Volume 2 Issue 12 - October 31, 2004 http://www.geocities.com/freeguahan [email protected]
Hafa Adai, yan welcome to the mina'kuatro na Minagahet.
This
is officially the "Cheer Up! Life Doesn't Completely Suck!" issue,
devoted to John Kerry, who will go down in my memory as being the worst anti-war
candidate ever. There are so many reasons why he lost, why he should have won,
but I won't go into them here. Instead, I've got a bunch of "cheer
up!" messages from activists, politicians, and others who say that although
this sets us back, its not the end of the world.
For those on Guam, nothing much has changed, and probably little would have if Kerry had won. He wasn't the savior of the Chamorro people anymore than Clinton was, Gore would have been or any other American politician dating back to Teddy Roosevelt. Working towards the true betterment of our people isn't something on any American politician's agenda, which makes things drastically more difficult, but also easier to accept a Bush victory.
So, that being said, enjoy this issue, because although the android Chimp from Crawford Texas won, there were some bright spots around the country, in which progressive causes or candidates were able to win.
Some good news, though is that our board is still burning with threads such as "Can Chamorro culture be saved?" and "Proud to be Chamorro!" We've also recently found out that on another Chamorro board, our organization was referred to as "racist," "stupid brown trash," and possessors of "extreme thinking." I truly feel honored that another Chamorro took the time out of his busy America loving schedule to call me "brown trash." It just validates my existence and activism. Si Yu'us Ma'ase i ga'-hu trongkon niyok! You can check it all out at this link, FANAHGUE'YAN.
Also, I just passed 600 hits for my blog, No Rest for the Awake. And at least 10 of those hits were from Chamorros complaining that I shouldn't write in Chamorro, but should use English instead. Ai na'ma'ase este siha na mampo'asu na Chamorro. Kao en hilat humongge siha? Ai nanalao.
Si Yu'us Ma'ase, ya usuni fan sumahuma minagahet yan na'suha dinagi
Sahuma
ARTICLES
Nine Reasons a Chamorro Should be Happy Bush Won!
Tinige' Michael Lujan Bevacqua
TEN REASONS NOT TO MOVE TO CANADA
By Sarah Anderson
FANACHU YAN FANMUMU! Stand and Fight!
By Katrina Vanden Heuvel from http://www.thenation.com
17 Reasons not to Slice Your Wrists
By Michael Moore
by Katha Politt from http://www.thenation.com
by Molly Ivins from the Boulder Daily Camera
by Ralph Nader
by Tom Engelhardt from http://www.tomdispatch.com
By Slavoj Zizek from http://www.inthesetimes.com
Buck Up, You Lefities! There's Reason for Hope!
by Justin Raimondo, from http://www.antiwar.com
This issue's antigo na palabra Chamorro
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Sala': Far gone, incurable.
for example: Kao esta sala' i estao-ta pulitikat? Hu diseseha mohon na ahe'.
This issue's
quote to think on and apply to Guam -
"How can 59,054,087 people be so dumb?"
The Daily Mirror, after George W. Bush was re-elected.
To continue the discussion please link here to our forum board -
MINAGAHET is published by the Chamorro Information Activists, a non-profit, poorly funded and poorly staffed activist organization, created for the public benefit. Non-profit doesn't imply "non-profit status or anything" just that taya' suetdon-mami nu este. Pues an kala'u este, ti isao n-mami. Mismo i isaoni tinaigefsagan-mami. We are currently seeking tax-exempt status however as a "racist, brown trash" organization, but with the current American administration, we're thinking only white-trash groups will be getting support. Copyright 2004 MINAGAHET. All rights reserved. We aren't sure what that means, but we see it put at the bottom of other things, and the last thing we want to do is get in trouble for not telling people that all our rights are reserved as well. http://www.geocities.com/freeguahan http://www.geocities.com/minagahet [email protected] or [email protected] http://minagahet.blogspot.com