Code Name Geronimo

"Geronimo bravely and heroically defended his homeland and his people, eventually surrendering and living out the rest of his days peacefully, if in captivity, passing away at Fort Sill, Oklahoma in 1909. To compare him to Osama Bin Laden is illogical and insulting. The name Geronimo is arguably the most recognized Native American name in the world, and this comparison only serves to perpetuate negative stereotypes about our peoples. The U.S. military leadership should have known better".

I got this from a blog called Newspaper Rock. where Native America meets pop culture.

Because I wear six feathers around my neck I am often mistaken for a Native American these days. Even at the polling place I was mistakenly noted and asked about my heritage. I had a comment on the huichol art on my Facebook page from an actual Native American which led me to bluecorn comics and Newspaper Rock. It is worth looking at the comments on that blog.

Celebrating 9

I now have 9 public followers to my blog. The numbers of yesterdays execution of Osama Bin Laden are interesting, in that Hitler was also shot in the head on May 1st 1945. I guess it was just too risky to try to take him alive. Where would you put him? Certainly not Guantanamo Bay! Now maybe we can get our troupes home and downsize the military machine a little bit. That should help the budget deficit. Better yet, maybe now that Osama Bin Laden is dead we can seize his money and property and put that towards the huge debt and cost of the war on terror. I think I remember reading that it costs 9 Billion dollars a day to fuel the military machine.