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2009-08-30 Home Front: Culture Wars

US Civil Rights Commission Gets Another One Right

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Posted by Snick Whuger2011 2009-08-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Native Hawaiians can be real racists. Shocked that Obama isn't supporting them.

Posted by gromky 2009-08-30 00:15|| 2009-08-30 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 "The Constitution, however, cannot be circumvented so easily."

Y'all ain't been paying much attention since January 20, have you?

Posted by Barbara Skolaut">Barbara Skolaut 2009-08-30 00:16|| 2009-08-30 00:16|| Front Page Top

#3 the civ rths commission has also been on the right side in the Holder dismissal of the charges against the Phil based black pathers

Posted by lord garth 2009-08-30 05:51|| 2009-08-30 05:51|| Front Page Top

#4 "The Constitution, however, cannot be circumvented so easily."

Hasn't been paying much attention to SCOTUS decrees either. It's been a lot easier to convince 9 people to invert the language or expand the power than to go through the uncertain process of amending the contract. That difficulty, of course, was the intent of the Founding Fathers in making sure changes had the 'consent of the governed'.

Posted by Procopius2k 2009-08-30 06:52|| 2009-08-30 06:52|| Front Page Top

#5 #1 Native Hawaiians can be real racists. Shocked that Obama isn't supporting them.
Posted by gromky

Yes, but one has to admit, their educational system is certainly tops. [snark off]

Posted by Besoeker 2009-08-30 07:57|| 2009-08-30 07:57|| Front Page Top

#6 The *real* reason behind this is the unholy nightmare that is the BIA. The treaties that were made with many of the various tribes are nonsensical (literally) exercises in gibberish. Some with non-contextual "cut and paste" paragraphs from unrelated documents. They make no sense, then or now.

Add to that the Bureau of Indian Affairs, which has lost or stolen billions in tribal royalties, and most of its records, and now has had its last four or five secretaries issued federal orders of contempt as soon as they entered office.

Fortunately, the non-tribal indigenous peoples, the Alaskans and Hawaiians, are out of that loop. But the Akaka bill would open it all up again. We're talking 50+ years of bitter litigation, and the renegotiation and rewriting of all the Indian treaties.

It's no wonder that reform in this is on the schedule right after a successful manned flight to Alpha Centauri.

Posted by Anonymoose 2009-08-30 11:55|| 2009-08-30 11:55|| Front Page Top

#7 fwiw, the Indian Tribes that A-moose mentions get free govt provided medical care on reservation land

depite this (or partly because of it), the lifespan of Inidans on tribal lands is way below the ave US

Posted by lord garth 2009-08-30 15:25|| 2009-08-30 15:25|| Front Page Top

#8 "Get sick before June," when the budgeted funds for treatment run out, or so I've read. It's partly because of, lord garth.

Posted by trailing wife 2009-08-30 16:18|| 2009-08-30 16:18|| Front Page Top

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