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April 25, 2010 Printer Version (4)
Babysitter Boogie

A near-tragedy was averted by some miracle on Wednesday night. 18-yr. Old Chelsea Walkingeagle, Daughter of Curtis Walkingeagle (send corrections if this is not accurate), who is the lame ass son of Carl Walkingego, was supposed to be babysitting a toddler. She took a smoke break with some friends to go into the garage and smoke some pot. The child got out and was found some distance away, walking on the highway.

Chelsea is the only one being charged in this. Child Abuse, Neglect, Endangerment, whatever they can throw at her.

I'm hearing from people who feel that her daddy and Grand Daddy can buy off the courts and get her off with a warning. That would just be so wrong!

But, before we go all Death Penalty on her, I'd like for us all to take a really deep breath and look at this from all angles, in hopes that we might all learn something from it. Yes, there should be consequences, and severe ones, but you decide, after you read and consider this, what should be done. We will then see what the courts decide on this matter.

First: She is the only person in this being charged with a crime. None of her other smoking buddies has been charged. As far as I am concerned, they ALL endangered that child and they should ALL be charged.

NOTE: I am not opposed to Pot Smoking. In fact, I have a very liberal attitude towards drugs for a number of reasons which we can go into on another posting. Suffice to say that Drug Laws are over reactionary, unreasonable and absolutely damaging to everyone, as well as our economy and dangerous to both our citizens and our Law Enforcement Personnel. I personally believe that Pot should be legalized, taxed, and regulated, like alcohol, and partaken in a responsible way. I, myself DO NOT DO ANY DRUGS. But that is my choice. Ok?

Also, who are these parents that leave their child in the hands of someone they either know smokes pot, or they don't know enough about this person to really be trusting their child with them. They need a wake up call. If that babysitting gig was so the parents could go to Bingo, they need to rethink their priorities. If not, they need to invest more time getting to know the limitations of anyone babysitting their child.

Chelsea comes from a long line of corrupt, embezzling, lying Power Players on the rez. She had to have grown up feeling immune to all the consequences of wrong doing. That is how it is out there. The corrupt prevent their offspring, friends and family, from even the smallest consequences of their bad actions, mistakes or crimes. It's part of the perks of their "Privilege".

When children grow up protected from consequences, they cannot adequately develop either judgment or common sense. Their development is stunted. As they grow older and bigger, they get into bigger and more serious problems. The more they get off without penalty, the bigger, "worser" the next infraction will be.

Also, consider that she is 18. Her brain is not fully developed. And, from what I have heard of the drinking and drugging in her background and of her father-- she has really had no good examples to learn from, and possibly defective genetics.

It was a thoughtless, careless, dangerous thing and she got caught. It could have been so much worse. That child could have been struck by a car. No driver expects to see a toddler on the highway.

She needs a penalty. But more than that, she needs in-depth rehab, and counseling that will help her to reset her thinking, or start that engine for the very first time. She has got to realize she is not special. She is not immune, and what she does can cause great damage and suffering if all she wants to do is 'have fun' at times when she should be most responsible.

She needs to recognize who she is, and what she needs to do to become more responsible. The next child she zones out on, could be her own.

I also think that her parents need to be brought in and explain how it was they raised her. Name their own mistakes, publicly, and apologize. This is a great shame on them. She is only 18. They raised her to be what she is.

The rest of us, younger or older, take a lesson from this. It can happen that fast. *snap!*.

I am still getting letters from people who are grief stricken over the loss of Mary Feather. Adults who knew her, as well as her friends. "She was going to be somebody," one writer said. "She had it. She was a good kid. A little confused, but she was getting through it and ..." Just like that, she's gone.

Babysitter Boogie Woogie

Some writers feel that Chelsea's Poppa, Carl Walkingego, can't wield much influence outside of the rez. They forget: He has stolen millions of dollars from the Tribe. He can buy whatever can be bought! Further, he might play the Confidential Informant Card on this one.

He was under investigation and supposed to go to jail awhile back, for his embezzlement. He got out of it by becoming a 'Confidential Informant', ostensibly to spy on Poopsie, and report back as to what he is doing.

The irony is, the Feds have been using Poopsie as their Confidential Informant for decades. It is their excuse for overlooking his crimes. All he ever gives them are the names of drug dealers he is unhappy with. Typically, those who are competition for him and his family. That big Turtle Mountain bust last year? Poopsie's work!

So, anytime the FBI wants to protect their own Gravy Train, they name the criminals as Confidential Informants, and everyone is happy. Poopsie gets away with murders, and gets his family out of jams when they get their hands dirty.

