Sat happily for three hours and listened to this interview. Monday morning, have a hundred things I should be doing. Michael on fire! Your interviewer, Logan, knew to just let you go...to talk. Took five pages of notes. Always learning knew details and new lines to discover from you. Grateful you ended interview describing you are reader supported since 2005. That you are independent. Born to be free. And I like your emphasis: divorce yourself from feelings. Look at fact patterns. Strong people take weak people. Simple. And the value of your combat experience. Unique...more than any other war correspondent. Priceless inside knowledge....for IDF standoff, for instance. Bravo, Michael. Good stuff.
Read the names—I’m a Rice and directly related to 4 of the 9 Bloodlines who are of original Mohawk descent. Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist of The Band, is my cousin. He was born here as was my Daddy. I received several scholarship offers for University which were ALL unsolicited. (I barely graduated High School—turned em all down )That means the U.S. Federal Government has me listed so. The frauds such as Liz Warren angers me. I actually (shamefully) lied and claimed to be of Italian or Greek descent. Got tired of being beat up so I lied. Y’all DID NOT want to be an Indian where I grew up. Worse than being Black. Why? I have no idea but my classmates all hated Indians. Got a haircut when I got my drivers license from the barber in town all the popular kids went to—”Oh, Indian, huh kid? Nope-I’m Italian—-Bullshit, I’m Italian and you’re obviously an Indian and not Italian”. I never returned to his chair.
Sat happily for three hours and listened to this interview. Monday morning, have a hundred things I should be doing. Michael on fire! Your interviewer, Logan, knew to just let you go...to talk. Took five pages of notes. Always learning knew details and new lines to discover from you. Grateful you ended interview describing you are reader supported since 2005. That you are independent. Born to be free. And I like your emphasis: divorce yourself from feelings. Look at fact patterns. Strong people take weak people. Simple. And the value of your combat experience. Unique...more than any other war correspondent. Priceless inside knowledge....for IDF standoff, for instance. Bravo, Michael. Good stuff.
Read the names—I’m a Rice and directly related to 4 of the 9 Bloodlines who are of original Mohawk descent. Robbie Robertson, lead guitarist of The Band, is my cousin. He was born here as was my Daddy. I received several scholarship offers for University which were ALL unsolicited. (I barely graduated High School—turned em all down )That means the U.S. Federal Government has me listed so. The frauds such as Liz Warren angers me. I actually (shamefully) lied and claimed to be of Italian or Greek descent. Got tired of being beat up so I lied. Y’all DID NOT want to be an Indian where I grew up. Worse than being Black. Why? I have no idea but my classmates all hated Indians. Got a haircut when I got my drivers license from the barber in town all the popular kids went to—”Oh, Indian, huh kid? Nope-I’m Italian—-Bullshit, I’m Italian and you’re obviously an Indian and not Italian”. I never returned to his chair.
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