[Pretorian]

If so, shouldn't she compliment my post? And what's up with you ? YOU take the check?

[mtn_chief]

Hi,
I been visiting this forum for years on a regular basis. I enjoy the banter here. The truely concerned vs. the shills n sockpuppets is entertaining. I'm not a doomer but moved back to the family doomstead back in the 80's when I seen the writing on wall. the current thread on trust made me say something...

being a Pikanni living on the Rez trusting the Gooberment for truth is a insane thought to me. Japan is really one big reservation. Where the Corporation could meddle and and build the industrial wet dream without western prying eyes ... just my thought wanted to share

[FairMaiden]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm not fromn the US but I'm guessing you are? It looks like the US citizens aren't fairing much better than the Japanese. What western prying eyes do you speak of? The lame main stream media that continues to report BS and half truths? CNN was reporting on Sat (Mar 12) that the nuclear situation was "under control" and that there was absolutely NO radioactivity leaking from the facility.

I think it's easy to feel bad for the Japenese right now but only due to bad luck. Bad luck that could have happen to any of us - really where are safe from the wraith of mother nature?

BTW, are you actually Blackfoot? My grandmother was Blackfoot...so thanks for teaching me something today.

[Keith_McClary]

I'm not fromn the US but I'm guessing you are?

Sort of, but mtn_chief is a neighbor of mine out here in the Canadian Rockies (hi).

Anthropologists believe that the Blackfoot originally coalesced as a group while living in the forests of what became known as Northeastern United States. They were mostly located around the Maine and Canadian border. By 1600, the Niitsitapi had decided to relocate in search of more land. They decided to move west and settled for a while north of the Great Lakes in present-day Canada, but had to compete with existing tribes. They decided to leave the Great Lakes area and keep moving west. [4] When they moved, they usually packed their belongings on an A-shaped sled called a travois. The travois was designed for transport over dry land.[5] The Blackfoot had relied on dogs to pull the travois, since they did not acquire horses until the 18th century. From the Great Lakes area, they continued to move west and eventually settled in the Great Plains. The Plains had covered approximately 780,000 square miles (2,000,000 km2) with the Saskatchewan River to the north, the Rio Grande to the south, the Mississippi River to the east, and the Rocky Mountains to the west.[2]

Wikipedia doesn't indicate why they needed land at that time. (Hint: same reason the Palestinians "decided to relocate in search of more land" in 1948).

[americandream]

Hi,
I been visiting this forum for years on a regular basis. I enjoy the banter here. The truely concerned vs. the shills n sockpuppets is entertaining. I'm not a doomer but moved back to the family doomstead back in the 80's when I seen the writing on wall. the current thread on trust made me say something...

being a Pikanni living on the Rez trusting the Gooberment for truth is a insane thought to me. Japan is really one big reservation. Where the Corporation could meddle and and build the industrial wet dream without western prying eyes ... just my thought wanted to share

Bingo! The natives in Africa, Russia and India aren't so damned cooperative for some reason however so the corporations use their favourite fall back, Islamic terrorists, to drive them to conformity. Of course, Cuba remains wilfully disobedient of the pack.

[americandream]

Welcome to the forum.

I'm not fromn the US but I'm guessing you are? It looks like the US citizens aren't fairing much better than the Japanese. What western prying eyes do you speak of? The lame main stream media that continues to report BS and half truths? CNN was reporting on Sat (Mar 12) that the nuclear situation was "under control" and that there was absolutely NO radioactivity leaking from the facility.

I think it's easy to feel bad for the Japenese right now but only due to bad luck. Bad luck that could have happen to any of us - really where are safe from the wraith of mother nature?

BTW, are you actually Blackfoot? My grandmother was Blackfoot...so thanks for teaching me something today.

By western prying eyes, I suspect he means those who cling to the myth of social democracy. In Japan (and now China) are the future arrangements for a global corporate slave state being forged.

[mtn_chief]

Wow , Didnt think anyone would notice. Yes I was refering to Creation of worker slave state. Yes I'm up against the Rockies. And yes I'm Blackfeet not gonna get into the Blackfeet - Blackfoot thing now it's a thing the 2 country's did to make a division.......

Thanks for the replies

[mtn_chief]

OH ya BTW ... Welcome to the Rez ... your better off planting a garden than waiting for the rations and the Superintendant takes all the good stuff anyway

[Sixstrings]

OH ya BTW ... Welcome to the Rez ... your better off planting a garden than waiting for the rations and the Superintendant takes all the good stuff anyway

Welcome to the forum. If you feel like it, could you give us some first hand description of what the reservation system is like? How your tribe works? Like, how much sovereignty do you have.. how big is the reservation.. could you have a casino if you wanted one..

Do you elect a tribal council of some kind? How much authority do they have? I find all this very interesting but don't really know much about it. Oh, could you tell us a bit about the language? Do the Blackfoot have their own, how many are still fluent..

And what's the "superintendant?" Is that that like a guy from the Bureau of Indian Affairs who's in charge?

[mtn_chief]

Oki' ,
The reservation system is a bleak semi democratic kind neopotism runs ramppant large families control the politics and planning. We elect tribal counsel men who in turn elect a chairman from themselves. Yes we have soverinty but we have to abide by federal laws of US. We are in process of drafting a new constitution for ourselves

We have casino's but no population base to draw customers from. In Montana seems every other gas station is a casino so not so novel here. Reservation is over 1 million acres. We are one of the very few tribes that's reservation is located on original homeland. The language is in use more so by my Canadian cousins than here it's slowly disappearing on this side. In the old agency days the superintendant was the man in charge on reservation usually a very corrupt individual.

