I don't get it.
See he's not from here ~ as in 'born in the U.S.A.', so he has NO SHAME in 'stickin' up the po Indians for their wampum'. He has no idea of the history of pain men like him have wrecked upon these very deeply sensitive people. America has a prominent place in my Museum of Genocide, as the success of the program of ethnic cleansing this nation waged upon the Native peoples is legendary. The history of this period has been so strikingly portrayed, that even Japanese and Italian filmmakers wanted in on the fun of making Western movies. Spaghetti westerns and some of the most notable samurai classics are based on the battles between Cowboys and Indians.
All these years..... robbed, driven to drink and go crazy. Made the butt of jokes, the recipient of physical abuse, and most popularly used as team mascots. Outcasts in their own land....Finally they have something going that's good for them, and that gives them a chance to revive themselves. And here come the White Man again.
In my book, anyone with any conscience, would have a hard time fixin' their mouth to ask the Indians for Anything.....so much is still owed to them for genocide and theft.
No body says anything.
What?!?!?! Am I the only one here thinking, questioning the ethics of this? Am I alone in wondering just 'What the (@#%8!) Bleep is going on?!?!
The ads are run, to make you feel like Arnold is such a great negotiator. "He got money from the Indians to help balance the budget". So white folks (the tax paying/voting majority) are happy, because they don't have to have their taxes increased to settle the misappropriation and stupid expenditures of their own white legislators.
My non-melanated brothers and sisters, don't fall for this. All voters do not fall for this. He's playing to a vile side in human nature. Arnold is practicing extortion, plain and simple. And he's presenting it so that you feel good that he accomplished this for your economic benefit. He's saving you from a tax increase. Rear-end released Buffalo Patties!!!
Why should the Native American Nations have to pay to help out the budget?
Tax the oil companies doing business in California. Tax Hollywood- the film and the music industry. Tax the amusement parks in California. Tax the auto dealers and manufacturers. Tax the Sports owners and their respective team organizations. There's a million huge entities I could think of that have made and continue to make tons of millions of dollars here in California. Tax them. Let them bail out the California government.
Native Americans had no part in making the decisions that created the budget fiasco, little part in reaping the benefits of that spending, and no rewards from the flimflam games of politicians, industry and high finance that resulted in scandals like California's recent electric and insurance debacles.
Leave the Native Americans and their assets for income alone.
Arnold and his crew are no better than the Mafia. Using the threat of the ballot box to limit what Indians can do/or how much they can make, on their own National Lands....
if they don't pay up for protection that is.
What do you think of that?
Kentke
