Sacred Gifts

2006-11-20T15:55:00.000-08:00

Honoring American Indian veterans by: Staff Reports / Indian Country TodayNovember 20, 2006Dance troupe returns from tour of IraqCANASTOTA, N.Y. - Soldiers serving in Iraq attended a performance by the Native Star Dance Team of New Mexico at Contingency Operating Base Spiecher on Nov. 8. The dance team put on a colorful show for the troops in celebration of American Indian Heritage Month.''We

2006-06-28T12:05:00.000-07:00

Nez Perce host - ' The Summer of Peace:Among the Nimiipuu'SPALDING, Idaho - The Nez Perce Tribe was among just four tribes to host a Lewis and Clark Bicentennial National Signature Event, one of 15 such events. Activities in this event, dubbed ''The Summer of Peace: Among the Nimiipuu,'' took place June 5 - 17, with the official opening ceremonies held June 14 at Nez Perce National Historical

2006-04-17T11:18:00.000-07:00

Honor the Earth PLEASE HELP PREVENT NUCLEAR TEST scheduled for June 2, 2006"It's in our back yard... it's in our front yard. This nuclear contamination is shortening all life. We are going to have to unite as a people and say no more! We, the people, are going to have to put our thoughts together to save our planet here. We only have One Water...One Air...One Mother Earth."-- Corbin HarneyNewe (

2006-04-08T11:16:00.000-07:00

Congratulations tothe Mashpee Wampanoagby: Editors Report / Indian Country TodayApril 06, 2006Heartfelt congratulations to the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe of Cape Cod, Mass. We've known all along that they belong to one of the most historic Indian nations on the continent, the first to welcome the English Pilgrims and the first to lead a large-scale pan-tribal resistance against their encroachments.

2006-03-27T21:31:00.000-08:00

Mohawk: A racist doctrine ensures racist behavior by John Mohawk /Indian Country Today March 24, 2006 No one dares say anything negative about Jewish people, even if the comment is true or partly true. When Steven Spielberg directed a movie on the reaction to the murders of Israeli athletes in Munich more than 30 years ago, commentators like neo-conservative ideologue Charles Krauthammer

2006-03-21T13:25:00.000-08:00

Don't Impeach; ImpaleBy Will Durst / AlterNetMarch 15, 2006 I don't know about you guys, but I am so sick and tired of these lying, thieving, holier-than-thou, right-wing, cruel, crude, rude, gauche, coarse, crass, cocky, corrupt, dishonest, debauched, degenerate, dissolute, swaggering, lawyer shooting, bullhorn shouting, infrastructure destroying, hysterical, history defying, finger- pointing,

2006-03-17T12:12:00.000-08:00

WANTEDProof of Federal JurisdictionREWARD$5,000To the first person who can prove that Our Federal government has jurisdictionover all marijuana manufactured or possessed in the United States.U.S. Supreme Court case law cite with page and quote required.The famous Wickard v. Filburn case, relied on by Federal prosecutors and judges to claim jurisdiction under the interstate commerce clause,

2006-02-12T10:16:00.000-08:00

On Thin Iceby Brian PaytonFebruary 11, 2006ONE AUTUMN NIGHT, I fell asleep near a pair of hungry polar bears. I was out on the tundra in a mobile lodge on the shore of Hudson Bay, spending some time with the world's largest land predators. My bunk had a small window by it with a view onto a patch of snow illuminated by a large spotlight. After an unforgettable afternoon photographing bears at

2006-01-06T08:13:00.000-08:00

Indigenous Human Rights Negotiations Progress by: Valerie Taliman December 30, 2005 GENEVA - Native delegations at the United Nations are making progress in negotiations toward the eventual adoption of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, an unprecedented set of standards that would define and protect the international human rights of indigenous peoples.The Indian Law

2005-12-31T17:32:00.000-08:00

Congress petitioned for returnof Geronimo's remainsby: Brenda Norrell From: Indian Country Today December 25, 2005 SAN CARLOS, Ariz. - American Indians are petitioning Congress to investigate the elite Skull and Bones society at Yale University and return the remains of Chiricahua Apache warrior Geronimo to Apaches for reburial.The online petition describes the desecration of

