The workers who died in the bridge collapse on Tuesday “were not ‘poisoning the blood of our country,’” Will Bunch wrote, quoting Trump; “they were replenishing it…. They may have been born all over the continent, but when these men plunged into our waters on Tuesday, they died as Americans.”
The workers who died in the bridge collapse on Tuesday “were not ‘poisoning the blood of our country,’” Will Bunch wrote, quoting Trump; “they were replenishing it…. They may have been born all over the continent, but when these men plunged into our waters on Tuesday, they died as Americans.”
Our forefathers, who imposed their dreams on stolen lands were welcomed to this land in peace, and proceeded to excavate and dominate the continent, presuming that right because nobody was using or exploiting the land in ways our limited (limiting) vision could perceive.
We have been very poor houseguests indeed (if not in fact!)
If any immigrants are "poisoning the blood of this land" it would be those who came here, claiming superiority - even supremacy - and the right to murder, rape and pillage without constraint - in the name of the LORD, no less ....
I have no argument with what you've written about our forefathers, Kathleen... except for this one point: Since we cannot go back in time to stop what they did, I believe our focus must be on being the best people we can be today... which includes being inclusive of the Native Americans who are here despite the attempts made years ago to either wipe them out physically or eliminate their culture through "schools" such as the one in Carlisle, PA (where Jim Thorpe went).
We cannot eliminate the "poison" our forefathers injected into the blood of the people who were here first. But we can seek to learn from those lessons to make sure no new poison is injected into our nation ... by anyone... including those who support Putin!
" ... our focus must be on being the best people we can be today... which includes being inclusive of the Native Americans who are here despite the attempts made years ago to either wipe them out physically or eliminate their culture through "schools" ..."
I agree we must continue to work at being the best people we can be ... mindful that not all people uphold the same standards of virtue and integrity ... native women and children still are murdered and missing; treaty rights still are violated by corporations building pipelines, mining uranium and rare earth minerals and now seeking grounds to excavate lithium for EV industries; not to mention pollution of frontline communities - a most egregious example being the radioactive waste at Hanford, with no viable plans to repair leaking storage containers, and now, rather than returning that land to native governance, as promised, moving ahead with plans to construct 3 new generators along the already contaminated Columbia River ... how good can we be as individuals - and what difference will it make when the collective trend is to expand, regardless of who or what gets stepped on or obliterated along the way ...?
Support the Establishment of a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Christian churches collaborated with the government to create hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children. The conditions at these institutions, some of them Quaker-run, were horrific. Abuse, malnutrition, and even death were commonplace.
Yet, the United States government has never truly acknowledged the historical trauma of the Indian boarding school era. We can change that in the 118th Congress.
The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 1723; H.R. 7227) has been re-introduced in both the Senate and House. We must now ensure the bill is passed in both chambers.
Tribal nations are working to advance legislation establishing a federal commission to formally investigate Indian boarding school policy and develop recommendations for further governmental action. As advocates for peace and justice, we are called to stand with them in solidarity.
Remind your members of Congress of their responsibility to tribal nations, and urge them to start the healing process by passing the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies bill!
One reason Native Americans were a bit more accepting of the English seems to be that they were led to believe they would be protected from the Spanish (mostly) who had a worse reputation from areas they took by conquest. The French seemed to be more interested in trade than sending anywhere near as many immigrants that would become hostile to them.
I agree with you entirely, Michael -- your substance and your tone.
Let's extend one caveat, though -- the schools of these poisoned, scurrilous, hate-filled souls obviously learned zero humanities, zero arts for empathy, for seeing other contexts.
So I feel for them, in the sense that, first, they're victims of the billionaire classes who offshored the millions of U.S. working class jobs. They're also victims of failures in America's health, safety, and environmental protections -- which the billionaires by their project 2025 want to eviscerate totally. Add in the social media billionaires quite deliberately spewing hate by algorithms. And finally the schools, so totally now having abandoned humanities.
I used to hitch-hike all over America, Michael. I felt welcome in every community -- skin color didn't matter, income didn't matter. Woody Guthrie's words about this land being your land, this land being my land rang true, so true.
