Brilliant move and effort to derail am insidious process. We will remain behind you if crunch time comes with the Feds.

Thank you for your courage. If your not in jail come join us at Earth Jam 2009 in Liberty Park the end of April. Let’s celebrate the beauty of our land. I have been going to Arches since I was a child and am thankful to know it will be there beautifully for my 2 children.

Tim,
Wow! I just finished watching Democracy Now with your interview and I am really impressed with what you did. You are a true Amercian Hero, and I think you actually represent the change that we have been looking for. Thank you so much for getting time for that pristine wilderness and for doing what you can to stop the devastation that the corporate world was trying to create. It was a highly creative and amazing act of civil disobedience that had a real effect, and I thank you from the bottom of my heart. Your story brought tears to my eyes.

Bless you, and Happy Holidays!

Joy

In a region of the country so blessed with renewable energy resources, there is no reason to move so precipitously toward the irreversible destruction of our collective heritage. Were the lease of these lands legitimate, they would also prove to be so under the next administration and after due deliberation as prescribed by law. The decision to proceed so preemptively was an act of arrogance by an authority whose power is soon extinguished and whose legitimacy has been long depleted. We now suffer under a graceless corruption of power and can ask only that our media outlets and our federal prosecutors reframe from enlarging upon in this corruption by taking this young man to task for having the courage to do what we all know needed to be done.

Writing from here in NZ on Christmas Eve in the Southern Hemisphere. Thank you for the best gift. I loved your understanding that you may be your own best hope.
I’ll go to the how to contribute to defense website next.

Love
Wylie

Tim I just want to thank you so much for your wonder action at the BLM’s auction. It was brilliant and so simple. It may be a one shot thing, but very worth while. Every time I see a news report about it I want to stand up an cheer especially when other bidders complain of how you ruined their auction. May you live long and inspire other acts of culture jamming.

Great work Tim ! Thanks for what you have done for us all.

I’m curious whether there is a movement to pay for the leases that you bought? $1.8 million shouldn’t be that hard to raise for a good cause. One approach would be to find a big non-profit, a bank, or a wealthy individual who would be willing and able to front the money, and then we can work at paying them back. It can be done, and there is no shortage of smart people who can make it happen.

Thank you, Tim. You are truly a hero. My husband and I had the good fortune to take a drive through part of Utah a couple of years ago. I was overwhelmed by the beauty of the land out there. It was truly breathtaking and made me want to cry, for some reason. I remember saying something to my husband about who might own the land. I told him at the time that nobody should be allowed to own it. I was sickened to read that the bastards in the White House are selling it to oil and gas companies. And then you came along. I will certainly help with your legal defense fund. Thank you again. Let’s hope Obama will figure out a way to save places like this permanently.

Tim ….What a stroke of genius . Thanks for being so brave .

Thank you. It would be a shame if people with money destroyed every thing beautiful in this world all for the sake of making more money. We should cherish the beautiful world around us and not think of every things worth in the amount of dollars it can put in our pocket.
It is nice to see someone without money preventing people with money from destroying a beautiful area.

Nice going. But don’t be shy about connecting with defense money. This is a galvanizing moment. Check out the ideas for litagating funds on CD 12/22/08 Bush’s Mission Accp’d article. there is something there that could be fruitful.

Tim, you gave me the best Christmas present I’ve ever received. Thank you so much for your ingenuity and bravery. You are my hero!

Here are a few bucks to help… I am so very happy that you have Patrick Shea on your side

Anything and everything I wanted to say has already been said in the above comments. So Thank you Tim. You represent millions of others’ sentiments.

Patti

Dear Tim,
Thank you for your intuitive action. Unbelievable that this event has remained in the dark for practically a week. Repression and secrecy has been the nature of this administration. Thank God it will soon be over.
Have you raised the $45,000? If not, can you make a partial payment or get an extension?
An opportune way to really help this planet now, would be to create a land trust mechanism or entity with the ability to follow through on your bid. Personally, I would be honored to participate by raising awareness, funding and even developing select areas in an eco-friendly way, i.e. solar.
Godspeed,
Bob LaPointe
Brookdale, CA

Dear Tim,
Your widsom and courage are an inspiration. Thank you for standing up for the planet. Please let me know if there is a place to donate toward $45,000 down payment on the parcels on which you were the top bidder.

Nan

You’re a hero, Tim, and I’m kicking in. I love our national parks. I camped on the northern edge of Canyonlands last June, and was disturbed much of the night by a SINGLE pumpjack approximately 1/4 mile away.

