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Know your opponents

Mike W — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 10:53:08 EDT

"Oppo" is a slang term for opposition research. We must all be watching the national convention of that other party this week to be better prepared for the 4-Nov-08 election.

The excerpt below is from The Art of War (Chinese: 孫子兵法; pinyin: Sūn Zǐ Bīng Fǎ), a Chinese military treatise that was written during the 6th century BC by Sun Tzu.

Sun Tzu on the Art of War:

Hence the saying: If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.

If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.

If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.

Mike W
Tulsa+
Who has done pro-oppo [professional opposition research]

McCain's V.P. Choice

funkfresh01 — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:12:16 EDT

After months of slamming Barack Obama for "inexperience," here's who John McCain has chosen to be one heartbeat away from the presidency: a right-wing religious conservative with no foreign policy experience, who until recently was mayor of a town of 9,000 people.

Huh?

Who is Sarah Palin? Here's some basic background:

She was elected Alaska's governor a little over a year and a half ago. Her previous office was mayor of Wasilla, a small town outside Anchorage. She has no foreign policy experience. (1)

Palin is strongly anti-choice, opposing abortion even in the case of rape or incest. (2)

She supported right-wing extremist Pat Buchanan for president in 2000. (3)

Palin thinks creationism should be taught in public schools. (4)

She's doesn't think humans are the cause of climate change. (5)

We now have an official nominee: Barack Obama

Mike W — Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:49:17 EDT

We now have an official nominee of the Democratic Party for the November 4, 2008 general election for President of the United States:

Barack Obama

[Oklahoma] Dems go to Denver

Mike W — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 19:17:27 EDT

Dems go to Denver
By JIM MYERS World Washington Bureau
Tulsa World
8/24/2008
Last Modified: 8/24/2008 2:37 AM
http://tinyurl.com/5jus8k

Obama set to make history

DENVER — Oklahoma Democrats arrived Saturday for their party's national convention, which is unusually rich in symbolism and ready to make its mark in history.

"It is going to be exciting to be here and see it in person,'' Gov. Brad Henry said of the convention, which officially begins Monday.

One of the convention's so-called superdelegates, Henry stressed the historical significance of Barack Obama becoming the first black candidate to accept a major party's presidential nomination.

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complete copyrighted story at link above

Building Alliances and Voting for Change in 2008

Stephen Crockett — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:39:22 EDT

The American nation has an excellent opportunity to change the nature of politics in our country this year. We have a real chance to build lasting alliances that will re-define the political landscape at every level of government and permit us to take back our government by the average citizen.

For decades, the political power of the largest international corporations and the wealthiest of the Super Wealthy have been tightening their grasp on governments in America. They have effectively bought their way to power by giving billions in campaign donations and buying up the media.

The effect has been passage of laws that undermine the power of average citizens to control their own economic futures, have an effective voice in government policies and to hear opposing political viewpoints. It is no accident that most Americans think that their children will not have as high a standard of living as they currently experience. It was economic policy on the national and international levels that forced tens of millions of families to have both parents working to maintain a decent standard of living.

Your rights to sue corporations when they abuse you as a worker, investor or consumer are being stripped away by Republican politicians like George W. Bush, John McCain, Dick Cheney and your allegedly “moderate Republican” member of Congress. The same bunch of Republican politicians are and have been for decades falling all over themselves to pass legislation that ships high-paying jobs with healthcare benefits to Third World nations where the high pay and employer provided healthcare vanishes while corporate profits explode! Yes, Bush, McCain and Cheney love NAFTA, the WTO, CAFTA and the rest of these deals. They have been a goldmine of campaign cash for the Republican Right and the alleged “Republican moderates” in Congress.

By appointing corporate thinking federal judges and government regulators, American workers have seen their rights to form labor unions effectively undermined and often destroyed. The public fiction of “free elections” in the workplace is there for these deceitful Republicans to “defend.” However, in most workplaces, the reality is that these giant corporations make real free elections impossible by intentionally breaking the law (the penalties are a joke), firing pro-union workers, preventing union organizers from talking to workers or distributing material, issuing threats and the like. The reality of these “free unionization elections” is that they are no more free and fair than the “free elections” in the former Soviet Union, communist China or Nazi Germany! Still, the Republicans vehemently oppose passage of the Employee Free Choice Act which would return effective workplace democracy when it comes to unionization votes.

