IOTD …. Image of the Day …. Special Edition …. “Hollywood sign defaced …. Water is Life …. “!!

~~January 12, 2017~~ 

WATER IS LIFE

(Mni Wiconi)

Mni Wiconi (Lakota for “Water is Life”)

A few weeks ago, early January, the Hollywood sign altered to read ‘Hollyweed‘.

Armed with four tarpaulins, a prankster had climbed Mount Lee under the cover of night to edit the iconic landmark, and changed it to “HOLLYWeeD.”

Wouldn’t it have been awesome if, instead, it read ‘Mni Wiconi’?

Just sayin’

HortyRex©

~MY BELIEFS~

I stand with my Lakota and Dakota brothers and sisters because I believe the central question of the creation story is at the heart of their lament and their protest:

What will we do with the blessing of power God has given us?

This is a particularly poignant God-question for those of us who have the power of privilege in our country and the world.

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.minnesotaumc.org/blogdetail/mni-wiconi-lakota-for-water-is-life-5806080

~~SOURCE~~

http://standwithstandingrock.net/mni-wiconi/

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We ALL are ONE!! 

BREAKING …. “Water protectors …. Successfully stop Dakota Pipeline …. “!!

~~December 4, 2016~~ 

#DAPLVictory

The Obama admin is halting the construction of the Dakota Access pipeline under its current route. This is an incredible victory for the Standing Rock water protectors and all their allies worldwide.

We did it!

One victory in the climate wars.

Expect more to come.

#NoDAPL

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Vocal Progressives

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The People For Bernie Sanders

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Thoughts for today, #434 …. “To protect and serve …. Really? …. “!!

~~November 6, 2016~~ 

DEFINITION

When I thought about the police force before, I thought about how they expose their lives to ‘protect and serve‘ the communities they come from.

There seems to be a tendency to be drifting aways from the meaning behind that motto.

The picture/meme above is a perfect example.

HortyRex©

In February 1955, the Los Angeles Police Department, through the pages of the internally produced BEAT magazine, conducted a contest for a motto for the police academy.

The conditions of the contest stated that: “The motto should be one that in a few words would express some or all the ideals to which the Los Angeles police service is dedicated. It is possible that the winning motto might someday be adopted as the official motto of the Department.”

“To Protect and to Serve“, the motto of the Los Angeles Police Department since 1955, has been adopted by many other police forces.

~Wikipedia~

‘All-Out War’ in North Dakota as Police Arrest 141 Water Protectors
Activists vow to keep up resistance to Dakota Access Pipeline

Police arrested 141 people in North Dakota on Thursday, November 3, moving in with pepper spray and armored tanks on Native American water protectors and other activists who for months have waged resistance against the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL).

Tara Houska, an Ojibwe attorney and director of the rights group Honor the Earth, told Democracy Now! on Friday, November 4, that the raid was an act of “all-out war … waged on Indigenous protectors.”

Houska, who was reportedly shot in the face with a beanbag round during the onslaught, also said in a separate statement released by a coalition of Indigenous groups on Friday,

“Yesterday was a shameful moment in American history.

Law enforcement is supposed to serve and protect the people, not corporate interests. Police enacted violence on people who were armed only with prayer.”

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/10/28/all-out-war-north-dakota-police-arrest-141-water-protectors

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The Other 98%

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Something to think about …. “Sacred Burial Grounds …. no difference …. “!!

~~October 25, 2016~~ 

SACRED BURIAL GROUNDS

Double Standards

Why can’t all see that there is no difference between one and the other?

Why continue the destruction/decimation of a nation?

Why the lack of respect?

Because the white man has always felt to be above anyone other than himself.

The disconnect is obvious.

The disparity in full few.

It’s time to correct it.

Will humanity be able to do so?

HortyRex

Dave Meyers is the owner of 8,100 acres that the DAPL pipeline will be crossing to get to the Missouri River or Lake Oahe. During the last week of August, he was wondering if there was any Indian graves that might be disturbed by the construction of the pipeline.

To satisfy his curiosity, he asked Tim Mentz to assess the “corridor” route that was going to be used to host the buried pipeline. Dave Meyers was fully aware that an environmental assessment (EI) had been performed by the State Historic Preservation Office, however, these are non-Indian experts, whereas, Tim owns a company called Makoche Wowapi. His business consults Tribes regarding their archeological inheritance.

In addition, Tim previously worked as a Tribal and State Historic Preservation Officer since 1985.

With Tim’s knowledge and skill, he walked the area as allowed.

On Sunday, August 29, 2016, Tim and his sons found 82 significant historical marking, of which 27 were grave locations.

“ We found two places where rocks were set in a circular pattern with openings to the west, as well as other effigy designs.” Every site was professionally identified and precisely charted by computer for exact location by GPS.

To the untrained eye, walking the prairie on Mr. Meyer’s property everywhere is tall grass with some stone outcroppings now and then, but Tim Mentz’s trained eyes discovered shapes that just could not have happened in nature.

In fact, the stones had to be placed by the hand of thinking men. Intelligent men, who wanted to convey a story or to leave traditions of significance for the people.

…. and there is more!

“As it appears in … full read/full credit”

http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2016/09/06/dapl-destroys-sacred-grounds

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The Free Thought Project

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We ALL are ONE!! 

Gotta love Bernie …. #31 …. on the Dakota Access Pipeline …. #StandingRockSiouxTribe …. “!!

~~September 7, 2016~~ 

DAKOTA ACCESS PIPELINE

The Dakota Access Pipeline has faced months of resistance from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and members of nearly 100 more tribes from across the U.S. and Canada.

Senator Bernie Sanders raises his voice again and joins the many who oppose the construction of this pipeline and stand with the Native Americans of this land.

#NoDAPL 

HortyRex©

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CREDO

U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders

https://www.facebook.com/senatorsanders/?fref=ts

Born in 1941 in Brooklyn, Bernie was the younger of two sons in a modest-income family. After graduation from the University of Chicago in 1964, he moved to Vermont.

Early in his career, Sanders was director of the American People’s Historical Society. Elected Mayor of Burlington by 10 votes in 1981, he served four terms.

Before his 1990 election as Vermont’s at-large member in Congress, Sanders lectured at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard and at Hamilton College in upstate New York.

He recently ran one of the most successful presidential campaigns.

Rose from the bottom and activated a people’s base.

He is missed!!

#GottaLoveBernie #31 #LongestServingIndependentMemberCongress #VermontIndependent #UnitedStatesSenate #FeelTheBern #StandingRockSiouxReservation #DakotaAccessPipeline #GreatSiouxReservation #TreatyOfFortLaramie #StandingWithRockSiouxTribe #NoDAPL #HonorEarth #WaterIsLife #Environment #SocialJustice #Protectors #WaterIsLife #BrakeDependence #FossilFuels #DangerousPipeline

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We ALL are ONE!! 

We ALL are connected through HUMANITY!!