Posted on 03/08/2007 7:07:44 AM PST by Ellesu
Sen. Sam Brownback wants Congress to apologize to American Indians for the egregious federal actions committed against them, while a freshman House member wants the same courtesy extended to black Americans. Mr. Brownback said he has introduced the legislation in the 108th and 109th Congresses, the bill being passed out of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs both times, but he has never been able to get the bill to the floor. "The arguments against the bill are always that there were atrocities committed on both sides and that apologies lead to financial remedies, but this bill doesn't deal with that, and it is specific to federal actions, not what happened in some town or village during the Western expansion," Mr. Brownback said. He said the apology is about "the heart" and acknowledging that wrongs were committed in the interest of healing. Republicans failed to hold a floor vote on the bill when they had the majority, and now Democrats are in control, and Mr. Brownback is a presidential candidate with the ability to generate national awareness on the campaign trail.
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Maybe Congress whould be in session only every other year.
Let's apologize to the Japanese while we're at it, and the Mexicans, and the criminals and the Earth and the Seas and the Atmosphere and the Eskimos and the whales and the manatees..............(((((((((GROUP HUGS)))))))))
I read the headline and wondered "Why would the Buffalo Bills want to apologize to Indians and Blacks?" Must not be fully awake yet.
Is Brownback an Indian Rino? The stupid Repubs just keep giving ammo to the Left...can't even defend the greatest country in the world. Spineless girly-men with severe Stockholm Syndrome!
Let's make it an omnibus bill, and apologize to Cajuns, Italians, Chinese coolies, those aliens we mistreated in Area 51, the Confederate States of America. . .
And Brownback wants to be President?!?
OK
Sorry
Next....
OK, I apologize to everyone, everywhere for everything.
Feel better?
Words fail me.....and in my case, that is saying a lot.
What about me, what about me?
I need to be apologized to for SOMETHING: I'll surely think of it and get back to you.
Endless Apology Syndrome.
Wait, I'm a Euromutt, I want an apology, too. My ancestors dragged me here without my consent and it's the Indians' fault we survived.
Makes as much sense.
My Italian immigrant grandparents were treated rather harshly upon their arrival in New York. Among other things they -- gasp -- were forced to learn to speak English in order to survive.
Will we descendents who have absolutely no firsthand experience with what they endured, yet, through persistent hard work, reap the fruits of this truly blessed country, be receiving an apology also?
That and Thurman Thomas not finding his helmet against the Redskins.
He sure ain't acting like he wants to be president, is he! Well, so much for him!
HOLDONNOW ... I've got plenty of dead ancestors with a cause of death "killed by indians." Where is the bill for them, Brownback?
I think we need a bill to force Congress to apologize to America for its total malfeasance against the ALL American citizens by letting in over 15 MILLION ILLEGAL ALIENS and not protecting the interests, property and tax dollars of REAL American citizens....not THAT is a worthy cause for America.
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