Pudgy Indian

OK, folks, I started a new blog and will start posting there from now on because it will be so much easier for me to deal with new format behind the scenes stuff instead of pulling my fucking hair out...figuratively speaking, of course.

New blog address is just as easy as this one:

pudgyindian2.blogspot.com

I done fucked up my comments on my blog. I thought I had updated when I got the invitation to the new version. I have no idea what is fucking happening. I can't find anywhere on the fucking internet to get my questions answered. I don't know if I can get the new version anymore. I try to ask questions wherever the fuck I get to on the internet and can't WRITE MY OWN FUCKING QUESTIONS! I get pre-selected questions. I'm getting tired of trying to figure this fucking shit out and am going to go out for a while before I go FUCKING NUTS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW I GET THE NEW VERSION AND HOW I FUCKED UP MY OLD VERSION AND SO ON!

If anyone reading this can PLEASE help me, contact me at:

kbooindian@yahoo.com

One day, about a year and a half ago, before Rhonda and I had met, I was taking Felicia on one of our many trips downtown on the bus. We were heading for KBOO, and went straight to Burnside and started heading for the bridge. I was excited.

"I want to show you something. It's really cool. It's something you've seen many times, but you haven't seen like this."

She pretended to be interested just to please me, then her interest became lackluster. We started heading past Big Pink, Portland's tallest building. I made her stop beside it.

"How many times have we walked past Big Pink?" I asked her.

"Lots," she answered.

I turned her back to the building and she faced the street. "I'm gonna teach you something about perspective," I told her. "Sometimes there are amazing things right before our very eyes. We pass them often. Don't think much about them...until we change our perspective a little and maybe we'll see something fantastic."

I held her shoulders and told her to lean back and look up.

She was completely awed by something she never paid attention to before. Her look of surprise and amazement is one I will never forget. Something she had seen many times...all it took was to look up. Maybe next time we'll look down, lay on our backs and look at the clouds, look at what's under the deck, find friends in people we hardly paid attention to...

I usually just pray silently to the spirits, but you are all spirits, so maybe one or more of you might be able to help.

Rhonda and I are looking to move to the country. Either on the outskirts of Eugene or Salem. We want to be out of town without any traffic noise etc.

Yesterday we drove down to Cottage Grove to look at a house which turned out to be a total piece of crap: roof falling in on the storage section (as well as the floor rotted out), looked like it had flooded there, house stank, etc. It was across the street from a store and two fellows drinking their beer from brown paper bags. Not a nice neighborhood either.

But we are looking and if you can help, GREAT!

12 years ago, I danced in the hottest heat. My flesh was torn from my body. Convulsions shook me like earth quakes. And I knew...I knew you were coming. I knew I was about to take steps up magical stairs to share life with you.

12 yeas ago next month, you held my finger like we had known each other forever, and it was only the first moment we met. In the 45 minute ride in the care, you didn't let go. And there you are, sitting on the magic staircase and gazing into your own future.

You still need a lot of guidance, young one, but that is what we are here for, enit?

30 years ago, on summer solstice, I sat on a rock wall, at the peak of a trail, along the Rogue River. With a few companions we sat and ate our lunch as noon came and went on the longest day at the start of our week long hike. And I remember you, the sights, sounds, smells, and now...I have a new connection to you.

I talked with a friend recently whose dad is a Vietnam Vet. She told me that she believes the end of the war was the worst because military folks were given free reign to behave however they wanted. Many body parts were taken as war trophies off of our troops victims.

The term Redskins, as many of you know, was coined during the 1600's when bounty was collected from killing Indians and skin was peeled from their backs and tanned. It had a red tint to it, thus the name Redskins. During these good old days, Indian scrotums were used for tobacco pouches, scalps for bounties and decorations, labia for saddle horn and had decorations, skin for reins and razor straps, etc.

The more I think of Sherman Alexie's new book, "Flight," the less I like it. In it, he describes how, at the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the Indians were mutilating the soldiers after the battle. His character was disgusted by it, but Sherman gave absolutely no context. He made no mention of how the wonderful white folks treated Indians. How Indians knew their survival as a distinct group was on the line because the white folks wanted to slaughter every last one of us. How the white folks wanted to slaughter every last Indian so wealthy white folks could make more money.

My whole life, I have faced racism. Some overt, but mostly institutional. I, as an Indian, am supposed to fit in a certain type of box which is usually one of two major categories: an alcoholic, or entertainment for white folks. Since I am neither of these things, and since I stand up to the white society that tries to narrowly define my humanity through my race, and since I call folks on this style of racism, I make a lot of people, "uncomfortable." I beat on whitey with my words because what they do to me and so many others, not just Indians, is wrong.

However, since I call whitey: whitey, cracker, and peckerwood, whitey starts calling Me or whatever person of color calls them out, the racists. Since we've become the racists, they consider themsleves to no longer be the racists and no longer have to examine their ideals of race, supremacy, privilege, etc. They use this (and many other things) to justify their behavior without examination.

