There is a way for all of us to help reduce these types of tragic incidents. This way is earned generosity. I have a graphic for readers which is small, fast loading and will only you a minute to look. This is a priceless reward for earned generosity. http://www.purlgurl.net/aue/want_work.jpg This note scribbled on rough paper and left on a kitchen counter, is truly priceless, is truly one of the best rewards you can earn. Some readers here at WoW know our family owns a fair bit of rental homes. This makes for a safe and a reliable income. However, rental homes also present moral dilemma; sometimes we have to decide if to evict or to help. Recently, we have taken to reducing rent fees for those families who are having a hard time because of job loss. Seems wrong to kick out people for circumstances beyond their control. We enjoy a very young couple who are having a hard time. In a sense, we have adopted them. She is twenty-three and has a five year old boy. Father is absent. You know the story. Her boyfriend is the same age. He is an excellent tile setter, a skill taught to him by his father. He lost his job, laid off and does not qualify for unemployment benefits. His girlfriend now has two jobs, he looks for work but we know this is an impossible task these days. His girl is determined to do better in life and she certainly works hard, at minimum wages. Few months back, she decided to pursue a college degree through a reputable online college; no time to attend in person with working two jobs. They are constantly behind with their rent. Are we to evict this couple? Almost all landlords would. Rather than evict we are offering earned generosity to help this family to survive. Our earned generosity is inventing work for the boy. Over the past six months or so, we have invented four jobs for him and, tonight, I invented another job for him through our extended family. Typically, when a rental home becomes vacant we go through the house and completely refurbish a house so new tenants can move into a very nice, clean and well kept home for a rent rate below average market; we are not greedy and we take pride in offering quality in exchange for rent. Part of this process is replacing carpet and flooring. My husband and I talked this over and arrived at a decision to have each kitchen, bath, maybe an entry for each vacated home tiled rather than usual linoleum. Tile is more expensive but never needs to be replaced. This saves us money in the long run, saves money on upkeep. Four times we have invented tile jobs for this boy, at a current fair market rate of pay. This is keeping this family in their rented home, our rental home. He works for us, we give him free rent for month, one job, two months free rent. This is a win-win for everyone. To help his girl with college, I bought her a year old Dell computer on Ebay. Quite cheap, less than three-hundred dollars and a very nice system. I loaded Windows XP, loaded a word processor, dictionary, thesaurus and other education related software. I explained my expectation is she will work hard, pass all her classes, will take her college program seriously. So far, she is doing excellent. This is earned generosity. This is not charity. We offer work, they earn their pay. All can be proud. They retain their dignity, we receive value. There is an added benefit beyond the girl earning a college degree. Through inventing work for her boy, we are introducing him to others who will hire him to perform tile work; both he and our family are working at establishing a meanful future for him. He works, we are making business connections for him. Should more Americans engage in earned opportunity, an act which generates pride for all, if more people would do this there would be less tragic incidents such as up in Fresno. If only someone had created a bit of work for her, she could have paid her utility bills…. Do give this some thought. This earned generosity helps all Americans, much more than our government is helping Americans. We must take care of our own, our government will not take care of us. If your family is in a position to create work, any work, small or big, do so; this is a win-win for all of us. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Paul Volcker, oh boy, we are screwed, sans K-Y Jelly. Reassuring to watch Obama bring in those promised “fresh faces” and “fresh ideas” a la Jimmy Carter. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Ro Hansen adds to interest, “…that want equal rights to every other citizen in this country.” Gays do enjoy equal rights. All of us enjoy the same constitutional guarantees, least those our government allows us to enjoy. Ability to marry is not a constitutional guarantee. However, there is case precedent related to gay marriage. This is the famous Loving versus Virginia Supreme Court decision knocking down laws against interracial marriage. This is only forty years or so back in time, about the time my peoples were finally given a right to vote. I believe this Loving case does set precedence favoring gay marriage and I believe America is not quite ready for this. Nonetheless, gays are not being denied any constitutional rights. There are ample legal means to guarantee “civil union” rights which are no different than classic marriage rights. This is an argument all about symbolism. Gays are working to earn a marriage