2005-12-16T23:25:00.000-08:00

Maine tribes meet with Venezuelafor low-cost heating oilby: Brenda Norrell / Indian Country TodayDecember 16, 2005PORTLAND, Maine - American Indian leaders from four tribes in Maine met with representatives of the Venezuelan Embassy and became the first tribes in the nation to begin working out details for the delivery of low-cost heating oil to tribal members.Aroostook Band of Micmacs Chief Bill

2005-11-29T16:56:00.000-08:00

The Emissary What if your decision alone determined the fate of humanity? by John Kaminski skylax@comcast.net 11-29-5 One night long ago - back in the days when I was an 80-hour-per-week hack journalist and living in snow country - I had this strange dream. This night was cold and clear and I was bundled up with my wife under several quilts in a drafty farmhouse. In my dream I was standing

2005-11-23T15:20:00.000-08:00

Tony Black Feather:The Most Controversial Statement of Our Time? By Brenda Norrell STRONGHOLD TABLE, S.D. - Lakota elder Tony Black Feather told the United Nations that the American flag represents a racist nation that violates natural and spiritual laws, dishonors treaties and engages in a game plan of corporate greed. In his statement delivered to the United Nations and distributed here on

2005-11-07T01:29:00.000-08:00

Pine Ridge Speaks From Saturday, November 5, 2005 I am posting this as a word of caution. I don't know to what degree I feel this is a pausible scenario, but in some part, I have been expecting it too. There are more messages to follow as the tribal elders gather. All I can say is that daily, the message of the eleventh hour is at hand. Life is a delicate balance and these are turbulent times.

2005-10-29T01:33:00.000-07:00

If You Believe in What You Are Doing,Give Me Your Stiffest Sentence.If You Don't, Then Resign. by Cindy SheehanOctober 27, 2005From - CommonDreams.org "If you believe in what you are doing, give me your stiffest sentence. If you don't, then resign."-- Gandhi Yesterday, started off with a "bang" when we went to Arlington Cemetery to lay a wreath in the section where the Iraq War dead are buried

2005-10-24T01:46:00.000-07:00

Paper beats rock and the spoken word by: Suzan Shown Harjo / Indian Country Today October 20, 2005 In traditional Native cultures, a person's word is sacred and history told by one generation to the next is trusted. Increasingly in modern American society, Native oral history accounts are disbelieved until and unless they can be substantiated by documents from non-Native sources. Some of these

2005-10-20T15:27:00.000-07:00

Coulter: Equal justice under law - except for Indians?by: Robert Coulter and John D. B. LewisOctober 20, 2005The Cayuga Indian Nation had to wait more than 185 years to be allowed to bring its historic land claim lawsuit, and for 25 years thereafter litigated to gain some redress for the illegal taking of its lands by the state of New York. Last month, the full bench of the U.S. 2nd Circuit Court

2005-10-17T13:41:00.000-07:00

Missionaries Ordered to Leave VenezuelaVenezuela's Chavez Orders U.S. Missionary Group Working With Indigenous Tribes to Leave CountryBy Ian JamesThe Associated PressBARRANCO YOPAL, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez ordered a U.S.-based Christian missionary group working with indigenous tribes to leave the country Wednesday, accusing the organization of "imperialist infiltration" and

2005-10-08T12:57:00.000-07:00

All My Relations: Indigenous VisionBy John Mohawk, PhD.Excerpted from the 2003 Bioneers ConferenceThe most foolish thing that the United States government has ever done was to launch a centuries-long campaign to eradicate indigenous cultures. A great deal of profound knowledge and wisdom was lost - wisdom we could desperately use - today.About 30 years ago, I was attending a meeting at the

2005-10-07T22:11:00.000-07:00

Christopher Columbus (1451-1506) Italian Cristoforo Colombo; Spanish Cristoval Colon. Born at Genoa, or on Genoese territory, probably 1451; died at Valladolid, Spain, 20 May 1506. His family was respectable, but of limited means, so that the early education of Columbus was defective. Up to his arrival in Spain (1485) only one date has been preserved. His son Fernando, quoting from his

