The Bundy Takeover of the Malheur Refuge.

[L. Coyote]

121. Please edit out the word Oregon from the OP. Thanks from everyone in Oregon. #BundyTeaParty

A #BundyTeaParty is a #BundyTeaParty.

Why they picked Oregon is an interesting question, but this wacko political stunt on the frontier of Deseret, the Mormon State before the USA kicked their butts and occupied them, is so opposite of what Oregon is, perhaps it answers the question of why Oregon. Maybe the goal is the Oregon governor's race? Maybe the goal is to hold out until the election to make the Democrats look ineffectual. Only Montana and Washington also have Dem governors and elect the governor this Fall, but those two states do not have Harney County and the Hammonds.

Given Tim White, the Oregon Republican Party Chair in Harney County, IS the leader of the Committee for Safety, and given which politicians are visiting the #BundyMilitia occupation, the term I like most and which best describes the event, an attempt to replace the existing government, the Tea Party theme was just too apropo to not deploy.

So far, it hasn't caught on beyond my posts, thus #BundyTeaParty makes a great Google Images search term, producing the many images i have associated with it.

Anyway, they picked on Oregon and we are groused at this swift change of reputation due to invasive crowing loons whose cardinal objective is our overthrow. Did you call the Poles Nazis because Hitler invaded them? Don't allow them to occupy our name too! And, ...
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Don't get me started .... please don't label these #FreeRangeNuts with the term Oregon.

Thanks