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A Native American dancer (L) performs for Tibetan spiritual leader The Dalai Lama
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Native American dancer (L) performs for Tibetan spiritual leader The
Dalai Lama (R) during the fourth day of a conference on compassion held
in Seattle, Washington, USA, on 14 April 2008. The day's workshops
included children from the greater Seattle area. EPA/DAN LEVINE NWIN 28 stories:
“Dalai Lama visits with NW tribes” Mark Anderson, producer/photographer, Deborah Parker, reporter,
Chenoa Egawa, Associate Producer
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14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso, (the 1989 Nobel Prize laureate) visits
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Buffalohair UNTOLD STORIES 2
UNTOLD STORIES 2
The American Nightmare has no boundaries as it were. I had just
recently moved to a new domicile and was talking with the telephone
technician working on my phone line. We were talking shop and I
happened to mention I was a journalist. I told him of my exploits
interviewing everyday people around the country. Then I mentioned the
sad tales of the “New Homeless” and how their high tech and engineering
jobs were being sent to third world countries. I also mentioned the
foreclosure fiasco and all the people living in RV’s or traveling to
family members or friends to live out this non recession. Then he
looked at me with the all too familiar look of loss I’ve seen over
these last few months.
I learned he was a veteran who served in Iraq and did two tours. He
buried many friends who gave their lives in the hot desolate desert.
Emptiness filled the air as he told me he was attending college and
studying for the very jobs that were being outsourced to India and
other third world nations. It was ironic his efforts to achieve the
American dream appeared almost futile at this juncture. Further, he was
loosing his home since it was in foreclosure at this time. After
fighting in a foreign land with hopes and dreams for his future, if he
survived, he was battling for his existence. His dream has become a
night mare.
As we spoke he told me his plight was not an isolated one for he
knew many soldiers who lost everything, home, family and peace of mind.
Soldiers who were activated and sent abroad lost their careers, hopes
and dreams whence they returned stateside. They came home to discover
there was little future in a country that was busy out sourcing their
jobs and closing plants for the corporate bottom line. Struggling with
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder they faced a bleak future at best.
Suicide has become a very real option for some of the soldiers I
interviewed. The reward for giving their all was an empty and uncertain
future.
He was well aware of this new cancer called corporatism and knew
first hand of its callous disregard for humanity. The voice of greed
has overshadowed cries from this dying nation as well as the world
around us. The reality of our existence was more a dark comedy since it
was inevitable we would be consumed by the mongers of material wealth.
It was only a matter of time before the world was in a death grip while
greed squeezed the life out of mankind. It’s all about the money
Paisan, it’s all about the money. With food riots breaking out on every
continent on this planet it’s only a matter of time before corporate
run governments aim their guns on their own populations. Feed them
bullets.
As I traveled across the country I could not believe my ears. Fore
on the radio there was an ad from an investment company. They were
looking for investors who wanted to be on the ground floor of the new
housing boom. They boasted about the boom in foreclosures and homes for
nothing. The advertisement gleefully told of the abundance of cheap
near new homes waiting for investors to gobble them up. I found the ad
patently offensive since it was capitalizing on the loss of others. I
still envision the glazed look of the engineer who lost his home and
ultimately his family to corporate out sourcing and the bottom line.
And now, the reward for fighting for your country was to face
foreclosure and financial ruin whence you returned to the land of milk
and honey. No one is safe from this cancer called globalization and its
brother corporate greed, no one. And well boys and girls epic human
suffering will soon grace a neighborhood near you.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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Sunday, May 11, 2008
9:39:47 PM EDT
Buffalohair AID TO BURMA, OR THAN SHWE?
AID TO BURMA, OR THAN SHWE?
As the world finally rallies to the aid of millions stricken by the
cyclone there is a hint of caution they must know. Sources within Burma
have said Than Shwe has and will take all aid and resell them on the
black market. The truly needy will not see any aid what so ever. It has
been a common practice for this criminal government to take any aid
meant for the needy and peddle it to the highest bidder.
