This Just In: Free Tibet Climbers on Golden Gate Bridge

11 am Monday, April 7, 2008.

This Just In...

Coming to You Live from San Francisco...



In an utterly AWESOME act of Civil Disobediance...

Three members of Students For A Free Tibet have scaled some suspension cables of the Golden Gate Bridge and unfurled two banners.

This act follows several others in and around the Olympic Torch Relay as it approaches its only stop in the US - here in San Francisco - protesting and bringing attention to China's decades-long Occupation of Tibet (which includes a particularly slow method of genocide via saturation: By relocating large numbers of Chinese citizens into Tibet.).

Many others are also working to bring to the world's attention China's refusal to use its considerable influence to stop the slaughter in the Darfur region and its long record of Human Rights abuses

The Banners read:

"ONE WORLD ONE DREAM FREE TIBET" - In Giant White Letters

and

"FREE TIBET 08" - In Giant Black Letters.

They also have the colorful and beautiful Tibetan Flag.

Hannah, Laurel and Dwayne are currently still tethered to the vertical suspension cables about 500 ft. above the road, which is about 500 ft. above the SF Bay.

This should make the international news!

Goddess Bless Them!

And our Blessed Right of Free Speech and Expression.

Gd knows... if they did this in China... they’d probably have been shot down and all film footage of the event destroyed.

A spokesperson for Students for A Free Tibet has said that the activists on the bridge are experienced climbers.

Northbound Bridge traffic was halted in the far right lane, just beneath the climbers.

At one point, some Bridge workers in a bucket of some sort were raised on some cables to the first banner. They continued to slowly approach one of the climbers who then quickly climbed even higher.

Dear Golden Gate Bridge Authority:
When you have a situation like this... with experienced climbers tethered to the Bridge cables... Please Do Not endanger them, yourselves or those below by trying to yank them off... Just wait for them to come down... they will eventually... It’s not like their going to take flight and escape being taken into custody...
Although... It would be Cool if they did!

This must be quite an embarrassment to the California Highway Patrol and the Golden Gate Bridge Authority... As it was pointed out by a local newswoman, "How did they manage to get this far in this post-9/11 environment of supposedly increased security?"

The local authorities don’t really have a good answer... at the moment.

According to a CHP spokeswoman, the CHP apparently only realized what was going on when they responded to reports of local news helicopters buzzing the bridge.

Dear CHP and GGBridge Authorities:
I understand this sensational public protest must be highly embarrassing to you... Please do not beat the protesters/climbers up once they climb down.
Thank You.

The spokeswoman said that the CHP patrols the bridge and will probably increase their patrols...

I’d suggest that they look up once in a while... something I’ve noticed that not many people ever do.

Peace.
L.