Abramoff VS Native Americans

This Abramoff scandal is just growing and growing. This is a good story because it creates an extremely vivid example of everything that is wrong with the the democracy in America. This is supposed to be a land ruled by the people. This whole story shows that in the end, it's a land ruled by the rich. And these pieces of shit like Abramoff, who are a dime a dozen, are the catalyst.

From Louisana comes a story involving an Indian Tribe and Abramoff. Basically, the Coushatta paid Abramoff 32 million to ensure that a rival tribe did not open a casino that would compete with them. Apparently, he was supposed to do other things but that's all they got. The story says that Abramoff called in some favors and put some of that 32 million to good use.

Abramoff did provide some lobbying. To ward off the Jena Band, for example, Abramoff called on support from senior senators and congressmen, the deputy secretary of the interior, and evangelical leaders James Dobson and Ralph Reed.

Interesting, isn't it? You people need to realize that this is how the system works everyday, and it'll never change until you force these fucking degenerates to make corruption a political issue. Until you bring this problem, which is now a regular process, into the light and demand they knock it the fuck off. People who do nothing, who say nothing are half the problem. You're the ones not participating in this democracy. They do this shit because you're not controlling them. Left to their own devices, this is what happens. Innocent entrepreneurs get squashed while you're watching Desperate Housewives.

And don't think for a minute that the Coushatta are off the hook. First off, I want to say that I probably have more respect and admiration for the Native American Indian race as a whole over even the white race. They deserve every amount of respect one can possibly give. You think slavery was bad? What happened to Native Americans in the 1800's was a genocide, bordering on a holocaust. It's probably closer to the holocaust side anyway. They were systematically murdered and slaughtered by American troops, often times during times of peace and treaty. Read up on Sand Creek, or maybe Black Kettle. Read what happened that day, and you'll see why I feel the way I do.

With that being said, this tribe knew exactly what it was doing. Lobbying is a euphemism. There is no actual lobbying. It was bribery. It's "Hey, I'll give you all of this money and use it to buy favors for me and keep the rest." This is what they did, and if they didn't get all that was promised to them, then tough shit. Lobby yourself, and do things the right way, and maybe you wouldn't have a problem. Or perhaps let the fucking rival tribe enter competition. Competition is good for business, don't you know that?

So I don't care that the Coushatta got burned. If you read the story, you'll see that every member of the tribe gets a quarterly paycheck based on sales. Its usually around $30,000 - $40,000 annually. That's a pretty hefty bonus considering it's being shared by over 800 tribe members. They're doing fine, and their greed is excusable. You try to cheat and you get burned. Shit happens, deal with it.

As for Abramoff, I hope this motherfucker is burned at the stake, along with everyone connected with him. Every Democratic and Republican piece of shit political cunt involved with him. They are what's wrong with America. They are precisely why not a fucking decent thing gets done. Isn't it strange that laws only get signed when they beneift some random company listed on the NYSE? When was the last time you say a new federal law go into place that made you say "Gee, I'm glad that's finally illegal" or "Gee, I'm sure glad that isn't illegal anymore." It doesn't happen, because we don't have the money. We're just the poor fucking sheep that elect the puppets. We're the oil that lubricates the machine here. We're certainly not driving the car. And that's not how it's supposed to be.