Susan Rice conducts New Age ritual in heart of White House
By C. Douglas Golden, The Western Journal
Published March 8, 2021 at 4:18pm
Oh, well, thank heavens: Susan
Rice's office has expelled the Trump administration's racist energy
through a culturally appropriated Native American "smudging" ritual,
or something.
I was worried. Rice -- former President Barack Obama's national
security advisor, best known for being the administration apparatchik who went
on the Sunday morning chat shows in the immediate aftermath
of the Benghazi attack to asseverate that we'd definitely,
assuredly been targeted and lost four American lives because a Libyan mob was
irate over a hack anti-Islam YouTube video -- is now a domestic policy adviser
to President Joe Biden.
That'd ordinarily be great news for her -- however, given
that Rice was likely the runner-up in last summer's veepstakes, an unofficial
role working on Biden's domestic agenda is a political consolation prize that
feels a bit like getting a year's supply of Turtle Wax for finishing second on
a game show.
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According to a New York
Times profile of Rice published Friday, "she is focused on
an array of issues like health care, immigration and gun safety as well as
instilling racial equity throughout the government."
But what about all that negative energy? She's treading
the same hallways that Jared Kushner once did. Occupying the same office as
Stephen Miller used to. In the same basic space that -- shudder -- Kayleigh
McEnany used to inhabit.
How is she going to make a safe space for herself?
Some Caribbean art and Native American cleansing, of
course.
"Now, Ms. Rice occupies the West Wing office that
was previously inhabited by Stephen Miller, President Donald J. Trump’s top
policy adviser," The Times reported.
"Aware of the symbolism of a Black woman who has
been vilified by conservatives occupying the space where Mr. Trump’s most
hard-line immigration adviser used to dictate policy, Ms. Rice has decorated it
with Haitian art and scented it with sage."
Take this, Stephen Miller!
"From there, she now convenes regular Zoom meetings
about topics central to Mr. Biden’s agenda -- she hinted at actions to come on
voting rights, community violence and gun safety -- and she has reorganized the
way the [Domestic Policy Council] works," the report said.
So, in short, the burning sage -- which can be part of a
process known as "smudging" taken from Native
American ritual -- and the Haitian
art make for great copy, but they haven't given her any substantive
accomplishments yet.
The effects of white sage take time, though, and it seems
to be more about setting yourself up for success. That's at the least the vibe
I get from a 2016 interview with Colleen McCann, described by Vogue as
(please try not to laugh) an "energy practitioner, a shaman who
specializes in clearing energy at home, mainly inside of closets, a space she
knows well after working for many years as a fashion stylist."
Burning sage is a kind of (again, bite your tongue)
"spiritual hygiene," McCann said; she advises people to "[e]at,
sleep, workout, and sage!”
“We take care of our bodies with exercise, good diets,
and skin care, so why wouldn't we take care of our energetic body as well?” she
said.
“If you work with a lot of people, in a job where you’re
interacting with various personalities a lot, shaking hands, traveling, then
sageing off on a regular basis can help keep your energetic body in balance,”
McCann said.
It needs to be deployed strategically in high-traffic
areas, though: “This is where people’s energy is gathering, so you want to
diffuse the space," she said.
First, I know this is a horrible thought to have, but
it's the first thing that sprang to mind upon reading this interview and I
spent an inordinate amount of time trying to figure it out: McCann is (or at
least was, at some point in the not-too-distant past) married to a "loving supportive husband."
I felt horrible for thinking even thinking about this in the first place, but
there's a positive takeaway here -- there's no greater proof that there's
someone for everyone than the fact there's a human being willing to enter into
matrimony with someone knowing they have to listen to this vapid
shamanistic prattling on a daily basis, for better or for
worse, in sickness and in health.
Second, you shouldn't be doing any of this vapid
shamanistic nonsense in the first place, because it's apparently cultural
appropriation.
"If you’re not a member of an Indigenous community,
purchasing white sage, Palo Santo, or other sacred herbs and quickly Googling
'how to smudge' will not make you qualified to do so," Abbey Stone wrote
in a piece for Well+Good published
last September. "This is cultural appropriation, and it’s harmful to
Native communities."
To be fair, this was being written because Well+Good
itself culturally appropriated.
"Up until two weeks ago, if you were one of the
thousands of people each month to search online for a smudging tutorial, you
might have landed on a Well+Good article titled 'How To Burn Sage in Your Home
To Get Rid of Bad Vibes.' However, after hearing from Native people about the
harm inflicted by the article, we removed it from our website -- this story
you’re reading now was written to take its place," Stone wrote.
Well+Good made it clear that people like Susan Rice were
ignoring our white supremacist history.
"Native people have been violently oppressed in
North America since the first European colonizers set foot on the continent in
the 16th century, and in 1892, the 'Rules for Indian Courts,' written by the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs, made it illegal (and punishable by prison
sentence) for Native people in the United States to practice their religious
ceremonies," Stone wrote.
"It wasn’t until 1978 -- less than 50 years ago --
that the American Indian Religious Freedom Act (AIRFA) was passed, guaranteeing
Native Americans the freedom and protection to 'believe, express, and exercise
[their] traditional religions.'"
Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. It's like Stephen
Miller never left.
So, is this a cleansing ritual, necessary to smoke the
white supremacy out of the West Wing? Outrageous privileged appropriation?
No. It's stupid. As my editor said when he ran across
Susan Rice's tweet, "This looks like something you'd see on a yoga
studio's Facebook page than from someone this high in our federal
government."
This is one of the most powerful women in Washington, a
person who was this close to becoming the heir
apparent to Joe Biden.
You know how you get a new vibe in a West Wing office if
you're Susan Rice? You inhabit it.
You're a former national security advisor and one of
Barack Obama's closest confidants, for Pete's sake. Act like it.
The only thing you ever needed to burn to improve your
energy is the printout of whatever email that suggested you go on "Meet
the Press" and blame the attack on our consulate in Benghazi on a
14-minute YouTube video called "Innocence
of Muslims."
Leave the sage to "energy practitioners."
This article appeared originally on The Western Journal.
Let’s connect the dots
and see where Susan Rice fits in the George Soros Network with Past Research (PAST RESEARCH ON SUSAN RICE)
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2020
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2020/08/lets-connect-dots-and-see-where-susan.html
Susan E. Rice was a director
at the Atlantic Council of the United
States (think tank), a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution (think tank), and was
the White House national security adviser,
former U.S. ambassador to UN for the Barack
Obama administration.
Open Society Foundations was a
funder for the Atlantic Council of the
United States (think tank) and the Bill,
Hillary & Chelsea Clinton Foundation.
George Soros is the founder
& chairman for the Open Society
Foundations and was the chairman
for the Foundation to Promote Open Society.
Foundation to Promote Open Society was
a funder for the Brookings Institution
(think tank).
Clinton Bush Haiti Fund was a
funder for the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea
Clinton Foundation.
David E. Shaw was a funder for
the Bill, Hillary & Chelsea Clinton
Foundation and a contributor
for Organizing for Action.
Prakazrel Michel is a contributor for Organizing for Action
and Wyclef Jean’s cousin.
Wyclef
Jean is Prakazrel
Michel’s cousin, was a presidential
candidate for Haiti and the
founder of Yele Haiti.
Yele Haiti provided
earthquake relief for Haiti.
WikiLeaks: Clinton Foundation Staffer Gripes ‘Oxfam
Screwed Us Publicly in Haiti’ (PAST RESEARCH ON
HAITI)
https://thesteadydrip.blogspot.com/2016/10/wikileaks-clinton-foundation-staffer.html
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