OUTFOXED

End Fox News.

This interview with Jeremy Glick, whose father was killed in the 911 attack on the World Trade Center, is unreal.


Spread the word, boycott, etc.

kiitos

Editor's Notes

The markings on this transcript of Palin's resignation speech were made by the editors at Vanity Fair magazine. (The green ones are factual mistakes)

Clip of the Day

Mrs. Ingraham doesn't even call him President. She calls him "Mr. Obama".
And what is wrong with band teachers. Band teachers may be some of the most under appreciated and hardest working people in our society.



Gutfeld straight up calls him a dork president.
What's wrong with these people?
And what the hell is wrong with "dorks". If not for "dorks" this society would fall apart. Wouldn't be here in the first place. These are the people who learned to build bridges, develop medicinal cures for various diseases, purify water, raise livestock, FARM - and tons of other things that have turned out to be pretty good ideas.
How fuc%ing degrading.

"And follow me on twitter at..."
"The spin stops here, because we're always looking out for you," she says.

People don't actually watch this stuff anymore, right?
This amazes me.
And the only "cool" "dork" he can think of is Bill Gates.
Y'all remember Thomas Edison?
I wonder if Jesus Christ wore designer trousers...(robes?)...

Deeeeeeeeesgusting.

Quit Smoking Mexican Weed

If the US government would legalize, tax, and sell marijuana... that whole thing in Mexico would stop.

People are dying over this shit.

Ok, so nobody's ever died from using marijuana, yet people are being assassinated in Mexican cities because of a market that exists solely because the plant is illegal. It's less harmful than alcohol.



Peace anyone?



http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/107323/

If It's Broke, Fix It.

According to Newsweek in 1987:
"By one count there are some 700 scientists with respectable academic credentials (out of a total of 480,000 U.S. earth and life scientists) who give credence to creation-science..."

That would make the support for creation science among those branches of science who deal with the earth and its life forms to be about 0.14%; unfortunately, the American public generally believes quite differently.


In 1991, a gallup pole revealed some interesting facts about Americans' belief in Creationism.

In the pole, Americans were asked if they agreed with the Creationist view of evolution and the origin of man.

Creationist view: "God created man pretty much in his present form at one time within the last 10,000 years."

These are the proportions of different groups within the American public who believe the above statement to be true.

Everyone 47%
Scientists 5%
Men 39%
Women 53%
College graduates 25%
No high school diploma 65%
Income over $50k 29%
Income under $20k 59%
Caucasians 46%
African-Americans 53%

(source:http://www.religioustolerance.org/ev_publi.htm)


So 95% of scientists are going to burn in Hell with.... uh, what's his name... Bush, er, I mean, Satan? Sucks to be them.... and I thought they were actually good for something!

Clearly, education is key. This thing has got to be fixed. Some say the battle is trivial. "It'll just take some time", they say. I disagree.

It is of utmost importance - perhaps the only way to heal this nation is to get everyone up to speed as soon as possible. What lessons of tolerance and the value of knowledge!

I know revolutions take time. How long did it take the masses to "believe" in the heliocentric model of our solar system after Copernicus (in the 16th century) and Kepler (who saw the Comet of 1577 at age six and a lunar eclipse at age nine, which sparked his curiosity in the heavens) provided us with the evidence? Are there still those among us who believe the sun revolves around the earth?

Interestingly, Galileo, who propelled the geocentric model of the universe onto the main stage, is still on currency in Italy (of all places!).

How long will it take for us, as a people, to catch on to this revolution? I'm hoping for next Saturday.

The time is now. It is urgent at this point. Look at the walls we are putting up in America...around churches, around schools, around houses.... while walls are crumbling everywhere else. Isolation solves nothing (unless it's a thought experiment).

In a recent study, out of the 34 countries surveyed, only Turkey had a lower acceptance rate of evolution, when citizens were asked to respond with a straightforward answer to "Is evolution true?" I know the picture is difficult to see, but Blue is "True", Red is "False", and yellow is "Not sure". America is second from the bottom.

