Who needs Hollywood writers when real life is typically much funnier?
To prove the point, a protester at the University of California, Berkeley, fell out of a tree Sunday evening, fortunately only breaking his wrist and ankle.
The punch line?
He thought it was the school's fault for putting fences around the trees in order to prevent folks from climbing them.
Of course, the injured tree-hugger could have blamed his injuries on President Bush, but, as reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, I digress (emphasis added for your entertainment pleasure, h/t Michael Savage):
One of the tree-sitting protesters in a grove of oaks next to UC Berkeley's Memorial Stadium was in the hospital Monday after taking a bone-breaking fall.
Nathaniel Hill, who fell at least 30 feet on Sunday night, was in stable condition at Highland Hospital in Oakland, a nursing supervisor at the hospital said.
[...]
Protesters have been illegally occupying a grove of oak trees next to the stadium since December. They seek to block construction of a $117 million athletic training center for Cal football players and other athletes.
A judge is expected to rule as early as this week on three lawsuits seeking to block construction of the center.
[...]
When he fell, inside the fenced area, he had been trying to reach a traverse line running from a tree inside the fenced area to a tree outside the fenced area, he said...Hill said that if UC hadn't put fences around the site, then there would have been no need for the traverse line that he'd been trying to reach.
You really can't make this stuff up.
—Noel Sheppard is the Associate Editor of NewsBusters.
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I am ROFLMAO! It is about
November 13, 2007 - 19:26 ET by bigtimerI am ROFLMAO!
It is about time!
These little useless twits are lucky they don't break their good for nothing little necks year after year...of course it is always somebody else's fault if you are a leftie.
Too funny....
Got my wish!
November 13, 2007 - 19:29 ET by scamoramaTrying to watch a football game the other day, and for too much of the first quarter, the cameras spent as much time on the tree-squatters as they did on the field.
Got to where I was hoping one of those morons would fall out.
"Initially, the trees called to me,"
November 13, 2007 - 19:33 ET by CarlosSNathaniel, be very wary of trees calling you, they may just want to hurt you!
In stable condition
November 13, 2007 - 19:38 ET by KC MulvilleIn stable condition? To which condition are you referring?
Good Point!!
November 14, 2007 - 06:05 ET by SouthJersey1953Good point!!
No RINOs in '08 - Mike Huckabee is the best choice
Can we give this guy a
November 13, 2007 - 19:53 ET by MikeBCan we give this guy a Darwin Awards Honorable Mention, and wish him better luck next time?
I personally don't care if there is ever another football game played or stadium built, but when these clowns start their crap, I'd like to take a chain saw and start cutting. They would have until the saw got through the trunk or they'd be riding the d*mn thing down to ground.
If that *sshat is a student, why wasn't he in class? If he is not a student, why wasn't he arrested for tresspass?
"A communist is someone who reads Marx. An anti-communist is someone who understands Marx." Ronald Reagan
Darwin Awards Nominee:)
November 13, 2007 - 19:54 ET by jcrapes4Darwin Award Nominee:)
Mr. Sheppard, that last line
November 13, 2007 - 20:15 ET by motherbeltMr. Sheppard, that last line of yours was exactly what was going through my mind while I was reading that.
UC Berkeley--up in a tree
November 13, 2007 - 20:19 ET by BuffNBoneUC Berkeley--up in a tree you say?
How "high" was he?
"Fighters are fun but bombers make policy"
Get Out & Stay Out
November 13, 2007 - 20:42 ET by BarkerHe was probably pushed.......by a squirrel.
No surprise there..
November 13, 2007 - 20:54 ET by KhyrisSquirrels are known for trying to bury nuts....
Khryis... ROFL!
November 13, 2007 - 21:00 ET by bigtimerKhryis...
ROFL!
Why is it fortunate he only broke his ankle and wrist
November 13, 2007 - 22:03 ET by Lame CherryI could not disagree more that it was fortunate he only broke his ankle and wrist. This social retard is now costing insurance companies thousands of dollars, taxing hospital resources and causing the college liability insurers a fortune.
For the good of society, he should have broke his neck and died to face judgment. This retard will not learn as it worships not God, but manifests itself in nature to deal with the pain of being human.
What this amounts to is simple. It will vote for more Pelosi and Hillary comrades who will take more liberties from Americans, so weakening our system until it breaks.
