LADIES AND GENTLEMEN OF THE TWIN TIERS...THROUGHOUT AMERICAN HISTORY THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF LOUSY TREATMENT. IN OTHER WORDS, TIME AND TIME AGAIN THE INDIANS HAVE BEEN TREATED WITH DISRESPECT AND DISDAIN.
RECENTLY...THE UNITED STATES SENATE DID THE RIGHT THING AND APOLOGIZED TO THE INDIANS. NOW IT'S TIME FOR THE STATE OF NEW YORK TO APOLOGIZE AND STOP DISRESPECTING THE INDIANS. YOU SEE...INDIAN RESERVATIONS REPRESENT SOVEREIGN TERRITORY AND THE STATE OF NEW YORK HAS NO BUSINESS--A REPEAT NO BUSINESS--REQUIRING AND TRYING TO COLLECT CIGARETTE TAXES FROM THE INDIANS.
SO TO GOVERNOR PATTERSON AND OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS IN ALBANY I SAY IT'S TIME FOR NEW YORK STATE TO APOLOGIZE TO THE INDIANS AND TO STOP MEDDLING IN INDIAN AFFAIRS. INDEED, NEW YORK NEEDS TO START TREATING THE INDIANS WITH DIGNITY AND RESPECT.
WITH COMMENTARY...I'M YOUR PH.D. OF POLITICS AND HOST OF “COLEMAN AND COMPANY”...DR. STEPHEN HURRICANE COLEMAN THE THIRD...THAT'S MY OPINION...WHAT'S YOURS?
