Today is the Day

Today is the shortest day and longest night of the year. Tomorrow we will all be walking back into the light. See you there. PS I Love you Shusli. This post is for you!

Rezhogs

David Liberty hooked up "Native Nations" television show with a couple of young guys making music on the rez: Craig Ryan from the Yakima and Brutus from Warm Springs. They have a website that seems to be still under construction called Native Network (www.nativenetwork.org). These guys hook up music using technology and are pretty damned amazing young folks, I must say. Check out the videos these guys have out, and buy some Rez Hogs Cd's off of cDbaby.

ALMOST FORGOT

Almost forgot: Native Nations will be airing on cable access here in Multnomah county, mostly on Channel 11, and I believe in Vancouver, WA as well. It starts live at 6pm. We are having a Native rapper come down and share his music.

Chaotic Somalia's gruesome reality - 17 Dec 07

I was surfing the English Al Jazeera website and found this. It ain't pretty, but it is information that I believe folks need to know.

Armed Struggle

Derrick Jensen was in town, yesterday. (No, he didn't discuss armed struggle). Derrick is known for his writings on the unsustainability of alleged "civilization" as well as discussions on bringing it down quicker in the desire to strengthen the survivability of all species that "civilization" hasn't slaughtered off yet. It was an excellent event and I enjoyed the company of my friends and the company of all the folks who were there.

Those of you who know my writing, know that I occasionally say things like: "Kill Whitey" or "I want it all back." These are things to shock those who benefit from the slaughter of indigenous peoples with rare acknowledgements that we exist.

When I say "Kill Whitey" most people who are beneficiaries state something like; "but you wouldn't want us killing black people or Indians would you, Eugene? If it is OK for you to kill white people, then it would be OK for me to kill blacks, Indians, etc., Right?" Then I point out that they already are killing blacks, Indians, etc., either directly or through complicity. And since that IS the case, using that same logic, shouldn't we survivors of those who benefit be ALLOWED to enact the same types of crimes that brought the beneficiaries to their privilege. I say things like that because I want folks to change their way of thinking. There is an acknowlegement somewhere in their minds that how we got to this current situation was done so illegally and horrifically for many folks. There is a fundamental fear of having to face justice for the way in which this alleged civilization came into existence.

When I say "I want it all back," most beneficiaries reply, amongst themselves, about where they will get deported to. REALITY CHECK, FOLKS! Ain't no way I'd ever gain such authority with such immediacy to enact a deportation policy. That said, this ain't about you, folks. This is about us and the illegal and horrific actions enacted upon us to this day that keep this alleged civilization in existence. You ALWAYS think of yourselves first. You always worry about what "we'll do" because there is an underlying knowledge, and undealt with knowledge, that this "civilization" that you benefit from got put into place by some pretty horrific actions. But what bothers me most about these statements is that somehow, this civilization is the end all and be all that we, as Indians seeking justice, would want exactly the same type of things to happen to you that were done to us and that you benefit from.

So, at the Derrick Jensen event last night, I asked a couple of questions, since it was a Q and A format instead of a lecture format.

At his last lecture here in Portland, Derrick tells a story of how he asks his audiences ..."am I the only one that owns an AK-47?" Usually there is silence, but once, while lecturing with Ward Churchill, there was a single statement made by Ward..."Nope!"

So, in an attempt to gain an understanding of the audience, I asked this question of Derrick: "Where can I get an AK-47 and about how much do they cost?" Many members in the audience had quite the understanding. Turns out they are around $250, and can be picked up at gun shows and on the internet. Interesting. And I Loved the level of discourse instead of the offended alleged peace neck types.

A buddy of mine said he preferred the m-14. I asked him where I could get one and how much they cost. He shook his head and laughed.

So here, I will again bring up the issue of armed struggle with a basic understanding of what it means:

If it were not for the armed struggle and resistance of Indigenous folks and our ancestors, I GUARANTEE that the U.S. and it's predecessors would have finished us all off. Peace neck/Gandhian philosophy would find this OK because any form of violence is to be loathed and despised including and especially self-defensive violence. So in a way, they are saying that our peoples should have been wiped out. I don't participate in the alleged peace movement.

That said, and having a strong understanding of armed struggle from an indigenous historical knowledge, and an understanding of various armed struggles world wide historical and current, I have a medioric understanding at best of what "armed struggle" means and the realities there of.