The decline of labor unions has meant the decline of the American Middle Class both economically and politically and corporate forces know it! An effective labor movement has meant real economic opportunity for tens of millions of working class and poor Americans. Labor unions have been the vehicle for millions of racial and ethnic minorities to join the mainstream, Middle Class majority in experiencing the American Dream.

Corporate controlled politicians like Bush and McCain are simply killing that Dream. Will we let them?

The wealthiest of the Super Wealthy control our mainstream media but not our votes.

We all should know that racism has an economic purpose. It is the tool most often used in America to get the working class whites and Middle Class majority to put in power politicians who vote against the economic interests of working class and Middle Class whites. Racism is the tool used to divide the non-economic elite majority so that all working class and Middle Class Americans do not demand government policies that provide real economic opportunity for the vast majority. Racism is a sucker bet for all poor, working class and Middle Class Americans!

News from IRAQ.

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 13:16:29 EDT

Ya''at'eeh!
As you all know my dad was deployed last Sunday to Iraq at 2:00 a.m. in the morning, I want to thank all here who have kept him along with the other troops in harms way in their prayers.
Prayer really works. I am not at liberty to disclose where in Iraq my dad is, but one thing I can say is where he is at there is a lot going on. He called at one in the morning Pacific standard time on Wednesday.
His third day in the field of honor and he was grazed in trhe face by shrapnel durring skirmish with Iraqui insurgents. Was treated in the field and returned to the to his job standing.
I thank the Great Spirit Grandfather for having protected him from losing his life, being that things could have been worse. Others are not that lucky. I thank alll for your prayers.
He still has many months to go in Iraq and hopefully he will be returning home safe and well before again getting redeployed.
I will be starting a support group here on PB for all PB members who have a loved one in harms way in that God forsaken land.
Our troops are the best there is and we need to fully support them at all times.
Their sacrifice is for us and our homeland. It is hoped that people really appreciate their sacrifice. They only follow orders and not to be blamed for their part in the belicose action. Please, do not let the history of Vietnam repeat it'self by blaming the troops and treating them like garbage on their return from the ongoing conflict.
Remind your legislators to insure they are properly taken care of upon their return. There is too much injustice already of misstreatment upon them having returned maimed physically and mentally.

T'a'a' iiyisi ahe'hee.
Little Dine'

Obama's Impossible Muslim Standard

funkfresh01 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:48:17 EDT

http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/9456

Source: Foreign Policy
Author: Joshua Keating

Steve Clemons gives the Barack Obama campaign a good thrashing from the left today for the candidate's willingness to accept the resignation of his Muslim outreach coordinator, Mazen Asbahi. The Wall Street Journal reports that Asbahi, a Chicago lawyer, resigned because of questions about his ties to an Illinois-based Imam named Jamal Said who has been accused (though not indicted) of fundraising for Hamas. The two served together for a few weeks on the board of an Islamic investment fund back in 2000. Predictable smug outrage has followed on right-wing blogs.

According to the Journal, the tenuous connection between Asbahi and Said was first noted by the Global Muslim Brotherhood Daily Report, a subscription-only Web site that tracks the international activity of that Islamic party and its supporters. The WSJ says the Report is published by a "Washington think tank," but there doesn't seem to be any author or organizational affiliation mentioned on the site, and a Whois lookup yields no clues.

The Report employs a fairly loose definition of Muslim Brotherhood affiliates that includes fairly mainstream organizations such as the Islamic Society of North America and the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Amusingly, recent FP contributors Graham Fuller and Marc Lynch are also described as Muslim Brotherhood sympathizers. As Passport readers know, Lynch has indeed met with senior Brotherhood leaders in Cairo, but they hardly see eye to eye. Fuller's supposed ties are of the six-degrees-of-Mahdi Akef variety.

Obama Muslim Coordinator Resigns

funkfresh01 — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 21:42:30 EDT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/06/AR2008080601081.html

By Perry Bacon
Washington Post Staff Writer
Wednesday, August 6, 2008; 9:45 AM

Barack Obama's national Muslim outreach coordinator has resigned amid a controversy of over his connections to a man who the Justice Department named as an unindicted co-conspirator in the racketeering trial last year of several alleged Hamas fund-raisers.

