{"id":18779,"date":"2016-01-04T10:21:10","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:21:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=18779"},"modified":"2016-01-04T10:22:05","modified_gmt":"2016-01-04T18:22:05","slug":"i-miss-the-better-bundys","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2016\/01\/04\/i-miss-the-better-bundys\/","title":{"rendered":"I Miss the Better Bundys"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"0104Bundys\"<\/font><\/p>\n

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<\/em>!  But even Buck had more charm and intelligence, and fewer fleas, than Cliven and Ammon Bundy.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0104Bundy\"<\/a>A 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.<\/p>\n

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<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

“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…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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In my opinion, and that of the local sheriff, these Republicans are using the larger protest as an excuse for armed confrontation.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0104GoHome\"The 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.<\/p>\n

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.”<\/p>\n

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…<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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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!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 […]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","category-5-id","post-seq-1","post-parity-odd","meta-position-corners","fix"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18779\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}