The Other Dark Meat

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-101008262011-04-21T19:14:49.744-06:00The Other Dark MeatPissing off the dominant culture since 1540Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.comBlogger1411100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-83155998173977087322009-05-21T21:37:00.002-06:002009-05-21T21:39:52.395-06:00This Day in History

Hernan de Soto dies in an Indian village on the Mississippi.PZ Myers is still a douchebag.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-52691633470061502402009-05-12T20:38:00.004-06:002009-05-12T20:55:12.931-06:00Validate me, white man!

Click on the link, I totally dare you. Seriously.I hope you noted the subtitle, "where Native America meets pop culture." Apparently where Native America meets pop culture is smack in the middle of a white guy.It's hilarious on so many levels. The archive links are broken, but what got me going on this tool was a post about how he is the most qualified person in North America to speak on

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-8435109599291105562009-01-13T20:58:00.002-07:002009-01-13T21:01:27.604-07:00Those who do not remember my posts are doomed to have me repeat them.

Here in my home town a city councilor is taking a lot of heat from Jewish groups for labeling what's happening in Gaza "genocide." It made me remember this post, and chuckle.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-30645918291886449722008-11-15T16:04:00.002-07:002008-11-15T16:14:28.427-07:00Racism as trial strategy.

Here is an article about a Ute man who was convicted of assaulting a BIA employee on the Ute Mountain reservation. After the trial, a juror came forward and told attorneys that other members of the jury had made racist remarks concerning Indians.The jury foreman allegedly remarked that "when Indians get alcohol, they all get drunk." Another member of the jury allegedly asked "what would happen

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-6682136522669401642008-11-11T19:49:00.002-07:002008-11-11T19:51:47.518-07:00At least Sheridan came right out and said it.

I hate being right all the time.No mention of tribes on Obama transition website.Check it.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-76233337595932461162008-07-01T14:14:00.002-06:002008-07-07T11:03:41.025-06:00Wow, never saw that coming.

Some time ago BitchPhd posted about Obama being the first presidential candidate to visit an Indian reservation since Columbus ran on the Franciscan ticket. In comments, I was prompted by my inherent distrust of gringos to comment that I thought it might have merely been a response to the Clinton machine's moves in Indian country.Now this:Obama hasn't fulfilled pledge for tribal town hallSen.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-91036768482034475292008-06-14T08:11:00.002-06:002008-06-14T08:17:36.553-06:00And Brutus is an honorable man.

Consecutive headlines on the AP's White House page:"Bush remembers Russert fondly""Bush says one thing, meant another"

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-19785652820733969972008-05-15T14:04:00.002-06:002008-05-15T14:37:00.363-06:00"I didn't make that decision, I approved someone else's decision."

So, we have a new woman working in the office. Because you're dying to know, the office where I work is an old house in a hip area of town that's been converted to office space. Because I'm dying to have deniability, I don't make hiring decisions. Anyway, this new woman is dumb as a bag of doorknobs. Pardon me for being blunt. I've thought that for a couple of days, but felt that perhaps I

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-59279408847606597122008-05-08T12:29:00.005-06:002008-05-08T12:35:03.898-06:00You're kidding with that shit, right?

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations estimates 1.5 million people have been "severely affected" by the cyclone that swept through Myanmar and the United States expressed outrage on Thursday at the delays in allowing in aid. "We're outraged by the slowness of the response of the government of Burma (Myanmar) to

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-71866014350705202292008-03-10T11:17:00.003-06:002008-03-10T11:50:20.376-06:00Why not McCain?

I've seen quite a few people pissed off that Clinton would suggest that McCain would be preferable to Obama (or words to that effect). I got to thinking about that, and I really don't have a problem with it.In this election a great many people have narrowed this down to a one-issue election, with the one issue of course being Iraq. Fuck it, if there's going to be one issue, I'll choose my own:

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-54814179205520421502008-03-03T11:11:00.001-07:002008-03-07T10:57:57.526-07:00Vigilantism

Want to feel dumber? Go read this:Eye On Albuquerque: ChoicesIt's a dumbass piece of commentary about an ex-marine who caught a man trying to steal his car, and shot him. After chasing him about a quarter-mile from the break-in. Let's review: the attempted thief ran away, and the guy chased him down and shot him. He pleaded guilty and was sentenced to two years in prison, plus reparation to

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-80188171639370647352008-02-05T09:34:00.000-07:002008-02-05T10:06:42.846-07:00What's so Super?

I thought I might elaborate a bit on my Obama bashing. I was talking to a couple of white cohorts who are totally jazzed about Obama, and mentioned that I didn't like him. They were aghast; after all, as a minority doesn't my melanin compel me to vote for a minority candidate?I mentioned my dissatisfaction with Obama as a black candidate, which provoked a response that Obama was so good because

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-17237983975403750042008-01-27T17:24:00.000-07:002008-01-27T17:33:27.723-07:00I don't like Obama. Yeah, I said it.

