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And now random thoughts...
- Instead of stating falsities about gay marriage, the Republican chief wants to change the message to: "Gay marriage would burden small businesses with extra insurance, health care costs." Even though I think whatever burden it may cause is worth the freedom it gains, I like this type of speech better than any others I've heard.
- "People don't elect Presidents who tell them to sacrifice, they elect Presidents who solve problems so they don't have to sacrifice." - Newt Gingrich, soon-be-front runner for a republican congressional seat. -- Since when did Republicans think government, especially a President, is the answer (savior, if you will) for all citizens? I thought they wanted personal individual responsibility and a communal effort?
- Here's a list of the top ten movie misquotes that we all continue to say. I've got a friend with the name Luke, and I wonder if the Darth Vader misquote ever gets to him.
- People who say "lighten up" to ones that are offended by racial comments need to shut up. Certainly some take "offense" too far, but little is solved if you don't atleast engage in a conversation. The Washington "RedSkins" has always bothered American Indians, but people just told them to shut up and they had no majority backing to properly handle their complaints (yes, bigots are mostly in the majority). Now some in the majority are starting to realize that we wouldn't have a Washington "Blackskins" or a Washington "Brownskins" team would we? And the term "brave" or "warrior" or "Chief" to an American Indian is similar to using terms like "deacon", "priest" or "pope"... So here's to the next Los Angeles football team: "The L.A. Blackskin Priests"
- The "freedom" that our men and women are fighting will mostly go to the corporations. The individual gets the scraps of freedom that are left.
- U.S. defense chief lauds soldier in pink boxers. Cue every gay-in-the-military joke possible. Jay Leno will have many and all of them will suck.
- I worship principles not people.
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I hear that misquoted line all the time. The only big one missing from the list is Mae West's "Come on up and see me sometime."
ReplyDeleteAs far as Redskins, Indians, etc...I spent some time on a Navajo reservation and was surprised to find most of them really strongly supported all the teams with Native-style names, and proudly wore shirts with the red-skinned caricature of a mascot. They also loved Disney's Pocahontas. Any representation in pop culture, no matter how stereotypical, seemed to please them.
I guess it depends on the American Indian. David's family was full-blooded, his father is a "Chief" of sorts... They never were offended enough to bark back at the government or what not, but they were well aware of the prejudice it caused and what people then thought of their lifestyle. (the big grin' redskin) - I also met some teachers over the years that spoke against it.
ReplyDeleteBut mostly since the white people still run everything, it's up to us to change shit...some in the majority bark, but nothing really ever changes.
Certainly the American Indians are tired of the same ole' same ole' white man and most likely just don't want to fight us any longer.
David's Canadian, right? They get a bit more respect up there...rather than "Native Canadians," the PC term in Canada is "First Nations," which seems kinda cooler.
ReplyDeleteI can see how he'd think less of things down here.
As for brave equaling deacon, there is a college basketball team called the "Demon Deacons." Wake Forest, I think. Dunno what the church makes of that.
His American Indian ancestors lived in what is now called Montana...but they also crossed into Canada (wasn't Canada back then) regularly during different times of the year, before there were borders etc. He and his tribe mates all had automatic dual citizenship because of this. Here's the wikipedia page for their tribe the Ojibway Inidians http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ojibway
ReplyDeleteAnyways, I believe most tribes were more pissed at the broken treaties and such (now they have casinos!) more than the depictions on sports teams.
I was mostly commenting about white people that say American Indians should "shut up" if they are offended and not "take this so seriously".
Even if most Native American's aren't offended, doesn't it just sound bad?
I agree, it does sound bad -- but then, so does continuing to use the term "Indian," yet many of them actually prefer that to "Native American," including the fairly radical author Sherman Alexie and gangsta rapper/actor Litefoot.
ReplyDeleteI used to get "offended on their behalf," if you will, then realized that so many weren't actually that bothered.
As for the Ojibwe, I believe they may have been the ones who invented the dreamcatcher, so I owe them the image off my back.