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Dedicated to remembering how it was “back then”, and Tales about the Eel River Valley, and the wisdom of the people that live there. With a big emphasis on; “Language has never been about correctness, it has always been about communicating”. We live in one small bubble of place and time that peace is thought of as ideal, we should revel in it! We cant judge what happened in history by who we are now.
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Favorite quotes
"I'm so tired of people substituting "values" for truth in a wide variety of situations. As a member of the reality-based community, I'd like to see reality used as the litmus test... " Jon Carrol
"The sound "squaw," regardless of its spelling, is OUR word for woman, and it is NOT to be used as an insult! When I hear it spoken by Native peoples, in its proper context, I hear the voices of the ancestors. I am reminded of powerful grandmothers who nurtured our people and fed the strangers, of proud women chiefs who stood up against them, and of mothers and daughters and sisters who still stand here today. In their honor I demand that our language, our women, and our history, be treated with respect.
Thank you for listening."
Wlibomkanni, travel well.
Quotes from Richard Dawkins:
...Anybody who thinks you need religion in order to be good is being good for the wrong reason. I’d rather be good for moral reasons. Morals were here before religion, and morals change rather rapidly in spite of religion. Even people who rely on the Bible use nonbiblical criteria. If your criteria are scriptural, you have no basis for choosing the verse that says turn the other cheek rather than the verse that says stone people to death. So you pick and choose without guidance from the Bible...
...I draw strength from reflecting on what a privilege it is to be alive and what a privilege it is to have a brain that’s capable in its limited way of understanding why I exist and of reveling in the beauty of the world and the beauty of the products of evolution. The magnificence of the universe and the sense of smallness that gives us in space and in geologically deep time is humbling but in a strangely comforting way. It’s nice to feel you’re part of a hugely bigger picture...
Richard Dawkins
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"The sound "squaw," regardless of its spelling, is OUR word for woman, and it is NOT to be used as an insult! When I hear it spoken by Native peoples, in its proper context, I hear the voices of the ancestors. I am reminded of powerful grandmothers who nurtured our people and fed the strangers, of proud women chiefs who stood up against them, and of mothers and daughters and sisters who still stand here today. In their honor I demand that our language, our women, and our history, be treated with respect.
Thank you for listening."
Wlibomkanni, travel well.
Quotes from Richard Dawkins:
...Anybody who thinks you need religion in order to be good is being good for the wrong reason. I’d rather be good for moral reasons. Morals were here before religion, and morals change rather rapidly in spite of religion. Even people who rely on the Bible use nonbiblical criteria. If your criteria are scriptural, you have no basis for choosing the verse that says turn the other cheek rather than the verse that says stone people to death. So you pick and choose without guidance from the Bible...
...I draw strength from reflecting on what a privilege it is to be alive and what a privilege it is to have a brain that’s capable in its limited way of understanding why I exist and of reveling in the beauty of the world and the beauty of the products of evolution. The magnificence of the universe and the sense of smallness that gives us in space and in geologically deep time is humbling but in a strangely comforting way. It’s nice to feel you’re part of a hugely bigger picture...
Richard Dawkins
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Personal bio
- Ernie Branscomb
- Refrigeration contractor. Fifth generation native of the So. Fork of the Eel River.(since 1857) Married to wife Janis Dec. 31 1971. Volunteer fireman since 1973. Rotarian since 1980. E-mail adress ernie@branscombcenter.com
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- SB-81 passes. Governor Brown is expected to sign it.
- School Bus, or, the missing link.
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- Sacramento Meeting with Noreen Evans and Wesley Ch...
- Mr. and Mrs. B go to Sacramento.
- Gingrich rips John King
- Internet censorship?
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- Bu.. buu... but, what happened to global warming???
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- As it stands. Dave Stancliff for President
- Capdiamont
- Chocolate Covered Xanex, great writing!
- Digging Up Humboldt. (Graveyard History)
- Ed Densen, On The Road Again
- Fred Mangles, Freds Humboldt Blog
- Kim Sallaway Photography Blog. Recomended!
- Lost Coast Outpost, Hank Sims
- Lynette local history
- Mendo Coast Current
- Redheaded Blackbelt
- Rose's "Watch Paul"
- Samoa Softball, Richard Marks, working man
- Sohum Parlance II Eric Kirk
- The Bitten Apple, Indie's blog
- The Humboldt Herald, Heraldo
- The man at Planet Tapperass
- Tom Seborn KGOE I E I O
- Willits Daily Photo, overflow
9 comments:
I’m sure that you have all read the links that I have provided to wikipedia. In being a person the likes to simplify things down to basic ideas, what the politicians are trying to do is blame the internet for violating copyright infringements, and pass laws that allows them to censor the internet.
If a person goes out on the street and sells another persons ideas, the government shouldn’t deal with them by closing the street, or restricting the traffic that goes by the offender. They should arrest and charge the offender with copyright infringement.
In the same vein, if a person goes on the internet and sells another persons ideas, the government shouldn’t deal with them by closing the internet, or restricting the traffic that goes by the offender. They should arrest and charge the offender with copyright infringement.
It seems to me that, that is logic that is so solid that it could be hit with a hammer. But, what can you expect from lawmakers that can’t even pass a budget or bring jobs back to American shores.
(I hope that Kim Sallaway doesn't sue me for copyright infringement, I gave him full photo credit!)
So... Has anybody out there figured out a "Go-around" to access wikipedia anyway? I have, but I'm not revealing it in solidarity with wikipedia)
What photo Ernie?
I don't see a photo, just a black space...
you don't think Kim Sallaway made it go away
do you?
I think that he was showing us what his photos would look like if they were censored.
I thought that it was a great statement. My wife always says that I'm "a little different".
Actually Ernie, because you displayed the faux banned image, that act itself could be deemed illegal and your blog could be taken offline under the new regime. And yes, they could respond by taking your individual blog, or the whole of blogger.com (many thousands of blogs), offline.
But you need not actually display the image on your blog. The mere act of placing a text link to banned information that *someone else* is publishing would brand you a criminal. That's akin to getting slapped in irons for giving someone directions to the public library.
My favorite quote of the day: "Hollywood’s right to make bad business decisions stops at the point where it threatens our freedom of speech." @evanatwired
the big money behind this censorship is your ole buddy rupert murdoch. an australian trying to make himself filthy rich by taking over our country. rupert murdoch is a corporate pirate. he's not satisfied being a billionaire. he wants to be a trillionaire. he probably already is. he is a greedy little bugger.
Murdoc is probably a good suspect alright. He owns too much and has too much power.
This is really Unk John, Ernie, blogspot wouldn't let me through.
I just want to warn you that you could be in worse trouble than you thought when it comes to copyright infringement.
In the early 60's, I saw that some painting in Time magazine. The artist called it,"Night". He won a couple thousand dollars for it. Your picture is exactly the same as his painting ... down to the smallest detail.
Beware the copyright cops, Ernie.
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