I really don't. When I look at Obama and what precious little there is of his record, I see a man who will be the first black President in the same fashion that Colin Powell was the first black Secretary of State, and that Alberto Gonzales was the first hispanic Attorney General. Although he has managed to mold himself into a black man that white people of all backgrounds and beliefs can find

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-40640543702811724722007-12-29T09:03:00.000-07:002007-12-29T09:07:01.251-07:00Bringing the heat.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-6564051746585870572007-12-17T16:07:00.000-07:002007-12-17T16:53:59.077-07:00The Persistence of Memory

I've remarked to any number of people, and probably right here on this blog, that the consistent failure to address the past is why the United States persists in being such a global dickhead in the present.By way of illustration, allow me to share with you my favorite legal opinion in the history of legal opinions. The case was United States v. Lucero, and was decided by the Supreme Court of the

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-80009954011842254732007-11-23T21:01:00.000-07:002007-11-23T21:04:46.799-07:00We've got mad skillz

My family may be a bit too well-educated. Part of the post-Thanksgiving festivities was a game of Taboo; I was trying to get the word "vampire" out of my sister:"Okay, this thing will suck out your precious bodily fluids in order to preserve its unholy life.""Phlebotomist?"

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-45581053990268971112007-11-22T18:22:00.001-07:002007-11-22T18:23:29.094-07:00Yeah, thanks.

Has it been two years since I posted this? Holy crap. Anyway, two years ago I posted a Thanksgiving haiku (which I did not write), and it bears repeating:White man invades us,Steals our land and livelihood!Enjoy pie, asswipes.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-56218845232628814302007-08-07T17:33:00.000-06:002007-08-07T17:37:10.292-06:00Home

I lived in Seattle (or as I refer to it -- Hell) for a few years, and pretty much every day I give thanks that I'm home. Right now I'm watching a thunderstorm develop outside my windows while a roadrunner paces back and forth, I think trying to figure out how to get inside. What's so attractive in here I have no idea, but there he is. Now I'm going to stop wasting time on the internets and go

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-12774280534336588952007-07-06T16:56:00.001-06:002007-07-06T16:57:40.039-06:00But I love Google.

And Sitemeter. Recent Google searches: chiggers on scrotum sack brillo pads for dark knees dark hung

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-81843297767005915142007-07-03T15:56:00.000-06:002007-07-03T16:06:21.857-06:00Sometimes I hate my job.

I have something to say about the little prick commuting Libby's sentence. First, the idea that Libby's sentence is unreasonable is the worst kind of horseshit I've seen in a long time. I'm having a hard time reconciling the statement that a sentence in harmony with the sentencing guidelines is unreasonable with the fact that the Supreme Court (with its seven Republican -two Bush II- appointees

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-15343888329199616762007-06-13T14:07:00.000-06:002007-06-13T14:11:36.414-06:00So. Fucking. Hung. Over.

Two of my cousins are in town visiting, which of course means I had to stay at my grandparents' place drinking and bullshitting until the wee hours, then sleep for a couple of hours on their couch before heading home and trying to put my fragile skull back together and going to work. I am waaaaay to old for this shit.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1819153752189351432007-06-10T10:05:00.000-06:002007-06-10T10:10:10.596-06:00Cheney's pacemaker needs fresh battery

"WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney's routine checkup on Friday revealed no new blockages in his heart, but doctors said he needs a new battery for a special pacemaker he has in his chest, a spokeswoman said."The battery in his implanted cardiac defibrillator is reaching its limit, said Megan McGinn, deputy press secretary for the vice president."I'm not buying this, that battery should have

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-86714914122865157042007-05-15T13:20:00.000-06:002007-05-15T13:29:25.881-06:00"Moral" Majority of one less.

Yeah, I just read that Falwell died.I remember when Cheney had some medical problems recently I read the news on a couple of blogs, along with notice that negative comments or ill wishes toward others wouldn't be tolerated, regardless of personal feelings or political alignment. I can respect that position.But personally, I'm glad the fucker's dead.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-82419535938470606662007-03-09T16:55:00.000-07:002007-03-09T17:02:13.476-07:00I weep for the future.

I was having lunch on the patio of a local bistro this afternoon (seventy degrees and sunny), and I overheard several mid-thirties types talking about going to see 300 this evening.Apparently it's a story about 300 Greeks of indeterminate origin, who held off 10,000 invading Palestinians.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-19143160516592313262007-02-12T10:43:00.000-07:002006-12-23T18:24:52.796-07:00That's How the Man Kicks You in the Junk.

For reasons I won't go into here, because they're frankly none of your business, I've been doing a metric assload of genealogical research the last couple of weeks. Some of it has been fairly cool; as it turns out an ancestor of mine, nine generations ago, was one of a couple of survivors of the La Salle expedition who were later picked up by Spaniards and assimilated into Spanish society.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1166210397229801132006-12-15T12:19:00.000-07:002006-12-15T12:19:57.243-07:00Big surprise.

How evil are you?