2005-10-01T14:06:00.000-07:00

Compliments of Free Voice of America (FVOA): Accurate News and Interesting Commentary for Amerika's Huddled Masses Yearning to Breathe Free.Apocalypse NowHow Mankind Is Sleepwalking to the End of the Earthby Maria Gilardinwww.dissidentvoice.org/September 21, 2005This headline appeared in the London Independent in early February of 2005, following a conference at the Hadley Centre in Exeter,

2005-09-22T12:23:00.000-07:00

In important ways, war and flood are connected September 08, 2005 by: John Mohawk / Indian Country Today At the beginning of the current war in Iraq, President Bush was adamant that Americans would be asked to make no sacrifices, pay no price, for the war. Indeed, the war would go forward along with tax relief (mostly for the wealthy). He didn't talk much about plans for reductions in domestic

2005-09-19T20:27:00.000-07:00

EDITOR'S NOTE: URGENT=>Please read the breaking news story at the end...Wake Upby Cindy Sheehant r u t h o u t | PerspectiveMonday 19 September 2005 So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice. We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of now. This is no time to engage in the

2005-09-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

President Chavez's Speech to the United Nationsby: President Hugo Chavez09/16/05 "ICH" -- --Your Excellencies, friends, good afternoon:The original purpose of this meeting has been completely distorted. The imposed center of debate has been a so-called reform process that overshadows the most urgent issues, what the peoples of the world claim with urgency: the adoption of measures that deal with

2005-09-16T18:01:00.000-07:00

We're Making A DifferenceAnd The Police State Knows ItOr...Getting Off The Picket Fenceby Ted Twietmeyertedtw@frontiernet.net9-16-5Before we get started, let's briefly define where people are at by defining the three kinds of people in America today. The picket fence is an analogy for the pain induced in a previously asleep person, when they awaken and realize the world of hurt they are really in

2005-09-11T19:35:00.000-07:00

A Woman in Tucson is Screaming, Crying, and Very Pissed Off! By Saretta Wool April 18, 2004 In my 56 years on this beautiful planet; our home and mother, I have never seen the ravages of male recklessness, violence, oppression, and war so predominant and frightening as now. Gentlemen, and I use the term loosely, you have gone too far! You

2004-11-29T22:58:00.000-08:00

The mysterious miracle worker By Alexandra Gill Globeandmail.com November 27, 2004 At 19, he is said to have cured a rock star and an astronaut and everyone wants a piece of this private young healer. But as ALEXANDRA GILL reports, nobody really understands what he does. Vancouver — I am sitting in the dark, on a green leather sofa, my feet firmly planted on polished hardwood. This spacious but

2004-11-23T13:40:00.000-08:00

Indian Nations, The United States & Citizenship By John Mohawk -- Seneca Nation In the beginning, the question of how to view Indian nationhood and citizenship wasn't a question at all. We are reminded that how things came to be the way they are evolved in a history entirely outside the control, and indeed outside the view, of the indigenous peoples of the world, and

2004-11-22T11:36:00.000-08:00

Inventing Thanksgiving By Brian Awehali / LiP Magazine From=> November 25, 2002 "On Thanksgiving Day all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same moment – halftime!” -- Auther Unknown Every year, as Thanksgiving approaches, I am filled with profound ambivalence. Even as a child, the standard Thanksgiving story always seemed too simple, too wholesome, and too peaceful to be true or

2004-11-16T14:43:00.000-08:00

=> Please Note the site listed at the end... Masters of War by Bob Dylan Come you masters of war You that build all the guns You that build the death planes You that build the big bombs You that hide behind walls You that hide behind desks I just want you to know I can see through your masks You that never done nothin' But build to destroy You play with my world Like it's your little

2004-11-13T10:29:00.000-08:00

Where Have All the Flowers Gone? Reflections on the Spirit and Legacy of the fSixties From =>December 1, 2002 The 1960s were the period of my life during which I experienced the most profound and most radical personal transformation. For those of us who identify with the cultural and political movements of the sixties, that period represents not so much a decade as a state of consciousness,

2004-11-07T20:46:00.000-08:00

Letter to the FBI Why Do You Protect Criminals Instead of Catching Them? By John Kaminski skylax@comcast.net In Ray Bradbury's famous sci-fi novel "Fahrenheit 451," firemen didn't put out fires, they started them. They burned books - which were banned - and the houses that held them, and then giggled salaciously as the dreams of innocent people went up in flames. This is an apt portrayal of