I know that the U.S. uses overwhelming massive force to crush armed resistance against their illegal actions worldwide. Iraq is a good example. So I know the realities of an armed struggle would be faced with a few issues.

The U.S. loves starving people because they loathe a strong adversary. They loathe a level playing field.

We know the U.S. Loves soft targets. I believe it was Sheridan that stated "Kill the women and children first, they are easier to kill and it strikes terror into the hearts of the men." Not surprisingly, it is alleged that these exact words have been repeated by the U.S. in Iraq.

So to take up armed struggle, and, in fact to even discuss it, can lead to many horrific things happening to our families and friends as well as ourselves. As a matter of course, their are many horrible things that will happen to our families and friends and the families and friends of others armed struggle or not.

So here, I will again open the discussion of armed struggle and resistance. Were it not for indigenous armed struggle, the U.S. would not have ALLOWED us Indians to exist. Taking up armed struggle could mean many civilian casualties considering the U.S. Loves killing easy targets much more than those carrying the weapons and fighting back. The U.S. also Loves using starvation and strangulation to crush any armed resistance, again, not wanting to attack any targets with a real ability to fight back. The U.S. doesn't like a level playing field.

However, I open up the discussion anyway. There may be a time and place for it. It may never even come to armed struggle and resistance. But personally, I think it is something that should be discussed and discussed openly as I am doing here.

There are many other options as well, and those get discussed all over, and that is seriously good. It is a matter of how willing we are to defend ourselves, our families, our land base, when and if it comes down to it.

The Soldier's Tale

Penny Allen's film, "The Soldiers Tale," will be showing at the Northwest Film Studies Center in Portland on December 29 at 7pm. Penny also created a photo essay called "War is Hell." Before you link to it, there are some pretty harsh photos on it.

Penny was interviewed on the "Joe and Abe" show on KBOO on Tuesday, December 18. In this interview many questions were asked in which I will try to give my opinion on in this little post.

I have a lot of respect for those who have been soldiers. I have known many of these folks, combat and non-combat. I have a lot more respect for these folks than I do the peace folks for the most part because these are the guys who live it. They are the tool of the state. The state is the enemy and the state has to change. Peace will never come until we DISMANTLE the empire.

So, to the pro war folks, if you are in support of the slaughter of Iraqi's, etc., by gum, go sign up. Don't give me that old football injury bullshit! If you can squeeze a trigger you can do your own killing because you are asking these folks to do your killing for you, to die if necessary for you, or to come back damaged and broken for you to ignore.

To the folks who hold the "Fuck the Troops" signs, I will tell you the same thing. You are asking the resistance in Iraq to do your killing for you. Sign up with those folks and go try to kill the soldiers yourselves because you, too, are asking others to do your killing for you, your dying for you, your getting broken and damaged for you.

Why I no longer participate in the alleged peace movement is that with the exception of the "Seriously Pissed Off Grannies," they are racist and sexist. When I called one of the alleged peace movements leaders, Peter Bergel, on his racism and sexism, he stated that "we are all a little sexist and racist, Eugene, even you." Talk about not dealing with your own shit and excusing it. Talk about not really wanting any unity unless he is king. But he is not the only one who behaves like a king in these movements and that we should follow these folks without question. Tom Hastings has published in one of his books that Indians should give up their notions of a Che style revolution and allow the rich to come in and help us. How he declared himself king of Indian autonomy and sovereignty, I don't know, but he seems to think he knows better what we Indians should do than say...we Indians.

I also get sick and tired of actions that don't do shit. The "Grannies" got some serious good publicity and that may or may not get folks to thinking and maybe doing. Who knows for sure. But they took a day to decide what their first action would be and a week to enact it. One of the most useless actions in my opinion is doing sit-ins in senators offices that aren't even there and getting arrested for such offenses. What use is that? Do you really believe the senator is gonna give a shit that some alleged peace folks got arrested in his office when he wasn't even there? Has said senator done anything to attempt to stop the war? The effectiveness of this maneuver, like having a discussion with his cardboard cutout, are in my opinion completely useless. If I truly believed that going after a senator would change anything, I would do something more effective, like find out when he is in his local office, and dog him every moment he shows up with protesters. Some of these actions have taken many many months to plan, unlike the Grannies actions which seem to happen almost on the spur of the moment.

