The Chief Instigator explained :

Sam Brown <xxx@nospam.net> writes:

Pangur Ban wrote:

Merovingian submitted this idea :

Pangur Ban wrote:

[...]

Native Americans are taking back America? :-)
--
Pangur Ban - nonchristian theist

uh...before you laugh about the prospect of Native americans taking
back America.

Wasn't laughing!

You need to see the person who signs the checks at the
majority of the casinos.

I live in casino country ...

They have begun an agressive move to aquire
financial gain, and they can buy back their claims if they continue to
be as successful as they have been.

I am just pleased to see their investments in good medical facilities,
new up-to-date schools, modern fire fighting equipment, well equipped
tribal police (even if I did get my first ever speeding ticket from one),
excellent Senior Citizen centers, good housing (some of the res "homes"
were truly third world and in areas without casinos still are), etc. I
saw a performance by a group of senior citizen ladies ... a mixed group;
they don't discriminate. I've read of their increased interest in
preserving the acheological sites on their land.

You could end up on their
reservation if people dont stop bettin on the pony's. Money talks in
Washington.

I have two reservation bordering my area now. I'm not worried. I carry a
medicine bag - hand made by me - with a turtle totem on it. :-)

The resurgence of native cultural schooling, facilties and rituals funded
by the oldest sport all native peoples were reported to be skilled in is
gratifying to say the least - bravo to all the nations who have discerned
that our greed and addictive tendencies might render us prone to a good
casino fleecing, all in good fun mind you, LOL!

Well, I spent most of my first decade in Oklahoma rubbing elbows with a few
Creeks, the occasional Osage, and a number of Cherokees - and though I
haven't lived there since the mid-1960s, I'm glad to see the natives are
making a better deal for themselves. In some parts of northeast Oklahoma,
that's one of the few signs of economic expansion. (Same goes for the
tribes here in southeast Texas/southwest Louisiana, except that they're
still recovering from Katrina *and* Rita.)

Some reservations here are still in abject poverty ... too far from
interstates to invest in casinos. :-(

Well played gentlemen!

Pangur will no doubt be amused to educate you as to *her* gender.

lol

The Chief Instigator wrote:

Sam Brown <xxx@nospam.net> writes:

Pangur Ban wrote:

Merovingian submitted this idea :

Pangur Ban wrote:

[...]

Native Americans are taking back America? :-)

-- Pangur Ban - nonchristian theist

uh...before you laugh about the prospect of Native americans taking
back America.

Wasn't laughing!

You need to see the person who signs the checks at the
majority of the casinos.

I live in casino country ...

They have begun an agressive move to aquire
financial gain, and they can buy back their claims if they continue to
be as successful as they have been.

I am just pleased to see their investments in good medical facilities,
new
up-to-date schools, modern fire fighting equipment, well equipped tribal
police (even if I did get my first ever speeding ticket from one),
excellent
Senior Citizen centers, good housing (some of the res "homes" were truly
third world and in areas without casinos still are), etc. I saw a
performance by a group of senior citizen ladies ... a mixed group; they
don't discriminate. I've read of their increased interest in preserving
the
acheological sites on their land.

You could end up on their
reservation if people dont stop bettin on the pony's. Money talks in
Washington.

I have two reservation bordering my area now. I'm not worried. I carry
a
medicine bag - hand made by me - with a turtle totem on it. :-)

The resurgence of native cultural schooling, facilties and rituals funded
by
the oldest sport all native peoples were reported to be skilled in is
gratifying to say the least - bravo to all the nations who have discerned
that
our greed and addictive tendencies might render us prone to a good casino
fleecing, all in good fun mind you, LOL!

Well, I spent most of my first decade in Oklahoma rubbing elbows with a few
Creeks, the occasional Osage, and a number of Cherokees - and though I
haven't
lived there since the mid-1960s, I'm glad to see the natives are making a
better deal for themselves. In some parts of northeast Oklahoma, that's
one
of the few signs of economic expansion. (Same goes for the tribes here in
southeast Texas/southwest Louisiana, except that they're still recovering
from
Katrina *and* Rita.)

Well played gentlemen!

Pangur will no doubt be amused to educate you as to *her* gender.

My notation was to the tribal leaders themselves, oft times men,

but Wilma
Mankiller historically noted...

Pangur Ban <PangurBanTheist@worldnet.att.net> writes:

Sam Brown wrote after much deliberation:

Pangur Ban wrote:

[...]

I have two reservation bordering my area now. I'm not worried. I carry a
medicine bag - hand made by me - with a turtle totem on it. :-)

The resurgence of native cultural schooling, facilties and rituals funded
by the oldest sport all native peoples were reported to be skilled in is
gratifying to say the least - bravo to all the nations who have discerned
that our greed and addictive tendencies might render us prone to a good
casino fleecing, all in good fun mind you, LOL!
Well played gentlemen!

