Day by Day Cartoon by Chris Muir

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

A bit of non-serious

Just for fun:



Stolen from: http://ace.mu.nu/

The end of fredom?

This is scary:

http://threatswatch.org/analysis/2009/12/print/wither_sovereignty/

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

We've got to stop this back-door "legislation". Executive orders have been hugely misused over the years. No more.

My message to the CONgresscritters:

Time to get serious. Forget health care and "climate change" - just sideshows.

The main event is being held behind your backs - Mr. Obama has "modified" a Reagan-era executive order to allow Interpol extraordinary privileges in the USA. They do not need to follow any of our laws, even if they are interested in an American citizen.

here's a link to the White House announcement:

http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/executive-order-amending-executive-order-12425

If you have a smidgen of respect left for your constituents, you and all of Congress will immediately insist on the retraction of this order, barring that, draft legislation restricting Interpol to following the laws of the United States while on our soil.

Quit screwing around with destroying our health care system and our economy and stand up for our freedoms.

Monday, December 21, 2009

Email to CONgresscritters

Futile effort:

To the usual suspects -

Do you just not understand, or are you actively refusing to listen to your constituents (bosses)?

We have told you repeatedly to vote NO on this monstrous misuse of federal power. The Constitution (little you care) has no mention of universal health care that will devolve almost immediately into the most convoluted bureaucratic nightmare this country has ever seen.

Vote YEA on the final bill and see what happens. You won't much like the results.

You have been warned.

Chuck Kuecker

Sunday, December 20, 2009

ESPN petition

Received this petition invitation from "Our Country Deserves Better". ESPN evidently has drunk the "climate change" Kool-Aid and is helping cram this crap down our throats.

Petition at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/shameonespn/

Of course they want you to donate.

My comment:

"Climate change" has been a natural part of life on Earth since the dawn of time. The current fear-mongering is simply a means of forcing more governmental regulation - "people control" - down our throats, and furthering the move toward a "one world government". Read their documentation - they are quite open about their goals.

Thank goodness that they are so insular - they can't decide on a course of action since it would end up hurting them individually, and they cannot abide that!

The radical environmentalists would like nothing better than to manage to reduce the Earth's population by at least 90% - some of them are straightforward about human extinction!

Chuck

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Letter to the Editor

Sent to the Beloit Daily News, in response to this article:

Benedict s bill: Look before you eat
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/articles/2009/12/18/news/local_news/news1804.txt

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I was under the impression that Wisconsin needed to work on becoming business-friendly, and helping to preserve jobs.

So why is Rep. Chuck Benedict proposing another nanny-state regulation that will encourage businesses to think twice about opening new outlets here, and will cause prices to rise at existing fast food stores by proposing a new law that will force them to completely redo all their menus and outdoor signs to include "nutritional information"?

Last time I was in a McDonald's, there was a poster on the wall with that information. Anyone interested could ask and be shown calorie counts and other information. Mr. Benedict's new law would force them to shove this information into our faces, and make us pay more for the food to cover their expenses.

Obesity may be a problem for some, but it's their problem, not the government's. People have to take responsibility for what they eat, drink, and smoke and the effect it may have on their health. The government should not be taking that responsibility from the people with nanny-state rules such as this.

Aren't there a whole lot of real problems in and around Beloit that Mr. Benedict could be looking into instead of this? How about lobbying for that casino that would provide revenue and jobs for the area? Possibly proposing elimination of some of the recent "green" laws that hamper businesses who might otherwise build here? Reducing the taxes stolen from business?
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Chuck

Sent to the usual clowns

Sent to Feingold, Kohl, and Tammy Gay...
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Since our President has elected to make an ass of himself in Copenhagen, and promise our country will "do something" about this imaginary bogeyman of "climate change", it now falls to you in Congress to rein him in and remind him that the people of the USA are in charge - not him.

While you are at it, why is there no big investigation into the fraud committed by employees of NASA and various academics who received federal money for "climate change" studies?

Vote NO on any "climate" treaty, or any attempt to tax or otherwise control the necessary global nutrient, carbon dioxide. How about putting the EPA back under the control of Congress, so they don't do things like declaring our personal exhalations to be pollution? If it wasn't so serious, it would make for good comedy.

Oh yeah. Vote NO on any attempt to federalize health care. We all know how well the government handles most problems, and this one will be a particularly painful disaster if passed.

An investigation into the Federal Reserve and its' lending practices would be nice.

