Was It As Good For You As It Was For Us?

by TwistNHook on Jun 20, 2008 4:03 PM PDT in Memorial Stadium Upgrade

"Wait, what? The Alameda County Court website is working slightly slower than usual? Ok, everybody click on it right now, this could mean something! But, I'm going to lay here a little longer. I'm tired."

Oh, the week that was. Honestly, this week has been so crazy I can't remember a time before it began. I have heard of a before before time when, in the hazy mist of the past, we discussed our thoughts on UCLA. But I can't get verification on that.

On Saturday, CBKWit and I went deep undercover into the heart of darkness. I ended up doing Dane Cook shtick and I felt so dirty afterwards. But the dirt just isn't coming off! We met our dear friend with the long bo, Martial Art Mask Maker. He's like Donatello, but he probably doesn't have Half-Shell Turtle Power. Lord knows I do!

Then, nothing happened on Sunday. LAME! I hate Sunday SO much right now!

On Monday, Ryan Anderson broke all of our hearts by following about his rational self-interest. Why must you live your dream, Ryan? What about my dreams, Ryan? What about them?

On Tuesday (aka XMas Eve), the "Storm Troops" "raided" the "sacred" "grove." We were first introduced to our love-interest, Dumpster Muffin. Our man was on the scene, describing in extreme detail just how dreamy Ms. Muffin truly is. Uh, maybe that detail was a bit too extreme. She has been living in a tree for the last unknown amount of time, afterall.

Then, Wednesday. It was like the JFK assassination and moon landing all wrapped up into one day. Except not fake. You'll be able to tell your grandkids years from now where you were when you first heard the media irresponsibly reporting on the Judge's ruling. "Yes, sonny boy, I remember that each network was worse than the last. I just broke my hip!"

It got sort of wack-tastic that day. And that twenty minute time span when all looked lost, that was the sort of shared experience that never goes away. It'll haunt us to the end of our days. We all asked ourselves, "Could GreyBear really have been so wrong? Could everything we'd heard really been so off?"

The answer, thankfully, was no. OakTownMario and Danzig led us through an in depth legal analysis of the 128 page ruling. If only Buzz Bissinger were still alive today to read it. "A blog?", he might say, "Producing in depth legal analysis? But the Chronicle inserted the word "sacred" into a supposedly objective caption!??! That's the newspaper way! That's the way it should be""

Then, on Thursday, we were back through the rabbit hole. Ayr gave a press conference. As compared to Air, which continues to tour France, supplying those cheese-eating surrender monkeys with sweet, sweet jazz music.

It was the week that gave us Dumpster Muffin. It was the week that gave us "Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism." It was the week that gave us "Carolyn Jones," not to be confused with Carolyn Jones.

Finally, a hearty thank you to the Judge for releasing the Order at 6 PM on Wednesday, ensuring that hundreds and hundreds of people checked the site repeatedly all hour, every hour, well into the evening. Our advertisers thank you greatly! Except for NewsMax. They would never thank a bunch of crazy Berkeley hippies, like us!

Oh and can't forget Brent Musburger. I know I never will. GO BEARS!

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You forgot Leon Powe. You HATE BLACK PEOPLE.

by BearsNecessity on Jun 20, 2008 4:31 PM PDT 0 recs

don’t you hate boston?

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 20, 2008 4:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

UG

Beastmode to plead guilty.
http://timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=697478

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 4:34 PM PDT 0 recs

i tell ya, right now, it’s hard to call myself a ‘marshawnthusiast’

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 20, 2008 4:43 PM PDT up 0 recs

You know, I could see this coming….

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UqMsT_2teus

Although I do believe I read some testimony from a woman at the ahem…gentleman’s club…he was ahem…perusing….just prior to the crash that he was polite and not intoxicated. She even specified that he was drinking only water.

My theory: Marshawn was ghostriding, so technically he did not hit her, the car did on its own. You can’t send a car to jail!

by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 20, 2008 5:03 PM PDT up 0 recs

June 16-20. Never forget.

I’ll make a bumper sticker to commemorate the taking down of the hippies.

Thanks to CGB, my productivity at work was closer to gimpy Longshore than first-half Longshore. Ah well.

by sec119 on Jun 20, 2008 4:38 PM PDT 0 recs

Wow, what a week indeed

I feel like I’ve been through so much with all of you. Thank you, CGB and fans!

