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Great piece. An aquaintance

epppie — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 19:44:35 -0600

Great piece. An aquaintance of mine who lives on the Rez and is married to a Navajo (Dineh) woman would vouch for the truth of every word. In fact, I think Big Mountain is one of the four Navajo Sacred Mountains. And while there was some conflict between Navajo and Hopi over the land, there was nothing that required intervention. It was very low level conflict. Like neighbors arguing over who cuts thier grass too often or not often enough! The intervention was blatantly to free up land for mining.

Also, I don't think the taking of herds was just in the Big Mountain area. They did it as a form of economic harrassment all over the Navjo (Dineh) reservation, I believe.

The Dineh were given the worst land for their reservation. Lo and behold, they made it yeild seemingly impossible results. That didn't go well with the unspoken policy of repression.

I think it's such a good

epppie — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:18:24 -0600

I think it's such a good idea for the poor and otherwise marginalized (black, indian, hispanic, etc.) to keep going to the Democratic Party, so they can get nice pats on the back and then get to observe the lovely detailing on the doors to power shut in their faces.

I have finally made it back

irishman — Mon, 28 Jul 2008 11:06:44 -0600

I have finally made it back around here...a fill-up costing as much as a house payment...that is a REAL possibility! and thats scary!
Some house payments are as low as $250 a month....could you imagine!?! I recently drove to a family reunion and spent $350 in gas to drive from western Missouri to Peru, In and back..yes, it was a V8 but that was cheaper than going out and buying a smaller engine car just for the trip! LOL. I, like many, am looking around for a smaller car or a hybrid...forget my custonized massive gas guzzling 1969 Olds Cutlass convertable..it is permenantly parked in the garage...bummer. i spent almost 9K restoring it!

More about badgers... from

Jacob Freeze — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 22:29:11 -0600

More about badgers... from Hunter S. Thompson's obituary for Richard Nixon:

He had the fighting instincts of a badger trapped by hounds. The badger will roll over on its back and emit a smell of death, which confuses the dogs and lures them in for the traditional ripping and tearing action. But it is usually the badger who does the ripping and tearing. It is a beast that fights best on its back: rolling under the throat of the enemy and seizing it by the head with all four claws.

That was Nixon's style -- and if you forgot, he would kill you as a lesson to the others. Badgers don't fight fair, bubba. That's why God made dachshunds.

Why dachshunds?

The dachshund is a short-legged, elongated dog breed of the hound family. The breed's name is German and literally means "badger dog," from (der) Dachs, badger, and (der) Hund, dog. The standard size was developed to scent, chase, and flush badgers and other burrow-dwelling animals.

Why would a dog want to get

Jacob Freeze — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 04:33:39 -0600

Why would a dog want to get in a box with a badger? Those things are mean!

This game sounds more like a "honey trap," and maybe the association with badgers was based on confusion about "honey badgers."

If you assume that a "honey badger" is a cute little confection made of honey, then the whole thing makes sense, but honey badgers get their name from ripping apart bee-hives and more or less anything else they encounter:

The honey badger is among the fiercest hunters in its range, with prey including earthworms, termites, scorpions, porcupines, hares, and even larger prey such as tortoises, crocodiles up to one metre in size, and snakes (including pythons and venomous species). Its ferocious reputation extends to attacks on animals much larger than itself.

a honey badger

Would you get into a box with an animal that eats porcupines?

Your headline had me worried

xofferson — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 10:51:28 -0600

Your headline had me worried for a minute. I live in Wisconsin, where we call ourselves (as well at the university athletic teams) Badgers.

We actually make quite nice bedfellows.

Interesting piece.

I don't know if you noticed

kerry — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:51:10 -0600

I don't know if you noticed but iconoclast posted this a little over a year ago and gas was around 2.00 a gallon. In just over a year it has doubled in some areas and yet there is still no outcry from the public. It is astonishing that people aren't rioting over this. You are right about diesel. I think this may drive a lot of independent truckers out of business. Can you imagine one fill up equal to a house payment?

You may not find much under

irishman — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 13:39:33 -0600

You may not find much under "Gas" since most people just limit the amount they now put INTO their gas tanks. BUT, if you search under DIESEL crisis, you may get a ittle better results. I run a website that is keeping track of all the "Diesel" related stories (for truck drivers mainly) That includes news about convoy's, meetings, future "shut downs" anything at ALL that I can post to form a more perfect OUTCRY!...as with Gasoline though, there is only a fration of people standing up to speak out about the EXTREME high cost of diesel. My name is Irishman, I see what happens to all the Poor people that have to spend SOOOO much money on Diesel fuel, that they can no longer make a pay check....I'm getting ready to hit the road again, stop in and see me on www.drivers4drivers.com Whether it's gas or fuel...it's ALL too expensive...a car can cost $100 to fill now..and a "Big Truck" can cost $1,200.00 to fill up..
I hope more people decide to stand up and speak out..I really do...

just by coincidence, i

fake consultant — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:33:59 -0600

just by coincidence, i discovered today i'll be meeting with the governor's health care policy advisor on or about may 14th to discuss this very issue...so thanks for the pressure, and there's lots more for part three...and now a part four as well.

This is some serious

Jacob Freeze — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:27:45 -0600

This is some serious jounalism, which is freakishly weird on the blogs since everything turned into a food fight between the kindergarten armies of two Democratic contenders whom I will not name.

I'm sending my note to the governor, for which purpose I am now "a likely voter from Tacoma."

you are too kind...and it's

fake consultant — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:44:42 -0600

you are too kind...and it's much appreciated.

thanks for the info...and

fake consultant — Fri, 11 Apr 2008 15:33:47 -0600

thanks for the info...and i'll use some of this in part two...where we discuss the facility's response...which should drop this weekend.

and if you get a chance, send our governor a note--let her feel some pressure as well.

Hey faker, check these

alexwierbinski — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 04:56:46 -0600

Hey faker, check these out,

SF Chronicle, June 25, 2007; High staph infection rates in hospitals stun public health officials: Human Overpopulation breeding Legions of Superbugs

LAT, October 17, 2007; Study warns of spreading 'superbug'

Drug-Resistant Bacteria Found in Wild Arctic Birds

Deadly new form of MRSA emerges

I've probably more mrsa links, but it's almost 4am!

I would never miss an

Jacob Freeze — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 16:15:43 -0600

I would never miss an episode!

sadly, your friendly fake

fake consultant — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:02:45 -0600

sadly, your friendly fake consultant has a face that was "made for radio", suggesting that such a news show will either be quite popular...or only watched by ian drury.