Like with the horrific mutilations, racism doesn't stop. Bounties take different form in the wars currently going on. People on the defense, desiring survival in any form are instantly demonized for whatever they do, and white folks no longer have to examine their own behavior because since their victims are doing it for survival's sake, in their minds, it justifies their behavior. No examination is necessary.

This nation has a horrific history. Genocide of Indians. Subjegation of the poor. Systematic abuse and oppression of women. Child labor practices. Poor health care. Brutal apartheid of blacks. Wage slave labor of Chinese and Irish. Colonization. Occupation. Racism. Sexism. The list goes on and on, and oddly, all of this horrific SHIT has a name...Freedom!

HEY, 6 NATIONS FOLKS! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING ALIGNING WITH RACIST INDIAN HATING IMPERIALIST FAT FUCK POSSIBLY RAPIST PIECE OF SHIT PAUL WATSON FOR! THE ENEMY OF OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR FRIEND, MOTHER-FUCKERS! WHAT THE FUCK!? TALK ABOUT SLAPPING YOUR FELLOW INDIAN FOLKS, THE MAKAH, RIGHT IN THE FACE! WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING! THE ENEMY OF OUR ENEMY IS NOT OUR FRIEND! WATSON ALIGNS HIMSELF WITH SOME OF THE MOST VIRULENT INDIAN HATING FUCKS IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT AS WELL. WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU THINKING!?

Anti-whaling ships to fly First Nations flags

Cheryl Cornacchia
The Gazette

Monday, June 18, 2007

After being stripped of registration papers and prohibited from sailing under the Canadian flag earlier this year, two of the world's best-known ocean warriors found a friendly port of call in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake today.

The Farley Mowat and the Robert Hunter two ocean-going vessels operated by the Sea Shepherd Conservation Authority, an international anti-whaling group will travel under a First Nations flag and with registration paper's signed by one of Kahnawake's three longhouses when they set sail for Antarctica later this year.

At a signing ceremony today, Paul Watson, captain of the Farley Mowat, was presented with the papers for his ship and the Robert Hunter, as well as with two Five Nations Iroquois Confederacy flags, a purple flag with symbols representing the Mohawks, Oneida, Onondaga, Seneca and Cayuga.

Watson said the ships will set sail from Australia for Antarctica in November where the crews will try to prevent Japanese whaling ships from killing whales.

"It's a real honour to have the Mohawk flag flying on these ships," said Stuart Myiow of the Mohawk Traditional Council, the longhouse that drew up the registration papers.
© The Gazette 2007

These three are hills on the east side of I-5 at mile marker 221. The first and third make up and hill known as Saddle Butte. The second photo is called Ward Butte.

One time, a few years back, I was at one of Condi's Hemp Fests, and really high on Goo Balls. His place was not too far south from these glorious hills. And these hills told me this story, while high on goo balls.

There was a young couple that were in Love. But the father didn't think that the young man was good enough for his daughter. No matter what the young man did to prove his Love for the father's daughter, it wasn't good enough. Her father wanted her to marry a man he considered better. But the couples Love was strong and seeing the impasse, they decided to run away together, and when they came back, the father would have to accept their Love. The father decided to chase them. He Loved his daughter. He had mixed feelings. He didn't want to lose his daughter. He didn't want her to marry this man either because he felt he wasn't worthy. But maybe he was worthy if it meant that he was willing to run away with his daughter. He wanted to catch them and attempt to think clearly about this. Then a natural disaster struck and killed them. In their place was placed these hills. The young man is the first photo, father is the second, the daughter is the third. These photos were taken while driving 55 down the freeway in a truck. I just wanted to tell you all that story.

"We declare our right on this earth...to be a human being, to be respected as a human being, to be given the rights of a human being in this society, on this earth, in this day, which we intend to bring into existence by any means necessary."

--Malcolm X

"At the risk of sounding ridiculous, let me say that the true revolutionary is guided by feelings of love."

--Ernesto "Che" Guevarra

I do not believe in non-violence. Non-violence is a lie, and a privilege.

It took excessive amounts of violence, rape, genocide, and so many other forms of horrific violence from Chris to the present to secure this nation where folks will tell me they are superior to me because they are non-violent. It takes some serious oppression and violence to maintain this current american system so that the non-violent types can have the PRIVILEGE of behaving non-violently. I hear these non-violent types speak out against the war in Iraq, but I don't hear them speak out about other wars?

Recently, our dark skinned brothers and sisters from the south have been arrested and are about to be deported. Children have come home from school to find no parents and their is a good chance they may never see them again. Where are the voices of non-violence now? Why aren't we in the streets rioting to get our brothers and sisters back? Horrific violence is being enacted against these families. It is racist. Their aren't any raids arresting illegal whites from Canada and deporting them back to their privileged nation of Canada. This is racist to the core. Racism is violence. Why aren't their riots in the streets? We just let the man do his job. And those claiming to be non-violent are most likely complicit in this violence. Complicity in violence is violence.

