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Friday last I had the honor of attendinding Grandpa Dine's Spiritual cleansing. I was in the circle with my grandpa and many wonderful Native brothers and sisters, whom made a special sacrifice to pray for grandpa all night long, from early evening untill the following day at sunrise.
ALL NIGHT LONG THERE WERE SACRED PRAYERS AND SONG FOR MY GRANDPA'S HEALTH AND WELL BEING. HE WAS ADMINISTERED THE MOTHER SEED PEYOTE AS THE PRAYERS AND SACRED SONGS WENT ON ALL NIGHT LONG. HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SANTA ISABEL RESERVATION.
Through the night until morning he took many teaspoons full of powdered mother seed and washed down with peyote tea. He was up all night on his ironwheeled horse. The experience for me was a highly memorable one. The sacred fire in the circle was kept going all night by the fireman, and the Roadman blessed him and I many times with Eagle feathers. As the Roadman prayed to Grandfather Spirit to cleanse the cancer from my Grandpa's body. The Roadman Glen Justky came all the way from a rez north of Casa Grande Arizona and he brought with him family members to assist with the entirety of the sacred ceremony.
I felt blessed just from being as one with our people and to have been under a beautiful starlit night on a mountain top as the coyotes serenaded us with their song, to have heard the crow of the roosters and see the birth of a new wonderful sunrise which became the first day of the rest of my Grandpa's life. He will live longer because the mother seed will cure him from his cancer, and Grandfather Spirit Creator of all will not allow my Grandpa to go home to Grandfather Spirit before his time.
I feel as if I have become one with all of our people and happy to be home.
ALL NIGHT LONG THERE WERE SACRED PRAYERS AND SONG FOR MY GRANDPA'S HEALTH AND WELL BEING. HE WAS ADMINISTERED THE MOTHER SEED PEYOTE AS THE PRAYERS AND SACRED SONGS WENT ON ALL NIGHT LONG. HIGH UP IN THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SANTA ISABEL RESERVATION.
Through the night until morning he took many teaspoons full of powdered mother seed and washed down with peyote tea. He was up all night on his ironwheeled horse. The experience for me was a highly memorable one. The sacred fire in the circle was kept going all night by the fireman, and the Roadman blessed him and I many times with Eagle feathers. As the Roadman prayed to Grandfather Spirit to cleanse the cancer from my Grandpa's body. The Roadman Glen Justky came all the way from a rez north of Casa Grande Arizona and he brought with him family members to assist with the entirety of the sacred ceremony.
I felt blessed just from being as one with our people and to have been under a beautiful starlit night on a mountain top as the coyotes serenaded us with their song, to have heard the crow of the roosters and see the birth of a new wonderful sunrise which became the first day of the rest of my Grandpa's life. He will live longer because the mother seed will cure him from his cancer, and Grandfather Spirit Creator of all will not allow my Grandpa to go home to Grandfather Spirit before his time.
I feel as if I have become one with all of our people and happy to be home.
Attention all Temecula Residents,
If you have any family members going to Vail elementry School, of Temcula Unified School District, you should be aware that there is a breakout of th swine flue and that it has been kept under wraps as far back as early June.
The first cases should have been reported to the CDC in Washington D.C. and Bethesda Maryland CDC.
It was not for obvious reasons. However since my little brother was exposed at the school and contracted the disease we are now all under order and guide lines from the CDC to stay Quarantined for the next 10 days. Two people have died from the disease in the County of Sandiego in the past month.
The Swine Flue is lethal if not treated.
The school district was not particularly in a hurry to make the report. Their main concern is to avoid a money loss from the federal subsidy they recieve for each child. My grandfather Dine' Warrior made a call to the CDC office in Washington DC and henceforth was passed on to the direction of the Bethesda Maryland office.
The School District of Temecula has not made it public to the parents of all the other students in the school.
Many of those children have brothers and sisters that go to middle School and Great Oaks Highschool. The disease can become a major epidemic if not properly handled. The sad part is that not all people have proper medical coverage and can not afford to take their children to the hopital emergency room to get treatment. The latter are the ones that may end up dead, and all because some money hungry school districts only care about the money and not the health of the students.
The Native American communities donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to the school districts in their areas every year, from Gaming on the Rez. I ask myself is it right for our people to be forking out money to the school districts if this is going to be their attitude. I do not think so. My grandfather Dine' Warrior will be going on a crusade to stop this practice, and to make it known to the shool districts that all children go there to recieve an education and not to be put in harms way by money grubbers, who do not care what happens to the children in their trust. No child should be exposed, Native American or other. I am writing this blog under guidance and direction of Grandpa Dine' Warrior.
The CDC is now aware and making sure that guide lines are being followed and will be watching closely that this type of behavior does not repeat, Grandpa Dine' Warrior is going to stay on top of this situation along with the CDC.
If you have any family members going to Vail elementry School, of Temcula Unified School District, you should be aware that there is a breakout of th swine flue and that it has been kept under wraps as far back as early June.
The first cases should have been reported to the CDC in Washington D.C. and Bethesda Maryland CDC.
It was not for obvious reasons. However since my little brother was exposed at the school and contracted the disease we are now all under order and guide lines from the CDC to stay Quarantined for the next 10 days. Two people have died from the disease in the County of Sandiego in the past month.
The Swine Flue is lethal if not treated.
The school district was not particularly in a hurry to make the report. Their main concern is to avoid a money loss from the federal subsidy they recieve for each child. My grandfather Dine' Warrior made a call to the CDC office in Washington DC and henceforth was passed on to the direction of the Bethesda Maryland office.
The School District of Temecula has not made it public to the parents of all the other students in the school.
Many of those children have brothers and sisters that go to middle School and Great Oaks Highschool. The disease can become a major epidemic if not properly handled. The sad part is that not all people have proper medical coverage and can not afford to take their children to the hopital emergency room to get treatment. The latter are the ones that may end up dead, and all because some money hungry school districts only care about the money and not the health of the students.
