Heh...

Mary Emerick, a spokeswoman for the Josephine County Oath Keepers, has been fielding phone calls from interested volunteers from all over the country. At least one activist was turned away from the property because he had outstanding issues with law enforcement, Emerick told TPM in a phone interview.

"I am aware that people are just literally getting in their cars," she said. "However, we also know that some of those people are on sort of a list and are not going to be welcomed at the camp."

"We are very careful about who we let in to this staging area," Emerick added. "This is not some kind of field festival or a standoff with the BLM. We are just helping to protect rights."

Emerick declined to reveal just how many activists were protecting the land, citing safety concerns. She did offer that there was round-the-clock security at the mine itself and that the activists were armed.

As for the people comparing her group's effort to the Bundy Ranch standoff, Emerick said that was "pure speculation."

Barclay, the Sugar Pine Mine co-owner, was so taken aback by the outsized response from activists that he told a local newspaper, The Mail Tribune, that the operation was becoming a "circus."

OathKeepers.

Public.

Relations.

Stunt.

Because.

Bundy.

Was.

A.

Public.

Relations.

Cluster.

Foxtrot.

For.

Stewie.

End of story.  Go to Oregon if you wish.  The mine owners and BLM have both told you nothing is happening.  So if you go, just accept that you are being used for their PR machine.  

Bombaclots!

Kerodin
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