But always, there is this superiority thing that whities like to claim over me. If they're non-violent, they are superior to me because I claim to not be non-violent. If they are whitey vegans they are superior to me because I eat meat and support Makah Whaling. If they are the two local kings of peace, they are superior to me because they carry Gandhian principles in their hearts (the more I learn about Gandhi, the less I like the man). If you're white skinned, you're superior to me.

But the truth is, you ain't nothin' but a bunch of human beings who benefit from horrific violence. Violence against women (both kings of peace I've noticed are abusive, sexist, and racist...all forms of violence). Violence against Indians, Blacks, Brothers and Sisters from the South, children, Iraqi's, Afghani's, Women in the Middle-East, etc., etc., etc. We are all beneficiaries of violence, and therfore hve NO RIGHT, in my opinion, to claim non-violence as a title.

Superiority through non-violence? What is it with you white folks and superiority? You're so fucking afraid of losing your racial identity. What the fuck? Excuse me, but superiority is maintained through violence in one or more of it's many forms. That is NOT non-violence.

Alleged "non-violence" is a privilege. It has taken massive amounts of violence to create this nation state currently known as the United States. It takes massive amounts of violence to maintain the privilege enjoyed by those who claim non-violence as their title. Non-violence should not be used as a title because in this nation, it is a lie.

My words here are violence of a sort. They are designed to slap down those with attitudes of superiority to me and others by claiming non-violence as their title. Superiority is violence, and non-violence as a title is a lie. You can't be superior and non-violent. To be superior you have to act in one form of violence or another, many choose complicity. Complicity is simpler than enacting the violence oneself.

The last time I was in a fight I was 12, with the exception of the controlled sparring while taking martial arts classes. So I have not physically attacked anyone in anger for 31 years with the intent to do them physical harm. I used to get beat up by a bully a lot, when I was 12, I fought back. We didn't have a fight since. My violence was in self-defense and the beatings stopped. But I would never claim as my title, non-violence, especially since my current form of privilege comes from excessive violence from around the world.

I am superior to no one, and no one is superior to me. We are all human beings. But many folks believe they are superior to me for one reason or another. Non-violence, veganism, alleged Gandhian practices, white skin, kings of peace, you name it, I'm sure there are millions of reasons folks can consider themselves superior to me, and Iraqi babies are going to continue to get sick and die, Indians on the Pine Ridge Reservation are still gonna starve and commit suicide, blacks will still be oppressed in South Africa, our brothers and sisters from the South will continue to have their families damaged through the violence of the racist deportation system, women will still be raped by men in defense of the forests, etc.

I wish all you superior folks would get your naked asses of your bikes and do something about the oppression of your brothers and sisters instead of declaring your superiority to us in whatever form that may take.

I could care less what you think of me. I could care less about your non-violence, veganism, or other forms of superiority. What I care about are those peoples who suffer under horrific conditions that brought you the privilege to declare yourself better than me or others for whatever titles you so grandly place upon yourselves. Your titles aren't ending the killings or horrific oppressions.

Ward Churchill always brings up Madeline Albright's declaration in 1998 I believe, that 500,000 dead Iraqi children is an acceptable loss for the empire. Many more now, of course. And always during the question and answer periods, all I hear are challenges to his interpretation of the ninth ammendment, or whitey crying "don't deport me." No one has ever spoken out against the horrific violence in the words of that DEMOCRAT, Madeline Albright, nor the horrific violence enacted by the Clinton administration.

Something is missing here. Maybe we can find it and have ourselves a Revolution, huh?

There was a banner drop by some what I assume to be Neo-Nazi types off of the Marquam Bridge so you can see it when you are coming from the South. Now, I've heard word that there is going to be some sort of white supremacist rally or something of the sorts here in the whitest town of its size in the U.S., Portland, Oregon, sometime this summer. I wonder if we're going to get to see some naked bicyclists riding through the streets. I'm just sayin'.

Yesterday was Father's Day. I don't put a whole lotta weight into the holiday for many different reasons, so if Felicia chooses to do something or not do something for me, it doesn't matter to me all that much. If she did do something for me, I would appreciate it greatly. This year, she chose not to. She did send me an e-card and say, "Happy Father's Day" to me. I guess that is something. I won't go into why I don't care about the holiday here, but you can guess that YES, it is indeed political.

My father, Louis "Louie" Wilbur Johnson, passed away on December 31, 1981. He was 48. My dad was a boiler-maker and made a lot of money when he was working. He made more per hour working in the field, but worked less so made pretty much the same amount per year. My father also wanted to be a political activist. My father, a member of the Siletz (as it were), wanted to be a part of the whole movement back in the '70's. My mother, who was rather forceful in the arena of "money," dragged him out of one meeting when she found out the tribe wasn't going to be handing out big fat checks to individuals. You should have seen the broken look on my father's face. My mother his still alive and lives in North Portland here somewhere. I haven't seen her in over a year and a half. She doesn't call nor make an attempt to get in contact with me either.

My dad had a wonderful smile. I have a picture of that somewhere, or maybe my sister does. I'll have to see if I can't find it and post it.

My father also helped in the raising of a lot of kids. Something his mother passed on to him.

