New Mexico Independent: Comments by Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 04:45:50 GMT

Good luck with the Independent! You can never have enough sources to get your news fix. : )

Oyegi Thamu — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 17:10:58 GMT

Makes me wonder if Sen. Jennings or the Trujillos are related to former Alaska Governor Wally “You can’t let nature run wild!” Hickel.

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:25:01 GMT

Benny Shendo would be a great representative for the 3rd Congressional District. Joe Monahan and the main stream media would do a great service to the people of the 3rd CD and the state by highlighting Benny Shendo’s stance on the issues.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Thu, 22 May 2008 22:36:27 GMT

It doesn’t seem to be working on Internet Explorer either.

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:35:03 GMT

Heating & powering our homes & businesses is just a part of the problem we all face today. We not only need to invest in solar & wind energy production, rather than to continue investing in fossil fuels or nuclear energy, but we need to find a suitable replacement for plastics. Almost every product manufactured has some component made with plastics or shipped using some form of petrochemicals.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:41:14 GMT

If Clinton does not win by a wide margin in Pennsylvania today, then she is likely to drop out of the race. She is behind in the overall votes, states won, delegate count & money raised. Without a major victory today, which is highly unlikely, she’ll unable to coninue with her campaign. Time to start Obama & McCain to pick a VP.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:46:57 GMT

Unfortunately, nuclear weapons are needed, but just not in the numbers we have now. LANL needs to do more in cleaning up and not just at the funding trough.

Oyegi Thamu — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:38:15 GMT

I find it odd that the federal & state government recognize the need for a more secure, tamper-proof identification & now have a plan to issue such drivers license and I’D cards but no plan to ensure that the requisite source documents are not secure nor is there a plan to make those source documents secure.

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:55:38 GMT

Is the reporter racist or is the article worthy of Fox News? Could he have used a better adverb than “mumble”? Maybe. But I wasn’t there to hear if the Governor mumbled or not. Maybe, to the reporter, the Governor’s Native language just sounds like mumbling.

To me, based upon this one article, I do not believe David Garcia is racist or should be working for Fox News. It does leads me to think that he does not know what the Governor had in his fingers or what he said- or at least he has the good sense in not writing about it.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 05:47:59 GMT

I must say that I’m also having some problems with the margins. The problems I’m having is that the margins are too narrow when I read the articles and especially posting comments while on my PDA.

I’d also like to see a section for articles relevant to the Pueblos & Tribes, such as the different sections for Politics, the Environment, and Education.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Sat, 26 Apr 2008 06:07:54 GMT

This is a “lose-lose” situation all the way around. Someone will get the short end of the stick, either by not having the funding for the infrastructure, people at a continued economic disadvantage due the lack of local retail stores & driving long distances (gas prices anyone?), or more urban sprawl to the advantage of the developers and a negative impact to the region with an increased Urban Heat Island Effect.

Oyegi Thamu

Oyegi Thamu — Wed, 07 May 2008 13:16:35 GMT

95% of the Arctic Slope is already open to drilling & oil production. Further expansion into the Arctic Refuge will permanently scar the last pristine wilderness in North America.

This area is the calving grounds for the Porcupine Caribou herd, which is considered sacred to the Gwich’in Athabascan people, who have relied on the caribou for thousands of years.

If the authorization to drill in the Arctic Refuge today, it would only lower the price of fuel at the pump by only 1¢ and the supply would last for 6 months- if that long.

We have reached, or will soon reach, the peak of oil production. Finding new sources of readily available oil deposits will only get harder as time goes on.

Not only we must find a safe, economical alternative source of fuel for our transportation needs & to heat & light our homes and places of work, we need to find an equally safe and economical alternative to petro-chemicals (plastics) that we use in almost every consumer product bought & sold today.

Wind & solar power are great alternatives to using fossil fuels, but that is only part of the answer. Drilling in the Arctic Refuge & other sensitive areas is not the solution we are looking for.

Oyegi Thamu — Tue, 06 May 2008 20:26:00 GMT

Vote early. Vote often. :D

Oyegi Thamu — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 17:47:03 GMT

Clerk’s Office Annex Downtown – Beginning Tuesday May 6:

620 Lomas, NW *Note that this has changed from 1 Civic Plaza 6th Floor
Tuesday May 6 – Friday May 9: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Monday May 12 – Friday May 16: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Monday May 19 – Friday May 23: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Monday May 26 – Friday May 30: 8:00am – 5:00pm
Saturday May 31: 10:00am – 6:00pm

15 Additional Locations – Beginning Saturday May 17:

Tijeras City Hall- 12 Camino Municipal – Tijeras
Paradise Hills Community Center- 5901 Paradise Blvd NW
Los Ranchos Villa- 6601 4th St NW Suites A,B, C
Coors Plaza- 3200 Coors NW Suite A
Integrity Plaza- 1512 Wyoming NE Suites F&G
Plaza Paseo Del Norte- 9231 Coors NW Suite R-8
Siesta Hills Shopping Center- 5407 Gibson SE
Del Norte Shopping Center- 7120 Wyoming NE Suite 16
Market Center East- 11110 Lomas NE Suite E-4
98th & Central Shopping Center- 120 98th St NW Suite B-5
Goff Plaza- 1720 Bridge SW Suite G
Daskalos Shopping Center- 5339 & 5339A Menaul NE
Juan Tabo Plaza- 11012 Montgomery NE
CNM – South Valley Campus- 5816 Isleta Blvd., SW
University of New Mexico Student Union Building

Saturday May 17: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Tuesday May 20 – Friday May 23: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday May 24: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Tuesday May 27 – Friday May 30: 12:00pm – 8:00pm
Saturday May 31: 10:00am – 6:00pm

Oyegi Thamu — Thu, 22 May 2008 05:03:45 GMT

Great choice! One more nail in Clinton’s coffin.