Indians! Indians!

The reason I talk about the Indians so much is that they are the only formerly oppressed minority we have that now thinks they should have special privileges. You guys have your Blacks, your Hispanics, your gays, but all we've got to complain about is our Indians. Of course you North Siders love your minorities, but all the South Siders have moved out to the suburbs just to get away from theirs. 

Truth be known, our Indians haven't caused any problems for a long time. After they got their special hunting and fishing privileges and their casinos they kind of settled down. They pissed a lot of people off with that hunting and fishing thing but, decades later, our game and fish are about as abundant as they ever were, so no real harm was done. Maybe that's because there are so few of them although, at the time they were making a public spectacle of themselves, it seemed like there were a lot more of them than there really was. Maybe that's why all those minorities make public spectacles of themselves, to fool people into thinking that there are more of them than there really is. This makes the politicians sit up and take notice because, if there were more of them, then it would be in the interest of the politicians to kiss up to them and get their votes. I wonder what would happen if all the regular people got together and made a public spectacle of themselves. Could we fool the politicians into kissing up to us? I guess we'll never know, because the regular people are too busy arguing among themselves to band together in any common cause.

Funny thing, I don't remember people getting  nearly as upset about the casinos as they did about the hunting and fishing thing. There is considerable opposition to the proposed new casino by Mackinaw City, but that's just because they want to build it in a rural neighborhood and the neighbors don't want all that traffic in their own back yard. They can't build it right in town because their site plan includes a big hotel and restaurant complex. Mackinaw City is already chock full of hotels, motels, and restaurants, and their owners certainly don't want any more competition. Then there's the other Indians in St. Ignace who don't want any more competition for their own casino.

I found an interesting article on Wiki: "Gun Laws in Illinois". You should read it, you might be surprised to find out how many gun laws you already have on the books. The courts have struck a few of them down over the years, but your people turned around and passed new ones that accomplish almost the same goals. It seems that the courts have said the same thing about guns that they said about abortions back in 72, you can't totally prohibit them, but you can regulate them. The fact that Illinois regulates guns and Michigan regulates abortions suggests that guns are about as popular in Illinois as abortions are in Michigan.

I forgot to tell you about the Arby's, we have one of those too. I can't believe you don't like Subways, I thought everybody liked Subways. I never went to the Taco Bell when it was here. I don't like Mexican food, too Hispanic for my taste. I do like the Gringo chili and the Gringo tacos that my hypothetical wife makes. I think the only thing she does differently is leave out the caustic spices.