This dude has the Mojo.

[Telarus]

Posing as a Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 Acres of Wilderness for Oil & Gas Drilling

http://i3.democracynow.org/2008/12/22/posing_as_a_bidder_utah_student

In a national broadcast exclusive, University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher explains how he "bought" 22,000 acres of land in an attempt to save the property from drilling. The sale had been strongly opposed by many environmental groups. Stephen Bloch of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance said, "This is the fire sale, the Bush administration's last great gift to the oil and gas industry."

Transcript at the link.

[Kai]

Posing as a Bidder, Utah Student Disrupts Government Auction of 150,000 Acres of Wilderness for Oil & Gas Drilling

http://i3.democracynow.org/2008/12/22/posing_as_a_bidder_utah_student

In a national broadcast exclusive, University of Utah student Tim DeChristopher explains how he "bought" 22,000 acres of land in an attempt to save the property from drilling. The sale had been strongly opposed by many environmental groups. Stephen Bloch of the Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance said, "This is the fire sale, the Bush administration's last great gift to the oil and gas industry."

Transcript at the link.

Thats AWESOME. And now they'll never get auctioned off because they can't auction until a month later and Bush et al. will be gone by then.

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

This is the Correct Motorcycle.

I wonder what would happen if an enterprising group of net savvy geeks took this cause and built a site to pay for all that land under the condition that it remain protected? I mean, they could drown forums and chat rooms with the ads...

February would give them 45 - 60 days to make it happen....

[Bebek Sincap Ratatosk]

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/12/20/1280/3911

Ah, people are already raising monies.

[CynicalCichilid]

Tim DeChristopher has so much mojo it hurts. I wonder if he knows how many people would now happily:

a) FEED HIM.
b) CLOTHE HIM.
c) SERENADE HIM.
d) OFFER BODY TO HIM.

It's insulting how George W. Bush has spent his time as president showing us how much more stupid, ruthless and untrustworthy he can be. He should have been impeached a long time ago to show future presidents that they can't get away with this crap.

I didn't know about this auction, it comes as a bit of a blow after watching this inspiring video:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AHs2Ugxo7-8 (The Liquid Flouride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be).

Thats AWESOME. And now they'll never get auctioned off because they can't auction until a month later and Bush et al. will be gone by then.

According to one of the articles, the bidders are allowed to withdraw their bids if they're upset with being 'ripped off'. They can stick with it if they want. If they can't do it a second time, won't they just roll back the bidding to the last authentic bidder?

[Telarus]

Tim actually achieved 2 separate things.

He 'actually bought' a whole bunch of acreage, which he can't pay for. These are the acres that cannot be 'resold' for 30 days (past the point where Obama will change the BLM management).

He also drove up prices of parcels of acres that the oil companies (and whoever) bought. These are the auctions that the winners can 'cry foul' about and return them, or live with the price they paid for them.

I think you've mixed these two accomplishments up a little.

Tim DeChristopher has so much mojo it hurts. I wonder if he knows how many people would now happily:

a) FEED HIM.
b) CLOTHE HIM.
c) SERENADE HIM.
d) OFFER BODY TO HIM.

LOL, I totally agree.