The 2003 "ceremony."
1 posted on
11/24/2005 5:13:54 PM PST by
lainie
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To: lainie
I guess all of the tax free millions in casinos doesn't make them happy either.
264 posted on
11/24/2005 9:17:59 PM PST by
ruthles
(Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean people aren't out to get you.)
To: lainie
Ignore them, give thanks, and they'll go away.
("2 year old seeking attention" syndrome)
266 posted on
11/24/2005 9:24:46 PM PST by
G Larry
(Only strict constructionists on the Supreme Court!)
To: lainie
"Ultimately, this is their land," said Irma Pinedo, a Mexico City native who was among the Aztec dancers taking part in the ceremony. "For us, no turkey today." ULTIMATELY, history tells us it was someone else's before it was theirs, too.
It's only a matter of how far back the line is drawn to decide who's the owner and who's the squatter.
At some point we have to decide if we're going to live in the past or in the current world, and make the best of it without playing victim.
Nobody likes a whiner, except other whiners.
To: lainie
To the folks who want to trash all Native Americans/Indians because of stunts like "unthanksgiving", just keep in mind how many Native Americans have served in the U.S. military.
271 posted on
11/24/2005 10:17:53 PM PST by
Cinnamon Girl
(OMGIIHIHOIIC ping list)
To: lainie
An estimated 3,000 people packed onto ferries that set out from Fisherman's Wharf for Alcatraz in the pre-dawn darkness Thursday, according to organizers. One word: torpedoes.
To: lainie
The Europeans(and others)who came here acquired the land from the natives fair and square under the existing land transfer rules in place at the time, namely, conquest.
Conquest was how the Mohigans took land from the Pequots in my neck of the woods and it was how all tribes took land from each other during the centuries that they held sway here.
After having the continent for 20,000 years and working it all the way up to the neolithic, they lost it to a group that, 400 years later, left footprints on the moon. The principle at work is called highest and best use.
276 posted on
11/25/2005 4:28:45 AM PST by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: lainie
278 posted on
11/25/2005 4:39:10 AM PST by
Sam Cree
(absolute reality)- "Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one." Albert Einstein)
To: lainie
Pissin' and moanin' since 1492
This and Indian Power are the most abundant bumper stickers on the Rez where I work.
291 posted on
11/25/2005 8:58:48 AM PST by
GunnyHartman
(Allah is allah outta virgins.)
To: lainie; All
You can't loose what you don't own.
The indians did not have "land ownership". Claiming to own land is only something that started AFTER the settlers came.
(people forget, that the indians thought THEY were cheating the dutch by selling manhattan. In their mindset NO land can be owned.)
This is just more "pro-communist"/collective ownership disguised as something else bs.
To: lainie
It was a big mistake for us to help the Pilgrims survive that first winter. They betrayed us once they got their strength."
True...
318 posted on
12/12/2005 5:00:26 AM PST by
Cronos
(Never forget 9/11. Restore Hagia Sophia!)
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