Georgia State Trooper at a Klan rally in the 1980s.

It's hard to remember that bigots, tyrants, and criminals were children once, and that most of them endured abuse, neglect, and hate-filled indoctrination. The child in this photo has no say in what is being drilled into his head. He is at the mercy of his parents and community, whom he didn't choose and couldn't escape from for some time.

It’s not news that the U.S. lags behind other nations in math and science test scores.  But, we also suffer from poor reading and writing skills.  While our politicians debate creationism and abstinence-only sex education, our students are busy downloading music to their I–pods and eagerly await the results of Dancing with the Stars.  Then again, you just have to look at these marquee signs and realize where the problems lie.  Source.

As I first reported back on April 4, Arizona Senators Jon Kyl and John McCain proposed Senate Bill 2109, the “Navajo – Hopi Little Colorado River Water Rights Settlement Act of 2012,” this past February, which would give Arizona corporations total control over the state’s waters.  Mining interests were a key player in the bill’s development.  More importantly, though, the bill would require the residents of the Navajo and Hopi communities to relinquish all rights to ground and subterranean water, including the right to sue for damages resulting from possible water contamination.

We don't walk in the shadows of our past..We just tend to let our deepest scars remind us how deeply we were hurt..Let the pain remind you how strong you are..Not how much you endured..

-Andy1076