Feeling Bohemian
Feeling Bohemian
It’s camp time!
President Herbert Hoover dubbed it “the greatest men’s party on earth.” Others have called it the most exclusive summer camp in the world. Every July, the top movers, shakers and hotshots retire to the depths of the redwood forests of Sonoma for a top secret, completely hush-hush retreat. (No chicks allowed, by the way — the camp is strictly Boys Only.) Situated seventy miles north of San Francisco on the Rusian River, the campground takes up 2,700 acres of redwood forest. And while there are extensive precautions to make sure regular Americans can’t get anywhere near it — sentries “scan the outside areas with binoculars” and “infra-red sensors protect the perimeters” — some shadowy tales of the goings on have leaked out. Here are some of the stories:
The club has approximately 2,500 members, with a combined wealth of an estimated $100 billion. Every Republican president since Coolidge has been a member, as well as a few on the other side of the aisle as well. Members include directors of Fortune 1000 companies, corporate CEOs, top government officials and business elites. The waiting list is 3,000 men strong and the average number of years spent on that list is anywhere from 15 to 20.
The list of former and current Grove campers is long and varied. Former guests include Henry Kissinger, Hearst, George Schultz, James Baker, Richard Nixon, the George Bushes, Newt Gingrich, members of the Bechtel family. In 2000, George Bush asked Cheney to be his running mate at the Bohemian Grove.
So, what do you do at the exclusive Grove? The men produce skits, musical acts, listen to speakers, eat drink and socialize. The last night of camp, the men put on an elaborate play with a cast of hundreds. Members stay in cabins with names like “Toyland,” “Dog House,” “Cave Mans” and “Sons of Toil.” (Last year, George H.W. Bush and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld stayed in “Hill Billies.”) But make no mistake, this is definitely a rich man’s playground, with private chefs, servants and waiters. And according to the New Statesmen, the no-girls-allowed policy means peeing on trees is all the rage.
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I know a frequent attendee of the Grove. The primary purpose of the Grove seems to be to tell dirty jokes, though I’ve heard there is also frequent nudity.
July 19th, 2005 at 3:13 pmI’ve got the old Spy Magazine article on the camp, where one of their writers actually managed to infiltrate it and report on it. An incredible story, indeed!
July 19th, 2005 at 3:16 pmSo this is where they can go and be “out”.
Thats nice, the fella’s deserve a little alone time together.
July 19th, 2005 at 3:27 pmGuess Jeff Gannon and Scottso McClellan are bunkies…in the BoyLand Cabin
Theresa
July 19th, 2005 at 3:33 pmDON’T DROP THE SOAP!
July 19th, 2005 at 3:43 pmI’m still trying to figure out the meaning of the giant owl statue?
July 19th, 2005 at 3:49 pmAny group that let’s in Bob Wier and let’s his band play can’t be all bad. Yes it is primarily a rich guys frat club. But they do let some bohemian and artist types in.
July 19th, 2005 at 3:50 pmWhat’s wrong with peeing on trees? That’s what the get for growing in the forest if you ask me. Of all the things the right wants to do to old growth, I think the peeing is the least of our concerns.
July 19th, 2005 at 3:52 pmKindness said “Any group that let’s in Bob Wier and let’s his band play can’t be all bad.
Bob Wier is a “hunk” of course he’s invited!
July 19th, 2005 at 4:05 pmWier is just trying to destroy them from within (possible)….or perhaps change them? Yeah…right.
July 19th, 2005 at 4:23 pmWasn’t it Harry Shearer who infiltrated the place? Maybe we can elicit a comment from him (harryshearer.com)
July 19th, 2005 at 4:36 pmWeir can fade away already, and I’ll refrain from stating what I think he’s a “hunk” of (and it’s not burnin’ love).
Sounds like a pagan roman orgy to me. Oh those frisky elitists…
July 19th, 2005 at 4:49 pmPerhaps the owl statue is a depiction of the spotted owl for all to piss on in its enviroment? Or maybe a tribute to Bacchus? Wait, I think that was a goat…
July 19th, 2005 at 4:54 pmDon’t dis Bobby. He’s holding up real well for his age. Now whether or not you like Ratdog, well, I don’t care really. But they did allow him to bring some of his old bandmates in to join too.
