Posted on 04/21/2014 6:14:59 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
There are very few things in the world that have the power to make me roll my eyes as hard as Burning Man. I’m a lefty, but I’m also a curmudgeon with precious little patience for whimsy, specifically like, white-people-with-dreads-and-furry-boots-doing-fire-dancing whimsy. Particularly if it involves techno. It’s fine for other people, but not if they want to talk to me about it, as I find there is a lot of crossover between Burning Man types and people who will tell you the same story over and over again in the same conversation.
However, I have to give my full-throated support to Sean Shealy, a dude who is in some way associated with Burning Man, and his glorious plan to hold a month-long music fest on the Federal Ground across the way from Cliven Bundy’s ranch, where his cows have been illegally grazing for decades. That is hilarious and awesome and I hope it happens.
Via Facebook:
Come celebrate TOTAL FREEDOM at BUNDYFEST, just across the road from the Cliven Bundy Ranch, in Bunkerville, Nevada! 240 bands, 24 hours a day, for a SOLID ROCKIN’ MONTH!!!!
*NO PERMITS REQUIRED *CAMP ABSOLUTELY ANYWHERE *FULL NUDITY NOT A PROBLEM *GAY-FRIENDLY ATMOSPHERE *PENIS ERECTION CONTEST: Erect the largest penis in the open desert, win valuable prize! (tbd)
BACKGROUND: For years, we paid permitting fees to hold Burning Man on the beautiful Playa in Northern Nevada. But now, Cliven Bundy has shown us a NEW WAY! ABSOLUTE FREEDOM! Bundy has declared the entire area surrounding Bundy Ranch as a TOTALLY RULES-FREE ZONE! ANYTHING GOES! WOO-HOO!!!
Why should Burning Man end on September 1st? Swing down to Vegas for a few days for some R&R, a few good buffets, and then HEAD ON UP TO BUNDYFEST! All 50,000+ Burning Man participants are invited to attend — and as many more as can make the trip from anywhere in the world! 100,000? 250,000? THE SKY IS THE LIMIT AT BUNDYFEST! The desert surrounding Bundy’s ranch is LIMITLESS!
Personally, I really hope they go through with it. It would really be the perfect way for Cliven Bundy to show that he means what he says about people being legally able to do whatever the hell they want on federal land. The downside, of course, is the possibility that it could also attract all his whackadoodle sovereign citizen militia friends who could, you know, kill the people going.
h/t Crooks and Liars
Not sure what the writer’s point is, but I’m sure it misses the point completely.
LOLOL! That boy has never been in scrub country.
They are going to need a big first aid tent.
I've got special boots and clothes that I wear in rough country like that. Everything has a stinger in its head or its tail in country like that. Even the plants attack with sharp stuff.
/johnny
It’s amateur hour Alinsky tactics.
Looks like theyre a hankerin for a showdown....in fact inviting one?
I suggest ignoring them until they self immolate..and then call in the BLM to hose them down...
This almost sounds like it has the makings of the end of Blazing Saddles, pie fights included. All we need now is for Concerned Women of America to drop by.
I believe the writer is a she. With a penis fixation.
I hope they invite all those Occupy, International ANSWER, Code Pink, OFA, LaRaza, SEIU, LULAC, Socialist Workers and the rest of that crew.
I think that’s the point.
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/johnny
These lefties so completely support freedom of the iron boot of big government, never the people.
now THAT could prove exciting!
what sort of FINES are there for Littering.......on “govenment” lands?
“Not sure what the writer’s point is, but I’m sure it misses the point completely.”
Poorly written, but the point is that Bundy didn’t follow the law and got away with it.
Burning Man is an annual festival held on public land and they pay millions in BLM fees every year. BLM also places very strict limits on number of people, traffic, garbage, etc.
So this guy is saying “since the law doesn’t matter, we can have a festival for free with unlimited people on public land!”
It all boils down to the bigger questions: Should feds indefinitely own and administer so much land? Shouldn’t the land be private and free to use by the owner?
I think the land should be open to public bid.
As a side note, I’ve been to Burning Man 4 times and so have many other FReepers. You can not judge the festival as a whole from what you read. It is really unlike anything else in the world and there is something for everyone. Last time, I spend the entire time in lectures and workshops that I wouldn’t find anywhere in one place.
Gosh...
I wonder of they have the required Environmental Impact statement for this?
What about the Terrorist on Terrorist perps?
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