Голосуй, не голосуй, все равно получишь...

Недавно прошли американские выборы в конгресс... Боже мой, до чего же много было разговоров о выборах, о "праве голоса", о влиянии голоса, об изменении жизни к лучшему, о "патриотизме", демократии и пр. чепухе!...

Даже индейцы оказались вовлечены в эту чушь... Те индейцы, которые забыли, кто они, забыли, что им положено было быть суверенной нацией, забыли о том, к чему призывала Пляска Духа... Те индейцы, которые забыли, что они выбирают прежде всего НЕ СВОЕ правительство и НЕ СВОИХ лидеров.

Один раз в истории у них был шанс выбрать СВОЕГО президента, но...

Его высмеяли так, словно он - дурак только потому, что попытался... Я говорю об индейском лидере Расселле Минсе (ссылка):



Ванбли сказал вот, что:

ONCE WE HAD A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, WHO KNEW WHAT A CANUNPA WAS, WHAT THE TREATIES WERE ABOUT: He knew what injustice was. What happened ???? He wasn't white enough, he wasn't ameriKKKan enough, he wasn't wasiicu enough to get your support. "Yep" once we had one. A real one. I remember this. I remember this when you people ran asking to vote for Bernie, Hillary, Obama, KKKlinton. I remember this. Some others remember this too.

Первод:

"ОДНАЖДЫ У НАС БЫЛ КАНДИДАТ В ПРЕЗИДЕНТЫ, КОТОРЫЙ ЗНАЛ, ЧТО ТАКОЕ "ЧАНУПА" (СВЯЩЕННАЯ ТРУБКА), ЧТО ТАКОЕ ДОГОВОРЫ И ЧТО В НИХ: Он знал, что такое несправедливость. И что же произошло???? Он был недостаточно белым для этого, он был недостаточно америКККанцем, он был для Вас недостаточно "Вашичу", чтобы получить Вашу поддержку. "Да", однажды у нас был такой. Я помню это. И я помню об этом, когда Вы носитесь вокруг, и просите голосовать за всяких там Берни, Хиллари, Обаму, КККлинтонов... Я помню это. Некоторые тоже помнят."

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Оригинальный текст статьи о том, как Расселл Минс баллотировался в президенты:

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Russell Means, who once led an American Indian group in armed rebellion at Wounded Knee, S.D., is now campaigning for the Libertarian Party's Presidential nomination.

''We will prove to every American that America is becoming one big Indian reservation,'' said Mr. Means, who contends that non-Indians face the same danger of losing their land and their rights that Indians have faced for centuries.

''I challenge every American to make a list of what they feel their individual rights are, and then, item by item, find out how much government is interfering with those rights,'' he said. ''I have been trying to throw off the yoke of government interference in our lives since I joined the American Indian Movement.''

Mr. Means reminds visitors to his log home on a hill overlooking the village of Porcupine that Lincoln also spent time in a log cabin before moving to the White House. ''That proves I'm of Presidential timber,'' he said. Belief in Personal Freedom

The 47-year-old candidate, dressed in a black shirt with fringed sleeves and wearing his hair in braids, said it was natural for an Indian to embrace Libertarian philosophy because it fitted the Indian belief in personal freedom.

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Describing the party's philosophy, he said, ''You have individual freedom and individual responsibility as long as it does not infringe upon the individual rights of another person.''

Also seeking the Libertarian nomination is Ron Paul, a conservative Republican from Texas who served four terms in Congress before making an unsuccessful bid for the Senate in 1984.

Indians from Mr. Means's home base in South Dakota say they do not expect a Libertarian to be elected President, but some say Mr. Means's candidacy could help the Democratic and Republican parties understand Indian problems better. 'A Very Positive Thing'

''Neither party has really done anything to help with the poverty, homelessness and other problems that come with unemployment,'' said Tim Giago, publisher of The Lakota Times, a weekly newspaper in Martin, S.D., that deals with Indian issues. At least 80 percent of the people on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Indian Reservation are unemployed, he said.

''I think if Russell Means will use the exposure he can get as a candidate for positive things, make some positive statements about things that are facing Indian people and stay away from making outrageous statements, it would be a very positive thing for Indian people,'' Mr. Giago added.

Mr. Means is an Oglala Sioux who was born on the Pine Ridge reservation and grew up near San Francisco. He first received national attention in 1973 as a leader in the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, an armed confrontation between Indians and Federal officials that left two Indians dead and a deputy marshal wounded. The dispute grew from AIM complaints about the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Since then he has been shot twice and stabbed while serving a prison term for rioting. He was acquitted on a charge of aiding and abetting a murder. Occupation of Federal Land

Mr. Means is a leader of AIM's Yellow Thunder Camp, where Indians have been occupying about 800 acres of Federal land in the Black Hills since 1981, against the Government's wishes. A court order allows the Indians to camp, but an appeal is pending.

Mr. Means, who has visited more than a dozen Libertarian state conventions in the last few months, said he had been on the periphery of the Libertarian Party since 1980 and became more involved when some party members asked him to help draft the party platform plank on Indian policy. That plank, adopted by the party two years ago, calls for the Government to honor all Indian treaties and to return all land belonging to Indians.

He said the plan could lead to the return of up to 250 million acres of Federal land. Indians should be compensated for privately owned land, he added, but such land would not be taken from current landowners.