Cherokees: Oops, the Other Guy Won Election

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Let me say that I am a Cherokee with a card from the BIA. I was born in Tahlequah,Ok, in an Indian hospital. Tahlequah is the Cherokee capitol, and I lived there nearly my whole life. I went to high school and college with Bill John Baker's son. His son is a good man, I cannot say the same for Mr. Baker, he is known locally for being a slumlord and has used his connections with the Nation to line his pockets. When the Nation passed a law saying that no council member could conduct business with the Cherokee Nation he promptly placed all of his businesses in his wife's name. While this is not illegal it is not the most ethical thing either. I am not much of a Chad Smith fan but I feel he is the lesser of two evils here. I agree that the Cherokee Nation should due more to reach out to the American people. The problem is the media just does not care and neither do a large majority of America what happens to Native Americans, since, the Natives have had it so "good " up to this point with free healthcare and other benefits. My great grandmother was 4/4 and raised my grandfather who went on to achieve a Masters in Education, all his children and grandchildren have either completed college or are currently attending.

I actually got a dog in this hunt.  My great-grandmother was 100% and on the roll.  Not the one at the end of the Trail of Tears but the first one.  I got into college on this and get a check once a year cause my, people do love to gamble.  Cherokees go by the roll.  No one on it and they don't care.  That should tell you something about Cherokees.  They don't care if you can prove your lineage back to Oglethorpe.  Which I can.  They just care that she who never learned to read or write and neither did my grandmother took the moment to put her name on the roll.  This was my dad's grandmother who took care of him while he was in the shoebox.  Weighed less than three pounds and born in a cabin with no plumbing.  Wicked genes.  I've never had a cavity and I'm 54.  Wicked genes.  Genes love diversity.  My daddy took those genes all the way to France.  Not much replication there.  Other than the crazy thing we are a hardy stock.  I always think that that is cool: my fucking grandmother couldn't read or write and my son has a PhD in Physics.  

Did the Cherokees discover 18 "hanging chads" that tipped the balance in favor of Chad? He needs to immediately address the Cherokees health care needs, since republicans in congress have decided to "pull the plug" on Indian health care. Gotta pay for that  $750 billion welfare  program for the top 2 percent. But we must realize that they will create jobs with the money and create "wealth that will trickle down" to the rest of us. News flash, the jobs these people are creating are all in China USING MONEY FROM OUR TREASURY. If they aren't building plants in China, they are buying foreclosures, getting ever fatter at the expense of 98 percent of us. Since they are an equal opportunity crime "family", where necessary, they "donate" to democrats campaigns with strategic committee assignments. Public financing of campaigns would fix this problem. If you catch congressmen or corporations involved in bribery, send the particiapants to jail. Jack Abrahamoff is in jail today for trying to bribe congress into approving the Koch brothers offshore casinos, brothels, and forced abortion clinics for their Chinese prostitutes. Since that didn't work, the Koch's "persueded"  Clarence Thomas and Antonin Scalia to vote for their side in the Citizens United case last year which legalizes wide open corporate, and foreign , bribery by allowing "unlimited, secret, and unrestricted campaign "contributions." Scalia and Thomas had an enjoyable "junket" to the Koch's California mansion, then voted the tying and winning votes for the Kochs, giving the republicans a $4 billion spending advantage in last year's elections.  The $4 billion "gift" will cost Americans TRILLIONS OF DOLLARS. Check out what happened after $1 billion was "donated by big oil to republicans. Gasoline, which sold locally for $0.79 per gallon in early 2000 cost $5.50 by 2007. I somehow missed the congressional hearings.......Big oil was almost allowed to cause a depression. Congratulations to Chad, or Bill, or whoever finally wins. The Cherokees need to set an example by going on Sunday morning TV shows and let the nation know what happens to PEOPLE when massive budget cuts are made, just so the top 2 percent can gain an even bigger piece of the American PIe.