I love you guys sniff, hugs monitor

Don’t forget: Sudden Oak Death Out Memorial THIS WEEKEND!!!

by CalBandGreat on Jun 20, 2008 4:38 PM PDT 0 recs

Hey! [asterisk] = bold, not asterisk. Now i look like a dweeb who bolds something he meant to asterisk.

Why can’t we have the chronicle’s “delete all comments” function?

by CalBandGreat on Jun 20, 2008 4:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

Marshawn... pls, pls tell me WTF you were thinking

Hit and run, you hit but don’t help and decide to run… really?.. I mean, REALLY????

On top of that you think you can get away with it??

The only thing that leaves any intelligent person to assume is that you made a choice to run because you felt you were guilty of other things and needed ‘time’.... ie… you were drunk and needed to avoid a BAC test… drugs… guns… or something worse…

I’m not going to tell you that running and buying yourself time was smart or not smart… I’m going to tell you that YOU SHOULDN’T BE DOING ANYTHING THAT YOU SHOULD HIDE TO BEGIN WITH!!!!

We love you, but you know better.

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 4:44 PM PDT 0 recs

what the F is that a picture of?

by CalBandGreat on Jun 20, 2008 4:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Jean Luc Picard!

Also, a Mexican bike race.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 20, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up 0 recs

Damn! I like to ride, but don’t know if I’d enter a race down there if that’s how they do it.

by CalBandGreat on Jun 20, 2008 4:50 PM PDT up 0 recs

its a bike race this year

the guy was drunk, fell asleep at the wheel…crippled a few, killed one…. His excuse…”I don’t remember what happened!!! I have no idea!!!”. f-ing asshole.

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 4:52 PM PDT up 0 recs

HEY!

That’s Captain Jean Luc Picard! Only the best Captain the Federation has ever had! I swear I am not a nerd, but I may be a closet trekie…

by CaliSeth on Jun 20, 2008 10:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

Here's to the finest crew in starfleet.....

http://youtube.com/watch?v=X6oUz1v17Uo

by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 21, 2008 2:29 AM PDT up 0 recs

wow

i have no words…

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 21, 2008 9:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

OH GOD

I too have NO words. Well, almost, that was a crazy ass video. Honestly, it could damage the image of trekies the world over, but it was still pretty damn funny. Personally though this is my fav, though it is from TOS – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gUA35XQxxw8

I think the hippies can relate with the last one…

by CaliSeth on Jun 21, 2008 1:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

Word.

One thing Trekkies lack is a sense of humor about the show. It was funny but don’t tell them that. Kind of like the kids in GalaxyQuest who just didn’t get the joke.

Stanfurd Delendum Est.

by Olsonist on Jun 22, 2008 7:24 PM PDT up 0 recs

whoa...

On top of that you think you can get away with it??

Did he say somewhere that he was trying to get away with it? Are you interpreting his silence as him trying to get away with it? He very well might have known he wasn’t going to get away with it but was keeping quiet since he has the constitutional right to not incriminate himself.

by HydroTech on Jun 20, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

good point

but by definition if you run (key word RUN) you’re doing one of two things:

1) Hoping you get away with it

2) Buying time

If he thought he wasn’t getting away with, then he could still help but not admit guilt on the scene… because the penalties for running are SO much more severe.

How do I know this…? I’ve been in this situation. I ran a red and hit a car with a young father and an infant in a child’s seat!!! I could have run, but did not…

The key point is the motivation to run. Why run?

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 4:58 PM PDT up 0 recs

Because you're scared

I know it sounds dumb when criminals or the accused are asked by the cops; “why’d you run?” and the criminal/accused says “I was scared,” but it’s so true. Sometimes it just happens so fast, and fear overcomes you and you run (defined as leaving the scene) just because you’re scared. Now, I imagine that after I just made that statement people reading this are wondering if I’m speaking from experience…

by HydroTech on Jun 20, 2008 5:05 PM PDT up 0 recs

scared

And when I say “scared,” I’m not talking about scared of being caught with guns/drugs/drunk-driving, but just “scared” of what happened, the entire situation, not knowing what to do, panicking, etc…

by HydroTech on Jun 20, 2008 5:07 PM PDT up 0 recs

Panic explains a lot

but really… is it a legit excuse? ... even to one’s self?... during or after the fact? Perhaps he wasn’t hoping to get away with it… nor was he buying time… MAYBE it was panic.

But if he WAS NOT buying time b/c of drugs/guns etc… but just sheer panic… then why did panic win over empathy?

