Saturday, September 4, 2004

RHINO'S WEEKEND BLOG - Sept. 4th & 5th THE QUOTE: "When you give a lesson in meanness to a critter or a person, don't be surprised if they learn their lesson." - - Will Rogers (Cherokee) THE HISTORY: September 4th, 1886 -- Legendary Apache leader, Geronimo surrenders to General Nelson A. Miles at Skeleton Canyon, Arizona, ending the last major US-Indian conflict.  Geronimo had led a small band of men, women & children out of forced internment on the San Carlos reservation, successfully evading thousands of US & Mexican troops, regiments of Indian auxiliaries, & an unknown number of civilians, for over 18 months in the Southwest wilderness. In 1918, it's alleged that the shrub's grandfather, Prescott Bush, stole Geronimo's skull from his grave at Fort Sill, Oklahoma as part of his "Skull & Bones" initiation. (no joke folks) Of skulls and bones: More secrets of the tomb Native Americans groups fight to recover lost skulls of Geronimo by Noam Rudnick, 10/23/03, Yale Herald http://www.yaleherald.com/article.php?Article=2523 September 5th, 1882 -- Oglala Lakota (Sioux) warrior, Crazy Horse, assassinated while in custody at Fort Robinson, Nebraska, bayoneted by a U.S. soldier after allegedly resisting confinement in a jail cell. http://www.indians.org/welker/crazyhor.htm (There's a picture at this site - but the tale is told that Crazy Horse never let his photo be taken) THE WEB SITE TIP: "Signs of Peace" Billboard Campaign http://www.peaceroots.org/billboards/index.htm THE TV AD TIP: Pleasure Boat Captains For Truth http://www.pleasurecaptains.com/low.html THE WEB MOVIE TIP: Fact or Fiction?  You be the judge & let Rhino know http://www.freedomunderground.org/memoryhole/pentagon121.swf RHINO HERE: Rhino understands that a huge number of American youth are relying on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart to get their news. Now some might question the wisdom of that given The Daily Show calls itself a "fake news show" but consider the reality of how "real" the news is that's provided by the so called major media. Koppel Sees 'Daily Show' As Editorial Cartoon by Elizabeth Jensen, Los Angeles Times, 9/1/04 Take it from Ted Koppel: Not only does the venerable "Nightline" anchor like Jon Stewart, his satirical counterpart   he even thinks he's important. "I can't think of anything better for society right now than a program like Jon's that says things with humor that quite literally we cannot say," Koppel said Tuesday, after taping an appearance on Stewart's Comedy Central program "The Daily Show."... MORE: http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/politics/la-na-koppel1sep01,1,7799156.story?coll=la-news-politics-national For those wanting to "Know Your History" concerning the 1960's and the roots of the modern peace movement, check out this new book. The Hippie Dictionary ...flower power the power of peaceful, nonviolent action. Pacifism, the turning of one's cheek, the religion of righteousness and believing that what is right will eventually prevail. The nature of a flower is quiet tenacity, a strong self-preservation hidden by delicate beauty and sensitivity; this is the spirit of the liberal intellectual human being called the hippie.... MORE: http://hippiedictionary.com/excerpts.html New Dictionary Tells It Like It Was, Man CNN.com, 8/24/04 ...The vocabulary of the hippie era came in large part from the beat generation, jazz and blues music, African-American culture, Eastern religion and the British musical invasion of the early 1960s, McCleary said.As part of their countercultural thinking, he noted, hippies tended to imbue words and phrases with new meanings. Many of these new meanings related to drugs and sexuality -- topics "The Hippie Dictionary" does not shirk. Despite his focus on such terms, McCleary feels strongly that the hippie era marked the "intellectual renaissance" of the 20th century. "If the hippies had been listened to (then) 9/11 would not have happened," he added. "Had the hippie ideals been followed, we would be in a different world altogether right now." In fact, the book's entry for the term "hippie" says, "The true hippie believes in and works for truth, generosity, peace, love and tolerance. The messengers of sanity in a world filled with greed, intolerance and war."... MORE: http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/Northeast/08/24/hippie.dictionary.reut/index.html 8:35:23 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - The Pink Republicans The Pink Republicans By Will Durst, AlterNet, August 31, 2004 The GOP is parading a bunch of stunt Republicans on the convention New York City. Republicans. About as suitable a combination as milk shakes and uranium tailings. Like a tricked out '78 Buick Deuce and a Quarter and a Papal motorcade. Like banana slugs and oatmeal. Okay, you get the idea. But the natural antipathy of the two could explain why the Republicans who showed up here in the Big Apple this week are making so nice. These aren't actual conservatives, these are the stunt Republicans. Not the fierce ideological warriors determined to energize and reward their base in the red states, this fabulously moderate group of blow dried teeth they're trotting out on our TVs are the watered down pastel version of the GOP. The Pink Republicans. You remember them. These are the ones who showed up in Philadelphia four years ago. The inclusive, big tent, we're-all-in-this-together, can't-we-just-get- along, and aren't-those-minorities-talented Republicans. Always wondered what happened to them. Seem to have disappeared for awhile. Must be cousins to those cicadas that burrow in the ground and emerge to feed on a set cycle years later. Like quadrennial insects, the masked Republicans have crawled out of their holes to infest the American airwaves again. Those of you who have read the party platform could be forgiven your confusion. This is a different land. Welcome to: Home on the Strange, where not a discouraging word will be heard... MORE AT: http://www.alternet.org/columnists/story/19731 . "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. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:49:12 AM    comment

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