Ryan Paul

National Geographic Breasts

After I posted my previous blog about the male obsession with tits, someone used the phrase ‘National Geographic Titties’… and so I did some internet research again.  I found a rather awesome site called ‘Amazon Indians’ which is created obviously from an anthropological point of view. So I decided to borrow a few photos to illustrate my point.
Chawa Wassa Matis during the Dance of Queixada.
Both of these girls are from the Matis Indians (not to be mixed up with the Matsés) who are a small group of panoan-speaking native Amazonians who live in the Javari (Yavarí) Valley in Brazil. Only about 300 of them have survived to the present date, the majority disappearing in the early 1980′s, sacrificed to the consequences of their encounter with modern civilization.

Matis mothers develop a special relationship with their children, particularly their male offspring.  This special mother-son bond has been documented by anthropologists studying closely related tribes such as the Matsés Indians.  During their first years, male offspring are constant companions of their mothers.

The picture above of eighteen year old Chawa Wassa Matis with son Tumi pretty much proves my point.  Men are naturally obsessed with breasts because it signifies child rearing capability.

The first image that comes to mind when I see a naked indigenous women is of a baby sucking happily away.  These pictures reinforce that line of thought. So once again ladies… don’t hate us when we stare at your breasts.  It’s basically that we’re honouring you with the thought you’re worthy to bear our children ;)

Breast Obsession

I always had a pretty accurate idea as to why I love knockers. Tits are awesome. So I did a little bit of internet research and found out that the male obsession with women’s breasts is bang on what I thought.

Men find breasts calming

In a linear world full of hard edges and harder realities, breasts are soft, welcoming and non-threatening . With their obvious connection to breast-feeding, and by extension childhood, breasts remind us of our halcyon days when our mothers protected us from all the world’s evils.

Breasts are a symbol of fertility

A-cup or Z-cup, breasts define femininity in the same way that channel surfing and participating in fantasy sports leagues define masculinity. Breasts hint at a woman’s ability to nurture and sustain life. They also point to a woman’s capacity to breed, as they signal the onset of puberty. It’s for this reason that we can find Pamela Anderson’s breasts alluring while we can be disgusted by Ned Beatty’s floppy man tits in Deliverance (sorry Ned).

It’s a matter of natural selection

According to Charles Darwin and his theory of evolution, we subconsciously select partners who are healthy and appear capable of reproduction — all of which explains why the frail Darwin had so much time to write books rather than go out on dates.

According to his research, men are attracted to bazooms (especially the more shapely variety) because they are indicative of a strong constitution and an ability to further propagate the species. Although reproduction is no longer our top priority, this instinct remains despite centuries of evolution (much like our own nipples).

So there we have it ladies… it’s a natural thing when we stare at your tits.  Don’t take it personal, don’t get uppity, don’t get stuck up, don’t get offended.  Just realise we are only doing what comes instinctively.  We can’t help it if we happen to like acting instinctively :)

Bad Touch in an Army Vehicle

This last weekend I finished my Driver Wheel course for the army. Been learning how to drive the military vehicles.  The LSVW is a good workhorse, but speed and reliability are definitely not its strong points.  The last course weekend before this one I was driving back to Shilo and the transfer case exploded – literally.  The metal is nearly an inch thick and it exploded like a grenade.  I had to retrieve the shards from the road and then got into the civvy pattern van while my instructor had to stay with it by the side of the road until a retrieval vehicle came from Shilo two hours later even though we were about ten minutes away when we broke down.

So this last weekend I was driving four other dudes up to Portage La Prairie in the crewcab civvy pattern truck.  We were jamming out to Macgill’s girlfriend’s iPod.  Bunch of dudes without any higher ups kinda allows the atmosphere to be more relaxed.

Bad Touch came on in the army vehicle… everybody was jamming out doing the upper half of the funky chicken dance move.  Then the dudes in the back were singing along to Taylor Swift.  With the good feeling in the air, good music, and awesome dudes… it was truly the best time I’ve had so far in the army.  The first time I felt truly relaxed and having fun.  That’s a good memory that will stay with me forever.