I can think of two reasons:

1) The situation didn’t seem that severe… after the hit, the person didn’t seem seriously injured so panic won over empathy.

2) Stupid buddies in the car… “oh shit… lets get the F out of here… oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!” This I can see… I think Marshawn – if alone – would have stopped, but with friends in the car I can see him bolting out of panic… When I hit the father/baby… I had 3 other people in the car and they were all yelling “go, go, goooo!”

regardless… i begs the question… if given so many blessings… Why risk it? -> maybe he ran b/c he was specifically thinking about his career?... if that’s the case… given the nature of the press… “what were you thinking?”

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 5:15 PM PDT up 0 recs

Why does panic win over empathy?

Because immediately after an accident, most people have an unstable mind. Panic is the result of an unstable mind. Empathy requires mental stability. Most people don’t have that mental stability after an accident. Most people are mentally unstable even for that brief 5 seconds after the crash. Sometimes it only takes 5 seconds or less for that panic in one’s mind to tell your foot to floor it and GTFO of there.

by HydroTech on Jun 20, 2008 5:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

It all happens so fast

It’s easy for us to sit here for 20 minutes and think about the situation and break it down, but let’s remember that this whole conversation and thought process occurred (or didn’t occur) in his mind for probably only a few seconds. Perhaps his decision to run wasn’t as deliberate as you might think but was more instinctual or reflexive. I doubt his thinking immediately (seconds after the accident) was a lengthy back and forth regarding the pros and cons of staying at the scene or driving away but rather more of a “let’s GTFO of here” reaction like your friends had based on pure panic.

by HydroTech on Jun 20, 2008 5:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

An anecdote to reinforce this

I seem to remember a certain Hydro Technician sitting under a desk as rent-a-cops wandered our building…those were the days.

www.californiagoldenblogs.com

by CBKWit on Jun 20, 2008 5:41 PM PDT up 0 recs

we don't know

we both are right and wrong.

What we can be sure of is both of us do not know what he was thinking or how the situation affected his ‘flight’ instincts at that moment.

What we do know is that if he uses the line in court….“judge, um…I don’t know why I ran, I just panicked… i’m so sorry.” ...

I imagine the judge’s response will sound something like… “you’re young, foolish and you panicked… but sorry son, that’s no excuse.”

in the end the press will judge this on the base reaction as a reflection of true character… in a pinch.. what is your natural reaction… run or help.

To which i say… Marshawn, we love you but your mother taught you better than this.

by danzig on Jun 20, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

I'm not really sure where I'm wrong here.

Perhaps you can explain? I believe my explanations are all very reasonable explanations of why someone might flee a scene of an accident other than your two given reasons (buying time; and in hopes of getting away with it). Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying you’re wrong, but I do believe you’re leaving out a plausible explanation for his actions. And don’t get me wrong again, I’m not justifying Money’s actions, but merely trying to explain why he might have acted the way in which he did.

by HydroTech on Jun 21, 2008 2:30 AM PDT up 0 recs

I once got Hydro wrong. It was the greatest night of my life! I got him wrong overa and over and over. So steamy!

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 21, 2008 6:54 AM PDT up 0 recs

you're not wrong

That’s exactly my point. I’m using the phrase “we are both right and wrong” to mean that we can’t possibly know what truly happened because we weren’t there and cannot truly be either right or wrong; we can only speculate. Like I said before, I find the panic scenario really plausible.

I think all speculators need to keep in mind that logic may point to a likely result, but only the eye of the beholder can truly see what the motivation was at the time.

by danzig on Jun 21, 2008 3:33 PM PDT up 0 recs

DAMN

Those are some huge breasts.

I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.

by yellow fever on Jun 21, 2008 4:12 PM PDT up 0 recs

I think I recognize her...

Isn’t she a porn star? Bunch of sickos in here, jeez!

by CaliSeth on Jun 21, 2008 4:18 PM PDT up 0 recs

Okay. I definitely see your point.

by HydroTech on Jun 21, 2008 5:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

Regarding the Oaks:

http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/fortecgi/fortecgi.exe?ServiceName=DomainWebService&TemplateName=html/imgviewer.html&rofadt=06/18/08&Action=21544387

Don’t know if people have seen this, but Volker submitted a letter to Judge Miller filed on the 18th? asking why University is cutting down ‘large limbs’ in ‘violation’ of the injunction.

by PolarBear on Jun 20, 2008 5:42 PM PDT 0 recs

them trees just need a little prunin'...