Already Shwe’s thugs are beating and robbing aid workers, stealing
truck loads of needed supplies and thwarting the humanitarian efforts
meant for the survivors. Boldly ambivalent to the cries of his
citizenry Than Shwe and his followers simply stand by while starvation
and pestilence begins its death nil on his countrymen.
Not since the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean has human suffering and
death covered the once lush landscape in such magnitude. Navigation in
all the waterways are hindered by bloated and rotting bodies. Like
ghoulish and grotesque Christmas tree ornaments human carnage decorates
the trees. The streets are littered with the remnants of a once proud
people. Men, women and children walk aimlessly through death and
disease with no direction. Their fate ominously awaits them. And the
corrupt government does nothing. This is nothing more than an exercise
in eugenics. It’s as simple as that. Than Shwe will finally rid himself
of those who opposed his murderous military junta that enslaved a
nation and stole her natural resources.
Water tables will soon be polluted with decomposed fetid flesh while
cooking in the tropical sun. To drink from these wells will be a death
sentence if they can bare the smell. What has to happen before someone
steps up to bat and arrests Than and his merry band of thugs? Exactly
how many people must die before the world intervenes in this epic human
drama? Well the world did nothing while millions of Aboriginal people
from the America’s were murdered. 6,000,000 Jews vanished before the
worlds eyes. So what’s a few million Burmese anyway?
Sadly death will be the liberation of these poor lost souls who’ve
survived insurmountable odds. Whence they cross from this putrid and
greedy world they will be free at last. History will not be kind as it
describes the cowardly conduct of today’s world leaders and
corporations who sit and wait. Inaction is likened to living with one’s
head in the sand fore a dark page in human history is unfolding before
our very eyes. The legacy of death will be what is remembered not the
corporate bottom line.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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http://linletkyalsin.blogspot.com/2008/05/blog-post_1886.html#links
Klosayhtoo said
I was crying when I saw the bodies of three brothers
tied together to prevent them from being swept away by tidal waves!
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Buffalohair HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, OR IS IT?
HAPPY MOTHERS DAY, OR IS IT?
As we prepare to celebrate Mothers Day across the Americas and abroad,
for some this is a sad time. Within the Aboriginal communities in
Canada, America and Mexico sorrow fills the eyes of those who lost
their beloved mothers. In Canada alone over 500 Aboriginal women have
been murdered and simply came up missing in the last 20 years. This
statistic is shared throughout the Northern Hemisphere. This
disproportionate figure is a clear sign the conquering people of the
America’s have little regard for the Native populations as a whole. Of
course other social issues go unaddressed as well and the “secret third
world of the America’s” struggles to exist in this ambivalent world we
live.
Both Native and non Native people shared a moment in grief and anguish
in downtown Edmonton Canada yesterday during the Stolen Sister
Awareness Walk. Without the assistance of the callous governments as a
whole, human beings decided to stage a memorial walk to remember the
fallen and lost Aboriginal women of the America’s. Tearfully they
walked in silent protest for the total disregard for human life in this
on going tragedy.
As an Aboriginal child growing up within the borders of America I saw
first hand how non Native men treated my mother. I feel fortunate my
mother is still alive with all the abuse she had to endure. Respect was
not an option for her and she was constantly made a target by these
repugnant swine. With 7 out of 10 assaults on Aboriginal women
committed by non Native men it is hard for me to be objective. But I am
since I know Aboriginal men are also to blame for this crime against
women. Looking past race and culture I find it absolutely appalling
women of any ethnicity are simply regarded as sexual object as a whole.
Wage disparities are signs women are not welcome in the “Men’s Club” of
the work place and other venues of employment.
Testosterone filled world politics has left the world in one hell of a
mess for centuries. Sex sells only because Wall Street has conditioned
the general population to except Bimbo Based Advertising as a norm.