Essentially, having Carl babysit Poopsie is as bad a joke as having Chelsea Walkingeagle babysit a toddler.

Speaking of Babysitters..

I wonder who is babysitting Poopsie and changing his man diapers these days? His son, Joel, has been driving Daddy's truck around like he owns it from the minute Poopsie went into the hospital. Have not heard much about his son Kalum, by his daughter Angie, so not sure what is going on there either.

May Be Related?

I did hear that there was an attack by a group of older kids and young adults on another group that was playing basketball in their own yard. Apparently the attackers dog-piled the victim and beat him up pretty bad. He was taken to the ER and stitched up.

What is amazing about this is that the Tribal Police, BADGERS no less, showed up and investigated and then arrested the ones responsible within a couple of hours!

What? Police doing Police work in a Police way? Do keep me posted.

Breaking the Cycle of Violence

Violence has been a way of life on the rez, for far too long. It needs to stop. Violence never solves anything. It only leads to more violence. You don't solve your disputes, your differences with violence. You don't vent your anger with violence. It only makes things worse.

We have got to teach our children, young people and even our grown adults, better coping skills than bullying or violence.

This is not WWE. This is REAL LIFE.

Learn Conflict Resolution Skills, teach those to your community. It makes you and everyone around you, a whole lot smarter.

Revenge, attacks and bullying means you only respect people who are meaner, stronger and who will attack you.

Conflict resolution makes you and the community, a whole lot stronger and united. There are times, and the times are NOW, when the community needs to be united.

School Bored

Start with the schools. The elementary schools. Rid yourselves of the incompetent and the unqualified. You are paying a premium for people who are worth none of it. Your children deserve better. Your future deserves better.

I understand that it was Wayne Trottier who put Marty Greywater's name in to be on the School Board. Now, ask yourself, "Why would the Superintendent want someone who has brain damage, cannot read or write, on the school board? And why would he also want the mother, who never graduated (I think she stopped at grade 8) and never got her GED?"

Then go back and read how the School Board agreed to extend his contract for 2 more years, and give him a too generous severance package--which he can take even if he quits! He did offer to put his 'raise' into and they all applauded that as 'generous'. Check the school credit cards, kids.. this guy is crooked.

You need to get Beasley and her son, out of there. You need to get Wayne Trottier and his drinking buddy, Erich "Arrogance is a Virtue" Longie---OUT of there.

Or expect more incompetent, stoned babysitters in the future. That is what they are creating out there.

You need to have a future where people stick around, do the right and the responsible things. You don't need people who boogie out of there to get their kicks and then another tiny coffin goes in a hole in the ground.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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April 23, 2010  -- Printer Version (2)
And Just Like That...She's Gone

A 16-year Old girl lost her life. She was in a car and it was hit by another car. Her friends are devastated. No one seems to know how it happened. There is talk of alcohol being involved... well, isn't that all they have to do out there? Haven't we spent all the funds on other more important things? You know, giving raises to and extending the contract of the most incompetent High School Administrators ever seen?

Have you read Erich Longie's high praise of himself where he brags about how "Arrogance" has gotten him where he is? Extolling the virtues of ARROGANCE? REALLY? Mind boggling. Is this really the person or even the mentality you want running the schools? A man who brags about his arrogance?

Unemployment on the Rez is 57%. The AYP Scores are flat lining failures.

The children are drinking, drugging, suiciding and dying.

Just like that, Mary Feather is gone. No heartbeat. No laughing. No graduation. Gone.

And you have people like Erich Longie and Wayne Trottier, laughing all the way to the bank, and convening Tribal Council conferences to get a woman removed from the rez because she dared to complain about the sorry, pitiful, pathetic situation that is Four Winds High School.

Why would good teachers even stay? I know. Because they love the kids, the community. What chance do the kids have? Almost none.

And He Jumped

The family of 19-yr old Delano Gaking is struggling in grief right now. Their son, despite all they have tried to do for him in his difficult life, succumbed to the ravages of profound depression and stepped off the bridge, into the river, and his body has not been found. He left his ID and a suicide note. But his family cannot even bury him. They cannot even begin to come to grips with this loss.

Depression is real. It kills. It takes the light right out of a person and fills them with pain and confusion. We don't have all the answers. Hell, we don't have enough of the answers, to begin to understand what goes wrong, how to reach in and fix it. Parents, loved ones, can only try. And then the River calls them.

People need help. Real help. Sometimes not even the best of help is enough to prevent this most gutting of all grief, the death of a child. A cut made even deeper by suicide.