So in light of that trip up there… I put this video up:

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Shoddy Parenting

When someone said the words ‘Miley Cyrus’ it used to conjure up images of teeny-bopper posters plastered over white America’s teen bedrooms.  Something seems to have changed for Miley.  In her latest video ‘Can’t Be Tamed’ she’s scantily clad with an overpowering ‘feel’ of sexual provocative dancing. Check the video of a live performance…

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For those in England this isn’t socially abhorrent because we’ve been brought up our entire lives being told the age of consent is 16 and people are able to make their own choices when it comes to boning.  In North America it’s far more socially unacceptable because over here people seem to think a 16 year old person cannot make informed choices on who they want to bang.  With a video like this… does anyone realistically expect any normal guy of any age to not want to slip her one?  Is the average guy at fault when he sees images like these, and gets aroused wanting to bang a 16yr dressed like this?  Or is it the fault of her record company and Miley’s dad failing to exercise some parental control?

Either way… there is not a freezie’s chance in hell I would ever let my own daughter dress and dance like this.  You can bet your ass my daughter would be tamed and if she dressed like this would get a slap upside the head and told to go and get dressed.  It’s just messed up that teeny-boppers sooner or later always ‘sell out’ to a more sexual image.

Dalles Made The Right Decision

Ochiichagwe’Babigo’Ining Ojibway Nation recently reelected Lorraine Cobiness as Chief.  Since she got elected some years back the reserve has had a HUGE revenue surplus even though spending has increased and I’m willing to bet everything I own that surplus will go even further, as will the spending.

Dalles had a few people running against Lorraine – and it’s quite clear by the amount of votes who the people want to lead them.  It was a crushing defeat for the other candidates.  One of them lives far away and the other lives in town and has done so for many years.

Too bad… so sad!

What makes it all the more satisfying is that Lorraine actually works for her pay and gets things done.

To the vindictive wench – keep on with your foolishness because I will be laughing very soon.

Labour Sucks!

A vote for Labour is a vote to keep that Muppet Brown in Number 10. If you do, don’t you dare ever complain about the man who has done more damage to England since 1997 than Hitler ever did, both at home and abroad, flushes our once proud country down the crapper.

We were a World power when Blair came to power and once again Labour have left the country not as they found it, but on its back with it’s legs in the air like America’s bitch.

You’re so lame

If you’ve ever seen the movie ‘How To Lose A Guy in 10 Days’ you’ll know the song ‘YOU’RE SO LAME’!  It’s very fitting for a situation such as this. People are simply so lame.

Firstly… if someone don’t like my blog, what in the blazes are they doing reading it?  If you don’t like what I write then don’t read it.  But seeing as someone does read it I’ll take that as a seal of endorsement.  I’m flattered someone think my words are awesome enough to check out every day.

Secondly… threatening?  Are you kidding me?  People obviously don’t know me well enough if they think I’m the type that would threaten physical violence or injury against someone. I’ll leave that to the riff-raff.  Just because people seem to revel in low blows against me, it doesn’t mean I’ll stoop to their level with a low blow and resort to violence dummy!

It seems there’s a few people who are just like my previous girlfriend – a lack of ability to read between the lines.  But seeing as you’re not getting what I meant… I’ll give you a hint. What do fingerprinting and subpoenas have in common?

Women can now do the sub thing

A sign of progress – its awesome that U.S Navy female personnel can now do their thing on submarines just like the blokes.  I originally blogged about it saying that the two men are just as likely to have sexual relations on a submarine, as a woman and a man would so it made no sense to ban women at all.

But now it’s official – Robert Gates made it happen.  The whole ban in the first place was completely stupid – it called into question a person’s professionalism based upon their gender which is discrimination.  Gender discrimination hasn’t got a place in the 21st century’s military.