Damn the Bush Administration, those crooked creeps. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THEM????

Thanks Tim! You’ve brought this atrocious process into the larger spotlight while creatively throwing a monkey wrench into the works.

Thanks for your courage!

Thanks for saying it well for all of us, bro. Keep shining your light! Much love.

Great job. It’s people like you who make the world a better place today for our children tomorrow.

nice going man. you have model balls that most of us could use.

“I’ve seen the need for more serious action by the environmental movement and to protect a livable future for all of us. I’ve seen that need for a long time. And frankly, I’ve been hoping that someone would step up and someone would come out and be the leader and someone would put themselves on the line and make the sacrifices necessary to get us on a path to a more livable future. And I guess I just couldn’t wait any longer for that someone to come out there and had to accept the fact that that someone might be me. ”
right on. you definitely aren’t alone!!!

Thank you Tim! Truly fantastic indeed. Lots of love, Koogsx

Friday, January 16th, Tim will be speaking along with former Mayor Rocky Anderson, about Civil Disobedience. Go to http://www.bidder70.org and then click on Events for details. Join us for this timely conversation!

Dear Max – this was not a “public aucti0n”. This auction was thrown together at the last possible minute, sort of like the Bush administration tossing hand grenade’s on our environment on their way out of office.

The lands involved in this fraudulent lease-sale are among the most fragile in our nation. For this regime’ to trade our future water resource to facilitate a dying industry (oil usage – global peak oil has come & gone), makes no sense at all. If all Tim did was buy time and raises awareness about Sustainability, then it was well worth it. And thanks for offering $20k, it would be great, but honestly, I’d prefer seeing 400 people give $50. It is time for Everyman/Everywoman to take part in our Democracy, which has been taken to the very limit of its existence at this critical time in our collective history.

Thanks Tim – for being willing to risk it all.

Thank you Tim, for this bold and brave disruptive act of conscience. You can’t put a price on WILD UTAH! I hope the environmental community will continue to support you in with the legal obstacles you now face.

In Solidarity,
Chris Hawthorn
Quetzaltenango, Guatemala

Thank you for doing an incredibly courageous act to preserve OUR land from the greedy paws of oil companies and the shrub. I am inspired by your act of heroism.

Dear Mr. Raysses; What you express above is entirely True. One comment that Tim made in the days following the auction was that ‘when you stand for truth, you never stand alone’. People are recognizing the simplistic brilliance of Tim’s choice. The fact that it was extremely peaceful and yet so effective, is not being lost on any of us. We all are resonating and also realizing that if the radical changes necessary are going to be made, it’s going to take actions like this one. Fighting begets fighting. Tim accomplished so much more by simply raising a paddle & nodding at the right time.

We welcome your writing talents on http://www.bidder70.org, where you can blog, write articles and generally support Tim. Your offer of support is genuinely appreciated. This is a movement – and we’re all walking on this path!

Long time, no see Tim… Proud to say I worked with such a modern-day hero!

Thank you, Tim.

I only hope that the countless people that you benefited in your selfless act of courage can have your back as well.

ROW ROW FIGHT THE POWAH

Thank you so much for your bravery. You have done something that can really make a difference for me, my family, and my planet. Thank you, thank you, thank you! I am in awe of you for taking this on.

Tim,

Thank you for your inspiring example! Let there be no mistake–you are a hero to the environmentalist cause.

Peter

Tim, Thanks for your brilliant stand, and inspiring us that our actions can count again.

At this time in our history, you have demonstrated strength, power, and purpose. You have made us all proud to be Americans. God bless and know that in spirit you do not stand alone.

Great going! I salute you, Tim. Thank you 22,000 times.

You are my Hero! My heart goes out to you for putting so much on the line in the name of conservation. I’m sending the link to this site to everyone I know. Good Luck!

Thank you Tim from all of us who love Utah’s magnificent beautiful wilderness! Your actions were brave and bold and brought cheers from environmentalists across the country. Certainly all charges will be dropped against you because Bush’s last minute policies to destroy our environment on so many fronts during his last days in office, will most certainly be overturned. You are a hero! THANK YOU!!!!

Victory! Thank you Tim, from mother earth and everyone who loves her.

What you did was so noble and timely and courageous. I really thank you for the bottom of my heart. I hope to see more action like yours in the years to come.

This country needs more people with your ability to do the things that really count. Thank you for putting yourself on the line for the good of all of us. I am truly impressed.