The Native American communities donate hundreds of thousands of dollars to the school districts in their areas every year, from Gaming on the Rez. I ask myself is it right for our people to be forking out money to the school districts if this is going to be their attitude. I do not think so. My grandfather Dine' Warrior will be going on a crusade to stop this practice, and to make it known to the shool districts that all children go there to recieve an education and not to be put in harms way by money grubbers, who do not care what happens to the children in their trust. No child should be exposed, Native American or other. I am writing this blog under guidance and direction of Grandpa Dine' Warrior.
The CDC is now aware and making sure that guide lines are being followed and will be watching closely that this type of behavior does not repeat, Grandpa Dine' Warrior is going to stay on top of this situation along with the CDC.
There there has been a lot of research conducted on how and why youths are not interested in mainstream politics and voting. The latter is not a phenomenon
Under-age future voters should have the chance to learn about the parties and their platforms. However there is little interest from the adult voters when it comes to seeing what we think about regarding politics. It seems that the only time we are taken into consideration is on election years and major campaigns. When it comes to canvassing areas for adults in local state and national campaigns we are asked to participate. We end up doing a lot of the dirty work along with the footwork. After the election is over it is as if we no longer exist.
I ask the enlightened here, if you have any ideas or suggestions on the matter, to come forward and make your views heard.
I say please give us a fair taste of the mainstream politics and better educate us on the matter so that those among us whom are apathetic can become genuinly interested and do our civic duty gladly as we progress and mature. We are mostly affected because we technically have no say.
We work gladly doing what is called the dirty work in the hope of having our needs met through proper representation. Sadly after the elactions we are not taken into any consideration at all.
It is the hope of a majority of youths that we are given a true taste of politics, so that the apathetic become more engaged and interested enough to cast real ballots when they turn 18. What do you think?
If I am wrong please correct me?
Respectfully
Little Dine' Warrior
Under-age future voters should have the chance to learn about the parties and their platforms. However there is little interest from the adult voters when it comes to seeing what we think about regarding politics. It seems that the only time we are taken into consideration is on election years and major campaigns. When it comes to canvassing areas for adults in local state and national campaigns we are asked to participate. We end up doing a lot of the dirty work along with the footwork. After the election is over it is as if we no longer exist.
I ask the enlightened here, if you have any ideas or suggestions on the matter, to come forward and make your views heard.
I say please give us a fair taste of the mainstream politics and better educate us on the matter so that those among us whom are apathetic can become genuinly interested and do our civic duty gladly as we progress and mature. We are mostly affected because we technically have no say.
We work gladly doing what is called the dirty work in the hope of having our needs met through proper representation. Sadly after the elactions we are not taken into any consideration at all.
It is the hope of a majority of youths that we are given a true taste of politics, so that the apathetic become more engaged and interested enough to cast real ballots when they turn 18. What do you think?
If I am wrong please correct me?
Respectfully
Little Dine' Warrior
For those of you that have aspirations of becoming Public Servants in the not distant future, contact (kalyn@indnslist.org).
indnslist.org was founded by Kaylyn Free of the Shoshone Nation for the soul purpose of assisting Native Americans in reaching their goals to become public servants. If you believe you are made of the right material to become an honest public servant get in touch with Kaylyn. Her foundation is strictly to help and asist Native Americans recieve the support and preparation to be launched to public service after taking part of the internship offered by the indnslist.org.
I myself will become an intern with indnslist upon graduating from highschool and turning 17 years of age. Internship is for a minimum of two years at the Morongo Nation Rez.
The organization is not limited to youths, but also adults that are running for office at whichever level, from among Native America.
Todd Gloria from the Alaskan Tribes is now a public servant in the City of San Diego. He is one of the alumni from indnslist, and truly a success story. He is not the only one.
Take care all and may the Great Spirit shower you with blessings.
Sincerely your friend.
Respectfully Little Dine' Warrior
indnslist.org was founded by Kaylyn Free of the Shoshone Nation for the soul purpose of assisting Native Americans in reaching their goals to become public servants. If you believe you are made of the right material to become an honest public servant get in touch with Kaylyn. Her foundation is strictly to help and asist Native Americans recieve the support and preparation to be launched to public service after taking part of the internship offered by the indnslist.org.
I myself will become an intern with indnslist upon graduating from highschool and turning 17 years of age. Internship is for a minimum of two years at the Morongo Nation Rez.
The organization is not limited to youths, but also adults that are running for office at whichever level, from among Native America.
Todd Gloria from the Alaskan Tribes is now a public servant in the City of San Diego. He is one of the alumni from indnslist, and truly a success story. He is not the only one.
Take care all and may the Great Spirit shower you with blessings.
Sincerely your friend.
Respectfully Little Dine' Warrior
I ask that all adults here refrain from joining this group. It is strictly for youths under 22 years of age.
I do ask that all elders and adults on this site blog on this group as often as possible.
As the future leaders of America, we can not achieve our goals without the advice of the well versed and enlightened on this site.
I pray the Great Spirit Bless you all.
Very Rerspetfully
Little Dine' Warrior.
http://www.democrats.org/page/group/NationalDemYouthCaucas
http://www.democrats.org/page/group/NationalDemYouthCaucas
I do ask that all elders and adults on this site blog on this group as often as possible.
As the future leaders of America, we can not achieve our goals without the advice of the well versed and enlightened on this site.
I pray the Great Spirit Bless you all.
Very Rerspetfully
Little Dine' Warrior.
http://www.democrats.org/page/group/NationalDemYouthCaucas
http://www.democrats.org/page/group/NationalDemYouthCaucas
I just want to wish you all a happy belated birthday to all whom have been blessed with a birthday in the past few days. I have over two thousand friends on my network and it is very hard to keep up. I am getting ready to start school this monday and am looking forward to getting started. I am now a sophmore and looking forward to graduate early by taking advanced courses at Great Oaks High.
When I become 17 I will be going for my Political Science internship with the Morongo Nation and upon completion I will be launched for my first Public Servant job by indnzlist.org.