...that’s all.

by mwpfoot on Jun 20, 2008 6:36 PM PDT up 0 recs

Judging by the way the Muffin’s tree was topped for the GodPod, Volker should ask the Ewoks the same question.

by Montezuma's Revenge on Jun 20, 2008 11:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

my girlfriend loves the new cute pet name i gave her as a tribute to…..-dumpster muffin

by Itchy25 on Jun 20, 2008 5:59 PM PDT 0 recs

Monikers

So, we’ve been introduced to Skunk Boy, Cricket, and Dumpster Muffin… any other aliases that we know or should know about?

by californiadave on Jun 20, 2008 6:40 PM PDT 0 recs

Squirtie?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 20, 2008 6:46 PM PDT up 0 recs

Thanks

When Michael Moore or Steven Spielberg asks for the movie rights, who do you think will (want to) play these characters?

by californiadave on Jun 20, 2008 7:09 PM PDT up 0 recs

I see James Franco playing them all. It’ll be like that Eddie Murphy movie where he played all the characters himself.

But funny.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 20, 2008 7:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

one chick called herself Compost. Also there was Millipede, and Ayr.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 20, 2008 7:14 PM PDT up 0 recs

Tedford

Being the genious that he is, I wouldn’t be surprised if Cal’s offensive and defensive plays will be renamed for the year that has been: “God Pod with a Judge Miller on 1, ready, break”, or “I called an “Oak Arrestees Defense Committee” not Cover-2!!”

by californiadave on Jun 20, 2008 7:26 PM PDT up 0 recs

“Bitten Arborist followed by a play-action Fecal Catapult on an Injunction Reversal on 3, BREAK”

by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 20, 2008 7:51 PM PDT up 0 recs

And soon the word will spread to the broadcasters:

“And Longshore throws another Muffin Dumpster!”

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 20, 2008 7:53 PM PDT up 0 recs

It’s also not the “God Pod” it’s the Riley Pod.

by Spazzy Mcgee on Jun 20, 2008 8:32 PM PDT up 0 recs

$string = str_replace(“god”, “tedford”, $string);

Please tell me someone understands that!

In other words, Go Bears!

by royrules22 on Jun 20, 2008 9:25 PM PDT up 0 recs

oh, you are not the only CS nerd in these here parts…

So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!

by ragnarok on Jun 21, 2008 12:07 AM PDT up 0 recs

And team members who don't understand the playbook

with be referred to as “Carolyn Jones.”

by Montezuma's Revenge on Jun 20, 2008 11:20 PM PDT up 0 recs

Wacktastic?

Im not touchin that one…

by Itchy25 on Jun 20, 2008 10:32 PM PDT 0 recs

Yay! Another Save Oaks email + phone number! :)

Saturday, June 21st, 1:51am
(grandmas are sure up late!)

Subject: [save oaks] Grandmothers say Come Sunday at 2pm to Oak Grove for Sacred Food and Water Ceremony! Dehydration and starvation of tree-sitters not acceptable.
From the Berkeley Grandmothers for the Oaks:

“We urgently request your presence this Sunday, 2pm, at Memorial Oak Grove for an interfaith SACRED FOOD AND WATER Ceremony.

Dehydration and starvation of any human being is unacceptable, especially tree-sit protesters in Berkeley. Is that any way to treat our grandchildren? We’ve heard that some of them are really hurting right now, have been sliced and injured by pole saw attacks, and are ill.

We are asking everyone who loves the oaks - everyone - to please come and bring lots of non-perishable food and water in screwtop containers to contribute to this ceremony. We are inviting elders, religious and spiritual leaders, and more… We hope to see you there…

We’ve made a tradition of going to the oak grove with food and water every Sunday since Thanksgiving – but this Sunday is the day we most need you to join us. We grannies need you. Our loved ones in the trees need you. Food and water are sacred; life is sacred.

If you have questions you can always call our friends at the grove at 510 938 2109.

Please circulate this invitation widely to all of your friends, family, grandparents, activists, children, grandchildren, email lists…

Love and trees,

The Berkeley Grandmothers for the Oaks”

Call and text away! Go Bears!

by OskiWeeWee on Jun 21, 2008 9:07 AM PDT 0 recs

Yes, dehydration and starvation is unacceptable. Maybe they should come out of the trees where food and water is plentiful.

Somebody will have to explain to me what the situation is now at the grove. If the police have moved the barrier way out away from the trees and if the tree-sitters are all located now in 1 tree, is it possible for the grandmamas to get food/water out to the tree-sitters?

