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Posted thoughts on reparations. Deleted.

What is the history of reparations for any culture? Look to Canada for how they handled the indigent population scenario.

It seems it was quite an issue, but we somehow heard nothing about it...yet a change did happen...and what was done to natives there was as appaling to what was done here.

I just watched most of a show on PBS on African American Church history here in the US this past week. It was quite an eye opener.

01/27/23 01:11 PM

#26751

Here is a list of tribes that roamed Texas in the past. They raomed around had had few or no villages. It was the White Man that had the idea of land owenership and permanate towns,

Historical tribes of Texas

These are some of the tribes that have existed in what is now Texas. Many were forcibly removed to Indian Territory, now Oklahoma, in the 19th century. Others no longer exist as tribes but may have living descendants.

Adai people, formerly eastern Texas^[7]
Apache people, western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma

Lipan Apache,^[8] southwest
Salinero, formerly west^[9]
Teya, formerly Panhandle^[10]
Vaquero, also Querecho, formerly northwestern Texas, possible ancestral Apache people^[11]

Aranama,^[12] formerly southeast
Atakapa, formerly Gulf Coast^[13]

Akokisa, formerly Galveston Bay, Gulf Coast^[13]
Bidai, formerly Trinity River, Gulf Coast^[13]
Deadose, formerly southeast^[14]
Patiri, formerly San Jacinto River^[13]

Biloxi, formerly Neches River in the 19th century,^[15] now Louisiana
Caddo, formerly eastern Texas, now Oklahoma^[16]

Cacachau, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Eyeish, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Hainai, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma
Kadohadacho, formerly northeast, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nabedache, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nabiti, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nacogdoche, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nacono, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nadaco, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nanatsoho, formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nasoni (Upper), formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Natchitoches, formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nechaui, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Neche, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]

Flag of the Comanche Nation

Comanche, formerly north and west,^[8] now Oklahoma
Coahuiltecan, formerly southern

Comecrudo, formerly southern^[17]
Ervipiame, formerly south and central Texas^[18]
Geier, formerly south central^[19]
Pajalat, formerly central^[20]
Pastia, formerly south-central^[21]
Payaya, formerly south-central^[22]
Quepano, formerly south-central^[23]
Unpuncliegut, formerly south coast^[24]
Xarame, formerly south-central^[25]

Dotchetonne, formerly northeastern^[26]
Escanjaque Indians, formerly north-central^[27]
Jumano, formerly southwestern^[28]
La Junta, formerly west
Karankawa, formerly south coast^[29]
Kiowa, formerly panhandle,^[8] now Oklahoma
Manso, formerly west^[30]
Quems, formerly southwest^[31]
Quicuchabe, formerly west^[32]
Quide, formerly west^[33]
Suma, formerly west, joined Apaches^[34]
Teyas, Panhandle^[35]

Flag of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Tonkawa, formerly southeast,^[8] now Oklahoma

Mayeye, formerly south^[36]
Yojuane, formerly east-central^[37]

Wichita, formerly north-central,^[8] now Oklahoma

Kichai, formerly north, now Oklahoma^[38]
Taovaya, formerly north in the 19th century, now Oklahoma^[39]
Tawakoni, formerly north and east in the 19th century, now Oklahoma^[40]

01/27/23 01:11 PM

#26752

Here is a list of tribes that roamed Texas in the past. They raomed around had had few or no villages. It was the White Man that had the idea of land owenership and permanate towns,

From Wikipedia

Historical tribes of Texas

Adai people, formerly eastern Texas^[7]
Apache people, western Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma

Lipan Apache,^[8] southwest
Salinero, formerly west^[9]
Teya, formerly Panhandle^[10]
Vaquero, also Querecho, formerly northwestern Texas, possible ancestral Apache people^[11]

Aranama,^[12] formerly southeast
Atakapa, formerly Gulf Coast^[13]

Akokisa, formerly Galveston Bay, Gulf Coast^[13]
Bidai, formerly Trinity River, Gulf Coast^[13]
Deadose, formerly southeast^[14]
Patiri, formerly San Jacinto River^[13]

