Tax payers paying for tribal netting

[Guest]

Read the article No Gill Netting.

http://www.millelacsmessenger.com/MILLELACSMESSENGER/sites/MILLELACSMESSENGER/0115edition/myarticles796529.asp?S=506&PubID=13212&P=796529

What are your thoughts??

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[Guest]

It makes no sense to me that the Wisconsin band has a (marginal interest) in harvesting Mille Lacs walleyes and want to commercially sell these fish to compensate for their gas expenditures. This all sounds like an inconvience on their part for the option of netting fish.Why not just stay home and save the gas money and time and pursue something more enjoyable and profitable? And to have taxpayers spending their dollars to have treaty stand in's is uncomprendable to me. I have stayed out of the debate since it started, but this one raised my hackles...It is tough to avoid the lake you love like Mille Lacs, but I think it's all too political and takes the enjoyment of fishing for me. Just my (2) cent's worth...Always serchin"

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[Guest]

My personal view on articals like this, is that they come out EVERY spring in an attempt to stir the pot, and get a the bad feelings to rise back to the surface.

Statements like "We wonder whether GLIFWC employees are being paid to do the netting and whether they are using federal equipment or collecting expenses." the operative word being "wonder" have no place in a factual argument...period.

P.E.R.M. has done a good job in some respects, but I really wish they would present "Facts" for poeple to base their positions on, instead of "Emotional Trigger Phrases".

[Fathead]

I think this a by-product of a "Politically Correct" society.

Our congress men and women are not inclined to take a position, tackling an issue,if it involves deterring or reliquishing the rights of a minority group.

They are deathly afraid of being labeled "intolerant" or "racist". Even if the issue at hand makes ethical or moral sense.

Abraham Lincoln once said "A nation divided will fall". Technically we are not a divided nation, but to allow indians to run sovereign territories within our borders is a form of division. I am not saying these people should be deported, or anything that drastic or inhumane. What I am suggesting that it is ridiculous to allow a group of peoples, such as the indians, to run seperate nations within our borders. They should be incorporated within the same "America" that you,myself and any other immigrants who come to this country seeking a homeland do.

The cold hard truth is that they were a conquered nation. This is not exclusive to just our situation here in America. History shows us that nations have conquered other nations and incorporated those peoples into their own society. Whether this is a good thing or a bad thing is not the point. The point is that it happened a long time ago and we should move on for the betterment of this country.

Treat them as members of our society, with the same priveledges and rights that you and I have. Until this country stops trying to label indians, blacks, hispanics, etc. into their own specific groups this country will always have problems uniting. How about calling all these people just plain "Americans" instead of "Black americans" or "Indian Americans"?? The sooner we do that, the better off we will all be.