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Demystifying Ammon Bundy: Part Two

Ammon Bundy is a Man of Conviction – Not a Convict Ammon Bundy has been arrested many times in the past two years. Most people think it’s a gimmick to get attention. But Ammon Bundy is as sober minded as people come. His actions are constitutionally and commonsensically based and are far removed from the antics […]

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Demystifying Ammon Bundy: Part One

Ammon Bundy mystifies many Idahoans. To them his opposition to authority is over the top. The media has presented him as a troublemaking, radical, gun-toting, militant, criminal, anti-government buffoon – or at best an ignorant cowboy. Whatever he is, he is tiring. One may ask: What could motivate a person to behave as he has? […]

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Is Ammon Bundy a Criminal or Patriot?

It all depends on which conventional media you are reading. Consider the following facts: Ammon Bundy was acquitted by three courts, including the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals of all charges stemming from his protest of federal government overreach. Between the 1870’s and 1890’s the success of the Bundy family along with tens of […]

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