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Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Marcus

Marcus — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:33:10 +0000

Since I don’t have any night vision recording equipment, you’ll just have to be happy with pictures Alice. LOL

From my blog (which I won’t link to this time):

newru and his buddy met up with me and a couple of my friends at Civitan Park to pull stakes up. I have to say, I was pretty impressed with the lack of staked off area this year. I’m thinking that it has to do with the media coverage and that people didn’t want to chance their stakes / rope being disposed of, but it may just be that newru was out there all day pulling stakes ahead of us!

Thanks to Wendyjo for the tree idea!
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake001.jpg

Decent pile of vampire killers.
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake002.jpg

Stakes, flags and twine from a 200 square foot area.
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake003.jpg

Perfect the pile!
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake004.jpg

Feet, tape, and evidently a light stick rave.
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake005.jpg

Lawn chair wrapped in the blanket it was sitting on.
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake006.jpg

Must have proper tree placement! Who’s the creepy guy in the background?
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake007.jpg

Team effort!
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake008.jpg

Another pile of stakes and string by a garbage can.
http://www.diseasedmedia.com/images/stake/stake009.jpg

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Alice

Alice — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:10:29 +0000

Maybe a YouTube video moment… just in case there is any action?

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Skullz

Skullz — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:43:04 +0000

Hey This is UnNamed Got to work but as soon as i can bail i’m headed out…. be out there as close to 11 as i can… see you there

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by newru

newru — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:27:30 +0000

we pulled 10 spots so funey the peole who steak drive around to check on there spots. hehe see you at 11.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by newru

newru — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 22:02:09 +0000

hahah marcus come help right now its so funney.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:05:02 +0000

I plan to head to Civitan Park right around 11pm tonight for stake pulling. If anybody is interested, let me know either here or on my blog where I have announced it as a scheduled event.

From the chatbox:
Marcus : List of Independence Day activities.

http://diseasedmedia.com/blog/2009/independence-day-idaho-falls-2009

Normally I wouldn’t post up a link to my blog…but I know what the turnaround time on new posts is around here. Hopefully Joe(s) will understand!

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:00:20 +0000

Probably a lot.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Alice

Alice — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 18:45:59 +0000

I noticed this morning that people are staking off areas on Boulevard for the parade. I’m guessing a lot of these people are staking out their own yards, which, of course, is ok.

I wonder how many people try to stake off private yards that aren’t theirs?

Comment on Selective Discrimination by Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:34:41 +0000

Oh, I wasn’t saying that he would have been re-elected if he was up for it. Cabinet members change with every election, more drastically if an opposing party takes over, and I don’t believe, based on my experience, that any of the politicians camping DC from Clinton on (and I’m only saying Clinton because I was too young to pay attention to what Reagan and Bush Sr. were doing) were worth a damn.

Every president elected inherits a mess. I don’t blame Bush solely for the mess that Obama inherited, and neither should you. This mess has been snowballing for decades, and it continues to snowball with the newest not-worth-a-damn DC funky bunch.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:26:00 +0000

At 11pm, I don’t think much of anybody is going to be up and about staking stuff off. That’s around the time that I got out and did it last year, and it was pretty uneventful overall (as far as confrontation goes).

On a related note, based on the activity that I’m hearing on the scanner, cops are going to be next to voiceless come tomorrow. No screaming, but the channels haven’t been closed very much at all today and direction from dispatch / questions from officers on just what should be done with trailers and vehicles parked along Memorial has been the main topic of the day. They’ve been slapping stickers on cars since about two hours ago that state the vehicle will be towed if not moved by midnight. They’re not too excited to be stuck up all night towing cars…so from what I’m hearing, they’re getting an early start and towing now, lol.

One officer asked if it was OK for some folks to move their trailer to Freeman Park, and dispatch responded “Yes, until midnight.” LOL

Comment on Selective Discrimination by Dennis Jones

Dennis Jones — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:24:27 +0000

Oh man…do you HONESTLY believe he’d have been re-elected?

I guess we can agree to disagree. But Bush AND the uber-conservative (national policy-wise) mindset are gone. I thin kif the electorate would have wanted those policies and attitude to continue, John and Ms. Palin would be in office…GOD HELP US!

