Iposted the following on my site yesterday. It came from the Ted Nugent site by the way...
Stand lyrics
"I don't need John Kerry to wipe my ass, don't need Ted Kennedy to spill my glass,
Al Not So Sharpton is a horses ass, redistribution is a fkn laugh.
Ch-I don't need nobody to hold my hand, don't need nobody, I can stand.
Make it on my own in a Rock-n-Roll band, kiss my American ass I'm a Republican.
V2-ya say you're friends with Michael Moore. Then you are friends with pimps & whores,
The 2nd Amendment aint about no sport, no right to self defense in a Kerry court.
Ch- Brdg-You don't think I'm taxed enuf, well I'm ready to call your bluff.
Pimps & whores & welfare brats, too much gvt way too fat. "

Kinda tells you how I feel about LIBERALS and their insane idea's and feelings....

agreed, john, "fight crime, shoot first" can only be seen as a self-reliant anti-crime message, one that not only do i "not mind" if my kids learn, but one that i will be teaching them. i wonder if this woman would also complain about the general issue new hampshire license plate that reads "live free or die." (anonymously, of course)

Even on Churchill's own resume for CU he says "unenrolled." That Churchill has Indian ancestors is indisputable, but Churchill has never claimed to be a full Indian. However, Among American Indians there is a debate over whether blood or culture is more important in assessing in Indian identity. For a discussion of this check out: http://www.etext.org/Politics/MIM/mn/sept112001/wardchurchill02212005.html

Care to validate the claim that "That Churchill has Indian ancestors is indisputable, but Churchill has never claimed to be a full Indian."

I guess Ward better sue The Rocky Mountain News for this obvious lie right?
http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3525487,00.html

Speaking of lies, what did he say in Hawaii about being a Native American? Something about him not being Native American? Wow, and I was sure he checked the boxes and was promoted by the university because he was an Indian.
http://www.khow.com

Shawn,
Obviously you are confused he admitted he is NOT an American Indian:
Churchill did address the issue of his ethnicity,
admitting that he is not Native American.

"Is he an Indian? Do we really care?" he said, quoting
those he called his "white Republican" critics.

"Let's cut to the chase; I am not," he said.

His pedigree is "not important," Churchill said: "The
issue is the substance of what is said."

He went on to explain that the issue of whether he is
Native American has been blown up by sloppy reporting
and reporters quoting other reporters.

http://starbulletin.com/2005/02/23/news/story2.html

And from AIM
He's Been Fraudulently Representing Himself as American Indian for Years
By Dennis J. Banks, Ojibwa Nation and Nee Gon Nway Wee Dung, 2/23/2005 9:50:53 AM

Editor's note: Controversial Colorado University Professor Ward Churchill spoke at the University of Hawaii Feb. 22, 2005, continuing his rhetoric that Americans got what they deserved on Sept. 11, 2001, when "gallant combat soldiers" blew up the World Trade Towers, killing innocent soliders. At first he claimed to be American Indian, but many American Indian groups came forward to set the record straight that he is not one of them. The issue of whether he is an American Indian is important because professors at Colorado University say they gave Churchill special treatment and quick tenure because they thought he is an American Indian. He also has used his claimed ethinicity to forward his academic career, claim expertise and to enhance his credibility on Native American Issues. Churchill, when questioned by Hawaii Reporter at a press conference Monday, at first would not answer questions about his heritage, saying it is not relevant, and becoming highly aggitated as he was pressed, ultimately leading to him ending the press conference. Seconds later, he marched back to reporters, claiming he is an American Indian, but at his speech at the University of Hawaii the following day, for the first time, he admitted he is not American Indian and accused his white critics of a racist attack on him. Here is a statement from the American Indian Movement about Churchill found at mailto:http://www.aimovement.org/moipr/churchill05.html

Ward Churchill was scheduled to speak at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York on Feb. 3, 2005. His appearance was canceled by the college after he caused a public furor over his loathsome remarks about the 9-11 tragedy in New York. The American Indian Movement's Grand Governing Council has been dealing with Churchill's hateful attitude and rip-off of Indian people for years.

The AIM's Grand Governing Council representing the National and International leadership of the American Indian Movement once again is vehemently and emphatically repudiating and condemning the outrageous statements made by academic literary and Indian fraud, Ward Churchill in relationship to the 9-11 tragedy in New York City that claimed thousands of innocent people’s lives.

Churchill’s statement that these people deserved what happened to them, and calling them little Eichmanns, comparing them to Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who implemented Adolf Hitler’s plan to exterminate European Jews and others, should be condemned by all.

The sorry part of this is Ward Churchill has fraudulently represented himself as an Indian, and a member of the American Indian Movement, a situation that has lifted him into the position of a lecturer on Indian activism. He has used the American Indian Movement’s chapter in Denver to attack the leadership of the official American Indian Movement with his misinformation and propaganda campaigns.

Ward Churchill has been masquerading as an Indian for years behind his dark glasses and beaded headband. He waves around an honorary membership card that at one time was issued to anyone by the Keetoowah Tribe of Oklahoma. Former President Bill Clinton and many others received these cards, but these cards do not qualify the holder a member of any tribe. He has deceitfully and treacherously fooled innocent and naïve Indian community members in Denver, Colorado, as well as many other people worldwide. Churchill does not represent, nor does he speak on behalf of the American Indian Movement.

