Obama Recalls “Tragic Burdens” of Tribal Groups on Columbus Day (Happy Holiday Everyone!)

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[drewh]

President Obama marked Columbus Day by issuing a proclamation that reflects “on the tragic burdens tribal communities bore” in the years that followed the discovery of the New World by Christopher Columbus.

“When the explorers laid anchor in the Bahamas, they met indigenous peoples who had inhabited the Western hemisphere for millennia,” Obama wrote. “As we reflect on the tragic burdens tribal communities bore in the years that followed, let us commemorate the many contributions they have made to the American experience, and let us continue to strengthen the ties that bind us today.”

He called on Americans to “recall” the courage of Columbus, while celebrating “our heritage as a people born of many histories and traditions.

Following is the complete proclamation of what President Obama called “that fateful October day in 1492.”

Following is the complete proclamation of what President Obama called “that fateful October day in 1492.”

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COLUMBUS DAY, 2012

BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

A PROCLAMATION

[drewh]

The chosen one just can't seem to do anything right now...

[Darteaus94025]

Is he talking about the Cleveland baseball team?

[EagleUSA]

The hate and racism just keeps spewing forth...a pathetic and miserable individual.

[Berlin_Freeper]

boo-hoo?

[drewh]

O has gotta kow tow to the Al Sharpton crowd or he’ll be accused of ‘not being black enough’ like Stacy Dash.

[svcw]

The alleged man knows nothing of Columbus, why he came, and what happened when he was here.
I am surprised that obama didn't celebrate the fact that the indigenous people sent back to Europe syphilis, which took five hundred years to defeat.

[Dixie Yooper]

I know there's an answer, but why do we pay our federal, state and local governments to take take the so-called “bank” holidays off when most of us don't get those days off?

[Jim Scott]

Barack Obama is simply incapable of saying anything pro-American. This kind of backhanded slap at the discoverer of America shows Obama's real feelings toward our country and they are not pleasant, to be kind about it.

If that is who voters really want in the Oval Office, which I seriously doubt, our nation is pretty much finished.

[Fledermaus]

Well, since he can’t about his 3.8 year miserable record, he dig up crap from 520 years ago.

Yeah, that will get you the Italian American Catholic vote.

[bandleader]

My mother(GOD rest her soul)had a saying;”You Don’t Know SH*T From ShinOla”;Mr. Obama,I think she was referring to you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Nowhere Man]

The Post-Colonial speaks again.

[AAABEST]

S***-for-brains just can't bring himself to say "Happy Columbus Day."

To lefties like him, it's one of those holidays created by people who like America.

[rockvillem]

Barack Obama is simply incapable of saying anything pro-American. This kind of backhanded slap at the discoverer of America shows Obama's real feelings toward our country and they are not pleasant, to be kind about it. If that is who voters really want in the Oval Office, which I seriously doubt, our nation is pretty much finished.

+1, although I don't share your serious doubt about what voters want. When so many people are suckling at the teat in so many different ways . . . .

[MrDem]

Is this real or is this from the Onion or that satire site?

[stocksthatgoup]

Another Apology Tour

Washington Redskins, Cleveland Indians, Atlanta Braves, Kansas City Chiefs, Chicago Blackhawks, Golden State Warriors,

Chief Osceola, Florida State University Seminoles
San Diego State Aztec Warrior

[Opinionated Blowhard]

That's why a bunch of tribes joined with Cortes to overthrow the Aztec power structure in Mexico. The idea that America before Europeans was some paradise is nonsense. Native tribes killed, brutalized and enslaved each other way before Columbus came.

[Kansas58]

The Carib Indians were cannibals who raised the children of their enemies as livestock.

[freebird5850]

bflr

[Kansas58]

The Carib Indians were cannibals who raised the children of their enemies as livestock.

[BillyBonebrake]

Those tribal burdens were coming, sooner or later, no matter who or what.