Tribes seek federal bailout

[KBScobravert]

They had better be careful. The last time the government gave them something, it was "clean" blankets.

and I was gonna say "please have these blankets instead"

[Forever_frost]

How about the land you are standing on?

Prove to me they owned this land before I did. Oh, and that's ignoring that the indians didn't believe you could own land (an idea shared by the federal and state government). I'll wait.

[dee]

Prove to me they owned this land before I did. Oh, and that's ignoring that the indians didn't believe you could own land (an idea shared by the federal and state government). I'll wait.

They (as in Indians in general) owned it long before the white man ever set foot on it.

They might have initially said they didn't "own" the land but that was before they were forcefully moved to reservations and shot when they protested.

[Craizie]

They (as in Indians in general) owned it long before the white man ever set foot on it.

They might have initially said they didn't "own" the land but that was before they were forcefully moved to reservations and shot when they protested.

Thus ~ my house.

[Forever_frost]

They (as in Indians in general) owned it long before the white man ever set foot on it.

They might have initially said they didn't "own" the land but that was before they were forcefully moved to reservations and shot when they protested.

who owned it before them? Are you saying these individuals have a right to property that was bought (no matter the currency or price) or taken through war fought by their ancestors a century ago?

[bird_dog0347]

"It's GOD'S water"

[dee]

who owned it before them? Are you saying these individuals have a right to property that was bought (no matter the currency or price) or taken through war fought by their ancestors a century ago?

Do you have a right to claim your stolen property? I'm not saying it is right to bail them out but to say that the "U.S." doesn't owe them a thing is wrong in my book. They have nowhere near been paid for the wrong doings of the past and I'm sure never will.

[bcoop]

Jesus Christ....

[Forever_frost]

Do you have a right to claim your stolen property? I'm not saying it is right to bail them out but to say that the "U.S." doesn't owe them a thing is wrong in my book. They have nowhere near been paid for the wrong doings of the past and I'm sure never will.

The US has been paying them for almost a century. They are paid in full and run multi-billion dollar enterprises. Tell me what property was stolen. You cannot leave a $20 on the ground, see someone pick it up, completely ignore it for generations and then call the guy up and say "Remember that 20? I want 500k for it. I was victimized."

No bitch. Your ancestors were. Just like the assholes who claim slavery has harmed them. No it hasn't. You've had generations without it. Suck it up. They haven't been paid for the wrong doings? What about the people they harmed? You know, the other tribes they wiped out, the settlers they killed and all of the money they have taken. If they're independent nations, they get nothing.

[dee]

So I assume you a huge fan of eminent domain as well.

[slow99]

Jesus Christ....

Reported for unconstitutionality.

[2011GT]

They (as in Indians in general) owned it long before the white man ever set foot on it.

They might have initially said they didn't "own" the land but that was before they were forcefully moved to reservations and shot when they protested.

I lease my land from an old T-rex that owned it for a few million years.

[sc281]

I lease my land from an old T-rex that owned it for a few million years.

Absentee landlord.

[Forever_frost]

So I assume you a huge fan of eminent domain as well.

I have no idea how you'd get that idea. My land, fuck off. If you think you want it, bring a checkbook or more guns than me. Indians either sold the land or lost it in war. One of the bad things of losing a war. You lose land.

[Bassics]

wait, an injun named Bosom and his nickname is "two dogs"?