Remember who pays your paycheck - and all those benefits you are poised to get - like lifelong pension and health care not controlled by pencil-necks in some federal office.
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Chuck

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

New from Feingold

An exchange with the great man:
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Message from Senator Russ Feingold - DO NOT REPLY wrote:

Dear Mr. Kuecker,

Thank you for contacting me to express your skepticism about the existence of manmade global warming. I appreciate hearing from you.

As you may know, on November 19, 2009, emails and documents that had been stolen from the Climate Research Unit at East Anglia University in England were posted on the Internet. On December 2, 2009, the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming held a hearing on "The State of Climate Science." For more information on this hearing, please visit http://globalwarming.house.gov/pubs/. In addition, both the United Nations and East Anglia University have said they will conduct investigations into the emails.

The United States is a top emitter of greenhouse gases, and it is time for the federal government to provide leadership on this issue. As you may know, H.R. 2454, the American Clean Energy and Security Act, was introduced in the House of Representatives on May 15, 2009, by Representative Henry Waxman (D-CA). This bill would enact a number of energy policy reforms, including the creation of a carbon cap-and-trade system. H.R. 2454 passed the House by a vote of 219-212 on June 26, 2009. On September 30, 2009, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) introduced S. 1733, the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act, which, among other things, would create a carbon cap-and-trade system. On November 5, 2009, the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee passed S. 1733.

During the 110th Congress, I was an original cosponsor of S. 309, the Global Warming Pollution Reduction Act. Senator Bernard Sanders (I-VT) introduced S. 309, which would provide the leadership and the comprehensive, scientific-based approach to addressing global warming that Americans demand and deserve.

The bill also recognizes the importance of taking an economy-wide approach to addressing global warming, and not one that targets a single sector. Industry, power, transportation, and building sectors all have a role to play in reducing global warming-causing emissions. By sending the right market signals and supporting the development of existing technologies and development of new technologies to reduce emissions, we can keep U.S. businesses competitive in the emerging carbon-conscious global marketplace.

Thanks again for contacting me. While we may not always agree, I appreciate hearing from you. Please feel free to contact my office in the future about any issue of concern to you.


Hey, Russ,

You seem to miss the big point here - the whole scare ofer "anthropomorphic global warming" has been nothing but a scam, and a ploy to create a "one world government".

We don't need ANY legislation to address the nonexistent problem - especially now, when our economy is creaking under the weight of ill-conceived economic "fixes" by both the previous administration, and at an alarmingly accelerated rate by Mr. Obama.

We need to address things like climate change corruption and collusion to pass laws that will enrich certain people at the expense of all Americans.

We need to address the border security situation - both south and north.

We need to start enforcing our immigration laws -as written. That by itself would be a great "immigration reform" all in itself.

We need to address the rampant corruption and malfeasance in our banking and lending institutions, foremost the head of the serpent, the Federal Reserve. There needs to be a true independent audit done, and real soon!

We need to make REAL changes to health care - like eliminating the ban on intrastate insurance sales, and eliminating laws that force hospitals and doctors to treat people illegally in the country. Give illegals stabilizing treatment and ship 'em back to wherever in the next wherever-bound Greyhound or semi-trailer.

We need to acknowledge that radical Islam is not a "religion" - rather, it is a front for terrorism. We need to demand that mainstream Muslims stop supporting the radicals.

We need to start drilling and mining for oil and coal HERE, so we can wean ourselves off foreign oil.

We need to rein in rouge federal agencies like the BATFE, and the EPA, who seem to believe they have carte-blanche to make new laws without Congressional oversight.

There's a ton of really important things that Congress should be doing, instead of the three-ring circus you guys delight in.

Get to work, Russ. Remember who your boss is.
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Chuck

Friday, December 4, 2009

MoveON lies...

I signed up as a "member" of MoveOn.org back in 2008, so I could keep an eye on what they were doing and have a head start on countering it.

Yesterday, i got an email urging me to "sign their petition" to preserve the "public option" in the Senate Western civilization destruction (health care reform) bill. I did NOT click on the tab to sign the petition, instead I forwarded to friends and email lists.

Today, I got an email from them thanking me for my signature on that petition.

I don't know why I should be surprised that they would lie, but this proves it!

Original email reply I posted to various people:
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Speaking of health care...just got this.

Looks like they are getting scared. Let's help 'em OUT (of office!)

Chuck

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: Big trouble
Date: Thu, 03 Dec 2009 13:20:23 -0800
From: Kat Barr, MoveOn.org Political Action
To: Chuck Kuecker


Click here to tell Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid:
"Senator Reid, don't let a few senators derail what the majority of Americans want and need. We're counting on you to use every tool at your disposal to make sure the Senate bill includes a public option."