Yup. It’s all about the money Paisan. The negative side effect has
become the total disregard for women. Show some tits and ass to sell a
car or buy a health product. That’s the axiom of commercial
advertising. With no regard for the consequences of targeting women to
sell their goods the corporate world can share the blame for the
ambivalence for the concerns of women everywhere. Add the Aboriginal
aspect to this equation and it is easy to see why the plight of
Aboriginal women has reached astronomical proportions.
Before conquest women within Aboriginal communities were held in
high esteem. They were the givers of life, keepers of the home and the
back bone of villages far and wide. Tribal decisions were discussed
jointly by men and women. There was balance in the decisions that were
made since both viewpoints were considered. Stories from long ago told
of how the women used to run the men out of the Ti Pi to hunt so the
women could do the daily chores like making hides for clothing, prepare
food and tend to the children. Then came conquest, liquor and the total
disregard for women. Such is life eh.
I remember back in the 70’s in a major Colorado city two women were
hired onto a police department. This action caused a furor in the men’s
club behind the blue line. One evening one of the women officers made a
call for assistance. She called and called franticly since the
situation was dire. Her calls were not answered and she was
subsequently beaten to death while the men of the PD drank coffee and
ignored her pleads. I remember the story well since I dated the other
woman officer. She also told me of other secrets behind the blue line
but I will save those tidbits for another story. But this was a classic
example of how ingrained this disregard for women has permeated
society, even in law enforcement. Dare I mention the issue of spousal
abuse within the confines of the blue line fore it is another “secret
issue”.
In any event, enjoy your mother no matter what culture you hale from. Everyday should be considered Mothers Day though.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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Buffalohair BURMA AND A HILL OF BEANS
BURMA AND A HILL OF BEANS
Gleefully Than Shwe counts the votes in his bogus Constitutional
Referendum after taking full advantage of the enormous loss of life.
Granted the dead would have voted against this fetid piece of paper
anyway. But what ticks me off is the fact it took a cyclone to get the
worlds attention in the first place. As usual it required dead bloating
bodies in numbers hard to ignore before the main stream media addressed
the brutality this military junta. Where is China and their wealth of
resources in this time of crisis? Oh I guess they made nice by climbing
a mountain to promote their Blood Olympics.
Before it is all said and done I venture to say at least a half million
will have been killed with more to follow when disease spreads through
out the population, there is no doubt. The air is thick with pestilence
and disease. The putrid smell of rotting flesh is inescapable and soon
another storm will add to the misery of these innocent people. Than
Shwe has taken full advantage of the chaos by using donated food to
promote his agenda. He’s rewarded or extorted the population into
voting for this referendum. Junta thugs have taken to hi-jacking relief
shipments while millions suffer with no homes or food.
His purposeful downplaying of the impending cyclone lead people to
their watery grave with the blessings of China, maybe now the world
will pay attention. Hmm, MAYBE. For the tribal people of Burma its
death as usual. I wonder how the political prisoners have faired
through this catastrophe. There is no question pro referendum thugs
were given ample warning and most likely they are living it up with an
abundance of supplies and food stuffs. With no watchful eye on the
ballot boxes the referendum was a shoe in. After all, who could make it
to the polling places with total devastation in their midst. Oh well,
its all about the money anyway. Chevron, Daewoo, Total Oil and other
investors of death are hurriedly making repairs to their drilling
platforms to keep the gas flowing. And there sits Than Shwe, in hiding,
wallowing in all that money.
The rice basket of Burma has been devastated and soon starvation will
kill more and more. This will be a boom for speculators who’ve already
boosted the price of rice, wheat and corn world wide. Like the oil
speculators who’ve crippled economies and paralyzed nations, these
stock market goons will push up prices even further. Hunger will be a
marketing ploy and humanity will soon carry a price tag. It is
criminality at its finest as food speculators rally to gain massive
profits from hunger. Their goal will be to garner the unprecedented
250% profits like the oil companies have. All to line the pockets of
the absolute minority who enjoin in profiteering from death and
destruction. Of course the world will fast forget this turn of events.
