"Didn't We Get Rid of Those People Years Ago?" (native americans)

[donsu]

http://www.counterpunch.com/

Reflections on Empire and Uppity Indians

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But this time, I couldn't avoid hearing the discussion between the two men, appropriately white and with matching blue suits and red power ties, whose familiarity with a bottle of scotch had apparently reached intimate proportions.

They were ruminating on the recent goings on at the University of Colorado, where Ethnic Studies professor, Ward Churchill is under siege for an article he composed back in the immediate aftermath of 9/11; an essay in which Churchill sought to explain that a nation really ought not be surprised when its policies abroad--which have resulted in the slaughter of millions of innocent civilians--cause some in those nations to "push back" and seek to exact a similar collective death upon the people of that first country.

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I shit you not. One of the men, fuming about the article that now has Ward facing down the barrel of a Board of Trustees looking for any reason to fire him, despite tenure, turned to the other and said: "Just when you thought we'd killed all the Indians, one pops up talkin' some shit like this, and reminds you that we didn't finish the job after all."

White guy number two laughs, in fact, damn near spits Dewar's and soda all over the leather barca lounger he's plopped down in, finding this affable romanticizing of genocide to be the funniest fucking thing he has apparently had the luxury of hearing, at least since the last time he and his buddies sat around in a sports bar, farting, and trading jokes about fags, or some such thing.
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down with Racists!

a Pox on Racists!

america, the country that tortures in more ways then one.

[liberalitch]

1. That's when you want some huge Nat. Amer. guy to come in....

and pound the living shit out of one or both of them.... then scalp one or both of them
(Disclaimer: I realize that only a few native groups participated in scalping)

[madinmaryland]

3. Actually, I think there are gangs out there that do that.

:scared:

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/02/09/girl.scalped.ap/index.html

BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- A woman suspected of scalping another member of their punk clique -- apparently as punishment for her disrespectful behavior toward women --surrendered Wednesday, police said.

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[classof56]

2. Wish I could say I'm surprised...but of course, I'm not.

These idiots are legion. They are evil. And of course they voted for Bush.

Just can't find new adjectives to declare the disdain I feel for them and for Bush and his minions. Then there's hate--and that doesn't quite cover how I feel...

As you said, a pox on them all. And soon!!

Tired Old Cynic