http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3?format=rss Tribe.net. Local Connections http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f4bdbce6-a277-4630-b031-f2f568468b4b I love the idea. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:39:41 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f4bdbce6-a277-4630-b031-f2f568468b4b Fire 2007-11-15T19:39:41Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#4b35656d-8ed1-490e-8a39-6a8995620d56 Hmmm, great idea! My declaration is more oriented towards the BMORG. I don't think of them as facist, or even greedy, just not very good listeners, who have allowed themselves to fall into the trap that most movements or great ideas fall into. So, I'm going to declare my independence of the BMorg, and use their infrastructure to do my own thing. What that is, I don't know yet. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:35:20 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#4b35656d-8ed1-490e-8a39-6a8995620d56 Uncle Sticky 2007-11-15T19:35:20Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#69a54544-f8a2-41e0-8137-e098fa61c775 I think we should express our angst and anger against the current oppressive fascist regime by going out to the middle of the desert with 45,000 of our closest friends and throwing a big blinky rave with lots of shit on fire, and alcohol and titties! That'll show em. Punks. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:26:07 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#69a54544-f8a2-41e0-8137-e098fa61c775 Brody 2007-11-15T19:26:07Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f45f9318-3e72-459c-810b-b677c7a59a96 Hey, leave no trace, man. Nice girls swallow, after all. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 19:24:43 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f45f9318-3e72-459c-810b-b677c7a59a96 Brody 2007-11-15T19:24:43Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#4d94ae8c-a107-4c84-9ada-c7978b457fb5 Great idea! We don't have an ocean, but we are pretty good at burning things. I'd say burn actual tea, or boxes that look like antique cases of tea. Kind of a re-enactment, in costume, with flames instead of water. Too bad La Contessa is gone - would've been an ideal stage... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:54:12 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#4d94ae8c-a107-4c84-9ada-c7978b457fb5 Scott 2007-11-15T01:54:12Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f4556758-27cf-4cbc-a7f3-cf79fed2dc2b seeing as how we're all getting fucked, perhaps we could spill semen all over the playa.... Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:35:50 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f4556758-27cf-4cbc-a7f3-cf79fed2dc2b BadAss 2007-11-15T01:35:50Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#1e1bf0bb-7dd5-44a4-89be-3645341e4dc3 A "tea party" held on the playa relative to the "Boston Tea Party" as a revolutionary catalyst would almost certainly have the effect of a fart in space. No one would notice. Do it at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC and you might have more of an effect. Take it to the mother fucker's face day in and day out, maybe you'll make a dent. Do it in the middle of nowhere surrounded by a choir of the converted and you'll just be another "performance" cloying for attention. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:21:04 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#1e1bf0bb-7dd5-44a4-89be-3645341e4dc3 crash 2007-11-15T01:21:04Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#c599a065-fa0e-465b-9bcb-160348227b50 This was the idea that got me excited about burning man again. It's not about politics, or specifics, it's about an idea, and that's saying "I have a say in my life, and I'm making full use of that right." That was what "no taxation without representation" was about at its' core, and that is what taking back our country, and taking back our festival, is about. Thu, 15 Nov 2007 00:56:59 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#c599a065-fa0e-465b-9bcb-160348227b50 Uncle Sticky 2007-11-15T00:56:59Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f1f3fd60-f982-4be1-a457-3da36ecd83bb I'll be sure to bring some, and a generator to burn it in. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 23:47:50 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#f1f3fd60-f982-4be1-a457-3da36ecd83bb ernest™ 2.0 2007-11-14T23:47:50Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#e0fbaf8b-40ae-4bbb-87f7-6a70b5001e23 Well, what's our current "tea" in this culture? What products are we addicted to in the USA? What are they charging super-high taxes and huge profit margins on? What product exploits others the most? OIL And so how do we spill oil all over the Playa? By burning thousands of gallons of it like we just don't care. The sooner it runs out, the sooner we'll have to face facts, phase out of our car addiction, join in community, grow our own food, and live the life we all know we want. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:44:28 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#e0fbaf8b-40ae-4bbb-87f7-6a70b5001e23 Supernova 2007-11-14T22:44:28Z http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#694eb00d-5f67-4f1d-84f1-73176b27e20f So I was thinking about the theme "the American Dream" and how far recent politics have taken us from the ideals our forefathers espoused. And then I thought of how Samuel Adams and others fought against an oppressive King George with the Boston Tea Party, and how Thomas Jefferson is quoted as having said (or written), "God forbid we go twenty years without a revolution." And I thought again about the theme, "The American Dream" and how that dream is being actively destroyed by the current administration. Could it be possible for a group of us to have a Boston Tea Party, or a Playa Tea Party, in Black Rock City next year, to show that Our American Dream would include holding accountable an administration that has no regard for the Constitution of the United States, nor the ideals espoused within, nor the tradition of moving toward said ideals rather than away from them? What would it look like? Would it include participants dressed as colonial era revolutionaries disguised as Native Americans? Obviously we have no ocean to throw the tea into, so I welcome ideas. Anyone who feels inspired by such an idea, please feel free to articulate freeform ideas in this thread. Much appreciated. Wed, 14 Nov 2007 22:38:57 GMT http://bm.tribe.net/thread/9ba40b65-bd3c-40e9-a80a-d11f51ca05b3#694eb00d-5f67-4f1d-84f1-73176b27e20f $item.owner.firstName 2007-11-14T22:38:57Z