Happy Fourth of July

[evince]

you mean lie about it? are you accusing LR of lying about his roots?

you have got to be the dumbest fucking liar to ever have held a little girl and claimed you loved her

 

[blackascoal]

I never made that argument. I merely proved your point was wrong and then you prove it again with your link above.

Try harder.

You didn't prove shit .. as usual.

.. and yes, that is exactly the argument you're trying to make.

 

[Micawber]

Much love for you brother, but that 'great' is and has been rapidly diminishing. Obama, as flawed as he was, stood as a global beacon of hope for many leaders and people across the world. But even he was beset with the demons of corporatism and power that separates what America claims to be and what America truly is. Trump is simply the unmasking of what America has always been.

Trump cannot be blamed for what America is.

We mass-murder innocent people .. babies included.

We slaughter entire populations of innocent people .. and we'll use terrorists to do it.

Under the guise of 'fighting terrorism' we feel justified to do any fucking thing we want to do to innocent people all over the world .. YET more people are killed by our own homegrown terrorists in this country than by Muslims.

Why didn't your government tell you the 'rescue' of Jessica Lynch was a fraud? Why didn't they tell you the 'toppling' of Saddam's statue was a fraud? Why didn't they tell you the Bin Laden 'confession' tapes were a fraud?

Why, because they created the frauds.

Americans are a colonized people .. easily manipulated.

By the way .. what they didn't show you in the Patriot was the slaves they were fucking over, as they raped their children .. while fighting for the 'freedom' to rape their babies.

Food for thought. BAC throws strong punches.

 

[Micawber]

I wanted to respond to this yesterday but we were headed out the door to start our day of celebration. Sorry this is long but you motivated me to re-watch The Patriot, read the history on my great great grandfather and I thought a lot about this country. Past, present and future. I am an optimist. My wife sometimes can't stand it because she's more of a glass half empty type person.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I feigned my displeasure about the phrase “off the reservation” offending my Native American heritage in another thread. The truth is I am not easily offended. I am 1/4 Choctaw and a whole bunch Great Britain. But the reality is, I am an American. A mutt. Proudly I am a citizen of the United Sates of America.

Yes, my ancestors were mistreated, even unjustly killed, some to the point of certain members of government and military trying to destroy entire races. My great great grandfather came here on the trail of tears. It was all wrong. So wrong. Nothing we can do will change that, though. My life is in the here and now. For me to succeed and be able to live my life I must live in this culture.

I remember my grandmother talking about her mom and dad telling her that the way of life they lived was over. She was going to live in the white man’s world. Grandma raised 11 children who were 1/2 Choctaw (she married an Irish man) and they were all successful. All of them were sent to school and most of them completed some sort of post secondary education. They assimilated into the culture of this nation. Some of them served in the armed forces. Two of them were high ranking in the tribal government…one still is.

We were raised to be proud of our Choctaw heritage but to get an education or trade and to succeed. I still do some things my Chahta ancestors did the way my Chahta ancestors did them.

Chahta were farmer folks. They farmed the land they were allotted here in Oklahoma. My grandmother taught my mother techniques which she taught to me.

From the land to the table much of what my grandmother taught my mother was passed on to me.

And food preservation was passed down as well. But not all was Chahta ways. My grandmother was learning herself in an ever changing world. And she taught my mom. And my mom taught me.

In the summer I raise and preserve food. In the fall I hunt.

We live and eat well. But I also have had to live according to the laws of my state and my country. I have had to educate myself, develop a marketable skill, find a job, show up for work, do the job. My grandmother taught us this is what you do. When I failed along the way, I didn't blame anyone, I got up and did it right the next time. To me this is the real recipe for success in this country. And the fact that I can maintain some aspects of my heritage and enjoy the benefits of living in this great land is wonderful.

E Pluribus Unum … Out of many, one. The original national motto of our country. I still love it. It matters not where you come from, your background, your mistakes (mostly) … in this country you can succeed. But I have been taught and I believe you must work according to the law and rules to find that success. This is the greatest country ever, IMO. And while things have been done wrong along the way there is still the belief …. at least with most of us, that you can be whatever to choose and work to be. You can achieve whatever you choose to work at to achieve. As they say, the sky is the limit.

Chahta sia hoke! Yes. But also…. Proud to be an American.

Very inspiring. And with visual aids no less.

