funny story about the trial that starts tomorrow:
here it at: http://www.kpfa.org/archive/id/47368
This guy goes to protest the auction of federal land to oil companies, walks into the event not really knowing what's next, they say "Are you here to be a bidder?" he thinks "ahhhh....whoa... " says... "why yes." Gets paddle number #BIDDER 7O. Watches auction for 30 minutes and settles down, gets up his nerve and starts bidding. Wins 7 rounds at the auction, out bidding Exxon Mobil and Chambers of Commerce at every turn. Eventually, they pull him into the back room, say "what!??! Good-cop/bad cop, the jig is up!" He says, "I don't actually have any of your requisite hedge-fund-paperwork to pay for this precious portion of Mother Earth."
(I mean people, we're talking about land right near MOAB, UTAH!!! One of America's most beautiful and weird natural lands, some of the most frickin' crazy beautiful land i've ever had the priviledge to stumble around (trying to be careful not to step on the plants, such delicate desert ecology, plants struggling so hard to get water from thin thin thin rains, so hurt by steps and dumb wheeled machines. But I digress... )
Tomorrow, there are SOLIDARITY actions all over Gaia for Tim De Cristopher. Please go to one. If you are you are near Burlington, come to in front of city hall to here me tell this story in real time.
Jai Ganesh!
