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Little Tich

(6,171 posts) Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:31 PM Jun 2015

Requests for ice cream and flush toilets at Nevada's Burning Man stirs firestorm

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

(Reuters) - U.S. land managers have asked operators of Burning Man to provide them with VIP accommodations and flushable toilets in the Nevada desert during the annual counterculture festival, triggering a political firestorm on Friday.

The demands drew the ire of two U.S. lawmakers from Nevada who described the requests, which also included a standing supply of ice cream, as excessive.

Burning Man, named for the burning of a wooden effigy that marks the climax of the week-long festival of art and free expression, brings nearly 70,000 people to the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada and adds an estimated $35 million to the local economy each year.

Organizers of this year's event, taking place from Aug. 30 to Sept. 7, say fees and facilities they have provided the U.S. Bureau of Land Management for law enforcement and other services at the event surged from under $1 million in 2011 to an anticipated $5 million this year.

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Requests for ice cream and flush toilets at Nevada's Burning Man stirs firestorm (Original Post) Little Tich Jun 2015 OP

cliven bundy would do those things for a lot less $$ and feds are askeered of him lol nt msongs Jun 2015 #1

Maybe, but Bundy's a few hours south brush Jun 2015 #4

In other words, the opposite of Burning Man. xfundy Jun 2015 #2

Can't they just bring their own confiscated land yacht motor homes? NBachers Jun 2015 #3

These accommodations are being requested for personnel who are providing security Sheldon Cooper Jun 2015 #5

That's the Caucasian Old Hippies' Convention out in the desert...? MADem Jun 2015 #6

Don't you mean "sh*tstorm" instead of "firestorm"? ;) Shamash Jun 2015 #7

msongs

(67,438 posts)

1. cliven bundy would do those things for a lot less $$ and feds are askeered of him lol nt

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 10:37 PM

Jun 2015

brush

(53,840 posts)

4. Maybe, but Bundy's a few hours south

Reply to msongs (Reply #1)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 08:53 AM

Jun 2015

Nevada is a big state.

xfundy

(5,105 posts)

2. In other words, the opposite of Burning Man.

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Fri Jun 26, 2015, 11:38 PM

Jun 2015

They should just buy a motel nearby and luxe it up.

NBachers

(17,135 posts)

3. Can't they just bring their own confiscated land yacht motor homes?

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 03:13 AM

Jun 2015

"Come here, little bangled hippie! Amuse me! Now

Sheldon Cooper

(3,724 posts)

5. These accommodations are being requested for personnel who are providing security

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Sat Jun 27, 2015, 09:12 AM

Jun 2015

at the event. Since these folks are required to be onsite, I don't think it's unreasonable to expect decent facilities for their use. RVs with flush toilets, comfortable beds, etc. are perfectly reasonable requirements. These folks are not there to celebrate the philosophy of burning man, they are there to provide security.

Demands for ice cream, unlimited Chobani yogurt, etc. are simply ridiculous. They can supply their own food and refreshments.

MADem

(135,425 posts)

6. That's the Caucasian Old Hippies' Convention out in the desert...?

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 07:53 AM

Jun 2015

Maybe it's getting too big for itself.

Once it tips over into hyper-commercialism, it will lose its' cachet.

I understand that every year they hold that thing, the crowds get older and older.

Shamash

(597 posts)

7. Don't you mean "sh*tstorm" instead of "firestorm"? ;)

Reply to Little Tich (Original post)

Sun Jun 28, 2015, 09:36 AM

Jun 2015

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