Spirit Vessel Gourd Display

I am displaying my Spirit Gourd Vessels at:

   

 La Canada Flintridge Library

4545 Oakwood Ave

La Canada Flintridge, CA

Library Hours:

Mon, Tue, & Wed:             10:00 am - 8:00 pm

Thurs:                                   10:00 am - 6:00 pm 

Fri & Sat:                              11:00 am - 5:00 pm 

The one pictured above is from my private collection and is entitled: Nanuuq's Heart.

The display will run until November 31st. and prices are available upon request @ the front desk.   Gourds will also be available for purchase Saturday, December 4th @ the Library during the Friends of the Library Holiday Booksale.  A portion of the gourd sales will be donated to the Friends of the La Canada Flintridge Library      



Just What We DON'T Need for Governor

Ok: Time to be serious:

That's Double "F-You", Not Victory, You Idiots!

I'm looking at these Meg Farking Whitman ads.

Incredibly, She believes that although she has NEVER Once voted in 28 (TWENTY EIGHT) years (and she's Proud of that fact) that she has the right to run for Governor.... I'll say she hasn't a clue what the hell has been going on in this State (let alone country) if she hasn't voted.

Also...she has run eBay...and she states if she can run eBay and make it successful, she can run the State of California. LOL!   All I can say is, I stopped selling on eBay because she kept raising "Sellers' Fees", so that we were nickled & dimed for every word, photo, auction we placed.  Not only did I have to pay a fee for placing the auction, there are different prices for the different amounts of the opening bid, for placing more than one photo, headers, and font styles.   If the item sells, there is still another fee that increases depending on the amount that was paid for the item.  That's paying on both ends of the auction....it cost me more to place the auction than I ever got out of it.....I lost money selling on eBay!   Meg wins!  She got rich on that one.

Sheet...trying to get the legislature to do what you want them to do is SO NOT like running anything...it's more like Herding Cats! She sure as hell can't fire them, she sure as hell can't get them to take a cut in pay or furlough! I think the peroxide she uses on her hair has seeped into her brain!


I wish I could vote for the Terminator again, but seems as his term is over....so sad.....he at least worked for the best of the People & the State...& listened to the constituency, and he didn't accept his salary...he had enough $$$$ without nickle & diming the State into bankruptcy with greed, unlike the rest of the State Government Officials.

And...speaking of hair...the first thing I heard out of Meg's mouth on election night when she won the primary was "how awful Barbara Boxer's hair style is.....how outdated" WTF? That's important to the state? I must have missed something.....

I'm thinking the republicans are trying to find a woman who can be a "Match" for Hillary....Well, if so, they better give up...all they have given us so far are two farking Ditzy Broads:" Let's Slaughter All the Wildlife" Palin & "I've Never Voted & Proud of It" Whitman.
Come on boys...you can do better than that?  No...well then go hide in a closet, because you are not doing the people any good... Oops! I forgot, that's not on your agenda anyway!
 

Bow Down Before the Queen

More on Meg:                                                                                                      
 
Labor's Edge Articles by Steve Smith:
8/23/10

Whitman-Samueli Fundraiser Raises Questions


by Steve Smith
As millions of Californians continue to struggle in this economy, Meg Whitman will spend her evening today collecting huge checks from corporate insiders at the posh Corona Del Mar mansion of fellow billionaire CEO Henry Samueli.
Of course, there’s nothing unusual about candidates holding fundraisers, even billionaires like Whitman. But there’s more to meets the eye with this particular fundraiser considering the host’s background. And there’s some serious questions that need to be raised about whom exactly would have Whitman’s ear if she were to be elected governor.
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Meg Whitman’s Bad Week



by Steve Smith
Every once in a while you have one of those weeks where it seems like nothing goes right. For Meg Whitman, it’s been one of those weeks.
Workers and community allies have been out in force protesting at a number of her recent appearances, she continues to get slammed from both the left and the right for her hypocrisy on immigration and other issues, top economists shredded her economic plan and polls show she’s continuing to lose support, even though she’s up on the air with wall-to-wall TV ads.



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Message to Whitman: California’s Future Isn’t a Game



It’s no secret that Meg Whitman is wealthy beyond most of our wildest dreams. But few know the true cost of Whitman’s wealth. This week the California Labor Federation launched a new online video and video game that highlights Whitman’s job-slashing corporate history. Check out both the video and video game at http://www.wallstreetwhitman.com/.