certificate symbol which is a conceptual notion only; a piece of paper to show off. Rather meaningless, really; marriage is of the heart, not of a legal document. Proposition 8, like the “amendment 2” up in Colorado, will probably be ruled unconstitutional. This only defeats a proposition. This does not make legal gay marriage. Problem I have is gays taking to the streets in protest which truly only serves to annoy the majority. These protests do not serve a good purpose rather serve to defeat the agenda of gays. A better route would be to simply contest these issues in court, according to law. Street protests will not change legal issues and going after the Mormon church is certainly not helping. Elaine comments for readers, “You are waring over verbage and verbage only and that makes your argument to me, invalid.” Clearly I both agree with and support Elaine on this. There is no issue on denial of rights, this is an issue of symbolism: marriage. Reality is a majority of Americans are not ready for gay marriage. This is to be respected. Under our democratic system, majority rules. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Marjorie quips about us monkeys slinging crap, “Wise to keep a low profile.” When this concerns crap, most certainly! Mules, I have worked with and plowed behind mules. They are not so bad. When a mule drops a load, this is just partially dry balls of chewed up alfalfa and hay sprinkled with sweet oats. No big deal, just bounces off your feet or squishes under foot like a wet sponge. No problem. Horses, the same. Cows, this is way different. Cows make a wet, juicy, sticky mess. Cows will drop a load on your feet like watery concrete. Pasture patties, when stepped upon, ooze up between your toes or stick to the bottoms of your boots. Chickens, the worst. Their droppings stink like crazy and will stain your bare feet hen-shit-mucklety-brown for days. No getting rid of the smell nor stain. With mules, easy enough, plowing along you simply stomp their poop into the dirt much like you stomp dirt clods to break up those clods. With cows, you know to keep your feet straddling your milk bucket and well away from the business end of a cow, and you know to keep a shovel handy for cleaning up later. With chickens, you do not stand a chance. They leave behind small landmines which you do not see or notice unless you feel a wet feeling between your toes. This crap we people sling around, yes, beneficial to keep a low profile, pays to know to duck. Does seem our crap flies around in circles. I do not have a cow lick of common sense. I am always standing up and shooting off my big mouth, and always catching a juicy wad right smack in the middle of my ugly mug. This crap slinging habit of ours would be much easier to take if we were all mules, instead of simply being mule headed. However, we people are mooing cows and clucking chickens. This is messy. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Marjorie writes, “There ya go again Okpulot Taha, throwing out points to ponder.” Ha! Ha! Reminds me of our San Diego zoo. We have not visited there in many years. Last time we visited, I made note of monkeys in cages. A monkey, like most of the monkeys, would crap in his hand then sling his crap at visitors looking at monkeys, sometimes successfuly hitting his target. I was so fascinated by visitor reactions, our girl and my husband had to literally drag me away from those monkey cages. Part of this is I intended to pick up monkey crap to throw back at those monkeys to discover how those monkeys would respond. Visitors responded with disgust and anger. I thought, “I do not blame those monkeys for throwing their crap at you. We have those poor monkeys in cages which is very wrongful.” We are slinging our crap at monkeys, only fitting they sling their crap at us. I wanted to discover how monkeys would react to having their crap thrown back at them, but our girl and her father would have no part of this, and correctly so; no telling what visitors would do if I threw crap back at those monkeys; scientific observation is not always politically correct. Nonetheless, this does not dismiss our notion there are always two sides to a story. On zoos, personally I would have all zoos made unlawful. Caging animals for public curiosity and profit, is morally wrong. What I would support is placing all of us humans in cages and having animals visit to look at us, for free. Crap slinging flies in both directions. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Here is a contrast between dealing with societal issues and political issues, along with legal issues. When cartoons of Muhammad appeared in a Dutch newspaper, Muslims around our world, by the millions, took to rioting, looting, burning and killing. When Jack Abramoff and his republican cohorts, including George Bush, defrauded my tribe of millions of dollars along with making racial slurs about us, my tribe quietly and powerfully worked within our legal system to attain justice. Abramoff sits in prison today, his cohorts lives lie in ruin. Which is more powerful, protests in the streets or quiet pursuit of legal redress? There is game playing and there is playing the game. My peoples know how to win the game by following the rules with grace and dignity. Gays need to take notice of this; they are defeating themselves. