MARK AND SOME RARE BIRDS | 2006-06-22
Mark says:
"Find me an American Indian who wants to live like an Indian and I'll find you a diamond that weighs a ton."
A client of mine is a full blooded Indian. She is a chief in one of the Sioux tribes (had no idea a woman could be chief before meeeting her) and she loves to talk about how hard working and industrious Indians are. You get the opinion that god created man dnd then he created the Indian to make up for his mistakes.
It's intersting to note that her home is surrouned by waist high grass that never gets cut. She doesn't hesistate to go on float trips down the river and loves to swim, but also doesn't bat at an eye when her welfare paid home health care worker comes to clean the house for her.
She had the audacity to tell me that when and Indian gets too old to be a productive member of the tribe they, by instinct and tradition, find a river to sit beside and die. I guess that's after welfare has finished cleaning their teepees, of course.
Comment by Mark
MY REPLY:
Mark, old buddy, there are several people I would like to meet:
1) An American Indian who looks like an American but who is NOT a chief;
2) A Jew over the age of sixty who is NOT a Holocaust Survivor;
3) A member of The Greatest Generation who did NOT liberate a German concentration camp;
4) A conservative who is talking about race who will ADMIT that he is talking about race;
5) a liberal who does not EXUDE hatred;
6) A "Christian" who quotes Christ more htan he does the Old Testament;
7) A person denouncing extremism who doesn't sound like a Grand Inquisitor;
8) I am sure readers can add to this list.