I am curious of what you all think about this years theme. It is the American dream~ a homage to the mulicultural United States, celebrated by the majoriy: caucasians. Any comments? I
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Sat, May 17, 2008 - 8:05 AMOne big circle jerking massage-fest while they sing the praises of "art" by wrecking the pristine environment that they stomp on but cry "We pick up our trash!"
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Sun, May 18, 2008 - 8:58 AMI would love to know if there's a study about what the carbon footprint of the event is. Not only the burning, but the travel and resources consumed. -
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Sun, May 18, 2008 - 4:03 PMExcellent point. How can you leave no trace of that behind? -
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Sun, May 18, 2008 - 10:52 PMThe trace left behind is like a huge TURD a burning turd in fact ! It smells up the air with such a foul stench of burnt plastic etc spattered with images of puke and glow sticks. The RV culture that burning scam has inspired is not at all sustainable by any means, it discusting ! The american scream is a better adjunct.
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 9:24 AMFiguratively speaking, I'd guess their carbon footprint is comparable to to the Yeti's.
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Sat, May 17, 2008 - 4:21 PMI am not offended in the least! It's good to know there others with the same sentiment. -
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Sun, May 18, 2008 - 1:20 AMYou know it used to be just a kegger party two guys threw out on Baker Beach in San Francisco with a bonfire once a year.
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 9:12 AMLarry had some bad acid, envisioned the desert scenario & thought it was a good idea & everyone else was too stoned to object. That's my guess.
And then suddenly it was like Scientology. Have a great time! Have a life-changing experience! Do it in a place no sane person would inhabit EVER, tell the people who think you're idiots that they just aren't enlightened, believe it is the be-all-end-all & pay out the nose through it!
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Tue, May 20, 2008 - 9:23 AMI was thinking the inverted man camp should decorate with corporate symbols like McDonald's Wal-Mart, Starbucks & of course, the B-Man.
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Thu, May 29, 2008 - 4:09 AMMid July subprime crisis, move with Moon in Auriga, avoid NYC with Moon in Orion, Seattle with Moon in Sextans. lulu.com/astrology Subprime Paradise in your stars... we were speaking? ah dreams, dreams lucid! -
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Thu, May 29, 2008 - 4:10 AMMagog _ Russia, but Caucasians vs Tamil are in India, they say, Gog = Putin is the chief of Magog (in Syria). Aren't we all Caucasians?, sorry??? I mean Noah and Ararat, ...
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Mon, July 14, 2008 - 6:35 AMIf burning man didn't celebrate white people....
50,000 Black people at burning man would be considered a a Gang riot
50,000 Hispanics would be considered border jumpers looking for a home depot
50,000 Asians would be considered a fire drill
The totalitarian Larry has been firing anyone that questions his judgment on the theme. Tell him you think it's a bad idea and you're FIRED. The question begs to be asked if that boot licking cud Obama will show up. I think that's the plan, give a theme this year that begs a presidential candidate to show up. Obama I'm sure will be down with burning man. He likes drugs. the problem is his wife hates white people, so it's a tough call if he can go stag or not.
No way in hell McCain would show up. I can't even come up with anything funny about it. Just wouldn't happen. That or he'd be out with the mud people rolling around like a naked retard in playa mud.
The ultimate of course would be to get Obama and McCain into the thunderdome. Nobody could ask for more. McCain would work him over, but it would still be awesome to see. All somebody would have to yell with be DIDI MAO! a few times at McCain, get some flashback from 'Nam happening and boom - killing machine!
Anyway.... this years theme is just as shit dick retarded as last years green man.
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Mon, July 14, 2008 - 12:46 PMugh. Shatter, you know I love you, but if you're going to troll, try using facts, instead of parroting crap from Free Republic. -
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 1:19 AMWhat's free republic?
Seriously, if you can come up with something funny about McCain at BM, please do share. Short of poking fun at his stay at the Hanoi Hilton (which, really, it's funny) there's not much. He's a republican. Nothing I can sling his way can make him any more dirty, unless of course he rolls around in the mud, as stated.
I still thing sticking candidates in the thunderdome would be the most civilized form of election.
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 3:31 AM>>>>I would love to know if there's a study about what the carbon footprint of the event is. Not only the burning, but the travel and resources consumed.<<<<<
those crackheads think planting a few trees in Arizona or somewhere helps fix all the damage ---whatever... it doesn;t. but htey pretend to buy some credits or something.
as far as the race thing, ridiculous. the American dream- sure, totally.
GLUTTONOUS WASTE. money to BURN. that is what America is all about so why not - and of course, the vast majority of any huge waste of money and leisure time are white folks -
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 8:03 AMBlowing wads of money isn't a unique trait of white people. All cultures equally blow large amounts of money on stupid things that could be better spent elsewhere.
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Wed, July 16, 2008 - 12:49 AMBut this group has the added bonus in doing it in the name of art & playing at being neo-hippies/artists while being able to afford to miss a week of work, a $300 ticket, the gas money to get there, whatever else they need to survive for a summer week in the desert & whatever crap they think would be cool to bring, like drugs, stupid clothes & that fabulous fashion accessory one genius thought to bring last year: a noose. -
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Wed, July 16, 2008 - 1:05 AMOh, & calling themselves eco-friendly.
You know, I like to go play in the desert too; California City & hopefully Glamis, eventually.
I may not share the political leanings as a lot of the folks who head out there, but at least they don't try to mask their hedonism under some pretentious fake hippy/fake artist nonsense. -
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Wed, July 16, 2008 - 8:45 AMYou know you're onto something when enough pressure has been put on something that you really don't have to do anything, and they do all your work for you.
27,000 ton? Now they try to figure how to offset it? It's easy - IF YOU CARE, STOP THROWING THE EVENT.
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Thu, July 17, 2008 - 9:13 AMI love how during "green man" they had an "art display" where they essentially just set on fire a barrel of crude oil. How is this green?
I've already seen ads for a beauty pageant during "The American dream".
I also checked out the BM tribe the other day, and there was a whole list on using the "diaper genie" to keep your trash/ diapers/ etc from smelling. The diaper genie is honestly one of the objects that eco-scares the crap out of me. Mummifying your child's sh*t for all eternity in a landfill of plastic crap sausages. As if disposable diapers aren't bad enough. Completely terrifying! -
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Thu, July 17, 2008 - 7:03 PMAnyone familiar with this movie?
www.imdb.com/title/tt0157503/
If so you'll completely understand where I'm going with this. If you are not familiar - RENT IT, WATCH IT, THEN WATCH IT AGAIN WITH SUBTITLES ON, then come back and read this thread again.
It get's better.
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Thu, July 17, 2008 - 7:39 PMhahahaha i've seen that nice ending -
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Sat, July 19, 2008 - 2:30 PMAmer I CAN!
Must be Wisconsin's turn to do the BM theme this year.
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Wed, July 30, 2008 - 9:55 PM"The American Scream" would be a better title.
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 10:00 PMHere's what they do to "offset" the damage: www.burningman.com/environment/blog/
Call me nuts, but wouldn't it be better to not do those things in the first place? -
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 10:02 PMOh, and according to this, BM07 generated 27,000 TONS of CO2. Their "Cooling Man" managed to offset... 627 tons. earth2tech.com/2007/09/03...n-festival/ -
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Wed, July 16, 2008 - 12:52 AMA drop in the bucket, really.
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 11:44 AMActually, I'm in LA, and I'm white, so I'm a minority now!
*sticks tongue out*
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Tue, July 15, 2008 - 1:08 PM'The reason they call it the American _Dream_ is because you have to be asleep to believe it'
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