This is the biggest gathering of Indigenous people in North America since Pontiac amassed the nations 150 years ago.... its time for all humanity to wake up and take notice that we need water to survive
What's happening there is criminal, what's needed is some Devine intervention but a judge in Washington doesn't think so.
Peace
*We CAN bomb the World to pieces, but we CAN'T bomb it into PEACE*...Michael Franti
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
Thank you, Free. We use a local bank- River City Bank
shit, my bank is on there. will need to look into changing banks on saturday. banks open before i go in to work and close before i get off. gotta do it early on saturday.
"You can tell the greatness of a man by what makes him angry." - Lincoln
Thank you, Free. We use a local bank- River City Bank
shit, my bank is on there. will need to look into changing banks on saturday. banks open before i go in to work and close before i get off. gotta do it early on saturday.
Kudos for doing it, gimme.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16602 I watched this tonight on Democracy Now. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard's story is incredibly powerful and disturbing. I can't believe that at this point in time we as a country are going down this road again. My kid's elementary school collected supplies for the PineRidge reservation a few years ago. Now we are setting dogs on these folks. WTF
And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16602 I watched this tonight on Democracy Now. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard's story is incredibly powerful and disturbing. I can't believe that at this point in time we as a country are going down this road again. My kid's elementary school collected supplies for the PineRidge reservation a few years ago. Now we are setting dogs on these folks. WTF
http://m.democracynow.org/stories/16602 I watched this tonight on Democracy Now. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard's story is incredibly powerful and disturbing. I can't believe that at this point in time we as a country are going down this road again. My kid's elementary school collected supplies for the PineRidge reservation a few years ago. Now we are setting dogs on these folks. WTF
I totally understand the perplexity of it all. I was thinking about all the history of the various struggles of American Indians from the destruction of the Aztec culture to the stories B. Traven told in his six "jungle novels" (his lesser known but amazing books that reveal the horrible conditions of Mexican Indians leading up to the Mexican Revolution), the Trail of Tears, the incidents that occurred during the during the build up of the American Indian Movement including the occupation of Alcatraz, the Wounded Knee incident at Pine Ridge, the BIA Office take over in DC. All this history, all of these efforts, and still the American Indian is treated and disrespected like this. If this continues, it will go down as yet another major is a national shame regarding our treatment of Native Americans. For many, it already is.
And I don't mean to be snide here but we who are non-natives are not going to improve this situation by being queer for Indians or hanging dream catchers from our rear view mirrors or pretending we understand how those people feel. Probably the best we can do is support the American Indians quest for cultural autonomy and respect, and do as little to contribute to their oppression as possible. I've also read that they like to be thought of in the present tense and not just as romantic or tragic images in history. In other words, they are living people, not artifacts. It is important for us to be consciously aware of this. At least in this way we can stand with them.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
Alberta is a western province in Canada (we are still a sovereign country) which is part of NA...funny how you omit California, why is that?
I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will be temporarily halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline effective immediately.
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will be temporarily halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline effective immediately.
Yes! I was just going to post that too. Thanks for the first link, btw.
The triumph tasted all the sweeter because it had followed so closely after a seemingly immense defeat. Mere minutes after a federal judge declined the Tribe’s request for an injunction to stop construction on the pipeline, the Obama administration made a surprise announcement that it would not permit the pipeline’s construction for the time being.
“Construction of the pipeline on Army Corps land bordering or under Lake Oahe will not go forward at this time,” said a joint statement from the Department of Justice, the Department of the Interior, and the U.S. Army. “We request that the pipeline company voluntarily pause all construction activity within 20 miles east or west of Lake Oahe.”
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
Alberta is a western province in Canada (we are still a sovereign country) which is part of NA...funny how you omit California, why is that?
I said "America". Alberta is part of the Americas. I'm well aware of where it is.
Why did I not mention California? Probably because I have mentioned many times on AMT my dismay at what Ray Dasmann refereed to as "The Destruction of California". That, in fact, is the name of his best known book and it was written in 1965 when California had already been beaten, stripped, robbed and bludgeoned to death by greed, pollution and over-population. Sorry to have assumed but I think most everyone knows how much I bereave my home state of 65 years.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will be temporarily halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline effective immediately.
Some good, practical ways to lend support. Thanks ocean!
As for the temporary halt in construction, I am wary. What do they mean by temporary? During this intermission of construction what will take place? Arbitration? Restoration of sacred grounds? Or just a move to take the wind out of protesters sails, get them to think everything is A-OK now? Looking back at all the broken treaties over the many years... Need I state the obvious?
And yes, Jose, I just noticed you have suggested the same thing above.
