DEPARTMENTS
ANTI-WAR
DEATH PENALTY
ELECTIONS
ENVIRONMENT
GLBT ISSUES
HEMP
INTERNATIONAL
NATIONAL
REVIEWS
|
Departments Ohio Remarks prepared for Annual Free Press Awards Dinner Sunday, April 30, 2006 Pachtama?waas ahhki Anishinabeok. In the tongue of my Grandma's people, Mohican: "The Great Spirit blesses the land where we, the people, live." God bless America! Pachtama'waas ahhki Anishinabeok. This is Goats in Prison, Volume 1 of the Free Press archives project. I?m dedicating this never-ending quest to my aunt and uncle Bernice and Arvid Miller from the Mohican Nation Library in Wisconsin. Some of you may remember Arvid from the last page of Custer Died for Your Sins. He helped found the National Congress of American Indians, the United Nations of tribal governments. After he died, their cabin caught fire and all the young people, who never seemed to care much before, formed a bucket brigade and saved their library. Bernice was my Daddy?s childhood friend, and best, along with Bill Coleman, Chief Buffalo from the Aleut Scouts, first American to contact Japanese ground forces. When Aunt Bernice retired the Tribe hired twelve people to do her jobs and now she?s passed leaving over 220 direct Mohican descendents. And to Berta Lambert who, before he left me near Fernald to go witness nuclear tests, taught me how to hand off a project. When we control our communities, our histories, our records and libraries, our archives and media, when we have our own space, so secure pigs can?t fire-bomb it three times a year; when our sovereign governments run our sovereign land-bases and the occupation government stops stealing our money, and we are free to build our own economies; then we win! Then we impeach the illegitimate traitors! And then we begin to see in America some real Deep Throat Justice! Some RICO assets seizures for the oil companies! Zapatistas venceremos! And no nuclear bunker-busting Iran's dirty bomb plants - unless we plan to lose, not just the Tories' oil, but the War on Cancer. In this life we all get about the same amount of ice, were Bat Masterson's last words. "The rich get it in summer and the poor get it in the winter." We all play many roles. I've been a husband, a father, a hack-writer, and a half-assed activist. And now I'm a cancer survivor. But there's one thing I never thought I'd be. I never thought I'd be a Toon. TOUGH TO BE A TOON/RIOTS IN TOONTOWN By Steve Conliff It can be usefully distracting To have a "you" perpetually Out there wackily attacking On the scoreboard. Experts see If you wished to ambush them You'd have done it easily. They'd just love to be your friend. Toons make friends so cheesily. Baseball players do not chop. They can't use those tommyhawks. In the locker-room these guys Hit each other with cream pies. So let me just make you an offer. Then if you'd like to make a deal, Call up with the proper proffer To my agent, Dana Beal. Let the Pieman go. He just wants to throw. Let Chief Wahoo be. Set the poor guy free. Toons don't have to be so mean. Sometimes the clown likes to work clean. Crazy-Turban you erase. Damn Wahoo's always in our face. Some times it's tough to be a Toon But at least you're not some goon. Your friends may think that you're a loon, But laughter often is a boon. For when the porkers start in shooting, Then the bunnies commence looting. Old Coyote, he just races. The Roadrunner paces. Riots in Toontown, Toontown tonight, We?ll riot in Toontown, Toontown tonight. Old Wyatt?s in Toontown, Shooting up bars. Batgirl is coming By way of Mars. Seen Buckethead walking Old Hero Dog. And Zorba keeps squawking 'Bout Fightin' Bob's blogs. Riots in Toontown, Toontown tonight. We're running thru Toontown, Looking to fight. Tomorrow we'll clean up, Recycle, remediate. But just for this evening, Let's live life immediate. The porkers are shooting. The bunnies keep looting. Old Coyote races; The Roadrunner paces. Riots in Toontown, Toontown tonight. We'll have fun in Toontown. Be there tonight. |
|
Strickland-Fisher inaugural committee announces details of swearing-in ceremony George Voinovich is a liar Cleveland Coast Guard hearing on firing ranges in the Great Lakes Issue 3 Governors debates in Cincinnati - Report from the front lines Clergy for Blackwell troubling Green Party candidate for Secretary of State files complaint Carol Fisher released from jail Aaron Russo's new film, America: From Freedom to Fascism God's politics at the Statehouse: Ohio abortion hearing goes to Sunday school Drexel gateway to host panel discussion featuring consultant on An Inconvenient Truth Make Blackwell tell Update on the case of Carol Fisher Remembering Steve Conliff Judge McGinty threatens to send Carol Fisher to jail on June 2 Judge orders World Can't Wait activist to jail psyche unit; Carol Fisher remains strong and unapologetic Remarks prepared for Annual Free Press Awards Dinner The League's primary election voter guide for Columbus, Ohio Jim Wallis speaks in Columbus "Not Guilty" says woman arrested after hanging anti-Bush posters Columbus troopsoutnow.com report Gun owners officially endorse Grendell for Attorney General Ohio legislative black caucus endorses Ted Strickland for Governor Representative Jim Trakas proudly accepts the Franklin County Republican Party Endorsement Strickland Leads Blackwell, Montgomery, and Petro Read Ohio Articles by Year: |
FREE PRESS EMAIL UPDATE
Donate to the Free Press Election Protection Fund to help us investigate and monitor election fraud in this year's election.
FOLLOW US ON
twitter
facebook
SEARCH THE FREEPRESS
1021 E. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43205 | 614.253.2571 | truth@freepress.org
All content © 1970-2012 The Columbus Free Press
Disclaimer