Bless you Jerry.
July 19th, 2005 at 4:59 pmHere’s a link to the 1989 Spy Magazine Article by Phillip Weiss:
http://www.conspiracyarchive.com/NWO/Bohemian_Grove_Spy_Magazine.htm
July 19th, 2005 at 4:59 pmI hear that inflatables are all the rage, (after pissing on trees that is)… Is Rick Santorum going? How’bout, Gannon/Guckert? (which is his public persona name?)
Yeah, that’s how the rich & powerful touch base with the real world–by going camping, like the rest of us do. Then you wonder why they haven’t seen upc scanners at the supermarkets!…..
July 19th, 2005 at 5:04 pmLess then 10 miles away in Guerneville 3,000 large, hairy gay men gathered for “Lazy Bear Weekend” this past weekend.
While the Bohos compared notes on amassing money, the Bears were raising money for AIDS charities.
July 19th, 2005 at 5:05 pmSorry, ‘never liked the Dead. Thousands of bootlegs of the same song over and over again took its toll on me.
July 19th, 2005 at 5:15 pmI have a photo from the 70’s of Jerry Garcia hanging in my family room at this very moment.
I’ve owned it and have displayed it for over 25 years.
July 19th, 2005 at 5:19 pmRe: paragraph 3 — I think that’s “The Georges Bush.”
July 19th, 2005 at 5:33 pmI think I smell patchouli somewhere…
SUSAN!!
(just funnin’!)
July 19th, 2005 at 5:45 pmIt’s funny, in the early 70’s (dating myself), I liked the Dead OK, but wasn’t a huge fan. Partially because so many of my friends treated it as a religious thing almost. It drove me away. But after moving out here to N Cal, I guess you could say I was on the bus after that.
Do deals get made by the rich and powerful there? Yes, I’m sure they do. But, what are you going to do? You can’t close down every resturant and bar because someone is making money off someone else.
July 19th, 2005 at 5:46 pmIt isn’t as benign as portrayed here.
Check out infowars.com for the reporter who actually went undercover with a camcorder to capture the goings-on at the Bohemian Grove.
Yep, it’s the place where an attendee may be seated beside Dick Cheney with his pants down around his knees as he masturbates before the simulated child sacrifice ritual being played out on stage.
It’s sick, folks. Really sick. And these are the leaders who are against gay marriage? ROFL!!!
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July 19th, 2005 at 6:13 pmI’m more Dead Kennedys than Greatfully Dead (HAHA), ’cause everything goes better with Jello.
July 19th, 2005 at 6:17 pmIf you can’t spell Weir, I don’t know what to tell you.
Does peeing on trees count as frontal nudity? I’m a member, and attend the grove. I find it futile to tell you what goes on there, because you only want to believe what you want to believe.
July 19th, 2005 at 6:31 pmDo you really think they are masturbating sitting next to the vice president?
Drunken debauchery, sure. Nakedness, why not? Lewd & crude, yea probably.
Group circle jerks & simulated child sacrifices… C’mon, that’s not happening. Now I don’t know it’s not happening for a fact as I don’t know anyone, personally, who’se ever gone. But do you really think those folks are doing that? I don’t.
July 19th, 2005 at 6:32 pmDamn, I did spell it wrong. Oh well.
July 19th, 2005 at 6:33 pmAt this point, almost nothing would surprise me. Sounds rascally at any rate though.
July 19th, 2005 at 6:49 pmThe book, Them: Adventures with Extremists, by Jon Ronson includes a good account of what he observed after breaching the security. It’s also a very good account of his experiences with several other extremist groups and individuals.
July 19th, 2005 at 8:44 pm#23 Has it right. What goes on there is occultist behavior of the most bizarre kind. Check out that site!
July 19th, 2005 at 9:32 pmWhat’s wrong with a group of men hanging out to together in the woods?
I’m pretty sure lots of other American men and women do stuff like this.
