Elders Wisdom July 19th. 2014

Elders Wisdom 7/19/2014

    I guess if we are going to have civilization her in this world it's up to a handful of people to lead the way. We have no peace, no security, no cooperation, no community and no rights under the corporate rule.

    Who is teaching the wages of peace brings s all more security. Who is teaching that even animals have rights? Who is teaching that everyone has a right to a lifetime of education? Who is teaching that each and every individual human being is sacred and has something special to share with the rest of us? Who is teaching that all of us have to learn to work together for the benefit of all? Who is trying to bring traditional knowledge and give it a modern spin so it can be used by everyone? Who is caring for our Mother the Earth? Where are the Earthkeepers, the Peacemakers, the Community builders and the People who say to the strangers, Hello Friend?

    Who offers a kind word to someone who has reached the limits of what they can endure? Who lifts up and binds the wounds of those who have fallen no matter the reason? Who teaches how to use council to find solutions that serve all of us? Who will stand between warring parties as a human shield? Who grows to feed them self and others without asking in return?who goes out of the way to choose to offer friendship to those who would attack him or her?

    We do not need more government, nor bigger corporations. Each and every one of us is a part of the whole. It doesn't matter what your sex is, what you skin color is, what your religion or lack of is, what matters is are you working toward a kinder, more inclusive world. If you fighting it because you feel you will lack I can only say try. If your afraid to take the first step, I can only quote another "Follow me."

Our government either responds to the needs of all or it will fail and be replaced. Our religions either teach that the stranger is us or be replaced. Our cities are massive blocks to community and need to be changed, what better place to start then Detroit and Gaza?  All government is local and regional for every one has the same limitations and needs. Only by working together to solve problems may we truly call our self as CIVILIZED.

Robert N. Smith (Big Tree) USN Ret. Peacemaker and Earthkeeper and Green Party candidate for TN 1st. Congressional District

Elders Wisdom 7/18/2014

"Just because a government or religion tells you something true does not mean everything they tell you is true."

Uncle Bob (Big Tree) 1952

Elders Wisdom 6/2/2014

For every problem there is a soulution. Sometimes we don't see it because we are not asking the right question.

Big Tree 6/2/2014

Thoughts 6/1/2014

Regarding Mr. Kerry's telling Ed Snowden to Man UP I have more then a few thoughts. First of all any trial in the United States of Amerikkka today would be no better then the Egyptian Courts trial of protesters. We have already seen the kind of Kangaroo court that tried Bradley Manning. We have seen the use of A law that should never have been passed to punish someone who reveled criminal activity by our elected and appointed leadership. I for one do not want another person to be subject to a witch hunt and false imprisonment. However I am afraid such would be the case if  instead of a meaningful punishment of our Domestic Enemies. Mr. Kerry come clean you started out as someone who stood up to government misdeeds. why have you changed?

My pharmacist had to argue with The Tricare (military) Pharmacey about paying for one of the two  antibiotics the infectious disease experts ordered for me to take for two weeks to kill the infection I have been fighting for over a year. Just because it cost $4000.oo for a two week course of medication. I received the medicine but still have several thousand I owe for other medications ordered by other MD's at Vanderbilt University Hospital. Don't know where I will raise the money needed to pay for that, because the military won't pay. BTW that's $142.86 per pill, thank you Phizer. How much of the cost was attributed to research paid for by Uncle Sap?

Speaking of Domestic Enemies the first thing i read this morning was about a baby severely burned when a pol-LICE-man threw a concussion grenade into a child's crib during a no knock raid. That is one reason we have to stop the war on drugs. The Gestapo can and will continue to do this and other crimes with impunity. How many unarmed, injured and mistreated people have to suffer before we hold the po-LICE accountable?

My dog Ace made history Friday and Saturday. I was in Vanderbilt ICU and he was allowed in and shared my bed. Ace Superdog has saved my life so many times with his uncanny ability to predict a heart attack before I even feel it. Plus once he woke Jean up in time to crack a rib and get me breathing when I had stopped because of a concussion.

Not speaking out against injustice means you approve of it and support it. If you only reach and educate one person who hears you that is enough because that person will speak to many you do not know.

May 18th. 2014

Today I have to ask, are you among those who strive to live in harmony with Mother or are you among the people who are so busy making a living that you forget how to live? Are you among those who blindly follow the politicians into war, hating others without any reason or fearing others or are you one that says the hate has to stop? Are you waiting for someone or something before you speak out or are you quietly talking to others about what you think might make this world a better place for all my relations? Do you remember that the original instructions was to be caretakers of Eden which is and was Mother Earth?

Big Tree (5/18/2014

May 9th. 2014

To change the world requires one person showing it can be done.  However it takes many learning from the one to bring it about.

Big Tree 5/9/2014

May 3rd. 2014

Cornplanter taught us children to understand the difference between a government that allowed everyone a voice and a government that used fear to control everyone. With cops getting automatic weapons, body armor, tracking devices, and tanks I will give you one guess as to which type of government we have today. He also taught us to work at bringing good government into being. Sixty years later I know exactly what he was warning us about.

Big Tree 5/3/2014