Then there is the infighting between the various alleged peace groups. Some groups have some capital for marches and refuse to unite and share with others to create a presence to shake this city. The infighting is stupid. The alleged peace movement factions can't unite behind the one issue of ending the war in Iraq. It's fucking annoying. Then what do these actions do? I think that marches bring attention to the issue, but I believe folks are getting tired. And the U.S. government is getting much scarier.

Then there are folks who don't care for me because I won't declare myself to be non-violent. I won't lie. Most folks are indeed violent. This system is maintained by violence. Racism and Sexism are forms of violence. They happen within and around various movements with their complicity. That is violence. So I won't lie and say I'm non-violent. I am not into Gandhi who said he would kill himself before acting violently in self-defense. He would watch others die, and has, instead of fight in self-defense or the defense of others. To be complicit in violence, as that IS, is violence.

The system is also collapsing. It is hard to say what that means. Unsustainability, global warming, systematic violence, oppression, rape, genocide, etc., are all things that are happening all around us. Sitting in a senators office who isn't there isn't gonna do a damned thing to stop it. Marching in the streets without follow up actions will do nothing to stop it. Folks refuse to unite behind a single issue because of their single issues. Racism and sexism in these movements won't be addressed in order to create unity and most people of color see that if these folks get into power, they are still screwed.

When folks bring up racism and sexism in the alleged peace movements, they have to talk with the hand because they are allegedly doing the work to stop the war...uh, huh...and they don't need folks from ethnic and racial groups bringing up issues of racism or sexism to get in the way of their all important work, like sitting in senators offices who aren't there.

More than anything, I know that the collapse could take on many forms. What if the dollar was worthless tomorrow? What if we run out of oil soon? How will we eat? What kind of shelter will we have? How do we form communities? How do we survive and what kinds of situations will we have to endure in order to survive? How will we maintain our joy and happiness? How will we cloth ourselves? Will I get arrested? Will we get arrested? Will others get arrested? What then?

These are now the questions on my mind, questions relating to survival upon the collapse. What the collapse will look like we will have no idea until it happens. As Jim Craven said, some pockets will fair well because the U.S. economy is so huge, others won't. Invest in gold? You can't eat gold? You can't eat the paper you invested in? You can't find food with the stuff? You can't find shelter? So more than anything, I feel like I'm doing mental jumping jacks to get ready for pretty much ANY FUCKING THING to happen!

We will do nothing to unite to stop the U.S. empire, and working within the system will do nothing to stop it either. So now I just find myself surviving within the world that exists for me today, and full well knowing that it could all change tomorrow. As well, I do what I can. I speak out. I try to keep peoples heads up. I try to cheer folks on. We may never unite to stop the empire, but we will all have to survive the impending collapse and we can't do THAT without each other.

Gloom and Doom is Legendary

Shusli and I broke our boycott to see the "gloom and doom" movie, "I Am Legend." That's right, we were treated to the good ole American propoganda of join the National Guard and kill for excessively wealthy folks and steal the resources of other nations come back damaged (if it all) and live a life full of fucked upness not to mention the lives you fucked up for the man who doesn't ever get his hands dirty. What's the band called that made that video? Something like, "We Never Signed Up and We Never Will Because We're Home Here Making a Lotta Money Getting Others to Sign Up While We Get Drunk and Have Sex With a Lot of Women." Something like that, anyway.

One of the ways I measure a horror flick is if they give me nightmares, and this one gave me nightmares.

Will Smith is a doctor in the military working on a cure for cancer (a military doctor creating a cure for cancer...HAHAHAHAHA), anyway, his work and the work of some woman scientist create a cure, but the cure is in the form of a virus. The virus mutates and kills 90 percent of humanity. Anout 90 percent of the survivors turn into zombie like monsters and pretty much eat all of those who didn't. It's an intense on the edge of your seat kind of movie. But mostly, it brings up the continuing subject on this blog...

GLOOM AND DOOM!

[A little side note from reality you all might be interested in, I read in a science magazine and looked up on the internet, here, the work being done by scientists around smallpox and mousepox. Seems that via mousepox, they are trying to create a smallpox that has a higher kill ratio, preferrably $100%. You see, if the target population gets wiped out, you are free and clear to steal all their resources for the already wealthy. They just haven't been able to create anything thus far in mousepox that doesn't kill the host so quickly that it doesn't have time to infect others. Keep working on it, folks, we all know you're gonna be.]

