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Furst? Hi Chips.
Jackie! :-)
Jackie, you a really on a roll these days, batting out those ‘firsts’ like a superstar.
Hey Chips and TOD.
Thanks for keeping us up to date, Chips. When I see how crowded PBO’s day is with major events and speeches, I feel like a real slug for thinking how hard it is just to keep up with reading about him. Our president’s DNA must contain some powerful energy.
A pleasure Jackie, never easy for us keeping up with the Energizer Bunny!
Great point, jackiegrumbacher! I’m so glad he has a quality team to help him manage all the events, and the substantive decision-making that is squeezed in between.
SO GRATEFUL TO HAVE MADE IT HOME IN TIME TO SEE THIS…BEEN WATCHING HIM ON YOUTUBE!…AWESOME!
One of my sister Marines is speaking after the VP; she’s got jokes (i.e. the VP is opening for “HER”). Sharp sister; she was the first female Marine Combat pilot…
Wow, Jazziz. What a treat that will be for those her know her.
How exciting and VERY impressive!!
OOPS..THIS SITE NOT WORKING…BACK TO YOUTUBE!
COOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL…NOW IT IS…THEY HAVE A YOUNG MAN FROM THE YAVAPAI TRIBE I AM GOING TO AT THE WH…SAW HIM THIS MORNING!
:shock:
OMG, that is the so stupid. I am so appalled. What would they have done if PBO had done any thing like this man has done. What hypocrites they all are!!!
Damn ……
I hope someone gets this tweet to O’Malley’s people PDQ! (that is O’Malley, isn’t it?) :-)
Someone is pulling a joke :-)
@MattGertz Checked our archives to be sure: AP’s cutline identified O’Malley by name when that photo originally transmitted 10/24/15
Chips. This is like you and a certain NY area male singer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Longtime TOD members remember it well.
MY TRIBAL POLICE CHIEF SAYS THERE ARE EDUCATIONAL OFFERS FOR THE PEOPLE ON THE RESERVATION BUT MANY DON’T TAKE THEM…I THINK THERE IS GREAT FEAR OF THE OUTSIDE WORLD AND REJECTION AND THEY STICK TO THE RESERVATIONS BECAUSE OF THAT…A SECURITY BLANKET.SOMETHING HAS TO BE DONE TO HELP THIS SITUATION. THE YAVAPAI RESERVATION IS LOADED WITH DRUG AND RAPE CASES…IT IS UNBELIEVABLE. I PRAY THAT GOD WILL HELP ME TO HELP THEM WHEN I GET OUT THERE…IT’S A VERY SAD SITUATION. OUR NATIVE AMERICANS NEED TO BE LOVED AND NOT PURGED. I BELIEVE THEY ARE TARGETS OF WHITE DISCRIMINATION WHICH BREAKS MY HEART TO PIECES. MANY WHITES DON’T LIKE THE FACT THAT I WANT TO MISSION THERE….TRUTH SPOKEN!
THEY HAVE A CASINO SO FINANCIALLY THEY ARE BETTER OFF THAN MOST RESERVATIONS………………….
ABSOLUTELY NO DAMNED EXCUSE FOR NO RUNNING WATER…………………DON’T GET ME ON THAT SOAPBOX!!!…FOODS…DIABETES…IN THE COLONIAL BEGINNING THE WHITE MAN TOLD INDIANS NOT TO KILL ANY ANIMALS FOR MEAT…THEY MADE THEM EAT FRYBREAD AS A REGULAR DIET…THEY EAT IT TODAY….AND LOTS OF IT!
THE FRYBREAD HABIT IS UNFORTUNATELY…THE WHITE MAN’S SIN…KEEPING GAME FOR THEMSELVES AND FORCING CARBS ON NATIVE AMERCANS…SORRY…THIS JUST MAKES ME PLAIN DAMNED ANGRY!…EDUCATION…THERE ARE STILL RESERVATIONS TEACHING CHILDREN OUT OF TEXTBOOKS FROM THE 50S AND 60S…THE LAKOTAS!
NATIVE AMERICAN DEPRESSION AND SUICIDES…HUGE!
This is what has happened to so many minorities in America……there is so much to atone for.
I KNOW!…:(
Sue, I know you will do great good on the reservation because your heart is filled with love. There is so much that will make you angry and sad, but I hope you know how much we’ll be supporting your needed and important work in our thoughts and prayers. I truly envy your courage, energy and willingness to take on tough jobs. You won’t be able to solve all the problems you see, so I hope you will give yourself the grace to recognize what you can and can’t do. By the way, I had no idea of the origin of frybread, but I have read know that Native American tribes have turned the making of frybread into a positive tradition with grandmothers taking pride in their version of the bread. It seems grandmothers everywhere in all cultures are able to make silk purses out of sow’s ears.
THANK YOU JACKIE…MORE THAN ANYTHING I WILL NEED YOUR PRAYERS AND GOD’S GUIDANCE SO THAT I MAY BE USEFUL AND HELPFUL TO THE RESERVATION. I DO KNOW I CAN’T FIX EVERYTHING…THAT’S WHY I BUY ALOT OF KLEENEX!
