# The Bundys are at it again. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 3, 2016, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043 "2016-01-03T04:49:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 190
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3781 "2021-06-10T17:59:10Z")
An Oregon TV news piece about the Klamath River features footage of and about the guy/s who have stated that they will open the headgate; the whole piece is about 5:40 but I queued the video to about :30 before the crazy: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/nNuOYUGI4bA/maxresdefault.jpg "Klamath Water Basin drought impacting farmers, concerning Native American Tribes") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNuOYUGI4bA) ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3782 "2021-06-10T20:34:51Z")
Seems very much like something Bundy would love to get involved with. That sort of action could only help with his run for governor. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3783 "2021-06-10T21:55:42Z")
Well, Idaho does have one lake that just might be big enough to turn a medium sized battleship around in without scraping. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [June 10, 2021, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3784 "2021-06-10T22:06:35Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, Idaho does have one lake that just might be big enough to turn a medium sized battleship around in without scraping.   But don’t try doing that with a fully laden container cargo ship! ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3785 "2021-06-11T00:56:59Z")
> [@eschereal](#): > > Well, Idaho does have one lake that just might be big enough to turn a medium sized battleship around in without scraping. Not after Bundy and his water thieving friends get ahold of it. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 11, 2021, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3786 "2021-06-11T01:21:26Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > Mr. Bundy’s mediation session was supposed to take place today. I misread this as medication and I was thinking “This is long overdue.” ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3787 "2021-07-06T13:52:14Z")
Ammon Bundy was on hand for the giant syringe-burning in Utah. > **[A Bunch of Anti-Vaxxers Just Burned a Giant Syringe in the Desert](https://www.vice.com/en/article/xgxxan/a-bunch-of-anti-vaxxers-just-burned-a-giant-syringe-in-the-desert)** > > Hundreds gathered in Utah to burn a symbolic needle labeled MEDICAL TYRANNY. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3788 "2021-07-07T03:56:15Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Ammon Bundy was on hand for the giant syringe-burning in Utah. They can make an annual festival of this. The very first Annual Burning Jab Festival in the desert! ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2021, 5:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3789 "2021-07-07T05:03:57Z")
Wow. I knew that Owen Benjamin had dropped off my comedy radar, but I didn’t know that this was his new venture. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2021, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3790 "2021-07-23T23:06:43Z")
I went on my Ammon Bundy news excursion today and found that we’ve missed some developments. For one, Mr. Bundy was found guilty of trespassing at the Capitol and was sentenced: > **[Ammon Bundy Convicted in Trespassing Trial](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho/articles/2021-07-01/ammon-bundy-convicted-in-trespassing-trial)** > > A jury has found anti-government activist and agitator Ammon Bundy guilty of misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor resisting or obstructing officers. > [@](#): > > Bundy was found guilty Thursday evening after a four-day jury trial and brief jury deliberations, the [Idaho](https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/idaho) Statesman reported. > > Bundy was sentenced to three days in jail. But with credit for time served, he will serve no additional jail time. Magistrate Judge David Manweiler also imposed 48 hours of community service and a $750 fine for Bundy. Right after the verdict was handed down, he tweeted: > [@Ammon Bundy](#): > > The people of Idaho have spoken and I will serve my sentence as ordered. The man’s word is clearly a solid, unbreakable bond. Next, Mr. Bundy appealed to the court to reverse his conviction and instead find him innocent; he has, as you might expect, some novel legal arguments that he presented to the court: [https://www.capitalpress.com/state/idaho/ammon-bundy-asks-judge-to-toss-out-trespassing-verdict/article\_f4b7f2cd-674d-54d5-b136-1b49840e93c4.html](https://www.capitalpress.com/state/idaho/ammon-bundy-asks-judge-to-toss-out-trespassing-verdict/article_f4b7f2cd-674d-54d5-b136-1b49840e93c4.html) > [@](#): > > In court documents filed Thursday, Bundy’s attorney, Seth Diviney, asked the court to toss the guilty verdict returned