My father was also an alcoholic. I got to watch him drink himself to death, especially as my sisters moved away. I was there when it started, my mother was the only one there when it ended, and I regret that I wasn't.

Dad, if you're out there somewhere...I miss you. I know you'd Love Rhonda, and Ridwan, and all of my other friends. I know you'd be horning in on the shows and letting you opinion known. I know you'd be learning, and struggling, right along with the rest of us. You were a good human being...and I miss you.

--Your Son, Eugene Douglas Johnson

Let me give you an example here:

I have a friend named Jan. She is a recovering Catholic nun, has been in recovery for many years now. For years she makes frequent visits to her friends on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Before she goes, she takes up a collection, usually of clothes, and takes them to the folks there.

Now mind you, the conditions of life on the Pine Ridge Rez are some of the most HORRIFIC in the U.S. It is not because they won't pull themselves up from their bootstraps, as white folks are so fond of telling them, it is because the U.S. government keeps their boot on the neck of their economy and strongly encourage corruption through the U.S. forced tribal governments. People are starving at the end of every month on that rez.

The White Plumes tried to start a hemp plantation, legal on the rez. However, whitey decided that would get them too close to economic independence and came in and destroyed it via their state sanctioned terrorist arm known as the FBI.

How about making a "political statement" about the U.S. government getting the fuck off of our land and letting us be? How about speaking out about the illegal deportations of darkies to the south, while the whities from the north don't get the privilege of being deported in mass quantities. How come the laws apply differently to whites than darkies from the south?

We need your fucking help, whitey. Don't pretend your making a political statement riding around naked on a bike. Make a political statement by getting out their and pushing the U.S. government off our lands.

And there is so much more that needs doing. So much more. Riding naked on a bike, being vegan, etc., isn't helping fucking shit. We need you OUT THERE helping. Raising your hands and voices. Taking action. REAL action.

Feh! Why am I wasting my time?

Here Whitey...

*whistle* *whistle* *whistle*

*smooch* *smooch* *smooch*

HERE whitey...

C'mon, at least tell me how racist I am and how it isn't racist at all to turn your backs on your brothers and sisters from the south about to get deported considering they don't have white skin and aren't illegals out of Canada stealing YOUR jobs. Tell me how it's not racist to NOT go after the corporations that destroy their countries economies creating their conditions of immigration and that move YOUR jobs out of the country while YOU, oh great and glorious white folks, go after darky illegals from the South, but not whitey illegals from the North.

C'mon, whitey. Come on!

Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Usually you all are so fucking arrogant. You know, like when you all Love telling Ward Churchill he isn't Indian, because, afterall, who would know better than Whitey who is and isn't Indian. But as your continue your attempts to kill the messenger, in this case, because he called the Whiteys and Whitey Wannabees in the suits in the "two towers" "little Eichmans," you all decided to kill the messenger. But I notice one thing, Whitey, you never go after the message. You don't try to kill the message that Ward speaks of and does so in the truth. You never challenge the ideas he puts out about the genocide of our peoples. You never challenge the fact that he spits the current genocides in your face, specifically that great democrat, Madeline Albright, saying what an acceptable loss 500,000 dead darky Iraqi babies is, and you all mother-fuckers still don't speak out about that...but you do attack his Indianness. You have YET to say what a horrific act it is to kill darky babies.

C'mon whitey! Come out, come out, wherever you are!

Here Whitey...

*whistle* *whistle* *whistle*

*smooch* *smooch* *smooch*

HERE whitey...

Ridwan payed Rhonda and I a visit last night. He started reading my blog in South Africa, of all places, and tells me there are about six or seven folks that read my blog in South Africa, a few in India, and a few in Australia. That's cool! He will probably be hanging out with us this weekend at the Delta Park Powwow.

You all should check out his blog, www.ridwanlaher.blogspot.com. Excellent stuff. He may be teaching a racism course at PSU this fall.

Speaking of racism. Hey Whitey...Come out, come out, wherever you are. Come on Whitey, stand up for your brothers and sisters about to be deported for not being white Canadian illegals. C'mon, Whitey. Pretend the ICE is the Illegal Caucasian Enforcement and that the darkies who are being hurt by them are actually white in their soul. C'mon, whitey! Here Whitey! Smooch Smooch Smooch! Come out, come out, wherever you are!

After listening to Theresa Mitchell's show on KBOO, Press Watch: the News You're Not Supposed to Know, a man called in and called about the comments I phoned in about the issue of the ICE raid on Del Monte Corporation here in Portland where they arrested many of our dark skinned brothers and sisters from south of the border.

OK, whitey, I don't think you are getting it. I am NOT calling for your deportation as illegals in my nation. I am calling on you to STOP these ILLEGAL deportations enacted by the ILLEGAL government that currently occupies mine, Rhonda's, Felicia's, etc.'s, land. But there again, you are more concerned about your own folks than being concerned about those who are having horrific racism enacted upon them by your ultra elite comrades that currently run this nation (into the ground).

