Ya know, I'm not exactly sure which is more irritating:

Larry speaking for all the desert artistic ararchists: "the community wants this!"

- or -

Chicken John speaking for all the desert anarchic artists: "we the artists want that!"

At least CJ is attempting to put an org in place that will remove the ego from the middle.

WELL SAID, Natasha, Ian & planet!!

All I got to say is this: Things have gone a complete 180 from the shit Chicken and Jim stirred up, which was their intentions I believe to put a fire up some peoples butts and it wasn't only BM they wanted to stir up, it was the people. I am happy to say that their little antic has taken a lot of complainers and have given them something that they had been lost -- they have now a new sense of community, a new sense of excitement, and a growing Network of like-minded individuals. People are totally excited for Borg2 and Burning Man and there is no public anti-Burning Man conversations going on for once. The money thing is not the only focus. We are going to try to do what we can raise money to help some Artists get out there but we are not the next money pig for 'what are you going to do for me types'. We are offering something that BM hasn't been able to provide for a long time, we are giving a face and a name back to the Artist. It is very hard to come to know the Artists in the current Grant process with BM. With the Borg2 the Artists are in front of the people and they are going to have to work for it. Also, the most celebrated artists in my mind are the one who are going to say to the Borg2 - ' you know what, if you can get me some money cool, but I will do all I can to get my Art out there and be a part of this experiment'. Those people are going to be the ones that really make the difference and we are going to do ALL that we can to figure ways that we can share resources/transportation etc. and make it as easy as possible for those who want to be there. So don't miss out on something just because of how it got started.

he he he he-= oh damn, that's a good one, ur?ĩ what tha? and another thing, the poor folks at BORG2 have no idea of the intense self-preservation policy that is the sole sworn duty of BORG1. There is absolutely no way that those SIX people will EVER release one speck of power to anyone- especially to BORG2. I recently tried to visualize the Black Rock City American Express Gold Card spelling out "chicken John" or, "Death Guild". Goddamn that's funny. he ?ĩ?- I said gold card!
Now, where was I- oh yea, KDPW at Burnin' Bush 2005! Now that's important!