Mazen Asbahi, a Chicago lawyer who had been appointed to help Obama reach out to Muslims, stepped down on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reported late last night.

The paper had inquired about his relationship with Jamal Said, who served on a board with Asbahi in 2000 that is a subsidiary of the North American Islamic Trust, which holds titles to mosques, Islamic centers, schools, and other real estate around the country. Said had been named in an investigation of alleged Hamas fund-raisers, which ended in a mistrial last year, the paper reported.

Union Web Sites that can help you buy union-made products

Stephen Crockett — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 20:35:55 EDT

Union Web Sites that can help you buy union-made products

BUILD UNION, BUY UNION, SHOP UNION, BE UNION!

http://www.unionlabel.com

Miscellaneous

http://www.allamericanclothing.com

Clothing (Formerly Union Jean Company)

http://www.unionhouse.com

Clothing

http://www.justiceclothing.com

Clothing

http://www.unionmade.com

Miscellaneous

http://www.kinglouie.com

Clothing

http://www.legendaryusa.com

Leather Jackets (All Jackets Made in USA, Schott Jackets are Union Made)

http://www.tigereyedesign.com

Promotional Items – Bumper Stickers, Buttons, Pens, Etc.

http://www.unionvacations.com

Air, Hotel, Car, Cruises

http://www.unionsales.com

Miscellaneous

http://www.unionwear.com

Miscellaneous

http://www.atc-ny.com

Watches, Clothing, Clocks, Etc.

http://www.buyunion.us

Clothing, Specialty Items, Promotional Items

http://www.backdraftproducts.us

Specializing in IAFF Products Union Retail Stores

Greater Lehigh Valley Area in Pennsylvania

Wines & Spirits Shoppes

Rite-Aid

Super Fresh

Shop-Rite

Strauss Auto

Mailroom Copy & Print Center (call Stephen Crockett at 443-907-2367 for details)

K-Mart , T.J. Maxx Distribution Centers are Union, Retail is Not

Marshall’s

Do Not Shop! Wal-Mart Sam’s Club

Union Web Sites

• Bakery Confectionery, Tobacco Workers and Grain Millers International Union (BCTGM)

http://www.bctgm.org

Food Products

• UNITE-HERE (UNITEHERE)

http://www.unitehere.org

Textiles, Hotels, Casinos, Etc.

• International Association of Machinists (IAM)

http://www.goiam.org

Motorcycles, Miscellaneous

• United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW)

http://www.ufcw.org

Retail, Miscellaneous

• International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT)

http://www.teamster.org

Truck Drivers, UPS, Misc.

• United Food & Commercial Workers Local 1776 (UFCW 1776) http://www.ufcw1776.org Eastern Pennsylvania

• AFL-CIO http://www.aflcio.org

• Change to Win http://www.changetowin.org

-United Steelworkers of America http://www.usw.org

-United Auto Workers http://www.uaw.org

If you cannot find a Union Made product, please contact me at 610-217-5123 or at schlen@union-america.com

In Solidarity,

James S. Schlener

IAFF Local 735

UFCW 1776

Lehigh Valley CLC. VP.

Bethlehem City Democratic Party Chair

New Anthem? What does Barack have to say about this?

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 13:10:12 EDT

Ya''t'eeh!
I have been away from the site for a while. Last weekend was spent with my dad as family quality time before his getting deployed to Iraq. The dreaded day finally came.
It is very difficult for me and our family. I know that if it is the will of the Great Spirit Grandfather, my dad will return home safely.
He was deployed last Sunday at 2;00 a.m. Pacific Standard time. It was very hard saying goodbye.
Today I came on the site to find that there is a new anthem for America. We all know that one person can not change the National Anthem, but I ask myself, why would anyone suggest this new anthem idea and why would Barack allow for this to be promoted on his site.
This only causes division.
It makes me question the validity of the person that is doing the promotion.
I reffer to the person's background as to his true party loyalty. Is the person really a democrat or a troll passing off as a dem?

I also ask myself what does Barack Obama have to say about the new anthem?

What are the motives behind the new anthem being promoted?
Is this related to a subtle militant move from people that have separatist ideas? This is indeed very disturbing.