I am not seeing ANY massive movements or even any speaking out by you, our white brothers and sisters, about our fellow human beings that were ILLEGALLY arrested by an ILLEGAL government. I don't hear your voices en masse or individually calling for the coppers to release these folks. WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?

I did, however, find out that you all organize a naked bike ride and call it a political statement. Where the fuck are your white asses making a political statement about our brothers and sisters from the South being deported and their families being disrupted or destroyed?

What I would like to see is Whitey's in the streets screaming, "As A Whitey, I am here to say this ILLEGAL deportation by the ILLEGAL occupational forces of the U.S. government need to release our Dark Skinned comrades NOW, or there will be consequences to pay." But you ain't gonna do it.

What you actually do, whitey, is this:

"Eugene wants to deport me. That is wrong."

Where, mother-fucker, do you think I have this IMAGINARY authority? However, the actual family disruption/destruction enacted by the forceful arm of the illegal occupational government of the U.S., you ain't speaking out against it. "Come out, come out, wherever you are." Where the fuck are you, Whitey? I don't EVER recall making comments that I want ALL or for that matter ANY of your cracker-ass Peckerwood selves deported. But you all immediately start talking like I did. WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU, WHITEY!? QUIT BEING SO SELF-FUCKING CENTERED AND WORRIED ABOUT YOUR FUCKING PRIVILEGE BEING DISRUPTED BY IMAGINARY DEPORTATIONS I HAVE NO AUTHORITY TO DO NOR WOULD I EVEN IF I HAD THE AUTHORITY MOTHER-FUCKERS!

There is an ACTUAL deportation happening by the occupational forces of the U.S. Government. Where the fuck are you? Seems to be that you are at home worrying that somehow in the seconds or years to come I will have the actual authority to deport your asses back to Europe. HOW FUCKING STUPID, ARROGANT, AND SELF-FUCKING CENTERED! Get out there, mother-fuckers, and help your fellow human beings, the darkies from the South, who are ACTUALLY being deported. HELLLLLOOOOOO!!!!! ASSHOLES!

"Come out, come out, wherever you are."

...I didn't think so.

fuck

AND FURTHERMORE...

Last year, my Sweetie, Rhonda and I, headed south to the Nevada desert to protest "Divine Strake," a psuedo nuclear test that was going to be conducted to somehow simulate a "Bunker Buster" bomb on what is ACTUALLY Western Shoshone land. (No actual bunker buster was going to be used, which still doesn't make sense to me). We were with a handful of non-indigenous...OK, white peace activists.

For you folks who know me, you know that I wrote a poem called "2%," in which I state I want everything back after whitey done annihilated us down by 98%. While having dinner at a remote casino in Nevada, I was somehow sat at one end of the table. To my right was a well known peace activist in this area, to my left, a not so well known peace activist in this area.

They, not knowing me all that well, though I did know the well known male peace activist and knew him to be sexist and racist, we struck up a conversation. I told them at some point that, "I want everything back. All of it. Every last bit of it." And do you know how those crackers responded to my statement? That's right:

"Where do you think we'll get deported to." I could no longer get a word in edge wise, in fact, I was no longer a part of the convesation. Nor did they ask me things like: Do you have legal standing? What is the history of your folks? How were your lands illegally taken? What horrible shit happened to your kids during their forced removals from their families and being adopted out or sent to boarding schools?

Nope. None of those things even entered the conversation because they were too busy talking about being deported.

Now, here is the arrogance about that bullshit. Not only did they not give a shit about me or my people in their self-concern, they immediately ASSUMED that if I actually could get something back that I would become just like WHITEY! Nope! I'm not whitey, whitey. So you see, the only people they can see, even in dealing with my people, is white people. If I suddenly had all the authority to create actual change at the stroke of a keypad, they immediately assume I would be like them, because, afterall, to whitey, EVERYBODY IS A WHITEY...if they seek any form of justice for their actions against darky nations that is. The darkies that don't want justice, or don't actively seek it out, are just ignored because...they aren't white.

This goes along with the "We're all immigrants," BULLSHIT! Oh, I see. We're all immigrants, therefore raping Indian children in boarding schools is fine and deserves no justice, neither does stealing our land and resources, committing genocide against our folks, introducing destructive and addictive substances, destroying our stolen land base, giving our folks horrific diseases TO THIS DAY!, etc. But wait, if immigrants can treat the "first immigrants" like that, wouldn't the laws of UNIVERSALITY dictate that we could do the same to you? Why yes, yes it does, and that's what worries you, doesn't it whitey. That is why when we as people of color ask for justice, you become afraid (and this goes from left to right) that we will become you, because, afterall, the only REAL people in the world are...white like you, right? We are not you, whitey, and you are NOT the only REAL folks in the fucking world. Jesus Fucking Christ when are you going to get that into your FUCKING HEAD!

And of course, there is no ACTUAL evidence that Indians immigrated here in the first place. In fact, if you read "Red Earth, White Lies," by Vine Deloria, Jr., you will find out that the ACTUAL alleged scientific evidence states we've been here a lot longer than you, whitey, are currently capable of imagining.

