I think that we should give folks options about the Federal Holidays though - those who refuse to acknowledge/celebrate them can work those days instead of taking the holiday time.
It was Indigenous People that introduced Europeans—and the world—to scourge of tobacco. Thinks of the health, lives and fortunes that have been taken from innocent people by the scurrilous IPs!
We’ll celebrate at a redskin casino! Oh,wait!
They can call it what they want. It’s still a day off for me and I’m sleeping in.
“Councilman Bruce Harrell said, “We are celebrating the triumph of the indigenous people.”
What triumph? They lost everything they had.
“We are not reveling in the pain of our past, but indeed rejoicing in the triumph… In honoring Indigenous People’s Day we are honoring the best of our self, the best of the city.”
The city of Seattle was founded on land taken from “indigenous people” for the purpose of cutting down the forests, building sawmills and making money. Most towns in the state are named after local indian tribes that are nearly extinct. How is Seattle any less guilty (in their minds) than any other city.?
What did the indigenous people do, that we need to celebrate?
The Three Affiliated Tribes have broken ground for a $450 million oil refinery on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in northwestern North Dakota
“We grew up poor. We were lucky if we had a pair of clean overalls,” Tribal Chairman Tex Hall said. “But our parents made sure we went to school and got educated. They did the best they could for us. They didn’t know we’d have this oil and gas resource, but now we do. It’s our responsibility to manage it, and we are"
Of the 496 acres of land that the tribes own,,190 acres will be used for the project....and the rest for raising Buffalo.
I’d rather have Viking Day.
I would propose a new name:
Sue An Indian for your Lung Cancer Day.
Really, the only reason the left gets off on pushing this stuff is because many of those tribes practiced human sacrifice and lefties are still PO'd they were converted into Christians. The left relates to them so easily because they still continue the old practices.
There are no “Indigenous Peoples” in the Americas. Just an argument over when each group arrived.
Since I have Viking blood that should make me second or third in line.
Thanks for reminding me.I’ll put up my Ferdinand and Isabella flag that CCsailed under.
Indigenous Peoples Day = Idiot Politicians Day
If Columbus and crew exposed indigenous Americans to new diseases, the reverse is also true. As in all of history and natural selection, the strong survived. Adapt or die.
Ahhhhh....lthe Seattle City Council. They’re bravely attacking windmills and demanding that ESPN cover the fight.
A better idea, and one the left would not like at all, would be to rename Columbus Day as Explorer’s Day, dedicated to the *individuals*, not groups, who historically, today, and in the future, explore “new frontiers”, not just wallow in what is known, but who seek out the unknown.
The left would hate this, because it emphasizes individualism and accomplishment, not sheep-like herds of people staggering around without purpose and obeying their self-appointed masters, who contribute nothing but consumption. The ideal socialists.
Explorers also risk much for their success, and often lose their lives with failure. But were it not for them, the world would be like Detroit or East Germany. A decaying and filthy place, full of waste, pollution, decay and bad government.
And Christopher Columbus would still be there.
The Wallbuilders story, as well as the links it provides, should be publicized wherever efforts are made to get rid of "Columbus Day."
Since the late 1800's, when then self-described "liberals" (now self-described as "progressives") began their determined effort to "change" America, the so-called "public square" has been censored of many of the essential ideas of liberty enshrined in and underlying the Constitution's protections.
Even today, they are systematically dismantling the greatest protections for liberty ever established for a people.
"Ideas have consequences"(Weaver).
The ideas of 1776 came out of a set of ideas consistent with liberty.
We tend to forget, or have never considered, that other world views existed then, as now.
Unless today's citizens rediscover the ideas of liberty existing in what Jefferson called "the American mind" of 1776, we risk going back to the "Old World" ideas which preceded the "Miracle of America."
There are those who call themselves "progressives," when, in fact, their ideas are regressive and enslaving, and as old as the history of civilization.
Would suggest to any who wish an authentic history of the ideas underlying American's founding a visit to this web site, at which Richard Frothingham's outstanding 1872 "History of the Rise of the Republic of the United States" can be read on line.
This 600+-page history traces the ideas which gave birth to the American founding. Throughout, Richard Frothingham, the historian, develops the idea that it is "the Christian idea of man" which allowed the philosophy underlying the Declaration of Independence and Constitution to become a reality--an idea which recognizes the individual and the Source of his/her "Creator"-endowed life, liberty and law.
Is there any wonder that the enemies of freedom, the so-called "progressives," do not promote such authentic histories of America? Their philosophy puts something called "the state," or "global interests" as being superior to individuals and requires a political elitist group to decide what role individuals are to play.
In other words, they must turn the Founders' ideas upside-down in order to achieve a common mediocrity for individuals and power for themselves.