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News & ArtsTuesday, July 6, 2010
Life How I Celebrated Freedom Over the Weekend
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 12:12 PM
Yesterday morning I tried, unsuccessfully, to eat a leftover blueberry pancake with no syrup in room #215 of The Thunderbird, at the Quileute Indian Reservation, better known as La Push Oceanside Resort. I couldn't put syrup on the pancake, because someone broke into our motel room and stole it. They took it while we sat around a beach fire watching the locals light off lots-and-lots-and-lots of 4th of July fireworks. In addition to a half empty bottle of maple syrup, they took my entire purse (including 200 dollars cash, a wallet full of credit cards, my photo ID, and a 3-week-old iPhone). They took another girl's bag that was staying in the room—her's had everything from a recent college graduation—an envelope with cash and lots of un-cashed personal checks. All the doors and windows were locked up tight when we got back to the room. No signs of forced entry. I noticed the next morning, that someone also 'keyed' my rental car. Left a long winding trail down the side of the driver's side door...
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Terrible loss, but cant' understand why for the life of me the roommate had the graduation money and uncashed checks? Very dumb to take that on an out of town trip, unless she was homeless and had no place to leave it?
And Kelly, I thought you were smarter than to leave all that stuff behind in your room. All hotels have signs saying they're not responsible for loss of valuables in the room, and you have them you should check them at the front desk.
Now, I have left my cell in a hotel room, but it only cost $50, so the resale value isn't that great, plus it's a pay as you go phone, so once the minutes are used up, that's it.
And Kelly, I thought you were smarter than to leave all that stuff behind in your room. All hotels have signs saying they're not responsible for loss of valuables in the room, and you have them you should check them at the front desk.
Now, I have left my cell in a hotel room, but it only cost $50, so the resale value isn't that great, plus it's a pay as you go phone, so once the minutes are used up, that's it.
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Indian reservations with tourist areas are terrible places for petty theft. Indians are likely to have some sort of addiction problem and these places are easy targets.
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I'm guessing "you're" not a good speller or too bright. What does me not being an Indian have to do with anything? Indians are low on the social ladder and many are drunks/addicts. Just a fact.
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wow. i think being a raging racist makes you a bigger idiot than fucking up your/you're in a comment on the slog. Thanks for letting me know where my entire race fits into YOUR view of the social strata. White devil.
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It's not hateful or racist (I'm neither) to draw attention your self-inflicted social ills. If society weren't so afraid of hurting your feelings I might not have to step over so many of you people on Capitol Hill.
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It wouldn't be racist if she could back up her statements w/supportive facts.
Reservations w/tourist areas high crime areas for petty theft: Can you provide a stat for this?
Indians likely to have addictions: Again, a stat? Is addiction higher among Indians?
Not saying it's true or not true...you just haven't proved your case.
Most of the drunks I step over on Cap Hill are white.
Reservations w/tourist areas high crime areas for petty theft: Can you provide a stat for this?
Indians likely to have addictions: Again, a stat? Is addiction higher among Indians?
Not saying it's true or not true...you just haven't proved your case.
Most of the drunks I step over on Cap Hill are white.
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no matter what your bullshit facts are, its still racist. To say that any of the native american's problems are self imposed is naive. We were doing just fine before you motherfuckers showed up. You would never say any of this to the face of a native. You're just a pathetic bigot hiding behind the anonymity of a computer screen.
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you dont sound as smart as you think you are either. maybe you should worry less about you're grammar and more about content and original thought.
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My iphone was stolen a few months back... I filed a police report after I thought I found it for sale on craigslist. The cop told me that the person selling it could be charged for having stolen property -even if they bought it off someone and didn't know it was stolen- because as individuals they are 'required by law' to attempt to find the legal owner if it could possibly be stolen. However, AT&T will knowingly let a person with a stolen phone walk in and they'll sign them up for a great phone package (they know it's stolen since it's all GPS and serial numbered and reported stolen and the great deal because I am already paying the two year contract for that particular phone) and not have to report it or have any ramifications. Also- change your email password ASAP and delete all old mail. The replacement phone I got I bought from a friend on the east coast; even with their sim card out and my new one in, and a week delay from shipping, I had access to all of their email (even new and deleted email), and access to all apps and itunes. It was stolen from my yard so the pass-code wasn't on (stupid... I now know) but I now use it all the time and also the 'delete all info after 10 failed pass-codes' feature.
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