You broke my stride but I’ll be laughing soon

To that spiteful vindictive philistine who lives on the hill – you made a note-worthy strike against me (albeit a sneaky lowlife one).  You disrupted my stride momentarily but rest assured I will be coming for you, and at the end of it all I will be laughing at you and your entire family.

What was originally a post written in aid of politics you turned into a battle.  You’ll get what you deserve in due course :) Enjoy life while you can.

EDIT – 30th April 2010:
I wrote a response to this blog called ‘You’re so lame‘.

Dalles First Nation Election Issues

One of the good things about having had a relationship with someone who became Chief is that I have gained a insight into how First Nation politics work.  The other good thing is I don’t get along with my former partner. I can quite happily state it exactly like it is without putting across a biased point of view… hell she doesn’t  even know I wrote this, although I’m sure she soon will.   Not many people will believe that – they can suck eggs for all I care.

I have a vested interest in what happens out there and so I’m going to state issues exactly as I see them.  For instance… the first prequisite I believe a Chief needs to have is solid and secure ties to the community.  Someone who lives there… someone who’s children live and play there… someone who is in an integral part of their own family.

Strong Ties to the Community

A perfectly valid argument could be made that people who live off-reserve through no fault of their own, and who are still active in the community should be given a fair chance at being elected.

People who voluntarily have spent the best part of their lives (as well as their children’s lives) off reserve, making NO attempt to become involved with the community and willingly become estranged from their own family for twenty years simply shouldn’t be elected (in my opinion) -  no Johnny-Come-Lately for Chief.

Band Elections allow any Band Member to apply for Council and anybody (including non-First Nation people) to run for Chief; but it simply does not make sense to vote for someone who doesn’t have strong ties to the community.  An independent non-First Nation elections officer should be appointed to determine whether a person’s ties to the community are strong enough before being eligible to run for Chief.

Personal Qualities of a Chief

If a person can spend twenty years acting like strangers towards their own blood – what’s to say they won’t start to have that detached uncaring attitude towards the people they’re supposed to be leading?

One thing you can’t question about Lorraine’s character is her family values.  It’s not like she’s masquerading as a family orientated Chief – who has had five children and abandoned her two oldest.  A Chief should care about everyone including ALL their own children.

Current Administration Achievements

I mean… the proof is in the pudding, right? Some of the achievements of the current Chief and Council are:

  • Housing – two 5bedroom houses & two 3bedroom houses have been built this last year.
  • Dalles Road – the 1st phase of the road reconstruction has been finished, with them starting the 2nd phase which will bring the road up to provincial standards.
  • Building good-will and partnerships with other local First Nations.  For instance; the Miitigoog Corporation – a partnership with Naotkamegwanning and Wabaseemoong has set up potential for a LOT of added revenue for all three reserves.
  • Building and overseeing of a $4.5million water plant which has brought jobs into the community.
  • The Ontario Power Generation settlement (which is public knowledge for all haters out there).
  • and most importantly of all… the 500lb gorilla of rez politics:

    NO MORE CO-MANAGEMENT!

    According to public records Dalles has been in co-management since 1993, and every single Chief & Council since then has put the community further and further in debt.  Co-management is debilitating for a community and the effects of it will take a few years to recover from, I should imagine.

For real… like what achievements have the other candidates done for the community?  You don’t need to be living on the reserve OR to be a member of Chief and Council, or an employee of the Band to do something for your people.  What have the other candidates done?

Some of the people on the reserve at times were downright spiteful, vindictive, jealous and purely hateful – but Lorraine would still help in any way she could.  Anyone who says she doesn’t care about the people and the community are simply f**king idiots – doing her job non-stop was a factor in some almost life-threatening health problems a while back.

The reversal of co-management, and the OPG settlement rumoured to have been an eight figured sum are two facts which will have very long lasting positive effects on the community my children are growing up in.

Ochiichagwe’Babigo’Ining Ojibway Nation have a  good leader and a stable council – if progress is to keep happening, it’d be a real stupid move to change things now.