J. Sakai --"Settlers, The Mythology of the White Proletariat"

HT to the "Sons of Malcolm" for this wonderful interview.  I can't remember when it was that I stumbled upon this young man's site, but it was an immediate relationship -- at least on my part!  J. Sakai lays out some very real truths about what being "American" is, and has been about, for the self-determination of all Others in this "land of the free, and home of the brave."  Sakai definitely speaks of the MLK I believed in, and additionally, he talked about the Chicano Movement of which, Obama's Latino beard at the DNC, Mayor Julian Castro's mother was a big part (he also hits the nail on its proverbial head with regard to why "Occupy" movements make me leery!)

This, at the 1:09 click, was something else for me:

"And although he didn't say it of course, the Iroquois Confederacy, women had tremendous legal powers, under their laws of government.  Um, you couldn't have a war unless 3/4 of the mothers, women who had borne children, voted for the war, for example, under their laws.  No men could vote for war."

Think about that for a minute!




Please enjoy this -- and I hope you find something, anything, that will help you critically think (and watch out for "the new, semi-trailer coming up in your rear-view mirror, threatening to drive you off the road!").

Double your Latinos, double your chance to win?

I truly don't plan to be a part of, as Glenn Greenwald kinda called it, this "conspiracy of stupid," writing about either the right OR the left in the run-up to November.  I neither like, nor believe any side.  Too much shit going on -- unabated and ignored -- in this state, in this country, and in this world to think that either really gives a damn. But I just couldn't resist this!

The RNC had Marco Rubio, American-born son of Cuban immigrants from Miami (who would've been a much better strategic choice for Romney as VP (except Romney wants it so bad, he wouldn't dare upset the whiteness of his main constituency). So, the DNC doubled down (pun intended), getting the mayor of San Antonio -- the younger; inarguably more handsome; up-and-coming; Julian Castro, American-born son of a Chicano, political activist, single mother -- AND, his identical twin brother, State Representative, Joaquín Castro (they have been known to do the twin-switch thing), to introduce him as the keynote speaker!!  If you're one of those who love symbolism and strategy over substance (and even if you're not), you just, gotta love this!