The march for a lucrative bottom line will over shadow the suffering of
human beings. The Olympic Torch will soon shine bright in China as
world corporations promote their wears to brain dead consumers. And all
will be good on Wall Street.
But I just have to wonder how the growing food riots will be down
played by the main stream media as a hungry world begins to revolt.
Fruits and veggies are rotting in the fields in the US since they
cleaned out the migrant farm workers. The quality of the produce has
begun to falter as inept and inexperienced farm hands plop marginal
products on the shelves. Ah but who is paying attention anyway? Soon we
will reap what we sow as the price of everything we use begins to climb
out of sight. Globalization has become the pocks of mankind but a boom
for global corporations and this New World Order. It is only a matter
of time before every nation feels the squeeze of corporate greed
anyway.
My dark prediction is when people get hungry enough they will not fear
bullets. Like the tales of the French Revolution, with nothing left to
loose people will drag corporate goons to the gallows or stoned them to
death by an angry mob. Money will become worthless to the masses and
countries will aim guns at their own populous. The seeds of dissention
have been planted and there is no turning back the clock fore it is
only a matter of time. Oh well, let them eat cake.
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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Saturday, May 10, 2008
6:05:14 PM EDT
The Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Language Summit 2008
Tusweca Tiospaye presents
The Lakota/Dakota/Nakota Language Summit 2008
Uniting the Seven Council Fires to Save the Language
OPENING PRAYERS
Arvol Looking Horse, 19th Generation Keeper of the White Buffalo Calf Pipe of the Lakota Dakota Nakota Oyate
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Ron His Horse Is Thunder, President - Standing Rock Sioux Tribe
- Darrell Kipp, Co-Founder of the Piegan Institute
- Rosalie Little Thunder, Chair - Seventh Generation Fund
BREAKOUT SESSION PRESENTORS
- Earl Bullhead - Use of Stories, Songs, and History to Teach the Language
- Albert White Hat - Philosophy of the Language, Original vs.
Modern Meanings, and Subcultures of the Lakota language
- Robert Two Crow - Exploring Indigenous Language Research
- Darrell Kipp - Immersion Schools
- Bryan Charging Cloud - Okiciyapi, Working Together to Strengthen the Language and Encourage New Speakers
- Lakota Language Consortium - Lakota Language Teacher Training and the Future of the Language
- Jim Green - Using the Silent Method to Teach Language and the Importance of Second Language Learners
- Dakota Wicohan - Dakota Learners As Teachers - A Response to the Dakota Language Crisis and the Loss of Fluent Elder Speakers
- Alexis Nakota Sioux Language Program - TBA
- Robert Four Star - TBA
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Stephanie Charging Eagle - Child Behavior Management for Parents,
Teachers, and Administrators - Lakota Language Identifies Values,
Behaviors, and Protocol of the Lakota Way of Life
- The Association on American Indian Affairs Native Language Program - Language Revitalization from a Grassroots Perspective
- Rosalie Little Thunder - Akiciyapi, Using Competitive Games to Teach and Promote the Language
- Faith Spotted Eagle - Sacred Sites and the Language (Odakota)
- Leonard Little Finger - TBA
- Rosebud Sioux Tribe Lakota Language Preservation Project - Project Goals, History of Language, Writing Styles, Collaboration
- Dottie LeBeau - Internalized Oppression
- Wilmer Mesteth - Ohunkankan
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Tatanka Iyotaka - Sitting Bull
The
last major gathering of the Oceti Sakowin (Seven Council Fires) was in
1876. It was Sitting Bull that brought the people together to live the
traditional way of life that had been given by their ancestors. During
this gathering of the people, George A. Custer and the 7th Cavalry
attacked their peaceful camp and were quickly wiped out by men and
women as they defended their homes, their children, their elders, and
their way of life.