Biloxi, formerly Neches River in the 19th century,^[15] now Louisiana
Caddo, formerly eastern Texas, now Oklahoma^[16]

Cacachau, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Eyeish, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Hainai, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma
Kadohadacho, formerly northeast, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nabedache, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nabiti, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nacogdoche, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nacono, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nadaco, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nanatsoho, formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nasoni (Upper), formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Natchitoches, formerly Red River, now Oklahoma^[16]
Nechaui, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]
Neche, formerly eastern, now Oklahoma^[16]

Flag of the Comanche Nation

Comanche, formerly north and west,^[8] now Oklahoma
Coahuiltecan, formerly southern

Comecrudo, formerly southern^[17]
Ervipiame, formerly south and central Texas^[18]
Geier, formerly south central^[19]
Pajalat, formerly central^[20]
Pastia, formerly south-central^[21]
Payaya, formerly south-central^[22]
Quepano, formerly south-central^[23]
Unpuncliegut, formerly south coast^[24]
Xarame, formerly south-central^[25]

Dotchetonne, formerly northeastern^[26]
Escanjaque Indians, formerly north-central^[27]
Jumano, formerly southwestern^[28]
La Junta, formerly west
Karankawa, formerly south coast^[29]
Kiowa, formerly panhandle,^[8] now Oklahoma
Manso, formerly west^[30]
Quems, formerly southwest^[31]
Quicuchabe, formerly west^[32]
Quide, formerly west^[33]
Suma, formerly west, joined Apaches^[34]
Teyas, Panhandle^[35]

Flag of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

Tonkawa, formerly southeast,^[8] now Oklahoma

Mayeye, formerly south^[36]
Yojuane, formerly east-central^[37]

Wichita, formerly north-central,^[8] now Oklahoma

Kichai, formerly north, now Oklahoma^[38]
Taovaya, formerly north in the 19th century, now Oklahoma^[39]
Tawakoni, formerly north and east in the 19th century, now Oklahoma^[40]

01/27/23 01:24 PM

#26753

Jim Bedwell

Here are some thoughts about our country that Alexis de Toqueville published after he visited the US in 1831:

● “The greatness of America lies not in being more enlightened than any other nation, but rather in her ability to repair her faults.”

● “Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.”

● “Despotism may govern without faith, but liberty cannot.”

● “Patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of a body politic to one end.”

● “[Patriotism] is in itself a kind of religion: it does not reason, but it acts from the impulse of faith and sentiment.”

● “Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word, equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”

01/27/23 01:52 PM

#26754

Another thought. 40 acres and a mule (actually, just 40 acres) were promised by Sherman, and then the Johnson administration/Congress voted it down.

Just take that money, adjust for inflation, and give it out to descendants...

That AF Amer churches show i watched said the 40 acres was supposed to be from the land they worked as slaves. Most of it was in coastal area from Va to N Fla.

I wonder what it would amount to?

01/27/23 01:56 PM

#26755

David, I routinely follow Progressive Insurance's public accounting presence as they are a NYSE company who reports their financials monthly, easily viewable in pdf form via investor relations.

in the 4th quarter of 2022 they had a 224,000,000 charge to "goodwill impairement..."

What could that be?

Their goodwill may have been too overly inflated to begin with and now they are takiing a charge back to avoid too big of a loss or to offset taxes? But they lost 2 billion in 2022 all due to investment losses pretty much. So why take the impairment now instead of when they have a profit year?

I am confused and will listen to the investors news conf on 2 28 2023...

I just read a little about what a goodwill impairment was. It could have been they paid too much for an aquisition and overvalued what they paid. They did buy a couple of insurance companies 5-10 years ago, Cypress Lloyds, for one, and i am guessing they paid too much, so this might be that...

Interesting. I bought my own sole proprietorship to my Chapter S Corp and may have paid too much. I wonder what I can write off?