I hope someone can shed light on this.
Peace to all here
Little Dine'

Why Democrats should organize boycotts of Wal-Mart, picket their stores and challenge all store openings

Stephen Crockett — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 07:49:00 EDT

Wal-Mart Wants to Make Sure Its Employees Don’t Vote Democratic

by Tula Connell, Aug 1, 2008

http://blog.aflcio.org/2008/08/01/wal-mart-wants-to-make-sure-its-employees-dont-vote-democratic/

Wal-Mart and all its $13 billion in 2007 profits are quaking. The retail monolith is scared that Democrats will be elected to office this fallâ€"and might pass legislation that would level the playing field for workers seeking to join unions.

The Wall Street Journal http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121755649066303381.html reports on Wal-Mart’s corporate tremors today, noting that

in recent weeks, thousands of Wal-Mart store managers and department heads have been summoned to mandatory meetings at which the retailer stresses the downside for workers if stores were to be unionized.

Downsides, huh? Like getting paid enough to support yourself and your family. Or maybe even the real big downside of having affordable job-based health insurance so that the emergency room isn’t the only option when your child has the flu. Because by not paying its employees enough to afford the company health plan, Wal-Mart dumps the cost of health care onto all taxpayers http://www.aflcio.org/corporatewatch/walmart/upload/walmart_tax_memo.pdf , even making it a corporate policy to encourage new hires to use public emergency rooms, according to author Barbara Ehrenreich.

(You can tell Wal-Mart to stop its unfair and immoral workplace intimidation by signing a petition here http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/wal_mart_petition .)

Wal-Mart has been so intent upon piling up its billions in annual profits, it has created a mini-industry of anti-unionism to ensure it keeps its employees at everyday low wages. So, Wal-Mart is stepping up its efforts to prevent Democrats from being elected this fall, by telling employees http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB121755649066303381.html that “voting for Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama would be tantamount to inviting unions in.” And Wal-Mart employees report feeling pressured to vote for candidates who oppose the Employee Free Choice Act.

Wal-Mart is doing even more arm-twisting workers on their way to the ballot box. Rather than pay its employees a decent wage and provide affordable health care, Wal-Mart is putting mega bucks into front groups that are spearheading a multi-million dollar ad campaign to slam workers, their unions and their efforts to pass the Employee Free Choice Act http://www.aflcio.org/joinaunion/voiceatwork/efca/ .

For instance, Wal-Mart is the largest member of the Retail Industry Leaders Association, one of the main funders of the $30 million anti-union campaign called “Coalition for a Democratic Workplace http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/the-anti-union-network/chamber-of-commerce/coalition-for-a-democratic-workplace-exposed-20080424-557-273.html .”

AFL-CIO President John Sweeney says this latest revelation of Wal-Mart’s egregious meddling into its employees’ voting preferences

goes to show the extent that companies like Wal-Mart will go to maintain the status quo, which allows them to exploit workers to maximize profit. It’s clear the business community intends to spend heavily to protect its interests but working people know this election is about creating real, lasting economic change.

Wal-Mart is ready to use its corporate power as America’s largest private employer to corrupt the political system to safeguard its profits. American Rights at Work has lots of info on Wal-Mart’s actions attacking the Employee Free Choice Act here http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/employee-free-choice-act/latest-updates/wal-mart-mobilizing-against-the-employee-free-choice-act-20080801-605-83-83.html and has a detailed report here http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/wal-mart/wal-mart/wal-mart-rolling-back-workers-wages-rights-and-the-american-dream.html on how Wal-Mart rolls back workers’ wages in an assault on the American Dream. Plus the worker advocacy organization also tracks the front groups behind the Employee Free Choice Act smear campaign, with info here http://www.americanrightsatwork.org/the-anti-union-network/chamber-of-commerce/coalition-for-a-democratic-workplace-exposed-20080424-557-273.html .

Take action now and tell Wal-Mart stop intimidating its employees http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/wal_mart_petition . Sign the petition here http://www.unionvoice.org/campaign/wal_mart_petition .

Talk is Cheap! Know you not the deck is stacked?