Not Helping

Again, I urge you all to demand that Piggy Cavenaugh and her family, be removed from the Clinic. Replace them with qualified people of integrity.

I don't know if she was responsible or even involved with the Gaking lad, but clearly, too many suicides. We are losing the Future faster than we are losing the Past.  Good, qualified mental health care; addiction and counseling can often make the difference between a real chance and life... and a mistake that takes the whole community with it, to bury the Future once again.

Nothing will get better until the People can Heal. The People cannot heal as long as Corruption allows someone unqualified to stand in the place where only someone qualified should be. Piggy is in your way. She needs to go.

The school is being used as a piggy bank for the Arrogant and the Unqualified School Board and Administrators.

Perhaps the next meeting between the School Superintendent and the Tribal Council should be called by the Tribal Council?  They aren't perfect, but the new members of the Tribal Council are definitely working harder than their predecessors and the two remaining corrupt council members, NLO and Walkingego.

It's your community. It's your Future. It's time.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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April 19, 2010 --Printer Version (6)
Can't Burn a Paper Trail

To say that the investigation into Eddie Peltier's murder was flawed, is to be almost laughable. From the outset, during the planning of the murder by Yanktons and their pals, it was intended to look like the hit and run of a drunken Indian, out on the highway.  To make sure that all that was believable, they needed a plausible fall guy.  Someone that no one really knew.  That is why they sent for Richard LaFuente, using his cousin, Patricia DeMarce, AKA Sissy BigTrack.

Eddie was just supposed to be one of those (*shrug) unfortunate statistics. If anyone was to look more closely at it, they could easily round up witnesses who were already to primed, to say they had seen a vehicle resembling Richard LaFuente's, a yellow El Camino, around that time, and near that spot, driving down that highway..

Richard was summoned, under extremely false pretenses, from his home in another state, simply to fill that roll. He would be there, during the time of the murder, and gone afterwards. After all, he did not live on the rez, so he was sure to go back home after the lies that brought him to the rez were found to be just that--lies.

Unfortunately for John Lopez, he agreed to go on the long road trip with his friend, Richard LaFuente. That is how he got dragged into this.

Eddie's murder was planned by the Keystone Kopps on Acid. These are not the brightest people you will ever meet. They are good con artists, but they are not, by any measure--smart. They are bullies. They don't have to think. They get what they want through force, and violence if their lies don't work. So, they've never really had to think anything through.

Pete Belgarde, who is now a Tribal Judge by appointment, mind you, was one of those keys to making sure people thought it was Richard at the Scene. His story was going to be that he heard screeching tires (from more than a mile away) and he went out to the highway to see who it was and only saw this yellow El Camino driving at a high rate of speed away from the scene.

Since no one on the rez owned such a vehicle, suspicion would naturally fall on someone who was around at the time and driving just such a vehicle.

The plan was perfect--except for all the unplanned contingencies that really mucked it up.  Witnesses for one.

Here is a word-for-word statement and Affidavit from one such witness.  One that was never revealed to the Defense. One that was, in fact, actively concealed from the Grand Jury, by means of being subpoenaed and then hidden in a room, "Witness Room" where no one could see or talk to them, until it was all over.

This is one of the witnesses who got pissed off when they realized that their eyewitness information was concealed. Concealed, specifically because it puts Eddie and James Yankton, Jr. together just prior to Eddie's murder. Totally messes up the Prosecution's scripted fiction of what the events were, who was there and where it was. Totally. No wonder they did not want to hear from him.

Here is the actual Affidavit John DuBois Statement and the transcribed version I did that makes it easier to see the actual words. The copy I scanned was not the best, but it is entirely legible. I added two notes and they are in parenthesis.  I also did not correct the spelling of such words as "subpoened".  Since the original was done by typewriter, and there are 'x' outs, I left those out. I broke it down, as best I could with the spacing and all, to the same words being on the same lines and pages just to make it easier to cross-check. If anyone finds any major (or minor) corrections between those two documents, let me know and I will repair and repost.

For those who don't want to go to the second link, I give you--The Transcribed Version:

NAME OF PERSON INTERVIEWED: John Allen DuBois
DOB: 7/21/60
Fort Totten, North Dakota
Enrollment: Turtle Mountain Sioux

DATE OF INTERVIEW: 1/9/86 TIME OF INTERVIEW: 8:31 a.m.
PLACE OF INTERVIEW: Federal Building, Fargo, North Dakota

PERSONS PRESENT DURING INTERVIEW: John Dubois, Oliver J. Semans, Criminal Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs

INTERVIEW IN REFERENCE: Jerome Edward Peltier Case
Writer identified himself as a criminal investigator with the Bureau of Indian Affairs and stated the purpose of the interview.

