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A few points on history

12/8/2024

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USA 
​The USA has had 46 presidents. 29 of those 46 have public statements, acts, or deeds that are racist. That's 63% of USA presidents so far have been racist. 

  1. George Washington - Owned enslaved people. 
  2. Thomas Jefferson - Owned enslaved people and expressed racist beliefs.
  3. James Madison - Owned enslaved people.
  4. James Monroe - Owned enslaved people.
  5. Andrew Jackson - Enforced the Indian Removal Act, leading to the Trail of Tears.
  6. Martin Van Buren - Owned enslaved people.
  7. William Henry Harrison - Owned enslaved people.
  8. John Tyler - Defended slavery and owned enslaved people.
  9. James K. Polk - Expanded U.S. territory through actions that displaced Native Americans.
  10. Zachary Taylor - Owned enslaved people.
  11. Millard Fillmore - Supported the Compromise of 1850, which included pro-slavery measures.
  12. Franklin Pierce - Supported the Kansas-Nebraska Act, which led to increased conflict over slavery.
  13. James Buchanan - Supported pro-slavery policies and opposed abolition.
  14. Andrew Johnson - Opposed Reconstruction and supported discriminatory policies.
  15. Ulysses S. Grant - Although he supported Reconstruction, he also owned enslaved people early in his life.
  16. Rutherford B. Hayes - Ended Reconstruction and withdrew federal troops from the South.
  17. Woodrow Wilson - Re-segregated the federal government and supported segregationist policies.
  18. Warren G. Harding - Supported segregation and made racist remarks.
  19. Calvin Coolidge - Supported segregation and made racist remarks.
  20. Herbert Hoover - Failed to address lynchings and segregation.
  21. Harry S. Truman - Segregated the military until 1948.
  22. Dwight D. Eisenhower - Supported segregation and used federal troops to enforce school desegregation.
  23. Lyndon B. Johnson - Although he signed civil rights legislation, he also made racist remarks.
  24. Richard Nixon - Supported policies that disproportionately affected minority communities.
  25. Ronald Reagan - Supported policies that disproportionately affected minority communities.
  26. George H. W. Bush - Supported policies that disproportionately affected minority communities.
  27. Bill Clinton - Supported policies that disproportionately affected minority communities.
  28. George W. Bush - Supported policies that disproportionately affected minority communities.
  29. Donald Trump - Made multiple racist or offensive statements.
This list is not exhaustive, and the actions and policies of these presidents are complex and multifaceted. It's important to consider the historical context while acknowledging the harm caused by these actions.

Sources
  • MS Copilot - had to argue with it to get this list

CANADA
Eight openly racist Prime Ministers. Eight of 23 Prime Minister. That is 34%. Still a terrible number.
  1. John A. Macdonald - Implemented policies that led to the displacement and cultural genocide of Indigenous peoples.
  2. Wilfrid Laurier - Supported policies that discriminated against Asian immigrants.
  3. William Lyon Mackenzie King - Enforced discriminatory immigration policies and interned Japanese Canadians during World War II.
  4. Pierre Trudeau - Proposed policies that were seen as assimilationist towards Indigenous peoples.
  5. Brian Mulroney - Faced criticism for not addressing systemic racism adequately.
  6. Jean Chrétien - Criticized for his handling of Indigenous issues and the Oka Crisis.
  7. Stephen Harper - Apologized for residential schools but faced criticism for his government's policies towards Indigenous peoples.
  8. Justin Trudeau - Criticized for not fully addressing systemic racism and broken promises to Indigenous communities.
Sources 
  • Pierre Trudeau’s failures on Indigenous rights tarnish his legacy
  • Assembly of First Nations takes Trudeau to task over racism, rights and reconciliation | CBC News
  • MS Copilot
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Oil Change

9/1/2024

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~1996ish

I am not a senior citizen. I am young, spry, liberated, and informed. Unlike my 80-year-old grandmother who came from an era where women were little more than possessions. Women did women things and men did men things. In my generation, however, things are different.

