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Archive for September, 2009

Naveed on his blog Naveed’s Realm has an interesting item about the legend of the monster in Devil’s Lake in Lincoln City, Oregon.

The short story as for as the Oregon one goes is that the Siletz Indian tribe centuries ago used to really like of the area of Devil’s Lake. Then one night when a group of warriors was dispatched across the lake, massive tentacles burst forth from the waters destroying the canoes. The warriors where then flung around, beaten against the water and debris, and died from drowning or injury. From then on the lake was called Devil’s Lake.

Was the “monster” a squid, or is the story only a myth to explain the dangers of the area?

I’m posting this announcement of an upcoming talk on chemtrails by Clifford Carnicom. This comes to me by way of Richard Frager.

On Saturday September 12th hear Clifford Carnicom talk on the Aerosol Operation being done in our skies. The title of the talk is the Environmental and Biological Consequences of Aerosols. The Location will be the Friends Meeting House located at 4312 S.E. Stark St Portland Oregon. The lecture will start at 230 PM and will be followed by a question and answer period. The cost of the event will be $10. Attached is a flier for the event. Please print and pass out to friends and family.

Below is a description of the talk and Clifford’s Bio

Clifford Carnicom will speak about his latest research on the aerosol operations that have affected the welfare of this planet for more than a decade. In addition, special emphasis will be given to a series of unusual and remarkable biological findings that have major implications for the state of our health.

Clifford Carnicom has been a researcher on the aerosol operations (aka Chemtrails) for the past 11 years. His work examines a broad range of applications including environmental control, military, electromagnetic, surveillance and geophysical applications, biological operations and geophysical considerations. He has produced an award-winning, non-profit documentary on the aerosol issue that is distributed worldwide. Currently a computer consultant, Clifford was a research scientist and federal employee for 15 years with three different agencies, including the U.S. Department of Defense. He has held a high level security clearance. His research can be found at Carnicom.com.

Contact information Tim Titrud 503-701-3481

A few years ago, it was good news among Oregon media, environmentalists, animal welfare activists, etc. that the wolf was making a comeback in Eastern Oregon. Pretty much, most people thought it neat. Not surprisingly, most ranchers didn’t think the news was neat; they quickly got on the defensive.

Well, the wolf has been making a slow comeback, and, as quickly as the wolf arrived, it’s been with equal quickness that the wolf has been assassinated.

About a year ago a wolf was found wounded on the Oregon/Idaho border. Reports of wolves being shot have been coming in; and here, sadly, is the latest story of two wolves killed.

What makes this news even sadder is that the killing of the wolves was approved by the “U.S.D.A. Wildlife Services with approval from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.” The killing of the wolves was met with both frustration and sadness:

“It saddens us that with so few wolves in the state, we lost these two animals,” said Noah Greenwald, endangered species program director at the Center for Biological Diversity.”

The wolves were killing sheep and attempts to drive the wolves away with non-lethal methods were tried first, like hazing.

Wolves are not a protected species, and it’s open season on wolves in Montana and Idaho. This is tragic not only for the wolves of course but the environment, says Noah Greenwald:

“Wolves are an incredibly important part of our environment, with research in Yellowstone National Park showing that reintroduction of wolves keeps elk and other ungulates on the move, leading to increased streamside vegetation, which in turn benefits numerous other species, such as beavers and songbirds.”

source:
Killing of Wolf Pair a Serious Setback to Wolf Recovery in Oregon

An article in the Oregonian by Richard Cooke (The New Survivalists: Oregon “preppers” stockpile guns and food in fear of calamity) discusses the survivalist movement in Oregon, which, according to the article, is mostly comprised in:

As in earlier movements, survivalists are centered in conservative, rural areas such as eastern Oregon

People who are putting aside emergency rations, equipment and even guns, are considred “fearful” and that fear is stoked by many things, including Obama!:

driven by fears, stoked by Barack Obama’s presidency, that economic catastrophe, sweeping technological failure and societal upheaval are just around the corner.

And though the movement intersects with a wave of weapon and ammunition hoarding among some who fear that Obama will clamp down on gun rights, there’s little talk of forming militias as in past survivalist movements.

Oh, there’s no arguing the fact there are a plethora of good old boys in this state; paranoid, bigoted, trophy hunting, right wing, bible thumping men and women who don’t trust anyone.

The article takes a bit of a smug tone, referring to these survivalists as “scared” and why are they “scared?” Because they don’t “understand.”

“People fear change; people get angry when they don’t understand something,” said La Grande City Councilman Steve Clements, 52, who teaches finance and information systems at Eastern Oregon University. “I think there is a lot of fear associated with having the first black president.”

There’s always been fear, and mistrust, and I agree that there are many — like the gun toting crazy ass anti-health care morons — who are, simply, bigots. They’re not afraid, they’re mightily pissed that we have president who is part African American. That aside, anyone who thinks things aren’t very damn shaky right now, regardless of who is president, isn’t paying attention.

The article highlights a lot of gun loving, stock piling dudes with generators hidden away in remote locations, that kind of thing. Okay. And maybe these types are reading too much of the Rense.com variety type stuff. But the following is the other side of the gun gripping survialist fear:

All the fuss perplexes Eastern Oregon University math professor John Knudson-Martin, who said the world is probably safer than ever. He suspects people are watching too much TV news.

“If a bomb goes off in Malaysia or halfway around the world, we hear about it, and it makes us think bombs are going off all the time,” he said.

“The world is probably safer than ever???!!!”

A presentation of the strongest of contrasts: the fundamentalist bible rancher with guns, ammo and food stored away, with the naive academic who thinks the world is “safer than ever.” Bringing out the most extreme of the “preppies” makes it all seem to damn kooky. Just nut jobs in the country chewing tobacco while gripping their guns.

Oh, those types exist all right. I’ve met plenty of them. Still, things are shaky and you don’t have to be a religious right wing gun loving bigot to see the signs. Being prepared isn’t about that. But as long as the idea of “being prepared” is presented as More From Kookville in Farmland, the mainstream remains satisfied all is well, when it isn’t of course, after all, no one wants to be considered a nut.