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Naked Tree Huggers Mount Eucalyptus Trees
Todd Starnes

By Todd Starnes Published July 23, 2015
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There's only one thing worse than a tree-hugger -- and that's a nude tree-hugger.

About 75 folks at the University of California, Berkeley disrobed over the weekend and mounted eucalyptus trees.

All part of a protest directed at the Federal Emergency Management Agency -- they say the trees pose a fire hazard and need to come down.

“This is a war on trees,” wildlife activist Jack Gescheidt told Campus Reform.

The demonstration was organized by a group Gescheidt founded -- The Tree Spirit Project. Their mission is “to raise awareness of the critical role trees play in our lives, both globally and personally.”

And part of their schtick is to commune with nature while frolicking buck naked in the wilderness.

The federal government doesn’t seem to be swayed by the protest.

BerkeleySide.com reports that FEMA provided $5.7 million for California to remove the trees as part of a fire hazard abatement in Claremont Canyon.

That region was devastated by a deadly fire in 1991. Twenty-five people were k**led, 150 injured and more than 3,300 homes were incinerated.

But Gescheidt doesn’t believe trees cause forest fires.

“The claim about trees being flammable is nonsense,” he told Campus Reform. “All living trees and forests are fire resistant.”

So how does he roast marshmallows without a campfire? Maybe he uses tofu and wheatgrass. I hear that stuff is pretty combustible.

Reaction to the nude protest was muted. One critic said the protesters were “about as hot as you’d expect.”

I heard about a guy from Yazoo City, Miss., who was into that tree hugging malarkey. He dropped his drawers and high-tailed it up an oak tree covered in kudzu.

There was one problem, though. That poor fellow couldn't tell the difference between kudzu and poison ivy.

It proves my theory that there are just some things you should not do if you're buck naked -- like shimmy up a tree -- or fry bacon.

Todd Starnes is host of Fox News & Commentary, heard on hundreds of radio stations. His latest book is "God Less America: Real Stories From the Front Lines of the Attack on Traditional Values." Follow Todd on Twitter@ToddStarnes and find him on Facebook.


Just another fine group of "progressives" thinking things out and doing what is best for America. YEAH RIGHT!!

hprinze Loc: Central Florida

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Berkeley college kids are not important enough to waste forum space on.

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Except that they, unfortunately, represent the brainwashing that is now the norm on American college campuses.

hprinze Loc: Central Florida

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It's not just the colleges. The government grade and high schools are filled with incompetent and uninformed teachers who were taught in college by the brainwashed professors (and professors' assistants).

Workinman Loc: Bayou Pigeon

I guess they are not smart enough to realize that trees are a renewable resource.....lol..

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

Now you know that nuts in a tree aren't going to cause a stir, but naked nuts in a tree certainly will. So there WAS a method to their lunacy. One persons ridiculous behavior, is another persons normal. We see evidence of that - every time a politician opens their mouths.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

And a couple of those nuts are considerably larger than normal due to poison ivy.

lpnmajor Loc: Arkansas

No doubt! :lol: Some of them probably became cheeky bastards too. :mrgreen:

PawneeCounty Loc: Oklahoma USA

Just think of the poor ole' Squirrels