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by Conrad Wilson OPB | Feb. 1, 2016 4:51 p.m. | Updated: Feb. 1, 2016 7:24 p.m.
Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy said Monday that the occupation at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge would continue.
In a notarized letter from Clark County, Nevada, Bundy wrote to Harney County Sheriff David Ward that We the People of Harney County and also We the People of the citizens of the United States DO GIVE NOTICE THAT WE WILL RETAIN POSSESSION OF THE HARNEY COUNTY RESOURCE CENTER. (Malhaur [sic] National Wildlife Refuge).
The letter was also sent by certified mail to Oregon Gov. Kate Brown and President Barack Obama ...
http://www.opb.org/news/series/burns-oregon-standoff-bundy-militia-news-updates/cliven-bundy-calls-for-refuge-occupation-to-continue/
onecaliberal
(32,894 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)the holdouts won't get to find out about this letter since all communication is cut off, or just about. This poor guy needs to be put out with his damned cows.
ETA: I meant out to pasture... but take it as you will.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)cwydro
(51,308 posts)Good lord.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)[center]Absolute must read connecting dots btw public lands, extremism, politicians @highcountrynews
http://www.hcn.org/issues/48.2/the-hidden-connections-of-the-sagebrush-insurgency
In which Cliven Bundy thinks he speaks for the entire population of the USA:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/2/2/1478626/-Ammon-Bundy-heads-to-court-today-and-his-own-father-may-have-sunk-any-chance-of-pretrial-release
#YAllQaeda #Oregonstandoff
cwydro
(51,308 posts)This is getting ridiculous.
valerief
(53,235 posts)I've been thinking lately that there should be a limit to the amount of breathable air people like that should be allowed to use. I think he's past the limit there too, way over due.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Mendocino
(7,505 posts)in which he doesn't recognize, to deliver it for him. Plus he misspelled Malheur (Malhaur).
Tess49
(1,580 posts)of the refuge correctly. Does this Jackass really think the Feds are going to let a bunch more of the yahoos just stroll in there?
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)We could start by going to their home towns and organizing militias, just to make sure they would hear us when we explain spelling.
Just defense, right? Peaceful militias just expressing their second amendment rights, unintentional terrorism only!
2naSalit
(86,775 posts)so it gotta be spelt wrong.
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2naSalit
(86,775 posts)that they can't pronounce it either. Oh, I wasn't going to mention that.
There is one radio station I can get on my radio and it's the mormon NPR station in Idaho. The college students who do the ... let's call it speaking ...have a real hard time reading aloud roughly half the words they encounter on the scriptscreen and on the cards, and that's on a good day.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Hero of the Pig War, protector of the San Juan Islands!
dmr
(28,349 posts)Yea, right.
Lotsa arrogance in that family.
Megahurtz
(7,046 posts)they should have ever released the woman that was with them, either.
struggle4progress
(118,337 posts)In notice to sheriff, Nevada rancher wants all federal, state police out of Harney County
From AP and KTVZ.COM news sources
POSTED: 9:33 AM PST February 2, 2016
UPDATED: 9:34 AM PST February 2, 2016
... In a notarized notice sent Monday by certified mail to Harney County Sheriff David Ward (with the governor and president copied in), Cliven Bundy, whose 2014 standoff with the federal government over grazing fees drew national attention, claims he is speaking on behalf of "the People of Harney County and also We the People of the citizens of the United States."
Bundy said they "give notice that we will retain possession of the Harney County Resource Center (Malheur National Wildlife Refuge)."
"Remove all federal and state policing agents out of Harney County," Bundy advised -- but he also had a request of the sheriff.
"Place a Harney County sheriff guard post at the entrance road of the Harney County Resource Center stopping all from entering or exiting, for a time," he added ...
http://www.ktvz.com/news/the-latest-cliven-bundy-claims-possession-of-refuge/37773648
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)First rule of free booting, you need to spell it right if you want to be the dictator there.
Monk06
(7,675 posts)principle of popular sovereignty (Soveriegn Citizens) and believe they are guided by the hand of God.
They also adhere to the notion of Theodemocracy. All of these are foundational Mormon beliefs
This particular struggle has occurred before during the Utah War of 1857-1858
Cliven Bundy thinks he's the reincarnation of Brigham Young
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_War#Polygamy.2C_popular_sovereignty.2C_and_slavery