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 09:14:22 EDT

Ya''at'eeh!
I have no duobt that John McCain and the Republican Administration have always known where Osama Binladen is and has been all this time.
I also have no doubt that it has not been to their benefit to capture and kill the goose that lay's the golden eggs.
Capturig him too early in the game would have killed their excuse to make the hundreds of millions of dollars in profits for the rich oil barrons, whose trade is making money with sacrificing the lives of young American Patriots for their greed.
This may sound like a conspiracy, but I can assure you I am not the only one that feels this to be the truth.
Being it is now convenient for the republican Administration to insure control of the Administration which has a become a regime more than anything else, they are sure togo directly to where Binladen is , capture him and do an instant replay of the Nuremburg Trials.

The capture of Osama Binladen will miraculously become a reality within the next 60 days, by the time that all the hoopdelah of the Republicans capturing World wide Enemy number ONE, we will already be involved in War with Iran.
No one will even bother to prevent the involvement because the choice will not be up to our SENATE.
Israel will have attacked Iran and we will be obligated to assist our ally.
The former goose that laid the golden Eggs will be dead or on his way to meet Allah, there will be no longer need for him, because thewar with Iraq will insure the oil profits coming in from the Iran War and further escaltion of the Afganistan involvement.
McCain's statements indeed are bold, but they have the deck stacked and are jerking the chain of every single American.

"Initially saying that he would not "telegraph" the specifics, McCain declared, "Look, I know the area, I've been there, I know wars, I know how to win wars, and I know how to improve our capabilities so that we will capture Osama bin Laden -- or put it this way, bring him to justice... We will do it, I know how to do it."

"We have various options. The Nuremberg Trials are certainly an example of the kind of tribunal that we could move forward with. I don't think we'd have any difficulty in devising an international -- internationally supported mechanism that would mete out justice. There's no problem there."

What I state in this blog is what my grandpa Dine' Warrior asserts to be manifest to him by our ancestors spirits, as he goes back and forth in comunion between the Spirits of the dead while in his unconcious sleep state.
I believe my grandpa Dine'. He is serious about what he says, we do not take this with a grain of salt. Our troops are only pawns. It is disgusting.
T'a'a' iiyisi Ahe'hee
Little Dine.
Peace.

Say What? Convention or Coronation?

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 13:58:16 EDT

Was it not the same thing that the supporters of the other entire candidate's would attack Hillary with, They would complain she was only going through the motions because she had the fix in the palm of her hand.
I have read these comments in the past posts going back to the early months of the primaries.

During the kickoff of the candidates presidential campaigns
in the SAN DIEGO CONVENTION CENTER, WHICH I ATTENDED WITH GRANDPA AND MET A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE OF WHO MANY ARE ON THIS SITE;

There were many comments made by the local papers and radio in the county and there are many comments made in the posts on this site relating to the following:

Self declared Queen Hillary R. Clinton had arrived to the convention in San Diego Convention Center opening in may of 2007 as follows:

"The @#$% Hillary Clinton came in with an entourage superior to that of any real Royalty from Europe, She is only going through the motions, while her subjects bend their knees in adoration." She is a this, she is a that, she is a whatever"

So when I see something like the posed question, it seems to me like I heard that and read that in many places before, both from TV media, radio, and pundits, politico sites, and even here on PB.

I encourage new people on this site to read the old posts, there are many, just a little over 20,000 posts in all and adding a minimum of 100 per 24 hour session.

What I see is that no one expected for the black in the race to sneak in from behind on the inside rail.
I use the term in relation to a race of quarter horses and thoroughbreds. I use it not in a racially derogatory manner. Reason for clarifying is because many take all offensively as racial attack, when metaphors are utilized.

It is sad to have to add clarifications to all comments on the race about race. My spelling is atrocious so excuse my spelling not the typos. Typos are actually spelling errors that few of us like to admit to.
Peace to all here. The president will be the one chosen by the will of Our Almighty common creator Father. I settle for the will of God.
Little Dine'

Native Tribes are being systematically dissappeared now Relevent ot Fouim subject.

