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2007-11-21 -Lurid Crime Tales-

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Posted by Glenmore 2007-11-21 07:42|| || Front Page|| [11132 views ] Top

#1 Green Gulch Zen Center

Posted by Thomas Woof 2007-11-21 08:13|| 2007-11-21 08:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Moser, a neighborhood liaison on the Muir Beach Disaster Council, went out on the oily beach with an impromptu crew of Buddhist monks in training at the nearby Green Gulch Zen Center.

I am split down the middle on this one. On the one hand it seems insane to detain people for cleaning the beach. On the other hand anyone working with an impromptu moonbat crew needs a good beat down. We are going to need Solomon to sort this one out.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-11-21 08:49|| 2007-11-21 08:49|| Front Page Top

#3 I had no idea that I should call in a hazmat team to change the oil in my car.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-21 09:09|| 2007-11-21 09:09|| Front Page Top

#4 Too bad they weren't fighting Buddhist monks, they could have filmed an action movie right there on the beach, maybe even lit it on fire for effect.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-11-21 11:07|| 2007-11-21 11:07|| Front Page Top

#5 And besides, why do you need to handcuff a guy, lay him face down in the jellyfish and kelp and drink coffee for an hour to write him a citation?
Sounds like a couple of asshole cop wannabees that need a serious attitude adjustment.

Posted by bigjim-ky 2007-11-21 11:10|| 2007-11-21 11:10|| Front Page Top

#6 I started off sympathetic to him, but then I got to the point where it says he ignored three calls for him to stop.

Doesn't matter what you are doing really, if the cops are standing there and telling you to stop, you stop. Had he stopped and talked to them about, I'll wager they might have worked something out, like maybe one of the professional guys coming over to simply monitor them to ensure they're doing it okay. But by ignoring the cops, he got a face full of sand and rightfully so.

Kinda brings to mind Niven's Laws...

Never throw shit at an armed man.
Never stand next to someone throwing shit at an armed man.

Posted by Silentbrick">Silentbrick 2007-11-21 11:48|| 2007-11-21 11:48|| Front Page Top

#7 Don't knock the Green Gulch crew - thay make some of the best food around.

Posted by Spanky Elmoluling1932 2007-11-21 12:40|| 2007-11-21 12:40|| Front Page Top

#8 California, right? 'Nuff said.

Posted by Bobby 2007-11-21 13:42|| 2007-11-21 13:42|| Front Page Top

#9 And in other Stupid Abuse of Authority news: there is this story about a bottle collector who has run afoul of the Oregon authorities:
http://blog.oregonlive.com/breakingnews/2007/11/state_warns_ore_man_who_digs_f.html
I expect activation of the Mattress Police anytime

Posted by USN,Ret. 2007-11-21 14:54|| 2007-11-21 14:54|| Front Page Top

#10 I was involved in an effort to clean a Cape Cod beach 30 years ago when the Argo Merchant went down. The Gov't paid (ridiculously) good wages in an area that was seriously depressed economically. About 20 of us made our own tools and developed our own techniques to clear the ocean beach from Eastham to P'town of oil globules from the size of pancakes to marbles.

No special clothes no nothing just some home made scoops made of wood and rat wire.

Posted by AlanC 2007-11-21 15:01|| 2007-11-21 15:01|| Front Page Top

#11 No special clothes no nothing just some home made scoops made of wood and rat wire.

Wow! And you're still alive to tell about it? No genetic mutations or anything? Kids with green skin?

Posted by gorb 2007-11-21 15:17|| 2007-11-21 15:17|| Front Page Top

#12 Weeeellllll gorb, the kids are more of a nice muted tartan complexion rather than green; the left head doesn't seem to mind but the right one's embarassed.

Posted by AlanC 2007-11-21 17:44|| 2007-11-21 17:44|| Front Page Top

#13 I had no idea that I should call in a hazmat team to change the oil in my car.

Well, gorb, this hazardous situation involved oil mixed with that other dangerous compound, dihydrogen monoxide

Posted by BA 2007-11-21 18:50|| 2007-11-21 18:50|| Front Page Top

#14 Just don't let the terrorists know about that stuff, allright! Or the sodium chloride it is mixed with as the secret ingredient.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-21 21:31|| 2007-11-21 21:31|| Front Page Top

#15 AlanC :-) heh....

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-11-21 21:47|| 2007-11-21 21:47|| Front Page Top

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