OK, folks, we are really getting down to the wire here and we have to be aware of many things happening around us, as well as trying to live our lives in this crazy insanity called life these days. Depending on your life and your life situation, these can be as varied as each group we gather in and each individual within it. None of us have the answer for everyone, and all of us have the answer for ourselves on how we can survive.

I truly do not believe there will be any form of unity to end the roller coaster ride we are on now, and the crash keeps getting delayed by extending the tracks.

Since December is the time of many anniversaries, a few, if not much more than the two I am about to mention. As we all know that the Turks have no desire to call their holocaust against the Armenians and work hard on denying such things even happened, the U.S. takes their genocide of the Indians and have seemed to turn it into their natural right. Like it was an act of nature to slaughter folks by the millions, or, if you use the U.S. numbers, hundreds.

So, December 10, 1890, some 50 Indians are slaughtered by white settlers in Buffalo Gap, South Dakota. There is a propogated fear going around that the Indians are practicing the Ghost Dance to kill white folks. All of this turns out to be wrong, but who cares, this is America and AMERICA, RIGHT OR WRONG!

December 13, 1937, the Japanese military ride into Nanking [Nanjing] and slaughter many Chinese brutally and ruthlessly. Japanese numbers state it was a couple of hundred, Chinese numbers state it was as high as 300,000, U.S. numbers state as many as 500,000 in the course of a six week rampage.

December 15, 1890, Sitting Bull is assassinated by Red Shirt for the U.S. government.

December 17, 1890, Big Foot, after having gathered information around the assassination of Sitting Bull, gathers up his folks and heads to Pine Ridge where they are hoping that Red Cloud can protect them.

December 28, 1890, Big Foot and hundreds of other Indians that have gathered with them are stopped at Wounded Knee, South Dakota by Custer's old unit, the 7th Cavalry.

December 29, 1890, a deaf Indian refuses to give up his rabbit rifle, it goes off, and using excessive military might against a people who are virtually unarmed, the U.S. government slaughters some 500 to 800 Indians.

December 30, 1890, A woman, the last survivor of the Buffalo Gap Massacre, arrives at Wounded Knee, having walked all the way from Buffalo Gap following the tracks of her fellow Lakota.

December 31, 1981, at around 5am, Louis Wilbur Johnson finally succumbs to his liver damage and dies.

OH NO!

WOODY HARRELSON IS A VEGAN! Ok...1.

Check out this really cool video Woody did.

I See the Light

Sometimes it's all about lighting
and the light turns on
as I tell many people about my search
the light stolen and lied to
bad grades
teenage years

"It's on the house,"
a barista tells me
of a muffin and a latte
for the story I tell her
and it is all about lighting
and the light comes on

How I let a 12-year-old girl
have my power
her mother I'm no longer with
sharing in my agony
and neither really know or care
and I hand it over so easily
and I laugh as the light comes on
my power is lying on the floor
I pick it up
put it back in my pocket
laugh at how I gave it up that easily
laugh at how little I appreciated it.

Sometimes it's a matter of perspective...
what if I look to the right
what if I look to the left
up down all around
take it all in.

Have a good laugh at my own expense...

The 21st is coming
10:08 pm is Solstice

Life will change a bit for a little girl that day
the next day I get to see her

and Sunday
I let her mother in on the plan
and even though we may not end up on the same page
we'll be working from the same book
and a little girl
just might regain quite a bit of her perspective
as we all walk together
into the coming light.

Unity

According to my Maori sister, Kelly, there is a lot of in fighting amongst the Maroi especially between various tribal factions. However, when it comes down to a big issue, they will unite and fight as a whole.

Here in the states, a majority of us that should be uniting have this great desire to be kings and queens or some sort of "I'm SPECIAL and therefore better than the rest. The rest of you are just human beings. I am a god/goddess and you should do what IIIIII say because I carry all knowledge and you don't."

Down here at the bottom, it seems most folks want to be a savior, and not a human being. Seems to me that just simply being a human being makes someone more of a hero to me than assholes who claim to have some sort of dictatorship over others.