2004-11-06T10:58:00.000-08:00

17 Reasons Not To Slit Your Wrists By Michael Moore 5 November 2004 Dear Friends, Ok, it sucks. Really sucks. But before you go and cash it all in, let's, in the words of Monty Python, 'always look on the bright side of life!' There IS some good news from Tuesday's election. Here are 17 reasons not to slit your wrists: 1. It is against the law for George W. Bush to run for president again

2004-11-04T10:44:00.000-08:00

Dr. Mikuriya's Medicine By Peter Gorman, AlterNet.org November 3, 2004 The prime target of the government's campaign against physicians who recommend medical marijuana is fighting for his patients and his professional life. In November 1996, the voters of California passed Proposition 215, the Compassionate Use Act. That law permitted patients throughout the state to use, possess and grow

2004-10-30T20:48:00.000-07:00

Report Supressed That Marijuana Components Can Inhibit Cancer Growth By Paul Armentano 1 Nov 2004 Clinical research touted by the journal of the American Association for Cancer Research that shows marijuana's components can inhibit the growth of cancerous brain tumors is the latest in a long line of studies demonstrating the drug's potential as an anti-cancer ,agent. Not familiar with it?

2004-10-13T09:27:00.000-07:00

Watch the Montel Williams Show on medical marijuana! * To view the show in RealVideo format, go to http://drugpolicycentral.com/real/csa/montel.rm * To view the show in QuickTime format, go to http://cannabiscoalition.ca/temp/montel.mov **** Many of the Native American tribes and their supporters are beginning to boycott Columbus Day because it so inaccurately twists the authentic

2004-10-06T17:01:00.000-07:00

Europe Is United: No Bioengineered Food By Elisabeth Rosenthal International Herald Tribune 06 October 3004 GENEVA -- Some are smokers. Some drink too much. Some admit they love red meat. But virtually all shoppers here at the Migros Supermarket on the bustling Rue des Paquis are united in avoiding a risk they regard as unacceptable: genetically modified food. That is easy to do here in

2004-09-27T10:18:00.000-07:00

Mr. Bush and His 10 Ever-Changing Different Positions On Iraq: "A flip and a flop and now just a flop." 9/22/04 Dear Mr. Bush, I am so confused. Where exactly do you stand on the issue of Iraq? You, your Dad, Rummy, Condi, Colin, and Wolfie -- you have all changed your minds so many times, I am out of breath just trying to keep up with you! Which of these 10 positions that you, your family and

2004-09-19T18:40:00.000-07:00

Another Way Bush Can Win The Election From Ted Twietmeyer tedtw@frontiernet.net 18 September 2004 Junior knows he's in trouble. Hardly a person you talk to isn't aware of what he's done, what he really is and what he'll be doing with the draft and more war, right after the election. A president in his last term is a dangerous creature - far worse than the first year. Although often politically

2004-09-08T18:46:00.000-07:00

We Are All Hostages By Meria Heller 07 September 2004 "We hear that the U.S. is bringing "freedom" and "democracy" to Afghanistan, Iraq and next Iran. That is not true. Those people are hostages. Hostages of our troops and hostages of puppet regimes we put in place to control them." The recent hostage situation in Russia touched a lot of hearts. Many people lost their lives including over

2004-09-05T01:16:00.000-07:00

The Top 25 Censored News Stories Media Democracy In Action September 4, 2004 Sonoma State University's student run media research group Project Censored announces the release of its annual publication, Censored 2005, a compilation of the year's 25 most significant news stories that were overlooked or under-reported by the country's major national news media, as well as chapters on the grass

2004-08-30T09:34:00.000-07:00

Potent Pot Myth What the government says about ¨super pot¨ is simply not true, real experts say by Mitch Earleywine and Bruce Mirken August 5, 2004 Recently, the media have repeated dire warnings about alleged "super pot." In an attempt to frighten parents who may have dabbled in their day, our government claims that new strains of potent marijuana are far more dangerous than the innocuous

2004-08-19T23:44:00.000-07:00

Ancient Native American Remedy 'Shrinks Cancer' An ancient native American treatment for cancer has been shown to have a beneficial effect despite scepticism from the medical establishment. Chaparral, an evergreen desert shrub, has long been used by native Americans to treat cancer, colds, wounds, bronchitis, warts, and ringworm. But experts dismissed its worth, and warned it could be dangerous.