Mr. Dubois is advised of his rights. Mr. DuBois waived his rights.

Writer asked Mr. DuBois if he had every been interviewed in reference to the Eddie Peltier case before. Mr. DuBois advised writer he was interviewed by Ken Morsette on this matter (Ken Morsette, Criminal Investigator, Bureau of Indian Affairs).
Writer asked Mr. DuBois if he remembered the interview and read the interview to him. Mr. DuBois said that the statement was his.
Writer asked if there was anything else he knew about the case.
Mr. DuBois said to writer that he seen James Yankton with Eddie
Peltier at 5:30 a.m. in the morning on the day Eddie was killed.
Mr. DuBois said he was at the Eagle residence. When he looked out the window he saw James Yankton and Eddie Peltier. Writer asked
Mr. DuBois why he never told Ken Morsette this prior to now. Mr. Dubois said, "I never thought of it."

Writer asked if Mr. DuBois was related to Jesse Cavanaugh.
Mr. DuBois said he was Jesse Cavanaugh's third cousin.

Writer asked if Mr. DuBois spent any time in jail with Jesse Cavanaugh. Mr. DuBois said a couple of weeks at the jail in Devil's Lake.

The time spent in jail together is prior to Mr. DuBois'
statement about Yankton to anyone. *(NOTICE HOW THE DATE OF THE JAIL TIME IS NOT INCLUDED HERE? THAT OMISSION WAS INTENTIONAL. --cat)

 

 

COUNTY OF RAMSEY
STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA AFFIDAVIT
SS

I, John Allen DuBois, being first duly sworn, depose and state the following:

1. That the averments made by me in this affidavit are made by me voluntarily, without coercion or promise made to me of any kind, and represent my best efforts at recalling the events witnessed by me on the early morning of August 28, 1983.
2. That at some point approximately between 4:00 a.m. and 5:30 a.m. on the morning of August 28, 1983, I awakened and observed through my living room window a Chevrolet Blazer, blue and white in color parked in the driveway of the house then occupied by Lorna Walking Eagle and her family; and that seated in the Blazer were Eddie Peltier and James Yankton, with Mr. Yankton being seated in the driver's seat and Eddie Peltier in the front passenger seat of the vehicle, which was situated such that the rear end of the Blazer was facing the street.
3. That I observed Eddie Peltier and James Yankton for a period of approximately twenty to thirty minutes during which time I heard Eddie Peltier call James Yankton "Junior"; I also observed Eddie Peltier at one point get out of the vehicle and urinate alongside of the Blazer, and I observed Eddie Peltier, at the request of James Yankton, obtain a cans of beer from a cooler located in the rear of the vehicle and hand on of the cans to James Yankton; I further observed Eddie Peltier and James Yankton conversing during the entire time that I witnessed them on this

 

occasion, and that at one point, I was able to hear Eddie Peltier telling James Yankton that he (Eddie) was considering becoming a police officer again.
4. During the entire time that I observed Eddie Peltier on this early morning occasion on August 28, 1983, Eddie Peltier appeared to be quite intoxicated, staggering when he got out of the Blazer to relieve himself and as he obtained the beer from the cooler in the back of the vehicle.
5. That after twenty or thirty minutes of observing Eddie Peltier and James Yankton in blue and white Blazer as it was parked in the Walking Eagle driveway, I returned to my bedroom to go back to sleep; and that at the point that I left the living room, the blue and white Blazer, with Eddie Peltier and James Yankton still sitting in it, was still parked at the same location.
6. That I distinctly remember that the events described by me in this affidavit occurred in the early morning hours of August 28, 1983,because it was later that same day that I was told that Eddie Peltier was dead.
7. That I gave this statement of events previously to Oliver J. Semans, an investigator for the Bureau of Indian Affairs police in Fort Totten, North Dakota, on January 9, 1986, and was subsequently subpoened to testify before a federal grand jury convened in Fargo, North Dakota, on a date in mid-January of 1986.
8. That in response to the subpoena describe in the paragraph above, I appeared at the offices of the United States Attorney in Fargo, North Dakota, on the prescribed date, and was met by Oliver J. Semans; that on this occasion, investigator Semans asked me about the events which I had witnessed from my living room window in the early morning of
August 28, 1983 involving Eddie Peltier and James Yankton in the blue and white Blazer which had been parked in the driveway of Lorna Walking Eagle's house; that I related the facts relative to that event as I have in this affidavit, but that Semans stated that "This doesn't seem right", implying that I was lying.
9. That I then offered to submit to a polygraph test to verify and prove that I was telling the truth, and that Oliver Semans at the time assured me that a polygraph test for me would be arranged, although I have been given to such polygraph examination. *(NOTE: I BELIEVE THE WORD 'to' IN THIS SENTENCE IS A TYPO AND INTENDED TO READ 'no' ---CAT)
10. After this discussion took place with investigator Semans, he escorted me to a witness room situated outside of a room in the Grand Jury was convened in the Federal Courthouse building in Fargo
North Dakota: that I waited in the witness room to be called as a witness before the Grand Jury from approximately 8:00 a.m. until approximately 4:30 p.m. without being called as a witness; and that at this latter point I was informed by representatives of the United States Attorney's Office that my testimony was not needed and that I could leave, which I did.
11. I have never been subsequently subpoened or requested to testify before a federal Grand Jury.