Today, 130
years later we're asking Tatanka Iyotaka to once again unite the Seven
Council Fires to celebrate and defend our way of life by revitalizing
our language.
THE TIME IS NOW!
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Thursday, May 8, 2008
6:00:42 AM EDT
Buffalohair Free Burma and info on the cyclone.
Burma Stories by Buffalohair Discussions :: Care2 GroupsGroup Discussions in Burma Stories by Buffalohair, Care2 Groups (Human / Civil Rights)
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Human / Civil Rights: Free Burma Indigenous Peoples of the World ...Free Burma Indigenous Peoples of the World - by Buffalohair: Indigenous Peoples of the World - The Tribes in Burma have suffered opression at the hands of ...
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Doctors Without Borders are an excellent relief agency, in my opinion. Here is a link to their newest story on the cyclone.
Judy C.
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/news/article.cfm?id=2656
A Look Inside Burma and Thailand | Mostly WaterBuffalohair has contributed a ten part series providing a personal look inside Burma and its relations with Thailand, exposing the author's unique ...
mostlywater.org/inside_burma_and_thailand - 32k -
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Saturday, May 3, 2008
11:39:11 PM EDT
Buffalohair CORPORATE SWINE FEVER
CORPORATE SWINE FEVER
With total disregard for the residence of the Yankton Sioux South
Dakota residence who live near the proposed site as well as surrounding
communities, Big Sky Farming Group has filed for a permit to build a
mega pig farm to raise a half million hogs a year. The environmental
impact will be disastrous to say the least since the animals will
produce 200,000 pounds of pig crappola a month.
Extremely toxic, this Ka Ka will not only smell bad it will also
generate deadly gasses such as 375,000 pounds of hydrogen sulfite, an
estimated 8.4 million pounds of ammonia annually just to name a few. It
is totally outrageous they would consider building such a mega
structure in such close proximity to the Yankton Reservation in the
first place. Also, there will be massive containment ponds to handle
the sludge making this a hazardous waste facility as well because of
the volume of pure sewage these animals will produce. And only a few
short miles away miles away is a school.
The Bureau of Indian Affairs stand ambivalent to the cries of this
community and they are fending for themselves. Well, it’s all about the
money and progress and its business as usual for the federal
government. The corporate dollar and its proverbial bottom line take
precedents over human life once again in the good ole USA boys and
girls. Like the Shoshone/Paiute struggle to keep the Cortex Mining
Company from mining for gold on their sacred site, The Yankton Nation
needs the support of the world at this juncture.
It is bad enough Native American’s must live as the secret “Third
World” within this land of plenty. But to built a toxic hazardous waste
facility as well as a mega-hog facility in such close proximity to a
populated area is pure arrogant. It simply staggers the imagination to
realize the size of the proposed facility in the first place. This will
not go un-noticed since now the world knows about this horrendous act.
We can make a difference if we all act together. By finding out who
this company will sell to, locate them in the stock exchange and
ultimately wage a world wide boycott of their products. We can assault
them on a level they never thought possible, their pocket book. Public
opinion is a very powerful tool and if we find out who their
distributors and retailers are we can alter the course of this proposed
plant.
Did I mention the devastating effects to the ground water this plant
will have? And did I give you the name of the person who is responsible
for this? Well his name is Ron “Let Them Eat Swine” Achs, owner of Big
Sky Farming Group and resident of Ketchum Idaho as well as a Blaine
County Developer. He is not hard to find. I know he would like to hear
your comments. And I know the people who will ultimately buy his pork
products would not want to be connected to this fiasco whence they are
discovered.
As I read this story I was struck with the total disregard for the
Yankton Nation. Imagine having bazillion gallons of liquefied pig poop
in your back yard. Ah the aroma would be sumptuous to say the least eh.
Well, I have to thank my brother Si for giving me the heads up on this
story. And of course, I will make sure the world knows what is
happening to my fellow Native brothers and sisters in the State of
South Dakota.