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Frank comments, “The Mormon church actively supported Prop 8 with bucks, a lot of bucks, and that’s a no no….” As is political activism within an organized religion. IRS rules on this extend well beyond monetary donations, beyond volunteer efforts. The moment a church attempts to sway a political vote through any activity, which includes words, this is a violation of IRS tax exempt status rules. All three of those churches I cite along with many other churches, all publically endorsed Obama. This is a violation of IRS rules. Being specific about a society segment group, what I see happening is a large majority of gays support Obama. This is a case of gays not objecting to religion engaging in political activities while this supports the cause of gays and a case of gays objecting when a religion engages in political opposition to a gay agenda. This is clear hypocrisy and this harms the efforts of gays. I voted no on proposition 8 here in California. I support gay rights. Nonetheless, our peoples voted, majority, in favor of proposition 8. Our peoples have spoken and this vote should be respected. This is our democratic way; majority rules. Today, gays are attempting to defeat our democratic principles. I will not support this. Toss in hypocrisy on the part of gays, there is not a chance I will support any gay agenda. My expectation is people are to rise above petty political game playing, especially political hypocrisy. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Barbara comments, “Make it so embarrassing for Obama that he had to offer her the job.” Should we accept this notion as true, then we must also accept a notion Obama is an exceptionally weak man unfit to be our president. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Should this loss of tax exempt status be applied to Farakhan’s Nation of Islam, to Pfleger’s Saint Sabina and Wright’s Trinity Church? Why is this the Mormon church is being questioned about political activities but not those churches I cite? Might this be because those America hating churches I cite are supporters of Obama? Quite the display of hypocrisy, I think. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Phyllis speaks her tongue, “Could we say a little spit and polish will do the job?” Most certainly! For both women and men. Chocolate sauce, whipped cream, cherry juice, jams and jellies, even a thick potent liquor, all are delightful for the tongue. You ever try large red frozen grapes? Peanut butter, though, tends to stick to the roof of a mouth and tends to make a mess when hair is involved. Chewing gum is definitely out. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

We really should learn to not mess with Mother Nature. Premarin, Vagifem, Estrace - linked to heart disease, breast cancer, uterine cancer, birth defects, mental infirmity and abuse of pregnant mares and their foals. There are serious risks and moral issues associated with those vaginitis treatments. This is much like douching. This was once very popular, might still be popular. All of us recall various scented and flavored douch products alleged to increase sexual pleasure for men. Today, we know douching is very unhealthy and can lead to serious health issues. My discovery is, based on talks with older girlfriends, elderly girlfriends, a simple cure for vaginal dryness during intercourse is a patient lover who spends a lot of time engaging in talented foreplay, and I mean a lot of time. Another notion which helps is to dispense with Puritan thinking and take to Prurient thinking. We have this notion thinking nasty is wrongful and this thinking does often lead to a number of problems associated with sexual activities. Other words, often these problems are all in your head, or not thinking about head. Nothing wrong nor embarrassing about providing naughty verbal instructions to your lover, male or female. “Gently bite and lick the insides of my thighs while working your way upward to….” Also helps to do these physical things for your lover, all before intercourse, long before intercourse. Foreplay is not just physical nor restricted to a bed. Foreplay begins early day, begins with planning and intent. Foreplay is spending a day being sexy, even being naughty. For some, intense old fashion romance works well. Spending hours working up a mood for both your lover and yourself, really helps. Reminds me of a part of my foreplay. I prepare a dinner of breaded and baked chicken strips, breaded and baked eggplant and, the usual salad, rolls and champagne. Those chicken strips I slice into long narrow strips then bread and bake. Eggplant is sliced into circles then holed. After cooking, I prepare a plate for each us, nicely arranged. I must be graphic. Each holed baked eggplant slice has a chicken strip shoved through its hole. At end of each chicken strip, two eggplant holes, either side. Get the picture? Add a bit of diced, steamed and buttered broccoli around each holed eggplant slice, this certainly adds a suggestive artistic touch. Dessert is served in bed. This is chilled varieties of grapes, strawberries, melon balls, passion fruit, whipped cream in a can and planned teasing lasting for an hour or two before the main event. For me, there is a delightful side effect of constantly thinking sexy and naughty thoughts. Lying in bed at night, I pet and stroke our house