 

[cawacko]

you have got to be the dumbest fucking liar to ever have held a little girl and claimed you loved her

sorry the truth hurts you so much

 

[USFREEDOM911]

I wanted to respond to this yesterday but we were headed out the door to start our day of celebration. Sorry this is long but you motivated me to re-watch The Patriot, read the history on my great great grandfather and I thought a lot about this country. Past, present and future. I am an optimist. My wife sometimes can't stand it because she's more of a glass half empty type person.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I feigned my displeasure about the phrase “off the reservation” offending my Native American heritage in another thread. The truth is I am not easily offended. I am 1/4 Choctaw and a whole bunch Great Britain. But the reality is, I am an American. A mutt. Proudly I am a citizen of the United Sates of America.

Yes, my ancestors were mistreated, even unjustly killed, some to the point of certain members of government and military trying to destroy entire races. My great great grandfather came here on the trail of tears. It was all wrong. So wrong. Nothing we can do will change that, though. My life is in the here and now. For me to succeed and be able to live my life I must live in this culture.

I remember my grandmother talking about her mom and dad telling her that the way of life they lived was over. She was going to live in the white man’s world. Grandma raised 11 children who were 1/2 Choctaw (she married an Irish man) and they were all successful. All of them were sent to school and most of them completed some sort of post secondary education. They assimilated into the culture of this nation. Some of them served in the armed forces. Two of them were high ranking in the tribal government…one still is.

We were raised to be proud of our Choctaw heritage but to get an education or trade and to succeed. I still do some things my Chahta ancestors did the way my Chahta ancestors did them.

Chahta were farmer folks. They farmed the land they were allotted here in Oklahoma. My grandmother taught my mother techniques which she taught to me.

From the land to the table much of what my grandmother taught my mother was passed on to me.

And food preservation was passed down as well. But not all was Chahta ways. My grandmother was learning herself in an ever changing world. And she taught my mom. And my mom taught me.

In the summer I raise and preserve food. In the fall I hunt.

We live and eat well. But I also have had to live according to the laws of my state and my country. I have had to educate myself, develop a marketable skill, find a job, show up for work, do the job. My grandmother taught us this is what you do. When I failed along the way, I didn't blame anyone, I got up and did it right the next time. To me this is the real recipe for success in this country. And the fact that I can maintain some aspects of my heritage and enjoy the benefits of living in this great land is wonderful.

E Pluribus Unum … Out of many, one. The original national motto of our country. I still love it. It matters not where you come from, your background, your mistakes (mostly) … in this country you can succeed. But I have been taught and I believe you must work according to the law and rules to find that success. This is the greatest country ever, IMO. And while things have been done wrong along the way there is still the belief …. at least with most of us, that you can be whatever to choose and work to be. You can achieve whatever you choose to work at to achieve. As they say, the sky is the limit.

Chahta sia hoke! Yes. But also…. Proud to be an American.

There are those who think "mutt" is an insult; but most Americans are just that mutts and it's been shown that mutts are better then "pure breeds".

 

[USFREEDOM911]

You are fucking glutton.
Conspicuous over-eating is not patriotic...It is gross.

How is showing what we had available to eat, mean gluttony and over eating?

 

[Cancel 2020.1]

I wanted to respond to this yesterday but we were headed out the door to start our day of celebration. Sorry this is long but you motivated me to re-watch The Patriot, read the history on my great great grandfather and I thought a lot about this country. Past, present and future. I am an optimist. My wife sometimes can't stand it because she's more of a glass half empty type person.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I feigned my displeasure about the phrase “off the reservation” offending my Native American heritage in another thread. The truth is I am not easily offended. I am 1/4 Choctaw and a whole bunch Great Britain. But the reality is, I am an American. A mutt. Proudly I am a citizen of the United Sates of America.

Yes, my ancestors were mistreated, even unjustly killed, some to the point of certain members of government and military trying to destroy entire races. My great great grandfather came here on the trail of tears. It was all wrong. So wrong. Nothing we can do will change that, though. My life is in the here and now. For me to succeed and be able to live my life I must live in this culture.

I remember my grandmother talking about her mom and dad telling her that the way of life they lived was over. She was going to live in the white man’s world. Grandma raised 11 children who were 1/2 Choctaw (she married an Irish man) and they were all successful. All of them were sent to school and most of them completed some sort of post secondary education. They assimilated into the culture of this nation. Some of them served in the armed forces. Two of them were high ranking in the tribal government…one still is.

We were raised to be proud of our Choctaw heritage but to get an education or trade and to succeed. I still do some things my Chahta ancestors did the way my Chahta ancestors did them.

Chahta were farmer folks. They farmed the land they were allotted here in Oklahoma. My grandmother taught my mother techniques which she taught to me.

From the land to the table much of what my grandmother taught my mother was passed on to me.

And food preservation was passed down as well. But not all was Chahta ways. My grandmother was learning herself in an ever changing world. And she taught my mom. And my mom taught me.

