Thursday, July 03, 2008
Nutbuckets get shook from the trees
For over a year, a ragtag group of hippies and left-wing nutbuckets "occupied" a small grove of oak trees near the UC-Berkeley campus (go figure), in an attempt to prevent the university from building an athletic facility on the site.
Last month, June 17 to be exact, UC-Berkely officials decided to evict the occupying folks, many of whom had taken to living on the property. Of course, mayhem ensued; and the guy who runs the Zomblog was, thank God, was on hand to capture the scene. Check this out (pics and captions courtesy of Zombietime.com):
Predictably, some communists showed up and stationed themselves at the front, occasionally taunting the police in Spanish. Note the hard-hats the cops are wearing — they were forced to put them on because earlier in the day the tree-sitters were pelting the police with human feces and bits of garbage.
At one point, a college-age girl decided to lie down in the street. ... I went over and asked her, "Are you trying to start a die-in, or just sunbathing in the street?" She replied, "I feel it’s important to be in touch with the ground at this time. Perhaps someone will bring me some food."
This picture elicited the following commentary from John Lee Pedimore:
"Mother Nature burns thousands of acres of trees every year in forest fires and has since the beginning of time. Mother nature has destroyed more wildlife habitat than any humans ever have. But you’ll never see a shirt that says 'F*** Mother Nature.'
"The sign is interesting. The 'A' means anarchy but the 3 slashes may actually mean Hank Williams III. He’s a big hit with the punk scene."
I totally agree with JLP's Mother Nature, er, rumination; but I don't think his three-slashes-means-Hank III theory holds much weight.
I know Hank III. Hell, I knew him when he went by "Shelton." He ain't popular enough in any part of the country to be known and/or identified by three slashes on a piece of pavement.
Last month, June 17 to be exact, UC-Berkely officials decided to evict the occupying folks, many of whom had taken to living on the property. Of course, mayhem ensued; and the guy who runs the Zomblog was, thank God, was on hand to capture the scene. Check this out (pics and captions courtesy of Zombietime.com):
Predictably, some communists showed up and stationed themselves at the front, occasionally taunting the police in Spanish. Note the hard-hats the cops are wearing — they were forced to put them on because earlier in the day the tree-sitters were pelting the police with human feces and bits of garbage.
At one point, a college-age girl decided to lie down in the street. ... I went over and asked her, "Are you trying to start a die-in, or just sunbathing in the street?" She replied, "I feel it’s important to be in touch with the ground at this time. Perhaps someone will bring me some food."
This picture elicited the following commentary from John Lee Pedimore:
"Mother Nature burns thousands of acres of trees every year in forest fires and has since the beginning of time. Mother nature has destroyed more wildlife habitat than any humans ever have. But you’ll never see a shirt that says 'F*** Mother Nature.'
"The sign is interesting. The 'A' means anarchy but the 3 slashes may actually mean Hank Williams III. He’s a big hit with the punk scene."
I totally agree with JLP's Mother Nature, er, rumination; but I don't think his three-slashes-means-Hank III theory holds much weight.
I know Hank III. Hell, I knew him when he went by "Shelton." He ain't popular enough in any part of the country to be known and/or identified by three slashes on a piece of pavement.
# posted by Joltin' Django @ Thursday, July 03, 2008 