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 21, 2008 9:14 AM PDT up 0 recs

GOD

I was just about to post that email! OskiWeeWee keeps on beating me to it.

by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 21, 2008 9:41 AM PDT up 0 recs

i had sacred water in mexico once

it made me shit blood for a week. hope the tree sitters sacred water is evian based.

by Itchy25 on Jun 21, 2008 12:47 PM PDT up 0 recs

Please, tell me

more about this sacred Mexican water.

MUWA-HA-HA-HA-HA-HA!

by Montezuma's Revenge on Jun 21, 2008 1:19 PM PDT up 0 recs

New mailing list, new email

2 emails from the hippies. The first just said that they had a new mailing list so they could communicate better. The second:
Dear friends,

“We know that many of you are getting burnt out on all the red alert messages that you keep getting from the oak grove. We are too. We are all tired, but we need to stay together and be strong right now. THIS SUNDAY IS THE MOST IMPORTANT RESUPPLY WE’VE EVER HAD. The tree-sitters are in dire straits.

The tree-sitters are injured and ill. We’ve been fighting for days. We are running out of food and water. The conditions up here are terrible right now. We’ve lost most of our infrastructure. We’ve lost some of our people. There is a real threat to our lives every day. It is incredibly dangerous to be up here right now and we are living under tremendous stress.

Also, we are strong and determined. We’ve survived all kinds of assaults and we’re still here.

Also, as Dumpster Muffin said the other day, the only reason we’re still alive and have a chance to save the oaks is because of you.

A small group of determined people can most certainly change the world.

Yesterday they arrested Ayr. We’re not giving up now. We need all of our people, everybody! EVERYONE COME TO THE OAK GROVE TOMORROW – SUNDAY JUNE 22ND – AT 2PM! WE NEED YOU!

Don’t give up! Please forward this to all your friends!

Love over fear,

-The Oak Grove Tree-sitters

P.S. NON-PERISHABLE FOODS ONLY THIS WEEK PLEASE!!, also bring water in screw top lids and not pop top lids please if possible.”

So they did arrest him. Finally. I wonder how many people get arrested tomorrow….

by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 21, 2008 2:14 PM PDT 0 recs

ALL OF THEM!

What a joke that email was. They think they are changing the world? They’re not changing the world, they’re ruining it! Down with hippieism!

by CaliSeth on Jun 21, 2008 2:30 PM PDT up 0 recs

wow, they arrested Ayr. His authority challenging ways finally caught up to him.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 21, 2008 2:39 PM PDT up 0 recs

good thing he can transform into a breeze

and escape anytime he wants.

by Itchy25 on Jun 21, 2008 3:40 PM PDT up 0 recs

lol love over fear.

and yet they are using peoples fear of being attacked with hippie feces and urine as a defensive measure… why don’t they just protect themselves with love?

by Itchy25 on Jun 21, 2008 3:42 PM PDT up 0 recs

please tell me

We’ve got someone going to this tomorrow.

I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.

by yellow fever on Jun 21, 2008 4:13 PM PDT up 0 recs

Dude, Im going to the As game tomorrow. Free jersey day! The only thing stronger than my love for Cal and this oaksanity is my love of free shit. It’s kind of a combination of my innate Judaism and my 7 years of collegiate experience. Love for great deals combined with never ending mooching. And it all culminates in a super sweet free As jersey, 70s style. FUCK YEAH!

So, I’m out.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 21, 2008 4:38 PM PDT up 0 recs

Previous endings

have included:
1) Love and Trees
2) Love and Pumpkins
3) Come to the grove, today is the day!
4)-The Oaks
5) Love and pumpkin pies
6) Peace and blessings

by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 21, 2008 4:21 PM PDT up 0 recs

7. Love and Lice

by Itchy25 on Jun 21, 2008 4:49 PM PDT up 0 recs

For the love of

Dumpstermuffin

or banananut, bran, double chocolate…

by Montezuma's Revenge on Jun 21, 2008 5:22 PM PDT up 0 recs

8. Lies and Deceit
9. Continuing Denial Of Reality
10. Making no real difference in the world
11. A waste of space
12. Lies, Deceit, and a Continuing Denial Of Reality

And, of course, my favorite:

DumpsterMuffin gangbang.

"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely

www.CaliforniaGoldenBlogs.com

by TwistNHook on Jun 21, 2008 5:42 PM PDT up 0 recs