More From The Sacred Grove
by CBKWit on Jun 23, 2008 1:33 PM PDT
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(Ed Note: More media from the Grove when CBKWit was up there last Wednesday, i.e. D-Day. Enjoy!)
If we here at CGB have learned anything this week, it's that Cal football fans love hippies. Our visit and comment numbers have been fine since we moved to SBN, especially for the dead summer period, but it took a bunch of hippie warriors with vaguely sexual aliases to really bring some traffic to our site. It's the Jennie Finch/Allison Stokke phenomenon, but apparently you readers are more attracted to the earthier type. 2 days of 1,000 plus visits? 4 threads with more than 100 comments? Thank you hippies! (But if you don't think half of these numbers are Twist hitting F5 every 10 seconds, you're crazy).
More eye candy for you perverted bastards.
Well, I'm pretty sure this post is going to shatter our previous records. Not only will it have lots of hot hippie pics, but we've got 4 totally uncensored videos with only the hottest, naughtiest hippies!
To answer your question: Yes, that is indeed our favorite long bo, being waved with a pair of pants (?) attached as some sort of display of solidarity/surrender. The evolution of the use of this single bamboo staff is, to me, one of the most compelling stories of this entire ordeal. It's gone from a hypothetical defensive tool to a walking stick to a sad display of hippie pride. And yes, it will become something else entirely, in a video to follow.
Things were pretty mellow when I arrived at the grove on Wednesday afternoon, so I headed over to Maxwell, where the football team was conducting a youth camp.
Ragnarok shows good leverage against the Cal coaches.
From Maxwell, I had a good view of our friend Dumpster Muffin.
A pretty dramatic scene, I must say. Presumably, DumpyMuff and her crow's nest brought out a presence I had not seen before at the grove: real journalists!
Considering how much time we at the CGB (and you, the readers!) have spent documenting hippie antics (and what little effort Ms. Jones and the Chronicle have invested), I think we need to answer the pressing question: Do we deserve a Pulitzer for our coverage? I'll leave the answer to you (but the answer is yes).
I walked up to the west stadium rim, in hopes of getting a better angle of Dumpy. Unfortunately, there were security guards and caution tape, and despite my best efforts (Can I come up there? No. Please? No.), I was unsuccessful. A bit to the south, I did get a sweet shot of the bay:
From the stadium, I listened to hippies address the UCPD on a megaphone: "You have been trying to remove us from the trees for 17 hours - you have lost." With the realization that they hadn't fully completed their mission after almost an entire day of work, the police officers and arborists vacated the area in shame. Or at least that's what the hippies seemed to be hoping. After an 18 month court battle and $125 million raised, I would doubt that the UCPD would throw in the towel after less than a day of extraction attempts, but that's just a rational, sane person's perspective.
The action started to pick up down at the grove when an impromptu hippie decided to climb a telephone pole.
My favorite part (other than high pitched squeals that seem more appropriate for a Miley Cyrus sighting) was the lanky guy with the hard hat. Earlier, he stole some juggling pins...from a ten year old.
He doesn't seem all there, as even he admits:
Please note that he recaptured the juggling pins from the ten year old. Congratulations!
Anyways, in the video he's actually trying to draw attention away from the one guy with the stones to do something besides stand around and shout. Way to band together, hippies. Of course, the martial artist must be doing what he can to help this brave climber. Surely, he too is not selfishly trying to draw attention to himself? Right?
I heard him mutter "I'm a performance artist" as he walked off. First martial artist, then mask maker, then Lord of the Rings extra, and now a performance artist. What an accomplished young man!
While martial/performance artist was dazzling all with his baton twirling skills, a hippie in the trees was trying to throw a rope to the pole climber.
He succeeded. The pole climber caught the jug of pee, and it was only leaking a little. Major Victory! Unfortunately for the hippies, the arborists used the pee play as a distraction and quickly dismantled the tree fort from whence the hippie came.
They lost this elaborate station, but at least the guy on the telephone pole got a leaking jug of pee - seems like a fair trade. At least one hippie on the ground gave the arborists their due: "You sneaky bastards," he said admiringly. Others were not so amused (NSFW audio, but you really need to hear it):
The few non-hippies in the crowd found the irony hilarious. If I were a hippie, I would find it a weeeeee bit hypocritical to yell "Get out of the fucking tree!", but I guess that's why I'm not a hippie. I was also struck by other acts of hippie inconsistency:
The ends justify the means!
Why oh why didn't hippies save me??
Well, we never said they were the brightest bunch
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sorry. I hit the "post" button accidentally.
Anyway, as I was saying, it is so sad that these people dedicate themselves to these causes. Imagine if they were expending all of this energy on finding the bums on telegraph jobs and houses. Or saving a RAINFOREST. Or going to Darfur and saving people. Or getting a job and contributing to the world. It makes me want to cry.
by RollOnYouBears667 on Jun 23, 2008 2:10 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
it doesn't make me cry
It makes me laugh! With sadness. Ok, there’s a little bit of crying involved.