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1163005028551256282006-11-08T09:39:00.000-07:002006-11-08T09:57:08.600-07:00Congratulations, America!

Way to crawl halfway out from under the slimiest collections of fucks since, well, Congress in the nineteenth century!On behalf of the First Congressional District of New Mexico, I would like to express my deep shame that Heather Wilson was even in the race, much less has a solid shot at winning. I can't find any exit polling, but I'd really like to see how this one came down on racial lines.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1161987636860166302006-10-27T16:17:00.000-06:002006-10-27T16:24:55.886-06:00Petting zoo

In spite of the fact that they're freakish and taboo, I bought a fish last night. It's supposed to be fucking relaxing watching the goddamned thing swim around the tank. So far no luck.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1161881148957327062006-10-26T10:41:00.000-06:002006-10-26T10:45:48.970-06:00Hardwired ideology

I was talking to a friend today about what seems to be a widening gap in political ideology. She was wondering if, given the huge differences between political blocks, the differences might be structural. Put another way, that these difference might be hardwired into people's brains. I think that's the only way she could personally reconcile the commonality of polar opposition in basic

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1158957590629469162006-09-22T14:37:00.000-06:002006-09-22T14:41:42.613-06:00Yeah, I bring the heat.

From a friend, over drinks last night: "You talk now. Your stories are sexy. Mine all end with people's eyes hurting and nobody getting laid."Yeah, life's been good to me."

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1154568852930852332006-08-02T18:58:00.000-06:002006-08-02T19:34:12.980-06:00You can't spell "poser" without p-o-s.

One of my very first posts on this here blog thing was about one of the ace military bloggers around, the dude who calls himself Blackfive. See the thing here. After I wrote that post I exchanged a few emails with Mr. Blackfive, pointing out the discrepancies in his timeline and very politely asking him for some class numbers so I could verify his credentials with some people I know who are

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1154105688103341902006-07-28T10:28:00.000-06:002006-07-28T10:54:48.206-06:00I can't see the gun.

President Bush signed the extension to the Voting Rights Act a few days ago, I was looking at the photo accompanying the article and could not for the life of me figure out who had the gun on him.According to the article:Bush signed the 25-year renewal of the Voting Rights Act in a ceremony in sweltering heat on the White House's South Lawn, paying homage to civil rights leaders who fought for

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1153870937171056092006-07-25T17:30:00.000-06:002006-07-25T17:42:17.186-06:00Social justice

I was watching one of the network morning pablum shows this morning, and saw a story about a white college kid from a privileged background who robbed a bank to pay debts related to his gambling addiction. [Story here]It was a real feelgood time. They interviewed the kid, he was going on about how he'd become consumed by gambling but realized he'd done a bad thing and should be punished. But

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1148405286096395372006-05-23T11:23:00.000-06:002006-05-23T11:28:06.110-06:00This Day in History

On May 23rd, 1838, the U.S. Army began rounding up Cherokees in Georgia in furtherance of President Jackson's removal plan, beginning the process of removing tribes east of the Mississippi to the Indian Territory (Oklahoma) via the Trail of Tears.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1147890034156067192006-05-17T12:18:00.000-06:002006-05-17T12:20:34.176-06:00Dust

Wow, imagine my shock when I noticed that I haven't posted in over a month. Real life sucks. But I was compelled to end my temporary exile to comment on matters of extreme urgency: what the fuck is up with Britney Spears and her inability to read and follow instructions on a car seat? I mean, really.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1144769595725972772006-04-11T09:21:00.000-06:002006-04-11T09:33:15.746-06:00Sorry for the interruption folks, we now return you to the Arts.

Idaho is mounting a serious challenge to South Dakota for the title of backwards assed bastion of the North. In 2008 the legislature will be moving to an abandoned courthouse while the Statehouse undergoes renovation. This is not bad in and of itself, but in the 1940's the courthouse was painted with murals depicting the lynching of an Indian man, as part of the Works Progress Administration

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1144002870070826052006-04-02T12:11:00.000-06:002006-04-02T12:34:30.083-06:00Don't get scalped on the way to your car.

No, really. Oral arguments were heard by the Supreme Court of New Mexico regarding questions of jurisdiction over personal injury claims arising at tribally owned casinos. During arguments Merit Bennett, an attorney for one of the non-Indian plaintiffs, presented a hypothetical situation where a non-Indian ventures onto tribal land and "an Indian scalps them." I am not making this up. Full

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1143919779797242242006-04-01T12:05:00.000-07:002006-04-01T12:36:18.886-07:00Conservative nutjobs are lobotomizing themselves

Go read this editorial. No, really.Okay, you're probably too lazy to click the link and read it, but the title is "Sioux tribe plans to scalp its own" and refers to the plans by the President of the Oglala tribe to establish a Planned Parenthood clinic on the Pine Ridge rez, in defiance of South Dakota's new abortion law.The author, some white woman named Jill Stanek*, points to a number of

