Broken Rainbow (Forced Relocation of the Navajo)

Broken Rainbow (Forced Relocation of the Navajo) November 8, 2008 Broken Rainbow is a 1985 documentary film about the industry-led and government-enforced relocation of more than 10,000 Navajo from their traditional lands. On December 1974 Congress passed “The Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act” which authorized the partitioning of the Joint Use Area (JUA) of the Navajo [...]

McCain-Palin supporter says no treats for Obama kids on Halloween

A suburban Detroit woman has decided to scare up the vote among neighborhood children by just offering treats to John McCain supporters.

Shirley Nagel of Grosse Pointe Farms, Mich., handed out candy Friday only to those who shared her support for the Republican presidential candidate and his running mate Sarah Palin. Others were turned away empty-handed.

TV station WJBK, Fox 2 News says a sign outside Nagel’s house warned: “No handouts for Obama supporters, liars, tricksters or kids of supporters.”

Nagel calls Democrat Barack Obama “scary.” When asked about children who were turned away empty-handed and crying, she said: “Oh well. Everybody has a choice.”

There were kids as young as 4 years old that went away crying because she wouldn’t give them any candy. This is so sad that anyone would do this to a child.

Maverick Mocks US Workers

John McCain offers workers $50.00 an hour to come to Yuma and pick lettuce. When one takes him up on the offer, he mocks the worker and says, “you can’t do it, my friend.”

Eight Is Enough!

John McCain can try and steal Barack Obama’s message, but he’s still running to give us four more years of the same old stuff.

Elitists and Colonists

WILLIAMS: Who is a member of the elite?

PALIN: Oh, I guess just people who think that they’re better than anyone else. And– John McCain and I are so committed to serving every American. Hard-working, middle-class Americans who are so desiring of this economy getting put back on the right track. And winning these wars. And America’s starting to reach her potential. And that is opportunity and hope provided everyone equally. So anyone who thinks that they are– I guess– better than anyone else, that’s– that’s my definition of elitism.

WILLIAMS: So it’s not education? It’s not income-based? It’s–

PALIN: Anyone who thinks that they’re better than someone else.

WILLIAMS: –a state of mind? It’s not geography?

PALIN: ‘Course not.

WILLIAMS: Senator?

MCCAIN: I– I know where a lot of ‘em live. (LAUGH)

WILLIAMS: Where’s that?

MCCAIN: Well, in our nation’s capital and New York City. I’ve seen it. I’ve lived there. I know the town. I know– I know what a lot of these elitists are. The ones that she never went to a cocktail party with in Georgetown. I’ll be very frank with you. Who think that they can dictate what they believe to America rather than let Americans decide for themselves. [Emphasis added.]

See, that’s funny (and no, I don’t mean the fact that Palin and McCain disagree on whether elitism is geographically determined, though that’s also funny; and no, I don’t mean the idea of a guy with 8 houses and a gal who just dropped $150K at Neiman and Saks chiding others for elitism, though that’s funny too). John McCain says that people in Washington, DC want to force their beliefs on America. That’s hilarious. Hell, that’s the definition of irony.

You see, the half-a-million residents of the District of Columbia — I’m one of them — pay taxes, register for selective service, and otherwise bear all the responsibilities required of citizens of the United States. But unlike Citizens McCain and Palin, we don’t have representation in the US House of Representatives. We don’t have representation in the US Senate, unlike those lucky Arizonans who elected John McCain. And perhaps worst of all, our city/state government doesn’t have the ability to pass its own budget without the approval of Congress and the President.

U.S. Senate Bill S.1003 may become an amendment to the 1974 Federal Law, so-called, “Navajo-Hopi Land Settlement Act.

This new bill calls for relocation of all Dineh
residents of, mostly, the Big Mountain and Black Mesa areas by September 2008. It
also calls for: the federal commission responsible for pre/post-relocation to close
its program, and the BIA of the U.S. Department of the Interior to start
management-control of all tribal royalities earned from the Black Mesa coal mines.

The federal relocation commission sets forth its “official” number of 130 Dineh to
be relocated before 2008, but this figure is incorrect according to Dineh
residents of Big Mountain. More numbers of extended family members still claim Big
Mountain area as their homeland, and hundreds more have been displaced without any
compensation from this federal relocation agency. The “unofficial” numbers used by
resisters from Big Mountain, Black Mesa and Star Mountain is over 300 individuals
currently resisting. However, the colonialist, occupier’s relocation commission
decides who is a resident, and the “inferior” Indian still does not know who s/he
is.

This Bill has now entered the U.S. Senate Chambers for debate, however, Senator
John McCain of Arizona is urging that the Bill be made into law immediately and he
wants it labeled as a “non-controversial item.” Many of you have followed this
issue at Big Mountain and you must also realize again that the U.S. southwest
energy companies are secretly behind this Bill again. Instead Peabody coal company
and western energy companies continue to parade themselves as powerful lobbyist
for this new anti-Indian legislation.

Not Better Off

John McCain 4.0 (or is it 4.5?) is now making the argument that we need to elect him because we can’t afford another four years like the last eight. He must not think we have much of a memory, because earlier this year — when he was still leading in the polls — McCain was eager to tell us that we were actually better off than we were eight years ago. Here’s video:

John McCain Approves these ads

John McCain Approves these ads

Exclusive: MAD Magazine’s Election Coverage, Sarah Palin Edition

The usual gang of idiots over at MAD Magazine have once again offered Huffington Post readers the first look at some of their political coverage from the issue that hits stands October 14th.

Last month they gave us a look at movie posters featuring Obama and McCain, but this time they’ve set their sights squarely on Republican vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Just in time for her speech at the RNC, Sarah Palin is laughed at by the editors of MAD and the readers of Huffington Post:

A letter from someone who has known Sarah Palin since 1992

CLAIM VS FACT
•“Hockey mom”: true for a few years
•“PTA mom”: true years ago when her first-born was in elementary
school, not since
•“NRA supporter”: absolutely true
•social conservative: mixed. Opposes gay marriage, BUT vetoed a bill
that would have denied benefits to employees in same-sex relationships
(said she did this because it was unconsitutional).
•pro-creationism: mixed. Supports it, BUT did nothing as Governor to
promote it.
•“Pro-life”: mixed. Knowingly gave birth to a Down’s syndrome baby
BUT declined to call a special legislative session on some pro-life
legislation
•“Experienced”: Some high schools have more students than Wasilla has
residents. Many cities have more residents than the state of Alaska.
No legislative experience other than City Council. Little hands-on
supervisory or managerial experience; needed help of a city
administrator to run town of about 5,000.
•political maverick: not at all
•gutsy: absolutely!
•open & transparent: ??? Good at keeping secrets. Not good at
explaining actions.
•has a developed philosophy of public policy: no
•”a Greenie”: no. Turned Wasilla into a wasteland of big box stores
and disconnected parking lots. Is pro-drilling off-shore and in ANWR.
•fiscal conservative: not by my definition!
•pro-infrastructure: No. Promoted a sports complex and park in a city
without a sewage treatment plant or storm drainage system. Built
streets to early 20th century standards.
•pro-tax relief: Lowered taxes for businesses, increased tax burden on
residents
•pro-small government: No. Oversaw greatest expansion of city
government in Wasilla’s history.
•pro-labor/pro-union. No. Just because her husband works union
doesn’t make her pro-labor. I have seen nothing to support any claim
that she is pro-labor/pro-union.