What I want from you, Whitey, is for you to get your Cracker-Ass off of your high fucking "I'm the only person in the world" horse, and bring your ass down here with the rest of us, my brothers and sisters, feel no fear of losing your "privilege," and give your FELLOW HUMAN BEINGS A FUCKING HAND HERE, MOTHER-FUCKERS!

OK, now I'm getting pissed off.

http://ridwanlaher.blogspot.com/

On Ridwan's blog, he published many photos of lynchings, and I am the only person that has posted in the comments.



His previous post dealt with being offended by the fact that a bunch of white folks will occasionally ride around on their bicycles naked as an alleged political statement. Now, the peckerwoods came out in force when Ridwan was talking about their white asses on bicycles. Although I haven't read all of the comments as my FIRE was burning hot, Whitey was basically pointing out that Ridwan was the racist, and they, the "white and delightsome" folks were the ones experiencing racism from him, and therefore don't have to deal with their racism now.

...no comments from whitey on the lynchings. Where's you fucking voice, whitey. Too concerned about you white ass than to deal with what you nation has and continues to do to people of color, women, the poor, etc. Calling your naked bike ride a political statement is not only completely fucking bullshit but in my opinion a slap in the face to the good works of actual political activist organizations such as the Irish Republican Army, Black Panthers for Self Defense, the American Indian Movement, etc. What fucking bullshit! Where are you whitey? "Come out, come out, wherever you are."

Rhonda is also opening a discussion on her blog, www.deathandconscience.blogspot.com, about the recent indecent raids on people from this neck of the woods whose families are being torn apart because Whitey says they are "illegals." However, Whitey NEVER points out the fact that by all "LEGAL" definition, they ILLEGALLY occupy mine and Rhonda's and every other Indians land. And hey, Whitey, OCCUPATIONS ARE KEPT BY FORCE! And now, you will be kicking my fellow darkies of of MINE, RHONDA'S, AND FELICIA'S land. And where are your voices now, Whitey? "Come out, come out, wherever you are."



But Ridwan talks about your naked white asses and you're all over that shit, aincha, calling that racism so you don't have to deal with your own, aincha.

"They came for the Communists, and I

didn't object - For I wasn't

a Communist;

They came for the Socialists, and I

didn't object - For I wasn't a Socialist;

They came for the labor leaders, and I

didn't object - For I wasn't a labor leader;

They came for the Jews, and I didn't

object - For I wasn't a Jew;

Then they came for me -

And there was no one left to object.

Martin Niemoller, German Protestant Pastor,

1892-1984"

Where are your voices now, Whitey? These folks need YOUR help, peckerwoods. "Come out, come out, wherever you are." COME HELP US, MOTHER-FUCKERS, INSTEAD OF DEFENDING YOUR PRECIOUS WHITE SKIN! Help these Mexican folks. Unless you are one of the elite, you have more in common with these guys than you do the cracker men that run this nation into the ground. Help your brothers and sisters, mother-fuckers. HELP THEM!

As I'm sure you've all heard, ICE (Indecent Criminal Exteremists?) took a whole bunch of people alleged to be "illegal," who, oddly, are from this part of the world, and have taken them away from their families and friends and will most likely be deporting them to Mexico.

Isn't it sweet! My sweetie has talked about how children are going to come home from school and find out their parents are being deported. Pretty fucking great nation we live in, enit?

OK, so the picture of the shaved Yeti ain't so pretty, but it is pretty fucking funny, don't you think? Yeti seems to care less, though I guess he got rather violent to the poor woman that did the shaving.

Felicia graduated the sixth grade yesterday.

And Rhonda, Rhonda is just super fine and Beautiful. Mmmm Mmmmm!

You know, although I enjoy doing the symbolic action of the vigil, I am getting very jaded. I guess they were closed down and a young man rode up on his bike because he wanted to go talk to the folks inside. Seems the young man has signed up and will be off to Iraq soon, a fact that he is rather proud of. Here, another young man, is going to participate proudly in the slaughter of civilian folks in an illegal invasion of their homeland in order to create greater wealth for folks who already have excessive amounts of it and won't have to fight in the wars they use him and his comrades for. A few of the vigil participants tried to talk with the young man, but he was really having none of it, so I cared even less for him, and then they told him that they hoped he comes home safe.

Then I think of the black recruiter who wasn't there that I no longer talk with. He will be back in Iraq soon and he is looking forward to doing his part in the illegal mass slaughter because he gets paid a little more during that time and will be able to use the money to buy a house in Hawaii. Right on! Killing his fellow darkies for the wealth of already wealthy white men so he can get his little piece of paradise while those in Iraq suffer in part...because of him. The man is willing to kill for the same government that until recently called him nigger; that ALLOWED the lynchings of his fellow black folks; that stole the votes of his fellow black military comrades in the last presidential election; that had a hardcore apartheid system set up against his folks in the South into the '70's; that currently has an apartheid light against his people; etc., etc., etc. I can just no longer take the horrific offensiveness of watching this man be so proud about killing folks for his own gain but especially the gain of the wealthy white folks who would never invite him to dinner at their homes and eat at the same table with him.

