THE SIOUX KILLED LIARS. WE SHOULD TOO.

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"It is said that, in the very early days,

lying was a capital offense among us.

Believing that the deliberate liar is

capable of committing any crime

behind the screen of cowardly untruth

and double-dealing, the destroyer

of mutual confidence was summarily

put to death, that the evil might

go no further."
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Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa) Santee Sioux

The Soul Of The Indian, 1911

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Now then, if America had such a

wise and insightful way of doing

business, we'd be rid of thousands

of worthless mortgage bankers, hedge

fund managers, lawyers, real estate

salespeople, and other similar scum.

America's lost its guts.

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THOREAU ON FISHING

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It is the old story.

The fisherman is a natural story teller.

No man's imagination plays more

pranks than his, while he is tending

his reels and trotting from one

to another, or watching his cork

in summer. He is ever waiting for

the sky to fall. He has sent out a

venture. He has a ticket in the

lottery of fate, and who knows what

it may draw? He ever expects to

catch a bigger fish yet.

He is the most patient and

believing of men [or women!].

Who else will stand so long in

wet places? When the hay maker

runs to shelter, he takes down his

pole and bends his steps to the river,

glad to have a leisure day.

He [or she] is more like an

inhabitant of nature.

The weather concerns him. He is

an observer of her phenomenona.

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Henry David Thoreau

The River