--- Surma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I think it's obvious who the racist is here, and
> he's also quite angry and hateful.
>
> I think the wealthier casinos should voluntarily pay
> into the state to maintain their monopoly. It's only
> fair considering the damage they are doing. People
> are ruined every day, losing retirement funds,
> stealing from employers, becoming more dependant on
> government etc.
It was very clear listening to Day on MPR with the
scintilating Lampher this morning that it is he who is
racist (though it is the subtle "Minnesota Racism").
Just as Surma states above, Day said that there are a
bunch of Native Americans (225, I think he said) that
are making in the ballpark of one million per year.
And as these people are making money, they are letting
other Native Americans accross the state battle
poverty and the fallout from that.
Hmmmmmmmmmm...makes me wonder what the great Senator
Day has done for his non-Native American equivalent?
It seems to me that there is quite a lot of
Minnesotans making upwards of one million and you sure
don't hear him making derogatory remarks about their
inability to share their wealth with the poor (or else
we will create a mechanism to cut into their wealth to
divvy it up, i.e. non-Native American casinos). The
second paragraph from Surma above, illustrates the
point that many Minnesotans are willing to put up with
other monopolies (power, telephone, broadcast, etc)
but when it comes to a non-white dominated industry,
people get all up in arms and decide to be vocal
(while at the same time keeping their bigoted and
hypocritical views about other monopolies quiet!)
It seems that this IS obviously a non-Native American
agenda which not only questions their character (as
non-sharers, which Day does not care about when
non-Native American exhibit this trait), but it also
seeks to cut into the wealth they are accumulating.
It is one thing if Day is to accross the board look
out for the poor, attempt to break up monopoly, and
uphold the character trait of sharing - but he does
none of these. Quite the contrary! His entire
juvenile "freedom to drive" initiative is based on a
fevered defense of the individual, and less than
giving thought to any sense of community (or sharing
resources), it kicks sand in the face of anyone who
would express concern about the good the environment,
of sharing our natural resources for shared mass
transit, and who would question the right of the
individual to hoard resources while others live in
poverty with poor education, housing, health, etc.
Dick Day's casino plan is racist and the cornerstone
for his argument for state casinos (or more accurately
his argument against Native American monopoly) flies
in the face of his entire (individualist) philospohy.
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