Fringe group of enviros vandalizing homes, cars (Tucson, AZ)

Arizona Daily Star ^ | March 1, 2009 | Tom Beal

[jazusamo]

Tucson Eco vandalism moves from labs to homefront

The Tucson area has a history of vandalism targeting what some see as environmental degradation, starting in the early 1970s when a group of University of Arizona students known as the "Eco- Raiders" vandalized construction sites to protest the city's sprawl. Three members, all graduates of Canyon del Oro High School, were fined and sent to jail in 1973.

• 1977: A hot-wired bulldozer knocks down two homes built on a 4,100-foot ridge in the Tucson Mountains. A year later the half-completed homes are destroyed in a suspicious fire.

• 1979: Saboteurs saw through the supporting poles of four billboards just south of Tucson on Interstate 19, toppling them.

• 1981: Vandals are blamed for felling a power line to a radio tower in the Tucson Mountains that had been criticized for defacing the range.

• 1987: Russek's, a Tucson boutique specializing in fur coats, closes after repeated vandalism.

• 1989: Vandals break into four University of Arizona research buildings, setting two fires and releasing more than 1,100 laboratory animals.

• 2001: Saboteurs attack the power line project for the Mount Graham Observatory, causing about $200,000 in damage.

• 2001: Arson fires destroy four luxury homes under construction in Pima Canyon. No one claims responsibility.

• 2001: The Animal Liberation Front (ALF) anonymously claims credit for the arson of a McDonald's restaurant on North Campbell Avenue. "ALF" and "ELF," which stands for Earth Liberation Front, were spray-painted at the scene of the fire, which destroyed the restaurant. It has since been rebuilt.

• 2006: Tucson animal activist Rodney Coronado, who had previously served a prison sentence for the arson of a Michigan State University mink researcher's office, is sentenced to eight months in federal prison for actions taken to disrupt a mountain-lion hunt in Sabino Canyon.

Source: Arizona Daily Star archives

[Tarpon]

Save the Scenic Santa Ritas

I suppose by building a large stand of gigantic windmills. Sometimes I don't think these whack-jobs have the brains it takes to read with.

[jazusamo]

Wonder if Dr. Jerry Vlasak speaks for Tucson H.A.A.N.D. also?

[marktwain]

This is what you get when you make a religion of environmentalism and do your best to destroy respect for other people's lives and property.

[jazusamo]

You’re right, thousands of windmills on hillsides don’t exactly add to the scenic beauty.

[Tarpon]

I’ve never understood the logic there. One oil well and they picket, cover the landscape with windmills whacking eagles out of the sky, and they stand in awe. Stupid liberals.

See tagline ...

[FormerACLUmember]

A terrorist is a terrorist.

These neuronally challenged thugs are the libtard products of CNN and publik skools.

[12Gauge687]

If environmentalism was really a religion to these wackos, they’d be more like Aldo Leopold, who espoused wildlife management and conservation, including hunting and fishing. It seems more like an excuse than a religion (I’m pretty sure none of these enviros knows about the habitat required for healthy wild turkey, ruffed grouse and deer populations).

[Flycatcher]

My wife lectures me that it's unChristian to hate, but I can't help it when it comes to these eco-punks.

Their self-righteousness is only matched by their imbecility. For the really destructive ones (such as the arsonists) no punishment is too severe in my eyes.

Thanks for the ping, kind sir!

[waxer1]

I do believe this is going to be a very long hot summer all over this great land of ours.

And I am not just talking about the environmental Whack Jobs either. Things are going to come to a head.

People all over are saying there is an ill wind in the air in general. I am not just talking about conservatives either, people of all different stripes are saying this as well.

Dear Lord Pray for Us.

[marktwain]

“If environmentalism was really a religion to these wackos, they’d be more like Aldo Leopold,”

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Religions (or other ideologies) don’t have to make sense, be rational, or even be good for society. They only have to be able to attract enough followers to keep their ideas alive.

[jazusamo]

When radicals of any kind vandalize and taunt people in their own homes they should be stopped immediately. As you say, many are getting more than fed up with it.

[Flycatcher]

(I’m pretty sure none of these enviros knows about the habitat required for healthy wild turkey, ruffed grouse and deer populations).

Very true. Wildlife-worshiping environmentalism seems to be an urban phenomenon. The more removed one is from rural countryside and remote wilderness, the greater the likelihood one will buy into the anti-human aspects of modern environmentalism.

[sauropod]

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[atomicweeder]

It's the result of immense privilege. Just as the hippies (relatively benign) grew out of the prosperity of the late 40's, 50's and 60's, the current crop of activists are the result of the tremendous prosperity of the 80's and 90's.

In other words, they are completely, and utterly spoiled rotten.

My personal opinion is to consider them terrorists and treat them accordingly. Take every single one of these spoiled brats and drop them in maximum security prisons. I'd love to see the reaction on an ELFer's face when he has to repeatedly take one up the a$$ from a lifer.

[Marechal]

Frankly, when I read stories such as these about arsonists posing as enviro-whatevers, it gets me angered enough to suggest that when these individuals are caught, they should be taken to the nearest vacant lot, tied to a stake with wire, and sent to their reward in a cloud of smoke. If a public execution cannot be safely carried out, then a very poetic Retribution Alternative at Night, Dammit (RAAND) sounds like a workable solution!

The next action should be an investigation to determine who is behind the indoctrination of the morons previously captured and executed. Cut that snake off at the head, and no more snake problems.

[Waco]

2-3 yrs in Levenworth makeing fine sand from large rocks, 12 hours a day, plenty of baloney sanwich meals, cheerio breakfasts, oughta lead them to choose a new pastime.

[VeniVidiVici]

Firebombings, vandalism and other mischief. I’d say that anybody would be well within their rights to shoot such people on their property as a threat to the life of the property owner.

[jazusamo]

Agree, at the very least.

[Trteamer]

Re-create 68, celebrating eco-terrorism.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPcmNPqGS_4

punks.....