First posted on Indymedia.org

Hopi message (English) by traditional Hopi elders 1:25pm Sun. Dec.30,2001 (Modified at 10:09pm Sun. Dec.30,2001).

THE TIME IS NOW

A HOPI ELDER SPEAKS "You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour, now you must go back and tell the people that this is the Hour. And there are things to be considered... Where are you living? What are your relationships? Are you in right relation? Where is your water? Know your garden. It's time to speak your TRUTH. Create your community. Be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader." Then he clasped his hands together, smiled and said, "This could be a good time! There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try and hold on to the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its destination. The elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open and our heads above water. And I say, see who is there with you and celebrate. At this time in history, we are to take nothing personally. Lest of all, ourselves. For the moment that we do, our spritual growth and journey comes to a halt. The time of the lone wolf is over. Gather yourselves! Banish the word struggle from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration. We are the ones that we've been waiting for." Old Oraibi, Arizona, Hopi Nation-October 2001.

Towards the end of last month I took myself a little trip out to Old Oraibi to see what I could see. I found it to be a place that time has pretty much left alone, thanks mostly to the people who live there. You can find out more about Old Oraibi and the Hopi people at http://www.hopi.nsn.us

Here's a poem about that place:

3a.m.

In the Albuquerque airport

trying to find a flight

to Old Oraibi, Third Mesa

TWA is the only desk open

Bright lights outline New York, Chicago

And the attendant doesn't know

that Third Mesa

is a part of the center

of the world

And who are we

Just two Indians

at three in the morning

trying to find a way back

And then I remember

that time Simon

took a Yellow Cab

out to Acoma from Albuquerque

A twenty-five dollar ride

to the center of himself

3a.m. is not too late

to find the way back

(Joy Harjo)

And what happenned to Hannibal when he was forced to flee to the land of the Seleucids over towards Lebanon and Isreal area today? He stirred up anti-Roman sentiment about like Kubby and Tuck in their exile. And the Romans had to have his head and in 182 BC he committed suicide to prevent his capture. Now how amazing is it that we still have Hannibal's suicide statement?: Let us relieve the Romans of their anziety: they are too impatient to wait for an old man to die." Does that sound familiar?

It was the extremist on the Roman side that demanded the Third Punic War saying - Carthago delenda est- "Carthage must be destroyed." It took three years but Carthage became a Roman province. This was Roman Venom at work because it could not tolerate the prosperity of Carthage.

Does anyone see why I wonder if the word punish comes from Punic. And are they treating Kubby and Tuck like Rome treated Hannibal? As the old Roman saying goes "There is nothing new under the sun."

By the way the national epic of Rome is the Aeneid written by Virgil. Virgil also wrote the Art of Poetry which led to what would be my pen name if I really used it -Virgil Art P4me.

The Republican Venom used in going after these sick men in their land of exile shows what current venom is like. It is also a terrible waste of money.

VAAI

Thursday, April 18, 2002
Copyright: 2002 Associated Press

A medical marijuana activist and former California gubernatorial candidate wanted in Placer County for failing to serve jail time has been arrested, Royal Canadian Mounted police officials said.

Steve Kubby, 55, a 1998 Libertarian candidate for governor and a force behind the passage of a California proposition that legalized pot clubs, has been living in Canada in violation of a court-ordered 120-day jail stay. He was arrested Tuesday.

Kubby was convicted of two misdemeanor drug-possession counts in December 2000, but failed to surrender to the Placer County jail as ordered on July 25, 2001.

He has said that a 120-day incarceration without access to marijuana therapy would be a death sentence. Kubby suffers from adrenal cancer, and claims pot has preserved his life for more than 15 years.

Although Kubby and his wife, Michele, prevailed on the more serious marijuana cultivation and sales allegations, he was found guilty of possessing small amounts of two illegal substances found in his Olympic Valley house.

In a telephone interview with The Sacramento Bee on Wednesday, Michele Kubby said her husband's immigration lawyer in Canada was attempting to secure his release on bail.

Recently, the 3rd District Court of Appeal in Sacramento ruled that Kubby's appeal would be dismissed unless he surrenders to Placer County officials within 30 days.

The appellate court ruled that, as a fugitive from justice, Kubby "has forfeited his right to appeal his jail term."