Most ranch here some work in timber and a whole lot are on the Gooberment tit ..... govt jobs or govt hand outs the families that do best are ones that stay out of the handout lines

As for the relocation from the east Anthros have it part right we were there when the counsels of the 5 civilized tribes wanted to bury all weapons We left. As a side note tho They find in this area of Montana and Alberta remains from our direct genetic ancestors that go back 10k years tho . so they do have it part right.

I was just trying to point out in first post that trusting in the Govt to tell you truth is futile. They wont, They are masters of getting you arguing about the meaningless and slipping the hidden policies thru.

[Crusty]

I've been a long time viewer and have decided to Register.

A bit about myself.

I live in a small coastal community in Queensland, Australia (Paradise) about 5km from the Beach. Have a small acreage which I am setting up along Permaculture Guidelines. I ride and electric bicycle, but mainly because it's Great Fun!! I'm on the Design Team for our Community Garden which again is being set up along Permaculture Guidelines. Many people in our community (about 3000) are Peak Oil aware and we are gearing up along the lines of the Transitional Town network.

I like this site because it has Cornies as well as Doomers which gives me both sides of the story. I believe in Peak Oil and that's it's coming soon. I hope it doesn't but figure growing Vege's, Chooks and Fruit Trees is fun and will save me money in any event.

I love reading Ludi's posts, she seems (like a lot of the ladies around here) like such a gentle spirit and would be welcome around my campfire anytime. Pops seems to have the kind of 'Horse sense' smarts that will be invaluable in this uncertain future. There are many more Vision-master etc. which are great reading and I hope to have positive dialogue with many of you.

I'm not as smart as some of the people around here, but I am smart enough to know that, so don't expect any debate on facts and figures.

Anyway Keep up the Great Work. I doubt you know how valuable this website is.

Crusty

[sparky]

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Nice to hear from you , the site is good fun
I'm from roosters country

[DomusAlbion]

Hello and welcome to PeakOil.

Maybe you could share your experience with the flooding you folks had recently.

[Crusty]

The Floods were pretty impressive. I'm about halfway between Bundaberg and Gladstone and about 130km by road to either one. The bridges usually go under two or three times a year so we are used to being isolated but this time the briges were 9 metres under!! The town and blocks drain really well thanks to all the drainage channels (the developer had a fight with the council and they made him build huge channels) so flooding is never a problem. Everyone here builds up, either on stilts or with fill. I brought in fill so it was like living on an island for a few weeks. Shops got a bit bare but we filled up the fishing and Tourist Boats before the Petrol Station ran out of fuel so we could get supplies in by sea. Couldn't do anything so mostly blokes visited and we had a chat and a few Coldies (and checked out 'peakoil.com' etc.) The usual when we get flooded in of only one bottle of milk per person etc.

Sister in Gladstone had a good story though. After they picked up the Kids from school they went to pick up some groceries and one of the Mothers, who'd recently moved up from down south (they came up for the LNG) got in a bit of a Panic about the lack of produce in the Shelves. Bought two bottles of Milk and on being told she could only have one smashed the other on the Floor yelling, "If I can't have it then noone can!!" Bit of a giggle for the kids (and secretly the other mothers as well). I think that poor woman will be reminded of that day with jokes around the Bar-be for evermore!!

Know of mates that got flooded in Brisbane and Bundaberg and nothing funny about that but they are getting on with it and all good. I like the Story about traffic jams with people coming into Brisbane from everywhere as soon the waters had recided to help clean up the Mess. Little different than Katrina I think.

[AgentR11]

Gave up on trying to recover the password from the AgentR login, but its still just annoying ole me.

[DomusAlbion]

Did you request help from Admin? He should have reset your password and sent you a new one.

I'm glad you persevered and welcome back.

[Cash]

January 2008, according to the board info, since I last visited here, so I figure I should check in like a newbie again. Don't remember why this place dropped off my radar, possibly it was just doom overload from being involved in other Peak Oil boards and activities. LATOC was another casualty, and now I see that it has apparently closed down. (Astrology?) I see some of the same handles here, though.

Anyway, three years on, I'm sort of semi-retired after getting sucked into a massive downsizing at my previous employer (spit). Still in Maine. I've built two raised beds in the backyard for veggies, and I'm adding berries and another raised bed this spring, as well as experimenting with container gardening on the deck. We've bought a Prius for my wife (she still commutes), and I still do some writing. The wood stove is crackling next to me as I write this, and we have our home heating usage down to less than a tank of fuel oi and three cords of wood. More insulation and new windows are on the agenda for later this year.

As for Peak Oil, well, it seems to be here, doesn't it. At least the IEA says so. So do the economy, the political news (in a denial sort of way), grain prices, oil prices, and a whole host of other indicators. We're entering a post-PO world, and it seems to be getting grimmer by the day. I just finished rereading Michael Klare's "Resource Wars." Highly recommended, along with John Robb's "Brave New War." Both a little dated now, but still relevant.

[sjn]

Welcome back!

[leeyn]

Hello and welcoem...hope you enjoy your stay.....

[Carlhole]

I like this site because it has Cornies as well as Doomers which gives me both sides of the story.

Yeah. It's a great debate, isn't it?

You can download Oil Panic and the Global Collapse: Predictions & Myths by Standford Earth Sciences Prof Stephen Gorelick here, for free.

This book places both sides of the debate side-by-side for comparison; conclusions left to the reader.

I think it's the best book written on peak oil yet.