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shakran · 03-26-2005, 08:48 AM

OK everyone, make sure you're sitting down, because I'm siding with Bush on this one.

The "native americans" (that's crap BTW, I'm a native american too.) across the country who are criticizing Bush on this want their cake and eat it too.

They want their reservations to be soveriegn nations - that's why they can have casinos, because they aren't part of the US, and it's also why, for example, a couple of my photojournalist bretherin were arrested at Red Lake covering this story - they didn't have the same rights to shoot in public places as they do in the United States because they weren't legally IN the United States.

But as soon as they have a problem, they want help from a foreign country? That's crazy. If you want your own sovereign nation, that's fine, but then you need to take care of your own internal problems.

03-26-2005, 08:48 AM	#18 (permalink)
shakran Tone.	OK everyone, make sure you're sitting down, because I'm siding with Bush on this one. The "native americans" (that's crap BTW, I'm a native american too.) across the country who are criticizing Bush on this want their cake and eat it too. They want their reservations to be soveriegn nations - that's why they can have casinos, because they aren't part of the US, and it's also why, for example, a couple of my photojournalist bretherin were arrested at Red Lake covering this story - they didn't have the same rights to shoot in public places as they do in the United States because they weren't legally IN the United States. But as soon as they have a problem, they want help from a foreign country? That's crazy. If you want your own sovereign nation, that's fine, but then you need to take care of your own internal problems.