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1143829542809202782006-03-31T10:40:00.000-07:002006-03-31T11:29:21.456-07:00Trust us, we know what we're doing

The professional students association of which I'm a member held its annual elections last week, which added yet unseen levels of hilarity to my life. There was a forum held where candidates could introduce themselves, and talk a little bit about their positions on the various issues over which student organizations wield absolutely no power. During this little exercise we heard from a dude who

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1142710083090781182006-03-18T12:25:00.000-07:002006-03-18T12:28:03.103-07:00Saturday Random Ten: Trail runner edition

1) Jackrabbit2) Bicycle3) Yucca4) Bear grass5) Mule deer6) Cholla7) Granite8) Ilio-Tibial Band Syndrome9) Roadrunner10) Put your dog on a fucking leash

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1140025224690823092006-02-15T10:37:00.000-07:002006-02-15T10:40:24.703-07:00Fantastic news from the war on crime

All you nattering nabobs out there who refuse to acknowledge all the good things the administration does will no doubt be saddened by the dramatic drop in gang related shooting deaths this year. In unrelated news, the number one cause of death among inner-city gang members is now heart attack.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1139334255437800762006-02-07T10:09:00.000-07:002006-02-07T10:44:15.476-07:00Nail 'em up, I say! Nail some sense into 'em!

The latest in the drama of Cobell v. Norton had the U.S. Circuit Court ordering the Department of the Interior to pay plaintiff's attorneys fees, to the tune of $7 million. The DOI has graciously elected to scrape together the money by looting Indian programs. According to associate deputy interior secretary Jim Cason "This was not a Park Service or a Fish and Wildlife problem, it's an Indian

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1138989803618505532006-02-03T11:00:00.000-07:002006-02-03T11:03:23.633-07:00Bush decrees, we act

Consecutive headlines on my news home page:'Competitiveness Agenda' Focus Of President's Speech In N.M.Man Dies After Fight, Stabbing

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1136475767648179212006-01-05T08:40:00.000-07:002006-01-05T08:42:47.660-07:00Redundancy

Yeah, in case anyone needed any reminder that "Bush" is synonymous with "shitbag," check this out. I'm a little doubtful about the San Carlos thing.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1136305424760877632006-01-03T09:12:00.000-07:002006-01-03T09:23:44.773-07:00The Time of Sucking

Yeah, so the holidays were a time for me to step away from the news, internet, television, and everything else that pisses me off (Yeah, I'm talking about you. And you, over there slouching behind the ficus). Imagine my shock when I realized I hadn't posted in almost a month. How the time flies.I actually did start a post inspired by a comment thread on this post over at Dr. B's, but it was

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1133738697541378272005-12-04T16:00:00.000-07:002005-12-04T16:24:57.563-07:00Okay, really a racism post this time.

Since I totally weenied out on Blog Against the Man (or Woman) Day I thought I'd try for something a little more meaningful. I've been so busy lately I've been pretty slack about my blog reading, where I usually make a strong effort to stay current; unlike, say, blog writing. Last week there was a shitstorm over the left half of blogeria concerning a women's sporting team at some university

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1133462139482997532005-12-01T11:31:00.000-07:002005-12-01T11:35:39.496-07:00Blog against racism day

Whatever the fuck that means. Racism is bad, try and stop being a dick. That is all.P.S. - The first person who leaves in comments 500 words on the combination of prejudice and social power/position and why white men who whine about "racism" directed against white men are sucky babies wins a free Genuine Indian Name (tm) and power animal.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1133378423941619902005-11-30T12:18:00.000-07:002005-11-30T12:20:23.953-07:00Comcast, welcome to the shitcan!

I’ve mentioned previously that Comcast sucks whatever happens to be available at the moment; ass, donkey balls, whatever. For necessary background go here and here. Last night I was attempting to switch to a new cable modem, and had to call the meatheads at Comcast to give them the mac address of the new modem, a process that ideally should take about five minutes. It turns out that despite my

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1132966072554229992005-11-25T17:31:00.000-07:002005-11-25T17:47:52.576-07:00NAGPRA

I’ve wanted to do something about the Kennewick Man controversy for quite a while now, but haven’t really had the motivation. When I started writing about this and it got out of hand pretty quickly, so this post will deal with NAGPRA and some of the issues that have arisen out of the Kennewick case, I'll follow up with another post dealing exclusively with Kennewick shortly.What really got me

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1132797944302413602005-11-23T19:04:00.000-07:002005-11-23T19:05:44.316-07:00Happy Thanksgiving!