FURTHER THIS AFFIANT SAYETH NOT.
Signed and subscribed before me this
5th day of February, 1986

Document is signed by John Allen DuBois
and Bernadine Solwey
Notary Public
Seal AFFIXED

By the way, I found that document in one of the many police files that were ordered destroyed by Yankton, Helleckson, Semans, etc. It was supposed to be burned.

Other Matters

Now, I do have much more on the school and the School Board and I will be posting that in the near future.

Also, The Story of the Fort Totten Treaty Pipe-- which I am still transcribing. There are two documents: One is the speech that the Priest who had protected the Pipe wanted to give, but could not because the Pipe had been stolen from the Abbey by James Yankton. The second document is the narrative of the events as they actually happened.

It shows how Poopsie and Tiona, and then Poopsie and the FBI Agent, Spencer Helleckson, and a little extra muscle in tow, stole this sacred Pipe.  I also have the story, most of it, on what happened to it after he got it into his filthy hands and tried to use it.

Also, another suicide last week. I am still waiting for details on that.

Stay tuned.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

 

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April 6, 2010 --Printer Version (6)
Two Stupid*

A correction was requested. Shirley, aka “Beasley” and her son are technically ‘Stensland’. Her marriage to Faron Stensland is still valid. She is the niece, however, of Turdmother. Might have to put a connector to that in the future.

I mentioned in a previous blog that the School Board was dysfunctional. Turns out, I drastically understated the issue.

Beasely Greywater, Stensland, who never got past 8th Grade, and her son, Marty, who did graduate High School, however, only as a Special Ed alumni who can neither read nor write, are not even qualified by dwelling, to be on the School Board. Who appointed them?

The new Tribal Council is trying to clear up this mess. They called a special meeting at 2 PM to discuss things. Wayne Trottier, the Superintendent who is overpaid by any stretch of the definition, and who boasts loudly and frequently that he answers to no one, especially not to the Tribal Council, for some reason, showed up.

All he wanted to talk about was how some parent is making noises at him for mistreating their kids. Probably for a lot of other things as well, but that is all he wanted to talk about: How he was the victim of someone expecting him to do his job.

He then folded his arms and declared that his attorney told him he didn't have to answer any questions. Hmmm... I wonder who the 'attorney' is? I am guessing Vern Lambert. Not because he has a legal degree, but because he acts like it as he throws around terms and conditions that make no sense, either in layman's terms nor in legal terms.

So, Trottier thinks his job is that of KING and he answers to no one? I'd like to see the job description. I'd like to see where the "attorney" saw that as Superintendent he answers to no one... just takes the money and runs.

But, when a parent complains about him, he suddenly wants the Tribal Council to run to his rescue and float her off the rez. Why is it that the biggest blowhards, the biggest bullies, are such crybabies? How embarrassing!

Beaz, unable to contain her rage, allowed her inner Drama Queen to emerge. She yelled, at the top of her lungs, in the meeting, about her son and fellow Board Member, Marty "It's not his fault he can't read and write! It's Rick Smith's!"

Not sure where she was going to go with that. It shows she at least reads the blog and tried to tie a fall guy to her son's disabilities... which then begs the question: Why is he on the Board of Education?

As a Drama Queen, she was total fail. But as a comedienne, she has a start, as everyone in the room busted out laughing.

So, who did appoint her and her unable to read-write-comprehend-son to the Board of Education?

It appears that Rick Smith and his ineligible players scandal is the least of the School's problems.

Beaz is so stupid she thinks that her son's low IQ and lack of abilities is what qualifies him to be on the Board!

Beaz now threatens to 'take down' everyone that is trying to get her unqualified ass out of there. I guess she forgets that Poopsie is really, in no position to champion her cause. His Black Road Medicine man is dead, and he is unable to fully catch his breath. Weenie Boy just lost his job, so he can't help much. She really is stupid.