I pray the Great Spirit illuminate me and guide me so that I can become a good public servant and a dedicated servant to my fellowman, Native American as well as All citizens of our great nation.
I have joined just about as many groups as possible on this site. It is part of my political science major course of study. I hope that I am not removed from the groups, for not being an immediate local. However I have many family members all over our nation and specially among Native America all over. reason for which I joined these groups. We keep in contact and urge our fellow Native Americans in the areas to support fully the Dem candidates in your states and districts. May the Great Spirit Creator Bless you all.
Special greetings to grandma Spirited Donna, Vydia, Maryanne and all the mutual friends of my mentor and myself, Grandpa Dine' Warrior. Your friend always.
Sincerely Little D.
When I become 17 I will be going for my Political Science internship with the Morongo Nation and upon completion I will be launched for my first Public Servant job by indnzlist.org.
I pray the Great Spirit illuminate me and guide me so that I can become a good public servant and a dedicated servant to my fellowman, Native American as well as All citizens of our great nation.
I have joined just about as many groups as possible on this site. It is part of my political science major course of study. I hope that I am not removed from the groups, for not being an immediate local. However I have many family members all over our nation and specially among Native America all over. reason for which I joined these groups. We keep in contact and urge our fellow Native Americans in the areas to support fully the Dem candidates in your states and districts. May the Great Spirit Creator Bless you all.
Special greetings to grandma Spirited Donna, Vydia, Maryanne and all the mutual friends of my mentor and myself, Grandpa Dine' Warrior. Your friend always.
Sincerely Little D.
I greet all our mutual friends. I am happy to announce that on the weekend of September 11 through the 14th, Little Dine' Warrior will be dancing the Gord Dance and other ceremonial dances at the Pow Wow for the first time. He will be in full regalia along with the members of the Soaring Eagles, whereby I hope that all of you that are in the general area of San Diego County will be able to attend the Pow Wow.
The Head Pow Wow Woman Mrs Arnita Swanson will be one of the Honored guests at the Pow Wow.
Arnita is better known as Grandma Sioux.
I hope that those of you that live in Southern California will honor us with your presence. I also extend the invitation to those of you that happen to be visiting Southern Calif to come join us.
I am very proud of my grandson Little Dine' Warrior, he has grown considerably and is a very patriotic and respectful young warrior. He is a long time member of the JRAFROTC and is quite active in the community visiting hospitalized veterans at the local VA hospital.
He has also recieved recognition from the VA Volunteer Services Director and staff for his unselfish involvement bringing a smile to many Hospitalized Vets that are in the Community Living Section of the Va, whom for the most part have no family left to care for them.
I hope that you can all attend the Pow Wow At the Sycuan Rez 11 th through the 14th of September 2009..
May the Great Spirit Bless you all Highly.
I am still in fasting and preparation for my Peyote Cleansing Ceremony coming up on the weekend of the 21st of this month. I have faith the mother seed Peyote will cure me of my terminal Cancer.
My Little Dine' sends his regards to all here, the best people that ever graced our mother Earth. The Democrats and their leadership.
Dine' Warrior.
The Head Pow Wow Woman Mrs Arnita Swanson will be one of the Honored guests at the Pow Wow.
Arnita is better known as Grandma Sioux.
I hope that those of you that live in Southern California will honor us with your presence. I also extend the invitation to those of you that happen to be visiting Southern Calif to come join us.
I am very proud of my grandson Little Dine' Warrior, he has grown considerably and is a very patriotic and respectful young warrior. He is a long time member of the JRAFROTC and is quite active in the community visiting hospitalized veterans at the local VA hospital.
He has also recieved recognition from the VA Volunteer Services Director and staff for his unselfish involvement bringing a smile to many Hospitalized Vets that are in the Community Living Section of the Va, whom for the most part have no family left to care for them.
I hope that you can all attend the Pow Wow At the Sycuan Rez 11 th through the 14th of September 2009..
May the Great Spirit Bless you all Highly.
I am still in fasting and preparation for my Peyote Cleansing Ceremony coming up on the weekend of the 21st of this month. I have faith the mother seed Peyote will cure me of my terminal Cancer.
My Little Dine' sends his regards to all here, the best people that ever graced our mother Earth. The Democrats and their leadership.
Dine' Warrior.
I am Dine Warrior and am thankfull to the Great Spirit for the oportunity to be again blogging here on Little Dine,s Party Builder pages. I have been away for quite some time in the land of shadows between the living and the dead. I have regained control of not only one limb but both and can now handle a key board much better versus previously with only one hand.
To many of you here at this point I may be a stranger, however there are still many here whom remember me. I am the Grandfather of Little Dine' warrior.. I still have stage four cancer and will soon be cleansed through the Native American Church of my cancer with the mother seed Peyote.
This event will take place on the third weekend of August at the Santa Isabel Reservation. I invite all of my Native American friends here to join me for my ceremony. If you are from afar and will be in the area at that time I will be highly honored if you can attend. If you are from near the area and are able to attend I will also be highly honored.
Regardfless of the situation whether you are able to attend or not due to previous engagements or the imposibility of attending, I will still be praying for all of you as I will be for all my family and close friends so that they can recieve blessings from the Great White Spirit Creator and always walk with beauty before you, to the back of you, above you and below you to the right of you as well as your left.
I will be praying that all your troubles go away and the great Spirit shower you all with health, love, happiness and that you have all your needs met. This invitation is not only for the Native Americans whom I have befriended here on this site, it is also for all non natives whom are here. I extend welcome and wish blessings and all good tidings to the new mwmbers of the Party Builder.
I pray that those of you that remember me drop me a note or comment on this invitation, and I offer my humble friendship to all the new people here. Little Dine Warrior is at my side now and he sends his best regards to all here and wants to make it known to all new members of the party builder he would enjoy their friendship in his humble friendship network.
MAY THE GREAT WHITE SPIRIT CREATOR OF ALL BLESS YOU.
SINCERELY YOUR FRIEND, DINE' WARRIOR.
