http://blogs.positiveuniverse.com/archives/670 A space for *public* sharing on Positive Universe Fri, 21 Nov 2008 13:57:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 http://blogs.positiveuniverse.com/archives/670#comment-825 Thugmonster Indelicate Thu, 30 Mar 2006 18:17:55 +0000 http://blogs.positiveuniverse.com/archives/670#comment-825 If one is not an Indigenous Native American, then one is an illegal immigrant. Lest it be forgotten by the kneejerk and reactionary, The continents of North AND South America were stolen and plundered by White European Conquerors. Genocide is the ethnic cleansing of all Native peoples and it matters not a whit what one might believe about the atrocity at present. Genocide is as the Native people die. Racism therefore is Lou Dobbs. Racism therefore is Bill Frist. Racism extreme therefore is Gayle Norton. One can put a pretty party dress on an Immigration Reform Bill however, it does not leave the racist pig ready to attend the humane prom. If one is not an Indigenous Native American, then one is an illegal immigrant. Lest it be forgotten by the kneejerk and reactionary, The continents of North AND South America were stolen and plundered by White European Conquerors. Genocide is the ethnic cleansing of all Native peoples and it matters not a whit what one might believe about the atrocity at present. Genocide is as the Native people die. Racism therefore is Lou Dobbs. Racism therefore is Bill Frist. Racism extreme therefore is Gayle Norton. One can put a pretty party dress on an Immigration Reform Bill however, it does not leave the racist pig ready to attend the humane prom.

]]> http://blogs.positiveuniverse.com/archives/670#comment-820 connie Thu, 30 Mar 2006 10:29:42 +0000 http://blogs.positiveuniverse.com/archives/670#comment-820 Joseph, what you say here is so universal and needs to be shouted from the roof-top! Along with so much to admire about the recent movement is the way non-violence is demonstrated--along with organizing, tenacity, aliveness, inter-generational harmony, willing help from some of the media, soul and so much else. We in the US and all the rest of the world need to take heed! Often I marvel at how the US military and governement has OFTEN NOT encouraged well-being and democracy in so many other places while pretending to do so here. (See the book -Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala- by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer, 92 reprinted 99 Harvard, for just one classic standard.) Yet, when the US powers destroy and starve so many--what else is there to do for many but to try seek some manner of survival--sometimes here where the wealth/resources/labor from the original homelands have often come? Why are we surprised? When I have seen films that show US involvement in Latin America from early on and the violence, control, empire that came from that and still does, I get sick to my stomach! And feel terribly ashamed of this my country of birth. Now's our window of non-violent opportunity to show that we care and will do our part to make amends and make life better for our neighbors. For how long if not now? Joseph, what you say here is so universal and needs to be shouted from the roof-top! Along with so much to admire about the recent movement is the way non-violence is demonstrated–along with organizing, tenacity, aliveness, inter-generational harmony, willing help from some of the media, soul and so much else. We in the US and all the rest of the world need to take heed! Often I marvel at how the US military and governement has OFTEN NOT encouraged well-being and democracy in so many other places while pretending to do so here. (See the book -Bitter Fruit: The Story of the American Coup in Guatemala- by Stephen Schlesinger and Stephen Kinzer, 92 reprinted 99 Harvard, for just one classic standard.) Yet, when the US powers destroy and starve so many–what else is there to do for many but to try seek some manner of survival–sometimes here where the wealth/resources/labor from the original homelands have often come? Why are we surprised? When I have seen films that show US involvement in Latin America from early on and the violence, control, empire that came from that and still does, I get sick to my stomach! And feel terribly ashamed of this my country of birth. Now’s our window of non-violent opportunity to show that we care and will do our part to make amends and make life better for our neighbors. For how long if not now?

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