Without Reservation

So, I read a book recently that raised my hackles.  It was called "Without Reservation", by Jeff Benedict.

Apparently, these days, in order to form a tribe it's as easy as forming a club.  If I start ranting now, I'll never stop, so let me get straight to the point:  the government is stupid.

This might be a blatant and outrageous thing to say, but after reading about all of the things that they allowed, I have lost my faith entirely in the system.  They know that the documents "supporting" the tribe's "heritage" have been tampered with to make it look like they have native blood in them of a certain tribe...which they don't.  And they don't do anything about it.

I just, I just...

Why?  Why do I even bother put any trust in the government, or in those that claim to uphold the law for the people?

I had to write an essay explaining how I thought that one of three men was the most influential on getting the Foxwoods casino off the ground (which is kinda what the book was about), and I just simply got disgusted about half-way through writing it.  I also got disgusted about haf-way reading through the book.  I finished the book, but I was sick to my stomach as I read through the rest of it.

How can people believe all of this stuff?  It just...sickens and apalls me that people actually believe this stuff, and manage to convince themselves they're doing good.

Every person involved was either in it for money or for....wait, no, money just about sums it up.

I guess I went on a rant/tangent anyways.  Well, I tried to contain myself, but this kind of stuff just makes me sick, as I said earlier.  I just can't stand it.

Can you?