01/27/23 03:27 PM

#26756

Lowell,

The problem with both paying reparations now and the 40 acre are contrary to our leagal system

1: You cannot pake a person to pay for the deeds of another. I could not say your neighbor(thay you do not know) tore up my house and I want you to pay the damages just because you lived near him.

That is what reparations are saying that over 150 years ago a white person mistreated a black person yu now owe money to a black person. What do you say to a person that is 1/8 black and 7/8 white?

2: Sherman was going to take property from land owners without paying them for the land (property) Our laws specificaly prohibit the government from taking property from a person without compensation. The Emancipation Proclamation would probalbly ruled in violation of law if challenged because the President cannot take property without paying and before the 15th amendment slaves were deemed to be property (Dred Scott Case) During the Civil War union troops were confiscatiing slaves as contraban.

01/27/23 03:35 PM

#26757

Last week there was celabraion at my house. Over 5 years ago Jo Ann hid a bunch of her jewlry when we went on vacation. Later she forgot where she hid the jewlry and we could not find it. Last week Jo Ann was doing clearing out things and found the jewlry. When I got home she was very excited.

01/27/23 04:32 PM

#26758

Lowell,

Yes, when a company buys another company for more than the purchased company's (accounting) book value, the difference is called goodwill. It looks like Progressive is now saying that they paid too much. I don't know if there is some sort of time limit as to when they have to declare.

Goodwill sounds goofy, but a going concern should always be worth more than its book value. Back in the 80s when interest rates were high, the economy was struggling, and a lot of companies were hurting, their market-to-book values plummeted, and many dropped below 1.0. (Of course, book value is always going to be different than liquidation value -- sometimes higher, sometimes lower.) There were lots of bottom feeders who bought companies in this situation with a mind to liquidating them piecemeal, i.e., the whole was worth less than the sum of the parts.

01/27/23 04:35 PM

#26759

https://www.survivornet.com/articles/breast-cancer-warrior-announces-the-early-retirement-of-her-breasts-in-a-heartfelt-essay-your-untimely-exit-comes-after-years-of-service/

A classmate asked me to post this page that relates to breast cancer.

01/27/23 09:00 PM

#26760

My sister, a breast cancer survivor for 25 years plus, just had to have a procedure to repair tissue connected to the augmentation. It was a success, so far.

25 years ago she chose a process which would give her, at that time they said, 25 years.

Very tough issue to deal with...

01/28/23 12:32 PM

#26761

Sounds like your sister has been pretty lucky, Lowell, altough maybe she doesn't feel very lucky.

Different topic --

I'm watching Rodgers and Hammerstein's Flower Drum Song on TCM. Not sure they could make it today. One irony in so-called cultural appropriation -- Juanita Hall, a light skinned African-American from New Jersey, plays a Chinese woman. She also played a Pacific Islander in South Pacific.

This is a great number, but very "binary". Nancy Kwan.

01/28/23 01:34 PM

#26762

I am watching the nationial stone skipping championship on ESPN2...It is amazing. They are getting 41 and 42 skips...(from Pennsylvania.)

They have both pro and amateur divisions.

At the moment, the Big 12 is kicking the SEC's ass...(in basketball.)

01/29/23 12:39 PM

#26763

Steve Keene

Lowell,

Watch what you want. A friend of mine told me he is getting his rocks off on the porn channels.

I assume you are not watching Texas, TCU or Iowa State.

01/29/23 01:00 PM

#26764

Message to all: I am a friend of Steve, but not the one of whom he speaks!

Separately ---

I saw the 1971 newspaper page below on a Richardson site, and I forwarded it to Cyndy Powell. She replied to me, and I posted the following, with Cyndy's great anecdote, on the Richardson site.

"The photo in the lower left shows Van Cliburn with Patty Powell and Richardson Symphony conductor Chris Xeros. (The Powells, my parents, and several others were founders of the Richardson Symphony.) I forwarded this photo to Cyndy Powell (RHS '71) who was the Powells' oldest child (and mother of actor Glen Powell (Top Gun Maverick and others)). Here is Cyndy's response: 'David, Thank you for this! (And all these wonderful articles) I have NONE at all. I remember this night so well. He was over at our house and we had a litter of puppies. He laid his tails jacket on the fireplace hearth and one of the puppies proceeded to tinkle on it. He adopted the puppy the next day and Little Joy became a family member. We’d get Christmas cards from Van, his mom and Little Joy for years and years!'"

