Shrub damaging shrubs at Buckingham Palace

[Tom Dunlap]

http://www.sundaymirror.co.uk/news/...06694_headline=-GROUND-FARCE-1-name_page.html

Would we call it herbicide when Shrubs kill shrubs?



GROUND FARCE 1
Nov 23 2003
Queen's fury as Bush goons wreck garden
Exclusive By Terry O'Hanlon


THE Queen is furious with President George W. Bush after his state visit caused
thousands of pounds of damage to her gardens at Buckingham Palace.

Royal officials are now in touch with the Queen's insurers and Prime Minister Tony
Blair to find out who will pick up the massive repair bill. Palace staff said they had
never seen the Queen so angry as when she saw how her perfectly-mantained
lawns had been churned up after being turned into helipads with three giant H
landing markings for the Bush visit.

The rotors of the President's Marine Force One helicopter and two support Black
Hawks damaged trees and shrubs that had survived since Queen Victoria's reign.

And Bush's army of clod-hopping security service men trampled more precious and
exotic plants.

The Queen's own flock of flamingoes, which security staff insisted should be moved
in case they flew into the helicopter rotors, are thought to be so traumatised after
being taken to a "place of safety" that they might never return home.

The historic fabric of the Palace was also damaged as high-tech links were fitted for
the US leader and his entourage during his three-day stay with the Queen.

The Palace's head gardener, Mark Lane, was reported to be in tears when he saw
the scale of the damage.

"The Queen has every right to feel insulted at the way she has been treated by
Bush," said a Palace insider.

"The repairs will cost tens of thousands of pounds but the damage to historic and
rare plants will be immense. They are still taking an inventory.

"The lawns are used for royal garden parties and are beautifully kept. But 30,000
visitors did not do as much damage as the Americans did in three days.

"Their security people and support staff tramped all over the place and left an
absolute mess. It is particularly sad because the Queen Mother loved to wander in
the garden just as the Queen and Prince Charles do now.

"Some of the roses, flowers and shrubs damaged are thought to be rare varieties
named after members of the Royal Family and planted by the Queen Mother and
Queen.

"Other Royals had their own favourite parts of the garden as children and some of
those areas have been damaged."

The Queen's insurers have told her she is covered for statues, garden furniture and
plants she personally owns, but the bill for repairing damage to the lawns and the
structure of the Palace will probably have to be picked up by the Government.

The Americans made alterations to accommodate specialised equipment. The
mass of gadgetry meant the Royals couldn't get a decent TV picture during the
visit.




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[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by Tom Dunlap
[Would we call it herbicide when Shrubs kill shrubs?

Or another case of Ugly American Allelopathy. Showed as much understanding of the power of nature as the energy bil being crammed through Congress.

Did you hear about the 5 acre food grove in Irag mowed down because snipers hid there? You can't argue with the goal, but the means?? Not only the low growth that could hide gunmen, but all the coconut palms were cut too! Are snipers climbing the trunks with their weapons? Those trees are like olives in Greece--central to their culture.

Veteran plants are worshiped by many people. It doesn't have a formal name, but there is a subdenomination known as the Advocate de Arboribus. "Religion" means "Reconnection", and historic plants bring us back to our roots.

Selective clearing would have taken A. thought, and B. a tool smaller than the Bechtel bulldozers that did the job; wonder how much campaign cash they will funnel in 2004?

38 people now suing as they lived off the grove. Any appraisers ready to travel? The Army may be hiring contractors to figure up the damages.

 

[Guy Meilleur]

spelling Correction::blush: Advocata de Arboribus.

 

[Stumper]

Journalism or hi-jinks? That "article" smells a little funny to me.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

Justin,

Did you follow the link back to the original?

Why are you skeptical of the veracity of the writer?

Tom

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by Tom Dunlap
Why are you skeptical of the veracity of the writer?

Tom, I'm skeptical too, a little more so than of the American press because the Brits tend toward the sensational even more than American press.
But you're right in that the original source is for real; the basic facts cited in the story seem bona fide. It's all in line with this administration's philosophy.:alien:

 

[Stumper]

Tom, I wasn't challenging whether the article actually appeared in print (although a lot of fraudulent junk does make the rounds on the net). The flavour of the piece was prejudicial IMO. It seemed to be more in line with anti-Bush and anti-American propaganda rather than an objective report.

 

[Lumberjack]

"The lawns are used for royal garden parties and are beautifully kept. But 30,000
visitors did not do as much damage as the Americans did in three days.

That sound like it is anti-american, could they not remember that his name was Bush, so they called him "the Americans"

"Other Royals had their own favourite parts of the garden as children and some of those areas have been damaged."

Put in purly to stir emotions against America.

What did America publish in response to this? Does anyone have any links?

Also if the damage was so bad, and they had all those cameras, then why didn't they publish pictures of this attrocity instead of saying that we Americans screwed up their childhood memories by damaging there place in the garden.

Seems as though someone is being dramatic. I would like to have links to other articles and pictures of broad areas of the garden, and pics of specific damage.

Carl

 

[Base]

Hmm the article came from the Sunday Mirror oh what trash probably made it up as they could not get enough half naked celebs to fill that rag, and yes the paper is probably anti american but it is a real trash paper and no one takes any notice of it

 

[FBerkel]

On the other hand...

It's not like we can depend on our corporate media to inform us about Bush. Examples: The draft-dodging/awol story was covered by exactly one major US paper during the election; the Florida black-voters purge story has received almost no coverage; the Rumsfeld/Saddam connection story almost none; the Bush family's Bin Ladin family connections not mentioned, that I've noticed. So it's not like our media is setting a great example, other than in sex scandals.