{"id":4974,"date":"2015-08-12T12:56:33","date_gmt":"2015-08-12T16:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/?p=4974"},"modified":"2015-08-12T13:20:08","modified_gmt":"2015-08-12T17:20:08","slug":"tug-of-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/2015\/08\/12\/tug-of-war\/","title":{"rendered":"TUG OF WAR"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mnnlogo1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-4752\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/mnnlogo1-150x150.png\" alt=\"mnnlogo1\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Please post &amp; distribute. Nia:wen.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNN. Aug. 12, 2015.<\/strong> If you don\u2019t want to play their tug of war game, just drop the rope. They\u2019ll still keep playing. But no one will be on the rope. The matrix is designed to keep everybody playing this game.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4975\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tug-of-war-.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4975\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4975\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tug-of-war--300x117.png\" alt=\"Joke Norton: &quot;Wish I could help. See ya later!&quot;\" width=\"300\" height=\"117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tug-of-war--300x117.png 300w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/tug-of-war-.png 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4975\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joke Norton: &#8220;Wish I could help. See ya later!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joke Norton of Kahnawake plays this game by getting us on each end pulling and tugging, dividing our community. This monetization and class system allows the 1% to control the 99%.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4976\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-dream.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4976\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4976\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-dream.gif\" alt=\"Joke Norton's dream\" width=\"400\" height=\"360\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4976\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joke Norton&#8217;s dream for Kahnawake.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To confuse us, the well programmed incorporated chiefs talk about us and the history of our struggle like a salesman and a politician, \u201cIt\u2019s not us that\u2019s illegal. It\u2019s them\u201d. Then they proceed with their plans for our assimilation and legalization of genocide. They tell us how it\u2019s going to be good for all of us. Joke Norton wants to be just like his mentors that he looks up to, like Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4977\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-burial-ground.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4977\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4977\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-burial-ground-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"So it's over our burial ground!\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-burial-ground-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-burial-ground-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-burial-ground.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">So it&#8217;s over our burial ground!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In the Kahnawake Highway 30 dispute, Joe has two sides playing tug of war, us and the town of Chateauguay. In the meantime, he plans to personally develop a shopping mall, in partnership with a number of outside developers. Joe is privatizing Kahnawake, using our sovereignty and funds to enrich himself and his partners. He wants a Joke Norton Shopping Mall of Kahnawake, a Joke Norton Tower, streets named after him, with all the whistles and commercials. The Joke Norton casino floating off the shore of Joke Norton Mall, just like Donald Trump, his mentor. A shuttle will take customers to the casino, where he will smile and collect the money, all of which will go into his pocket and then into his off-shore accounts.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4978\" style=\"width: 129px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-dancers.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4978\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4978\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/casino-dancers.jpeg\" alt=\"Joke Norton: &quot;Just think. You can get a job dancing at the casino&quot;!\" width=\"119\" height=\"93\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joke Norton: &#8220;Just think. You can get a job dancing at the casino&#8221;!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Joe Norton has already left Kahnawake and kaianerehkowa in his own mind. All of his tug of war, divide and conquer stragegies will fail when the people stop playing the game and let go of the rope. Joke Norton wants to swim with the big fish in the Admiralty waters. Joe, they\u2019re gonna eat you up and shit you out!<\/p>\n<p>Lets end this whole tug of war strategy by dropping the rope.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_4979\" style=\"width: 198px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/end-of-rope.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4979\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4979\" src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/end-of-rope-188x300.jpg\" alt=\"Yes, Joe, all criminals are gonna get it.  \" width=\"188\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/end-of-rope-188x300.jpg 188w, https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/end-of-rope.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 188px) 100vw, 188px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yes, Joe, all criminals are gonna get it.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As Frank Zappa brilliantly reminds us of the tug of war strategy imposed upon us through the media: \u201cSo I\u2019m watchin and I\u2019m waitin, hoping for the best! Even think I\u2019ll go to prayin everytime I hear them saying there\u2019s no way to delay that trouble coming every day\u201d. Drop the rope, people!<\/p>\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-37e5cca28dae85acdffcb6f9bf1072eb ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:1000px; height:1000px; max-height:1000px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" title=\"Frank Zappa: Son of Orange County + More Trouble Every Day\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1000\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Aa1JR-TgPfU?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>MNN Mohawk Nation News <\/strong><strong><a href=\"mailto:kahentinetha@mohawknationnews.com\">kahentinetha@mohawknationnews.com<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>more news, books, workshops, to donate and sign up for MNN newsletters, go to <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mohawknationnews.com\/\"><strong>www.mohawknationnews.com<\/strong><\/a><strong>\u00a0 More stories at MNN Archives.\u00a0 Address:\u00a0 Box 991, Kahnawake [Quebec, Canada]J0L 1B0 <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:Thahoketoteh@mohawknationnews.com\"><strong>Thahoketoteh@mohawknationnews.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zengardner.com\/drop-the-rope\/\">Drop the rope.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/sputniknews.com\/photo\/20150809\/1025554087.html\">Russia&#8217;s Indigenous People.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"display:flex; gap:10px;justify-content:center\" class=\"wps-pgfw-pdf-generate-icon__wrapper-frontend\">\n\t\t<a  href=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4974?action=genpdf&amp;id=4974\" class=\"pgfw-single-pdf-download-button\" ><img src=\"https:\/\/mohawknationnews.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-generator-for-wp\/admin\/src\/images\/PDF_Tray.svg\" title=\"Generate PDF\" style=\"width:auto; height:45px;\"><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Please post &amp; distribute. 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