Re: MCains n Palins propose to save N.O & GM with Hoffas!
by
WearyWillie
09/01/2008, 7:53 PM #
McCain announces plan to save Detroit & New Orleans
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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In response to Hurricane Gustav, Republican Presidential candidate John McCain has proposed rebuilding New Orleans levees using unsold Chevrolet and GMC trunks. Under McCain’s Trucks to Levees Initiative, struggling American automaker GM would be guaranteed $25,000 per unit for an estimated 1,000,000 half-ton pick-ups or SUVs over the next four years. These trucks would be the foundation for the new levees.
McCain’s running mate, Alaska Governor Susan Palin was ecstatic about the idea saying trucks to somewhere is way better than bridges to nowhere. Even Democrats seemed to like the idea. Union officials were generally supportive although they would like the Chevrolet trucks renamed Hoffas in honor of the missing teamster leader. UAW Local 1112 President said it made sense calling the trucks the Hoffa as Jimmy hasn’t surfaced in 33 years and we sure hope to hell these trucks don’t either.
Joe Biden wrote a poem commemorating the plan and it went like this:
My My Miss American Pie drove my Chevy to the levee to keep New Orleans dry, let windbags like Katrina and Gustav try cause my UAW Chevy is going to keep New Orleans dry.
Todd and Sarah fish in Bristol Bay with their children – Track, Bristol, Willow, Piper and Trig. Through Todd’s Yup'ik grandmother, Alaska’s Native heritage plays an important role in their family. Track enlisted in the U.S. Army on Sept. 11, 2007.
This article is about Yupik peoples in general. For other uses of the name, see Yupik (disambiguation).
The Yupik or, in the Central Alaskan Yup'ik language, Yup'ik, are a group of indigenous or aboriginal peoples of western, southwestern, and southcentral Alaska and the Russian Far East. They include the Central Alaskan Yup'ik people of the Yukon-Kuskokwim delta, the Kuskokwim River, and coastal Bristol Bay in Alaska; the Alutiiq (or Suqpiaq) of the Alaska Peninsula and coastal and island areas of southcentral Alaska; and the Siberian Yupik of the Russian Far East and St. Lawrence Island in western Alaska. They are Eskimo and are related to the Inuit.
The Central Alaskan Yup'ik are by far the most numerous group of Yupik. The Central Alaskan Yup'ik who live on Nunivak Island call themselves Cup'ig (plural Cup'it). Those who live in the village of Chevak call themselves Cup'ik (plural Cup'it).
Traditionally, families spent the spring and summer at fish camp, then joined with others at village sites for the winter. Many families still harvest the traditional subsistence resources, especially salmon and seal.
The men's communal house, the qasgiq, was the community center for ceremonies and festivals which included singing, dancing, and storytelling.example The qasgiq was used mainly in the winter months, because people would travel in family groups following food sources throughout the spring, summer, and fall months. Aside from ceremonies and festivals, it was also where the men taught the young boys survival and hunting skills, as well as other life lessons. The young boys were also taught how to make tools and qayaqs (kayaks) during the winter months in the qasgiq. There is also a shaman involved in the ceremonies.
21,000
Regions with significant populations
USA
Russia
Languages
Yupik languages, English, Russian (in Siberia)
Religion
Christianity (mostly Russian Orthodox), Shamanism
Related ethnic groups
Inuit, Sirenik, Aleut
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