A stirring act of courage.

Thank you so much. I would hope that I would have done exactly what you did. Your activism should be emulated.

Just heard about your story for the first time on Democracy Now. Inspiring and enraging at the same time. I am telling everyone I know up here in Victoria, Canada – hoping to get more donations for legal fees. Everyone I have told so far is appalled.

Keep hopeful, and stay strong. If you are sent to jail, there will be an outcry and it will (must!) be reversed. You rock!

Thank you from California- You are a true hero!

It is the unjust paradox of our times that courageous individuals can be charged with a crime for standing up and speaking out against criminals. Thank you for standing up for reason, for defending our precious land. Your actions give us all a bit more courage to do the right thing.

Thank you Tim for your courage and conviction! I will pray for you and will write and/or call my reps and the DOJ. Is there a site that tells us who to contact to tell ‘em to drop the charges?

Would that we had a million Tim deChristophers! If I were in good health, I could join you in living up to my “sentiments.” If I were not living below the poverty line, I could help financially. I can make sure all my friends know what you did and . . . write letters to Washington. (smile)

Don’t just thank Tim, who is amazing for what he did, donate to his attorney.

But more than that, demand that Obama pardons him! He was unjustly charged for interrupting an auction that was ILLEGAL. Next time Obama has an online town hall meeting, vote up a question regarding Tim to the top! Link the videos on youtube, tell your friends.

Obama has NOT BEEN LISTENING TO HIS VOTERS. You need to TELL HIM that if he does not, he will LOSE OUR SUPPORT. WE ELECTED HIM, and he said he would listen to us, you have to MAKE HIM listen.

I did stray off topic, but my overall point was that it’s great to see so much support for Tim. I think he did what a lot of people wanted to do. I for one thought that I followed current events enough to know what was going on around me, but on the day Tim went to that auction, I had no idea that all that wilderness was being auctioned off. I believe the public should have had a say in the auctioning off of public lands.

Great done, nuke ‘em!

Greetings from Germany,

Moritz (Morris)

Tim,

Great Story. I’m curious to know where you stand on nuclear power.

Thanks,

David Martin

Big ups, Tim. Where can I send my check for your legal support?

There is no failure in dying or being improssoned for for a just cause, like Martin Luther King Jr. battling unjust laws as a requirement of his social contract, you took a bullet for the planet as a whole. The Obama administration is only pressing charges to make a point and I believe they are well aware that you will never go to jail as the charges are unsubstantiated.

One day it will be my turn to stand up when no one else will and when I do, I will remember you as a source of strength, one of the few role models our generation has been graced by. I too was failed by the generations that preceded me, but they were also failed in their own by the generations that preceded them. Let us be the ones to break this cycle, like the Buddha broke his cycle of suffering resulting from his obsession with the “ego”; the “I”.

It is time for our actions to co-align with our sentiments so that our souls may be harmonized. We have been duped into thinking we are helpless and powerless for to long. Let us unleash the power of intent and right action. Thanks for fighting for the most important battle in the war against over-industrialization and laissez-faire capitalism!

Thank you Tim for saving mother earth from people who have no conscience in preserving it’s beauty’s. You may serve several years in jail but those years will be well served with a clear understanding that what you did was a noble cause and sacrifice. Thanks.

Thanks for what you did.

Dear Tim, BRILLIANT & COURAGEOUS. Thank you so much for the courage to act on your convictions. I wish I had thought of it — and then had the courage to do it.

We need so many more people of conviction like yourself if we are ever going to abolish our corporate government and make it a government for the people again. I am very grateful for your stand, Tim; I just wish that there had been a hundred or so like you on that day in Utah and that those high numbers would have dissuaded the courts from threatening you with $750,000 fines and years in prison.

You’re an inspiration Tim – heard about you on DN! – have you hooked up with recently released fellow planet hero Jeffrey Luers who I also heard about on DN! today:
http://www.democracynow.org/2009/12/23/exclusive_environmental_activist_jeff_free_luers – you two working together to lead this planet away from disaster – what a force!!!

How did that idea come to you? very clever, Got other ideas? Because of you, Amy G, and folks like Zinn and Chomsky, my son and I went down to the election office and filed to run for congress. We are learning lots and really liked your Craigs list thang… how did that work out?
Mark
Texas

Dear Tim,
Your actions are an example for many. I pray that the land will be saved for future generations.
Peace and Blessings!
Sister Monica