I don't think we'll unite as a whole, I think we will have pockets of unity as the U.S. and civilization collapses. Maybe that's the way it is supposed to be?

Deep Dark Depression Excessive Misery

Saturday, December 8, Felicia steals stuff from Walgreens.

Sunday, December 9, after Felicia gets back to her moms, Lisa finds Felicia pulling rings and fake eye lashes out of her bag. Felicia lies and tells Lisa that I bought her the rings and Shusli bought her the eye lashes. Felicia, being only 12, is not allowed to wear make-up when she is visiting here on weekends(Lisa allows her to), so Lisa was suspicious and called me. She found out that Felicia had actually stolen the items from Walgreens then lied to try to save her ass. Having to go to bed early, I didn't get a chance to talk with Felicia. Lisa decides that when Felicia visits here again (December 21), I can take her back to Walgreens and have her give the items back. I get to be the bad guy here.

[Background: Felicia has been stealing off and on for about 6 years from family and friends. This is the first time she got caught stealing from a store that I know of.]

Monday, Decmeber 10, I call Felicia via her moms cell phone and leave a message. No one calls back.

Tuesday, December 11, I write up rules Felicia will have to abide by when she is visiting here because of her rampant thievery and lying. I call in the evening to talk with Felicia. Lisa tells me that she is at some event at her school with a friend. (No discipline has been enacted by Lisa for Felicia's lying and thievery. That is left up to me.) I did not talk to Lisa about this, but this is not something I would have let a 12-year-old do just days after stealing from a store and lying about it especially when stealing and lying are clear and consistent patterns of behavior for Felicia, as well as bad grades. Lisa then informs me that on Thursday at 7pm there is a school pageant that Felicia is participating in. I tell her I will take a nap and be there. She tells me she'll have Felicia call me later. No such call happens.

Also on this day, Shusli informs me that alleged anarchists and other folks are attacking Urban Scout for charging $15 to $18 for admission to see Derrick Jensen. This is a benefit for Rewilding, but instead of asking, folks go on the attack and have done so ruthlessly and relentlessly.

Wednesday, December 12. On Wednesdays, I pick up Felicia from school and we hang out for a few hours before I take her home. I find out that not only did Lisa tell her Tuesday evening, but reminded her Wednesday morning that I would be picking her up after school. I show up at the school about 15 minutes before it lets out. Felicia never shows up. I call and leave a message for Lisa and then Shusli that Felicia bagged out on visiting with me, as I was going to go over the new rules for when she visits. Lisa calls later to tell me she has Felicia in the car and asks if I want to talk with her. I am SO INFURIATED that I decided it was a good idea not to. Lisa again does NOTHING to discipline Felicia for this. Shusli calls later and asks what happened. Felicia alleges that she "forgot" and took the bus to her friends house. It is alleged that Felicia called her mother crying saying she forgot. Here is my problem with that.

I have picked up Felicia EVERY WEDNESDAY since school started. She was allegedly given 2 reminders from her mother, one occuring in the morning before she went to school.

This is what I believe happened given Felicia's clear and consistent behavioral patterns. Felicia knows I get to be the bad guy on her thievery issues. Felicia knows that she can pretty much get away with whatever she wants to when it comes to her mother (who has sole custody, by the way). Felicia knows I am not happy, and therefore probably made plans to conveniently forget a clear and consistent pattern of me picking her up on Wednesdays. She probably worked swiftly to get on the bus before I could spot her as I waited in my car. Safely away from the school, she can then give her mother a call, crying, and tell her that she forgot.

Thursday, December 13, Shusli, David Liberty, and I do the interview with Derrick Jensen on "Mitakuye Oyasin." I also make a post about the fact that I now hate alleged anarchists and the reasons why, which mostly stem from their self-serving attacks on Urban Scout, a young man I consider an ally though I don't know him that well. The work I see him doing is rather admirable and the attacks from folks whom you think would be allied with folks like Scout, turn out to be a bunch of self-serving arrogant assholes. No one asks why he is charging so much, they just go on the attack. What a bunch of mother-fuckers. They can all kiss my flat ass.