You can read more here:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060810-evolution.html

For more information or to make a worthy donation, go to http://ncseweb.org/

"One man with courage makes a majority. "

- Andrew Jackson

Cherokee Color Photography (2009)

Ok, That Makes Sense.

Sonia Sotomayor will make about $208,000 in 2010 for her work on The Supreme Court













Manny Ramirez will make the same amount of money in two days, regardless of whether he has a game or not.











Ryan Seacrest will make approximately $15,000,000 a year for three years for his challenging work as 'American Idol' puppet.

Legalize It

Man, this drug war... nation ruiner.












http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufekh_SwZd0&feature=fvw

Stephen Baldwin brings a "faith-based, conservative" perspective and Ron Paul speaks some truth. Oh, and Mr. Baldwin manages to get in a movie plug too.


DID YOU KNOW?
"George Washington and Thomas Jefferson both grew hemp. Ben Franklin owned a mill that made hemp paper. Jefferson drafted the Declaration of Independence on hemp paper."
http://www.naihc.org/hemp_information/hemp_facts.html





Dave Chapelle talks about smokin' weed.

















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q2zahZs8GVQ&NR=1





And then there's this...















http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DGIvLTf1l0

Famous/Infamous Quotes

"A man's interest in a single bluebird is worth more than a complete but dry list of the fauna and flora of a town. "




"All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning."







"All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. "

- Henry David Thoreau




"Do not think that love, in order to be genuine, has to be extraordinary. What we need is to love without getting tired. "


"Everytime you smile at someone, it is an action of love, a gift to that person, a beautiful thing."

- Mother Teresa

















"A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation."

- Donald Trump

"The mystery of the beginning of all things is insoluble by us; and I for one must be content to remain an agnostic."

- Charles Darwin

Blumpkins

ROYGBIV















You're lookin' at no less than 10 dollars.
And if you look really closely, you can see Oompa-Loompas walking amidst the cans.

Loom pa dee doo.

Guarantees

You aren't guaranteed a thing in this life.


















You weren't guaranteed your first breath, but it was given to you still.
You weren't guaranteed your sense of wonder.
Or your sense of joy.
You weren't guaranteed your lust for life, yet you nurture it still.
Or the judgement that you dare to control.
You weren't guaranteed a thing.
Not a single thing.

Enjoy this ride.
Embrace its fullness.
Live each day like its your last day.
For one day, it will be.
















Enjoy Lepidopterans; pick up a caterpiller and watch him walk.














Admire their camoflauge.





















Look for colors in unlikely places.









Everything is temporary, you know.
















guar⋅an⋅tee 
/ˌgærənˈti/ [gar-uhn-tee]

noun
1. a promise or assurance, esp. one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
2. something that assures a particular outcome or condition: Wealth is no guarantee of happiness.

Some of the Last of the North American Aboriginees

The Seri

The Seri Indians are known to have lived in the same area for at least five hundred years. Coronado's men met the Seri during their march to the mythical cities of Cibola in the 16th century, but their historians had little to say of the meeting. Father Eusebio Francisco Kino, the Jesuit explorer-missionary of the Southwest, also said little of his Seri contact in the 17th century.

In these early times Seri territory extended from Guaymas Bay to about seventy-five miles north of Tiburón Island, and inland almost to Hermosillo. There were about six known bands and the Seri population was estimated to be around 5,000. This seacoast area is a challenge to the hardiest of men. It is part of the Sonoran Desert that extends into Arizona where rainfall does not normally exceed two inches annually.

Because the Seri looked to the sea for their major sustenance, they made many of their camps on its shores. To hunt or obtain fresh water they traveled inland for great distances. Men covered this ground rapidly with huge ollas of water suspended from shoulder yokes. The Seri were swift runners. They had endurance and were capable of great surges of energy. Stories are told of their running down deer and other game, but this was an exercise in maneuvering and endurance rather than speed pitted against speed.