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“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will be temporarily halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline effective immediately.
Some good, practical ways to lend support. Thanks ocean!
As for the temporary halt in construction, I am wary. What do they mean by temporary? During this intermission of construction what will take place? Arbitration? Restoration of sacred grounds? Or just a move to take the wind out of protesters sails, get them to think everything is A-OK now? Looking back at all the broken treaties over the many years... Need I state the obvious?
And yes, Jose, I just noticed you have suggested the same thing above.
Yeah I won't believe till they've stated that indeed it will be stopped!
The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) has announced it will be temporarily halting construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline effective immediately.
Some good, practical ways to lend support. Thanks ocean!
As for the temporary halt in construction, I am wary. What do they mean by temporary? During this intermission of construction what will take place? Arbitration? Restoration of sacred grounds? Or just a move to take the wind out of protesters sails, get them to think everything is A-OK now? Looking back at all the broken treaties over the many years... Need I state the obvious?
And yes, Jose, I just noticed you have suggested the same thing above.
You're welcome. I, too, am uneasy about the "temporary", but I will take it for now. Meanwhile, I think the more noise we all make the better.
You're welcome too, Free.
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And the sun it may be shining . . . but there's an ocean in my eyes
I love California as well. I've tried leaving but once you're born here, there is an intangible pull, the force of mountains, desert, and valley but most of all the California coast. What I loath is what has been done to it. I know I should not speak of this place in such harsh terms but what I feel about the destruction and congestion is verified to me by similar feelings expressed by poet Robinson Jeffers:
"Robinson was emotionally drained when he arrived in Taos [New Mexico] that year. Through the decade, despite success [in his writing] he had suffered from bouts of severe depression. These were caused by many factors, including distress over the ever-increasing popularity of Carmel [California]. Tourists who flocked to the area liked to picnic on the rocks below Tor House [the home he and his wife Una built]. Jeffers erected signs that said, "CLOSED TO MOTORISTS. NO TRESPASSING BY PERSONS LEAVING CARS ON OR NEAR THESE PROPERTY LINES" and, "NO CAMPING. NO SHOOTING. DO NOT LEAVE PAPERS OR OTHER FILTH," but these did little to discourage them. Accordingly, Jeffers thought about moving."
from Robinson Jeffers, Poet of California by James Karman, page 129.
And in what decade did this flood of inconsiderate tourists and new residents so distress Jeffers? The 1930's. Eight decades ago.
This is cause for weeping.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
Alberta is a western province in Canada (we are still a sovereign country) which is part of NA...funny how you omit California, why is that?
I said "America". Alberta is part of the Americas. I'm well aware of where it is.
Why did I not mention California? Probably because I have mentioned many times on AMT my dismay at what Ray Dasmann refereed to as "The Destruction of California". That, in fact, is the name of his best known book and it was written in 1965 when California had already been beaten, stripped, robbed and bludgeoned to death by greed, pollution and over-population. Sorry to have assumed but I think most everyone knows how much I bereave my home state of 65 years.
And places like California will become even more overpopulated as the years go on, the weather is such a draw for so many even though it's quite pricy to live there. Anyways I know you knew where Alberta was. Bad attempt at sarcasm...
I have certain rules I live by ... My First Rule ... I don't believe anything the government tells me ... George Carlin
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
Alberta is a western province in Canada (we are still a sovereign country) which is part of NA...funny how you omit California, why is that?
I said "America". Alberta is part of the Americas. I'm well aware of where it is.
Why did I not mention California? Probably because I have mentioned many times on AMT my dismay at what Ray Dasmann refereed to as "The Destruction of California". That, in fact, is the name of his best known book and it was written in 1965 when California had already been beaten, stripped, robbed and bludgeoned to death by greed, pollution and over-population. Sorry to have assumed but I think most everyone knows how much I bereave my home state of 65 years.
And places like California will become even more overpopulated as the years go on, the weather is such a draw for so many even though it's quite pricy to live there. Anyways I know you knew where Alberta was. Bad attempt at sarcasm...
Sorry I missed the sarcasm!
Yes, California has lovely weather. In fact, let me give you today's forecast:
Smokey haze with continued smokey haze through September.
“The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man [or woman] who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
No one cares about what goes on in North Dakota because it is the wastelands of the USA.
Odd that it would be perceived as such. I've been to several parts of the Dakotas a number of times and found most places there to be quite serene and beautiful. The real waste lands in America are places like the tar sands areas in Alberta, Las Vegas, Nevada and the minds of hateful people.
Alberta is a western province in Canada (we are still a sovereign country) which is part of NA...funny how you omit California, why is that?