A haiku, courtesy of the people at TopFive.White man invades us,Steals our land and livelihood!Enjoy pie, asswipes.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1132198364070146252005-11-16T19:48:00.000-07:002005-11-16T20:32:44.090-07:00Passing of elders

Vine Deloria died this last Sunday.Deloria was one of the most influential Indian thinkers of the 20th century. In the 60's he was executive director of the National Congress of American Indians, he was also one of the founding trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian, and had been a professor of History, Religious Studies, and Law. He authored a number of important books

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1132179139080316832005-11-16T15:11:00.000-07:002005-11-16T15:12:19.093-07:00Religious equality

Iraq Says Abused Detainees From All Sects

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1131859779263471762005-11-12T22:28:00.000-07:002005-11-12T22:29:39.280-07:00Today's headline porn

Schwarzenegger ends fight with California nurses

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1131383602483370052005-11-07T10:11:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:13:22.483-07:00Today's assclownery

Bush Declares: 'We Do Not Torture'"PANAMA CITY, Panama - President Bush vigorously defended U.S. interrogation practices in the war on terror Monday and lobbied against a congressional drive to outlaw torture." Emphasis mine.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1131383394676699742005-11-07T10:09:00.000-07:002005-11-07T10:14:40.713-07:00A good day to be indigenous

I took the pup up into the mountains this weekend, I thought we’d run the game trails and see if we couldn’t spot a herd or two of deer. When we get close to the foothills she recognizes the terrain and gets really excited, because she knows what we’re going to be doing. She starts whining, hopping on her front paws in her seat, and clawing at the dashboard.I’ve been over these mountains my

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1130378486311560652005-10-26T19:59:00.000-06:002005-10-26T20:13:18.360-06:00Good little soldier

Gov. Bush Takes Blame for Slow Wilma Aid"Fredo, you're my older brother, and I love you. But don't ever take sides with anyone against the family again. Ever."

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1130074049564486112005-10-23T07:26:00.000-06:002005-10-23T07:27:29.570-06:00Compare and contrast

The following headlines from this morning's news:Few CIA charges expected in prisoner deathsRice and Straw demand action over Hariri killingFor extra credit, explain why one negates the legitimacy of the other.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1129862771287951152005-10-20T20:45:00.000-06:002005-10-20T20:46:11.296-06:00I try not to judge, so you do it for me.

Someone got here by searching the phrase "abortion: the other white meat." I have to go shower.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1129774696501620832005-10-19T20:10:00.000-06:002005-10-19T22:02:38.496-06:00Stop screaming sir, we're from the government.

Please bear in mind I wrote the following while legally impaired. I considered revising, but thought what the hell, maybe this will encourage people to come visit. I'm all about the civil discourse.So I’m sitting in the airport (bar) waiting for my flight (and drinking). There’s no punch line there.Last week I went to a little conference on the Geneva Convention in the War or Terror or Anyone

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1129502566604861402005-10-17T09:50:00.000-06:002005-10-17T08:53:33.630-06:00Mailbag fun!

Well, it was nice hitting the road for a few days, but it's good to be home. While I was getting smashed in the airport bar waiting for a flight I started a post about a conference I attended titled "The Geneva Convention and the War on Terror and Anyone Else We Designate" featuring John Yoo, one of the authors of the DOJ's Office of Legal Counsel torture memo from 2002. Hopefully that'll be

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1129088224338421702005-10-11T21:31:00.000-06:002005-10-11T21:37:04.346-06:00Big numbers

Well, apparently mindboggling crimes against humanity draw big traffic. Morbid curiosity, maybe. I'm always a little disappointed that people don't comment, given the number who traipse through here on a daily basis. I find it hard to believe anyone's that interested in me running my cakehole nonstop.I do get some pretty darned fascinating email, so keep that coming. I'm thinking about

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1128997250185916022005-10-10T18:40:00.000-06:002005-10-10T20:20:50.226-06:00Happy Genocide Day!

In honor of the initiation of five centuries of genocide, I'm going to break my long silence and comment on this anonymous blog in regards to Ward Churchill. These comments should not be construed as representing the position of any tribe, Indian activist group, corporation, educational institution, or sports team.Chris Clarke posted earlier in the week about Ward Churchill, particularly about

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1128460132955850592005-10-04T15:07:00.000-06:002005-10-04T15:08:52.966-06:00Putting the "you" in "Eugenics"

Okay, by now we all know that Bill Bennett is a douchebag. Everyone who is not a Republican or an idiot should also well aware of the racism inherent in his comments, I wanted to blather on a bit about what it says about abortion.I have read a lot of really intelligent commentary concerning the problems with the anti-choice position; not trusting the moral agency of women, lack of consistency in

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1128085053263265362005-09-30T06:55:00.000-06:002005-09-30T06:57:33.270-06:00It's when you say one thing but mean a mother.

Granted, I'm really tired, but when I was glancing over the headlines this morning what I saw was "Bush nearing decision on next Supreme Court prick."

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1127481931116107822005-09-23T07:22:00.000-06:002005-09-23T07:25:31.123-06:00MSN Search Engine Rocks!

