I Miss the Better Bundys

 Posted by at 10:21 am  Politics
Jan 042016
 

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There they are, the Better Bundys.  Al Bundy always got the fuzzy end of the lollipop.  Peggy Bundy was the worlds laziest wife.  Kelly Bundy was a stereotypical blonde.  Bud Bundy had his rubber woman with few prospects for improvement.  And rumor has it that Buck Bundy was actually a dawg!  But even Buck had more charm and intelligence, and fewer fleas, than Cliven and Ammon Bundy.

0104BundyA group of armed anti-government activists remained encamped at a federal wildlife refuge in Oregon on Sunday evening, vowing to occupy the outpost for years to protest the federal government’s treatment of a pair of local ranchers set to report to prison Monday.

The occupation of a portion of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, about 30 miles southeast of Burns, Ore., began a day earlier, after a small group of men broke off from a much larger march and rally held on Saturday evening

The armed occupation is being led by Ammon Bundy, an Idaho rancher whose father, Cliven Bundy, led an armed standoff with federal agents in Nevada in 2014 and who has described his supporters as “militia men.”

“Those who want to go take hard stand, get in your trucks and follow me!” Ammon Bundy declared to rally-goers at the conclusion of Saturday’s event, according to several people who were in attendance. Not long afterward, the group had taken over the federal wildlife preserve…

Inserted from <Washington Post>

In my opinion, and that of the local sheriff, these Republicans are using the larger protest as an excuse for armed confrontation.

0104GoHomeThe Oregon sheriff whose county is at the heart of an anti-government call-to-arms said Sunday the group occupying a national wildlife refuge came to town under false pretenses.

Sheriff David Ward said protesters came to Harney County, in southeastern Oregon, "claiming to be part of militia groups supporting local ranchers." In reality, he said, "these men had alternative motives to attempt to overthrow the county and federal government in hopes to spark a movement across the United States.”

In a statement issued Sunday afternoon, Ward said he was working with local and federal authorities to resolve the situation as quickly and peacefully as possible…

Inserted from <USA Today>

I have also heard that the federal land in the area has rich gold and uranium deposits, which the Bundys hope to acquire, if they can take control of the federal land, but none of the several sources I have are sufficiently familiar for me claim that this statement is true.  Nevertheless, I’ll choose the better Bundys over these Bundys anytime!

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  15 Responses to “I Miss the Better Bundys”

  1. I am so sorry that your state is being tainted by these individuals.  Ever think of building a beautiful wall around it?

    So, do you think you can barf and laugh at the same time?  Is it worth a try?

    http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/1/3/1465762/-No-Fed-Action-Planned-but-Oregon-Militia-Loons-Post-Hilarious-Goodbye-Videos

  2. now that the donald t-Rump has his first TV ads wonder how long until one of the GOP will be using these Bundys for campaign

  3. Liberals are NOT letting a golden opprotunity to mercilessly mock these doofuses go by.

    There are a bunch of hashtags out there: #YeeHawdies, #VanillaISIS, #YeeHawdists …

    But the most popular one appears to be #YallQaeda

    If your master plan is to overthrow the world's most powerful government and you attack a remote bird sanctuary you might be #YallQaeda

    Enjoy a view of them here:

    http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/01/oregon-militia-mocked-yallqaeda-160104110233552.html

    https://twitter.com/hashtag/yallqaeda?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Ehashtag

  4. The "good" Bundys were a sorry, sick, dysfunctional bunch…and to some were funny.  These new "bad" Bundy's are a sorry, sick, dysfuctionl bunch…and not funny at all!

    Period!

    • What made the old Bundy's funny was the assurance that nobody could ever really be that dysfunvtional.  The Republican party has shredded that assurance.

  5. There's no religious background to the actions of Bundy and his militia, but the way they want to take over the county and hope to spread their actions across the country, does remind me of the way Da'esh has set up it's caliphate. They feel themselves above the law, not bound by government and have no problems stealing other people's/state property. They're just waiting for a confrontation as an excuse to go all-out. It's starting to look that after more than a year of doing nothing much, that is exactly what is going to happen if the Bundies and their ilk are made to report to jail, the place they all should have been in a long time ago.

  6. I was a little irritated at the news programs for not reporting much on this situation,but now I am glad.  The less press they receive, the fewer nuts they can recruit.  Maybe the government can just starve them out.   They really are ridiculous.  

  7. Inside the Bundy Brothers’ Armed Occupation

    Residents of Harney County are poor, white, and conservative. Not a single one of them has joined the Bundy milita.

    http://www.thenation.com/article/inside-the-malheur-wildlife-refuge-occupation/?utm_source=Sailthru&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=New%20Campaign&utm_term=daily

    I also saw an analysis suggesting the prototype position Bundy is using stems from Mormonism.

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