The federal government has acted to steal the land called
Camp Zoe south of St. Louis that was the home of the "Schwagstock"
festivals. Jimmy Tebeau, owner of the land and member of the band "The
Schwag" took a plea deal for 30 months for "Maintaining a common
nuisance." Under the un-Constitutional forfeiture laws, the government has
seized the land.
Schwagstock was a series of gatherings on a piece of land
that can only be considered heaven on Earth. You camped, either tent or RV, as
to your choice. The land is nestled in the Ozark Mountains, just 50 or so miles
south of Saint Louis. Hiking, camping, Hippies at play. Drum circles ran all
night long. You could run around naked, if you wished. There were vendors,
selling high quality tie dyes and jewelry, and some of the best food I’ve ever
eaten at a gathering.
One of the natural landmarks is a stream fed from
underground, clean, potable, cooling water. When I was there in July of 2010,
it was hot. Ungodly hot. But an hour in the stream and you were cool all
afternoon and evening. And the sweet smell of the Ozark mountain air permeated
the area.
And of an evening, the music would flow like the cooling
water of the stream. The Schwag would play, summoning the Spirit of Garcia and
the Dead, and causing me a trip back to the days when the Boys played
everywhere. Melvin Seals of the Jerry Garcia Band often played with the Schwag.
The people danced and listened, and, for at least a few hours, forgot about the
nastiness of the world of Fascism the United States has become.
Were there drugs? Of course. Tobacco and alcohol were
present, and I’m sure someone there had really bad drugs like heroin, cocaine
and meth. There was LSD and mushrooms. And the Herb was present. Contrary to the
newspaper article above, you didn’t walk from table to table picking out your
desire, but if you wanted some trip or bud, it could be found. It was a far cry
from the pictures the federal pigs painted.
Camp Zoe was a place of freedom, which, of course, runs
counter to the positions of the U.S. government. And the pigs came, arresting
Jimmy and confiscating computers and equipment. Now, as is the dark focus of
the federal government against anyone who might think for themselves, they will
lock up Jimmy Tebeau for nearly three years for the horrid crime of owning
property where people could enjoy themselves.
The government has no right to take these actions. The “Laws”
that permit these thefts of land and life violate not only the U.S.
Constitution, but natural law as well. There is vengeance that needs to be
dealt here, and that vengeance needs to be in the form of a retaking of a
government that has become so corrupt it would steal a person’s land and lock
him in a cage for trying to enjoy life and share that enjoyment with others.