2004-07-24T00:02:00.000-07:00

Blackwashing Scratch the surface of a black conservative group and you find a Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy by Joshua Holland / Guest Contributor 7.21.04 "Black Conservative to Rebut NAACP Leader's Remarks in C-SPAN Interview," read the press release from Project 21, an organization of conservative African-Americans. I had read in Reuters that Kweisi Mfume, president of the NAACP, had

2004-05-08T11:30:00.000-07:00

Simulated Prison in '71 Showed a Fine Line Between `Normal' and 'Monster' By John Schwartz May 6, 2004 NY Times In 1971 researchers at Stanford University created a simulated prison in the basement of the campus psychology building. They randomly assigned 24 students to be either prison guards or prisoners for two weeks. Within days the "guards" had become swaggering and sadistic, to the

2004-04-08T01:42:00.000-07:00

10 Things You Don't Know About Terrorism by Loretta Napoleoni Two and a half years into the 'war on terror', the US is running a $500 billion budget deficit, its highest ever and the country is struggling to cover war costs. Terrorism seems to be a very costly business. So how can terrorists afford it? The answer is simple: terrorism is their business. 1. Terrorism has always been a business

2004-04-06T22:18:00.000-07:00

THE SECOND COMING OF COLUMBUS By Shiva Shankar sshankar@cmi.ac.in April 5, 2004 Our struggle is against all forms of colonization. On 17th APRIL, 1492, Queen Isabel and King Ferdinand granted Christopher Columbus the privileges of "discovery and conquest". One year later, on 4th May, 1493, Pope Alexander VI through his "Bull of Donation" granted all islands and mainlands "discovered and to be

2004-03-28T22:57:00.000-08:00

MYTHS ABOUT MEDICAL MARIJUANA By Dr. Joycelyn Elders THE RHODE ISLAND General Assembly is now considering legislation to permit the medical use of marijuana by seriously ill patients whose physicians have recommended it. This sensible, humane bill deserves swift passage. The evidence is overwhelming that marijuana can relieve certain types of pain, nausea, vomiting and other symptoms caused by

2004-03-26T14:16:00.000-08:00

GOP Hypocrite of the Week: Condoleezza Rice A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL 26 March 2004 Listen to the GOPHOTW HERE. Well, it took us 24 BuzzFlash GOP Hypocrites of the Week to find a woman who truly merits the honor that has, until now, been the exclusive province of white Republican males. But, congratulations to our so-called National Security Advisor, Condoleezza Rice. Condi, you are the first GOP

2004-03-21T09:29:00.000-08:00

Mother's grief turns to anger over war by Beth Gorham, CP 2004-03-21 02:27:46 WASHINGTON -- Jean Prewitt can't shake the image of her only son's final hours. She pictures him trying to crawl to safety through a gun fight after his convoy was ambushed in Iraq, a huge hole in his right thigh. "He was out there all by himself for a long time, crawling, bleeding, asking for help," she says in

2004-03-16T23:30:00.000-08:00

U.S. STUCK IN THE QUAGMIRE Every year, more than 400,000 Americans die as the result of tobacco use. Alcohol abuse results in the deaths of another 110,640 Americans, including 16,653 alcohol-related traffic deaths. Alcohol is a major factor in more than half of all homicides and rapes, 62 percent of assaults, and 30 percent of suicides. Illegal drug use causes another 3,562 deaths. According

2004-03-12T00:33:00.000-08:00

Five Companies Control Half of Domestic Oil Production *** P R E S S R E L E A S E *** For Immediate Release: March 10, 2004 Contact: Tyson Slocum (202) 454-5191; Erica Hartman (202) 454-5174 Industry Consolidation, Uncompetitive Behavior Contributing to Rising Gas Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Gas prices are rising because of uncompetitive actions by a handful of mega-companies, not