I said "America". Alberta is part of the Americas. I'm well aware of where it is.
Why did I not mention California? Probably because I have mentioned many times on AMT my dismay at what Ray Dasmann refereed to as "The Destruction of California". That, in fact, is the name of his best known book and it was written in 1965 when California had already been beaten, stripped, robbed and bludgeoned to death by greed, pollution and over-population. Sorry to have assumed but I think most everyone knows how much I bereave my home state of 65 years.
And places like California will become even more overpopulated as the years go on, the weather is such a draw for so many even though it's quite pricy to live there. Anyways I know you knew where Alberta was. Bad attempt at sarcasm...
Sorry I missed the sarcasm!
Yes, California has lovely weather. In fact, let me give you today's forecast:
Smokey haze with continued smokey haze through September.
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What's happening there is criminal, what's needed is some Devine intervention but a judge in Washington doesn't think so.
Peace
*MUSIC IS the expression of EMOTION.....and that POLITICS IS merely the DECOY of PERCEPTION*
.....song_Music & Politics....Michael Franti
*The scientists of today think deeply instead of clearly. One must be sane to think clearly, but one can think deeply and be quite INSANE*....Nikola Tesla(a man who shaped our world of electricity with his futuristic inventions)
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
"Well, you tell him that I don't talk to suckas."
I watched this tonight on Democracy Now. LaDonna Brave Bull Allard's story is incredibly powerful and disturbing. I can't believe that at this point in time we as a country are going down this road again. My kid's elementary school collected supplies for the PineRidge reservation a few years ago. Now we are setting dogs on these folks. WTF
And I don't mean to be snide here but we who are non-natives are not going to improve this situation by being queer for Indians or hanging dream catchers from our rear view mirrors or pretending we understand how those people feel. Probably the best we can do is support the American Indians quest for cultural autonomy and respect, and do as little to contribute to their oppression as possible. I've also read that they like to be thought of in the present tense and not just as romantic or tragic images in history. In other words, they are living people, not artifacts. It is important for us to be consciously aware of this. At least in this way we can stand with them.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Yes! I was just going to post that too.
Why did I not mention California? Probably because I have mentioned many times on AMT my dismay at what Ray Dasmann refereed to as "The Destruction of California". That, in fact, is the name of his best known book and it was written in 1965 when California had already been beaten, stripped, robbed and bludgeoned to death by greed, pollution and over-population. Sorry to have assumed but I think most everyone knows how much I bereave my home state of 65 years.
Some good, practical ways to lend support. Thanks ocean!
As for the temporary halt in construction, I am wary. What do they mean by temporary? During this intermission of construction what will take place? Arbitration? Restoration of sacred grounds? Or just a move to take the wind out of protesters sails, get them to think everything is A-OK now? Looking back at all the broken treaties over the many years... Need I state the obvious?
And yes, Jose, I just noticed you have suggested the same thing above.
As for the temporary halt in construction, I am wary. What do they mean by temporary? During this intermission of construction what will take place? Arbitration? Restoration of sacred grounds? Or just a move to take the wind out of protesters sails, get them to think everything is A-OK now? Looking back at all the broken treaties over the many years... Need I state the obvious?
And yes, Jose, I just noticed you have suggested the same thing above.
Yeah I won't believe till they've stated that indeed it will be stopped!
I love more about my home state than I despise (thankfully).
This song saved me when I was in my 20's, homesick in Europe, and missing home.
Plus that fucking Sunset Pig. Never did kiss him.
You're welcome too, Free.
"Robinson was emotionally drained when he arrived in Taos [New Mexico] that year. Through the decade, despite success [in his writing] he had suffered from bouts of severe depression. These were caused by many factors, including distress over the ever-increasing popularity of Carmel [California]. Tourists who flocked to the area liked to picnic on the rocks below Tor House [the home he and his wife Una built]. Jeffers erected signs that said, "CLOSED TO MOTORISTS. NO TRESPASSING BY PERSONS LEAVING CARS ON OR NEAR THESE PROPERTY LINES" and, "NO CAMPING. NO SHOOTING. DO NOT LEAVE PAPERS OR OTHER FILTH," but these did little to discourage them. Accordingly, Jeffers thought about moving."
from Robinson Jeffers, Poet of California by James Karman, page 129.
And in what decade did this flood of inconsiderate tourists and new residents so distress Jeffers? The 1930's. Eight decades ago.
This is cause for weeping.
"Life Is What Happens To You When Your Busy Making Other Plans" John Lennon
Yes, California has lovely weather. In fact, let me give you today's forecast:
Smokey haze with continued smokey haze through September.