Sign the petition
Dear MoveOn member,

Alarming news: the public option could be dead within days, and we need Harry Reid to act fast to save it.1

A few conservative Democrats, including Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, are threatening to block health care reform—all of it—if the rest of the Democratic Caucus doesn't agree to drop or weaken the public option.2

A tiny minority of conservatives could cut out the heart of reform, supported by 86% of Democrats. The latest news is that to appease them a weak compromise is being unveiled within days.3

But it doesn't have to be this way. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid can still stop this, if he continues to fight. Reid has shown that he's willing to be a leader in fighting for the public option, and now we need him more than ever.

So we're sending an emergency petition to Senator Reid asking him to do everything in his power to persuade these senators to support real health care reform. Can you sign the petition to Harry Reid? Clicking here will add your name:

http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/reid/o.pl?id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=3

The petition says: "Senator Reid, don't let a few senators derail what the majority of Americans want and need. We're counting on you to use every tool at your disposal to make sure the Senate bill includes a public option."

As Senate Majority Leader, Reid can apply pressure in a number of ways: call a vote to force conservative Democrats to stand up publicly with Republicans and Big Insurance to filibuster health care, strip them of their committee chairmanships or committee seats, or opt to pass health care through what's called the "reconciliation" process, which would let him pass the bill with a simple majority vote.

Sen. Reid has shown us in the past that he's willing to fight for the public option. And in this final showdown, we all need to stand stronger than ever. Sen. Reid needs to hear that, at this crucial time, we've got his back.

Can you sign the petition to Harry Reid today? Clicking here will add your name:

http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/reid/o.pl?id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=4

Thank you for all you do.

–Kat, Nita, Michael, Wes, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "Reid set to unveil new public option, breaking Senate impasse on healthcare," The Hill, December 1, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85349&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=5

2. "Lieberman: Sure, I'd Filibuster A Health Care Reform Bill With A Public Option," Talking Points Memo, October 27, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85376&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=6

"Lieberman: More Dems could join public option filibuster," The Hill, November 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85377&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=7

"Ben Nelson threatens filibuster," Politico, November 19, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85378&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=8

3. "Most in U.S. want public health option: poll," Reuters, December 3, 2009
http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSTRE5B20OL20091203

"Reid set to unveil new public option, breaking Senate impasse on healthcare," The Hill, December 1, 2009
http://www.moveon.org/r?r=85349&id=18145-********-0YgV6Mx&t=9

Want to support our work? We're entirely funded by our 5 million members—no corporate contributions, no big checks from CEOs. And our tiny staff ensures that small contributions go a long way. Chip in here.


PAID FOR BY MOVEON.ORG POLITICAL ACTION, http://pol.moveon.org/. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate's committee. This email was sent to Chuck Kuecker on December 3, 2009. To change your email address or update your contact info, click here. To remove yourself from this list, click here.

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What I got this morning:
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Dear friend,

Thank you. Your name has been added to the petition and your comments will be delivered to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

Another great way to make sure Majority Leader Reid hears from us is to spread the word to your friends and family so they know what's going on. You can just forward the sample letter below.

Spreading the word is critical, but please only pass this message along to those who know you -- spam hurts our campaign.

Thanks for all you do.

--The MoveOn.org Political Action Team

Here's a sample message to send to your friends:

Subject: The public option is in danger

Hi,

Alarming news: the public option could be dead within days, and we need Harry Reid to act fast to save it.

A few conservative Democrats, including Ben Nelson and Joe Lieberman, are threatening to block health care reform -- all of it -- if the rest of the Democratic Caucus doesn't agree to drop or weaken the public option.

But it doesn't have to be this way. Senate Majority Leader Reid can still stop this, if he continues to fight. Reid has shown that he's willing to be a leader in fighting for the public option, and now we need him more than ever.

I signed a petition urging Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to up the pressure on conservative Democrats who are threatening to tank health care reform over the public option. Can you join me at the link below?

http://pol.moveon.org/healthcare/reid/

Thanks!


If you've received this email in error, please correct your campaign subscription information at:
http://www.moveon.org/s?i=-********-Z80oeNx

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Looking at the HTML, it appears every one of those links above with '********' in it was an identifier for my MoveOn account.

Playing the double agent has its risks, evidently!

Chuck

Monday, November 30, 2009

Watch this...

