Posted: Jun 29, 2007, 6:42 PM CST
In response to:
The native Americans should have had a stricter immigration law. They should have been waiting on the Shores and said Turn around Columbus we dont want no damn illegals here.
The biggest flaw with your reasoning (although I know you're being facetious) is that Columbus didn't land on the (American) mainland.
Me, I enjoy it here. As I mentioned in another post, on another thread, I'm happy to be an American, proud to be a native Kansan and damn tickled to live in East Tennessee. I can honestly say that I love my life and I'm damned honored to be given the opportunity to live it in this great country!
No one has greater respect for the American Indian (or "first Nations") than I do - I've taken the time and had the honor to study and participate in the culture of several different tribes and, though I am of strictly Indo-European (read white) descent, I've been told that I am more "indian" than most indians.
Check out the pics on my profile: I have a canvas wall tent and a lodge set up behind our home. I have not only talked the talk, I've walked the walk! And I continue to do so on a regular basis.
Honestly now - How many here can start a fire with a bow drill? How many here can read sign and set snares that target only the animals you want to catch? How many know how to brain tan leather in the manner of Plains Indians? As far as that goes, how many of Indian blood know how to do the things I've mentioned? I'd guess that the answer, relatively speaking, is: Not many... But I do.
And I sincerely apologize for my rant, but I'm just getting damned tired of those who want me to feel guilty for being an American citizen and enjoying it! I can't change the past - nobody can - but I'd wager that I've done a darn sight more to understand it than most of the folks who complain about it.
And now, dear folks, I will bow out yet again and take another chill pill...
...Don...
(A.K.A. The Kansan)