In this picture of her, taken from her Facebook Page, you can see she has tried to doctor up the image. Either she was removing a really big zit, or some wrinkles. Either way, it was a sloppy attempt to restore her vanity. She also looks stoned or drunk or both. Yeah, a little Photoshop will fix that.

I Get Letters

Some are funnier than others. I got one from a person who writes every once in awhile to declare that I am a coward. Of course, they never sign their name. So much for courage. They also tamper with the known facts so either they don't know what is going on, has gone on, or are just lying.

Yeah, real brave. That level of cowardice tells me one more thing: They are ashamed of who they are. They are ashamed of their family name. And they know they are lying and that anyone that sees what they have written will know they are lying.

Be brave, I'm all the way over here. Sign your name. I sign mine. If you can't own it, shut up. The Time of Cowards is running out.

Diaper Boy

Poopsie is on the mend. He has 'security' by his side all the time, even at home. So, what's to be afraid of at home? Oh, yeah... QBall.

Don't worry Poopsie, we are all praying for you to live. We all want you to answer for the murders. We all want you to be able to stand trial.

However, being laid up like this is a big problem for you. Your worth as an "FBI Confidential Informant" is an ever thinning cover for your, and your family's crimes. There is a new sheriff in town, and he is looking right at you. The DOJ is not your friend this time around.

All the time you were getting away with your crimes, and using the FBI to help you, and the DOJ to frame up the innocent, you were unaware that there were people in those departments who were very unhappy about how Law Enforcement was being used as your toilet paper.  They were always watching, gathering, and waiting for the day when ... well, don't think about that now. You've got healing to do.

Don't let the 9 or more investigations into your criminal activities, and those of your family, friends, and accomplices, disturb your rest. You need your sleep. You need to heal up. And we want you to.

That uneasy feeling you have, ignore it. That 'serpent under the floor' that shakes you to the core... don't mind it. It's nothing. Really. *Snarfle*.

And, tell your mother, no one is looking at her and what she has done. No one is looking at her. Everyone believes she is just the nicest, wisest old woman... and they all feel sorry for her because she has cancer. A real slow cancer... No one is laughing behind her back. No one is rolling their eyes as she details her travails. Everyone believes her. *Choke, snarfle, chortle*

State of Insanity

I see the GOP side of ND State Government is joining the idiocy of fighting against the Health Care legislation that just passed.  They want you to be at the mercy of the one Insurance company that has 93% of all the medical coverage in North Dakota. And, if you cannot afford that, they want you to have nothing. Wait until you are at Death's Door, and then, if you can, go to the Emergency Room. Just don't take an ambulance, because you can't afford that.

If you are lucky, you will be treated. Of course, it may be too late. And there will be a huge bill to pay. There always is when people wait until it's too late to get treatment. Always costs way more. Then, if you have a home, you can lose that. If you have no money, even after losing your home... the STATE has to pay for the medical bills.

So, they say they don't want people to have to buy insurance, which will either be affordable or subsidized by the Federal Government (I know, because I read the Bill). But what they are doing is 2 things: Taking millions of dollars to fight the legislation--money that could be used better in other ways, and they will lose. They know they will lose. There is Precedence for this mandate.

But, let's say they win: (they won't, but let's take the best case scenario and say they do):

The State will have paid untold dollars in legal fees, man hours, and court costs. Your Insurance Company will be able to deny you coverage, or refuse your claim as you are at your sickest, most vulnerable. They have a reputation for suddenly denying coverage to people as they are being prepped for life-saving surgery. (Countless cases documented of just such abuses) As if you could, as you are being cut open, fight your insurance company?

So, you lose your insurance, and the STATE, meaning the TAX PAYERS, pick up the tab. Either way, you are going to pay. Either way. Wouldn't it be better, since you are paying for others anyway (which is how ALL Insurance works, btw), that you could also have coverage? That you could also have the security of knowing that if and when you or your children need it, you can go to a doctor? Get a treatment? Get well?

Nope, your politicians, and that is all they are, are highly funded by the Health Insurance lobbyists. It's worth hundreds of billions of dollars to the Insurance Companies to make sure you don't get coverage. It is worth it to them to make sure they can still deny you coverage, even if you have paid for it.

Of course, they get their Teaparty shills out there shouting down "Big Government" and cheering for the Fat Cats who make tens of millions of dollars in bonus money for denying your care, happy.

