tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post683763771317945092..comments2024-03-28T10:08:38.560-04:00Comments on The Adventures of Roberta X: You've Been Watching This Mess In The Middle Of Nowhere?Roberta Xhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-74590024646900833662016-01-04T14:00:38.485-05:002016-01-04T14:00:38.485-05:00If the Feds are smart they'll wait them out. G...If the Feds are smart they'll wait them out. Given the current administration, I wonder if they are.Sigmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02620827986248324301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-9174761897944700842016-01-04T10:55:25.787-05:002016-01-04T10:55:25.787-05:00The "mandatory minimum" is five years fo...The "mandatory minimum" is five years for setting a fire that damages Federal real estate. <a href="http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/index.ssf/2015/12/ranchers_fight_with_feds_spark.html" rel="nofollow">The judge sentenced them to far less and the prosecutor appealed</a>.Comrade Misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15404477636451308763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-67357423568056756512016-01-04T10:49:33.833-05:002016-01-04T10:49:33.833-05:00My first thought was, "Gee, this would be a n...My first thought was, "Gee, this would be a non-event if it were, say, Occupy doing the occupying."Fuzzy Curmudgeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03802539927743643041noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-59100677175344944932016-01-04T08:20:38.530-05:002016-01-04T08:20:38.530-05:00Later, less ignorant. Mandatory minimums as in cr... Later, less ignorant. Mandatory minimums as in criminal sentencing. Yeah, well, judges-- Legislators try to rein 'em in. Especially when they are courting the Law & Order vote. Or legalizing something or another. It's messy, as such things often are.Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-12352493513264929982016-01-04T08:17:02.734-05:002016-01-04T08:17:02.734-05:00What's a "mandatory minimum" and how... What's a "mandatory minimum" and how does it apply here?<br /><br /> Western land-use politics is a mystery to me.<br />Roberta Xhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956807794520627885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-44716031570472503782016-01-04T07:42:31.531-05:002016-01-04T07:42:31.531-05:00The locals (and especially the Hammonds)don't ...The locals (and especially the Hammonds)don't support the "Occupiers"...and taking control of a Federal facility (even one in the middle of nowhere) is a line that cannot be uncrossed.<br /><br />Ryan Payne seems to be the driving force....agent provocateur?) <br /><br />B https://www.blogger.com/profile/10586046436233366155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5837660608809488753.post-14078657249309584402016-01-03T23:01:30.972-05:002016-01-03T23:01:30.972-05:00Definitely seems like a mess of a situation. The c...Definitely seems like a mess of a situation. The coverage is all about the protest now, with essentially no discussion of what they were protesting in the first place. Mandatory minimums strike again! Isn't getting rid of mandatory minimums something both the left and the right can agree on?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com