http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/hippies/ en-us Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:02:48 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts The Rainbow Gathering and the U.S. Forest Service continue to trade charges over the festival that is expected to draw 10,000 people to a Northern New Mexico forest by Independence Day. More than 200 people so far have had to travel 240 miles round-trip from the site in the Santa Fe National Forest near Cuba, N.M., to Albuquerque to see U.S. Chief Magistrate Lorenzo Garcia ... Forest Service spokeswoman Denise Ottaviano said only six of the arrests have been for felonies — assault on a federal officer, theft of government property, damage to government property and conspiracy. Seized drugs, she... The New Mexican http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2285222/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 02:02:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276498/posts New video from Mr. Yankovic about the Internet site Craigslist in the style of Jim Morrison and the Doors. Enjoy! YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2276498/posts#comment Sun, 21 Jun 2009 23:17:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273670/posts A press conference was held last week announcing Michael Lang’s Woodstock Ventures had served “West Fest, Woodstock’s 40th Anniversary” with a cease and desist for using the name “Woodstock” . After much Peace and Love an agreement was reached between the events producer, Boots Hughston and Woodstock Ventures’ Michael Lang. 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Free Concert Will Take Place as Scheduled in Golden Gate Park San Francisco, Sunday, October 25, 2009 Event: “West Fest” Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock Producer: 2b1 Multimedia Inc. and the Council of Light in association with Artie Kornfeld, the original producer of “Woodstock 1969”... World of Moss blogspot http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2273670/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:24:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272988/posts This year marks the 40th anniversary of President Richard Nixon’s start of the war on drugs, and it now appears that drugs have won. NYTimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2272988/posts#comment Tue, 16 Jun 2009 19:43:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270974/posts El Marco's new photo essay exposes how the Denver Art Museum is promoting LSD and radical revolution to today's generation of children. This in-depth study uncovers how a public institution is undermining the city it is supposed to serve. The shocking history of the Psychedelic Movement in San Francisco is juxtaposed with real tragedy in today's recovery community in Denver. http://www.lookingattheleft.com/2009/06/drugs-and-revolution-to-children-at-dam/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2270974/posts#comment Sat, 13 Jun 2009 11:58:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260302/posts Companies: After an all-out war on oil companies from the left in recent years, it bodes well for the future to see Big Oil now recognizing the attack it's under and its duty to fight back. Witness Chevron and Exxon Mobil.Shareholder meetings can be pro forma affairs, but not for major oil companies, which have become a lightning rod for the anti-corporate sentiment gaining traction in U.S. political life since around 2006. Wednesday, Chevron was descended upon by a zoo-full of San Francisco leftists pushing rain forest sentimentalism, Burma, and other pet causes dear to the no-soap crowd. They journeyed... IBD Editorial http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260302/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 04:18:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2257727/posts Memorial Day is a special day in State College, Pa.Each year, the town's hippies, like those college hippies around the country, recall the tradition of turning their backs on the nation's fighting men and women. It's a proud tradition."My great-great-grandfather castigated those who served in the Union Army during the Civil War," said Karlton Fletcher. "Calling them, Butchers of Atlanta, for seeking to enforce the imperial will of the Republican government on the southern states and their unique economic needs."Fletcher's non-fighting lineage continued through America's involvement in the Spanish-American War and World War I. His family passive-aggressively fought for whoever... DotPenn.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2257727/posts#comment Mon, 25 May 2009 12:30:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2251205/posts [enclosed photo] blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2251205/posts#comment Fri, 15 May 2009 00:04:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236978/posts Run for the hills. The official Woodstock "brand" is approaching America like a big hallucination. The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2236978/posts#comment Fri, 24 Apr 2009 16:46:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2223544/posts Phish announced a May 31 concert at Fenway Park [map] today, one of a handful of shows the Vermont-based jamband added to its summer tour. bostonherald.com via AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2223544/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 19:42:51 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219957/posts G20 summit protesters have forced their way inside a Royal Bank of Scotland office in the City amid violent clashes with police as world leaders gather in London. Anarchists smashed windows of the building on Threadneedle Street near the Bank of England and looted office equipment and papers, throwing smoke grenades, chairs and eggs. A printer was seen being thrown out of a window as the group of protesters, many with their faces covered by bandanas, ransacked the office, despite a huge security operation to protect Europe's financial capital. Riot police have been deployed near the scene but the protesters... The Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2219957/posts#comment Wed, 1 Apr 2009 17:38:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213673/posts Michael Lang said plans for a 40th anniversary Woodstock concert are "all speculative ideas" for now, but he hopes to bring them to reality this summer. The Woodstock co-founder told Billboard.com that his vision is "a free event...a very green project," possibly in New York City. "We want to have as small a carbon imprint as we can and use as many green techniques as we can," said Lang, who was in Austin as part of a South By Southwest panel discussion about Woodstock. The holdup? "It's got to be sponsor-driven," he explained. "It's free, but it costs a lot... Billboard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2213673/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 19:51:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2213601/posts Video on site: http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/03/save-hippies.html notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2213601/posts#comment Tue, 24 Mar 2009 18:25:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208575/posts Protests greet Bush's first speech as ex-president Tue Mar 17, 2009 5:00pm EDT CALGARY, Alberta (Reuters) - More than 100 protesters chanted "war criminal" and flung shoes in Calgary on Tuesday, angry that former U.S. President George W. Bush was in the Canadian city to give his first speech since leaving the White House. At least two demonstrators were hauled away by police after brief skirmishes, as 1,500 business people in the oil patch city waited outside a convention center for an hour to pass through tight security and enter the C$400-a-plate ($315) luncheon. Media were barred from the invitation-only... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2208575/posts#comment Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:29:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2204298/posts Stupid Hippies. Have you ever been to Whole Foods? It smells like hippies. I don't know why, but my wife always gets mad when I call people dirty hippies, loud enough for them to overhear. I can't help it, they smell bad. (Video on Site) http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2009/03/south-park-hippy-infestation.html notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2204298/posts#comment Wed, 11 Mar 2009 16:49:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198292/posts (Video on Site) Sure it's funny, because hippies are stupid; but past the humor, this is sort of disturbing. Look at all these people eager to sign a petition to ban something they know NOTHING about. How can anyone make an informed decision if they don’t do their research? Libs are so eager to jump on any bandwagon that they will leap without even looking. It really is nuts. http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2008/07/penn-and-teller-trick-some-hippies.html notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198292/posts#comment Tue, 3 Mar 2009 18:49:45 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197563/posts From Cracked.com Between the hybrids, the reusable canvas shopping bags and cloth diapers, everybody's doing their little bit to save the world. Entire industries have sprang up to cater to us socially-responsible types who want to leave behind a better world for the robots to inherit once they take over. But, most of the time, making you feel better is about all it does. For instance... #5. Buying Organically Grown Food Why People Do It: Seems like a no-brainer. Organic food eliminates the use of chemical fertilizers, hormones and pesticides. Getting rid of all those nasty chemicals means healthier foods... notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2197563/posts#comment Mon, 2 Mar 2009 21:58:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195842/posts (Video on Site) This little clip gives you a frightening look into the minds of the far left environmentalist fringe. These are the nut jobs that keep us from building clean, efficient nuclear power plants, hydroelectric dams, and domestic oil drilling. http://www.notoriouslyconservative.com/2008/09/hippies-wailing-over-dead-trees.html notoriouslyconservative.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195842/posts#comment Fri, 27 Feb 2009 23:48:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192633/posts This should probably be in the humor section but since it really happened I guess not. Click the URL link for the video of the "final assault" on the Kimmel Dining Hall at NYU that's being occupied by hippie rejects and wannabe anarchists. It's hilarious and reminds me of a SNL skit. The comments section is good for a laugh too. NYULocal.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2192633/posts#comment Tue, 24 Feb 2009 06:47:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190308/posts So much for the revolution. Security guards on Friday dragged the last of the renegade New York University students out of a campus cafeteria where they had been holed up in protest for three days. "Solidarity! Solidarity!" the fist-pumping rebels yelled as they were ousted from the Kimmel Center. Four students tried to flee a balcony after campus cops breached their barricade. Others were physically removed - and unceremoniously dumped outside. "He picked me up by the shoulders and dragged me through the door," complained protest organizer Farah Khimji, a 20-year-old sophomore. "I was physically subdued. I was thrown to... New York Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2190308/posts#comment Fri, 20 Feb 2009 22:13:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171148/posts Thank you so much for reminding me. A day after a historic inauguration and affirmation that this is the greatest country known to man, one that provides unlimited opportunity for all; your article in the Globe today made sure that our original sin stiil hangs on us. The sin that only the martyrdom of the white male liberal and his resurrection in the halcyon days of the 60's have we been spared from Judgement Day. The sacrifice you made Bob, you and your grey haired aging hipster friends to make sure that we must never forget that black people are... Musings from the Meathead http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2171148/posts#comment Sun, 25 Jan 2009 01:56:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163469/posts In what may be the beginning of a campaign to talk soldiers out of deploying to Iraq, 12 peace activists were fined Monday in federal court for trespassing last summer at Fort McCoy in west central Wisconsin. Members of Voices for Creative Nonviolence were arrested in August by base police at the main gate of the 67,000-acre military installation during a walk from Chicago to the Republican National Convention in St. Paul, Minn. The activists said they wanted to "dialogue" with soldiers to tell them their Fort McCoy Training would leave them woefully unprepared for what they would face in... Madistan.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163469/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 00:43:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145831/posts Over at the HuffPo, a hippie-dippy writer named Stephen Mo Hanan punched up a post called "Why Save Capitalism?"In case you're wondering, yes, this is the typical short-sighted, tie-died, socialistic, Commie-symp wail-fest against capitalism, Now I'm not stupid enough to forget that capitalism is also a system that has allowed a substantial though relatively small group of human beings to amass titanic wealth and, so to speak, to capitalize on that wealth by exercising transformative power over the whole planet and everyone on it. If they were all wise and benevolent, that might be a satisfactory arrangement; they aren't, and... Right wing News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2145831/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 00:24:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2112909/posts and now for something completely different to help you forget that this is an election year. (and from all the ayers threads). Raw video,Octobe21/08:Tasmania,Australia, TENSIONS over the logging of old-growth forests in Tasmania have boiled over into a violent attack by timber workers, caught on video yesterday. The timber workers are seen attacking a protest car with a sledgehammer and kicking in its windows as they demand that the occupants get out. With increasing fury, more workers join in the attack, surrounding More.. the car, which was deliberately disabled on a logging road, and leaving it trashed. A 22-year-old man... liveleak http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2112909/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 06:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107299/posts A series of Iraq war protests culminated with the arrest of 15 people on disorderly conduct charges at the gates of Hofstra University. Most of those arrested were from out of state and from New York City, police said Thursday morning. The largest crowd, about 350 people, carrying signs and shouting slogans, gathered outside the gates at 5:30 p.m. and remained for hours. Smaller groups gathered earlier on campus, in downtown Hempstead and at the Hempstead train station. About 7:30 p.m. a scrum broke out between protesters and mounted police outside the gates when police refused to allow anti-war veterans... AM New York http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2107299/posts#comment Thu, 16 Oct 2008 19:03:08 GMT