I'm looking over SiteMeter this morning, and saw that someone found this blog by searching "Marshall sucks" on the MSN Search Engine. Which is cool, although I'm somehow thinking they probably didn't have CJ Marshall in mind, but you never know. Turns out I'm the number one hit for that search on MSN, which makes me wonder what the hell is going on over at Microsoft and how they can ever hope

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1127446570644023762005-09-22T20:51:00.000-06:002005-09-22T21:36:46.406-06:00Optimal reproductive strategies

Ampersand has a post up about teenage pregnancy and poor black girls. Most of it is accurate, it reflects what is current thinking in Anthropology (Human Evolutionary Ecology) concerning optimal reproductive strategies. The commentary in the post is a bit too racially specific, these principles apply to the poor in general, or to those living closer to the subsistence level in Third World

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1127359129857085102005-09-21T21:14:00.000-06:002005-09-21T21:18:49.863-06:00What, they don't have a shredder at the National Archives?

"WASHINGTON - Federal officials are investigating how National Archives documents of interest to Indians suing the Interior Department were found discarded in a trash bin and a wastebasket."I'm assuming that Federal officials are not investigating how the documents were discarded, but rather how they were found. No doubt heads will roll over this bit of incompetence. I would not be at all

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1127270723130180682005-09-20T20:30:00.001-06:002005-09-21T07:44:25.993-06:00First Lady Tackles Poverty? You've gotta be fucking kidding me.

You really can’t make this shit up. Madame Bush says there could be a silver lining to the Katrina disaster if the nation begins to deal with poverty and racism in different ways. I guess "they're poor/disadvantaged because they want to be or are plain stupid/lazy" doesn't have the same ring to it after tepid disaster response.She says, “A large percentage of our population probably doesn't

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1126742357468126242005-09-14T17:40:00.000-06:002005-09-14T17:59:17.476-06:00Yeah, we're all about the justice.

Indian Country Today has an article about a brief written by John Roberts for the State of Alaska, which was engaged in litigation with Indian tribes, detailing how Roberts blatantly misrepresented a passage in United States v. Kagama in order to portray Indians in a negative light. Reversing the meaning of a passage in a decision which you're invoking as precedent? Makes you wonder exactly how

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1126730980511841992005-09-14T14:47:00.000-06:002005-09-14T14:49:40.516-06:00Thanks!

I've been, like, totally sucking lately (in case you missed my post from a couple of days ago), but I checked sitemeter and apparently a few masochists have persisted in visiting regularly in spite of the total lack of activity. Thanks! You guys are all right, if you're ever in town you can sleep on my couch and drink my tequila (but stay away from my dog).

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1126578740348845982005-09-12T20:15:00.000-06:002005-09-12T20:32:20.366-06:00Kanye West, Harry Belafonte, what else does solid social commentary need?

I was really interested by Kanye West's remarks concerning Bush not caring about black people, if only because not many people have the weighty brass cojones to speak that stark a truth on live television. To be fair though, it would be more accurate to say that Bush does not care about all minorities, and poor white people. And even that is not entirely true; Bush is fine with minorities who

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1126547859690405442005-09-12T11:43:00.000-06:002005-09-12T12:01:15.433-06:00Yes, I suck.

I've been consumed with research and writing lately, to the point that I haven't had the will to do same in my spare time. Sorry, but you gets what you paid for. Send money and expectations can be upgraded accordingly. I'm trying to put something together in regards to the (fairly) recent Kennewick decisions, specifically describing how some scientists are functionally indistinguishable from

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1124813351446785562005-08-23T09:57:00.000-06:002005-08-23T10:09:11.453-06:00Comcast = crap

So a mere week after phoning to have cable and internet hooked up at the new digs, a tech managed to come out and connect two wires (the house already being wired for cable). Imagine the torrent of profanity when I attempted to access the internet and was rudely shunted to a Comcast blocking page, which very politely asked me to download an assload of Comcast shitware and install it on my

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1124153870946527782005-08-15T18:56:00.000-06:002005-08-15T18:57:50.953-06:00Damn you to hell, Comcast!

So I'll have internet at home...next Monday. I have a wireless equipped laptop on order, which will be here on or around Thursday. So here I sit, in some sort of netless Purgatory, while the world whistles by and I sit unawares. The running is good, though.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1123811635192604952005-08-11T19:39:00.000-06:002005-08-11T19:53:55.196-06:00Angry Brown Person Alert!

Apologies to my loyal reader(s?), but I've been wrapping up a job, packing my belongings, and hightailing back to a nice, dry desert. Not that I have anything against Seattle, other than it being the armpit of the universe and all, but it's nice to be home. I don't have internet access yet, I'm camping in an Internet cafe frantically trying to clean out my overburdened inbox. Posting will be

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1121445677925576952005-07-15T10:38:00.000-06:002005-07-15T10:41:17.933-06:00I heart Twisty

If you don't read I Blame the Patriachy, well, you should just be ashamed of yourselves. But this post is rapidly moving up the list of "Most Fucking Awesome Things I Have Ever Read."

