Last of the Mohegan--Casino

In 1978  the Shinnecock Indian Nation applied to be recognized by the Federal  Government, the same year Roman Polanski skipped bail on rape charges. They  are now getting some finality on both, so as you can see, the Feds are working  through their inbox quite briskly.

As I  remember history, the Native Americans lost this country when they did not  heed the warning of an Arizona tribe about immigration. U.S. authorities  estimate 15 million illegal immigrants are here now, but if you ask the  Shinnecock Indians, that number is more like 310 million. 

Shinnecock’s applied for federal recognition to”preserve ancient  grounds,” but their ulterior motive is to build casinos in the Hamptons  outside of New York City. To do so, they will have to deal with the more  traditional area tribes who like to control the vices up there, most notable  the Gambino’s, Greenbaum’s, Gotti’s and Governor David Paterson’s office. 

The ritzy  Hamptons live with the fear that if the casinos come they will bring something  they also left New York to escape: Donald Trump. Trump will now scheme to  bring his own special brand of tacky all over that venerable refuge. 

White  people make a show of supporting Native Americans much as they did Barack  Obama---to avoid any accusations of racism. Society is too willing to give  both anything, whether they deserve it or not to alleviate the guilt society  places on us. We send our kids to private schools to avoid the low test scores  of the “diverse” schools, but spend an awful lot of guilt time talking of our  love of “diversity”---and that time they gave that Haitian guy money at the  stop light.

Liberal  yuppies always seek wisdom from Native American traditions as it is presumed  that any other culture is wiser, deeper and more spiritual than their own,  especially if it is oddly mystic. Too they know any hint of Native American  blood in them can get them into Harvard with an 850 SAT score. 

Government, fond of patting themselves on the back for social justice  for being the moral authority, likes to wet their beak in all aspects of vice.  New York now taxes cigarettes at $11 a pack (not including the Feds take),  they rake in an inordinate amount of alcohol sales, runs the numbers in the  form of state lotteries, and probably only has a “war on drugs” because they  cannot figure a way to muscle a cut of that underground business. Government  lost money in prostitution too when they took the Mustang Ranch. Only our  government could lose money selling hookers and booze with a zero cost basis. 

Gambling  and the lottery are important since they are also many Americans’ retirement  plan. Democrats should get their message of “Hope” out there to the Native  Americans; based on their past entitlement agenda, the best way to get their  new message out is with posters at local liquor stores. 

The way we settle with the Native Americans is like an awful parent giving his kids  booze, cigarettes and a gambling addiction to make it up to them. “Son, I have  been a scoundrel dad, but to make it up to you here is duty-free booze,  cigarettes and a gambling license which includes a victimization mindset; go  make something better of yourself.”

Just walk  through depressing places like Indian Casinos or an inner city housing project  and see what happens when we issue a perpetual victims excuse to a group and  blindly throw tax money at them. It only works for the Democrats who rely on  their “victim” votes.

No doubt,  the Native Americans lost some land, but you know they really should have  spent less time consumed with maize and more with the advantages of gun  powder. If they did not want to be on the Atlanta Braves baseball jersey they  really should have fought harder.

At least  non-Native Americans have shown them respect by naming every golf course where  the land was taken from the Indians after them. Shinnecock, Cherokee,  Chickasaw, Seminole etc remain a homage to the Native American where much  wampum is exchanged after Nassau bets.

Always  punctual and in perpetual apology mode, Congress read a resolution they passed  regarding the Indian tribes “for past transgressions of war upon” them for  some reason at the Congressional Cemetery. I trust when Congress was there  they took note of the 535 open political graves awaiting them.