AMERICA LEADS THE WAY!

The more I think about this concept of creating special little "homeland states" for displaced and/or disenfranchised peoples, the more I'm beginning to like it.

Yep, the more George Bush pushes the "Palestinian Homeland" thing, the more I am convinced that we should carve out a nice big chunk of this country for the creation of a special "Native American Homeland."

Unlike the Israelis, who are more-or-less indigenous to Israel, we just sorta barged in, murdered the original inhabitants and stole their land - but from that point the parallels are remarkably similar.

The Native Americans fought back, of course, using methods that the movie industry has depicted as "terrorist acts" since Edison first turned the crank. In response, we systematically massacred entire populations, right down to their livestock and household pets, and burned their villages to the ground. We then rounded up the survivors, moved them hundreds of miles from their original homes, and plopped them down in concentration camps euphemistically referred to as "reservations" - where they obligingly continued to die off from an assortment of "natural causes," like alcoholism, tuberculosis, and venereal disease, which we had thoughtfully provided for them.

Whoops, sorry, we're the only ones who did that sort of stuff - apart from Adolf Hitler, maybe. Hmmm, it's possible the parallels aren't quite as remarkable as I thought. Clearly, the Israelis aren't nearly as disposed to this genocide thing as we are.

In any case, the more I think about this the more I like it. As a matter of fact, I think that we would set an example for the Israelis. After all, the Native Americans have been without a "homeland" a heck of a lot longer than the Palestinians.

How about Texas? Considering that it is the largest glacier free state in the Union, has plenty of oil, an international border and lots of nice ocean front property, complete with ports, harbors, etc., I think Texas would do nicely.

So, George, if you and your fellow Texans will just saddle-up and mosey on down the trail, we can get on with the creation of our long overdue "Native American Homeland." You can then go back to badgering Israel about the creation of a "Palestinian Homeland" with a clear conscience (so to speak).

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