In the Spirit of Janklow

Sen. Bill Napoli
South Dakota State Senator

Dear Sen. Napoli,

A couple of news items got me to thinking about you today. The first one was your interview with Raw Story. I thought that went very well for you. I was particularly impressed by your response when the interviewer, citing South Dakota's 17% infant mortality rate, wondered whether more babies might be saved if you spent your time on healthcare legislation rather than abortion. You answered by blaming the Sioux. I couldn't agree more. If the Sioux want their children to live, they need to stop being too poor to be able to buy health insurance.

Unfortunately, I think many Raw Story readers might not have enough of an understanding of your state's history to appreciate the brilliance of blaming the Sioux. It's a cherished traditional conservative value in South Dakota. I was worried that it had died with Bill Janklow's political career. After all, how could anyone match him when it comes to hating the Sioux.

Janklow became South Dakota's Attorney General at a time when a corrupt, corporate-owned, Nixon-supported tribal chairman, Big Dick Wilson, and his personal political security force, the Guardians Of The Ogallala Nation (a name chosen for the acronym, "GOON") were executing traditional Sioux at a higher rate than that seen in Chile under the junta lead by Pinochet during the same time frame. How did Janklow respond? He prosecuted the victims.*

Thank God, you're continuing the tradition.

With Janklow in mind, let's move on to the second story. It's about an abortion that occurred in Pakistan recently. It's the kind of abortion that is now illegal in your state. Although the mother did not willingly engage in sex to become pregnant, she wasn't Christian, hadn't committed herself to virginity, and hadn't been subjected to terrible acts of sodomy--all the elements you've said would be required for a rape to be considered "bad" enough to justify an abortion for the victim. Heck, the act in which she conceived can't even be classified as what you would call "good rape," the kind of rape Bill Janklow committed against his young Sioux babysitter when he was an attorney on the reservation. The Pakistani mother conceived immaculately at the age of two months.

How would you handle such a case if it occurred in South Dakota. Would you try this immoral infant as an adult?

Heterosexually yours,

Gen. JC Christian, patriot

*For more about Big Dick Wilson, his GOONs, Janklow, the FBI's complicity, and the Chilean comparison read In the Spirit of Crazy Horse by Peter Matthiessen.