Posted on 06/24/2008 10:29:33 AM PDT by girlangler
We have the relatively conservative Boy Scouts restoring the forests to their natural condition, and the far left liberal Rainbows trashing the forest so there's no room for the Scouts to come. I doubt that many who have seen the Scouts and the hippies in action are surprised by the contrast.
Thanks for providing “the rainbow connection.” ;-)
A Rainbow Family reunion can range from 8000 to 50000 people. (More recent ones are smaller because after 1995 or so they started splitting into different regional gatherings). Advance groups show up and start preparing the location, putting in extremely rudimentary facilities such as pit latrines, etc. Essentially, they build a poor-quality, 18th century infrastructure for a small city that occupies the site for 1-2 weeks. They make some small efforts at cleanup, but there is no way to hide the sewage, erosion, timber cutting, and so on that these people create while occupying their city in the woods.
“> It wasn’t until after more than 200 people had gathered at the site and begun digging in kitchens and other infrastructure that the Forest Service told them, “This is a real problem,’’ he said. > >”
Yea.
Go to any national forest in the country and get caught digging up a Rhoderdenron, a native plant, or even moving around (or taking) rocks or anything else, and see how fast that gets you a $10,000 federal fine.
Did you know outdoor photographers/writers are now being charged a permit to take photos (if they are to be used for commercial purposes) in national parks?
If I ever get caught photographing in a national park and they try to fine me I am just going to tell them I got lost when the Rainbows had their last meeting there.
Scenario: Park ranger writing ticket for not having photographer’s permit.
Me: “Wow DUDE, this is a national park? I thought it was a national forest DUDE. You mean they didn’t have the Rainbow meeting here? Wow, man, no wonder I couldn’t find my friends. That was some really good **** we smoked.
BOBBY: I ate hippie gumbo!
There are a ton of great quotes from that episode.
RANGER BRADLEY: Did you know that hippies are the number-one source of airborne and waterborne pollution, right in front of Dow Chemical and Mexican trucks?
HANK: Uh... I'm not sure about that, but those hippies have got to go. What if Bobby and I took care of them ourselves?
RANGER BRADLEY: Great! How many firehoses do you need? I've got some pepper spray that could take down a bear.
Six years from now you will still be getting pings telling you messed up the html on this article. ;-)
Exactly...My eyes bugged when I saw in the article they were digging to make facilities for 25,000 people, I didn't think anyone could do that.
LOL. I know. This is NO good excuse, but I am sometimes in a hurry, like today, when I decide to do a quick post.
I am on a deadline today, really rushed. I have posted LOTS of articles on FR with no problems, and this always happens when I need it to the least. I wanted to post this story before I forgot about it.
VERY soon I am going to give myself a home course on posting threads.
Remember Jaz, that article I posted a while back about the environmentalists suing the BLM over a tiny little gas pipeline in Colorado? BTW, I read today the courts allowed that company to start the pipeline.
Where the heck are the Center for Biological Diversity, Sierra Clubbers, and all these people that should be mad over this Rainbow stuff?
Oh, I know, they are all at the Rainbow gathering (GRIN).
LMAO!!
Video Professor should make "The Video Professor's Guide to Free Republic." It could include sections on formatting posts, how to post a picture, posting LOLcats, ORLY owls and the "I Beat Anorexia" guy, and posting a well-received Opus.
BTW, I'm totally suing the Video Professor if he takes my idea and doesn't give me a cut.
That is great news, I didn't hold out much hope the courts would allow it.
If we were able to look up the real people running these Rainbow turkeys I'm sure we'd find they are all members of those Marxist groups! LOL!
I remember that. In fact, wasn’t it in the Cherokee National Forest? Or was it the Pisgah?
I fish in the Cherokee, and I remember reading about all the mess they made. I’m very near WNC.
Of course, half the Rainbows probably just came over from Asheville (grin). You know what I’m talking about — the “San Fransico (sp)” of the east coast.
Never heard of Rainbow People, are they a gay/lessy organization?
“Gatherings are subdivided into themed camps, which helps to keep the peace. For example, there is usually a camp just for heavy alcohol drinkers, which keeps them away from everybody else.”
Man, I’d love to guess what the themes are: civil disobediance, ANARCHY 101, saving the earth, helping the world become vegetarians, Animal Rights, ending Bush’s illegal war, the condom giveaway tent ...
“5) Individuals volunteer to be the equivalent of peacekeepers, carrying two way radios to keep things from getting out of hand. When there is a fight or attempted rape, or things like that, they yell out with a “Hey Rube!” type call. Participants then swarm the offender with a “group hug”. If they are violent, drunk, or deranged they may then be duct taped to a tree until they settle down.”
LOL.
I would love to be a spectator when they hold a Rainbow event here in the Cherokee National Forest near me. All these Tennessee hillbillies camp there too. I can envision the hillbillies here when someone tried to give them a “group” hug and tape them to a tree.
I can't add a thing to your post, Girl except LMAO!!
This was in the Natahala somewhere south of the Fontana area.
“Never heard of Rainbow People, are they a gay/lessy organization?”
Probably more lesbians there than gays but all are of the smelly hippie genre.
I was a married adult when the hippies were around and had no idea whay were about or doing.
Having seen pictures of them I hope I never come in contact with one!
“Go to any national forest in the country and get caught digging up a Rhoderdenron, a native plant, or even moving around (or taking) rocks or anything else, and see how fast that gets you a $10,000 federal fine”
Decades ago I worked on the Town of Andrews, NC reservoir dam when it was being built in the National Forest. Acres of Rhododendron and Mt. Laural were bulldozed and burned. I rescued several and planted them in my backyard.
Oh I’m dying lauging just thinking about it.
CrappieLuck is from these parts. He can tell you.
Can you just imagine one of them drunk hillbillies (there’s lots of them in the Cherokee) stumbling upon a Rainbow meeting and grinning from ear to ear at all those half naked chicks, his one front tooth bared?
And all those sissified “peace” boys rushing at him screaming “Hey Rube,” coming at him with duct tape?
The poor guy would think he got ahold of some bad moonshine or something.
Hey CrappieLuck, you need to coordinate the next TN Deer meeting to be held jointly with the Rainbows, from what I’ve read about some of Tn Deer’s meetings.
I’d attend, just for the comedy.
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