In the summer I raise and preserve food. In the fall I hunt.

We live and eat well. But I also have had to live according to the laws of my state and my country. I have had to educate myself, develop a marketable skill, find a job, show up for work, do the job. My grandmother taught us this is what you do. When I failed along the way, I didn't blame anyone, I got up and did it right the next time. To me this is the real recipe for success in this country. And the fact that I can maintain some aspects of my heritage and enjoy the benefits of living in this great land is wonderful.

E Pluribus Unum … Out of many, one. The original national motto of our country. I still love it. It matters not where you come from, your background, your mistakes (mostly) … in this country you can succeed. But I have been taught and I believe you must work according to the law and rules to find that success. This is the greatest country ever, IMO. And while things have been done wrong along the way there is still the belief …. at least with most of us, that you can be whatever to choose and work to be. You can achieve whatever you choose to work at to achieve. As they say, the sky is the limit.

Chahta sia hoke! Yes. But also…. Proud to be an American.

This was a truly pleasurable read. As good an example of what it means to be an American as any I have heard.

Thank you. And that's a good life you've got going there.

 

[cawacko]

I wanted to respond to this yesterday but we were headed out the door to start our day of celebration. Sorry this is long but you motivated me to re-watch The Patriot, read the history on my great great grandfather and I thought a lot about this country. Past, present and future. I am an optimist. My wife sometimes can't stand it because she's more of a glass half empty type person.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I feigned my displeasure about the phrase “off the reservation” offending my Native American heritage in another thread. The truth is I am not easily offended. I am 1/4 Choctaw and a whole bunch Great Britain. But the reality is, I am an American. A mutt. Proudly I am a citizen of the United Sates of America.

Yes, my ancestors were mistreated, even unjustly killed, some to the point of certain members of government and military trying to destroy entire races. My great great grandfather came here on the trail of tears. It was all wrong. So wrong. Nothing we can do will change that, though. My life is in the here and now. For me to succeed and be able to live my life I must live in this culture.

I remember my grandmother talking about her mom and dad telling her that the way of life they lived was over. She was going to live in the white man’s world. Grandma raised 11 children who were 1/2 Choctaw (she married an Irish man) and they were all successful. All of them were sent to school and most of them completed some sort of post secondary education. They assimilated into the culture of this nation. Some of them served in the armed forces. Two of them were high ranking in the tribal government…one still is.

We were raised to be proud of our Choctaw heritage but to get an education or trade and to succeed. I still do some things my Chahta ancestors did the way my Chahta ancestors did them.

Chahta were farmer folks. They farmed the land they were allotted here in Oklahoma. My grandmother taught my mother techniques which she taught to me.

From the land to the table much of what my grandmother taught my mother was passed on to me.

And food preservation was passed down as well. But not all was Chahta ways. My grandmother was learning herself in an ever changing world. And she taught my mom. And my mom taught me.

In the summer I raise and preserve food. In the fall I hunt.

We live and eat well. But I also have had to live according to the laws of my state and my country. I have had to educate myself, develop a marketable skill, find a job, show up for work, do the job. My grandmother taught us this is what you do. When I failed along the way, I didn't blame anyone, I got up and did it right the next time. To me this is the real recipe for success in this country. And the fact that I can maintain some aspects of my heritage and enjoy the benefits of living in this great land is wonderful.

E Pluribus Unum … Out of many, one. The original national motto of our country. I still love it. It matters not where you come from, your background, your mistakes (mostly) … in this country you can succeed. But I have been taught and I believe you must work according to the law and rules to find that success. This is the greatest country ever, IMO. And while things have been done wrong along the way there is still the belief …. at least with most of us, that you can be whatever to choose and work to be. You can achieve whatever you choose to work at to achieve. As they say, the sky is the limit.

Chahta sia hoke! Yes. But also…. Proud to be an American.

Thanks for sharing this LR. It's inspiring.

Interesting to in context of Shaun King's statement that if you think America is the greatest country you are either greedy or a white supremist.

 

[Micawber]

Thanks for sharing this LR. It's inspiring.

Interesting to in context of Shaun King's statement that if you think America is the greatest country you are either greedy or a white supremist.

Let's just say that if you are not rich and don't identify as lily white you may be happy and love where you live. That goes for the US or Iran or even Wales or Cape cod or Florida or god forbid Kentucky.

Not to detract from leanrights inspiring post at all, but you have to overlook a lot of bullshit to have that same love for the USA if instead of pickle canning you have drugs, blight, poverty and ramant joblessness.

 

[cawacko]

Let's just say that if you are not rich and don't identify as lily white you may be happy and love where you live. That goes for the US or Iran or even Wales or Cape cod or Florida or god forbid Kentucky.