Reads more about Meg:  http://www.calaborfed.org/index.php/site/author_archive/184/

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Pick the 2010 Rubber Dodo Award Winner – Vote by October 3

Whoo Hoo!

All ya'll get to vote on the most dangerous environmentally dangerous a*-hole of the year!

Ready for a little environmental catharsis? Help us pick the most outrageous eco-villain of 2010.

The Center for Biological Diversity established the Rubber Dodo award in 2007 as a way to spotlight those who do their very best -- that is, worst -- to destroy wild places and drive species to extinction. The award, named after the most famous extinct species on Earth, is given out every year.

This year, we need you and everyone you know to cast a vote and send a message that endangered species can't be shoved aside for dirty oil development, petty politics or ineffectual government. So vote now for the 2010 Rubber Dodo award and then share this on Facebook, Twitter, blogs and with anyone you know who cares about protecting wild animals and plants.

Previous recipients of this prestigious faux-accolade were land speculator Michael Winer (2009), polar bear opponent Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (2008) and Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne (2007), who set a record low in the number of plants and animals he placed on the endangered species list.

There was no shortage of nominees this year: BP CEO Tony Hayward (Gulf oil spill), Interior Secretary Ken Salazar (ineffective spill response, reluctance to save imperiled species), Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter (wolf opposition) and Alaska Gov. Sean Parnell (opposing species protections, pushing dangerous oil and gas development.)

Cast your vote for the Rubber Dodo award by October 3 for one of these four or write in your own nominee. We'll announce the winner in early October.


Pick the 2010 Rubber Dodo Award Winner – Vote by October 3

"Micky Mousing It"

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"Mickey Mousing It" is a term used by Grandfather Wallace Black-Elk 

? Why do people my age feel compelled to preach/teach through the Entire Inipi when they are sitting behind the bucket? Why can't they be like our Elders...saving their thoughts/words for when the door is open or before ceremony? Why won't they just shut up and let us pray? Isn't praying what we came there for?  How are we supposed to be able to hear the Spirits speak to us when all we can hear is the lecturer? Where's the respect for our prayers?

I mean...if you are so busy preaching how will you know if someone is in need of help? Aren't you supposed to be be praying for the people in the lodge & being mindful of what the purpose of the lodge is? Aren't you supposed to be taking ...care of the people in the Initi?  I don't believe you can do this if your thoughts are focused elsewhere.

This is one of the reasons I no longer go to ceremony, it seems to be about people hearing themselves preach/talk, not about helping the people who are praying (or trying to).....

 

Another ?: In Inipi the Elders (not my peers) always pass Mne/water after the second round as "medicine", because they know we are becoming dehydrated & going into the strongest prayer round... So why is it my contemporaries refuse to pass water to the people unless someone almost begs for it? And even then, it is given to us grudgingly. What the hell is with that? Don't people get ill from being dehydrated?

 I realize that some may choose to suffer through sacrifice, but, not all sacrifice must be accompanied by suffering....

Most of the medicine people tell us that "We are not here (in Inipi) to suffer, but to give our suffering up to the Tonka Oyate"...so why are they trying to hurt the people by depriving them of Mne?

I'm just trying to get this clear....because This Is NOT how our Elders taught us! So where do these contemporary people get these ideas?

Every time I go into a lodge, it's just so "half-way" from how my Grandfathers & Uncles & Aunties ran them.....who changed the ways of the ceremonies? When? & Why?

When the "traditional ways" of ceremony are changed, doesn't that effect the Spirits & how they relate to us? Doesn't it bother them that we take short-cuts? Doesn't it make them, just the tiniest bit upset to have the original instructions ignored?  Doesn't it make them want to ignore us?

You can tell this bothers me...so much so, that I don't even want to go to ceremony any longer, unless it's with one of the Traditional Elders....and as far as I know, there aren't too many of them remaining.

A sister of mine would accuse me of "letting people keep me away from my prayers"...well that's her limited view. They only keep me away from ceremony.....

Nothing Keeps me away from my Prayers nor from Creator..... Besides when going into a lodge where people "Mickey-Mouse it" (Grandpa Wallace's term), I feel as if I'm being kept from my prayers just through the distraction of the preaching, the explanation of every song sung, the denial of Mne, the lack of Cannunpa.....the half-wayness of the entire ceremony...keeps me distracted. Hence I stay at home....which is probably a better place for me, because then I'm not dehydrated & more at peace with the world.

 

MI Takuye Oyacin