01/29/23 08:17 PM

#26765

KC Cinn I hate to see someone lose this g ame. This is about the best football I have seen...(well...lately...) These two QB have a lot of talent.

01/30/23 03:27 AM

#26766

Steve Keene

A contractor I met pulled up on the job site in his new $70,000 pickup. His foreman came over and remarked about how nice the pickup was. The Contractor said " All you have to do is work 12 hours a day, forget taking vacations, Don't ask for any overtime and work seven days a week without asking for company benefits like insurance and workman's comp and you can enable me to get another one just like it next year."

01/30/23 03:41 AM

#26767

Steve Keene

I guess you've noticed. I have come to realize there are a lot more Takers than Givers in this world.

A mother was cooking pancakes for her two young boys. The boys got in a huge argument over who was going to get the first pancake. It finally almost came to blows. The mother said, You boys need to follow Jesus's' example.. He said love your brother as much as yourself and so you should let your brother be first in all things. The older boy said, " Okay mom. He looked at his younger brother and said "Okay you get to be Jesus first."

01/30/23 11:01 AM

#26768

Several musings.

Have you noticed with our media they are reporting from the movie Casablanca"

Any time a crime is commited the police never look for the perpatrator they only look for suspects. The report goes something like this: This store was just robbed and the police are looking for suspects. Not the robber. Lets round up the usual suspects.

They should be looking for the robber and anyone they arrest are then suspected of being the robber.

01/30/23 03:52 PM

#26769

Hull Barbee

I met Van Cliburn several times when we lived in Kilgore . His Mother was one of our bank customers and the nicest lady you'd ever meet . Kilgore College had a performance hall named after him and he'd occasionally sneak in to town to see his Mom and perform in this small venue . If you were to shake his hand it would engulf yours . It was so large he could reach two octaves on the piano while playing Mozart or any other classical piece . He had a really good friend named Jimmy Culp who was the Organist and Choir Director of First Presbyterian Church in Kilgore . If Jimmy was giving a concert on our very famous Organ , he'd sneak in on the back row just to listen to it . It was voted one of the top 5 elite Organs in the US . Van was very shy about his life but very outgoing once he knew you , particularly if you were taking care of his Mom in any way. A truly remarkable man !!!!

01/31/23 05:06 PM

#26770

Janalu Jeanes (Parchman)

It appears "community organizers" have already taught the single men illegals staying in NYC how to organize a protest in front of the $300 per night NY hotel, along with supplying them with tents for sleeping on the sidewalk outside the hotel, as well as having supplied them with posterboard and markers, to make complaint signs to hang in front of the hotel. I'll bet the illegals were coached as to proper English words to use too.

You can't say the US isn't accommodating for our new future citizens, can you?

As we give these illegals everything a newcomer could wish for, we also are giving our armaments and loads of money to Ukraine with little to no accountability required, even though we see the Chinese gearing up to attack us, most probably, very soon.

So, will we be prepared to defend ourselves against our looming challenges and tribulations?

01/31/23 05:21 PM

#26771

Ron Knight

Totally Awesome Hull!!!

Great story.

02/01/23 09:51 AM

#26772

Bob Davidson

Janalu,

The American Thinker has an article today about where those Columbians and Venezuelans got the idea that they have a right to housing from the government. I found it interesting and likely true.

02/01/23 02:23 PM

#26773

I was just reading studies indicate that each year over 2 million times people use firearms for personal protection. Many times the mere presence of a gun stops a crime.

Also thr media rairly say what a "mass shooting" is defined. The defination the anti gun a media use is 4 or more people shot. They never say how many are either gang or drug related.

02/01/23 02:29 PM

#26774