My sister!!!

[dkeali_i]

She and my mother are both responding to this column by George Will. I will, but it may be a longer piece meant for a different forum. We all do what we can to Ku'e when misunderstanding, injustice or ignorance arise. I hope my sisters letter gets printed, but either way I want to share it:

"Making a mockery of a nation
A response to George Will’s

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[greenpurple]

I just picked up a book @ the library called Blood Struggle: the Rise of Modern Indian Nations. It documents how the U.S. gov't, once again, took land that was not theirs to begin with by unabashedly manipulating people using whatever means.

It is hard to fathom how anyone could justify such oppression of others. I hope your mother's article gets printed and that maybe more than a few people will have their eyes opened.

and your sister, too

[greenpurple]

Let me include your sister as an author of the article, too....

Re: and your sister, too

[dkeali_i]

Thank you! & I agree it is hard to fathom what we can justify.

[stuey46]

I just saw that she had her response posted on the letters to the editor page in the Republican and I gotta say it was very well written for one of the substandard island dwellers of the species.(I kid,I kid)
I have come to sympathize with the native Hawaiian's situation here and cant understand at all why we wouldnt just say "fuck it,let em go and bring in Puerto Rico to keep it at 50" Damnit dave,look what you've done!You've made me hate America again.Alright,certainly I wasnt a fan of goading the mexicans into war back in '46 and that whole....native genocide thing we did doesnt sit well on the mind.Oh and the internment camps for the japanese....and the chinese railway workers....and the fucking irish...(yeah,I know Im irish,but damnit something needs to be done!)

Oh,and I thought you'd appreciate this more than most,its a wikipedia quote about the leadup to the Mexican-American War
Seeking to better control the border region of Texas, which had few settlers, the Mexican government permitted a few hundred U.S. families to

[dkeali_i]

Hey, thanks for pointing that out. LOL!!! Yes, Puerto Rico would make a good 50th, but they also have an independence movement. Just give it to DC or let Western Mass break away from eastern Masshole land.

Gotta love that quote from Wiki. But is it true? Actual? Factual? Well researched? OR does it abound in the might that is TRUTHINESS?!

[stuey46]

from what I recall of my American history it is fairly factual,or at least commonly accepted.Which of course doesnt necessarily mean its right,just that we want it to be