I'm still wondering why the Nets didn't draft Leon Powe.
by yellow fever on Jun 23, 2008 2:31 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
And to top it off
Not only are they not doing something productive (when obviously they could be, since they don’t seem too concerned with income or society – and honestly, I mean that in a good way), but they are actually being counterproductive. Preserving legitimate forests and actually protecting the environment are very worthy causes that require a lot of social consciousness and awareness, and when your average person sees these people protecting a tiny irrelevant grove, they lose patience for the greater cause.
While I fully and completely agree with this point, I was not the first to relay it in the context of the oak grove. That honor falls to the president of the local chapter of the sierra club, who brought it up at the Berkeley City council meeting last September. Of course, what does a president of the sierra club know about the environment or conservation?
www.californiagoldenblogs.com
by CBKWit on Jun 23, 2008 9:01 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
im going to challenge the bo staff guy to a game of cornhole. cornholing brings people together.
by Itchy25 on Jun 23, 2008 2:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It brings 2 people together
Specifically, you and TwistNHook
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by CBKWit on Jun 23, 2008 9:02 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cornholio? You need TP for your bungholio?
Beavis and Butthead for those who don’t get it.
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jun 23, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I’m taking the summer sessions at Cal to try some new stuff. There be shitloads of Germans and Denmarkians (Scandinavians?) and Asians (of course!) right now. Even a guy from Indiana. Indiana! I talked to a group of em with their scintillating accents and they went up to see the show. They don’t think it makes sense either, so I’d like to welcome Denmark, German, the Netherlands, East Asia, and Indiana to our Coalition of Freeing the Shit out of those hippies.
by WilltheBear on Jun 23, 2008 6:58 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Is there a UN resolution in the cards?
Or do the tree sitters want to continue being the most irrelevant part of this whole ordeal?
(Zing!)
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by CBKWit on Jun 23, 2008 9:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Danish is what I have for breakfast.
I say we stick with Denmarkians.
by Maharg on Jun 24, 2008 8:51 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Best way to end the tomato problem.
Give the hippies food and water but be sure to but a lot of tomatoes in their food.
Mean? Yes. Worthwhile? Yes
(PS: hey lawyers/FBI I’m kidding!!)
In other words, Go Bears!
by royrules22 on Jun 23, 2008 8:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Ipecac
Instead of tomatoes, give them all the water they want, but don’t tell them you included a little ipecac. I think it’s the only way that Dumpster Muffin could become more attractive to me.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRn5-LQCg2s&feature=related
(PS: I’m semi-kidding)
by Maharg on Jun 24, 2008 8:54 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Just wanted to blow off some steam...
As the selfish, self centered, hippie cause languishes in failure, thousands of trees throughout the great state of California burn. Big lumber in the Santa Cruz Mountains continue their work of felling thousands of trees, unabated. And yet, we have this hard core group of attention seeking whores who continue their reign of terror. Think I’m joking? I’m not. Well, actually, I suppose this is a joke, a complete joke. It is a joke because real leaders like MLK, Gandhi, etc, risked their lives to bring justice to real social injustices stalking our lands. Not only have the hippies made a joke of themselves, they have tarnished the images of the real heroes of the free speech movement. If shame and condemnation were ever do anyone, it would be this small, vocal minority of insane hippies. I won’t even give them the dignity of calling them radicals, because they’re not, they’re selfishly insane. If they cared ANYTHING about the environment and trees they would choose to devote their time and resources to something more tangible.
Speaking of which, the Panoramic Hill Association bears much blame. They have provided both material and financial support to these insane hippies. Why you ask? Because their property values could take a hit if their (and only theirs) pristine view of the bay is obstructed by construction. They have attempted to protect their selfish interests of a few houses, while the UC, the flagship University of the most populous state in our Union, has no viable facility for top tier sports! How about the women student athletes who have to change in their cars? These hippies say this is only about football, but that is only because they are too stupid to realize the vast ramifications of this justly planed project. The hippies are a pain and a waste of vitally needed tax resources. Citizens of California and they Bay Area should be ashamed they have tolerated them this long. Shame on you, people of California, do the right thing and stop the hippies today!
by CaliSeth on Jun 24, 2008 12:37 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
By the way...
I too feel CGB deserves a Pulitzer. Nothing else would do your coverage of this tragedy justice. However, to earn the Nobel you must broker a deal to bring this lunatics down from the trees. Can you do that, CGB?
by CaliSeth on Jun 24, 2008 1:08 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
OK, I am just going to say one last thing, CGB. People aren’t coming here because they like the mockery of justice the hippies have displayed, rather they are enraged. Enraged at the complete joke they have made of Cal. OK, that is all I have to say. I am going to bed before I do something bad…
by CaliSeth on Jun 24, 2008 1:24 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Step away from the ledge, Seth!
Seriously though, I completely agree with the point that you made (and that has been made by others as well) regarding real action. The hippies are selfish anarchists. They don’t care about these trees any more than they care about the latest controversy in Berkeley. They all know each other from protesting previous, completely unrelated issues. They’re not dangerous, exactly, but they sure are irritating.
