Posted on 07/08/2006 3:58:21 PM PDT by dynachrome
Now that the Rainbow Family is wrapping up its annual return to nature, the U.S. Forest Service is examining what it will take to return their campsite to its natural state.
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"It's shocking," Ottaviano said. "Now there's just this enormous trail system" in a previously pristine area.
(Excerpt) Read more at rockymountainnews.com ...
When I think about hippies, all I can think of is Cartman and this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WurgdBKpjk4&search=Vault%20commercial
Deceptive headline; I was expecting to read how those pots of gold were crushing trees!!!
LOL! Me too! I expected some heavy Physics content!
"Deceptive headline"
Yeah, but it made me read the article!
Yes, well, all those pots o' gold are heavy content, indeed.
Indeed. And how they get there is one of the Mysteries of Physics!
LOL! I was thinking along the same line! Rainbows are in the sky, why would they damage a forest? Rainbows run a muck?
Until I read further.....
I hate those dirty hippies. What's worse is that it doesn't have to be that way. That group that does Burning Man every year leaves absolutely nothing behind. They even pay a farmer to come out and till the sand.
Oh goody.
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Just children out having a good time.
I thought it was going to be about damaged vegetation due to hailstorms of Skittles.
Guess with enough drugs they think they're still at Woodstock.
Un-freaking-believable
Normally I would say great minds think alike. But, living amongst the demented leftists, I find that I sometimes interpret things as pitiful demented attempts at logical thinking. What's your excuse?:-)
The less hippies that reside in Steamboat, the better.
And who leave behind dogs? 20-30 of them? That's horrid!
Lawsuit seeks to open Rainbow Family proceedings to public
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
June 29, 2006
DENVER — People flocking to a gathering of the Rainbow Family and who are now facing charges for camping without a permit and other charges are being tried in secret inside a cramped garage in a fire station parking lot, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit filed on behalf of Adam Mayo, a Colorado attorney who said he was turned away from the trials near Steamboat Springs, and William Randell III of New York, who is facing a trial, asks the U.S. District Court to order U.S. Magistrate Judge David West to hold the trials in public.
"The Rainbow Family chose a remote location for their gathering, and the government wanted to provide a court facility that would not be inconvenient for them," said Jeff Dorschner, spokesman for the U.S. Attorney.
A judge, 17 defendants and prosecutors fit inside the garage, and there is standing room for the public and the media, according to the Rocky Mountain News.
Dorschner said the trials are open to the public, but extra seating and standing room areas are "first come" and "first served."
Federal officials were considering building a public address system so more people could listen to the proceedings outside the firehouse, he said.
The lawsuit filed by David Lane, an attorney who also represents embattled University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill, also seeks attorneys fees.
About 4,000 people have arrived at the meadow north of Steamboat Springs for the event planned for next week that is expected to attracted some 20,000 people. The U.S. Forest Service denied the Rainbow Family's request for a permit mainly because of the fire danger.
Campers who were cited face fines of up to $5,000, but the typical fine last week was about $135. U.S. Marshals and Forest Service enforcement officers have arrested about 249 members for camping without a permit. Some also face alcohol and drugs charges.
The trials, which started last weekend are scheduled to resume Friday.
related articles
July 7, 2006 - Rainbow Family meeting winding down
July 6, 2006 - Rainbow Family's Colorado gathering estimated at 15,000
July 2, 2006 - Hippie group co-founder calls for Forest Service challenge
June 30, 2006 - Family builds kitchens in anticipation of the arrival of thousands of Rainbow Gath...
June 30, 2006 - Rainbow group prepares
June 29, 2006 - Gray areas in Rainbow clash
http://www.summitdaily.com/article/20060629/NEWS/60629002
OK - and this same group was adamantly defended by several folks right here on this board - "they have the RIGHT" to assemble....yadda, yadda, yadda.
I say that those who so staunchly defended this group's "right" to meet in this national park land should volunteer to go help in the clean-up.
It has more to do with the hypocricy of these so called Earth People. They won't let us go into our forests and then trash it themselves.
Pray for W and Our Troops
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