Anymore, I'm starting to not care for any of those folks there. I'm getting jaded. I'm sure many of them will become like my vet friends and vets for peace, but they are currently proud to go over and slaughter innocents for the wealth of already wealthy folks...PROUD!

And it isn't a fair fight, either. It's not like a boxing match, pitting two folks of close to equal ability and strength against each other. This is like David Liberty and his .22 against the master blaster of the tank turret in the parade.

And the peace movement! Rhonda read me some from a local Peace Professional I guess you would say. His words were just as racist and imperialist, though clothed a little differently to sound more legit, as those of the U.S. government. Their are two lead men in the local peace movements. I've witnessed one, who claims to be non-violent, abuse folks and heard testimony from many he had abused in the past. Abuse is violence. My sweetie and I have experienced racism from another as well as witnessed and heard testimony of other racism and sexism by this man of alleged peace.

So we have folks who look forward to doing their part in the mass slaughter of folks abroad for the wealth of already wealthy folks. We have peace folks here that seem to be self-interested more than wanting actual peace. The voices of the two lead men in the local movement seem to be rather imperialist to me as well as egocentric. If we would just listen to their "far superior to us" voices, then life would be much better. If we substitute king george for them as king, life would be better. Kings are nothing but kings and aint none of them became that way by being peaceful and non-violent. Violence comes in many forms and racism and sexism IS VIOLENCE!

Yes, folks, I am feeling a bit jaded this morning. I'm just tired of the fucking empire, and tired of those assholes who claim to be peaceful but actually just want a piece of the empire for their own egocentric self-righteous bullshit glory while PEOPLE ARE STILL GETTING SLAUGHTERED HERE AND ABROAD!

But like Fernando says: "It is better to look good than to feel good..." Let's see some real fucking action. Let's see some folks really get out in the streets and try to bring down this evil empire. It isn't going to happen. As is often pointed out, no one gets out in the streets for the hundreds of thousands of dead Iraqi children due to U.S. sanctions. No one really gives a fuck.

Again, I apologize for my jadedness this morning. I'm not only actually tired, I'm figuratively tired of all the fucking bullshit and mass slaughter this nation does and the folks who proudly participate in it and many of the peace folks (I Love the Grannies) who are just in the game for their own forms of kingdom. I'm fucking tired. I would Love to see some real action in this nation, but I know it ain't gonna happen. I'm jaded this morning.

It is obvious with war criminals like Dick Cheney making comments that Iran is supporting the Taliban in Afghanistan, again unsubstantiated, and war criminal Joe "Kill Them All Little And Big" Lieberman, that the U.S. is again stretching the limits of lies and deceit to get us into a war with Iran.

http://www.commondreams.org/archive/2007/06/12/1832/

What a war with Iran would consist of, of course, is a mass slaughter of their civilian population so the U.S. empire can gain control of their resources, mainly oil of course, by horrific use of force.

Here I will remind ye all that it was a prolonged war with Afghanistan, 10 years, that brought the USSR to its knees. The U.S. wants to slaughter on three fronts. Here locally, I watch schools being destroyed and hear of money going to public programs is shrinking. Hmmmm?

The good news is that billionaires have excessive amounts of money and are safe and gaining greater amounts of wealth...at the expense of the people of course. But at least their wealth is protected.

Lieberman Urges Iran Air Strike

by Associated Press staff

WASHINGTON - Sen. Joe Lieberman said Sunday the United States should consider a military strike against Iran because of Tehran’s involvement in Iraq.

“I think we’ve got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq,” Lieberman said. “And to me, that would include a strike over the border into Iran, where we have good evidence [What evidence?] that they have a base at which they are training these people coming back into Iraq to kill our soldiers.”

The U.S. accuses Iran of fostering terrorism, and Tehran’s nuclear ambitions have brought about international reproach. [U.S., Israeli, Russian, Pakistan, India, and others that have nuclear ambitions are OK.]

Lieberman, the Democratic nominee for vice president in 2000 who now represents Connecticut as an independent, spoke of Iranians’ role in the continued violence in Iraq. [What about U.S. role in the EXCESSIVE violence enacted in Iraq? I'd even say it is safe to suggest the the greatest purveyors of violence currently in Iraq would have to be Americans.]

“We’ve said so publicly [So therefore it must be true] that the Iranians have a base in Iran at which they are training Iraqis who are coming in and killing Americans. By some estimates, they have killed as many as 200 American soldiers,” Lieberman said. [While the U.S. is responsible for some 650,000 deaths according to the Lancet report. Not to mention the millions of refugees and the thousands tortured, nor those dying from diseases from the weapons the U.S. has been using either.] “Well, we can tell them we want them to stop that. But if there’s any hope of the Iranians living according to the international rule of law [THE IRANIANS LIVING ACCORDING TO INTERNATIONAL LAW! WHAT THE FUCK? THE U.S. CONSTANTLY VIOLATES INTERNATIONAL LAW AND USES THREATS OF BRUTE FORCE FOR ANYONE WHO TRIES TO CALL THEM ON IT! WHAT THE FUCK YOU TALKING ABOUT, JOE?] and stopping, for instance, their nuclear weapons development[At best, a decade out according to the IAEA], we can’t just talk to them.”