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1120685349027150042005-07-06T15:18:00.000-06:002005-07-06T15:29:09.036-06:00The Road to Hell

It may be paved with good intentions, but it also has attractions:1) The San Diego Wild Animal Park2) The San Diego Zoo3) Sea World4) Disneyland...1) Confined animals in a simulated habitat, still sort of acting like animals.2) Animals in cages, not really behaving like animals.3) Animals trained to perform tricks on command. Totally not animals.4) "Animals" wearing pants.Inspired by a comment

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1120504176619929112005-07-04T11:41:00.000-06:002005-07-05T20:03:12.930-06:00Happy White People's Independence Day!

I'm back, after a non-relaxing week off from posting, June being the fiscal year end in Satan's Workshop and all. What a bunch of lazy bastards, at least a dozen people have perused the site in the last week and only the divine Dr. B had a question or request, concerning a column by John Tierney blaming the BIA and Federal bureaucracy for the state of tribes. And some responses in blogeria.I

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1119644889348018812005-06-24T14:24:00.000-06:002005-06-24T14:30:22.060-06:00Camping time

Out of town camping this weekend, don't expect anything until at least Sunday evening. In other words, I'm blogging at my normal sporadic pace, but there's actually a reason this time. Other bloggers have been taking requests, if anyone has any questions or subjects for which they'd like definitive answers, leave them in comments. Email them in if you're embarrassed or racist and want to remain

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1119644687166116522005-06-24T13:45:00.000-06:002005-06-24T14:24:47.173-06:00Late to the party (again)

I'm way late to the discussion, but in case nobody noticed there's been a lot of posting about rape lately. This is a subject where I usually feel as though my limited capacity to express myself has been exceeded; for a fantastic treatment concerning thepoint of view of the rational male read Ross's essay "I am not my cock." For the record, I'm not Ross's cock either. Read the follow up,

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1119455632794677072005-06-22T08:32:00.000-06:002005-06-22T09:53:52.816-06:00We prefer our vices white

I was watching television last night when I saw a commercial for this local casino. I don't recall the specific language used in the commercial, something to the effect of "non-tribally owned" was displayed on a graphic, but if you refer to the link they describe themselves as "the first Non-Tribal casino in Washington state." That's a slightly less obvious way of saying "not Indian owned"

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1119299605087170642005-06-20T14:16:00.000-06:002005-06-20T14:36:49.326-06:00Cultural hegemony

Part of my weekend was spent in Barnes & Noble. As one of the many services I provide, when I get bored in a bookstore I wander into the Cultural Studies (or Native American Studies, whatever) section, cull through it for the crap which doesn't belong, and drop it of in a more relevant section (fiction, New Age, whatever).This weekend I was a little more bored than usual, so I took my finds to

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1119155033946659312005-06-18T22:09:00.000-06:002005-06-18T22:23:53.950-06:00You can't spell assimilation without a-s-s.

Same-sex marriage ban becomes law"Navajos debate traditions and clanship beliefs for the modern era"WINDOW ROCK, Ariz. - Increasing the debate on modern-day implications for Navajo traditions, the Navajo Nation Council's June 3 override of the Navajo president's veto on a same-sex marriage ban means the law will go into effect on the Navajo Nation."I'm not Dine', don't know jack about their

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1118974577643499122005-06-16T20:14:00.000-06:002005-06-16T20:16:17.646-06:00Sitemeter is a harsh mistress

Hey, whoever cruised in here from usdoj.gov, I was just kidding. Really.p.s. - You'll never take me alive.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1118801831999507752005-06-14T20:08:00.000-06:002005-06-14T20:17:12.003-06:00Happy Flag Day!

I hope all you liberal America haters out there at least have the decency to observe some respect for cultural symbols today.Fly that flag high.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1118721500192534252005-06-13T21:02:00.000-06:002005-06-13T21:58:20.196-06:00What's the difference between a woman and a shovel?

There's no punch line to that, Lauren got me going on the joke theme.Several years ago I read a study of people who'd had the corpus callosum in their brains severed. With no communication between the hemispheres of the brain it was frequently the case that the left hand literally didn't know what the right hand was doing. One of the features of this study was displaying simple commands which

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1118718021927226712005-06-13T17:24:00.000-06:002005-06-13T21:00:23.323-06:00Jumping on the Kos pile

By now everyone's read about the latest implosion by Kos. I stopped reading his site a little over a year ago, for a couple of reasons. First was a post he put up after the deaths of the four Blackwater consultants in Falluja:Let the people see what war is like. This isn't an Xbox game. There are real repercussions to Bush's folly. That said, I feel nothing over the death of merceneries (sic)

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1118088945602513742005-06-06T14:09:00.000-06:002005-06-06T14:15:54.713-06:00It's all in the framing

Reuters: Court: Government can bar medical marijuana useAP: Court Rules Against Pot for Sick People

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1117765648134148002005-06-02T20:09:00.000-06:002005-06-02T20:27:28.140-06:00Mailbag fun!

I knew the email link would pay huge dividends. I'm disappointed in the lack of comments, this shit is much more fun out in public. No names included, but you know who you are.The federal/tribal relationship: "Don't all Indians get a check from the BIA?"Referring to genocide: "There is only one genocide, the extermination of Jews by Nazis. All of you Indians claiming genocide are anti-Semites."