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For directions to Santa Isabel Reservation drop me a note. I will give you all the necessary info, or call me at cell 619 399-6626
To many of you here at this point I may be a stranger, however there are still many here whom remember me. I am the Grandfather of Little Dine' warrior.. I still have stage four cancer and will soon be cleansed through the Native American Church of my cancer with the mother seed Peyote.
This event will take place on the third weekend of August at the Santa Isabel Reservation. I invite all of my Native American friends here to join me for my ceremony. If you are from afar and will be in the area at that time I will be highly honored if you can attend. If you are from near the area and are able to attend I will also be highly honored.
Regardfless of the situation whether you are able to attend or not due to previous engagements or the imposibility of attending, I will still be praying for all of you as I will be for all my family and close friends so that they can recieve blessings from the Great White Spirit Creator and always walk with beauty before you, to the back of you, above you and below you to the right of you as well as your left.
I will be praying that all your troubles go away and the great Spirit shower you all with health, love, happiness and that you have all your needs met. This invitation is not only for the Native Americans whom I have befriended here on this site, it is also for all non natives whom are here. I extend welcome and wish blessings and all good tidings to the new mwmbers of the Party Builder.
I pray that those of you that remember me drop me a note or comment on this invitation, and I offer my humble friendship to all the new people here. Little Dine Warrior is at my side now and he sends his best regards to all here and wants to make it known to all new members of the party builder he would enjoy their friendship in his humble friendship network.
MAY THE GREAT WHITE SPIRIT CREATOR OF ALL BLESS YOU.
SINCERELY YOUR FRIEND, DINE' WARRIOR.
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For directions to Santa Isabel Reservation drop me a note. I will give you all the necessary info, or call me at cell 619 399-6626
There are many things that have been screwed up over the last eight years by Cheney, Bush and their storm-troopers. Of this there can be doubt. The list would be long and unnecessary to write.
But the biggest problem that has to be addressed right now is to get this economy moving! The ONLY problems that I am having with the stimulus bills is EVERYTHING that has nothing to do with stimulating the economy! There will be other days for other fights over education, and condoms, and the like. THIS ISN'T THE TIME!
Our Democratic leaders are giving......again......the Republicans the exact ammuntion that they need to pound us with in 2010. Not that I call 'pork' what the Republicans do. BUT to the MILLIONS that wanted change and NEEDED help......PERCEPTION is the key. If it isn't going to help them KEEP THEIR HOME, or help THEM keep THEIR JOB....it is going to be seen as PORK....at least in THIS bill!!
Pelosi and Reid need to step up and realize that we CANNOT fix everything in ONE BILL!
Pick your fights, Congressional Dems......pick them carefully and you shall be successful! Pick them poorly...like this....and you shall be looking for jobs before long and you will dooming President Obama's presidency to a single term.
DON'T GET GREEDY!! GET TO WORK FOR AMERICA!!!
That IS why you were put there, you know.
But the biggest problem that has to be addressed right now is to get this economy moving! The ONLY problems that I am having with the stimulus bills is EVERYTHING that has nothing to do with stimulating the economy! There will be other days for other fights over education, and condoms, and the like. THIS ISN'T THE TIME!
Our Democratic leaders are giving......again......the Republicans the exact ammuntion that they need to pound us with in 2010. Not that I call 'pork' what the Republicans do. BUT to the MILLIONS that wanted change and NEEDED help......PERCEPTION is the key. If it isn't going to help them KEEP THEIR HOME, or help THEM keep THEIR JOB....it is going to be seen as PORK....at least in THIS bill!!
Pelosi and Reid need to step up and realize that we CANNOT fix everything in ONE BILL!
Pick your fights, Congressional Dems......pick them carefully and you shall be successful! Pick them poorly...like this....and you shall be looking for jobs before long and you will dooming President Obama's presidency to a single term.
DON'T GET GREEDY!! GET TO WORK FOR AMERICA!!!
That IS why you were put there, you know.
As a proud Democrat who has supported Bill and Hillary Clinton in every aspect of their national political careers, I believe that the possibility for a Senator Caroline Kennedy from the State of New York is a WONDERFUL idea!
Yes, I know that she and her Uncle Ted helped President-elect Barack Obama in his bid for our party's nomination back in the summer, and did so to the detriment of Hillary. But, to me, one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
And I don't care if some want to believe that she would be treated as a 'legacy' because of her family tree. To me what that 'family tree' means is that she has, like her late brother, the genetic combination of having the political brains one of the greatest presidents in history and the compassion and intelligence along with the hardball nature of the most glamorous and accomplished First Ladies we have ever had.
Even though I am what I am when it comes to the Clintons, I am also a child of the American Camelot and believe in the sincerity and concern for the downtrodden that both John Kennedy and his brother Robert lost their lives attempting to use to change the nature of American history. They gave the ultimate sacrifice for what they believed, and what they bestowed within the lives and outlooks of so many young American including not just myself, but also Bill and Hillary Clinton. And I believe that a Senator Caroline Kennedy, in helping President-elect Obama, is the perfect choice to help put this country back on the road that her family has sacrificed so much in showing us the direction.
Bill and Hillary, along with other New York Democrats, should be endorsing this appointment.
With Obama in the Oval Office, Hillary as our top diplomat, Bill as the greatest envoy for a sitting president in history, an increased majority in both Houses of Congress, and to be able to include into that new, larger majority the daughter of Jack and Jackie Kennedy with her passion for what is right and her political genetics that have grown over the years....is the best possible combination for this country to begin repairing the nearly irrepairable damage done over the last 8 years by George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
But then again...maybe it's just me.....
Yes, I know that she and her Uncle Ted helped President-elect Barack Obama in his bid for our party's nomination back in the summer, and did so to the detriment of Hillary. But, to me, one thing has absolutely nothing to do with the other.