He added, “If they don’t play by the rules [And the U.S. does?], we’ve got to [Got to, no, want to, yes] use our force, and to me, that would include taking military action [aka killing women and children and creating conditions to bring about the deaths of thousands of other innocents] to stop them from doing what they’re doing.”

Lieberman said much of the action could probably be done by air [BLITZKREIG], although he would leave the strategy to the generals in charge. “I want to make clear I’m not talking about a massive ground invasion of Iran,” Lieberman said.

“They can’t believe that they have immunity for training and equipping people to come in and kill Americans [though we can send in people to kill them. That's OK.],” he said. “We cannot let them get away with it [But America can get away with whatever it wants.]. If we do, they’ll take that as a sign of weakness on our part and we will pay for it in Iraq and throughout the region and ultimately right here at home [Unsubstantiated rhetoric, of course].”

To deal with Iran’s nuclear ambitions, Democratic presidential hopeful Bill Richardson said tough negotiation is called for.

“I would talk to them, but I would build an international coalition that would promote and push economic sanctions on them,” Richardson said. “Sanctions would work on Iran. They are susceptible to disinvestment policy. They are susceptible to cuts, economic sanctions in commodities.” [But what about the U.S. having enough nuclear weapons to destroy the whole world, what is it, seven times over?]

On Friday, Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Iran’s detention of at least four Americans is unwarranted [But detaining Iranians is OK?] but will not stop Washington from trying to engage Iran on other matters, including its disputed nuclear program and alleged support of insurgents in Iraq.

In an Associated Press interview, Rice also appeared to cast doubt on whether the U.S. would take its tentative diplomatic outreach to Iran any further for now.

The U.S. and Iranian ambassadors in Iraq met last month for the first public, substantive high-level discussions the two countries have held in nearly three decades. Although limited to the topic of violence and instability in Iraq, the talks have been seen as a possible window to better relations.

Immediately after the meeting in Baghdad, Iran announced plans for another. But U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker said Washington would decide only after the Iraqi government issued an invitation.

U.S. officials also said they wanted to see Iran follow up on U.S. complaints that it is equipping and helping insurgents who attack American forces. [But, of course, it is OK that Americans are slaughtering thousands of Iraqis every month. U.S. state sanctioned violence and war crimes are perfectly fine.]

Lieberman spoke on “Face the Nation” on CBS. Richardson was on “Late Edition” on CNN.

Rhonda's favorite flower is the trillium. She had me take these pictures of a few of them on Mt. Hood...I think.

Yesterday, we thought Yeti (aka Bath Matt) had made his escape. We took Allia (aka Alley Cat) to the vet and upon our return saw the white monster wandering around downstairs (hahahahaha). They still don't have any interpersonal connections other than sleeping on the couch together (though never in physical contact). Alley still hisses at the Yeti. Yeti can lay around in one spot all day and his hair will STILL get all over the place. Alley is the more affectionate of the two, but Yeti has his moments.

Here are a couple of articles with photos of two "Seriously Pissed Off Grannies," Bonnie Tinker and Terry Graham, getting arrested for standing in front of the tank at the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade. Americans Love their Weapons of Mass Destruction!

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/360796.shtml

http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2007/06/360807.shtml

We have another radio show under our belts. And yesterday...we spoke out against the war in Iraq and talked about all the metaphors of death and destruction and how America really Loves it's killers and its machines of death.

The fleet is coming to town, and violence against women will be on the rise for those few days or weeks or whatever it is. I rarely pay attention to the Rose Festival anymore and its celebration of the things that kill so I no longer know how long these folks are in town. No doubt troops are patrolling the festival ready to kill Americans at the first sign of not obeying the master. I'm sure, as I saw a few weeks ago, the machine gun boats will be patrolling the Willamette ready to kill anyone who gets out of line. And yes, they are HEAVILY ARMED, and yes, these weapons will be around many children. But let's not pay attention to that mass slaughter at the ready. Let's protect our children from the most truly destructive thing in this world...the word "fuck."

There will be a tank in the Rose Parade this year. You don't have to go to the river to celebrate the machines of death, our children will get to experience them right in the streets. And David Liberty told us a story about how he, dressed in traditional clothing, marched in a parade with a single shot 22. And how a US tank pulled up beside him and he drew down on them, but they drew down on him with the 4" gaping hole of death and laughed that there gun was bigger than his. Perfect metaphor for America. Outgun folks, kill lots of them when they are outgunned. Never fight a fair fight. The U.S. didn't do that with the Indians, they aren't doing that with Iraq or Afghanistan or anyone else. They aren't brave enough to fight in a fair fight because they are not true nor just.

Well, I guess that's about it for now. Hang in there folks and build community. I Love ya!

A great website to read about immigration, aka Mexican immigration (because we all know they aint talking about any other race), read:

http://www.networkaztlan.com/juansantos.html