"We are pleased with the rapid compliance..." Fellas, has anyone among the dingbats failing upward in DoD noticed that RAPID COMPLIANCE is posing quite a few legal problems for the rest of this ninth-grade experiment in governance that calls itself the Trump administration?
RAPID COMPLIANCE, when practiced by idiots, means rapidly accumulating actionable errors. To say nothing of humiliating self-owns. See y'all in court--rapidly!
Or as certain friends of mine might say, "Yatah hei, fuckers."
Good thing that EVERY OTHER first world country ALSO writes history books that can't be scrubbed of the truth or dictated by American Right Wing Filth...This concern over Republicans rewriting American history would be MUCH more concerning if other histories from EVERYWHERE ELSE won't collectively become the default...
This erasure of the past is violence upon our shared history. It isn’t owned by any government. It is ours. Our WWII history is fascinating exactly because of all the marginalized people who contributed crucially to the victory. And changed our own history because of it. It was the best America. I am so saddened by this.
The removal of history, of heros is unconscionable. More so when done by a cowardly draft dodger and conman. The story of the Navajo Code Breakers is so incredible. Their sacrifice to ensure victory is mind blowing. If you don't know of them read their story.
Yakoke, Marcie, for bringing this to everyone's attention on this recipe sharing blog. I'm going to repost this from yesterday, and then add some more of my thoughts:
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Some facts:
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A. We Choctaws were the FIRST Code Talkers during World War One in France. I kinda getting tired of the Navajo getting all of the credit for Code Talking. (Kinda like the Cherokees for us Choctaws, but we'll save inter tribal/National rivalries for another time)
B. The fact that we can't even learn about this anymore publicly, (Now we'll have to learn about any Code Talkers at all like it's some conspiracy theory whispered at the local sweat lodge) all because of the Great White Father Dearest Dementia Patient Leader's widdle fee fee's getting butthurt and some of his Anglo Saxons and other Northern Europeans descendents worshipers going back to factory default settings on racism is just stupidly beyond angry, and yet, predictable.
New: C. To repeat myself, this erasing of history in order to protect the fee fee's of the forked tongue, ancient man who couldn't get wisdom even if it wacked him upside the head with a 2 by 4, Dearest Leader, is just a continuation of an old pattern that we Natives have been observing for the last 532 and a half years as of this posting. And people still wonder why when they come to Indian Country, the local Natives will keep to themselves and are unwilling to share their knowledge with the outside world. This is nothing new to us Natives and we'll keep on surviving as we always have. Yakoke (Choctaw for thank you) for your time as letting me share some Native knowledge before it becomes so exclusive again that not Natives will not know how we Natives have contributed to the Greater American Experience.
I have thought of this many times of late, so I'm just going to spill it here. A million years ago when I was trying to be a screenwriter in film school, I had an idea for a sci-fi road pic. Set ten generations in the future. The basic notion involved a government that was erasing women from history. Specifically, among other things, they used a thing like photoshop (which hadn't been invented at that point) to change Sandra Day O'Conner's pictures on the Supreme Court to make her look like a man. At that point she was still the only woman SCOTUS judge. Anyway, our intrepid heroine in the film was trying to make her way to Quebec, which had separated from Canada (finally) because it had been absorbed into the US. Quebec was the last safe haven in North America.
Ten generations from then? That was certainly optimistic on my part. It's been one. Maybe one and a half.
The idea was flawed in other ways, though, and I did not pursue it.
Trump cannot read, is ignorant of basic science and medicine, and if it isn't attached to his fragile ego or wallet, he has no use for it. And that goes for the US as well. As near as I can figure, the government is just a bigger piggy bank for him to rob and destroy. HE NEEDS TO GO!! A la lanterne!
Exactly. The alternate headlines to all this are Federal Government No Longer Source of Reliable Information on America and Federal Agencies Discredit Themselves by Attempting to Troll American History. They don't magically control reality, no matter how much ketamine they took over the weekend. They have hideously insulted Native American heroes but they haven't changed actual history and our knowledge of it.
Note that many localities still have racist language in property deeds, something now strictly prohibited by law. Most people never bother changing them because (a) they no longer apply, what with being illegal and all and (b) you have to go to court and spend money to change them.
So: leaving outdated relics of Jim Crow (like Confederate statues and racist property deeds) in place is perfectly acceptable, but ALL references to DEI must be PURGED IMMEDIATELY!!
Of course, Trump would like to erase all memories of our fighting the White Supremacists that his father not so secretly admired. If he were around then, as the line goes, we'd all be speaking German now
"We are pleased with the rapid compliance..." Fellas, has anyone among the dingbats failing upward in DoD noticed that RAPID COMPLIANCE is posing quite a few legal problems for the rest of this ninth-grade experiment in governance that calls itself the Trump administration?
RAPID COMPLIANCE, when practiced by idiots, means rapidly accumulating actionable errors. To say nothing of humiliating self-owns. See y'all in court--rapidly!
Or as certain friends of mine might say, "Yatah hei, fuckers."
Good thing that EVERY OTHER first world country ALSO writes history books that can't be scrubbed of the truth or dictated by American Right Wing Filth...This concern over Republicans rewriting American history would be MUCH more concerning if other histories from EVERYWHERE ELSE won't collectively become the default...