cat. Simply the feel of her fur under my hand makes me wet. Oh, the stories I could tell of our sexual escapades in a fitting room at Big Five, off in pine trees at a snow skiing resort, on both a front seat and back seat of car, sometimes while my husband is driving. There is also bar bathrooms, pool side, on the beach (sand is a problem) even on my teacher’s desk during lunch break. Workbench in my old man’s hobby shop is nice. Covered with thick galvanized sheet metal, his workbench top proves cool, even cold for my bare butt. I like this. Botantical gardens at my university! Best of all, when a visiting group of new Japanese students stumble upon you and whip out their cameras. Hey! You are caught, might as well put on a rodeo riding show. Good sex begins in mind and ends in mind. Our physical acts are simply eye candy and mind candy. Just remember to grin for those Japanese students shooting photographs like crazy; we all are naughty and nasty at times, or should be. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Kelly bares a naked truth, “I’d also suggest a brazilian. no hair down there means no worries about no color… ha!” Magic Markers, colorful Magic Markers. Who needs hair? Exclamation mark! My old man loves a shaved exclamation mark where this truly has exciting meaning. I tried a shaved downward pointing arrow. My hubby quips, “Are you suggesting I need reading glasses?” Next time, I tried a shaved upward pointing arrow. He looks up, “Fits better down here.” Completely shaved, he takes notice, gets up then walks out. Minute later, he walks back in with a can of Rogaine. “What are you doing?” He straddles me with his can, “You are going bald. Best to stop this now before it spreads to your head.” The Love Goddess advises, “…but our tissue, like our faces, needs moisture!” This is why Mother Nature gave men tongues. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

Marjorie tells me a sweet truth, “For too many, the lie soothes the pain; better the lie, no matter how open to challenge, than the truth which offers nothing.” Yes, ma’am. Western peoples both expect and demand others tell them lies, soft sweet lies. Not only do those people expect to hear lies, they also lie to themselves, seemingly on a daily basis. “Sure, Mildred, we can afford this big home and lots of toys!” Yes, sir, sure enough until the “Bank Owned” sign is planted out front. Within my traditional culture, Marjorie, “truth” enjoys a sacred status. Our traditional peoples are well known, historically and today, as truth speakers. There are times I am sure my persistent truth speaking is what has many angry with me. We American Indians know survival depends on truth. America is not surviving because our country is, today, based upon lies which we demand be told to us. So whisper me sweet lies, soft sweet lies. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

You know the women who sponsor this website have sufficient power and connections to effect a flat retail tax. Women of this site have an ability to bring about many positive changes for America. This ability is being wasted and none, literally none listen to us amongst the unwashed masses. Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation

John G is taxed, “Why should I pay 35% and Bill across the street pay 15%? FLAT TAX!” Why should our hard working family pay a cumulative total 53% tax while Suzie Creamcheese downhill pays no tax? Couple years back, as I will in the future, I send out hundreds of letters to politicians and others of influence strongly urging abandonment of our current income tax system to be replaced with a simple retail tax. I proposed a 25% retail tax, with no local nor state retail tax. Of this 25% tax, 10% to the states and 15% to the Feds. This is a system which treats all equally, and a system easy to adjust according to immediate economic conditions. More revenue is needed, adjust this retail tax upward a percentage point. A need to provide tax relief, lower this tax a percentage point. This eliminates any need for all these complex and unfair tax manipulations taking place currently and provides a “quick response” to changing needs of America. This retail tax eliminates tax fraud, such as offshore accounts. Only way to avoid this tax is to not buy anything. I would estimate this would double our tax revenue for states and the Feds, knowing upwards of ten-trillion dollars is being shipped out or kept out of America to avoid taxes. Local governments currently raise enough money through property taxes, city services and special assessments we see on our property tax bills and, often, on our city provided utility bills. Some argue this is unfair to the poor. Untrue. The poor buy less thus would pay less taxes. The poor also enjoy government assistance programs. The rich buy more thus would pay more taxes. McCain proposed something similar, a tax structure of paying 15% or 25% depending on income level. No deductions, no exemptions, simply 15% or 25% based on earned income. His is or would have been a good introduction to a flat retail tax. His is a common sense approach. A nationwide retail tax would solve our economic woes and keep our economy healthy. However, politicians, including Obama, are way too stupid to even consider this type of common sense. Nevada does not have an income tax, yes? Okpulot Taha Choctaw Nation