July 1 and acquit Bundy of misdemeanor trespassing and misdemeanor resisting or obstructing officers. > > Diviney contends that Idaho’s trespassing law is “unconstitutionally vague,” saying reasonable visitors to the Statehouse wouldn’t know whether the auditorium is open or closed to the public during normal business hours. > [@](#): > > Bundy also filed two statements from Idaho lawmakers supporting his claims. Rep. Judy Boyle and Sen. Christy Zito — both Republicans who testified on Bundy’s behalf at trial — say the Legislature never intended the trespassing law to be applied to public property. And since he’s stated that he is going to run for the office of Governor, he’s said that one of his campaign platforms is that Public Lands (Forest, etc.) should be turned over to developers because that’s how America can beat the housing crisis: we just need more land to build on, is all. > **[Ammon Bundy seizes on housing shortage in new bid to take public lands in Idaho](https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-07-05/ammon-bundy-idaho-governor-seize-federal-land-affordable-housing)** > > Ammon Bundy built his name on confronting government. Now he wants to be Idaho's governor, pledging to protect conservative values by turning federal land into private development. ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3791 "2021-07-24T01:47:55Z")
What a ~~man of principle~~ attention whore. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2021, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3792 "2021-07-24T04:52:23Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > And since he’s stated that he is going to run for the office of Governor, he’s said that one of his campaign platforms is that Public Lands (Forest, etc.) should be turned over to developers because that’s how America can beat the housing crisis: we just need more land to build on, is all. I suspect this plan will not be a selling point with all the folks in Idaho who like to hunt and fish and hike. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 25, 2021, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3793 "2021-07-25T02:18:22Z")
They’d be happy turning the State of Idaho into a smoking pit of slag if that would make them damned liberals mad. ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3794 "2021-09-29T20:48:44Z")
I don’t think liberals would object to turning Idaho into a smoking pit of slag. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3795 "2021-09-29T20:59:34Z")
Yea, I’m not sure I see the downside. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2021, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3796 "2021-09-29T21:04:07Z")
That’s good! He’s gonna build more homes for people - in Idaho! I am sure he knows that a bunch of liberal Californians will be headed right over, along with the homeless from across the nation. Thank you, Governor Bundy! ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3797 "2021-09-30T12:36:13Z")
We missed that he is now appealing the verdict that he said he was not going to appeal: > **[Appealing conviction, Ammon Bundy accuses Idaho House Speaker Bedke of lying...](https://www.eastidahonews.com/2021/09/appealing-conviction-ammon-bundy-accuses-idaho-house-speaker-bedke-of-lying-under-oath/)** > > BOISE (Idaho Statesman) — Ammon Bundy has accused Idaho’s speaker of the House of lying under oath. Bundy, who on Sept. 16 announced that he would be appealing his July conviction on charges of misdemeanor trespassing and resisting or obstructing... ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3798 "2021-09-30T12:49:55Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I don’t think liberals would object to turning Idaho into a smoking pit of slag. But…but the _potatoes_! (Not really happy with anywhere being turned into a smoking pile of slag, but it’s not the responsibility of liberals to save the world from the misdeeds of conservatives.) ---
**Author:** ![Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundane_super_hero/32/6304_2.png) [@Mundane\_Super\_Hero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mundane_Super_Hero)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3799 "2021-09-30T14:04:26Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > But…but the _potatoes_ ! Smoking Slag Potatoes ( Ready in 5 minutes, serves 4) Ingredients: 1 bag of potatoes 1lb of Rump Jr’s hair goo 1 small yield atomic device … Place all of the ingredients into the microwave together (stuff to fit as needed) Close the door and set to 5 min Run ---
**Author:** ![susan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/susan/32/17537_2.png) [@susan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/susan)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043/3800 "2021-09-30T21:23:04Z")
Hey, we can grow potatoes in Oregon, too. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043.md?page=189) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-bundys-are-at-it-again/742043.md?page=191)