New York’s Hamilton College Kirklands Project should be aware that in their search for truth and justice, the idea that they have hired a fraud to speak on Indian activism is in itself a betrayal of their goals.

Dennis J. Banks, Ojibwa Nation, is Chairman of the Board of the American Indian Movement and Nee Gon Nway Wee Dung, aka, Clyde H. Bellecourt, Ojibwa Nation is the National Executive Director of the American Indian Movement

HawaiiReporter.com reports the real news, and prints all editorials submitted, even if they do not represent the viewpoint of the editors, as long as they are written clearly. Send editorials to mailto:Malia@HawaiiReporter.com

http://www.hawaiireporter.com/story.aspx?3fd40b2f-25af-4f55-b7fb-f0a91ec95e39

I once saw a bumper sticker that said "Save Gas, Fart in a Jar".

Don't remember who had it.

Probably a woman.

I'd be interested to see how Mr. Churchill's statement about ethinicty not being a big deal gells with his view on college admission policies.

"Churchill misquoted in article on UH speech"
Star-Bulletin staff
http://starbulletin.com/2005/02/24/news/story3.html

You were saying?

However, even in the original mistaken Star-Bulletin article, it was implied by the context that Churchill was referring to being non-Indian in a pedigree sense.

Now it turns out that he didn't even say that.

Churchill is an "associate member," not a full member of the Keetoowah band of the Cherokee people. He never claimed to be a full member.

As for what he claims about his ancestry, do your own homework. It's not hard.

It is precisely because reporters are too inept to do their own research that they persist in repeating other people's mistakes, so consider this an exercise in opposing ignorance. The blog post here showed up as a news article on Google News, so I hold it to the same standard as I do "real" news articles.

http://www.rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3525487,00.html

http://www.coloradoaim.org/why.html

Rocky Mountain News admits its research is incomplete. They didn't conclude Churchill had lied, or even that he isn't an Indian, just that they didn't have enough evidence looking at just official lists. Rocky Mountain News also didn't address all of the points at http://www.coloradoaim.org/why.html, for instance:

"46. "Start with Ruben Tyner, on the 1817 Cherokee Emigration Roll, and work your way forward. Perhaps you'll end up, if you connect the dots correctly, not only with the Tyners, but with the Allens and Julia Churchill as well, on the 18981914 Dawes/Quion Miller Rolls"; Churchill, "On my identity.""

The issue is not even whether Churchill has Indian lineage, but whether he knew he didn't have any and still lied. And even that isn't the issue, because Churchill never claimed to be enrolled on his resume for CU. It is just slander to say Churchill lied when there is no proof he thought he was lying. As Rocky Mountain News itself points out:

"Churchill has claimed *since high school days* in Elmwood, Ill., near Peoria, that he has Indian blood, mostly from his mother's side" and has participated in Indian communities extensively. Churchill did not grow up as a white man ignorant about Indian issues and then decide to become some wannabe Indian New Age shaman.

I believe that a Island in the pacific for all the welfare lovin, gun haten, low life supporten libs would be fine. They can all get together and live their little lives with no guns, no crime and no conservatives. Most of them want to leave the country anyway so why not give them their own Island. They could even make Castro or Martin Sheen the El Presidente of the Island.

Well, out of all the things in that post I figure the racial aspect merited exactly what it received. And yet it seems that's what Churchill's defenders want to focus on.

I think Churchill portrayed himself as something he is not. I base that on a few things. For example, the University of Colorado somehow believed Churchill was a hotshot American Indian worthy of a tenured position in their school. The question, which isn't answered by any of the "research" posted earlier, is how they came to that conclusion. Was it something Churchill said? Was it an assumption made by CU that Churchill never corrected? Something else?

The thing is, a lie of omission is still a lie. And I have some basis for believing that's just what we're looking at here.

For example, Churchill's "associate" membership in an Oklahoma tribe was granted to him by a muckety-muck who was, if I recall correctly, impeached shortly thereafter, and after giving but one other such membership...to Bill Clinton. And this was found out and publicized by a woman at CU who was an "A" student of Churchill's at the time. Of course, after this came out, her grade somewhat mysteriously went to a "C." What was that about academic freedom, Mr. Churchill? And that a student was motivated to check into his membership makes you wonder just how he was portraying himself in class.

Look, I come from Denver. I remember Churchill and his ilk coming out for the city's Columbus Day parades denouncing the US, with all the resulting media attention (which he lapped up eagerly). And for a guy who supposedly was upfront and honest about his background, he sure did go to a lot of pains to appear authentic...from the Abbie Hoffman eyeglasses to his headbands.

Incidentally, Dan Caplis of KHOW in Denver has been doing yeoman's work on this, filing FOIA requests and such. He's the true expert on this. Turns out on Churchill's original 1978 application to CU for a position as a lecturer in Native American studies, the package included a federal Affirmative Action form where he did, in fact, claim American Indian ethnicity. So I don't think it's unreasonable to conclude that Churchill, at the least, knowingly played the part of someone he is not, whether that part is artist, professor, or American Indian.