Joan Baez in Tree to Help Save Garden

Associated Press ^ | May 24, 2006 | Unknown

[TheSpottedOwl]

Tree huggers get on my last nerve. Having said that, there is hardly any open land left in the Los Angeles Area that hasn't been seized. I wonder how many crapola homes a developer can "build"(throw together using illegal workers)on 14 acres? Joan better be strapped in tight. Falling out of a tree at her age would be mighty dangerous.

I'm sure desperate homeowners will snap them up, unlike the new housing tracks here in the desert. Those will eventually turn into Section 8/HUD homes. Mind you, these ghetto palaces don't even have enough backyard to put up a clothesline, a swingset, bbq pit, or lol...an above ground pool. Nada!

Mmm, morning everyone : )

[gondramB]

>>LOS ANGELES - Folk singer Joan Baez and tree-sitter Julia "Butterfly" Hill have taken up residence in a tree to raise awareness about a 14-acre urban farm threatened with demolition.
....
Hundreds of farmers could face evictions after The Trust for Public Land came up $10 million short in its bid to buy the site. <<

There are hundreds of farmers living on a 14 acre farm? They must be very small farmers - midgets, maybe.

[newcthem]

Anyone wants to use my chainsaw..........I'll furnish the gas!

[Tax-chick]

Hundreds of farmers could face evictions

"Hundreds of farmers" on a "14-acre farm"?

Let's get real ... they've got 10'x10' garden plots, right?

[Cincinatus]

Julia Butterfly Hill -- the Original Tree-Hugger.

[Proud_USA_Republican]

Here's my solution to this problem.

[trebb]

Forget the chainsaw - it is much more impressive to get it to fall where you want it by drilling a hole and putting in a stick of dynamite.

[yankeedame]

One type of rat - the roof rat - is an agile climber that can shinny the outside of a three-inch diameter pipe or any size pipe within three inches of a wall. Rats are even capable of climbing INSIDE vertical pipes that are one-and-a-half to four inches in diameter. What's more, they're excellent jumpers and capable of dropping from a height of fifty feet without seriously harming themselves.

LOL! Super! I'll be sure and remember that in case I ever run out of things to worry about.

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

This land is worth more than 1 million per acre. Wow.

[HEY4QDEMS]

Not to mention that your way would be more fun to watch.

[rwa265]

That is one huge hand!

[aculeus]

Folk singer Joan Baez and tree-sitter Julia "Butterfly" Hill have taken up residence in a tree to raise awareness about a 14-acre urban farm threatened with demolition.

Aren't they special!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Phony Joanie again.

[Triggerhippie]

The body odor will make this place smell like a French café.

The dank ambrosia of unkempt armpits...

[techcor]

The Trust for Public Land came up $10 million short

Or to put it another way.
If all of the actors/actesses used 1/10 of what they spend on their jewelry at their annual butt-kissing festival (academy awards) , they could've taken care of it.
If Al Gore only used a fraction of what he will make off of his new movie or what he has made off of his Google stock, it would've been taken care of permanently.
Or if George Soros only used a small portion of what he spends trying to buy elections for Democrats , there wouldn't be a problem.

These people aren't problem solvers. Just attention whores.

[facedown]

There's no fool like an old fool.

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

These aren't birdbrains. These are the new Marxists who believe that all property is owned by "the people" (the Leftist people that is). And that even if they can't own the property, they can control it to effect their political agenda.

These folks are on the same branch as the churches who host Tent Cities in the back yards of suburban families. It's all about controlling property and forcing a Leftist agenda.