Politics

I found a blog discussing a political rally in downtown Buffalo. The blog entitled "How Not to Get Your Point Across," was found at Link. . The author whose real name was not displayed, went by the pseudonym Buffalopundit, and he is a citizen blogger. When i looked him up on Technorati i was able to find out that he has been blogging since 12/30/2004, and his rank is 35,353. This post was on 3/14/2007.

After reading the article several times I found that the author was not all to upset by the Governors attempts to tax goods such as cigarettes and gas to those who are not Native-American, but more so to a sign being held up by a 15 year old. The 15 year old was holding a sign of Elliot Spitzer portraying him as a modern day Hitler. The author states, " The Senecas certainly suffered a great deal in their history, and they have a right to enforce their legal sovereignty, such as it is, but does this Sagdiyevesque expression of dissent offend you as much as it did me? Doesn't equating the Holocaust with a sales tax dispute seem like a bit more than mere hyperbole?(Buffalopundit, How Not to Get Your Point Across)" The author simply states that the meaning behind the sign is a little over the top. However, I would have to disagree with the author, because he is looking at this from a different point of view then the Senecas. Most people do not realize what something like this means to them. They view it as our government taking control of their land and their ways.


Citations
Buffalopundit. How Not to Get Your Point Across. 14 Mar. 2007. 24 Mar. 2007 .

"Technorati: Search." 24 Mar. 2007 .