I think Ted Baxter said it best when he said those kind words. It was a rather simplistic mantra. Sometimes it comes true. Indianz.com reports that George Skibine will take the helm, although it will a quasi-super-secret-squirrel event. George Skibine will fill the top post as Bureau of Indian Affairs Secretary but not in an "acting" position.
"He is not acting," said Nedra Darling. Well, I should hope he is taking it seriously! But seriously, I don't want to take just one sentence out of context, so I should not make light of it.
But, ("but" cancels everything out you just said you know) I have to wonder why others weren't chosen to take the helm. I do not question George, I question the fact that we have many people in the top seats (echelons above god) who can't seem to assume the leadership according to the chain of command. Isn't that why there is a chain of command?
I am happy that in this case the chain of command wasn't followed. What continues to be my problem is that we have a bunch of weak links in the chain.
It should be self-evident that if they're not man (or woman) enough to step up when the next level up leaves, they shouldn't be there in the first place. Right? Right?
I kind of think of Bureau of Indian Affairs much like I used to remember the antics of the Mary Tyler Moore Show right now. And that is why the Ted Baxter quotes appear today.
Mary Richards: Ted, do you trust me?
Ted Baxter: Well, sure I do.
Mary Richards: Okay, take off your left shoe.
[Ted does so]
Mary Richards: Now take off your left sock.
Ted Baxter: Mary...
Mary Richards: Do you trust me, Ted?
Ted Baxter: Sure.
Mary Richards: Take off your left sock.
[Ted does so]
Mary Richards: Now, the next time I'm talking to someone and you think of a comment you just have to add to the conversation, I want you to take that sock, and stuff it down your throat.
Ted Baxter: What about the shoe?
"don't tempt me"
So who is Ted Baxter this week at the Bureau of Indian Affairs? Or how many people get to play Ted Baxter this week at the Bureau of Indian Affairs?
Good night and good news to you too George Skibine. May the good news be all of ours.
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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"Look, if you had one shot, or one opportunity...
To seize everything you ever wanted-One moment...
Would you capture it or just let it slip?"
While George Stibine wasn't on the starting line up, he still has a few football moments to make up for all the fumbled plays by the Bonnie and Clyde team aka Majel and Carl. Although they appeared to be on our team (they certainly wore the right uniform and started on our side), they did much damage to erode tribal sovereignty through their gunman tactics used against Eugene Little Coyote and the Northern Cheyenne's jurisdictional process. It's 4th and long, end of the 4th quarter. George, your up to pass. Make the play a good one. Restore our confidence. Call for a review of the last play by Majel and Carl. Let's see how fair the penalties against tribal sovereignty were. Re-run the play, reverse the call. Make the choice, George. Restore Eugene Little Coyote to his people-elected position of Tribal President.
"You better lose yourself in the music, the moment...
You own it, you better never let it go...
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow...
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo."
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