I like this guy!



http://turonistan.blogspot.com/2009/11/where-do-i-sign-up.html

Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Another email

Sent to all three CONgresscritters:
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I urge you to get behind an in-depth investigation into the fraud evident in "climate change" research, and into the special interests such as Al Gore and T. Boone Pickens who stand to profit from legislation attempting to "fix" the non-existent problem.

Environmental activists need to be heard, but their comments taken with a large grain of salt.

Legislation, if absolutely necessary, should be based on proven, peer-reviewed science, not on panic and doomsaying.
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Chuck

Sunday, November 22, 2009

"Globull worming" put to rest!

After following a few links, I found a download source for the "hacked" emails from the Hadley Climate Research Unit. So, here's a link to my copy:

http://www.ckent.org/FOI2009.zip

Have fun!
Chuck

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Reply from Comcast

I've gotten this reply before:
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Comcast Comcast.net Blocklist Removal Response

Thank you for contacting Comcast Customer Security Assurance. We have received and reviewed your RBL removal request.

Below each IP address you submitted in your request, we have included the result of our research. Please do not reply to this message.

xx.xx.xx.xx

We have received your request for removal from our inbound blocklist. After investigating the issue, we have found that the IP you provided for removal is currently not on our blocklist.

We need the IP address currently blocked to further investigate this issue. The IP address is a number separated by decimals and is located in an error code starting with "550" in the returned email from Comcast. You can learn more about how to identify a blocked IP by visiting our Frequently Asked Question page at :
http://www.comcast.net/help/faq/index.jsp?faq=SecurityMail_Policy18667

Please verify the IP(s) and resubmit your request to http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl


Sincerely,
Comcast Customer Security Assurance

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Well, if my IP is not in their blasted database, why in hell am I getting those "550" messages referring to that same IP?

Assholes.

Chuck

Getting sick of Comcast

I don't have Comcast - but I've got a bunch of contacts I can't talk to who DO have them.

Comcast considers me to be a spammer, simply because I host my own email. It's a secure server on a fixed IP. I've sent them numerous requests to their customer service web site, with never a reply. Their "un-blacklist" URL is http://www.comcastsupport.com/rbl

Here's the latest one I sent them:
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You guys are preventing me from communicating with friends and customers because I run my own email server on my own machine. This has been going on for literal years, and I've requested you fix this situation numerous times.

I've implemented security on both incoming and outgoing email now - it makes no difference.

Occasionally, an email I send gets through your system, then subsequent emails get bounces. Please get your act together!
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For what it's worth...
Chuck

More senator emails

For what it's worth:
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Enough is enough.

Vote NO on ANY new spending bill, be it health care "reform", "climate change", or putting up a monument to Mr. Obama. Or ANYTHING. Particularly, no more bailouts of entities "too big to fail". Mr. Obama, after advocating the bankrupting of our country, has said he wants no more spending. Listen to him - this time.

No more spending until you guys have eliminated ALL the extra-Constitutional spending already being done by the hundreds of un-accountable bureaucracies already in place.

NO MORE SPENDING.

Get it?

Thanks.
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Chuck

Sunday, November 8, 2009

Sent to Kohl and Feingold...

More wastage of my time?
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It's in your court now.

Our House of "Representatives" voted to pass this remarkably complex, certainly un-Constitutional, bill without giving the taxpayers of America a chance to see what is in it - indeed, they passed it without themselves knowing what it contained. There was never enough time for them to read the bill, let alone understand it. They voted on a "pig in a poke", which they want to make the people of the US accept on their uninformed word.

Therefore, it is your duty as one of the last people between this abomination and certain signature by our President and its' being inflicted on us.

Vote NO if this comes up for a vote. If you don't, you have proven to the people of Wisconsin that you have no concern at all for their welfare, freedoms, or futures - only for control over them.

Vote NO on ObamaCare - I mean - PelosiCare. I insist.
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Tammy Gay oversteps the line, yet again.

Another futile rant aimed at my favorite gay representative:

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OK, Tammy.

I had my suspicions that you did not give a freaking damn about the people you supposedly represent. Now you have proven that premise beyond any possible doubt.

First, you refused to attend true open talk sessions where the taxpayers you defecate on regularly could have told you to your face that they DID NOT want the stuff you insist on stuffing down our throats. You did this because you knew damn well what the result would be, and you were scared that you might have to confront their justified anger. Coward.