And I don't care if some want to believe that she would be treated as a 'legacy' because of her family tree. To me what that 'family tree' means is that she has, like her late brother, the genetic combination of having the political brains one of the greatest presidents in history and the compassion and intelligence along with the hardball nature of the most glamorous and accomplished First Ladies we have ever had.
Even though I am what I am when it comes to the Clintons, I am also a child of the American Camelot and believe in the sincerity and concern for the downtrodden that both John Kennedy and his brother Robert lost their lives attempting to use to change the nature of American history. They gave the ultimate sacrifice for what they believed, and what they bestowed within the lives and outlooks of so many young American including not just myself, but also Bill and Hillary Clinton. And I believe that a Senator Caroline Kennedy, in helping President-elect Obama, is the perfect choice to help put this country back on the road that her family has sacrificed so much in showing us the direction.
Bill and Hillary, along with other New York Democrats, should be endorsing this appointment.
With Obama in the Oval Office, Hillary as our top diplomat, Bill as the greatest envoy for a sitting president in history, an increased majority in both Houses of Congress, and to be able to include into that new, larger majority the daughter of Jack and Jackie Kennedy with her passion for what is right and her political genetics that have grown over the years....is the best possible combination for this country to begin repairing the nearly irrepairable damage done over the last 8 years by George W. Bush and the Republican Party.
But then again...maybe it's just me.....
This old Texas Clinton Democrat is on top of the world right now!
The emotions that started on election night when I was listening to President-elect Barack Obama give his victory speech, has turned into nothing short of complete euphoria! I walk with a little more pep in my step. I smile more than I have in....well.....EIGHT YEARS. I even have learned to be a little more tolerant of Republicans....at least for the moment.
To realize that I am 'mature' enough to have been able to experience in my lifetime John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama winning the White House is a very satisfying feeling.
And even though the original meaning of it really had nothing to do with race......to have been born and raised in a community that used to have a 'Welcome' sign at the train station that said "Welcome to Greenville, The Blackest Land and the Whitest People", this is such an exciting, important and historic moment. Not to mention being old enough to have experienced separate water fountains, restrooms, and entrances to doctor's offices (assuming that the white doctor even treated blacks).
I have never been prouder of my country or my party!!! We made history! Not simply because we finally elected an African-American president. But more because Barack Obama IS what this country and the entire world, for that matter, need at this time in history.
With the mess that George W. Bush has left every aspect of life here and around the world in, the need for the most powerful leadership position in the history of the planet to be filled by an inclusive, intelligent, compassionate and focused individual is more imperative than it has ever been or most likely will be in the forseeable future.
The American people, by way of the Democratic Party, have delivered the right man at the right time.
God Bless America!
The emotions that started on election night when I was listening to President-elect Barack Obama give his victory speech, has turned into nothing short of complete euphoria! I walk with a little more pep in my step. I smile more than I have in....well.....EIGHT YEARS. I even have learned to be a little more tolerant of Republicans....at least for the moment.
To realize that I am 'mature' enough to have been able to experience in my lifetime John F. Kennedy, Bill Clinton and now Barack Obama winning the White House is a very satisfying feeling.
And even though the original meaning of it really had nothing to do with race......to have been born and raised in a community that used to have a 'Welcome' sign at the train station that said "Welcome to Greenville, The Blackest Land and the Whitest People", this is such an exciting, important and historic moment. Not to mention being old enough to have experienced separate water fountains, restrooms, and entrances to doctor's offices (assuming that the white doctor even treated blacks).
I have never been prouder of my country or my party!!! We made history! Not simply because we finally elected an African-American president. But more because Barack Obama IS what this country and the entire world, for that matter, need at this time in history.
With the mess that George W. Bush has left every aspect of life here and around the world in, the need for the most powerful leadership position in the history of the planet to be filled by an inclusive, intelligent, compassionate and focused individual is more imperative than it has ever been or most likely will be in the forseeable future.
The American people, by way of the Democratic Party, have delivered the right man at the right time.
God Bless America!
Dear John & Sarah and the GOP,
Repeat after me...
I will never again Mock Community Organizers...
I will never again try to scare people into voting for me...
OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12!!!
Repeat after me...
I will never again Mock Community Organizers...
I will never again try to scare people into voting for me...
OBAMA/BIDEN 08-12!!!
Not too long ago, for the first time I stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and looked out over the reflecting pool, thinking of what Dr. Martin Luther King must have been thinking as he told hundreds of thousands of Americans about his 'dream' for our country. I stood there completely engrossed in my thoughts, as I remembered listening to him and how inspiring he was. And there was never more of a 'son-of-the-Confereracy' than me. I am very proud of my ancestors sacrifices not only during The Civil War, but also during The American Revolution and The Texas Revolution.
But I have never been MORE proud than I am tonight. A little more than 140 years after the end of the Civil War, I watched an African-American become the 44th President of The United States of America. When I was growing up in the 1960's, nothing of this sort was even dared to be dreamed of.
But truly, it has been proven tonight that ANYONE REALLY CAN BECOME PRESIDENT. The election of Barack Obama to the presidency is not only an achievement for the African-American youth of this country....but for ALL of America's youth!
I was so wishing that Daddy had lived to see this. I have been sad when he wasn't around to see the Berlin Wall felled and the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union. But THIS? The man who made me into the Democrat AND the American that I am, would have loved to have seen this moment. But I also believe that he, Dr. King, LBJ, JFK and RFK, along with so many that have gone before, are looking down and smiling right now.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
And GOD BLESS BARACK OBAMA, 44th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!
But I have never been MORE proud than I am tonight. A little more than 140 years after the end of the Civil War, I watched an African-American become the 44th President of The United States of America. When I was growing up in the 1960's, nothing of this sort was even dared to be dreamed of.
But truly, it has been proven tonight that ANYONE REALLY CAN BECOME PRESIDENT. The election of Barack Obama to the presidency is not only an achievement for the African-American youth of this country....but for ALL of America's youth!
