Not much I can add to this post. I think the photos are self explanatory. I also think it's an insult to the sacrifices of tribal members who served in Desert Storm and the current war in Iraq. It's nice to know that we're paying the Goss Agency in Asheville to do it too.New edit: There is something I can add. Michell Hicks' "Sequoyah clothes" became fodder for a lot of jokes. The clothes aren't the point. The fact is the Goss Agency in Asheville was paid to put this crap up in Cherokee. To the tourists passing through it looks like some anonymous Cherokee man promoting tourism. To those who live under Hicks' rule, it smacks of the type of narcissism displayed in Syria and Saddam Hussein's Iraq. It sends the message, "I'm in charge and there's nothing you can do about it."
Last I checked, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians was a democracy. The chief even said so to angry Snowbird residents seeking to separate from Cherokee County because of feelings of disenfranchisement. There is something we can do. We can elect representatives who will actually give the people a voice and put a stop to the self-serving madness that is every bit on the same scale as AIG.
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print that joe!
I have served in the military and have been to iraq. it is a shame and disgrace to compare chief hicks to saddam hussein. i have been in the torture dens and seen the mass graves of saddams fellow countrymen he had tortured and murdered in cold blood. so comparing chief hicks to saddam hussein is like comparing joe martin to edward r murrow, there is no comparison murrow was a journalist and you seem to be just another hacker with a website and a twisted view of the world and everyone in it who doesn't agree with you. i see you write about freedom of speech, so tell us how long you served in the armed forces of the united states to defend that freedom?
Watchful, I believe you are missing the point in this article as I perceive it. You know first hand how Hussein was at the end. As we know he became a dictator over the people he was to protect. There within is the answer. There is not just the ending but the beginning of any such for any people.
You have seen the mass graves of Hussein's people, will one sit and not speak out as the 'mass grave'; of what was once the Cherokee nation has begun to be dug?
You may not agree with Joe Martin, but watch as he and others have forewarned comes to be if the people of Cherokee do not take action before long.
I applaud all those who have served overseas. Just as those who stand and fight on this land.
I'll be glad to leave your comments up Watchful. I have a record of publishing opinions in which I don't agree and defending the ability of those who hold them to say them, in stark contrast to the chief you defend. Chief Hicks may not be comparable to Saddam Hussein in the overall picture (more like Hugo Chavez), but the narcissism is certainly on the same level. Last I checked, the Bill of Rights didn't apply only to those who served in the military.
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