(Note from WoF: I originally posted this on my Modblog page Nov 2004. I took excerpts from the page linked in the title and added my own words and thoughts. I thought I had lost this, but, thanks to Chandra Moon leading me to Internet Archive I was able to retrieve it. I posted this again last year at efx2, but now I have decided to post it every Thanksgiving ... so people will remember ...)
While I was growing up, I was taught in school that Thanksgiving Day was started because a group of Pilgrims and Indians got together for a peaceful feast of thanksgiving.
Not so...
In June 1637 John Underhill, along with English, Dutch and Narranganset Indian mercenaries, and with the blessing of Governor John Endicott of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, slaughtered 700 Pequot Indian men, women and children in their village during one of their religious ceremonies, the annual Green Corn Dance...thanking the Great Spirit for such a bountiful crop.
These Native Americans were ordered by the mercenaries from the main lodge where the celebration was taking place and were shot down as they came out. Those that remained inside were burned alive! The very next day the governor declared it a Thanksgiving Day in honor of the bloodbath, thanking God for their victory.
There were no pilgrims of puritans at the Jamestown Colony. However, they did join with Native Americans lead by Powhaton from time to time as thanks for helping the settlers through the winter. The present Thanksgiving may therefore be a mixture of the tradition of the Jamestown dinner and the commemoration of the Pequot massacre.
Now...I'm not opposed to a special day for a festive gathering of families and neighbors...no matter who they are or where they came from. In fact, I look forward to it.
What I am opposed to are the continuous acts of twisting the true history of this land and teaching it to our children...from grade school to college.
My Cherokee ancestors welcomed the earlier settlers and traders with open arms and didn't mind sharing their land with them...even adopting some of the European ways. Eventually, however, they were systematically moved from their lands until the late 1830's, when they were forcibly removed permanantly by way of what is now called "The Trail of Tears" to the Oklahoma Territory.
But...that is another story I will relate to at another time.
I found this on one of my My Space bulletins From Truth's Noir Depths ... who got it from Graywolf ... Please understand why I ask ... when will MAN learn ... as our population grows ... we encroach onto the natural home of our Creator's creatures ... think about it ... A Mother protecting her young ... wouldn't you?
WELL, BELOW YOU WILL READ ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF HOW MAN DOES NOT LEARN FROM HIS MISTAKES! WE MOVE INTO WILDERNESS AREAS TO BE CLOSE TO NATURE AND WHEN NATURE STRIKES OUT AT THE INTRUSION, IT IS NATURE THAT SUFFERS! WE CAN ONLY PUSH OUR WILDLIFE, WHAT IS LEFT, SO FAR AND THEN THESE THINGS WILL EVENTUALLY OCCUR---SO NOW WE HAVE THIS GUY, TRYING TO PET A MOUNTAIN LION CUB, AND HE GETS SCRATCHED! WELL HE IS LUCKY TO BE ALIVE, IF THE MOUNTAIN LION WHICH WAS ONLY PROTECTING HER CUB WANTED TO, SHE COULD HAVE KILLED HIM! PEOPLE, WAKE UP, WE HAVE DONE ENOUGH HARM TO OUR FOUR LEGGED AND WINGED BROTHERS AND SISTERS---DO WE NOW KILL AN INNOCENT CREATURE FOR DEFENDING IT'S CUBS? iIF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SAVE THESE ANIMALS THEN TAKE THE TIME TO VOICE YOUR OPINION DIRECTLY--- MAKE YOUR CALL TO (916) 653-5040 AND TELL THEM TO SPARE THE LIVES OF THIS INNOCENT CREATURES!
Mountain lion attacks Orange County hiker
The big cat lunged at and scratched the Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park hiker after he tried to pet one of her cubs, officials said. The park has been closed while the search for the cougars continues.
By Mike Anton, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
11:40 AM PDT, August 6, 2008
A mountain lion attacked a hiker in Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park early today after he went to pet one of the cougar's three cubs, Orange County authorities said.
