They get comments too....
Rob Port at Wizbang! also linked to uber-conservative John Miller's Wall Street Journal editorial on eliminating Indian reservations. Port's take was somewhat different than mine:
To me, this all indicates one thing: We are doing Indians a grave disservice by keeping them on the reservation. Which isn't to say that we're forcing them to say on the reservation, because we aren't. But we are giving the incentives to stay there along the lines of government entitlement and special priveleges, and that has made the problem worse. The handling of the reservation system to this point has only created a series of isolated communities where dependence on government welfare programs is the rule, not the exception. I just don't see why that should continue.
Of course, Port, like Miller, makes no mention of the hundred billion dollars owed Indians in uncollected land, oil and gas, water, and mineral lease royalties. Anyone who truly cared about the "plight of reservation Indians" would think that all that money earned through pure and unfettered capitalism would make a huge dent in those miserable economic conditions.
But in reading Wizbang's comments, you get to see what Conservatives really think about Indians and tribal sovereignty:
Posted by: Mrs. Davis at January 27, 2006 08:30 PM
Posted by: indolene at January 27, 2006 08:34 PM
If so, it's a non-standard definition of "sovereign." In reality these are about as sovereign as South Africa's onetime "Bantu-stans."
Posted by: McGehee at January 27, 2006 11:15 PM
Posted by: jocrazy0 at January 28, 2006 08:59 AM
Posted by: Mac Lorry at January 28, 2006 09:52 AM
We can dissolve Indian treaties any time we find the courage to do so.
The only time the left talks about international law is when they like the outcome.
Why have we imposed on these poor people the worst of socialism? Was it because during the formative years of the system socialism was really truly believed by many to be helpful? Was it because of our silly dreams of the noble savage wandering the wilderness?
Whatever, it is now shameful and indefensible. End the treaties. Integrate the Indians. Give them each $100,000.00 (or whatever) and standard title to their land by auction, allocation or draw or something. Fire tens of thousands of rapacious bureaucrats.
Posted by: Fred Z at January 28, 2006 11:48 AM
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Comments
..."we're giving them incentives to stay."
my ass! What we are giving them is Jack Abramoff to shield the indian casinos from scrutiny, scruples or compitition.
Hmmmm, maybe white man still screw indian.
Posted by: greensmile | January 29, 2006 01:15 PM
as tex hall, the outgoing chair of the national congress of american indians notes in indian country today, in the secret writing system known only to indians and unknown to whites, indian gaming is the most scrutinized industry in north america.
Posted by: ebw | January 29, 2006 01:22 PM
And those are just the racist conservatives that know how to spell and use a computer. Then ones I grew up around just stood on the water's edge and threw rocks.
Posted by: tom | January 29, 2006 01:22 PM
I should double check my comments that poke fun of other's literacy for errors before I post them.
[hey tom, you forgot your rock. ebw ;-)]
Posted by: tom | January 29, 2006 01:26 PM