A Happy Thanksgiving to all Flopping Aces readers, and to celebrate this day in typical Flopping Aces fashion I would like to present some stupid stupid people.
On Michael Medved’s show yesterday he had on Russell Means, a Indian activist, and a smattering of callers that alleged the holiday, Thanksgiving, is a afront to the Indian people and that the indigenous people were far superior to the European people.
Now, its one thing for an crazy activist to spout such nonsense (he’s a twoofer, wouldn’t you know it) but now the Seattle area public schools has brought into it:
Seattle school officials are telling teachers that Thanksgiving actually is a time of “mourning” since it represents “500 years of betrayal.”
The message to all “staff” in the Seattle Public Schools comes from Caprice D. Hollins, the director of “Equity, Race & Learning Support,” and other officials including Willard Bill Jr. of the “Office of Native American Education.”
“With so many holidays approaching we want to again remind you that Thanksgiving can be a particularly difficult time for many of our Native students,” the letter said.
The school letter refers educators to a website, Oyate, run by an outside organization that promotes Indian culture, and recommends teachers explore it.
“Here you will discover ways to help you and your students think critically, and find resources where you can learn about Thanksgiving from a Native American perspective,” the letter said. “Eleven myths are identified about Thanksgiving, take a look at No. 11 and begin your own deconstruction.”
The website’s “Myth No. 11” is that “Thanksgiving is a happy time.”
“Fact: For many Indian people, ‘Thanksgiving’ is a time of mourning, of remembering how a gift of generosity was rewarded by theft of land and seed corn, extermination of many from disease and gun, and near total destruction of many more from forced assimilation. As currently celebrated in this country, ‘Thanksgiving’ is a bitter reminder of 500 years of betrayal returned for friendship,” the website describes.
I guess we shouldn’t expect anything better from a city which spends 8 million to build a housing area for drunks to get drunk in. Not to help themselves get off alcohol but to enable them to continue their abuse.
What a city.
As far as the European takeover of North America goes it’s just the nature of this world that a
society with a superior technology will displace those with a far insuperior and almost caveman type technology. Real life means the strong survive. It is simply foolish to assume that the lesser of two societies have the absolute right to advance.
Now given all that the Indians were definitely treated badly. But Thanksgiving
is not a holiday to celebrate our relationship with the Indians instead
its a day established to thank GOD for His abundant blessings on our
GREAT nation. That’s it.
By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of
Almighty God, to obey his will, to be grateful for his benefits, and
humbly to implore his protection and favor– and whereas both Houses of
Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the
People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to
be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal
favors of
Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity
peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and
happiness.Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of
November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the
service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author
of all the good that was, that is, or that will be– That we may then
all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks–for his
kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to
their becoming a Nation–for the signal and manifold mercies, and the
favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the
course and conclusion of the late war–for the great degree of
tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed–for the
peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to
establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and
particularly the national One now lately instituted–for the civil and
religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of
acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the
great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.and also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and
supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to
pardon our national and other transgressions– to enable us all,
whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and
relative duties properly and punctually–to render our national
government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a
Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and
faithfully executed and obeyed–to protect and guide all Sovereigns and
Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless
them with good government, peace, and concord–To promote the knowledge
and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science
among them and us–and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a
degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.
Go: Washington
Political correctness be gone, celebrate what this day was meant to be celebrated for….being thankful.
Happy Thanksgiving all!
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It is simply foolish to assume that the lesser of two societies has the absolute right to advance.
Is their a right to survive ?
Would it be politically incorrect to also note the fact that the US currency has gone down the toilet in the last 6 years.
Are you joking?
Of course there is no right to survive.
There are always stupid people out there — and sometimes they seem to be in the majority. I am thankful this year, for the smart ones like you, my friend, who can easily out number them even when you’re standing on your own. Happy Thanksgiving!
The democrats can no longer be called stupid. They have progressed from BDS to insanity for which there is no return. Now you can only pity them. Millions of lives ruined and it all started with a lie tied to Algorabge ‘losing’ an election, and like it or not he did lose which was proven by numerous recounts by the liberals. Prime example=John Ryan, lost in a fog of lies.
Give it a rest John Ryan. Can’t you even express thanks for ONE DAY that you live in the greatest nation ever placed upon the face of the earth?
Happy Thanksgiving to all, even the Salon turkey chorus! We’ll be serving them up witn cranberries for Christmas!
I’m glad you listened to this program, Curt. I was going to ask if you did, because I burst out laughing (about 20 minutes in) when Michael asked his caller if he felt blessed to be an American. I love it when you can hear people in the studio, in the background, not be able to stifle some laughter at the moronic callers.
I loved that part also. The guy didn’t know what to say…quite sad. But funny as hell when you could hear all the laughter at the moron.
To bad there isn’t really theat much Native American err Indian history taught in the U.S. I actually took a course at college, by a conservative.
Interesting tid bit:
The U.S. government representation is still called the Bureau of Indian affairs. Why? Because 80% of the tribes refer to themselves as Indians, not Native Americans.
Most tribes go by their nicknames and not the real name of their tribes. That’s right, there is no real tribe that called THEMSELVES Apache, Mohawk, Commanche or Chumash for instance. They called themselves that after the Europeans arrived and already settled on their lands. Where did those names come from? Those are derogatory names given by their enemies which were often met before the other tribe. It would like the British happening upon the French while they were at war with Germany and asking what the French called the Germans. You can use a dictionary (probably not one of those pocket dictionaries though) to find out the real name of your local tribe and how their name came to be. For instance Iroquois is the local word for adder and Cheyenne means one who speaks a foreign language. Most tribes called themelves us/we/people in their own language.
There are far more people claming themselves belonging to an American tribe than there were believed to be people living in North America before the Europeans showed up. Many tribes still practice expulsion so there probably is even more Native Americans even though they are no longer registered as such.
The Alanta Braves “tomahawk chop” foam tomahawks you see at the games are actually made by an American tribe. It’s hardly insensitive to the tribe that’s making tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars from that one product each year.
On aside note, the Army should rename their Apache (the French repronounciation of the Zuñi word apachu which means enemy) helicopter to Mohawk. It would go from being named “thug/gangster/enemy” to being named “The eater of men.”
Greg,
Problem. We already had a “Mohawk” airframe in service when the Apache was introduced. It was a recon aircraft.
Other than that, great information. I was never taught that in “history” class and I am part “Cherokee”.
An interesting tidbit. My family is considered “patchwork” as to say it is mixed is an understatement. Most are “whitish” (Germanic, Scottish, Italian, Polish, Irish, etc) but many in the family adopted and married different races.
My aunt was asked to take in a Pottawatomie child for a year since she could not get an education at the Reservation where she was living (which was not of that tribe) since the prejudice between tribes is so great.
Something else we are not usually taught in “history class”.