However, I still can't get used to Navajo tacos! :-)

I've never experienced them, myself, but they've got to be better than
anything from Taco John (even before the E. coli scare earlier this
summer)...;-)

Pangur Ban wrote:

Sam Brown wrote after much deliberation:

Pangur Ban wrote:

Merovingian submitted this idea :

Pangur Ban wrote:

J Young explained :

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=53388
By Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson
Why are white Americans afraid to speak truth to black Americans?
Let me start with a tale of two Michaels:
Michael Richards, the "Seinfeld" co-star who lashed out at a black
heckler, repeatedly calling the man a "ni---r," has since made
numerous
apologies to black Americans.

He apologized on David Letterman's "Late Show" - but that forum
wasn't "black enough" - so Richards was forced to grovel on Jesse
Jackson's radio show.

The black man Richards insulted has retained Gloria Allred. Next
month,
he will express his contrition in front of a retired judge who will
determine how much money Richards should dole out for hurling the "N"
word.

Then there's the Nov. 25 shooting in New York City, where NYPD
officers
shot Sean Bell, a 23-year-old black man outside a strip club in Queens
when he tried to ram an officer with his car. The incident has
outraged
Rev. Al Sharpton ("the Riot King") and other black leaders.
Sharpton is threatening to lead a massive pre-Christmas march along
Manhattan's Fifth Avenue - stating, "We're going shopping for justice
this Christmas."

Let's not forget that Sharpton gave us the Tawana Brawley hoax and
provoked the Crown Heights riot in the Hasidic (Jewish) section of
Brooklyn.

Why should anyone listen to this hypocrite?
After the police shooting, Michael (the other Michael) Bloomberg, the
mayor of NYC, met with Sharpton and other black racist agitators and
prematurely criticized the deadly shooting, calling it "inexplicable"
and "unacceptable." Can you say "cave"?
What has happened to white men in this country?
White men used to be tough. John Wayne, Charlton Heston and Ronald
Reagan exemplified a strong male image.

Fer crying out loud ... they were ACTORS! Why is it that some people,
Dan Quayle among them, can't distinguish between fiction and reality?

But because of the successful
attack - by secular progressives like NOW (National Organization of
Women who Hate Men), the ACLU, homosexual groups and liberal black
leaders - most white males have been emasculated.

ROFL ... I'll be certain to tell the macho men in my area; these
gun-toting, bearded, tobacco chawing, ranchers and farmers will be
delighted to hear so.

Years of scapegoating and charges of racism have intimidated whites to
the point that they no longer speak out on issues concerning race and
morality.

My desert area is more racially mixed than many cities ... we all get
along pretty well. As there are few of us, we depend upon each
other... none of the silliness of cities.

After Dr. King's assassination in 1968,

manure *shoveled* away

What is courage? Well, I can tell you what courage is not: 1) Courage
is not resenting blacks and complaining to your white friends behind
closed doors. 2) It's not tolerating black misconduct, and 3) Courage
is not adopting the divisive, politically correct term "African
American."

I don't resent blacks. I never have tolerated black misconduct (and
had many "mixed" classroom; Why not african-american? Technically I
am a welsh-american.

more *shoveling*

It will take decent whites and blacks to come together to live out the
promise of Dr. King's dream. Then, America will finally become the
land
of the free and the home of the brave!

Native Americans are taking back America? :-)

-- Pangur Ban - nonchristian theist

uh...before you laugh about the prospect of Native americans taking
back America.

Wasn't laughing!

You need to see the person who signs the checks at the
majority of the casinos.

I live in casino country ...

They have begun an agressive move to aquire
financial gain, and they can buy back their claims if they continue to
be as successful as they have been.

I am just pleased to see their investments in good medical facilities,
new up-to-date schools, modern fire fighting equipment, well equipped
tribal police (even if I did get my first ever speeding ticket from one),
excellent Senior Citizen centers, good housing (some of the res "homes"
were truly third world and in areas without casinos still are), etc. I
saw a performance by a group of senior citizen ladies ... a mixed group;
they don't discriminate. I've read of their increased interest in
preserving the acheological sites on their land.

You could end up on their
reservation if people dont stop bettin on the pony's. Money talks in
Washington.

I have two reservation bordering my area now. I'm not worried. I carry
a medicine bag - hand made by me - with a turtle totem on it. :-)

The resurgence of native cultural schooling, facilties and rituals funded
by the oldest sport all native peoples were reported to be skilled in is
gratifying to say the least - bravo to all the nations who have discerned
that our greed and addictive tendencies might render us prone to a good
casino fleecing, all in good fun mind you, LOL!

Well played gentlemen!

However, I still can't get used to Navajo tacos! :-)

I have to say I prefer my fry bread with honey and a mess, but even with
beans and mutton it still works.