I was so wishing that Daddy had lived to see this. I have been sad when he wasn't around to see the Berlin Wall felled and the end of the Cold War and the Soviet Union. But THIS? The man who made me into the Democrat AND the American that I am, would have loved to have seen this moment. But I also believe that he, Dr. King, LBJ, JFK and RFK, along with so many that have gone before, are looking down and smiling right now.
GOD BLESS AMERICA!!!
And GOD BLESS BARACK OBAMA, 44th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!!!
As I was watching President Clinton campaigning in Florida for Barack Obama, I was seriously awe struck.
Two of the greatest political minds and two of the greatest political orators in a generation...speaking intelligently about, not only the plight of America, but also in the future of our country and the world. And what it would take to pull America back up within the world community as THE leader for democracy and freedom. The shining beacon of hope for the downtrodden within not only our society, but worldwide.
And then I got to thinking about the last eight years. A president of shallow character, even shallower thinking and with absolutely no ability to see the American people as the backbone of everything that makes The United States of America great! A 'leader' who never lead....only followed. A president who put us in the international 'backseat' of concern for others. A commander-in-chief who became the biggest terrorist, torturer and mass murderer since the fall of 'Iron Curtain' in Europe. A man who indiscremently ordered the killing of thousands of innocent Iraqis under the guise of 'freeing' them.
After which I realized just how great this country is, and how resilient The Founding Fathers so aptly created this experiment, that we could come thru such horrible times as "The W Years", and still be able to find public servants like Barack Obama that has the brains and compassion and GUTS to take on such a mess, and to do it with such calming and precise reasoning and thinking.
God Bless America..............
Two of the greatest political minds and two of the greatest political orators in a generation...speaking intelligently about, not only the plight of America, but also in the future of our country and the world. And what it would take to pull America back up within the world community as THE leader for democracy and freedom. The shining beacon of hope for the downtrodden within not only our society, but worldwide.
And then I got to thinking about the last eight years. A president of shallow character, even shallower thinking and with absolutely no ability to see the American people as the backbone of everything that makes The United States of America great! A 'leader' who never lead....only followed. A president who put us in the international 'backseat' of concern for others. A commander-in-chief who became the biggest terrorist, torturer and mass murderer since the fall of 'Iron Curtain' in Europe. A man who indiscremently ordered the killing of thousands of innocent Iraqis under the guise of 'freeing' them.
After which I realized just how great this country is, and how resilient The Founding Fathers so aptly created this experiment, that we could come thru such horrible times as "The W Years", and still be able to find public servants like Barack Obama that has the brains and compassion and GUTS to take on such a mess, and to do it with such calming and precise reasoning and thinking.
God Bless America..............
I believe that the ultimate showing of how much the country's mood has changed, would be to place within the concerts at Barack's inaugural......The Dixie Chicks!
But, that's just me...........
But, that's just me...........
It would seem to me that the Bush Administration would want to actually do something RIGHT before they actually are FINALLY put out to pasture. But here we go again...give big money MORE big money while at the same time, members of their own party are calling the American people...."whiners"!
If this bailout really is the only way out of this mess, I just believe that a couple of ground rules should be required. Starting with the help that the Democrats are trying to get for the actual homeowners. But I also think that some kind of repayment should be required from the CEO's and the boards of directors at these institutions that caused and profited from this mess.
First, the government should move, maybe under the RICO laws (I obviously am not a lawyer, but I have seen Law & Order), to take possession of all assets built up by these people during the time in question.....meaning the last 6 years or so.
Second, I believe that in addition to 'bailing them out', the government should move to take control of every one of these companies until, if ever, they reach the point of complete solvancy. And in doing so, fire the boards and all corporate officers.....the same ones they have just been required to make repayment by the claiming all of their assets.
This would probably bring most, if not everyone of them, into the midst of us in the MIDDLE CLASS!
And then maybe....just maybe.....they might see the evil of their ways, and start voting DEMOCRATIC when they realize that the only American political party that gives two hoots about them NOW....is the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!
If this bailout really is the only way out of this mess, I just believe that a couple of ground rules should be required. Starting with the help that the Democrats are trying to get for the actual homeowners. But I also think that some kind of repayment should be required from the CEO's and the boards of directors at these institutions that caused and profited from this mess.
First, the government should move, maybe under the RICO laws (I obviously am not a lawyer, but I have seen Law & Order), to take possession of all assets built up by these people during the time in question.....meaning the last 6 years or so.
Second, I believe that in addition to 'bailing them out', the government should move to take control of every one of these companies until, if ever, they reach the point of complete solvancy. And in doing so, fire the boards and all corporate officers.....the same ones they have just been required to make repayment by the claiming all of their assets.
This would probably bring most, if not everyone of them, into the midst of us in the MIDDLE CLASS!
And then maybe....just maybe.....they might see the evil of their ways, and start voting DEMOCRATIC when they realize that the only American political party that gives two hoots about them NOW....is the DEMOCRATIC PARTY!
I may be the only one who had not seen this site, but I found it interesting.
Finally, the media, the American people in general and most American women specifically have finally figured out what most of us have known all along......the 'bounce' for the other ticket went up....and is now on its way down.
Most Americans have known all along that John McCain is such a bad idea and not just because of the 'new' positions he discovered right after George W. Bush pulled an early version of 'swiftboating' of him in 2000. They also are showing some concerns about his age and health. And what is making them start to have concerns about these issues? His ignorant, political choice of Sarah Palin as his VP running-mate.
They looked pretty good together, but then they started to be seen apart. She is a speaker....and he isn't. And it just MAGNIFIES HIS WEAKNESS in this area. She is fairly young.....and he isn't. And it just MAGNIFIES HIS WEAKNESS in THIS area, also.
And THEN, they realize just how empty-headed Palin is.....and how frail John McCain may really get after he takes the most pressure-filled job in the history of the world.....and how if he DIDN'T survive his first term, the most powerful person in the world would all of a sudden be....RUNNER-UP TO MISS ALASKA 1982!!!
Plus, the more we hear from her, the more she sounds like her biggest experience in life WAS her years as a beauty contest participant.