Thursday, you may recall, was also the evening in which Felicia was supposed to have her pageant at 7pm. Shusli and I had a lot of work to do in order to prepare for Eli coming home and living with us for a while. I decide not to go. I'm tired and angry. I call Lisa about 5pm and leave a message telling her to have Felicia call me. 7pm rolls around, my bed time, and no one has called back. I don't call again because I have assumed that Felicia was at the pageant. At 7:30pm, Shusli tells me Felicia is on the phone and asks if I want to talk. I say no, I'm tired and angry, and would rather not.

Friday, December 14. I wake up at 1:30am to get ready for work and read and write a little on the internet. I check my e-mails and Shusli informs me that the pageant had actually taken place on Tuesday, not Thursday. What this means is that Shusli and I would have gone all the way to Milwaukie from North Portland to see a pageant at Felicia's school that happened 2 days before. It is now my belief that Felicia waited until after 7pm to call because she knows I regularly go to bed at that time when I have to work the next day. This infuriates me even more, all this passive agressive behavior toward me from both Felicia and her mother. It infuriates me that her mother is doing NOTHING to curb Felicia's lying, stealing, and bad grades, and that all the weight of taking action against these behaviors weighs on me and I only have her from Friday to Sunday evenings twice a month.

But wait, there's more. You're probably wondering why the Urban Scout stuff is being written about on this post about Felicia. Well, I also have another e-mail sent to me by a man I formerly thought as an ally, though we don't know each other all that well. I won't share his e-mail here, but if he is reading my blog, I will call the short fucker out here on this forum for all to read. The man read a whole lotta shit into what I said about the anarchists and did not ask for clarification, he just told me that he knew exactly what I was thinking and compared me to one of the people I pretty much hate most in the local area, adding him to that list as well. So, mother-fucker, if you are reading this, then come on here in public and we can get it on here.

Seems to me, in the words used by this man, that he totally supports the verbal attacks being launched by alleged anarchists and others and that they shouldn't have to ask for clarification from someone who is on the same side as to why he is charging money to see Derrick Jensen even though it is a benefit for Rewilding. I am not above violence, even verbal violence. The verbal violence I have used against these alleged anarchists is in defense of a young man, Urban Scout, whom I see as an ally and who is trying to create a change in this world. From everything I am hearing about these alleged anarchist groups around, they are turning out to be quite a bunch of self-serving self-interested assholes.

So, the little fucker sends me another e-mail this afternoon telling me to take back a bunch of what I said. Being extremely pissed off about the Felicia shit and being more pissed off about this assholes defense of an OFFENSIVE attack on Scout and attacking me personally in my e-mail about my defense of Scout, I sent an e-mail back to the little fuck and told him to fuck off. Since we know each other, I also told him not to talk with me in public any more either. I also sent his e-mail to Shusli, and she is not clear as to what he is talking about, either, and is confused as to how much that short shit has read into my wording. He just sent me an e-mail titled "Fear and Loathing" but I deleted it before I could read it. I'd rather to battle here in public and not allow him to hide behind the anonymity of e-mails.

So, shit face, I'm sure you are reading this, come out on this forum and let's have a fucking battle here. I'm in for some fuckin' verbal fist-a-cuffs, mother fucker.

Power Point Peace Prize

Al Gore, along with some scientists, have won the Nobel Peace Prize. Al wins the prize for his power point presentation, and some scientists for doing the actual work. But since Al is the "point" man, I don't even know any of the names of the scientists who did the actual work as OFFENDED as I am that Al was even considered for the prize to begin with.

Al, whose decisions as Vice helped create the conditions he is now bitching about makes me wonder what he is really up to. Self promotion? 2012 Prez run for his own glorious self?

Yet, I seem to remember a few things that folks don't seem to be talking about. Besides his anti-enviornmental decisions as Vice, he also helped make decisions that lead to the slaughter of many East Timorese in '93. As well as the horrific war in Kosovo. Let's not forget the '98 bombing of Iraq to cover the indiscretions of Bill's wandering dick. My favorite action by far by this man who DOES NOT DESERVE the prize, was a couple of things he did when on the campaign trail for the 2000 alleged election. One, he told the local Future Farmers of America that all food would be grown overseas soon and their jobs would be obsolete. Also, when asked by an activist about the 5000 children dying each month in Iraq due to the sanctions this genocidal fuck was complicit in, he laughed.

But wait, come to think of it, horrific genocidal fuck Henry Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize, why not Al?