2004-03-08T00:12:00.000-08:00

Europe's Ancient "Magic" Plants: New Drug Sources? by James Owen Two Belgian botanists have completed a piece of detective work to rival that of super-sleuth Hercule Poirot, their fictional fellow countryman. Marcel De Cleene, associate professor at Ghent University in Belgium, and fellow ethnobotanist, Marie Claire Lejeune, combed thousands of sources, including old travelers' tales,

2004-02-23T11:31:00.000-08:00

The Ultimate Betrayal By Howard Zinn The Progressive April 2004 Issue I cannot get out of my mind the photo that appeared on the front page of The New York Times on December 30, alongside a story by Jeffrey Gettleman. It showed a young man sitting on a chair facing a class of sixth graders in Blairsville, Pennsylvania. Next to him was a woman. Not the teacher of the class, but the

2004-02-19T18:48:00.000-08:00

Ibogaine - Cures Addiction Hallucinogen May Cure Drug Addiction February 18, 2004 at 8:58 p.m. BAY AREA (KRON) -- Drug addiction has been the plague of modern America. But that could now change forever. What started as a rumor may now actually be an incredible breakthrough in the battle against addictions of all kinds. Ibogaine has a number of strikes against it: * It doesn't come from a

2004-02-14T17:37:00.000-08:00

AMERICAN JESUS How the Son of God Became a National Icon By Stephen Prothero Farrar, Straus and Giroux 343 pages Reviewed by Jules Siegel In "American Jesus," Boston University professor Stephen Prothero diligently ponders the changing manifestations of Jesus in American culture over the years and finds -- surprise! -- you don't have to be a Christian to love Jesus. Believers of all faiths

2004-02-12T08:24:00.000-08:00

Spiritual Gangsters Which is more important: somebody's name or the eternal truth? By John Kaminski skylax@comcast.net It's not the creed that's important, it's the integrity. It's not the name that we give to the thing we worship, it's recognizing the essence of that thing as the highest truth, the thing worth being worshipped, so that the name we put on it doesn't really matter, as

2004-01-26T22:28:00.000-08:00

Can Taking Cannabis Make You An Even Better Driver? January 26, 2004 United Kingdom: While no responsible person would ever advocate the use of drugs for drivers, tests using a recently developed video game called Burnout have thrown up some surprise statistics. The testers found that a moderate amount of cannabis actually improved driving performance among those they studied. Results from

2004-01-21T18:32:00.000-08:00

This is another example of Federal Policies in the "War On Some Drugs & Users" and the "On Going Attack On Our Constitutional Rights" as well as "Violation of Our Spirtual and Religious Ways". This non-compassionate approach towards Cannabis in health use [Medical] and the abuse of basic humane practices are assaulted in the "public eye" daily are part of a major scheme to continue the "Tactics

2004-01-10T23:19:00.000-08:00

Received with Compliments of Government of the USA in Exile (GUSAE): Free Americans Proclaiming Total Emancipation and Working Towards Democracy. NOTE: Thanks to questionsquestions.net for this... *********************************************************************** 9/11 IN CONTEXT: PLANS AND COUNTERPLANS by Max Kolskegg It is time to have a hard, clear-eyed look at our situation here in

2004-01-08T10:23:00.000-08:00

Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Candidate for the Democratic Presidential Nomination A BUZZFLASH INTERVIEW: January 8, 2004 Has BuzzFlash endorsed a candidate for the Democratic nomination? The answer is "No." We believe our readers have had enough of people telling them what to do and how to vote, so we'll leave the campaign to elect a Democratic candidate up to them. Beginning on January 19th

2004-01-01T14:43:00.000-08:00

2003-12-25T01:09:00.000-08:00

FOR A BETTER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE... A Drug War Carol Jesse Ventura, the TV host, had a tremendously interesting discussion regarding: Should marijuana be legalized? JESSE VENTURA, HOST: Imagine an alien suddenly dropped into the 21st century America. He goes to a Monday night football game and witnesses thousands of people guzzling a liquid refreshment as fast as vendors can supply it.