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:18:53 EDT

Ya''at'eeh!
All over South America Multinational Corporations are causing the demise of entire tribes of nature loving people.
They are dying from commom diseases from the white man and their jungles in the Lacandonian regions , the Rain Forests are being destroyed.
Please if you have a portfolio like most Republicans have with this pack of murderers, do not invest in these corporations, Check your portfolio and make sure your hard earned investment is not contibuting to further Genocide of our Native brothers and sisters in the South American regions. One life is worth more than all the money in the world. I am sure the Great Spirit Grandfather will bless you with profits many times over in other investments not related to the pack of animals destroying innocent lives, by exploiting Nature's resources in the Rain Forests.
Peace Little Dine'
If you need links, please google it. There are internet pages full, too many to list.
T'a'a' iiyisi Ahe'hee

Voting McCain , Obama., Independent, or abstention???

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 16:54:17 EDT

There are some here that will be voting for McCain Others for Barack, and others which will abstain.

1.. Voting For Barack Obama.
2.. I will abstain.
3.. Voting for John McCain.
4... Voting Independent.

Do you know of other alternatives if any?
Peace to all here.
Little Dine'

English only laws in place in most places in America.

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:47:41 EDT

Being that there have been those that have gone out of their way to bring up reparations for black people only and highly supported by those that believe the blacks are the only entitled, since the Legal Precedent was set by paying reparations to the Japaneses Americans, I want to change the subject to english only.
Being a Native American youth I love to go with my family to eat at the Buffets in the casino. I am only allowed to walk through where there are adults actively gambling at the slots on the way to the buffet.
On several occaions I come across Native Americans that speak Native American language and greet them in the language of my heart soul and forfathers.
I have had impetuos people come up to our table and yell at me demanding I speak english only, because it is the law of the land.
In order to be respectful I tactfully and very respectfully remind them, I do not demand you speak the language of the law of my land, because you are at a casino in the middle of a sovering indian Nation.
Yet even so I have had problems with very imprtuos individuals having to ask security to step in and ask them to be more respectful or they will have to leave the premises.
It is sad that this situation has had to come to pass. Usually they turn out to be individuals that got drunk after having lost all the pay check that was supposed to go to feed their family and not their gambling vice.
This annscdote I make known here is because it is a true story that has happened not only to me, but to many other of my Native American Brother's and Sisters on Native land, and in the Casinos.
Little Dine'
Peace to all
God Bless our homeland.

IMO youth endorsement by youth is a major NONO!

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:53:38 EDT

Ya''at'eeh!
I personally would not consider endorsement of any candidate of the party I choose to support. In the first place Not being able to vote would be setting myself up for the inevitable trap of being forced to lose time with defending myself from petty attacks coming from staunch over zealous supporters of the candidate whom would argue I was being a traitor for criicizing the wrong stances taken by the candidate, or being called a troll and racist. I am tired of that which is so proliferate here, as many democrats are.
It is said that it is better to contribute to fortifying the party than to bring up points which will cause further division. I am glad I can not vote now. That will be a bridge I will have to cross when I become of age.
Meanwhile my time is better spent building the party than to bring it down by outright criticism of our candidates faults. No one is perfect. However a democrat in power is much better than a republican. Again it is only IMO.
There is much I can do as a democratic youth for the Democratic Party. I invite all the youths here to build on the party.
T'a'a' iiyisi ahe'hee.
Peace Little Dine'

Obama Just an American with a Muslim Middle Name

funkfresh01 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:22:00 EDT

http://news.yahoo.com/s/bloomberg/20080720/pl_bloomberg/awwoetconzuu_1

Source: Bloomberg
Author: Caroline Alexander

A year ago, Palestinian medical student Wessam al-Ghoul in the U.K. thought Barack Obama would break new ground in bringing Middle East peace. Today, he says the Democratic presidential candidate is merely “the lesser of two evils.”

Al-Ghoul changed his mind after Obama toughened his rhetoric against Iran and said on June 4 that ``Jerusalem will remain the capital of Israel, and it must remain undivided.'' Palestinians claim east Jerusalem as their future capital.

``He has become virtually indistinguishable from any U.S. politician running for office,'' said al-Ghoul, 24. He added that presumptive Republican nominee John McCain, 71, is worse only because he would continue the foreign policies of President George W. Bush, whose war in Iraq, now in its sixth year, has made him unpopular in the Arab world.

Son's Of the Revolution. I am A Dine' and Warrior to be by commitment.