Following animals, hunting sea and bird life, and harvesting wild plant food meant a nomadic way of life that took them over their large territory. Seri existence was based on survival of the fittest. Only the hardy survived disease, hunger, and hardship. Only the expert survived the sea.
Seri were in contact with neighboring Indians and frequent conflicts sprang up between them. The only other notable contact they had with outsiders was in the late 17th century when Jesuit missionaries attempted to confine them to small areas around the missions in order to make good farmers and christians of them. This was not acceptable to most Seris. They had never been and to this day are not inclined to agriculture. But a few of them did give it a try. Those who attempted to leave the missions when differerences arose were pursued by Spanish military, returned, and punished. Whole families were arrested at various times and their women deported to Guatemala.

This injustice and the pursuits of the military began the history of Seri and Spanish conflicts. The Indians were forced to change camps often and flee. Consequently, much of their territory was abandoned altogether and they were forced to the water's edge. Their numbers decreased due to introduced foreign diseases, war, and starvation.

The tribe was composed of ferocious fighters and when engaged in hand battles with enemies they were quite vicious. If the situation was desperate enough they fought with tooth and nail. Exaggerated stories are told of their raking the flesh from a man's arm. These led to many erroneous accounts cannibalism. The tales survived and received much press coverage in the early days of this century when various people disappeared in Seri territory. No proof was ever obtained to substantiate the rumors of cannibalism. But sensational stories die hard and no doubt these stories will enjoy many resurrections.

By the 1930s the Seri population had decreased to three hundred. Most of these survivors concentrated on Tiburón Island in the Gulf of California. That part of the Gulf that that separates Tiburón from the mainland and which is called El Infiernillo (Little Hell) Strait, is recognized as some of the most dangerous in the world. It is full of changing currents, eddies, and whirlpools, not to mention sharks and manta rays. The only water transport the Seri had was the balsa, similar to the reed boat used at Lake Titicaca on the Peru-Bolivia boundary in South America. These boats would be considered of doubtful seaworthiness by today's sportsmen, but they were expertly maneuvered by the Seri.

In the 1930s some Seri began to work with non-lndians at Kino Bay in a successful fishing cooperative. After World War II, the enterprise became less stable because of fluctuating markets, but survived to become the major economy. Gradually more and more Seri moved back to the mainland, and by the 1960s the island was virtually abandoned for much of the time.

In 1965 the Mexican government established a game preserve on Tiburón Island and the Seri are no longer permitted to hunt there. Most of the tribe is now concentrated in a few camps north of Kino Bay. The largest of these is Desemboque. The Seri population has increased steadily, and now there is some intermarriage with non-Seri.

Today, Seri do their fishing from wooden boats equipped with outboard motors. Their catches are preserved with ice brought in by wholesale handlers who sell the fish in Mexican and United States markets.

The Seris had a school at Kino Bay in the 1920s and one at Desemboque for a few years in the 1940s. The present Mexican rural school at Desemboque was established in 1952.
Most Seri speak a working Spanish in addition to their native Hokan tongue. Their use of Spanish goes back to the early years of the Jesuit missions, around 1680.

- Bernice Johnston

http://www.uapress.arizona.edu/onlinebks/seris/history.htm

Homeland, I love you

Remember Ira?

Ira Hayes brought pride to the American-Indian culture. Although he was an ordinary soldier, Ira became a national figure through his actions at war (the white man's war). Ira was a courageous man born in Sacaton, Arizona into a poor family. He was the oldest of six and was "nobody" before the war. Once he heard about the war he wanted to fight. He enlisted and went to Iwo Jima. He fought for his country (who's country?) and raised the second flag to signal the control of Mount Suribachi. When he came back he became a severe alcoholic and died in a car accident... although most people (including Bob Dylan, apparently) think Ira died in a canal.

We're all immigrants (most of us anyways).