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Michigan band drops Chiefs name for inaugural parade
Associated Press ^ | January 8, 2009

Posted on 01/09/2009 11:37:27 AM PST by bamahead

WYANDOTTE, Mich. (AP) -- Members of the Wyandotte Marching Chiefs high school band plan to perform in the inaugural parade in Washington, but they won't be known by the name they've had since the 1950s.

The Detroit Free Press reports Thursday that the band from Roosevelt High School will perform as the Roosevelt High School Marching Band. Patches will be sewn over logos on band uniform sleeves and the band's Marching Chiefs banner won't be carried.

The decision was in response to a letter from a group that opposes the use of American Indian nicknames and logos.

(Excerpt) Read more at mlive.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: Michigan
KEYWORDS: americanindians; bhoinauguration; inauguration; michigan; obama; pc; pcpolice; purge
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To: bamahead

Todays Detroit Free Press says that the decision has been reversed.
Chief Leaford Bearskin,leader of the Wyandotte Nation of Oklahoma said “I consider it an honor to have the logo in the parade,I give them my blessing,totally”.
Bearskin also send a letter to “Harvey Gunderson,an Osseo,Wis.,resident and president of ‘Religious Americans Against Indian Nicknames and Logos’ and told him to POUND SAND!
Bearskin,in a letter to Gunderson sent on Thursday,said only he and the Chief of the Wyandotte Tribe in Quebec can speak for the Tribe.
“I speak to you personally-Mind your own Business!”
Bearskin wrote.

Personally,the fact that the school would cave initially
on this matter is what torques me.
The spineless drones of the teachers union are to blame for these situations. Also, the so-called “Zero tolerance” policies are brainless.
Lastly,wasn’t “Harvey Gunderson”one of the “Grumpy Old Men”?


22 posted on 01/09/2009 12:27:15 PM PST by gigster
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To: The Bat Man

23 posted on 01/09/2009 12:29:09 PM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: TornadoAlley3

“Redskins”

I believe they actually already tried to force them to do that


24 posted on 01/09/2009 12:30:36 PM PST by SendShaqtoIraq
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To: Question Liberal Authority
I was in a conversation with the 'diversity queen' at a major corporation. She was critical of my telling jokes. I asked if I could tell a joke about a rock. She thought for a moment, and said no. Someone might think that the rock was just a substitute for another group.

So grunting is out too. Might be a slur against those who don't understand English.

25 posted on 01/09/2009 12:34:20 PM PST by FatherofFive (Islam is an EVIL like no other, and must be ERADICATED)
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To: FatherofFive

Ministry of Truth leader? Geez, I’ll bet body parts she’s totally frigid, and I sure as hell don’t want to find out!


26 posted on 01/09/2009 12:38:30 PM PST by Travis T. OJustice (Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy.)
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To: FatherofFive

Maybe you could carry a book of quotations from Richard Pryor. Whenever you are tempted to tell a joke, just open the book to the appropriate page and share a quote.


27 posted on 01/09/2009 12:41:33 PM PST by Question Liberal Authority (My Success Is Not Determined By Who Wins Elections)
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To: gigster

That’s awesome news! Do you have a link to that story?


28 posted on 01/09/2009 1:00:36 PM PST by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: bamahead

Wonder if at least one person decided to drop band rather than submit to their pc masters? Then again, I suppose that means you fail the class, so it’s not so easy to stand on principle.


29 posted on 01/09/2009 1:00:36 PM PST by citizen (Fascism: All persons, capital & activities exist to support the will & best interests of the State.)
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To: bamahead

I wonder what the incoming commander in CHIEF thinks about this.


30 posted on 01/09/2009 1:04:16 PM PST by Doomonyou (Let them eat lead.)
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To: bamahead
Were I in charge, I would be tempted to change it to “The Cannibals”.

"You're hot! You're Hot! Don't need a pot-- Eat’m ALIVE! Gut'm, Shuck'm and Eat'm ALIVE! Go Cannibals"

31 posted on 01/09/2009 1:06:01 PM PST by ApplegateRanch (Islam: a Satanically Transmitted Disease, spread by unprotected intimate contact with the Koranus.)
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To: bamahead

PCBS


33 posted on 01/09/2009 1:13:32 PM PST by Venturer
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To: TornadoAlley3
No more Chief Executive Officers either.


34 posted on 01/09/2009 1:22:43 PM PST by kenavi ("Before you think what you want to think, be sure you know what you ought to know.")
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To: grellis; AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; ...
Image and video hosting by TinyPic "How about calling the team, 'The Jihadists'? Just an idea, okay?"

35 posted on 01/09/2009 1:22:53 PM PST by SunkenCiv (First 2009 Profile update Tuesday, January 6, 2009___________https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/)
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To: TornadoAlley3
Mischief...

Handkerchief...

...all out the door too.
36 posted on 01/09/2009 1:25:28 PM PST by kenavi ("Before you think what you want to think, be sure you know what you ought to know.")
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To: bamahead

Is the city changing its name? Wyandotte is the name of an Indian tribe.
It’s also the name of a city and a county in Oklahoma.


37 posted on 01/09/2009 1:29:53 PM PST by em2vn
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To: bamahead

Maybe they can just use a symbol, like Prince. “The band formerly known as the chiefs.”

Say, is the police chief gonna have to do the same thing?


38 posted on 01/09/2009 1:31:35 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: RichInOC
Why not change it to “Chefs”?

Um.....


39 posted on 01/09/2009 1:33:48 PM PST by Larry Lucido
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To: Larry Lucido

I’m a big fan of that Snickers commercial where the groundskeeper finally realizes he messed up painting the end zone.


40 posted on 01/09/2009 1:48:35 PM PST by RichInOC (...Isaac Hayes, R.I.P.)
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