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Descendants of the San Carlos Apache have been waging a new federal battle for more than five months, defending their land.
Sens. John McCain and Jeff Flake of Arizona slipped a fine-print rider into a thousand-page bill to fund the Pentagon. Thanks to the rider, however, the legislation also offered a giveaway to the world’s largest mining company: a sacred stretch of Apache land.
The land — known as Oak Flat — has been protected under federal law since 1955, when President Eisenhower closed the area to mining. That ban was renewed by Richard Nixon’s in 1971. But Oak Flat sits on a massive copper reserve, which has attracted suitors with deep pockets and lots of dynamite.
The clash comes down to commerce versus religion: Oak Flat is the Mount Sinai of the San Carlos Apache, a place where the equivalent of the Holy Spirit came to earth. It functions like an outdoor church, mosque or synagogue: a setting for prayer and coming of age ceremonies, especially for girls. The Society of American Archaeology says the Apache have been there “since well before recorded history.”
But soon Oak Flat will belong to Resolution Copper, a subsidiary of the Australian-British mining giant Rio Tinto. The simple language of the rider says that 60 days after the government completes an “environmental impact statement,” Oak Flat will officially transfer to Rio Tinto, regardless of what the impact statement actually says.
That’s an outrage, according to critics. But it’s legal under the law. It’s a breach of an informal protocol for federal-tribal relations, according to the federal government — and a return to past crimes, according to the tribes.
WTF ??? I am discusted !!
The 1st problem I have with this is obviously how we continue to FUCK the Native Americans !!! For What ?? Money of course!
I'm sure McCain will never disclose how much he is getting to push this crap and take away from Native Americans what does not belong to him !!!
Why can we not get rid of these currier politicians that think THEY own this country??
The 2nd problem I have with this is that its going to a foreign owned business !!!
WTF ???
Can we sell out our country any more ???
Fuck you McCain and all you back door, money grabbing politicians. !!!!
CNN-Speaking in Mexico City, Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday came close to offering an apology for comments made by Republicans about Mexico and Mexican immigrants on the campaign trail.
You don’t speak for me and most of the people I know Joe.!!!
Oh and by the way ... Mexicans are not the only ones that can come over the boarder illegally ... a perfect route for terrorist to enter the US.
At least Joe and his boss will be gone soon !!
Former Mexican President Vicente Fox is making his position clear on Donald Trump's pledge to make Mexico pay for a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border. "I'm not going to pay for that f***ing wall. He should pay for it,"
LMAO he don’t care if a wall is built as long as Mexico is not paying for it :P
I guess everyone that works for ICE is not Christian as well anybody that thinks that ILLEGAL immigrants should be deported.
WTF ... we will just open up the boarders and let anybody in.
I have nothing against Immigration ... it’s the Illegal part that burns my marshmallows ( see my "Illegal Immigrant" post ).
Why Americans Don’t Fear the NSA
When it comes to protecting us from terrorists, we trust our government will do the right thing.
OK Thats the title...
... and this in the body
In 2011, 65 percent of those polled said they were willing to let government agencies monitor telephone calls and emails of suspicious people, but when asked about a broader phone snooping “of ordinary Americans on a regular basis" 72 percent said they would disapprove of such surveillance.
...WTF
How does one relate to the other???
72 % disapprove...
OK maybe it’s just me but that is not a rousing show of trust in our government.
Hmmmm maybe this Journalist has an agenda.
Temple University photojournalism student Ian Van Kuyk has been charged with obstruction, resisting arrest and disorderly conduct in a case described as "a miscarriage of justice" by a lawyer for the National Press Photographers Association.
"He was just taking pictures, as is his right, (as is) every citizen's right," attorney Mickey Osterreicher said Monday.
WTF !!!
This type of infringment on our rights i believe results from a trickle down effect.
If the top of our goverment does not feel hindered to trample our rights why should the lower eshulion???
WTF !!!
OK this country has gone fucking nuts with zero tolerance crap.
A second grader suspended for pointing a pencil and making gun noises.
A 7 year old suspended for making his Pop-Tart look like a gun.
A 9 year old suspended for bringing a 2 inch long toy gun to school.
Do these teachers even know what a real gun looks like???
Let’s teach our kids to be afraid of guns then, when they can vote, we can finally repeal the second amendment.
Then we will be ready for our conversation to a totalitarian government.
W T F
The bad news…
Individuals 55 and older would lose their right to keep and bear arms under a provision that’s expected to be included as part of a comprehensive United Nations Global Arms Trade Treaty.
The good news…
The treaty is opposed by a majority of the U.S. Senate, which must ratify the treaty in order for the United States to be a party to it.
Perhaps the UN should ban anybody over 55 from participating in their activities….seems to me they all have attenuating cerebral faculties.
The Associated Press has done away with the term “illegal immigrant” as part of their Stylebook, saying that the term “illegal” should describe only an action, such as living in or immigrating to a country illegally. (Dah .... isn't that how it is used? WTF)
Both The Associated Press and the New York Times dropped the term “illegal immigrant” in favor of “undocumented immigrant”.
(If they are undocumented then they have broken our laws and therefore are here illegally. WTF ....
I, for one, am tired of this PC crap being used to modicodle everyone that thinks they deserve a free ride on the tax payers back.
Go get the proper documents and I will not call you illegal ... I will call you a fellow country man...a fellow citizen ... a fellow American ... and it will be my pleasure to shake your hand.)
The White House has declared April to be financial literacy month and touted its own work towards improving the nation's financial system. (WTF)
In a presidential proclamation released Thursday, President Obama called upon Americans to boost their understanding of their personal finances in April.
As America digs out from underneath the financial crisis of 2008, he stressed in the announcement that the need for a strong understanding of finance is more important than ever, as the nation works to get back on a sound fiscal foundation.
"The financial crisis was fueled by a lack of responsibility from Wall Street to Washington. It devastated ordinary Americans, many of whom were caught by hidden fees and penalties or saddled with loans they could not afford," the proclamation stated. "Preventing a recurrence will require both better behavior and oversight on Wall Street and more informed decision making on Main Street and in homes across our country."
(WTF…where is our governments financial literacy when we have a deficit of 17 TRILLION dollars??? … WTF)
The military opposes awarding Purple Hearts to the victims of the Fort Hood shooting. (WTF)
A Pentagon position paper says giving the award to the Fort Hood victims could "irrevocably alter the fundamental character of this time-honored decoration" and "undermine the prosecution of Major Nidal Hasan [the alleged (WTF) Fort Hood shooter] by materially and directly compromising Major Hasan's ability to receive a fair trial."
(WTF !!! They were killed in a military conflict, a fucking WAR, by an Al-Qaida operative. WTF)
