Amy Trice Declares War!

First RantWoman must be clear: RantWoman is speaking for herself. RantWoman is not speaking on behalf of the Kootenai tribe, the navy's Blue Angels, Seafair, the city of Seattle... . RantWoman is speaking for herself!

RantWoman wishes to celebrate the annual arrival of the Blue Angels' ear-splitting, crockery-rattling training flights by...evoking the memory of a recently deceased leader of the Kootenai tribe of northern ID who is best known for ...declaring war on the US! For as much of the story as has permeated RantWoman's brain or been assembled from the interwebs, please start here:

http://rantwoman.blogspot.com/2011/08/idahos-forgotten-war.html

Readers fascinated by this amazing tale of nonviolent war armed only with a pen and a flyswatter may wish to stop here and go find ways to read up or view the video mentioned in the post above.

Readers willing to admit even slight fascination with the confessions of RantWoman in Bad Friend mode are invited to read a little further:
--RantWoman thinks holding the Blue Angels up against a native tribe armed only with a pen and a flyswatter, eve if only in the blogosphere, has got to be one of the more colossal tactical mismatches of all time. Since when would that stop RantWoman?

--RantWoman is sublimating her sudden unwholesome, Blue Angels-induced interest in surface-to-air missles by fussing and obsessing about a number of issues related to her region's public transit system. Readers are asked to hold the public transit matters in the Light.

--RantWoman is amazed by the story of the Kootenais' path to greater economic functionality since the end of their "war." RantWoman still feels obliged somehow to get all preachy about why is it the best thing many tribes find to do with their sovereignty is to build casinos?

--RIP Amy Trice. RantWoman sincerely regretes never getting to hear you while alive!