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struggle4progress

(126,206 posts) Tue Feb 2, 2016, 02:28 AM Feb 2016

Cliven Bundy Calls For Refuge Occupation To Continue [View all]

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/

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Cliven Bundy Calls For Refuge Occupation To Continue [View all] struggle4progress Feb 2016 OP

Throw the fucker in solitary. onecaliberal Feb 2016 #1

Well, interestingly 2naSalit Feb 2016 #2

The holdouts know about this. They did talk radio today. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #6

Ooops, I missed that part....nt 2naSalit Feb 2016 #8

They did talk radio today? cwydro Feb 2016 #21

Yesterday they took phone call questions and talked to family. Parents are "proud" of him. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #22

I wish they'd get them out of there. cwydro Feb 2016 #23

I wish someone would put him out of our misery. nt valerief Feb 2016 #3

Yeah... 2naSalit Feb 2016 #10

Yep, a real waste of oxygen. nt valerief Feb 2016 #11

He uses a branch of the Federal Government, Mendocino Feb 2016 #4

I was going to mention that he needs to redo his letter -- and attempt to spell the name Tess49 Feb 2016 #7

Well, at least now we know they don't know how to spell Malheur. Let's educate these Bundys. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #5

That's cuz it's French 2naSalit Feb 2016 #12

This is why they changed the name! L. Coyote Feb 2016 #13

Not to mention 2naSalit Feb 2016 #14

They ironically named it after a Federal officer Brigadier-General William S. Harney Bluenorthwest Feb 2016 #15

Yet, he wants his sons released on bail. dmr Feb 2016 #9

I don't think that Megahurtz Feb 2016 #16

+1 dmr Feb 2016 #20

Cliven Bundy claims 'possession' of Malheur refuge struggle4progress Feb 2016 #17

Bundy claimed Malhaur, not Malheur. He's on his own planet anyway, so our names don't matter. L. Coyote Feb 2016 #19

The Bundys and Finicum are all Mormons who deny the authority of the Federal government, hold the Monk06 Feb 2016 #18