Next, you support the most radical, most insane "speaker of the house" that this country has ever seen, in voting to pass a "health care" reform bill that could not possibly have been read and understood by any single member of the House, let alone you or even your staffers. This is an act of treason against your constituents, even if it was not technically an act of treason against the United States. Morally, you are as guilty as any of the Muslim nut cases who blow themselves up to attempt to "change" the world. Simply an act of calculated malice, or pure stupidity. Somehow, I don't see you as a stupid person.

The "health care" bill will force American taxpayers to foot the bill for:

1. Care for illegal immigrants. Yes, I said "illegal". I know how desperately the Democratic Party needs to import loyal voters and will do anything to ensure that American taxpayers will never be able to defeat their plans for a World Soviet. Well, we will see how well that worked next year, won't we?

2. The American taxpayer will end up paying for the "medically necessary" abortions for thousands of women who were brought up to believe "it's a choice, not a child". Pure evil. And I am not even a "right to life" supporter. I just object to the blatant forcing of rules that a clear majority of taxpaying Americans detest.

3. The American taxpayer will be forced to purchase "health insurance" at prices that will ensure inability of millions of young families to ever save any money for anything. Of course, those who cannot pay - i.e., those who will not work, will get their insurance paid for by those who DO work. If you haven't noticed, the Thirteenth Amendment to our Constitution, an amendment the Democrats of the day fought tooth and nail, prohibits slavery. Of course, with the enactment of the Sixteenth Amendment, you managed to give yourselves an "out" - it's just a "tax", not slavery. Politicians are very good at twisting language, even if useless for any reasonable purpose on this planet.

4. Due to bureaucracy, health care costs will rise. It's a law of nature. There is only so much true value in our economy, and the actions of Congress in the last few years have ensured that our economy will drop to levels that people in the Great Depression would have seen as horrible by comparison. This WILL result in rationing of health care, and "death panels" no matter what cute name or acronym the clerks come up with. Medical research will suffer, and millions of Americans, and even illegals "enjoying" our largess will suffer poor care and needless death and illness as a result. By this vote, you condemn our country to a future many in "third world" countries would consider poverty.

I am sure that I could find much more to rail against, but since I am sure that you personally will never read these words, I will be satisfied in telling you - or more likely, the staffer who might actually read this, that I will be doing everything in my power to ensure that you become a member of the largest growing class of Americans - the unemployed.

I won't wish you actual ill, as that's not my way - but I am sure that thousands of Wisconsin taxpayers will do so very soon. Enjoy that thought.

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OK, I actually tried to send that to Tammy Gay - but her website requires that you type in a security code. Every variation on the five-number "code" was rejected by the program. What a clever way to prevent even useless attempts at communication! She can now honestly claim that she never heard a bad word against her policies, since the website never forwarded the message.

I've got to wonder if that was a conscious decision on her part or by one of her minions, or just poor code design.

Anyway, it's war, now. I'm bringing the biggest guns I can out to fight for her removal from office. So, actually, business as usual here.

Chuck

Tuesday, November 3, 2009

Yet another attempt to control my employee...

Another possibly Quixotic attempt to control the out-of-control:
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Ms. Baldwin:

Unless you have PERSONALLY read every word of this bill, and understood the impact on your constituents, and are PERSONALLY assured that this bill is both in the best interests of the taxpaying voters from your district. and also in accordance with their publicly stated wishes, I expect you to do the honorable and correct thing - vote NO on any attempt to federalize heath care.

If you vote for this bill without reading it, or worse, on the recommendation of a staffer or, God forbid, Nancy Pelosi's word, you madam, are a traitor to the people who you represent.

I personally insist that you vote NO.

Vote your conscience, but be aware that we, your employers, are watching.
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Chuck

Monday, November 2, 2009

Scary stuff

Paranoia? Maybe - but Osama HAS declared a national emergency:





Be on your toes...

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Question to my local paper

I just emailed this to the Beloit Daily News. A recent headline said the City of Beloit was needing to deal with the BIA before being allowed to build a casino.
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Someone please explain to me why the City of Beloit needs to beg permission from the federal Bureau of Indian Affairs, or anyone in Washington DC before entering in to a contract with anyone to build a casino in Beloit? If there's any permission to be asked, I would expect it to be at the state level at the most, unless the property is not in the city limits, in which case the town or county might get involved.

Another thing - why is there even such a critter as a "Bureau of Indian Affairs" in this day and age? Are Native Americans so naive and stupid that they need the Great White Father to make sure they don't get a bad deal?

Just wondering...
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What ever happened to state's rights - and when did Native Americans need to get federal permission to enter inot business contracts?