But I feel the best about this. Barack Obama has decided to handle her properly.....IGNOR HER!! Sarah Palin is a major LIGHTWEIGHT!! Why raise her up to YOUR level by acknowledging ANYTHING that she has to say?
And what is the result of this shift in campaign actions and thinking?
A TURN AROUND IN THE POLLS!! Granted, I STILL believe that the polls are fatally flawed this time due to the large number of new, young Obama voters being ignored because they have cell phones and not land lines....AND because their 'models' are flawed because they can't take into account the extremely high numbers of new DEMOCRATIC voters this year.
I always felt the American public, in general anyway, was not going to continue to fall behind McCain/Bush/Cheney/Palin...and would wake up and 'pay attention to the men (and woman) behind the curtain.
But then again....what the hell do I know?????
Most Americans have known all along that John McCain is such a bad idea and not just because of the 'new' positions he discovered right after George W. Bush pulled an early version of 'swiftboating' of him in 2000. They also are showing some concerns about his age and health. And what is making them start to have concerns about these issues? His ignorant, political choice of Sarah Palin as his VP running-mate.
They looked pretty good together, but then they started to be seen apart. She is a speaker....and he isn't. And it just MAGNIFIES HIS WEAKNESS in this area. She is fairly young.....and he isn't. And it just MAGNIFIES HIS WEAKNESS in THIS area, also.
And THEN, they realize just how empty-headed Palin is.....and how frail John McCain may really get after he takes the most pressure-filled job in the history of the world.....and how if he DIDN'T survive his first term, the most powerful person in the world would all of a sudden be....RUNNER-UP TO MISS ALASKA 1982!!!
Plus, the more we hear from her, the more she sounds like her biggest experience in life WAS her years as a beauty contest participant.
But I feel the best about this. Barack Obama has decided to handle her properly.....IGNOR HER!! Sarah Palin is a major LIGHTWEIGHT!! Why raise her up to YOUR level by acknowledging ANYTHING that she has to say?
And what is the result of this shift in campaign actions and thinking?
A TURN AROUND IN THE POLLS!! Granted, I STILL believe that the polls are fatally flawed this time due to the large number of new, young Obama voters being ignored because they have cell phones and not land lines....AND because their 'models' are flawed because they can't take into account the extremely high numbers of new DEMOCRATIC voters this year.
I always felt the American public, in general anyway, was not going to continue to fall behind McCain/Bush/Cheney/Palin...and would wake up and 'pay attention to the men (and woman) behind the curtain.
But then again....what the hell do I know?????
There you go. Now, those who have never voted before, as well as those who shifted to the right as independents the last two presidential elections, and Democrats who haven't been going to the polls because they live in a 'red' state, "so what's the use?".....now you can see the kind of results you allow when you decide not to get involved, or you believe that a president that you'd "like to have a beer with" is the best way to choose your government officials. We have had 8 years of deception, incompetence, bowing to the oil companies and a pretense that The Constitution of the United States of America is just one of those pieces of paper that means absolutely nothing....even if you swore on a Bible to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States, so help me God".
Now we see the financial markets collapsing like most of us have never seen in our lives. And Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, is using the exact same words that Republican President Herbert Hoover used at the beginning of the Great Depression, "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." You want to talk about infamous last words?
We have watched the oil companies thrive with record profits, at the expense of the American consumer at all levels. Not just the gas pumps, but in food, produce, beef, school supplies, energy costs (such as electricity) and the overall cost of living. This while the real income of American families has dropped significantly since the beginning of the Republican takeover of the government back in 2001. And what has our Republican Congressman Ralph Hall been doing about it. Throwing rose pedals at the feet of big oil with quotes like, "I can't understand the pure venom felt against the oil and gas industry". This after voting against bills that allowed tax-credits for solar energy and a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for electricity production. And he was one of only 26 Republicans to vote against them. He also told the Dallas Morning News that he had to run against to protect the causes of the "fossil fuel industry?. Also, our Texas Republican Senators have been doing their part to prop up all of George W. Bush's special interests.
The Treasury Department reported earlier this month that the first 11 months of this budget year, that the defict was $483.4 billion, which was an increase of 76.2% over the same period a year ago. And remember, the Iraq War is 'off-budget', meaning it isn't even included in the deficit. And the Congressional Budget Office says, that depending on troop levels and the length of time we stay there, the overall cost, and remember it's 'off-budget', will be $1 trillion to $2 trillion in the long run. And with Republican accounting, this hocus pocus is supposed to just be invisible to the American public, in hopes that if you don't understand the truth, you won't bother to throw the bums out of office, as they so richly deserve.
And where do the 'hawkish' neo-con Republicans get all of this money? Communist China!!! Yep...Red China. The very people that the Republican Party wanted to make sure that we knew were so scary, that their hero Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy went on a witch hunt, in the 1950's to find them in the U.S.! And because the communists have the money we need, because we can't afford a war that we actually started, while ignoring the Afghanistan War which was supposed to be the way to completely irradicate The Taliban, Osama bin Laden and his band of merry men who actually attacked us on 9/11.
So, independents and past non-voters and anyone else who continued to trust the Republican government who made the Congress nearly irrelevant while attempting to scare the public into submission (a tactic that worked to the detriment of a country in Europe in the 1930's and 40's), if you really think that this is what America is supposed to be about, continue just as they hope you do.
Otherwise, why not join The Hunt County Democratic Party, as well as the Texas Democratic Party, and work on cleaning house of these self-absorbed, in the pocket of Big Oil, surrogates for Saudi Arabia and the other OPEC countries, who have proven over and over that they believe they can do anything they want, because the American people are too busy to really pay any attention.
Too busy, maybe, until recently.
I guess that the reason that I have always been a Democrat is that I have never made enough money to be able to afford to vote Republican. Plus, I don't even drink, so having a beer with George W. Bush never appealed to me.........
Check out www.democrats.org, or www.barackobama.com or www.txdemocrats.org and read our answers to the issues. Check out the voting records of our candidates, and see if they don't relate to your life situation, than the alternatives.
