bjorn_skurj

Picking crops is the kind of job nobody does unless they HAVE to.

It is certainly the case that the center of political thought in this country has moved toward the right in the last 20 years or so.

"the Iraq"

Hmm. Perhaps Analogman was right about the "Reagan youth."

Thanks for another racist, hate-filled post.

ooo. Forgot about that one.

Thick cloud - steam rising - hissing stone on sweat lodge fire Around me - buffalo robe - sage in bundle - run on skin Outside - cold air - stand, wait for rising sun Red paint - eagle feathers - coyote calling - it has begun Something moving in - I taste it in my mouth and in my heart It feels like dying - slow - letting go of life Medicine man lead me up though town - Indian ground - so far down Cut up land - each house - a pool - kids wearing water wings - drink in cool Follow dry river bed - watch Scout and Guides make pow-wow signs Past Geronimo's disco - Sit 'n' Bull steakhouse - white

Aurora borealis The icy sky at night Paddles cut the water In a long and hurried flight From the white man to the fields of green And the homeland we've never seen. They killed us in our tepee And they cut our women down They might have left some babies Cryin' on the ground But the firesticks and the wagons come And the night falls on the setting sun. They massacred the buffalo Kitty corner from the bank The taxis run across my feet And my eyes have turned to blanks In my little box at the top of the stairs With my Indian rug and a pipe to share. I wish a was a trapper I would give thous

I think that can best be explained by the insightful lyrics of this Cher song: My father married a pure Cherokee My mother's people were ashamed of me The Indians said I was white by law The white man always called me "Indian Squaw" Chorus Half-breed, that's all I ever heard Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word Half-breed, she's no good they warned Both sides were against me since the day I was born We never settled, went from town to town When you're not welcome you don't hang around The other children always laughed at me "Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee" Chorus We weren

I think it's more of a profit maximization tool, combined with the cultural shift away from manual labor as part of our economic shift to a service-based economy.

Ain't nothing funny about having to pay $5 for an apple, homes.

That movie "Brick" owes quite a bit to Twin Peaks, I feel.

My Giants prediction is 6-10, unless Eli evolves into a super-Pokemon.

Federalism is indeed a two-edged sword.

I am not surprised that David Wells is pitching a good game tonight - New York, national TV, a lot to prove. I am surprised that he laid down a bunt single. Put that in yer sabermetrics!

Yep. A possible scenario is Roe getting overturned, and the blue states keeping abortion legal and the red states not.

I am comfortable with the current Roe v. Wade setup. Dude, looking at it any other way imposes unacceptable restrictions on a woman's freedom. I certainly understand and respect those with religious and moral objections to it, and nobody is saying it's a desirable outcome, but forcing women to have babies they don't want is an even less desirable outcome, an outcome which I will never support the state forcing on a woman.

Until the cord is cut, the mother's rights prevail.

Best wishes on your special day.

And I can't think of a more intrusive role for government than telling a woman she has to have a baby she doesn't want to have.

That makes me a little sad to think that being a person of faith is thought of as a character flaw. Using your faith to bully people; that's a character flaw.

Y'know, despite the fact that both my parents were out-of-wedlock, unplanned pregnancies, I don't think the state should have the power to force a woman to have a baby she doesn't want to have. It's as simple as that.

Wishing you the very best.