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The workers who died in the bridge collapse on Tuesday “were not ‘poisoning the blood of our country,’” Will Bunch wrote, quoting Trump; “they were replenishing it…. They may have been born all over the continent, but when these men plunged into our waters on Tuesday, they died as Americans.”
My thoughts …
The GOP is poisoning the blood of our country. 🤮
Our forefathers, who imposed their dreams on stolen lands were welcomed to this land in peace, and proceeded to excavate and dominate the continent, presuming that right because nobody was using or exploiting the land in ways our limited (limiting) vision could perceive.
We have been very poor houseguests indeed (if not in fact!)
If any immigrants are "poisoning the blood of this land" it would be those who came here, claiming superiority - even supremacy - and the right to murder, rape and pillage without constraint - in the name of the LORD, no less ....
I have no argument with what you've written about our forefathers, Kathleen... except for this one point: Since we cannot go back in time to stop what they did, I believe our focus must be on being the best people we can be today... which includes being inclusive of the Native Americans who are here despite the attempts made years ago to either wipe them out physically or eliminate their culture through "schools" such as the one in Carlisle, PA (where Jim Thorpe went).
We cannot eliminate the "poison" our forefathers injected into the blood of the people who were here first. But we can seek to learn from those lessons to make sure no new poison is injected into our nation ... by anyone... including those who support Putin!
" ... our focus must be on being the best people we can be today... which includes being inclusive of the Native Americans who are here despite the attempts made years ago to either wipe them out physically or eliminate their culture through "schools" ..."
I agree we must continue to work at being the best people we can be ... mindful that not all people uphold the same standards of virtue and integrity ... native women and children still are murdered and missing; treaty rights still are violated by corporations building pipelines, mining uranium and rare earth minerals and now seeking grounds to excavate lithium for EV industries; not to mention pollution of frontline communities - a most egregious example being the radioactive waste at Hanford, with no viable plans to repair leaking storage containers, and now, rather than returning that land to native governance, as promised, moving ahead with plans to construct 3 new generators along the already contaminated Columbia River ... how good can we be as individuals - and what difference will it make when the collective trend is to expand, regardless of who or what gets stepped on or obliterated along the way ...?
https://kathleenallen.substack.com/p/your-comments-are-needed-on-the-hanford
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Support the Establishment of a Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies
In the 19th and early 20th centuries, Christian churches collaborated with the government to create hundreds of boarding schools for Native American children. The conditions at these institutions, some of them Quaker-run, were horrific. Abuse, malnutrition, and even death were commonplace.
Yet, the United States government has never truly acknowledged the historical trauma of the Indian boarding school era. We can change that in the 118th Congress.
The Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act (S. 1723; H.R. 7227) has been re-introduced in both the Senate and House. We must now ensure the bill is passed in both chambers.
Tribal nations are working to advance legislation establishing a federal commission to formally investigate Indian boarding school policy and develop recommendations for further governmental action. As advocates for peace and justice, we are called to stand with them in solidarity.
Remind your members of Congress of their responsibility to tribal nations, and urge them to start the healing process by passing the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies bill!
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One reason Native Americans were a bit more accepting of the English seems to be that they were led to believe they would be protected from the Spanish (mostly) who had a worse reputation from areas they took by conquest. The French seemed to be more interested in trade than sending anywhere near as many immigrants that would become hostile to them.
Exactly. The new Nazis have no place in a free and democratic government.
I agree with you entirely, Michael -- your substance and your tone.
Let's extend one caveat, though -- the schools of these poisoned, scurrilous, hate-filled souls obviously learned zero humanities, zero arts for empathy, for seeing other contexts.
So I feel for them, in the sense that, first, they're victims of the billionaire classes who offshored the millions of U.S. working class jobs. They're also victims of failures in America's health, safety, and environmental protections -- which the billionaires by their project 2025 want to eviscerate totally. Add in the social media billionaires quite deliberately spewing hate by algorithms. And finally the schools, so totally now having abandoned humanities.
I used to hitch-hike all over America, Michael. I felt welcome in every community -- skin color didn't matter, income didn't matter. Woody Guthrie's words about this land being your land, this land being my land rang true, so true.
Very very true Steve!!I agree with you the MAGA clan is poisoning the blood of this country!!
Thank you.