The Foothills Ranch area man, whose identity was not immediately available, was taken to a hospital and treated for scratches on his arm, said Orange County Sheriff's Department spokesman Jim Amormino.
Victim in O.C. cougar attack refuses... Out of the mouth of a lion"What he did is not an advisable thing to do," Amormino said. "He can consider himself an extremely lucky man.
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Signs throughout the park warn that mountain lions live in the foothill wilderness. In 2004, a mountain biker was killed and another severely injured by a cougar in Whiting Ranch. The death of Mark Reynolds, 35, of Foothill Ranch, was the first in Orange County history and the only one statewide since 1994.
Today's attack happened about 8:30 a.m. a mile up the Borrego Trail. The hiker told authorities he came across a female lion and three cubs that he estimated were about 8 weeks old.
"He said they seemed so cute and cuddly and passive," Amormino said.
When he went to pet one of the cubs, the mother lunged at him -- and then ran off.
Sheriff's deputies, park rangers, and state Fish and Game officials are searching for the cougars on foot and by air. The park has been closed for the search.
While mountain lions that have contact with humans "are generally put down," Amormino said he has contacted a San Diego wildlife sanctuary that has agreed to take the lion and her cubs if they can be tranquilized and caught.
He's a very talented person ...
(I wonder if he still has his short film made in the 90's with still photos and plastic toys)
As well as writing and playing music ...
He also has a political side that would make Eclecta Dude cheer and Rubicon gasp
Oh yeah ...
and he witnessed Treva giving a live "BIRD" To "Dubya" as his bus passed by as he waved while checking out "Hurricane Ivan's" distruction ...
You know ...
The "Photo Ops"?
Go by and say hi ...
Maybe we can get him to ...
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Relate the tale ...
I know that some don't really like the color of RED being used with a black background ... BUT ...the color red has many meanings.
The color of our blood is RED
They call the Native American REDMAN
The NA "Walks the RED Path"
Then there are the more sinister meanings of the color RED ...
Fire is RED hot
Anger is "Seeing RED"
A massacre is a "Flowing RED River of Blood"
It is because of the "Sign of the Times" ... not only in my own country ... but worldwide ... that I bring forth this category. I may change the font color later ... or just change the background.
In the meantime ... if you can't read it ... just highlight it all and read it that way. Either way ... I think my anger is rising.
Google has proved to be much more than a search engine. For those who want to delve further into it will find that G-mail is not the only "extra" it has.
Google Earth gives you a satellite view of the earth ... but you can zoom in and find your own house! There are some places where you can get closer than others and it's not in real time, so you have to excuse a few years ... but it's close enough.
Oh ... did I tell you that it's in 3D color?
While you are there, check out the "Google Pack" and see all the different things you can use there ... one of them being the "Google Desktop" ... where you can add gadgets ... like ...
NASA TV
You knew I would eventually get around to this right?
I have been watching this since the Endeavor blasted off (nothing like watching it live!) and being in on the conversations between Houston (and other stations around the world) and the Endeavor ... and the International Space Station, plus watching them go through all their maneuvers (especially them using the new robotic arm to do a close and complete inspection of the outer surface of the shuttle to make sure there is no damage) and going back and forth between the shuttle and the space station (internal views).
I've always wanted to go into space ... this is probably as close as I'm going to get ... but, at least I have lived long enough to see this much. It was the day before my 19th birthday when we landed on the moon. I hope I live long enough to see us going back there ... this time with and International Crew ... just like we now have in the Space Station and on the various International Shuttles.(we Americans are not the only ones sending ships and equipment to the station).
That's the real beauty of this ... International co-operation and teamwork for a common cause. Scientists, Engineers, Technicians, Pilots, etc ... finally building and expanding the Station Station.
BTW ... We sure have a lot of clouds around the world right now ...
Alrighty then ... here in the US of A, there is a war going on ... a political war ... and this is just the beginning.
The question I'm going to pose before you will cross both parties and is something that can be talked about world-wide ... so everyone can join in ... ok?
Should a voter's political choice include the Race, Gender, Religion or Appearance of the Candidates?