In the "Trials of Henry Kissinger" is a video clip from Saturday Night Live with John Belushi playing Henry in an interview. Lorrain Newman, the interviewer, asks "what was your best year?"

"'73, when I eneded the Vietnam War."

"What was your worst year?" she asks.

"'75," says Henry, "when the Vietnam War actually ended."

So, at least two anti-environmental genocidal fucks have won the Nobel (alleged) Peace Prize. One for a genocidal bombing campaign that brought Vietnam to the negotiating table, and the other for a power point presentation.

How the fuck do these people choose the assholes that receive this thing?

PS, If Al Gore had taken his rightful position as Prez when he won in 2000, we would have Genocidal Joe Lieberman as Vice. The impending American led Holocaust of the Iranians probably would have already been under way. But of course folks would toss out the usual excuses: "At least he's a democrat."

FUCK THE ANARCHISTS!

I hate Vegans. Urban Scout has said he hates "Veganism." I just hate vegans, period. I have YET to meet a vegan that doesn't think of themselves as ABOVE humanity and ultra super morally superior to one and all. How did they become this way? Simple dietary choice.

Vegans are the worst at this type of behavior. I've seen it in some bicyclists, but only a small percentage. I've seen it in many other groups, but in vegans, I have YET to meet even one person that doesn't think they are morally superior to one and all by simple dietary choice.

I used to fluctuate between not caring and respect for anarchists. During the standoff in front of the police station this spring, I spoke out in their favor to crowds of folks who thought they were full of shit. Sometimes things change drastically and quickly.

Urban Scout is brining Derrick Jensen to town, which is how Shusli and Scout got the interview for "Mitakuye Oyasin." As stated in my previous post, this is a benefit for Rewilding. The price of admission is $15 to $18. The ALLEGED anarchists have torn down the posters. Scout posted his dismay on Portland Indy Media, and the holier than thou anarchists have been ON THE ATTACK! Turns out the anarchists display quite the elitist, exlusivist, imperialist behavior common amonst vegans, U.S. governmental officials, conquistadors, etc. It is a common pattern of colonization and imperialism. "We have the truth and if we see that you don't have the truth as according to us that have the truth, we will make you fucking pay." The anarchists, because they perceive their own moral superiority have been verbally VIOLENTLY attacking Urban Scout for charging money to see Derrick. The moderator at Indy Media has said they took down some of the posts because they were severe personal attacks on Scout. But wait, the story doesn't end there.

I sent out my GLOOM AND DOOM post on my e-mail address list and got a response from a friend of mine on the coast who told me that the alleged anarchists out there behave in much the same manner.

But wait, there is STILL more.

Derrick mentioned that he was invited to speak at an event put on by ALLEGED anarchists. He even spoke beyond his allotted time. These holier than thou folks didn't offer to take him to dinner. Now, I've been taught that you invite someone into your home (as it were), you share your hospitality with them. In Michael Franti's video, "I Know I'm Not Alone," he visits a Palestinian family who put on a feast for the rather tall man. He found out that the family had gone into debt in order to express their hospitality to this man they had never met. Not so of the alleged anarchists who didn't even offer food to the man they asked to speak for them and who spoke far beyond that which was required. The alleged anarchists also didn't pay admission, claiming they were too poor. Derrick, being hungry, then went to a bar, the only place open in town, to BUY HIMSELF something to eat. He found the alleged anarchists there buying many pitchers of beer and not offering to share. Plenty of money to buy booze, not so much money to buy someone they invited to town to speak to their WORTHLESS FUCKING GROUP!

And one other thing I noticed about anarchists...I have NEVER seen a person of color in their ranks. Not once. At least the racist alleged peace movement will throw in a token black or Indian from time to time.

So, like my blanket hatred of vegans, I now carry a blanket hatred of those who allege to be anarchists. Next time I see the cops beating on their skinny asses, I'll have to restrain myself from cheering the cops on to "HIT 'EM HARDER!"

GAME 2

Game 2 of the "Mitakuye Oyasin"

GLOOM AND DOOM DOUBLE HEADER

will take place on Thursday, December 13 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm on kboo radio at 90.7fm, on the web at www.kboo.fm.

Last time we interviewed economist James Craven about the impending economic collapse.