Government should provide for the people. Big Business has, over the past 50 years, become the biggest recipients of Government Welfare, while shifting the financial burdens and tax increases to the middle class. The widening gap between the super wealthy and the poor, is not an accident. The Middle Class has been squeezed out. Wages have been kept down, prices have gone up.

Trickle Down Economics relies on the wealthiest, the greediest, to share their crumbs and leftovers with the 'little people'. It failed. Big Business has taken over government and made it a lap dog. It's time that we all level the economic playing field and take care of our own.

Yes, the wealthiest 2% will have to pay more. They still pay less than a secretary making $30K a year, and they still will, despite making billions. So, when you see people hollering about how they don't want 'Big Government', what they are doing and saying is:"Don't change anything, we like being underpaid slaves in a feudal economy."

Every resource has been raided and given freely to the wealthiest few, who then exploit them, with cheap labor, and sell back to us, at outrageous prices, the finished product. Oil for one. After making record profits, at a time when our economy was tanking, George W. Bush gave to the Oil Companies, $8BILLION.

He said it was a reward for their hard work. Frankly, it was a robbery of all of us. Profits are the reward for hard work. Government welfare is theft.

Now, as the only Industrialized Nation that does not have Government run health care for it's people, and everyone knows of at least one family that has gone bankrupt because of medical costs, your politicians are fighting to make sure you don't get a break, even if your life depends on it.

Take a look at who funds their campaigns. Vote them out. They should work for you, not for the Insurance Companies.

Meanwhile, they've already cost you, and the bills are rising...and they are going to lose. You will pay for that as well. But the Insurance Companies need to see them fight this, or they won't get a dime for their next elections cycle. Whom do you think they are trying to protect?

We are all Indians now. We are being raided, deceived and misled. But we can stand up. We can stand together. We can demand that people are treated fairly. We can demand that Corporations are not given preference over human life.

If a business cannot profit without killing people, or letting them suffer and die for their profits, they need to be held accountable. Or at the very least, have all their government subsidies taken away. Bad enough they do this. Worse, that our government supports them.

We can wake up. We can see that we have been deceived, misled and robbed. We can come together. Look around. It doesn't matter what color the skin, what religion, what creed or lifestyle: We are all related. As soon as we come, in greater and greater numbers to realize that, government will have to work for us. NOT for the Mega Corporations.

You know where to find me.

~Cat

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April 1, 2010 --Printer Version (4)
Jokes That Aren't Funny

Welcome to April Fool's Day... I see Sarah Palin's new TV show on FOX is typical of both Palin and FOX: all made up with nowhere to go. Finding out that LL Cool J interview, which FOX copied/pasted from an interview that was done with someone else 18 mos ago, got busted. FOX then makes it sound like they were doing him a favor by helping him to launch his career. Stay Classy FOX! Wait...there's more?

Her implied interview with Toby Keith was also.. cut and pasted? He didn't even know about it until the promos for her new show were aired? His manager was not even told about it? Wow. So, she's essentially standing in front of a screen, reading from a teleprompter, and FOX is only 'implying' she did these interviews? What is the point of that? Oh yeah, FOX assumes their viewers are amongst the most ignorant and will not know about the deceptions. Got it. And Ms. Palin? Yeah, total fraud. Got it.

Her show debuts today. April Fool's Day.

Go ahead, fire away with those emails. I have proof in the Moron Squad that even the most ignorant can push "SEND".

Honestly folks, you all need to know that FOX lies. They get away with it because they went to court to declare themselves not subject to the basic Fairness Doctrine of Broadcasters, because, as they proved in court "They are NOT news... They are entertainment."

They are propaganda. They get people killed. They lie about what the government is doing. Under Bush, they declared that anyone that challenged his decisions about war, or torture, were being UNPATRIOTIC. Turns out that now two of his highly touted "High Value Al Qaeda" captures, who were taken to Gitmo, tortured, water boarded one of them more than 80 times... were never involved with Al Qaeda, nor each other.

Not a peep from FOX. Rather, they declare that a man who provided life saving health care to women who needed, not wanted, but needed in order to save their lives -- late term abortion (Up go the red flags! Out come the crazies! Here come the death threats... Inbox Alert!!), was relentlessly hounded by O'Reilly as "Tiller the Baby Killer" until, some nut case decided to save all those babies by murdering the man, in his church, in front of his family and the entire town. He has since become the 'hero' of the crowd that seeks to deny women, by laws or murder, life-saving health care. Fox News is the main propaganda outlet for the extremists.

Women are declared as evil, for seeking, in desperation because of life & death issues, a procedure that can save their life.  Ignorance is king.