Congrats J4O on your Au :star:
Thank you Nena!
WHITE’S INSULTING STATEMENTS TO ME ABOUT MY HOPE ON THE RESERVATION…………………………
THEY ARE ‘ALCOHOLICS………………………..LAZY……………………..A CONQUERED PEOPLE’…THEN I HAVE TO DO ALL THAT I CAN TO CONTROL MY TEMPER…BASTARDS!
Sue, the people who say these things to you are revealing themselves for what they are. How little they understand that they are holding up a mirror to themselves and the reflection is ugly.
UGLY INDEED!
Sue, I’d tell them “They weren’t that way until the White Man invaded their country”! drop the mic and walk off…..
THANK YOU JOJO…I DID DROP THE MIC…I LEFT THAT CHURCH…IT WILL FALL…IT HAS A CRACKED FOUNDATION!
Jazziz, Thanks exciting about your friend following VPB. Anyone else here listen to him? I did. As usual, he was spot on from beginning to end. Love him!!!!!
Another topic: I listened to Thom Hartman the 10-15 minutes it took me to get home from food pantry work this morning. He was on an all out rant about the TPP. Ranting and raving, yelling at times. I certainly didn’t turn him on when I got home.
TN, if he was ranting this morning, he hasn’t read it. It’s several thousand pages long and was released today. Those going on about it had their talking points ready before they read even a word of it.
Exactly what I thought. This was shortly after noon (when his show comes on). I knew it was 2000 pages because I had seen that on TOD!!!!!!! We’re so well informed, aren’t we? Thanks to Chips and all the BT’s. Best place in the ‘net. 😘😘😘😘😘
Thom Hartman is an A-hole when it comes to trade…any trade. He is a B.S. man. Another one born a Republican, turned Democrat, turned Libertarian.
this from Bernie Sanders
Someone ask him to cite the offensive passages.
betcha he couldn’t…these folks are pathetic
Sen Warren has been quiet
I heard him start on it so I turned it off. It does make me made he hasn’t even read it and he is against it. Closed mind. I have lost respect for him.
GOD WEEPS WHEN A RACE IS LOST IN MANMADE DARKNESS!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR HEART MR. ENERGIZER PRESIDENT!
http://www.tribalnationsmaps.com/
Great map. Thank you Jer.
THANK YOU JER…THIS IS MIGHTY AWESOME!
wonderful map!
What a treasure! Thank you!
Remember Home
Love this video, about the creation process for the map- using correct names, and reasserting the heart’s claim on native lands.
I’M GOING TO HAVE TO GET ONE OF THESE…AWESOME!!!…<3
So sad….what beautiful children. I hope their family rally’s around them for love and support. This is what law enforcement should be about “protect and serve”….
Apologies if this has been posted already…Surveillance video of Serena Williams chasing down phone thief.
http://thegrio.com/2015/11/05/surveillance-footage-super-serena-williams-chasing-down-cell-phone-thief/
That’s too dangerous….what if he had a gun and killed her, for what? Something she can replace 1000 times…her life is too precious.
Heh.
Since when?
Yup!
Since his poll numbers are not moving Northward? Yup!
In 2012, he wanted Someone to Primary Pres Obama. When asked why Not him……….? His answer: I am not a Democrat.
So from Socialist to Socialist Democrat to Now, a Democrat? Yup!
But that’s not pandering, is it?
too little
too late
OK……please someone just tell Jebbie to STOP it, now!
JEB CAN EXIT
Jeb! Let me see you rap like Snoop Dogg Carson.
History Indian Fry Bread:
Indian fry bread is tradition to the Navajo, and comes with a story of great pain and suffering. Though the tradition of fry bread is common among many Southwestern Tribes, it is the Navajo who developed this recipe. I do not feel that I can share the recipe without sharing it’s origins and what it means to some today:
The Navajo planters lived from the Earth as their ancestors had for hundreds of years before. They also raised livestock to feed their family. The Navajo dinetah (or homeland) was bordered by the four sacred mountains, from northeastern Arizona, western New Mexico, and north into Utah and Colorado. They planted crops in the fertile valley lands, such as Canyon de Chelly known for Ansazi ruins.
The Navajo traded with the Spanish, Mexican, Pueblos, Apache, Comanche, and even the early American pioneers. Around 1846, large numbers of pioneers moved into the area and the cavalry came with them. This is when troubles began. The troubles escalated with the murder or Narbona (1766-1849), a well-respected Navajo leader on August 31, 1849. On this day, Narbona along with several hundred of his warriors, had come to meet and discuss peace with U.S. Colonel John M. Washington and others of the military stationed in the area. There had been trouble with the New Men (the New Mexican settlers who had driven Mexican settlers out of the area).
After several hours, it was believed a settlement had been agreed upon. However, a young warrior by the name of Sadoval, had plans of his own. Mounting his horse he began to ride in front of the Navajo party, attempting to have them break the treaty. A U.S. Calvary soldier began to say that one of the horses ridden by a Navajo was his, and what peace there was in the meeting that was disintegrating into battle. Colonel Washington commanded the Navajo to stand down and return the horse to the soldier or he would fire into them. The rider and horse were now gone, and the Navajo party did not comply. A canon was fired, and Narbona was mortally wounded. It is told that he was scalped by a U.S. soldier as he lay dying.
