Rush celebrates Thanksgiving by saying "a bunch of Native Americans scammed us" when selling us Manhattan

could rush have fallen off the wagon?

Err...the United States never bought Manhattan island...at all. Not even one time much less twice. Manhattan Island was originally occupied by the Lenape people. In 1613 the dutch established a trading post on the western shore. In 1614 the New Netherland company was established and a second trading post was established in what is now Albany (also considered the first U.S. capital). In 1616 the dutch settled a trading post in the Kingston area. In 1623 the dutch built Fort Amsterdam and waged what was essentially economic warfare on the Lenape people who overvalued Wampum (the dutch gave them tools they could use to more easily produce wampum, the Lenape abandoned fishing and hunting in favor of beaver trapping, the dutch started making wampum themselves with superior tools and dominated the trade relationship with the Lenape people making them highly dependent on the dutch). The town of New Amsterdam grew around the fort. In 1664 the English captured the island from the dutch and the city was renamed New York in on June 12, 1665. The dutch regained the colony in 1673 renaming it New Orange then ceded it permanently to England in 1674 after the Third Anglo-Dutch War. The city of New York was a base of operations for the French and Indian War from 1754 - 1763. During the Revolutionary War Manhattan came under rebel control in 1775. The Brittish reconquered the island in 1776 and held it until 1783. In November of 1783 the Brittish evacuated Manhattan. In 1785 the U.S. Congress met on Manhattan island under the Articles of Confederation making it the first national capital U.S. On September 13 1788, New York City was made the first capital city of the United States. It remained the capital until 1790.

As you can see not only did the U.S not buy Manhattan island from native americans twice, it didn't buy the island from anyone even once and in reality no one bought the island from anyone at all. Certainly not for $24 (a currency that didn't exist yet).

Not even the British. It was the Dutch, who founded New Amsterdam there.

indians......callling them native americans would make it seem they were here before the white man.

Wait, it's even worse than that: Manhattan was sold for $24 in 1626...to the Dutch.

I guess "us" is "white people," which makes sense given the source.

Yes, the White Man, which is expected to be in the minority soon.

WAGON BOSS: What may appear to the fainthearted as a limitless expanse of Godforsaken wilderness is, in reality, a Golden Opportunity for humble, God-fearin' people like ourselves, an' our families, an' our children, and the generations a'comin' to carve a new life -- outta the American Indian.
(Temporarily Humboldt County)

Well now Andy, Rush probably figures Thanksgiving is the perfect time for him to shift his hate onto Native Americans. He's just getting into the holiday spirit ;-)

OT...are ya having an identity crisis? Another new Gravatar?