[LachlanMinnesota]

I enccourage you to go there and visit...it would give you persepective that you may want to have. I know that it gave me an education. But then again, I need much of that.

[TigersEye]

I've lived in the west for most of my 52 years. I have seen many reservations all over the west including Rosebud. I addressed two specific points you made which were absolutely pathetic. Your response is to suggest I need to educate myself and change my perspective. IOWs the problem with your statements lies at my feet ie it's the messenger not the message at fault.

I have plenty of empathy and understanding for the problems Indians face which is probably why I reject your liberal-like excuse making. Leaning on such bleeding heart crutches is one reason those problems still exist after more than a century.

Here are the two points I made in summary if you want to try addressing them substantively...

1. The land on reservations is essentially no different than the surrounding land where others have made sustaining if not lucrative livings. As an example; in south eastern Montana I ran into anglo ranchers leasing land right on the Crow res to graze cattle.

2. Blaming liquor stores for rampant alcoholism is wrong. The implied solution is to interfere with free commerce by gov fiat. That is wrong. The basis for that interference would be what? race? culture? residential status? family lineage? Wrong, wrong, wrong, wrong.