Not to detract from leanrights inspiring post at all, but you have to overlook a lot of bullshit to have that same love for the USA if instead of pickle canning you have drugs, blight, poverty and ramant joblessness.

To each his own how one feels about this country. I'm not going to tell someone they have to feel a certain way. But as Chris Rock said in Bigger and Blacker no one has had it worse than the Indians. So if there is a pecking order of greviences they have the first pick. So it's something for LR to say what he did about America.

 

[blackascoal]

I wanted to respond to this yesterday but we were headed out the door to start our day of celebration. Sorry this is long but you motivated me to re-watch The Patriot, read the history on my great great grandfather and I thought a lot about this country. Past, present and future. I am an optimist. My wife sometimes can't stand it because she's more of a glass half empty type person.

I agree with this wholeheartedly. I feigned my displeasure about the phrase “off the reservation” offending my Native American heritage in another thread. The truth is I am not easily offended. I am 1/4 Choctaw and a whole bunch Great Britain. But the reality is, I am an American. A mutt. Proudly I am a citizen of the United Sates of America.

Yes, my ancestors were mistreated, even unjustly killed, some to the point of certain members of government and military trying to destroy entire races. My great great grandfather came here on the trail of tears. It was all wrong. So wrong. Nothing we can do will change that, though. My life is in the here and now. For me to succeed and be able to live my life I must live in this culture.

I remember my grandmother talking about her mom and dad telling her that the way of life they lived was over. She was going to live in the white man’s world. Grandma raised 11 children who were 1/2 Choctaw (she married an Irish man) and they were all successful. All of them were sent to school and most of them completed some sort of post secondary education. They assimilated into the culture of this nation. Some of them served in the armed forces. Two of them were high ranking in the tribal government…one still is.

We were raised to be proud of our Choctaw heritage but to get an education or trade and to succeed. I still do some things my Chahta ancestors did the way my Chahta ancestors did them.

Chahta were farmer folks. They farmed the land they were allotted here in Oklahoma. My grandmother taught my mother techniques which she taught to me.

From the land to the table much of what my grandmother taught my mother was passed on to me.

And food preservation was passed down as well. But not all was Chahta ways. My grandmother was learning herself in an ever changing world. And she taught my mom. And my mom taught me.

In the summer I raise and preserve food. In the fall I hunt.

We live and eat well. But I also have had to live according to the laws of my state and my country. I have had to educate myself, develop a marketable skill, find a job, show up for work, do the job. My grandmother taught us this is what you do. When I failed along the way, I didn't blame anyone, I got up and did it right the next time. To me this is the real recipe for success in this country. And the fact that I can maintain some aspects of my heritage and enjoy the benefits of living in this great land is wonderful.

E Pluribus Unum … Out of many, one. The original national motto of our country. I still love it. It matters not where you come from, your background, your mistakes (mostly) … in this country you can succeed. But I have been taught and I believe you must work according to the law and rules to find that success. This is the greatest country ever, IMO. And while things have been done wrong along the way there is still the belief …. at least with most of us, that you can be whatever to choose and work to be. You can achieve whatever you choose to work at to achieve. As they say, the sky is the limit.

Chahta sia hoke! Yes. But also…. Proud to be an American.

Deep and profound indeed good brother.

There are many stories to tell that rarely if ever get told. The relationship between Native People and African-Americans is fascinating, but rarely gets told. We have crossed historical paths many times. There were many blacks among those who suffered and died along the Trail of Tears. There were many Native People among those who died at Fort Negro .. another fascinating story that never gets told.

It would be fascinating to write your story .. as would be the different paths our respective cultures took from those days past.

I applaud you brother.

 

[blackascoal]

To each his own how one feels about this country. I'm not going to tell someone they have to feel a certain way. But as Chris Rock said in Bigger and Blacker no one has had it worse than the Indians. So if there is a pecking order of greviences they have the first pick. So it's something for LR to say what he did about America.

I greatly appreciate and respect LR's perspective. Shit, I hope I've never said anything cross to him. I'm serious.

That being said, what Mic said is correct. It's not dishonest to respect what LR has said while at the same time acknowledging the truth of what Mic has said.

 

[cancel2 2022]

Yea, having a decent planet to live on, clean air and water is just so over rated, go trump.....

So what has happened is that the pollution has been exported to Asia instead.

Sent from my iPhone 25S with cherries on top

 

[USFREEDOM911]

So what has happened is that the pollution has been exported to Asia instead.

Sent from my iPhone 25S with cherries on top

We've outsourced it.

 

[Airstrip One]

I wonder what the Krauts think about a month called JewLie?