rope with which to hang themselves. Each member of their Band of Bothers will be arrested or be buried when the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge is once again open for the public to learn about the birds and other species who are the intended inhabitants of the preserve.