This time we are interviewing Derrick Jensen. Derrick Jensen is the author of "Endgame," two books about how horrific civilization is as well as how it is unsustainable. His recent book, a graphic novel with Stephanie McMillan is called "As the World Burns: 50 simple things you can do to stay in denial."

Derrick will be speaking at Disjecta, on the Burnside Bridge east side at 7pm on December 19 in a benefit for "Rewilding." This talk was organized by Urban Scout, and with the help of Shusli, we got an interview with him for Mitakuye Oyasin.

Many alleged anarchists have been on the attack of Urban Scout because the price is $15 to $18. They are calling him a green capitalist. They did not talk with him, they just went on the attack on Portland Indy Media. When one uses violence, it is usually to get something you want. Anarchists I used to believe were non-violent, but they have proven that such is not true. They, like a gang of thugs, are willing to attack somebody instead of negotiate. Hey...that sounds like co-King George and Iran, doesn't it. So, in my opinion, since using violence an not netogiation is an imperical pattern, and since empires are elitist, I think it is safe to say now that alleged Anarchists in Portland are truly elitist and imperilaist, just like the system they allege to be fighting against.

What they could have done was said: "Hey, Scout, why so much, pal?" And if Scouts answer was reasonable, they could have said "Hey, my monthly trust fund check hasn't come through from semi wealthy mom and dad, is there something we can work out?" But they didn't. Why? Imperical elitists maybe?

How to Frame an Argument

For the longest time, I almost NEVER heard discussion of the dams on the Columbia River's near salmon extinction. Dams rarely come up in the discussion. Though not as rare now, it is still rare that dams come up as the major problem in the destruction of fish runs on the Columbia river. This is called framing the argument. One of the most common ways to frame an argument is to leave out information.

Take for instance, the discussion about housefires caused by cigarette smokers who fall asleep with cigarettes in their mouths.

I ran out of cigarette papers a few days ago. I used some from a pack of Top. I prefer Americana hemp papers or Pure Hemp. This is one of the Top papers. Notice the lines on this paper. Those are called burn rings. Those burn rings are made from a chemical called titanium oxide. It makes the cigarette burn more when inhaling, and KEEPS IT BURNING when not being smoked. Look at a regular packaged cigarette, and you will see rings the length of the paper. Not only are you inhaling the wonderful chemicals they put into the tobacco itself, you are also inhaling chemicals in the paper.

Pure Hemp and Americana hemp papers do not have this chemical in them. When I set my cigarette down, it goes out in less that 1/8th of an inch on an average. It always goes out. When I smoked using the Top papers with the chemical, besides having a moderately unpleasant taste, my cigarettes also burned quicker and did not go out.

The tobacco I smoke is called "Girls Blend." It is blended by one of the only tobacco blenders in the Portland area who works for Rich's Tobacco. His name is Steve Books. He assures me he uses only natural tobaccos grown without chemicals and he himself does not add any chemicals to his blends. Girls Blend is a girly cut (I have no idea what that means) with vanilla added. I smoke 3 to 8 cigarettes a day, and more often than not, on my days off of work, I mostly don't even smoke. I never smoke in bed.

Now, there are chemicals and sugars that are added to cigarettes that do damage to your lungs so the nicotine will be better absorbed and make the smoker more easily ADDICTED to smoking. When severely addicted, folks do things like smoke in bed. And with those wonderful burn rings made of titanium oxide that keep those cigarettes burning, and blankets and houses being made of many highly flammable materials, you have a disaster waiting to happen.

Instead, you rarely to never hear about the burn rings in cigarettes when it comes to cigarette caused housefires. The last report I heard about the INDUSTRY doing something about this was they were creating a thinner cigarette. No discussion on not using titanium oxcide burn rings. You see, those burn rings use up more cigarettes. The more cigarettes you use, the more you smoke. The more you smoke, the more money for excessively wealthy folks. Excessively wealthy folks control the media, who then keeps the issue of titanium oxide burn rings off of the table because if you burned and smoked less cigarettes, you would be taking money out of the pockets of wealthy folks.

That is why the issue of titanium burn rings in cigarette papers never comes up in the issue of cigarette caused housefires. The cigarette companies don't have to pay for lost or damaged lives. They don't have to pay for lost or damaged properties. They just have to keep making money and they will make less if they take the burn rings out of the papers.

...SMOK'EM IF YOU GOTT'EM...

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