[Rhodes22-list] for Brad's eyes and those who reason only ...

Herb Parsons hparsons at parsonsys.com
Mon Nov 10 08:36:03 EST 2008


C'mon now, if a guy wants to get bent out of shape over being born on a 
reservation and his treatment of the "Injuns" by "the white man", then 
can't spell the tribe's name, I say an exception is certainly in order.

R22RumRunner at aol.com wrote:
> Herb,
> At one time we had a list member named Steve who had a problem with  spelling 
> and grammar. At that time it was determined that spelling and  grammatical 
> errors were not fair game. It simply would have been to easy.
>  
> Rummy
>  
>  
> In a message dated 11/10/2008 1:27:02 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
> hparsons at parsonsys.com writes:
>
> My my  Slim, little overboard there, aren't you?
>
> Nah, I don't REALLY want to  put my 1099 up. I figured John would bow 
> out. He did.
> You missed the  percentage, by a considerable amount.
> I don't belong to a fundamentalist  church.
> The church I belong to doesn't really tell me to do much of  anything. 
> I've been there a while, they know that telling me what to do  doesn't 
> work well
> Probably about 1/2 of what we give to charity goes to  our local church. 
> There are several other entities that we give to as  well.
> Cheerleader? Wow. Because I ride with a group of guys that pay their  
> respects at funerals? And you call ME "a bore".
>
> I think if you'll  reread my post, I never said anything similar to "the 
> white man didn't  take it away from them". As a matter of fact, I think I 
> said just the  opposite. They were defeated by a stronger enemy. Look a 
> little closer to  home for the idiot.
>
> I don't care to kiss your ass, not really into  that, but feel free to 
> invite what guys you can find that are. And, I  don't care where you were 
> born, you're still an idiot. If you were born on  the Sisseton 
> reservation in SD, I'd figure you'd at least know the tribe  was Sisseton 
> not Sissiton.
>
> And, I never said anything about fences,  but some tribes most definitely 
> had concepts of "land ownership". They  defended their hunting grounds 
> against other tribes as fiercely as the  white man defended their fences. 
> Two cultures clashed, the more advanced  of the two prevailed.
>
> But, it's a moot point. I was talking about the  founding fathers, not 
> the "white man" in general. The founding fathers  were not involved in 
> breaking treaties, decimation of tribes, or the  spreading of smallpox. 
> South Dakota was the still the mostly unexplored  frontier, and I don't 
> think they (the founding fathers) had much exposure  to the Sisseton tribe.
>
> And none of that has anything to do with John's  stupid statement about a 
> "final solution".
>
> I don't have much in the  way of charity or compassion for folks that are 
> long since gone. Not much  I can do for them.
>
>
> Steven Alm wrote:
>   
>> Herb,
>>
>>  Do you have any idea how much you sound like you're talking out your  ass?
>> Do you really want to put up your 1099 to show off what you've  donated to
>> charity?   You're such a bore.  I'm going to  guess that maybe you tithe a
>> full 10% to your fundamentalist church  because they tell you to--out of
>> false compassion.  And the money  goes to your church--not anything real.  
>>     
> Or
>   
>> at best a small  percentage.  I know you donate your time riding your
>> motorcycle  around for stuff but is that actually giving?  You're a
>>  cheerleader.  Great.
>>
>> As for the Native Americans you  don't seem to have a grasp on history.  
>>     
> Just
>   
>> because the Injuns  didn't have a concept of land ownership or fences 
>>     
> doesn't
>   
>> mean the  white man didn't take it away from them.  You're an idiot.   The
>> Indians were living in the stone-age and were decimated by the  white man 
>>     
> out
>   
>> of greed and arrogance.  There was no need for  that.  To say that they
>> simply met a stronger enemy completely  usurps all that compassion and
>> charity that you espouse.  You're  full of shit!  I was born on the Sissiton
>> reservation in South  Dakota and you can kiss my ass!
>>
>> Slim
>>
>> On Sun,  Nov 9, 2008 at 10:36 PM, John Shulick <jsbudda at verizon.net>  wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> "John,"
>>> (at least  you are capable of starting a post properly by addressing me by
>>>  name. I assumed you were ignorant at first but now I see you're  simply
>>> rude.
>>>
>>> "Go screw  yourself."
>>> (Sorry to old to bend that way anymore perhaps you  could send a pic of how
>>> you accomplish it  yourself.)
>>>
>>> "I've never offered anything like a ""final  solution"".
>>> You're reference reveals you for what you  are."
>>>
>>> (you have no clue as to who or what I  am)
>>>
>>> As far as me "detesting" anyone, you again speak  from total ignorance.
>>> I'll make a deal with you though, I'll make  my tax returns for the last
>>> 10 years public on here to show how  much I've given to charity if you'll
>>> do the  same.
>>>
>>> (Do you recall the parable of the pharisee and  the old woman who went to
>>> the
>>> temple to make  sacrifice?)
>>>
>>> You ready to put up? I doubt it. I suspect  the size of your mouth is
>>> exceeded mainly by your ego, and your  actions are far lacking compared
>>> to  either.
>>>
>>> (In the mouth and ego department its no  contest you win)
>>>
>>> If the government determines a need  for social charity programs, they
>>> should do so by purchasing land  they need. Simple. If it's too
>>> expensive, buy  elsewhere.
>>>
>>> (that's what is happening in this instance  so what's your problem)
>>>
>>> As to your notion about  "stealing it from the original owners", which
>>> land are you talking  about? You'll have to be a little more specific.
>>> Some of the  Indian tribes didn't ascribe to the notion of "owning land".
>>>  Others regularly took land from each other by armed conflict. So,  the
>>> "theft" was actually their normally accepted means of  transfer, they
>>> simply were defeated by a stronger  enemy.
>>>
>>> (like white men with guns and smallpox infested  blankets? do the words
>>> "trail of tears" mean anything to  you?)
>>>
>>>
>>>
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