"I'm going to be burning weeds today – the right kind, that is," Bill Esbensen wryly informed me as we met at his abandoned rental property. He was careful to obtain the required permit before igniting the assembled yard debris. Since he will be on probation until June 2016, Bill could wind up in prison for even the most trivial ordinance violation, the people running what passes for the "justice" system in Oregon's Malheur County have an incontinent lust to send him there. ...