Liberals HATE Indians!
American Indian activist Russell Means looks for the GOP to save his
people from the DemocRATs' failed policies.
Fighting "Federal Communism" on the Reservation
By David Yeagley
FrontPageMagazine.com | March 26, 2004
What does a career Indian protester do when he realizes the Left has
failed him and his people? Ask Russell Means, Olgala Sioux of Pine
Ridge, South Dakota. Mr. Means recently endorsed Republican John
Thune's bid for the Senate. Thune is running against DemocRAT
incumbent Tom Daschle. Means now calls himself a "Lakota Libertarian
Republican."
It makes perfect sense. There has been little improvement in Indian
country under the DemocRATs. Conditions in South Dakota reservations
certainly haven 't improved under Daschle. What's an Indian to do
politically? "I'm going to work with Sen. Thune's staff," says Means,
"and the state Republican Party,
and that will open doors to work with the National Republican Party to
completely change Indian policy in America."
For some years, in fact, Means has recognized the impotence of the
DemocRATic Party's approach to Indian problems. He joined the
Libertarian Party in 1987, and ran as the Libertarian candidate for
governor of New Mexico in 2002. "What is an American? I believe an
American loves to be free. You are free to be responsible. That's the
only rule you should understand," Means says.
That American freedom does not exist on the great Indian reservations.
In fact, tyrannical communism reigns on the reservations. Means
explains, "This [America] is the only place where communism is
successfully practiced in the world. Communism is alive and well on
Indian reservations run by the United
States government."
The Republican ticket may offer Indians an alternative, says Thune, and
he has more than just Russell Means behind him.
Bruce Whalen, also an Oglala Sioux of Pine Ridge, is committee chairman
of the Republican Party in Shannon County. Whalen says, "I know there's
a lot of Republicans out there on Pine Ridge. They just don't know it
yet."
Whalen believes the Republican Party more closely mirrors his
traditional Lakota values than the DemocRATic Party. Those values are
respect for life, limited government, sovereignty and local control.
Whalen believes government-funded programs and tribal politics that
dole out the money are the root of the reservation's poverty.
Alcoholism and other abuses follow suit.
"I see how the social programs are devastating the people around
here," he said. "The DemocRATs are hurting us."
Thune agrees. Indians will identify with Republicans if members of the
party take the time to explain what the party stands for. Thune thinks
the idea of less government translates into freedom and sovereignty for
Indians.
But with the BIA in charge, "it's pure communism," says Russell
Means, "and it's an abject failure. Just like it was in the Soviet
Union. It's failure. You've created a dictatorship by the Bureau of
Indian Affairs."
Means recalls, "The Libertarian Party had a party platform that all
claims by Indian people would be settled for existing government
surplus land, and that would be the end of it; then they'd be on their
own. We'd exist as sovereign nations, as protectorates of the United
States government, but economically they'd be on their own. And, I
pushed for that. And so all claims, all treaty violations would be
taken care of, and there'd be no other recourse except in courts of
law. Some would fail, some would succeed."
One Sioux woman, a Sisseton Wahpeton woman of eastern South Dakota,
gravely cautions. Betty Ann Gross noted a rift between Indian leaders
and Indian people once before, in Sports Illustrated (March 4, 2002).
She more recently posted, "I believe it is up to the individual
Indian bands in America to make this decision to preserve 'the
Indian' and it is up to each 'Indian' to assist his own
reservation, community, family and self."
In other words, one decision or one solution does not fit all Indian
tribes. Each tribe faces different circumstances in terms of size,
population, resources, and hence, variant likelihood of success as an
independent, sovereign protectorate. And Betty Ann is not so quick to
blame the government for all of today's Indian problems. She is a
registered Republican also, but does not expect salvation from a
political party.
Interestingly, yet another well-known Oglala Indian, Tim Giago, is
running on the DemocRATic ticket against Tom Daschle. Giago, publisher
of The Lakota Journal, is definitely a liberal, but also realizes that
DemocRATs and their Indian casinos have done nothing for Indians.
Russell Means says it's all about freedom. Which party promises you
the most freedom? Which allows the freedom to be responsible? Given the
DemocRATic record of dealing with Indians in South Dakota, there
isn't any doubt in Russell's mind.
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Left-wing liberals are EVERYTHING they accuse the right of being. They
are mean, vicious, hateful, greedy, cold-hearted, closed-minded,
selfish, intolerant, bigoted and racist.
Liberals HATE America!
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