July 20th, 2005 at 12:18 am#18’s comment “Sorry, ‘never liked the Dead. Thousands of bootlegs of the same song over and over again took its toll on me. ”
Oh, but each version of that song is very different. That’s the beauty of the Dead…
Theresa
July 20th, 2005 at 11:49 amDid anyone see the photo of Cheney on Mind of Mencia the other night?
It was quite funny and now I know why Cheney was advertising.
The upcoming “happy party”.
Cheney was sitting with his legs spread and it appeared that he had a 12 inch sausage in his pants.
Wonder who will get first dibbs on the link.
July 20th, 2005 at 12:24 pmNevermind the pagan rituals like “the creamation of care” where they burn an effigy (i hope) of a human on a giant stone slab before an even more giant stone owl that looks eerily like the acient owl god Molech. We should be very concerned about this type of bizzarre behavior.
July 20th, 2005 at 1:02 pmSusan, Wonkette made a HUGE (pun intended) deal about that photo just before the elections last fall. Makes me wonder if his wife is happy or fearful when he gets the notion….
Theresa – you got that right. Bill Graham had the best quote for ‘em – “The Grateful Dead aren’t the best at what they do, they’re the ONLY ones who do what they do” or something like that.
July 20th, 2005 at 5:34 pmif anyone wants a map, here’s a link: http://tinyurl.com/bdely
Bohemian Grove is located at the end of Bohemian Ave (of course). Too bad the satellite images are so cruddy :(
July 20th, 2005 at 7:21 pm“Cremation of Care” sounds a lot like Burning Man’s fire on the playa.(Actually, I shouldn’t judge, since I have never witnessed either rite.) Frankly, let boys be boys, I’d rather not be peeing in the woods with Heads of State or entrepreneurs.
I agree with Kindness- I’ll give them the benefit of the doubt and focus on more compelling causes.
July 21st, 2005 at 2:49 amBohemian Grove is for real. Check out “Dark Secrets: Inside Bohemian Grove” by Alex Jones. A good flick.
July 22nd, 2005 at 2:26 amSince 1873, the Global Elite Has Held Secret Meetings in the Ancient Redwood Forest of Northern California. Members of the so-called “Bohemian Club” Include Former Presidents Eisenhower, Nixon and Reagan. The Bush Family Maintains a Strong Involvement. Each Year at Bohemian Grove, Members of This All-Male “Club” Don Red, Black and Silver Robes and Conduct an Occult Ritual Wherein They Worship a Giant Stone Owl, Sacrificing a Human Being in Effigy to What They Call the “Great Owl of Bohemia.” Watch video clips about the Grove here: http://www.store.yahoo.com/infowars-shop/darsecinbohg.html
July 22nd, 2005 at 2:27 amSorry, I forgot the link that exposes the “60s counterculture” as the government/freemason/satanist fraud and gangster drug distribution ring that it was, designed to make you into a happy porn-watching idiot under the new world order police state:
http://www.modernhistoryproject.org/mhp/ArticleDisplay.php?Article=AquarianConspiracy&Entity=OrwellG
July 22nd, 2005 at 4:52 pmJust came back from the grove. Lots of great shows, music, and of course, great food and drinks. It’s really big-time partying in the woods. Don’t you go out hunting in the woods with your buddies and beer? The Grove is no different, except we play music, put on musical shows, read poetry, and give talks.
July 25th, 2005 at 2:41 am“The Grove is no different, except we play music, put on musical shows, read poetry, and give talks……”
…..and dress up in red and black robes and perform a re-creation of ancient druid human sacrifice rituals, and devise the Manhattan Project, to create the first nuclear bomb. Just like you and your buddies out in the woods. You and your buddies do that too, don’t they? And don’t forget all the gay prostitutes we bring with us, just like you and your buddies. And don’t forget the kiddie snuff films we make there. We’re just like you and your buddies.
http://www.voxfux.com/ features/ bush_child_sex_coverup/ FranklinBookGrove.htm
July 25th, 2005 at 1:06 pmhttp://www.voxfux.com/ features/ bush_child_sex_coverup/ franklin.htm
BOBBY ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 28th, 2006 at 3:48 pm