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We're the Indians Now

by: susanthe

Mon Nov 29, 2010 at 08:38:42 AM EST

This was published as an op-ed in the November 26, 2010 edition of the Conway Daily Sun:

Thanksgiving is the time for giving thanks, and showing compassion, or so tradition dictates. The natives helped the struggling Pilgrims so that they didn't starve to death during their first winter in New England.  Their crops had failed, and they relied upon socialist Indian handouts to survive. Of course we  know how the Indians were repaid for their generosity. The voters who enthusiastically supported the recent red tide are likely to have a similar experience.  

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