Liberal graffiti

This was painted on the sidewalk near our house. Don't you just love graffiti that has a message... at least not the "this is Crips territory so beware" message that is so garish. Plus it's a message that works for all the readers of this blog... well, except for our friend Pam, who is in Belgium... not as many Indians have been there. They're not that into chocolate, I guess.

Speaking of Indian land, that reminds me of the time I was working on the dam breaching hearings that were investigating whether or not to breach the lower four Snake River dams. Growing up in the 70's and 80's, I never felt the direct effects of blatant racism, but wooo-eee, I certainly felt it at those hearings! I remember being confronted by one old lady questioning the tribes' postion and when I brought up the fact that the entire region was once 100% Indian land, she indignantly shouted, "Don't you DARE say that!" I still don't know if she was mad because she thought it wasn't true or that she still felt residual guilt for stealing the land fair and square. I guess turnabout is fair play, since now the tribes are stealing people's money at casinos... and their stealing it fair and square! What a country!