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1117487714096434802005-05-30T14:50:00.000-06:002005-05-30T15:15:14.106-06:00Memorial Day

Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides college funding to survivors of Special Operations personnel killed in the line of duty.Scholarships for Military Children.Fisher House provides "comfort homes" for family members of patients receiving care at military or VA medical facilities.Army Emergency Relief provides emergency assistance to active military members and their dependents.

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1117421146018153002005-05-29T19:57:00.000-06:002005-05-29T20:45:46.026-06:00Justice doesn't seem color blind

Public Defender Dude has a post up about a public defender in Los Angeles who was found by a judge to be 100% liable after one of her clients was framed by the LAPD. He writes:"As much an outrage this was, it is an even bigger outrage that she was found 100% liable for Mr. Ovando's predicament, as if the police who shot him, framed him, and lied at his trial had nothing to do with it. How,

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1117128795062021772005-05-26T11:07:00.000-06:002005-05-26T11:33:15.083-06:00Blessed are the ripped, for they shall inherit California

Millennial religions generally share a number of characteristics. They generally appear in societies, or segments of societies, which are under a good deal of stress. There is a promise of deliverance from hardship in the form of some type of physical, temporal, or spiritual reorganization. The movements are driven by a charismatic prophet or messiah who has received that promise through a

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1117083451957881502005-05-25T22:10:00.000-06:002005-05-25T22:57:31.960-06:00New Kids on the Block

Tough times, I had a whole thing to blog about, and when I started putting together the background something jumped out which demanded some love. Here's the meaty bit:"I wish people would stop and think about the actual meaning of marriage in human society up until recently. And yes, this means Christian marriage, too. It's a property arrangement. It's to keep agnatic descent clear. It's not

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116994078158038252005-05-24T22:07:00.000-06:002005-05-24T22:43:55.510-06:00Amateur Ornithologist

My girlfriend went in for "breast augmentation" surgery yesterday.BeforeAfterShe's been wanting to do this for about eighteen years now, but never had the resources or personal time to get it done. I've taken the week off to look after her while she's recovering.I'm still not too sure how I feel about it. I can't be too critical of body modification, because I have a big honking tattoo and butt

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116624345746793302005-05-20T15:25:00.000-06:002005-05-21T09:17:34.643-06:00Stand back everyone, I'm a musician!

ICT [2005/05/20]��McCain calls for IGRA review, revisions:Senator John McCain is calling for revision of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, stating ''I strongly agree it's time we reviewed a 17-year-old piece of legislation and profited from the experiences we've undergone, and make whatever necessary changes in order to deal [with] an $18.5 billion - and continuing to grow - industry that none of

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116447608514687742005-05-18T14:20:00.000-06:002005-05-18T14:42:31.593-06:00Meriwether and William's Excellent Adventure

Indian Country Today has an article up concerning protests taking place over the re-enactment of the Lewis and Clark expedition. It quotes Carter Camp telling the re-enactors ''You are re-enacting the coming of death to our people. You are re-enacting genocide.''I enjoy reading things like this, not because I think that we should not recognize events or projects like the Corps of Discovery, but

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116394731319399422005-05-17T23:33:00.000-06:002005-05-17T23:38:51.323-06:00Blogeria is a harsh and unforgiving land. Stay hydrated.

My blog is making loud sucking noises, mostly because I don't really have time these days. When I do manage to post I don't make the time to fully develop the material, so we're left with half-formed crap. I have noticed that some bloggers take a light day on Friday and post pictures of their cats; I respect the privacy of my cats, and the thing is done to death anyway, so instead I was

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116394398236628562005-05-17T22:48:00.000-06:002005-05-17T23:41:50.406-06:00Sometimes I Really Miss Usenet

Usenet is cool in that discussion are threaded, and it's visually very easy to follow who's replying to what and in what time. Somehow my previous story hour post was viewed as a misdirected commentary on something having to do with the draft; it's all confusing and hard to make sense of, particularly since the word "draft" appears nowhere in my post, nor do I offer any commentary on such a thing

Mimbrenohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02750639459764766333noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10100826.post-1116302004960865282005-05-16T20:47:00.000-06:002005-05-16T21:53:24.976-06:00Uncle Walt's Wild Ride

Bitch, PhD has a great post up about the upcoming sequel to Pirates of the Caribbean. Well, less about the movie than trying to raise a child free of institutionalized racism. Which is great. For quite some time I've thought that Disney is one of the most pernicious influences on American culture, even before they started shoveling crap like Pocahontas or PoC. I'm certain this will garner

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There's been a decent amount of discussion lately in blogeria about legal and ethical violations by recruiters who are falling drastically short of making their numbers. See here and here for examples. I'm frankly too lazy to find more.If you will indulge me a moment, I'd like tell a story. I love story hour.About eleven or twelve years ago, during my stint in the Army, a colonel from another

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