2003-12-17T09:37:00.000-08:00

FOR A BETTER LOOK AT THIS ISSUE... A Drug War Carol TOMMY CHONG'S NEW JOINT by Dean Kuipers "Serving nine months in federal prison for putting his face on a bong, one of America's most beloved comics contemplates the war on stoners, thought crime and reuniting with Cheech." The joke, of course, is that this is Sgt. Stadanko's revenge. The arch-nemesis of every Cheech & Chong film, actor

2003-12-15T23:09:00.000-08:00

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= They Got the Wrong Guy Bush Is the Real Criminal, not Saddam By John Kaminski skylax@comcast.net "War is peace," Orwell said. It has never been clearer than now. The theatrical apprehension of fallen Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from his pathetic hole in the dirt is a prima facie example of how the American vision of

2003-12-08T01:15:00.000-08:00

AMERICAN POLICE STATE December 05, 2003 "None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free." A police state exists when federal and state police serve the central government instead of serving the citizens, enforce the policies of the central government instead of responding primarily to criminal misdeeds or spy on and intimidate citizens. All these conditions now

2003-12-03T22:58:00.000-08:00

Widow's Bush Treason Suit Vanishes in Blink of Media Eye by W. David Kubiak "The decision 'not to do the story' appears to be multiplying all over the nation." -- Fred Powledge, ACLU "Whoever said `no news is good news,' was BADLY misinformed." -- Dan Rather Think you're already amazed, alarmed or appalled enough by the state of US journalism today? Chew on this a while and think again.

2003-11-30T19:36:00.000-08:00

APARTHIED ALIVE IN THE AMERICAS Since the coming of the White Man we have went from periodic strife to constant conflict, strife and dehumanization. The invaders were not given this land by the Creator-they greedily took it. They came with different Spirits. The Spirit which inhabited their collective souls, was the mutual intent to steal, lie, cheat, kill, and rule this undiscovered land and

2003-11-26T23:38:00.000-08:00

THE PLYMOUTH THANKSGIVING STORY When the Pilgrims crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1620, they landed on the rocky shores of a territory that was inhabited by the Wampanoag (Wam pa NO ag) Indians. The Wampanoags were part of the Algonkian-speaking peoples, a large group that was part of the Woodland Culture area. These Indians lived in villages along the coast of what is now Massachusetts and Rhode

2003-11-25T10:31:00.000-08:00

There is much to celebrate in these times or is it? This discussion occured after a talk by Ward Churchill, PhD. to students, some were online as well! There is so much revealed and to think about that it was the editor's feelings regarding Indigenous Peoples to publish this article as it is in hopes of a better understanding and to build insight into the workings of Native America plus views

2003-11-21T13:14:00.000-08:00

The Covert War Against Native Americans by Ward Churchill There is a little considered aspect of the covert means through which the United States maintains its perpetual drive to exert control over the territory and resources of others. It concerns, however, matters internal rather than external to the geographical corpus of the U.S. itself. It seems appropriate to quote a man deeply involved in

2003-11-15T22:56:00.000-08:00

"If people let government decide what foods they eat and what medicines they take, their bodies will soon be in as sorry a state as are the souls of those who live under tyranny." -- Thomas Jefferson "The government's drug-reform policy is driven by a fundamentalist Christian sense of morality that sees any of these illegal substances used as evil!" -- John Sperling, Arizona billionaire to

2003-11-05T22:59:00.000-08:00

What a tragedy and sham, when a medical doctor is not left to work with his patients. Dr. Tod Mikuriya is a dedicated physician in North- ern California. He has tirelessly worked in educating other physicians,- law enforcement, government officials and chronically ill patients. Dr. Mikuriya is one of the prime mentors of the medical marijuana move- ment world wide. His scholarly works are of

2003-10-31T22:59:00.000-08:00

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2003-10-30T07:10:00.000-08:00

The Constitution of the U.S.A. - Void Where Prohibited By Law "Unless we put medical freedom into the Constitution, the time will come when medicine will organize into an undercover dictatorship to restrict the art of healing to one class of men and deny equal privileges to others: The Constitution of this Republic should make a special privilege for medical freedom as well as religious freedom

2003-10-26T21:36:00.000-08:00

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our government at this time is headed by George W. Bush, whose selection by the Supreme Court rather than by an election finally has finally become unmask- ed by the voting public. This horrid excuse for leadership is slipping in the polls and in the public eye. This newer version of "King George" is not unlike the Wizard of Oz