For more information and support contact;
Oi Zephier
Ihanktonwan Dakota
Yankton Sioux Tribe
Marty, SD 57361
Zephiero@hotmail.com
(605) 454-8355 (Cell)
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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Buffalohair HEARTLAND PART 2
HEARTLAND PART 2
While on my sabbatical of sorts, I interviewed many people on my
journey. Recently while traveling in Nebraska I stopped at the
Shoemaker Truck Stop along I-80. It was a classic truck stop and it was
obvious to see it’s been around for many moons. The trucker was still
revered in this vintage haunt. The walls were covered with pictures
depicting the golden age of trucking, farming, Ole Route 66, and other
forgotten or ignored aspects of humble USA history. Curios of a wide
variety filled the shelves, all depicting Americana from the early
years to the present. From trucking to farming this place had history
and memories for all to see.
As I sat in the drivers lounge I could not help but listen to the
drivers and other travelers discuss their personal plights. The primary
subject was the steady rise of fuel costs. Drivers complained about the
unfairness of rail road owned trucking firms and all the subsidies they
got from the government. The land that once expounded and personified
the “rugged individual” now turned on these independent truckers making
it all but impossible for them to operate against the corporate owned
firms. One driver told us that when he finally ran out of money to
operate he was simply going to but a sign on his truck, “Out Of Fuel”
and walk away. Others hoped America would take notice of their
situation if the rally and protest in Washington D.C. got any media
attention at all. Sadly I heard barely a peep about this demonstration.
Fact is, the media poked fun at these desperate American’s.
The farmer faced an equally daunting challenge with these corporate
farms as well. The price of fuel has placed them on the endangered
species. It took fuel to turn the soil, plant the seed, harvest the
crops then ship to market. Sadly, speculators have entered the arena of
produce futures and will soon devastate this industry as well. As we
all know, speculators, not supply and demand has dictated the steady
rise of fuel costs and food is on its way up also. The farmer does not
see a dime of the inflated prices, investors do. The corporate farm
buys fuel in such bulk the little farms have no competitive edge what
so ever. The American Dream has turned into the American Nightmare as
farms belly up erasing a once proud and competitive industry. Like
dominos, small town after small town across America fill with
tumbleweeds as coops and cottage industries fold up in the wake of
corporate greed. It reminds me of when the government decided to build
the interstate system. With no regard for the townships that made their
bread and butter along all these trucking lanes, super highways were
built. Eventually all that remained was the skeletal remains of
townships that once flourished. All that remained where stories of
Route 66 and other highways. Sure the interstate system streamlined
commerce but they should have included the Americans who made their
living along the older route. Ah what the hell, it was all about the
money and progress eh. One should have asked, “Progress for whom?” for
it was not for the people, it was for budding corporations and the
bottom line. If only we would have heeded the warning. What a fateful
sign of things to come a half century later.
Many people have long since died who were overlooked by the federal
government back then. But I remember the uproar they made over the
destruction of their way of life. The media played it off and their
pleas were simply ignored. They simply lost everything they owned while
insiders and their cronies bought the property for pennies. Corporatism
has been here for a long time.
Like the Romans did, divide and conquer, the USA seems to be at odds
with one another these days. Smokers against non smokers, the racial
circus, environmental and progressives, the list goes on and on. And
here sits the media fanning the flames of dissention. Like the
instigator, the media has played up every story to foster hatred. We
have declared war on smokers since they can cause cancer with second
hand smoke. The sad part of this story is the real culprits of
pollution keep on polluting and causing cancer. But boy oh boy we sure
got them smokers on the run. Los Angeles has the worse air quality on
record. You can get your fill of carcinogens by simply walking down the
street. That whiff of a cigarette may be offensive but it surely will
not kill you, lets be honest. The real killers are laughing all the way
to the bank as we fight amongst ourselves over trite and trivial
things. The pharmaceutical companies and their bogus drugs are killing
every day. The processed poisoned food industry has been pushing their
crappola down our throats causing cancer, diabetes and other deadly
ailments. That reminds me, I wonder if the FDA finally weeded out the
drug testers who were also being paid by drug companies. Hmm, I wonder.