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by CBKWit on Jun 24, 2008 8:22 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
It’s self-absorbed and vain, is what it is. They accomplish little more than make themselves feel important. That’s why we used to do those mocking counter-protests. Because these “hippies” are just stroking their egos.
That’s also why it is so difficult to get them to do anything in a concerted effort. Because they all think they know the #1 right way to do shit and are hesitant to follow anybody else.
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
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by TwistNHook on Jun 24, 2008 10:17 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Actually I’ve been coming here for the mockery of the hippies. I thought all you people out there on the Left Coast were hippies anyway, but that’s what I get for not coming to the UC game last year. Maybe LA this year though.
Funny stuff!
by etsuVol on Jun 24, 2008 8:43 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
There’s a big spectrum of hippie-ness. We are all hippies in our own rights, but these people are so FAR on the exteme edge they shame us all.
"Save The Oaks: Overthrow Capitalism" said Dumpster Muffin sanguinely
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by TwistNHook on Jun 24, 2008 10:16 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
fyi, the plaintiff’s proposed order has been filed, just not up on the site yet in image form:
06/24/08 Proposed Judgment Received
06/24/08 Proposed Order Filed
http://apps.alameda.courts.ca.gov/fortecgi/fortecgi.exe?ServiceName=DomainWebService&TemplateName=html/complitcase.html&CurrBatchNbr=1&CaseNbr=RG06301644
by PolarBear on Jun 24, 2008 6:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I’m not sure if I understand everything, but in Page 4, Sections 4/5 of the “Proposed Judgment Received”, it says that the “Petitioners are AWARDED their costs of suit” and that the “Court shall RESERVE jurisdiction over petitioners’ prayers for attorneys’ fees and litigation costs”
WTH?!?
It doesn’t matter who wrote that—that’s just weird.
by thenick on Jun 25, 2008 3:04 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
well, it's a proposed version of the writ
proposed by the petitioners. perhaps the judge will adopt that language, and perhaps not. see today’s link dump for a better discussion (with actual lawyers participating!)
So, basically, you gotta Go Bears!
by ragnarok on Jun 25, 2008 3:25 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Yes, I got that it was proposed. I still just can’t believe that the judge would go for that…especially with “prayers for attorneys’ fees” in there.
If it were up to me I would want to put something in there (as outrageous as the claim itself may be) that was worded in a way that the judge would be more likely to consider it.
by thenick on Jun 25, 2008 8:26 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
In the second document it seems like that part was removed…
I guess it didn’t go over too well. lol
by thenick on Jun 25, 2008 3:13 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
awesome pics
a really nice person must have helped you with those!
Not sure if this was posted somewhere else. Another save oaks email.
Thursday, June 26, 1:12pm
Subject: [oak grove tree-sitters] 1) UC’s extraction Tactics on Trial Friday 2) Resupply the treesitters SundayHey friends,
Two things in this email:
1) Important Court Date in Hayward Friday June 27th (tomorrow) at 2:30pm.
2) Berkeley Grandmothers will try again to resupply the treesitters this Sunday June 29th at 2pm. The situation is dire you are needed!!
More info below…........................
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1) COURT DATE ON FRIDAY JUNE 27TH 2:30PMThere is an important court date to attend tomorrow in Hayward. The treesitters’ attorney will challenge the legality of the dangerous extraction techniques employed by the University and their contractor Williams Tree Service (“the arborists”), as well as the legality of denying water and food to the treesitters.
Please come to support these valient Sheroes and Heroes in the trees. They
have stood so strong and this is a good chance to be able to help support
them.Friday, June 27th. 2:30 pm
Hayward Hall of Justice Dept. 510
24405 Amador St (near the corner of Winton Ave.)
Judge Richard Keller
Case # should be RG 07345190Rides are leaving the Oak Grove at 1:30pm. You can also take BART to the Hayward station and take the bus (#92?) to the Hayward Hall of Justice.
PS – if you have any video footage of UC’s dangerous extraction techniques or extractors endangering treesitters or anyone else, please call 510-938-2109 and tell the treesit ground support so we can get it ready for court tomorrow if possible.
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2) BERKELEY GRANDMOTHERS SAY COME SUNDAY JUNE 29TH 2PM FOR RESUPPLY.
Dear Friends,
As I write this today (Thursday), tree sitters have been cut off from food and water for almost two weeks.
They have lived through some harrowing, life-endangering attacks and have stuck through it. Now we need to stick by them!
An attack on the tree sitters is an attack on us all!
Come to this week’s Re-Supply! Food and Water is a human right.
We shall not be moved.
Sunday 6/29 at 2pm
Memorial Oak Grove
Piedmont/ BancroftBring non-perishable food in cloth bags and water with screw-top containers if you can. Most importantly, bring yourself. We need you.
Love Over Fear,
millipede, extracted tree sitter
I like how “the arborists” is in quotes.
by OskiWeeWee on Jun 27, 2008 1:40 AM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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