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The seduction and manipulation of the Native Americans who paid in all the dough is very much like the seduction and manipulation of the “religious right” who put this administration in power.  When they realize how they have been duped by the neocon agenda to form an engine for the invasion of Iraq and other mischief, will they cut themselves loose from the whole slimy process, or are they now just too vested to get away?  This Chicago reader very much appreciates the work of this site and is a big admirer of “Left, Right and Center”, too.

I surely hope no one is placing all their faith on the integrity of McCain to insure a complete investigation. He is one of the biggest sell-outs in the Rethuglican Party. Anyone wanna wager that he makes a “deal” on his no torture amendment?

McCain realizes he has no chance in 2008 if he crosses Bushco, so he won’t. Gather ‘round and gasp in amazement as McCain magically morphs into Dick Cheney, or worse, Joe Lieberman.

The best we can hope for is that this finds its way into the hands of a first-rate prosecutor, like Fitzgerald.

So glad you have surfaced again—it’s the LAT’s loss!  Do keep digging into 9/11 and the questionable “free-fall” of the Trade Center buildings.  To my mind, that is the most hidden, most horrendous, and truly mind-boggling untold story.  I believe that it is so awful that no one wants to touch it.

Amazing to read, amazing what has been hidden from the general public.  So many things have gone so wrong with our administration.  It is no wonder other countries are so upset with the United States.  Evangelicals should wake up and take notice, you were led like sheep to the slaughter, and not one of you seemed to notice.  Read your Bible, don’t listen to the wolves!!!  I sure am glad I did not vote for Mr. Bush.

what moral high ground, is it the one democratic have littered with depleted uranium, smoldering cities and fained concern for “our troops” without a word of anguish for all those murdered by “our troops”—or use the falacious qualifier, ‘innocent civilians’—they are all innocent, unless they are working for the US interest against their country. 

I question the scruples of anyone who can pretend that their is any morality in the likes of those who support these unlawful wars of aggression, which are known to be predicated on a conspiracy of lies, and the founding lie was 911 itself, another lie and crime carried out by the same cabal of US imperialist, but your morals prohibit you from being honest, or is it self-interest, and if that be the case, that is all the rich corporate imperial war criminals are doing too.

Concerning “Tonto’s Revenge”.I can’t speak to the numbers you say are involved as far as how much the casino’s have made. But I can speak to the issue of tribes getting rich. My husband’s tribe has a large gambling establishment and certainly someone is getting rich, but it’s not the people of the tribe. If anything the average tribal member is getting poorer. These establishments not only introduce people to life long gambling addictions, the promised allotment money has not made it’s way into the hands of the people. Most of these places at least initially were built by outside investors and I presume they are the people pocketing the profits. If you doubt my testimony take a trip to one of these reserves and drive through the residential areas. The poverty is heart wrenching. Personally I would like to see someone follow the money trail. I think they would find a few corrupt tribal leaders with fat bank accounts and a whole slew of non-natives holding the majority of the revenues. Of course there’s probably some very creative paperwork to sort through. They duped the tribal members by promising them allotments from the profits in return for voting to hand over the needed land. My mother in law, a sweet retired widow,lives in a dilapitated house and can’t even afford groceries without assistance from friends and family. Please don’t assume that these people are living in the lap of luxury and should be cut off from any Federal assistance because it’s not true. Thank you.

This is the story that Matt Drudge CONTINUES to ignore.  Maybe it will just go away, right?

Thank you.  Just thank you, for not backing down or mincing words, for pointing out the obvious when all are pulling punches.  This article gives me some hope, that maybe McCain has enough sense of responsibility to not help Abramoff et al off the hook—-wasn’t Cheney at fundraiser for Delay recently?  Some folks with enough clout need to stand up and say ENOUGH.  And it doesn’t look like there are many candidates in the Senate or House who aren’t afraid of closeted skeletons coming out.

I’ve read and enjoyed you for years, both in LAT and on left right & center in the car.    Congratulations on this great site—-best thing was LAT cutting you loose so we can really get down to scheer truth!

The Republican Party is not only permeated by a “culture of corruption” but the Republican Party’s elected Congressional Representatives have turned the “People’s House” into the “House of Ill Repute”.

You can bury your heart at Wounded Knee, but enough is enough on the first people of this nation. From small pox blankets, poor quality food, broken agreements on all treaties, killing of bison, the mass undoing / destruction of their culture and their land, and now this, the most fraudulent corruption of this country’s “leadership!” So now tell US where that wonderful christian leadership lies?

Keep on exposing this corruption and all these flim flam disgusting personages.

Even more brazen was the effort of Abramoff and Scanlon to funnel millions of dollars through Reed (where did Reed put that money?  How much for Cornyn’s campaign for senate fund?)  for a campaign to shut down the El Paso, Texas casino run by the Tigua tribe. After the casino was shut down, Abramoff and Scanlon induced the Tiguas to hire them to wage a campaign to allow the casino’s reopening. Although the Tiguas paid out millions, however, this effort failed.

Abramoff and Scanlon discussed their devious operations in language of unvarnished cynicism, as revealed in e-mail exchanges made public by the Senate Indian Affairs Committee. In one memo to Abramoff, Scanlon wrote, referring to the Christian fundamentalists: “The wackos get their information through the Christian right, Christian radio, mail, the internet and telephone trees. Simply put, we want to bring out the wackos to vote against something and make sure the rest of the public lets the whole thing slip past them.”

This could serve as a crude but nonetheless telling summary of the entire political strategy of the Bush administration: mobilize the “wackos” while keeping everyone else in the dark.

This tired Texas Cherokee woman is praying that our government will totally melt down from the sheer weight of this gross pervasive corruption at all levels of government.  We to start over again with a few honest men and the same unchanging, nonliving, nonevolving United States Constitution.

I guess that means John McCain will have an issue to run for president on. He can be the Jimmy Carter of the Republican party. Speaking of moral corruption of biblical proportions, I was just wondering when Ramsey Clark’s call for the impeachment of President Bush for the high crime of starting a war of aggression will become as mainstream as it is logical. Maybe Senator McCain can lead the way on that too. Unfortunately, I doubt even the admired war hero wrapped in an American flag and kissing orphaned quintuplets can fake that much integrity.

Keep up the good and beautiful work.  I admire and encourage your spirit and efforts to live up to your new name TRUTHDIG.  Cleaning out the stables is hard and dirty work, but it is also rewarding. When you get time, please don’t overlook the pile to shovel on the subject of “controlled demolition” and what the evidence from “Free Fall” can tell us. The key to understanding the crux of the worst crime in history is the story behind the Free Fall of World Trade Center Building #7 at 5:30 P.M. on September 11, 2001.  NEVER FORGET

There are interesting questions emerging for the right-wing and the religious-right, who helped put these people into power. The media should poll them and their constituents for reactions. And, whether they want accountability? Will they go on record and defend these people or avoid the controversy? Did they know about these practices? God forbid, they aided and abetted the activity? If not, will they assist in the investigations?