LITTLE DINE' FOR RECALL ON COLUMBUS DAY — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:13:19 EDT

It is not my intention to offend, I have a bad habit of being rather crude when talking about historical truths. Commitment to our culture and pride as to respect to our people we come from.
As my Grandpa Dine' Warrior and all the family members whom have served in our homelands defence, be it hand in hand with the whiteman or fighting battles against the whiteman, my blood line was there.
When our people won a battle against the whiteman it was a massacre, when our people lost a battle it was highly promoted with honors as were all the battles waged by Custer against mostly women old men and children..
I am a Dine' and Am obligated to do what I must, regardless of my hate for war.The Draft will be brought back. I will have to put my aspirations on hold to become a public servant. I am obligated to honor my forefather's, ancestors, and my elders by volunteering before I am drafted. Should it occur prior to my 17th birthday.
I am sure the Great Spirit Grandfather will bring me back in one peace to pursue my ambitions. My grandpa Dine' had turned 18 years of age one day earlier when he enlisted.
I abhore war as my grandpa Dine' Warrior, but my obligation to my people and my homeland come first.
I am a Dine' and must do what I must.
I know the Great Spirit will not hold this against me. Many talk about how far back their family members have served the homeland. I want to share the following. Jose Tisnado and Juan Tisnado were Dine' They are my ancestors whom were forced to serve under the Spanish military having been forced to raising in spanish mission school's.
The Spanish would raid our people's villages, slaughter our braves Rape our women take the young for their service as slave's for the most part. Very little changed when the insurgent's against the Britt's took control, but things are gradually improving. I cry tears of blood when I reflect on the past history. I know that all injustice will be done away with at some point. All that has a begining in the continual forward movement of the cycle of life comes to an end, for all people, no matter what the background is.

In the eyes of the spanish while dehumanised by them our people were natural born savage warriors and could better serve them as cannon fodder. It is sad. I wish I knew what their true Dine' names were, but the forced christian names upon them did not change their heart nor what they were. There were many other men at the Presidio of Tubac. A few were Apache caught up in the same canoe as my ancestors. But only these two are my family through my Maternal Grandpa Dine' Warrior. I am proud to say I decend from the SON'S OF THE REVOLUTION. I am highly proud and being the month of celebrating the independence of our Home land from the Britt's I make this public. I know there are many others here whom can claim the distinction of decending from Son's Of The Revolution, I would like to hear from you. Many blessings I bid you all when I pray. Maybe someday all injustice will be no more against anyone in our homeland's borders, whether here illegally or as new immigrants that came through the big GATE. No human being is illegal.
Little Dine'
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ARIZONA PATRIOTS OF THE TUCSON PRESIDIO
The Tucson Presidio was the only one in present-day Arizona during Spain's 1779-1783 War with England. There was also a Pima Company in the last year of the war. Several accounts of those present during that period have been found. The number of soldiers assigned to the Tucson Presidio ranged from 60 to 70. The names of those identified are shown below. There were other patriots assigned to the Yuma settlements which were abolished by the Yumas 17-19 Jul 1781. Still others helped in the Expeditions against the Yumas. The soldiers of the Tucson Presidio sometimes joined soldiers from California, Sonora, New Mexico, and Nuevo Vizcaya in various expeditions affecting Arizona.

Jose Tisnado ( ), 1a:157, 1779-1783 Tucson Presidio.
Juan Tisnado ( ). 1a:158, 1779-1783 Tucson Presidio.

Peace Little Dine'.

Email Attacks on Obama Spark Debate on Racism

funkfresh01 — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 22:00:33 EDT

http://www.thenational.ae/article/20080719/FOREIGN/936574761/1014/ART&Profile=1014

Source: The National
Author: Sharmila Devi

“The Muslims have said they plan on destroying the US from the inside out. What better way to start than at the highest level â€" through the president of the United States, one of their own.”

So reads an email widely distributed in the US from unknown senders as part of a smear campaign, satirised with mixed results by The New Yorker magazine last week, against Barack Obama, the presumed Democratic nominee.

The liberal weekly might have been making a joke when it pictured Mr Obama as a Muslim terrorist, his wife, Michelle, as an armed radical, and the US flag burning in the fireplace in the Oval Office. But some Americans actually appear to believe it, according to opinion polls.