[microgood]

why should American aborigines get any special dispensation from what others must pay?

Cause we killed them all and took their land and feel guilty about it.

[Feiny]

An old Cherokee Chief sat in his hut on
the reservation, smoking the ceremonial
pipe, eyeing the U.S. government officials
sent to interview him.

"Chief," one official began, "you have
observed the white man for 90 years. You
have observed his wars and his material
wealth. You have seen his progress and
the damage he has done..."

The Chief nodded that it was so.

The official continued, "Considering all
these events, in your opinion, where did
the white man go wrong?"

The Chief stared at the government officials
for over a minute, and then calmly replied,
"When white man found the land, Indians were
running it with no taxes, no debt, plenty
buffalo, plenty beaver. Women did all the work,
medicine man free. Indian man spend all day
hunting and fishing, all night making love to
the women." The Chief leaned back and smiled,
"White man dumb enough to think he could improve
system like that?"

[onedoug]

I've never screwed, stiffed nor cheated an American aborigine. I believe reparations enough have been paid. Assimilate and move on. No more affirmative action for mistakenly-named "indians".