This disastrous attempt at peace led to the Long Walks. In September 1863, Kit Carson (1809-1868) was dispatched into Navajo land to retrieve a surrender. When no Navajo came to meet with him, he ordered the burning of the land. Attempts were made to starve out the Navajo and many were captured and taken to Bosque Redondo near Fort Sumner. Hundreds starved on the 300 mile walk and more would die later in the crowded and disparaging conditions. Navajo were placed with the Mescalero Apache where home peace was often not the case. The camps were meant for 4,000 to 5,000 people, yet there were now over 9,000 people, and supplies were meager.
The government supplies of lard, flour, salt, sugar, baking powder or yeast, and powdered milk were often rancid. Fry bread came from these few foods provided during the 4 years of captivity. Since that time, it has become common food at most all PowWows of numerous tribes
To some, Indian Fry Bread is a sacred tradition. It is to be consumed by the people until the earth has again become purified. Wherever one finds Indian fry bread one finds its taco equivalent, and curiously enough, it’s often named after whichever tribe the reservation belongs to.
Thank you for relating this sad history, GGail. I hadn’t realized that frybread might be eaten today in memory of those who suffered the Long Walks.
It was so educational for me that I knew my TOD family would appreciate this piece of History :-)
This is why people like Rubio, Ryan, Walker, Cruz, JEB make me sick to my stomach.
Native Americans
African Americans
Reparation????
They are scared to death of an uprising. And not just because of the violence that would ensue-after all, that would make money for their friends the arms dealers. No, they are afraid of having to give up all the stolen lands and treasured objects. In Hawaii, the lands are the main issue, and believe me, land prices make this a very big issue.
Thank you GGail for the wonderful history of Fry Bread.
Thank you for sharing this.
I have read opinions arguing that the price paid by Dems to enact ObamaCare was too high (due to electoral losses) and that PBO shouldn’t not have insisted on passing ACA;
this is those arguments which is made by people who have
(a) never experienced what it means to be uninsured;
(b) don’t appreciate what a difference ObamaCare has made in the lives of millions of people many of whom were struggling/marginalized;
(c) conveniently forgotten that it took almost a century and tries from different presidents before victory was achieved in form of ObamaCare;
Wonder if the Governor will declare a State of Emergency and call out the National Guard
It’s alright for white men to be walking around with guns, but it’s a whole different story if it were black men or even black kids. Remember Tamir Rice the 12 year old black kid. America is still a racists ass country.
That’s right. One article I read about these police shootings said that many were in response to neighbor complaints-‘omg there’s a black kid with a gun in the park!’. Cops come in blazing, not because the kid is dangerous but because the neighbors are stupid-scared. But why should the neighbors be scared? Especially in an Open Carry state, where they’ve presumably voted for it to be okay to carry guns openly! I’ll tell you what-these armed white militants are what scare the beejeezuz out of me!! And next in line to give me nightmares is people who call the cops when a child with dark skin walks through their neighborhood. That is beyond-belief-scarey.
Trying to share a video the White House posted on Facebook. Hope this works…
https://www.facebook.com/ajax/sharer/?s=11&appid=2392950137&id=10153321336102807&p%5B0%5D=10153321336102807&sharer_type=all_modes
Nope- don’t’ click on that mess!
Anyhoo, it’s a College Humor video about campus sexual assault, and a very effective, hilarious scenario involving a bear… have you all seen it?
Okay, here it is! Love that the White House posted this :)
http://www.collegehumor.com/post/7034427/what-if-bears-killed-one-in-five-people?ref=homepage
Allllllllll i can do is SMDH
The party of family values.
um um um
hard luck story porn from the wealthy and safe
from the same pols competing for who came from the humblest background
similar to media disaster porn—-(CNN Poop Cruise, for example)
It all turns me off
After the intelligence and honesty of President Obama all I can do is tune out of the horse race this year. click
yanno Vickie….all the stupidity and gloom turns off voters….i agree…we should instead be focused on the good that the President and DEMs have brought and organize…register..and GOTV….In addition…now you have Bernie declaring the TPP a disaster…we all know that he did not read the doucment…let alone go to any of the briefings that the WH has set up….and…and he NOW claims to be a democrat…smh..
Candidates who fail to qualify for any debate, public office, or leadership role anywhere: all the rethug clowns.
I guess Chris Christie didn’t trash President Obama enough.
I want to contact Saturday Night Live and tell them that I will not be watching there show Saturday night and it’s because of Donald Trump.
I usually watch, but won’t this time. I avoid seeing/hearing that creep any way I can!
Crying…
heavens help us, we still have almost a year of campaigning to get through!
the wishful thinking of many to condemn PBO to lame duck status made led to the scramble to be the first candidate out of the gate;
this haste led many candidates to get into the race unprepared (without even the basics => campaign 101 => in place;
the result is to make this campaign season start too early and long…… ;
waiting for the end ……..
New post
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/11/05/the-presidents-day-75/