We must realize the media has become the operative of corporations.
News stories are strategically places to keep us divided as a people.
This is not only an American issue, its world wide. After all, its
corporations who are running the show these days.
If only I could take you on a cross country trip. You would hear how
American’s from all cultures are dismayed over the American
government’s love affair with corporations. Though you might not
interview the people along the way, you would listen to the local radio
stations. From the Heartland of Nebraska I heard radio shows speaking
as if they read my stories. Fact is they were much more radical with
their total hatred for the corrupt government we have today than yours
truly. From the pork belly and harvest reports to the closure of more
local businesses, Americans are up in arms. Divide and conquer has
become the axiom of the corporate run government. Keep them at odds
with one another and we can do as we wish. Toss in some mind altering
drugs like fluoride and there you have it, the perfect corporate stew.
Remember the Ka Ka Water story?
The scars of corporate globalization are apparent everywhere. City
after city are filled with the skeletal remains of industries that have
moved to other countries. They are the industrial ghost towns of hidden
America. The new homeless are everywhere and they struggle to maintain
their dignity in the face of absolute poverty. Once on the top of their
game they find themselves jobless with their unemployment running out.
With foreclosure just around the bend they are on an odyssey they never
fathomed. Yet an absolute minority is gleeful as their strategically
placed stocks rise. We the people listen on the news how the USA is
dumping cash in Iraq. But the stark reality is the money is going into
the pockets of corporations, not the country as the news alludes to.
The money goes into the pockets of Halliburton, Boeing, Big Oil and the
like. What ever…
Then there was Lori, a waitress at the truck stop I mentioned. She
fed many Americans who’ve lost it all simply because she did not like
seeing people go hungry. Ironically she fed people with her tip money,
people who’ve looked down their noses at a “mere waitress” at one time.
Get over it, you know the deal. People looked down their noses at truck
drivers, farmers, waitresses, dock workers and the like for many years
now. People have become superficial for the most part and image has
become their axiom. “Got to look good”
Lori told me she never had big money nor did she ever consider it.
She liked her job since it paid the rent and all her bills. She enjoyed
life and appreciated the simple things. She could not bear to see
anyone go hungry so she shared her tip money to fill a few bellies. For
me, she was a breath of fresh air because she was a genuine human
being. I ordered the veggie omelet by the way, and it was to die for.
To me, Lori was the epitome of what America used to be, she was a
picture of a foregone era. She possessed something called humanity.
Don’t you find it odd our politicians are always finding new and
more restrictive laws? Every day we are loosing more and more civil
liberties, “for the greater good” This culture has become unforgiving
with absolute rule garnished with heavy penalties and no room for
forgiveness, for the common man. BUT, if you were one of the elite
class you were forgiven or simply censored. Remember our bathroom
romance, toe tapping senator (Craig) or the other disgusting and
infidelitous antics of the elite class? They get a slap on the hand.
Others would have lost their jobs, paid big penalties and incarcerated.
Remember the African American kid who won some contest only to have the
prize removed because he was busted years back for smoking pot. Quite a
double standard, don’t you think? It’s in your face, how arrogant is
that eh?
Then there are the politicians who’ve taken to raising speeding tickets
and other municipal infractions simply to bolster the cities coffers. I
think it is in Virginia where a speeding ticket was raised from $300 to
$3000 bucks a pop simply to get more monies from the taxpayer. Some
whizz-bang politician in California wants to raise the liquor tax 1400%
to offset the states budget crisis. But do we really pay attention to
what is actually happening around us. For the most part, naw who cares,
it only happens to others. Be forewarned, totalitarian rule has already
taken hold. We’ve been divided and conquered. And it’s all about the
money Paisan, it’s all about the money, Capice?
Your Devil’s Advocate
Buffalohair
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