This is the 90's. Women of today are superior to those that were seen and not heard from our past. 

Armed this bit of information and the desire to assert my independence - self reliance - I decided it was time to change the oil in  my decade or so old Honda Civic.

A small four cylinder car; a simple task. At least according to the $17 manual. Four litres of oil and new filter in hand, I set out to give my baby an oil change.

My grandmother, who lives next door and just happened to be outside hanging her laundry asked me, "what are you doing?"

"I'm going to change my car's oil," I announced proudly.

"Oh," said my grandmother. "Do you have a pan to drain the oil into?"

Patiently , I explained to my dear grandmother that the pan was what I was going to drain the oil out of. I even pointed to the front underside of my car to show her where it was.

"Yes but what are you going to do with the oil once you drain it out?" She asked, "you can't just let it drain onto the ground."

"Oh," I said thoughtfully. What am i going to do with the oil once it drains out?

"Here," said Grandmother, "drain it into this pan, you can find something else to put it in later."

"Thank you," I said and proceeded to crawl under the car. Proof of my self reliance and independence just a few twists of the sump drainage plug away. Grandmother went back to her womanly type work of hanging laundry.

I don't know why but for some reason, none of the wrenches would fit properly. The one that fi the closest what stripping the bolt. At one point the wrench slipped and banged against the oil pan giving my hand a good thump.

"Ouch!"

"Is everything all right under there?" Grandma had stopped hanging clothes again and was standing next to the car.  Pushing myself out from under it, already grimy and covered in oil despite the fact that I was accomplishing nothing, "no," I said, "None of the wrenches seem to fit."

Grandmother took the wrench I was using and examined it carefully. "No wonder," she said. "This is an imperial wrench, you need metric tools for this car."

"What?"

"I think I have some in the house," she said disappearing into her house.

A few moments later I was back under the car pulling at the sump plug with all my strength. The wrench grandmother had given me fit perfectly, but the dam bolt wouldn't budge. "Here," said grandmother handing me a hammer, "give it a couple of whacks with this."

Two whacks, one good torgue, and it was drain city. I sayed underneath to watch while grandmother changed the oil filter above.

Ten minutes later my little Honda was lubed up and ready to go.

"Thank you," I stammered to grandma somewhat amazed and embarrassed.

"Don't feel bad, she said, "I had a hard time too, the first time I changed the oil in one of those metric cars."

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a tree

12/9/2023

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there is a tree
down the river
along the shoreline
across the bay
and up the hill
one of the old ones
with deep roots
known to non humans far and wide
once flawed and overlooked
now hidden
by the last of her great protectors
from all of us
who deserve our sight
our view
our selfie
our touch
our piece
of the last
​of all we have destroyed

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burning and scratching 2

8/10/2023

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An Old Man and His Shoe
By: Joeseph Dandurand
kwantlen first nation
1995


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burning and scratching 1

8/10/2023

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a medicine man came to school
he cast a spell on me
i couldn't sleep
i tried to break it
i prayed
he would not leave me
....it was how i saw him
once
long ago
in a dream
it was a fantasy
with his body
his face
he comforted me 
two warriors
when i needed it
together
unrealized
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Mr. Logan

3/4/2023

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Goodbye Mr. Logan
You grabbed her tit
The party's over
Here's my fist
How's your threshold for pain

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1996 ~ ish

3/4/2023

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Picture
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Little Black Book

3/4/2023

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cross out all those numbers
in your little black book
i am here
my legs
​longing to be opened
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There are lines on the mirror

1/29/2023

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There are lines on the mirror
There are lines on my face
Of course I fucking notice
I'm not caught up in the race
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Here I sit

1/29/2023

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Here I sit
broken hearted
missing you
who's now departed
n'er will i feel your touch agin
or engage in slave labour
​to keep you man
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