Saturday, July 19, 2003

RHINO'S WEEKEND BLOG QUOTE OF THE WEEKEND "Art at its most significant is a distant early warning system that can always be relied on to tell the old culture what is beginning to happen." - - Marshall Mcluhan THIS WEEKEND IN HISTORY JULY 19th, 1881 -- Surrender of Hunkpapa Sioux Chief, Sitting Bull & 186 followers, crossing the Canadian border back into the US. The Army broke its amnesty promise & threw him in jail. JULY 20th, 1874 -- George Custer leads first expedition into the Black Hills looking for gold with 110 wagons & 1,000 men. This was in direct violation of the Ft. Laramie Treaty of 1868 that barred whites from the sacred Paha Sapa, the Black Hills. WEB SITE OF THE WEEK: Cost Of The War In Iraq http://www.costofwar.com RHINO HERE: It's been a tough week for the Rhino. I've lost two friends; one to cancer, & one in the accident in Santa Monica in which an elderly man crashed into a crowded farmers' market. My friend Michael Douglas was in his early 50's, living a great life on the North coast of the northernmost Hawaiian island. He exercised, ate right, breathed clean Pacific Ocean air, laughed, played music, read Rhino's Blog & appreciated dharma combat.. In every way I could think of, Michael was living the healthiest of lifestyles. Yet, he was struck by a brain tumor & passed away in a matter of weeks. His wife, Kima & all his friends will miss him dearly. Michael was an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota. My friend, Lynne Weaver was a proud Mom, loving wife, beloved daughter & cherished friend of countless people in a variety of circles in both the entertainment, & the American Indian communities of Southern California. She was one of 8 people who lost their lives in the framers market accident. Lynne was active in women's organizations including Women In Film & Women Of Los Angeles. She also contributed time & energy to Native American causes. A regular reader since the inception of Rhino's Blog, Lynne was of Cherokee descent. She'll be sorely missed by her family & friends. Seems we never know what's next. Hug the loved ones. Every day is a gift. That's why they call it the present. Celia Cruz; The Queen of Salsa Passes Too Also passing away this week was undisputed Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz. The Cuban born salsa star, studied voice & music theory at the Conservatory of Music in Havana, beginning her career on radio & television in the Caribbean. In 1960, she left Cuba, & began recording with Tito Puente's band in New York City. She recorded over 70 albums, toured throughout the Caribbean, North America & Europe, & was featured in films including "Mambo Kings" & "The Perez Family". In 1997, she received the National Museum of American History Lifetime Achievement Award for Excellence in Music. Celia's Bio http://www.lasmujeres.com/celiacruz/bio.shtml Info on The Celia Cruz Foundation: http://www.celiacruzonline.com Here's one on the separation of church & state, a concept Pat Robertson can't get his aura around. He's rallying his followers to pray away several of the US Supreme Court Justices who voted in favor of the recent 6-3 vote decriminalizing sodomy. Robertson says they're asking for the Lord to convince the Justices to resign, cause the good reverend would never pray for a Justice to die, in order to have a more right wing court,, would he? Or would any of his followers? Cause that wouldn't be prayer, right? That would be witching. Broadcaster Pat Robertson calls for retirement of justices (AP), Monday, July 14, 2003 Religious broadcaster Pat Robertson urged his nationwide audience Monday to pray for God to remove three justices from the Supreme Court so they could be replaced by conservatives... READ IT AT: http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2003/07/14/national2334EDT0738.DTL RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE comes from the ever tart& humorous Texan (no,not shrub) Jim Hightower,reporting on "The Big Dance", a made for cable movie on the heroics of George Walker Bush the day of the WTO tragedy.  That's a true story. Karl Rove teamed up with a right-wing Hollywood producer named Lionel Chetwynd to tell shrub's 9/11/ tale.  Also, here's a link to Hightower's Blog. Jim Hightower's Blog http://hightower.fmp.com/weblog.php 7:06:16 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - The Made-For-Television President THE MADE-FOR-TELEVISION PRESIDENT by Jim Hightower, JimHightower.com, 6/20/2003 Let's go to Tinseltown where one of Hollywood's fantasy-makers has been hard at work on a thrilling new action flick - an explosive, two-hour, made-for-television movie coming to you this fall via the "Showtime" network. Viewers will be mesmerized, titillated, and inspired by the steely-eyed resolve and non-stop heroics of this film's central character, who's presented as a combination of Harrison Ford and Arnold Schwarzenegger. The setting for this drama is September 11 - the day of the terrorist attacks on America - and our hero is none other than that paragon of presidential performance art: George W. Bush! Believe it or not, this is a movie attempting to celebrate George's actions on that day - a time that was not exactly his finest hour. You might recall that George went AWOL for several hours on September 11. He was supposed to be returning to Washington on Air Force One the morning of the attacks, but instead diverted off to New Orleans for a while, then took off for Nebraska. America was under attack... but, eerily, America's president was missing. No problem - Hollywood can simply re-make history. So Karl Rove, Bush's master manipulator, has teamed up with a right-wing Hollywood producer named Lionel Chetwynd to script a heroic version of George's flight from duty, calling the movie: "The Big Dance."... READ THE REST AT: http://www.jimhightower.com/air/read.asp?id=11122 "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. 6:12:12 AM    comment

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