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| ISM Corrie Brigade Teargas Catcher Was Berkeley Treesitter |
| 2009-03-15 |
| Big Ol' Tip of the hat to Jammie Wearing Fool An American activist critically wounded by an Israeli gas canister in the West Bank is "hanging from a thread" after brain surgery Saturday, friends said. Tristan Anderson, 38, a "tree-sitter" from Oakland, Calif., was hit in the forehead when troops shot tear gas during a protest of the separation barrier between Israel and the West Bank village of Naalin. Anderson was in the intensive care unit of a Tel Aviv hospital yesterday, with girlfriend Gabrielle Silverman keeping a bedside vigil. "He's really touch and go. He's hanging from a thread," friend Paul Larudee told the San Francisco Chronicle. Anderson and Silverman, 25, were arrested last year after spending 21 months in a "tree-sitting" protest at the University of California-Berkeley, fighting against the administration's plan to rip down an on-campus grove. They traveled to the West Bank to rally against the Israeli-erected barrier that could cut off Palestinian villages from valuable farmland. The Israeli army said it fired the tear gas to stop protesters from throwing stones at soldiers. yep. 38 - yr old "activist". Spent nearly 2 yrs sitting in trees. Where do they get the coin to exist, much less travel to Israel to protest and throw rocks at Israeli troops? Somebody's paying for these commie agitators |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #10 what a great story. And the ironies abound - the Israelis still treated this piece of shit and spent tons of Israeli tax money on operating on this dumb hippy - if he was a man of principle he would of refused care at the zionist hospital he was brought to - he was prolly not conscious to do so - so his little pinko girlfriend Ms. Silverman (I'm guessing a Jewish last name) should of did it for him. They protest Israel but have no problem accepting hospital care - typical libtards. How come the Paleos didn't step in to help? Rhetorical. |
| Posted by: Broadhead6 2009-03-15 23:06 |
| #9 Yup, sarge we be exporting Darwin cadidates. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2009-03-15 22:58 |
| #8 So we are Exporting idiots? |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2009-03-15 21:45 |
| #7 This is the difference between a Berkeley poli-sci major and an environmentalist. The poli-sci student knows that rather than trying to head the tear gas canister like a soccer ball, you pick it up off the ground and throw back. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2009-03-15 21:32 |
| #6 Close Jonathan. Usually it's not dear old Grand dad. It's some rich industrialist or financier who passed on his wealth to a trust which by the second or third generation gets taken over by the professional charity (i.e. commie) crowd and used for purposes in direct contravention to those the donor wished. My solution: All trusts must spend their wealth within 20 years and dissolve. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-03-15 19:50 |
| #5 From tree-sitting to teargas-canister-catcher, at least he is upwardly mobile. Break thread, break! |
| Posted by: Trader_DFW 2009-03-15 19:24 |
| #4 Tree sitting pays minimum-wage, just like every other job in capitalist hell of USA. Also tree is provide shelter and love at no extra cost. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2009-03-15 16:50 |
| #3 The commie agitator economy: 1. Granddad comes to America, works his tail off making a good life for his children. 2. Daddy takes Granddad's legacy and extends it through education and hard work, leaves trust fund to children. 3. Grandchild takes trust fund, goes to Berkley, spits on everything that made his life possible, gets lots of hippy tail. 4. No offspring -- thing of mother Gaia! Repeat with different family. |
| Posted by: Jonathan 2009-03-15 12:25 |
| #2 Where do they get the coin to exist...? Anderson was in the intensive care unit of a Tel Aviv hospital yesterday... And the Israelis are picking up this tab no doubt. |
| Posted by: xbalanke 2009-03-15 12:21 |
| #1 Fortunately he was hit in the head, thus missing all vital organs |
| Posted by: regular joe 2009-03-15 11:30 |