Compassion stops when it is my family impoverished, raped by illegals and soon to be nuked by terrorists because of the ilk of Nathaniel Hill. He has no compassion on Americans nor sense to not tax our culture's resources.
It is most unfortunate he did not have an Angel break his neck, but one must believe God still is giving this creature a chance to change. God help Nathaniel Hill in Jesus Name, Amen. I have now fulfilled my duty as a child of God.........may God now fulfill His purposes so this person and others do not bring more harm to the good people of this God given land.
Grampa was right. Tell them once and if they do not get it right.......it is their problem and they can dig themselves out of their own hole.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
You just can't make this
November 13, 2007 - 23:26 ET by ConservativeRexYou just can't make this kind of stuff up..these Neo-Satlinist are a ridicule laugh a minute..
I honestly think that ought to be our response to any of these Neo-Stalinist...just laugh at 'em! I am not going to see their point of view anyway...and I don't care if they see mine.
There's an ad
November 13, 2007 - 23:39 ET by JPR1for a free IQ test at the bottom of this page. I wonder how this fellow would fare?
Sheesh there using ROPES, how the heck do you fall using ropes?
}}---> Falling from a tree
November 14, 2007 - 02:47 ET by Cool ArrowI'll bet he didn't fall far from the tree, though.
At the home opener the
November 14, 2007 - 04:35 ET by maggieqpublicAt the home opener the Tennessee Volunteer fans were suggesting the chain saw, but the important point is that the 1960’s/1970’s era Cal football fans have had it up to their eyeballs with the non-student tree sitters.
However, a seriously-injured tree dweller might bring on the demand for a “memorial grove.”
The University administration is exhibiting their usual paralysis.
Hahaha
November 14, 2007 - 05:56 ET by tater...only in Kalifornia.
Do you realize how much it costs to run for office? More than any honest man could afford. -Montgomery Burns
I'm convinced that if
November 14, 2007 - 07:43 ET by be_objectiveI'm convinced that if modern medicine had not eradicated natural selection there would be no liberals.
"In any compromise between good and evil, only evil can profit." Ayn Rand
And then he copse an
November 14, 2007 - 09:13 ET by juspassinthruAnd then he copse an attitude?
ba-da-BUM
November 14, 2007 - 10:40 ET by dervishTrunk you very much.
Copse?
November 14, 2007 - 10:44 ET by MassConservOh, no you didn't!
LOL!!!! :-)
What if he copse a field?
November 14, 2007 - 11:28 ET by pbanks7What if he copse a field? Is it harassment?
My first thought was, "Do not iron clothes on the body." Do we need a disclaimer that says, "Do not trespass, especially from tree-to-tree by using ropes." :^)
Ignorance is bliss. It's easier to repeat a mindless slogan than to do some actual research.
You guys can laugh about
November 14, 2007 - 09:53 ET by dscottYou guys can laugh about this stuff, I shake my head to acknowledge the absurd, but apparently you've not been in court, I have watched the insanity first hand. Why do you think this twerp has the gall to make such an obviously absurd claim???? If he files a suit in court, a lawyer will be representing him and navigating/gaming the system, and a lawyer does this to win.
You're right Noel, we can't make this stuff up, but the problem is what we as conservatives take for granted (common sense and personal responsibility) is just a line of argument to an obtuse judge so busy sorting the minutia of legal details in order to strain gnats to swallow camels. Berkley is in California, the land that has provided liberals a bountiful harvest of fruits and nuts. I share no optimism that justice will be done, that concept has been tossed long ago in favor of the PC. If justice should ever occur, it is strickly by coincidence.
Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. dscott's corollary: The line between malice and stupidity is called depraved indifference.
...
November 14, 2007 - 10:42 ET by dervishYou can flaunt your laws against trespassing and loitering and littering, but that law of gravity is strictly enforced.
Dervish
November 14, 2007 - 10:50 ET by Noel SheppardD,
Exquisitely delicious! Thanks. ns
Looks like he gained his
November 14, 2007 - 10:46 ET by MightyMouthLooks like he gained his treedom from the Evil Bush Regime. <groan>
"There are two types of people in this country; those who provide freedom and those who enjoy it." MM says...
perhaps sitting at the
November 14, 2007 - 14:31 ET by PKperhaps sitting at the bottom of the tree and starting a chainsaw at about 0230 would add sauce to their stew.
C
"Initially, the trees called
November 14, 2007 - 17:39 ET by Rackie"Initially, the trees called to me," he said
HEY STUPID...
up here...