BERKELEY: Cal prepares to end tree-sitters' protest

San Francisco Chronicle ^ | 9/9/8 | Carolyn Jones

[SmithL]

A U.C. Berkeley police officer walks past the last standing tree near what was once a grove of oaks and redwoods on the site of U.C. Berkeley's new sports complex, wave from their perch on Monday Sept. 8, 2008 in Berkeley, Ca. After two years of protest 4 tree sitters still remain in the tree.

[SmithL]

Sure, they deserve water. I’d suggest a fire hose.

[Izzy Dunne]

"But these are human beings. They deserve food and water."

[13Sisters76]

The authorities look like fools having tolerated these morons for so long. I agree- blast them out. They should have done it sooner.

[MeanWestTexan]

[wideawake]

these are human beings. They deserve food and water

Uh-huh.

Well then, Eric, you can buy them some food and water.

And they can come pick it up across the street from the tree.

[AngryJawa]

Mogulof did not say exactly when or how the university would act to remove the tree-sitters.

May I suggest something in a Stihl or maybe a Husquvarna?

[albie]

shoot ‘em down...a pellet rifle would be effective and good for laughs.

[Brookhaven]

I don’t feel sorry for Berkley one bit. They have fostered this protest mentality and now the chickens have come home to roost.

Had this been on private property that was next to the campus, Berkley’s professors and administration would have cheering the protesters on.

[martin_fierro]

[synbad600]

"But these are human beings. They deserve food and water.'

More victims. If they deserve it, let them go get it themselves.

[No Truce With Kings]

If Berkeley had ring-barked the tree a year ago, they wouldn’t have a protester in it today.

Remove the bark all around the tree a foot in height three feet above the ground. Watch tree die. Watch protestor tire of perching in dead tree.

Same result, less fuss. But this is Berkeley — libs don’t have the imagination to do something like that.

[Eyes Unclouded]

ehhh... good idea sir, save for one flaw. I don’t think anyone would want to work on the tree while being bombarded with buckets of feces and urine which seems to be the hippies main weapon.

[reagan_fanatic]

1) Bring in large safety net and position underneath sitters
2) Convince them to come down by jumping into net
3) As soon as they jump, pull the net
4) Prepare for hilarity

[EagleandLiberty]

May I suggest something in a Stihl or maybe a Husquvarna?

a Poulan, please!

[Abathar]

Hey, it’s fenced in, and I happen to have a beaver problem in my lake.

I think I can find a solution that would leave the hippies very confused and distraught, a dead tree or a starving beaver...

[Abathar]

Johnsered, best saw on the market.

[going hot]

ever seen how nuts are harveted (no pun intended)?

This machine that looks like a giant backhoe clamps around the trunk, then shakes the shit out of the tree (again, no pun intended).

They need to hook one up to this tree and leave it on for a while.

[70th Division]

Quick! Get them on the ground as quickly as possible. THUMP! THUMP!

[Zakeet]

Must watch YouTube enviro-wacko video HERE!