Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans

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Latest Right-Wing Freak-Out: Obama Wants To Give Manhattan Back To Native Americans
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/12/latest_right-wing_freak-out_obama_wants_to_give_ma.php?ref=fpa

The good news is that the right-wing isn't talking about President Obama being a secret Muslim right now. The bad news is that they're now concerned that he's going to use his honorary status as a Crow Tribe Indian to return the United States to Native Americans.

The outrage began after the President announced on December 16 that the U.S. would reverse course and support the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People. The Declaration was adopted by the U.N. General Assembly in 2007, but the U.S., under President Bush, opposed it.

"The aspirations it affirms -- including the respect for the institutions and rich cultures of Native peoples -- are ones we must always seek to fulfill," the President said of the Declaration at White House Tribal Nations Conference where he announced the reversal. He went on to describe efforts to improve health care, education, and unemployment rates in tribal areas.

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Yesterday, the right-wing blog World Net Daily took it a step further in a post called "Obama to give Manhattan back to Native Americans? President believes nation can spare some sovereignty." The article describes how "President Obama is voicing support for a U.N. resolution that could accomplish something as radical as relinquishing some U.S. sovereignty and opening a path for the return of ancient tribal lands to American Indians, including even parts of Manhattan."

[nykym]

1. Hell give them

Wall Street, we have no use for it!

[GoCubsGo]

3. Haven't they suffered enough? n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

2. These guys should get jobs with The Onion....

[LynneSin]

4. Actually he wants to give Manhattan to Michael Vick

:hide:

[Aramchek]

5. Obama's a Secret Injun, too, obviously.

:sarcasm:

[Seedersandleechers]

6. I think that's a good idea..

No doubt they deserve it. I propose they also give Oklahoma to the Native Americans.

[Happyhippychick]

7. Teh stoopid....it hurts!

[old mark]

8. We'll take it, but only if you return it in the same condition it was when

you got it.


mark

[EFerrari]

9. LOL

You really can't make this sh!t up!

:rofl:

[Arkansas Granny]

10. He should only do that if they give back the beads they were given in the origal deal.

[smoochpooch]

11. Jesus, somebody please post a Picard facepalm for me. nt

[struggle4progress]

12. WorldNet is understandably confused by the proximity of Manhattan to Kenya

The Apsáalooke might be more interested in the Yellowstone Valley, which is closer to Hawaii, where Obama is actually from