I never thought I'd be hoping for a military coup, but here we are.
My massage therapist, sweetest woman you’ve ever met, now aspires to become a ninja assassin.
This erasure of the past is violence upon our shared history. It isn’t owned by any government. It is ours. Our WWII history is fascinating exactly because of all the marginalized people who contributed crucially to the victory. And changed our own history because of it. It was the best America. I am so saddened by this.
I'm enraged more than saddened.
The removal of history, of heros is unconscionable. More so when done by a cowardly draft dodger and conman. The story of the Navajo Code Breakers is so incredible. Their sacrifice to ensure victory is mind blowing. If you don't know of them read their story.
Agree! If you don’t know about them, definitely find out. This administration is erasing Native Americans a second time.
Ta, Marcie. My late friend BJ grew up in AZ where Ira Hayes was the town drunk. This is all so very enraging.
That’s kinda sad, actually. The part about him ending up as the town drunk. In addition to trying to erase his place in history.
https://youtu.be/oEwSwQtSmDQ?feature=shared
The Ballad Of Ira Hayes
Yakoke, Marcie, for bringing this to everyone's attention on this recipe sharing blog. I'm going to repost this from yesterday, and then add some more of my thoughts:
-
Some facts:
-
A. We Choctaws were the FIRST Code Talkers during World War One in France. I kinda getting tired of the Navajo getting all of the credit for Code Talking. (Kinda like the Cherokees for us Choctaws, but we'll save inter tribal/National rivalries for another time)
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https://www.choctawnation.com/about/history/code-talkers/
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B. The fact that we can't even learn about this anymore publicly, (Now we'll have to learn about any Code Talkers at all like it's some conspiracy theory whispered at the local sweat lodge) all because of the Great White Father Dearest Dementia Patient Leader's widdle fee fee's getting butthurt and some of his Anglo Saxons and other Northern Europeans descendents worshipers going back to factory default settings on racism is just stupidly beyond angry, and yet, predictable.
New: C. To repeat myself, this erasing of history in order to protect the fee fee's of the forked tongue, ancient man who couldn't get wisdom even if it wacked him upside the head with a 2 by 4, Dearest Leader, is just a continuation of an old pattern that we Natives have been observing for the last 532 and a half years as of this posting. And people still wonder why when they come to Indian Country, the local Natives will keep to themselves and are unwilling to share their knowledge with the outside world. This is nothing new to us Natives and we'll keep on surviving as we always have. Yakoke (Choctaw for thank you) for your time as letting me share some Native knowledge before it becomes so exclusive again that not Natives will not know how we Natives have contributed to the Greater American Experience.
I have thought of this many times of late, so I'm just going to spill it here. A million years ago when I was trying to be a screenwriter in film school, I had an idea for a sci-fi road pic. Set ten generations in the future. The basic notion involved a government that was erasing women from history. Specifically, among other things, they used a thing like photoshop (which hadn't been invented at that point) to change Sandra Day O'Conner's pictures on the Supreme Court to make her look like a man. At that point she was still the only woman SCOTUS judge. Anyway, our intrepid heroine in the film was trying to make her way to Quebec, which had separated from Canada (finally) because it had been absorbed into the US. Quebec was the last safe haven in North America.
Ten generations from then? That was certainly optimistic on my part. It's been one. Maybe one and a half.
The idea was flawed in other ways, though, and I did not pursue it.
I really hope they’re saving somewhere before they delete
Trump cannot read, is ignorant of basic science and medicine, and if it isn't attached to his fragile ego or wallet, he has no use for it. And that goes for the US as well. As near as I can figure, the government is just a bigger piggy bank for him to rob and destroy. HE NEEDS TO GO!! A la lanterne!
Imma tell you what. this kind of shit gets my dander up
Well, I guess it's settled then. When the revolution starts, we'll be speaking Navajo on the radio so that MAGAs won't know what we're planning.
I don't know navajo, baby, but will protect our navajo brothers with every inch of my steel
Ban a book?
more will read it.
Ban a movement?
more will join it.
Ban an idea?
can’t be done.
History can’t be erased.
MAGAts are real dumb.
Exactly. The alternate headlines to all this are Federal Government No Longer Source of Reliable Information on America and Federal Agencies Discredit Themselves by Attempting to Troll American History. They don't magically control reality, no matter how much ketamine they took over the weekend. They have hideously insulted Native American heroes but they haven't changed actual history and our knowledge of it.
Note that many localities still have racist language in property deeds, something now strictly prohibited by law. Most people never bother changing them because (a) they no longer apply, what with being illegal and all and (b) you have to go to court and spend money to change them.
So: leaving outdated relics of Jim Crow (like Confederate statues and racist property deeds) in place is perfectly acceptable, but ALL references to DEI must be PURGED IMMEDIATELY!!
God, this place sucks.
"Note that many localities still have racist language in property deeds, something that FOR NOW IS strictly prohibited by law. "
They want to roll back the Civil Rights act, and every Amendment after the 10th.
Of course, Trump would like to erase all memories of our fighting the White Supremacists that his father not so secretly admired. If he were around then, as the line goes, we'd all be speaking German now
Avoiding military service is a Trump family tradition and how they got here in the first place.