And yes, the current admin is finding its share of potholes. However, given the mess they inherited, I’m going to give them more than four months before I pass judgement. Lord knows it took the Shrub longer than that to screw things up…

Happy Fourth my friend,
Dennis

Comment on Selective Discrimination by Marcus

Marcus — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:18:15 +0000

The corrupt administration left because the time limit was up. He wasn’t up for re-election.

I still see the same crap going on =/. Our electoral process failed yet again.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Josh

Josh — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 15:03:45 +0000

I was hoping there was a group like this that existed here in I.F. I searched high and low for it, and FINALLY… my endeavors paid off.
My girlfriend and I were out last night pulling stakes and tossing lawn chairs. I’m excited for the morning of the 4th to see the peoples faces when they get to their spot and realize that someone ELSE is sitting there, and their stuff is either GONE, or over in a corner somewhere.
I’m certainly up for a city wide cleanup… parade OR fireworks. I always love a good confrontation. HAHA!

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Dennis Jones

Dennis Jones — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:58:34 +0000

Marcus,

The answer to your question, “Why make it a law if we can take care of it ourselves?”

The answer is simple. Laws (and law enforcement) are in place to help us (the citizenry) avoid to inevitable confrontation that will occur when you get a group of non-civic-minded, me-first, impolite beer guzzlers being opposed by an equally passionate group of well-meaning citizens over a ridiculous issue like this.

You know that tonight, when we (I know I will be down there…say 11ish?) take a stroll along the greenbelt to take care of any unfinished clean-up the police may have missed, so blowhard “I got rights” type is gonna come barreling outa his ‘72 Datsun pickup with the ‘69 camper shell on top with a large stick, knife or worse.

I will have my cell with me and the first sign of some jerk-off stopping us from removing the stakes, etc. I’m going to let the police do their job. That’s what we pay them for, isn’t it?

HAPPY FOURTH TO ALL…

Dennis

Comment on Selective Discrimination by Dennis Jones

Dennis Jones — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:46:25 +0000

Marcus,

Note that I didn’t say the system is fine or doesn’t still need work. Frankly, until the “money” aspect of the presidential and congressional is removed from th equation, the American political system will continue to be two sides of the same bad coin.

The point I was trying to make had to do with the endless accounts of the Bush administration usurping the constitution and the Bill of Rights, or simply outright disreguard for the law, “because they said so”…not to mention getting us into a war that NEVER should have happened in the first place (Afghanistan, sure, as that is where the 911 planners have been holed up, but we had no reason HONEST to be in Iraq).

I stated that our Founding Fathers “gave us a peaceful solution to bad government”…our electoral process, and in this case it worked fine, expelling the corrupt administration.

And yes, I am certain that should the people feel that President Obama has not cleaned up enough of the Bush mess to their satisfaction, the system will work again.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Alice

Alice — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:34:39 +0000

I’m with Marcus, why involve the passing of a law when it’s posted on the property and people are willing to take care of it themselves?

On the other hand, I hope that at least some officers will be close to squelch the inevitable fights that will break out. After all, if the people will still try to stake out spots after it’s posted on the property and they are told on the news, then they probably aren’t above punching someone in the nose.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by Guest123

Guest123 — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:31:13 +0000

IFPD I hope you’re watching. You have a vigilante group forming here.

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by UnNamed

UnNamed — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:11:21 +0000

Sorry For the miss spelling

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by UnNamed

UnNamed — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 08:10:42 +0000

So Instead of taxing us to deal make a law and enforce it…. how many dumb stupid ingorent people would still do it…. that will help to pay for captial St to be repaved and a new overpass on pancari…. i thinks it’s a good idea and im down to rip them up try to after work can’t hit the time the e-mail told me dang it all i will do my part what name should we have for this so called Civil Local Heros Guild that has just been formed

Comment on Reserving spaces for the 4th of July by April

April — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:23:41 +0000

The city officials have a right to remove things on public property because the property is not owned by those leaving “stuff” on it. Plane and simple. If it’s not your property you cannot lay claim to it. If on any other weekend of the year you have a picnic and leave all your picnic crap about you don’t expect it to be there the next day…. it’s kinda silly.