FOX promotes Birthers, who declare our President to be ineligible by birth.  No presidential candidate has ever had to provide his birth certificate for the public, as Obama has, and had it ignored by the racist Right Wing, who through their propaganda outlet at FOX, declares him to be a racist. Based on NOTHING!

They go from supporting a president that lies, gets our soldiers killed, dumps our economy and divides our nation, to bashing the president that is stuck with the job of repairing government, the economy and making government work for the people, rather than being the lapdog of the Corporate FAT Cats.

They want people to believe that the only legitimate political elected leaders are Conservative Right Wing Extremists. Anything else is just “UnAmerican”.

 

Now, they take the Icon symbol of Right Wing Fraud and Deception and give her a show that she really doesn't have to do the work on, but they make it look like she actually did.

If you like being lied to, if you need to be lied to, if you feel good about supporting a network that requires you to not question any of their contradictions, and that wants you to be all crazy with fear and hatred, then FOX is the channel for you.

They don't declare themselves to be the most accurate, the most truthful, rather they say that they have the Highest Ratings... as if everyone who watches the Clown Car needs only to know that many others are also watching the Clown Car. That is the sole premise upon which they claim credibility.

I have News for FOX: Beavis and Butthead had higher ratings. The Simpsons had higher ratings. They are in your league because they are also defined as "Entertainment."

Now, Back To The Tribe
It's For Real

Congratulations Marty Alex! You are a Graduate!

Marty DID get his Small Business Administration degree in December of 2009, from United Tribes Tech.

It's a fact. A provable FACT.

Photo Courtesy of UTTC

*His name is on the grad list and I am assuming this is a picture of him. If not, you know where to find me.

Although the job he is doing requires much more than that, he is the one that is doing it and getting it done.

He is WAAAAY more qualified than was Weenie Boy, who could neither read nor write, and who was drugged out to the point that his dog actually pissed on him one day. Weenie Boy, who, with the help of Anna McKay, and his family, ripped off the tribe for millions of dollars a year, for over 30 years... is finally gone.. and Marty is the one trying to clean up that mess.

It's a lot like Obama working to clean up the mess of Bush/Cheney.

Marty will face a lot of opposition. He needs support from above, in the Tribal Council, and from all around in the community, as he does the hardest job there is, presently, out there.

It is my hope that Marty can continue his education. He has the guts to overcome a lot of crap to get it done. And that, my friends, is what is needed out there.

I am sure he is NOT perfect. Nor is there perfection to be found. But as a first step, he is a very good one.

Now, we all know, he is a grad!

Dead Dog Bingo

I knew it would happen. The story about what went on with that dog killing is shifting and changing like the weather.

Bundy, as LaVerne Littlewind is called, is also one of the many BIA Cops who does and or sells drugs out on the Rez. Can you say: "Drug Test", Anyone? He has short man complex and his gun seems to make up for that.

No investigation. None. A gun is fired within a few feet of a minor child, and BIA does nothing. The Tribal Council can make demands, but the BIA has the final word.

BIA being part of the Federal Government, and the Federal Government still not cleaned up of its corruption in Indian Country, makes sure that the BIA Cops, overall, are there to enforce the corruption and the abuses. Read Naomi Klein's "The Shock Doctrine" and you will see how this is no accident. It is by intention that the Federal Government keeps the Good People in Indian Country abused by corruption so that they cannot unify to demand either Fairness or Justice.

The Oil Companies, Mining Companies, Timber and other resource extraction companies, can still raid the resources, pay nothing, get major "Rebates" (handouts, welfare) from the Federal Government and from the States, in many cases.

The Cobell Ruling is a start, a crack in that wall, the door beginning to open to change all that. We have Miles to go, Years to endeavor, and monsters to overthrow, and it may appear to many that nothing is changing, but it is. It has begun.

Those who say "It's Hopeless!" and throw up their hands and do nothing but complain, are right. Do nothing and it is without hope. Those who say, "It's wrong!" and continue to fight for what is right, regardless of outcome, regardless of signs or without even knowing if they are having an effect, THOSE are the ones that bring us out of the darkness and into the light. We may never know most of their names. But we can do our part by not giving up.

Don't give up on the Big things and don't give up on the most local things.

Call for an investigation. Call for the whole discharge of a Fire Arm in a residential area, and how it was handled or mishandled, to be investigated and reported on--to the People. Hold these authorities accountable to the People.

Demand a process that sheds light on events, rather than one that shuts down any questions.

You may say it is just a dog. And this time it is. Next time, it could be the child.

Turn off FOX News. You have REAL things to become aware of, and REAL Work to do. "Next time, it could be the child."

You know where to find me.

~Cat