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| Berkeley finally liberates trees from hippies |
| 2008-09-10 |
| Tree Sitters Removed After 21 Months I love the sound of buzzsaws in the morning. It sounds like ... victory! |
| Posted by:Frozen Al |
| #13 Oh, yeah. It wasn't pretty. I drove by the site almost every day going to and coming from Berkeley Lab when I was working there. At first the protestors were good enough to keep mostly out of site and keep the place clean. As more and more climbed aboard the bandwagon and they received more and more news coverage the area around them became progressively more and more dirty and litter-strewn. Vehicles, appearing as if they'd been abandoned or as if people were living out of them started to appear on the street and the area began to emit an odor reeking of urine and feces. Normal college students coming from or going to International House started to cross to the other side of the street to avoid the area, presumably to avoid the reek, the panhandlers, and the annoyance of those protesting. When I last went by, the place looked more like a homeless encampment than a group of peaceful protestors trying to prevent a few dozen trees from being chopped down. I had to roll up my windows to avoid the reek. |
| Posted by: FOTSGreg 2008-09-10 18:22 |
| #12 It appears the Defenders of Mother Gaia were actually a buncha polluting slobs... http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/california/la-me-trees10-2008sep10-pg,0,4393370.photogallery?index=9 |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-09-10 14:25 |
| #11 (Bullhorn)HEY YOU UP THERE, WE PLAN TO CUT THIS TREE DOWN, COME DOWN OR FALL DOWN. |
| Posted by: Redneck Jim 2008-09-10 13:03 |
| #10 Ah, gee. "Huck" and "Dumpster Muffin" are gonna have to start paying rent again. Bummer, man. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-09-10 08:58 |
| #9 I hope they have a relocation program for these homeless birdbrains. Maybe to streets of SF? |
| Posted by: Richard of Oregon 2008-09-10 07:00 |
| #8 The kinds of eggs youÂ’re sitting on up there just arenÂ’t going to hatch fellas. ItÂ’s time to just come on down. |
| Posted by: junkirony 2008-09-10 06:04 |
| #7 Were the trees treated for PSTD? Were the tree-huggers treated for post-partum depression? |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-09-10 05:08 |
| #6 Is there a law against tree molesters? |
| Posted by: JFM 2008-09-10 04:06 |
| #5 The funny thing is that those trees were even naturally growing there. They had been landscaping trees put there for decoration. It isn't like they were some last remaining vestige of some forest or something. |
| Posted by: Goober Phitch2747 2008-09-10 02:12 |
| #4 Lest we fergit, ANUTHER REASON FOR HADRON > RUSSIAN SCIENTISTS = EARTH AT RISK FOR POTENTIAL IMPACTS + DANGEROUS CLOSE FLYBYS OF SEVERAL RUSSIAN-DISCOVERED/ALLEGED ASTEROIDS-COMETS 2013-2022 [2025 ro]. Since the Net came into being in the 1990's, RUSSIA'S WARNINGS HAVE BEEN DEAD-ON THE MONEY. Its been RUSSIA, NOT OUR OWN US GOVT + PERTS, THATS BEEN RELIABLY WARNING US + WORLD FOR A WHILE NOW. NO REASON AT THIS TIME TO DOUBT RUSSIA'S WARNINGS ON THESE NEW SPACE ROCKS, regardless of the politics. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-10 01:57 |
| #3 ION TOPIX > HADRON COLLIDER KNOWLEDGE MAY AID HUMAN SURVIVAL IN DEEP SPACE. POST/AFTER-EARTH [movie], that is??? First things first, and that is making sure Mankind can effec control and manage the HADRON-INDUCED BLACK/WORM-HOLES WIDOUT DESTROYING EVERY HUMAN'S FAV BLUE-GREEN SPACE ROCK IN THE PROCESS!? INTERESTING > TODAY > Noted Perts are still OFFICIALLY DENYING THAT HADRON COLLIDER OPERATIONS WILL CAUSE THE FORMATION OF ANY EARTH-THREATENING BLACK-HOLES. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-10 01:46 |
| #2 COmpare wid DISCOVERY CHANNEL > INVESTIGATION EARTH - WILL ALL LIFE ON EARTH INCLUDING HUMANS FACE EXTINCTION BY 2050 - 2100??? |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-09-10 01:36 |
| #1 Start making the two notch cuts and see if they want to be martyrs. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2008-09-10 01:03 |