But more than anything, I want to urge everyone to get involved. Democrat, Republican, Independent, it doesn't matter. American's need to be involved and quit letting such small groups of people choose what your life is going to be like over the next 4 years. At the very least....vote!! A democracy only works correctly when the citizenry demands it work. And that starts at the voting booth. If more get involved, the government becomes more representative of those that are being represented. Otherwise, a very small minority controls the lives of the majority......and that is exactly what that small minority is always betting on.
Sincerely,
Cato Meador
Now we see the financial markets collapsing like most of us have never seen in our lives. And Republican Presidential nominee John McCain, is using the exact same words that Republican President Herbert Hoover used at the beginning of the Great Depression, "the fundamentals of the economy are strong." You want to talk about infamous last words?
We have watched the oil companies thrive with record profits, at the expense of the American consumer at all levels. Not just the gas pumps, but in food, produce, beef, school supplies, energy costs (such as electricity) and the overall cost of living. This while the real income of American families has dropped significantly since the beginning of the Republican takeover of the government back in 2001. And what has our Republican Congressman Ralph Hall been doing about it. Throwing rose pedals at the feet of big oil with quotes like, "I can't understand the pure venom felt against the oil and gas industry". This after voting against bills that allowed tax-credits for solar energy and a national renewable portfolio standard (RPS) for electricity production. And he was one of only 26 Republicans to vote against them. He also told the Dallas Morning News that he had to run against to protect the causes of the "fossil fuel industry?. Also, our Texas Republican Senators have been doing their part to prop up all of George W. Bush's special interests.
The Treasury Department reported earlier this month that the first 11 months of this budget year, that the defict was $483.4 billion, which was an increase of 76.2% over the same period a year ago. And remember, the Iraq War is 'off-budget', meaning it isn't even included in the deficit. And the Congressional Budget Office says, that depending on troop levels and the length of time we stay there, the overall cost, and remember it's 'off-budget', will be $1 trillion to $2 trillion in the long run. And with Republican accounting, this hocus pocus is supposed to just be invisible to the American public, in hopes that if you don't understand the truth, you won't bother to throw the bums out of office, as they so richly deserve.
And where do the 'hawkish' neo-con Republicans get all of this money? Communist China!!! Yep...Red China. The very people that the Republican Party wanted to make sure that we knew were so scary, that their hero Republican Senator Joseph McCarthy went on a witch hunt, in the 1950's to find them in the U.S.! And because the communists have the money we need, because we can't afford a war that we actually started, while ignoring the Afghanistan War which was supposed to be the way to completely irradicate The Taliban, Osama bin Laden and his band of merry men who actually attacked us on 9/11.
So, independents and past non-voters and anyone else who continued to trust the Republican government who made the Congress nearly irrelevant while attempting to scare the public into submission (a tactic that worked to the detriment of a country in Europe in the 1930's and 40's), if you really think that this is what America is supposed to be about, continue just as they hope you do.
Otherwise, why not join The Hunt County Democratic Party, as well as the Texas Democratic Party, and work on cleaning house of these self-absorbed, in the pocket of Big Oil, surrogates for Saudi Arabia and the other OPEC countries, who have proven over and over that they believe they can do anything they want, because the American people are too busy to really pay any attention.
Too busy, maybe, until recently.
I guess that the reason that I have always been a Democrat is that I have never made enough money to be able to afford to vote Republican. Plus, I don't even drink, so having a beer with George W. Bush never appealed to me.........
Check out www.democrats.org, or www.barackobama.com or www.txdemocrats.org and read our answers to the issues. Check out the voting records of our candidates, and see if they don't relate to your life situation, than the alternatives.
But more than anything, I want to urge everyone to get involved. Democrat, Republican, Independent, it doesn't matter. American's need to be involved and quit letting such small groups of people choose what your life is going to be like over the next 4 years. At the very least....vote!! A democracy only works correctly when the citizenry demands it work. And that starts at the voting booth. If more get involved, the government becomes more representative of those that are being represented. Otherwise, a very small minority controls the lives of the majority......and that is exactly what that small minority is always betting on.
Sincerely,
Cato Meador
Thanks for all of the prayers and messages of support for my family during and after Hurricane Ike. Friends on PB are always caring and concerned.....thanks.
Up here, we just got raked a little in North Texas......50 mi NE of Dallas.
My son escaped Corpus Christi.....which was missed.....and got to his in-laws in East Texas...only to have to deal with some flooding and power outages. He and his wife arrived safely back in Corpus early Sunday evening.
My big brother and his wife (from Galveston) and their two daughters and their families (from Port Arthur) seem to be stuck up here with my younger brother for an undetermined amount of time. His house, on Galveston Island, was checked by someone who stayed behind (and survived, obviously) and appears to be fine. Water got very close to his front door but not in. There is a chance, though, that some may have come in the back door, but no one thinks it will be too bad.
Not sure about my nieces places yet, and my friend in Houston made it through, about 40 mi north of the city, but still doesn't have power, and can't get back to her own house yet.
Thanks for caring, and now it's time to go kick some McCain/Palin BUTT!!!
Cato
Up here, we just got raked a little in North Texas......50 mi NE of Dallas.
My son escaped Corpus Christi.....which was missed.....and got to his in-laws in East Texas...only to have to deal with some flooding and power outages. He and his wife arrived safely back in Corpus early Sunday evening.
My big brother and his wife (from Galveston) and their two daughters and their families (from Port Arthur) seem to be stuck up here with my younger brother for an undetermined amount of time. His house, on Galveston Island, was checked by someone who stayed behind (and survived, obviously) and appears to be fine. Water got very close to his front door but not in. There is a chance, though, that some may have come in the back door, but no one thinks it will be too bad.
Not sure about my nieces places yet, and my friend in Houston made it through, about 40 mi north of the city, but still doesn't have power, and can't get back to her own house yet.
Thanks for caring, and now it's time to go kick some McCain/Palin BUTT!!!
Cato
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