I grabbed Wednesday's ANNISTON STAR this morning and settled down with a cup of coffee. The headline on the front page shouted at me:
MAYOR CONTRADICTS STONE MOUND STUDY
In smaller letters underneath the headline:
Smith Says controversial mound was put at top of hill by natural forces.
WHAT....?!
As I read the story by DAN WHISENHUNT (dwhisenhunt@annistonstar.com), I could only shake my head and laugh at the sheer STUPIDITY of the comments by Oxford Alabama Mayor Leon Smith.
Mayor Smith, having found himself in the midst public outrage, now asserts that the stone mound, THE LARGEST IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA,was NOT man made but put there by natural forces.
DO WHUT....?
In more back tracking news, City Project Manager, Fred Denney, who has been quoted and has confirmed in previous interviews that the mound would be destroyed and used as "fill dirt" for a (proposed) Sam's Club being built at the Oxford exchange, now says that it ISN'T being used and that he NEVER said it was.
Leon Smith and Fred Denney...What a pair these two are!!!! Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumber Than Dirt!
At one point Mayor Smith was quoted as saying the mound was used to send "smoke signals".
The only smoke signals I know about are the ones Smith and Denney are trying to blow up our backends.
The more these 2 talk, the more foolish and just plain ol' dumb they appear.
Still, at the heart of the matter is, a beautiful, IMPORTANT, structure is being destroyed with Tweedle Dee Smith and Tweedle Dumber Than Dirt Denney at the helms. So intent is Smith, that despite public outrage,opinion and national attention, it continues. Makes me wonder what else is going on....what kind of under the table deals are being made....?
A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET.
It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt . -- George Eliot ...
***I appreciate all comments I have received on this matter from people all around the United States. If this is your first time here,I have several other posts dealing with this matter.
For those of you who wish to express your displeasure the number to city hall is 256 831 7510 , the snail address is PO Box 3383 Oxford , Al 36203 and the email addy is cityhall@oxfordalabama.org
The contactors are Taylor Corporation. http://taylorcorporation.com/ You can email them though their website.
I think this is a complete and total disgrace!
ReplyDeleteBy the by, send me another invite to your private blog. I think mine may have expired or some such.
Also,have an "event" coming up closer to you in the near future. Let me know if you are interested.
Mistress Vee
I CHEROKEE FORD AM OF THE NATIVE AMERICAN CULTURE, I FIND THIS VERY DESTURBING, HOW WOULD THESE POEPLE LIKE IT IF I AND ALL MY PEOPLE WENT AND DUG UP THEIR ANCESTERS AND PUSHED THEM ASIDE LIKE THEY NEVER EXISTED, TO PUT A SAM'S CLUB OR ANYTHING ELSE. ALL YOU PEOPLE HAVE A GRAVY SITE TO GO AND PRAY AND VISIT YOUR DECEASED FAMILY MEMEBERS, WHERE DO THE NATIVE PEOPLE GO, NOWHERE BECAUSE ALL THE WHITE MAN WANTS TO DO IS DIG AND MOVE ALL OUR PEOPLE TO SEE WHAT THEY EAT OR WORE AND ANYTHING ELSE THEY DESIRE TO KNOW ABOUT THE DECEASED NATIVE PEOPLE. PEOPLE NEED TO STOP AND THINK ABOUT THERE ACTIONS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. THIS IS NOT RIGHT AND WHAT GOES AROUND COMES AROUND. NOBODY HAS THE RIGHT TO DIG UP ANYONE OR REMOVE THEM FROM THERE RESTING PLACE. THE NATIVE PEOPLE HAVE HAD ENOUGH TAKEN FROM THEM SO WHY KEEP ON TAKING AND TAKING, EXSPECIALLY AFTER THEY HAVE DONE GONE TO BE WITH THE CREATOR. LET THEM REST IN PEACE. WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS PIECE OF GROUND AND DIRT THAT THEY CAN'T TAKE FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE THAT IS NOT SACARED GROUND. THEY IS DIRT ALL OVER THE COUNTRY THAT IS NOT A RESTING PLACE. THIS IS DESTURBING THE DECEASED AND THE NATIVE PEOPLE THAT STILL EXIST HERE NOW, THE SPIRITS WILL HAUNT THOSE WHO DIG THIS DIRT AND EVERYTIME THEY TAKE A LOAD OF DIRT OUT OF MOTHER EARTH AND REMOVE IT I HOPE AND PRAY THAT THERE SPIRIT AND MIND AND HEART IS DESTURBED AS MUCH AS THE DECEASED. YOU KNOW THAT IS STRANGE THAT PEOPLE FROM ALL CULTURES CAN COME INTO OUR COUNTRY AND LIVE, BUT THE NATIVE PEOPLE ARE THE ONLY PEOPLE THAT HAS TO CARRY A CARD TO PROVE WHO THEY ARE AND WHERE THEY COME FROM. WE HAVE NO PRIVILEGES, BUT YOU LET SOMEONE ELSE COME IN FROM ANOTHER COUNTRY AND THEY GET ALL THE BENEFITS THAT ARE AVAILABLE, BUT NOT THE NATIVE PEOPLE, WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR OUNTRY.IT'S SUPPOSE TO BE A FREE WORLD, I DON'T SEE ANYTHING FREE ABOUT THIS. ANOTHER THING YOU CANNOT GO TO ANY OTHER SACARED GROUND AND PICK UP ARTIFACTS OR YOU WILL GO TO JAIL BUT YET THE WHITE MAN CAN GO IN A DIG UP THE BURIAL GROUNDS AND IT'S OKAY. IF THESE PEOPLE WANT A SAM'S CLUB, PUT IT ON TOP OF YOUR DECEASED FAMILY'S GRAVE..IF YOU DON'T CARE ABOUT OUR PEOPLE THEN THINK LESS OF YOUR OWN PEOPLE AND DESTURB THEM AS YOU ARE DESTRUBING OUR PEOPLE..........
ReplyDeleteI PRAY THAT YOU LOSE AS MUCH SLEEP OVER THIS COMMENT AS I WILL OVER THE FACT THAT YOU ARE DIGGING UP MY ANCESTORS..
YOU WANT YOUR PEOPLE TO REST IN PEACE THAT'S WHY YOU HAVE A GRAVE SITE, SO LET OUR PEOPLE REST IN PEACE AS WELL....THIS GROUND IS OUR PEOPLE'S RESTING GROUND.....WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU PEOPLE...THERE IS PROPERTY ALL OVER THAT IS NOT SACARED GROUND BUILD SOMEWHERE ELSE......BOB JAMES, JR. QUOTED THAT "CULTURE IS CULTURE" DEAD OR ALIVE.........STATEMENT IN 1998...........WHEN HE SIGNED A PROCLAMMATION, AND WAS STAMPED WITH A SEAL. DO YOUR RESEARCH, AND STUDY YOUR HISTORY. THIS WAS FILED IN MONTOGOMERY, AL.........
ReplyDeleteI appreciate all of your comments and totally agree.
ReplyDeleteAs I understand it, the mound is safe (for now) and dirt is being purchased and brought in from another place.
It is a really sad situation that the largest mound in Alabama with a history of such that can be proven to be hundreds of years old with native remains would be destroyed in order to make room for a SAMs club. I personally was raised in Anniston and lived in Oxford for many years, I will never spend one cent or ever go into that building. Not that they would miss it but what a loss. To bad they won't tear down that ugly civic center to make room for that SAMs project!
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