Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

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Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/06/15/shinne ... index.html
NEW YORK (Reuters) -- The Shinnecock Indian tribe said on Wednesday it was seeking billions of dollars for 150 years of back rent on land it inhabited for 12,000 years in New York state in one of the largest suits of its kind.
While I sympathize with the Native Americans, I think this is utter bullshit. What happened 150 years ago was horrible, and what happened before that was even worse (read: Columbus). But nobody who was directly affected is even alive! Were the casinos not enough?

ALL the land in America was taken from them, not just this part of NY. But why do they pick this bit of land? I think the price tag speaks volumes. All these people want - all these 1/4 indian or 'my uncle's father's father's neighbor was an indian, so I am too' - is money.

They want BACK RENT!!! :dork: :dork:
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Is this the land they traded for beads? Indian givers.
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good on them
it is about time!
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lol indians
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Anything for a buck I guess. The universal cure all. Money
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mexicans r proof indians fucked buffalo...
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lars63 wrote:Anything for a buck I guess. The universal cure all. Money
indeed
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If it upsets Tucker Carlson then I'm all for it.
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Plz tell me it's pronounced "shiny cock".
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'fraid not. its "shini-cock" IIRC.
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I suddenly lost all interest in their case.
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Give the lands back to the indians and dismantle america.

Im 100% serious.
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ahh the famous wa CHU CHU tribe
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Iccy (temp) wrote:Give the lands back to the indians and dismantle america.

Im 100% serious.
sure, we can just take over and move to canada then :icon14:
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Back in my day, Indians worked for their money by building casinos
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Freakaloin wrote:mexicans r proof indians fucked buffalo...
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Re: Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

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Transient wrote: While I sympathize with the Native Americans, I think this is utter bullshit. What happened 150 years ago was horrible, and what happened before that was even worse (read: Columbus). But nobody who was directly affected is even alive!
This reminds me of all those people bitching about wanting money from the government because their father's sister's uncle's brother's step son was a slave.
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Calling Indians Native Americans is like calling Palestinians living in Israel Native Israelis
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Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - What Am I To You
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Dave wrote:Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - What Am I To You
great album.
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you didn't go outside today, did you :(
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My day:
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- Went home at 2
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- Now I'm doing a take home test for this summer class I'm taking

So yeah.. I went outside
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Post by Dave »

I suck at math.. The question says this guy owns an 80 unit apartment building. He can fill the building for $200 a month and for every $20 increase, he loses one tenant. Find the max revenue.

I can't do math to save my life, but I wrote a program to figure it for me.. I rock

using System;

public class X{
static void Main(string[] args){
Calc(200, 80);
}

public static void Calc(int rent, int units){
int total = rent * units;
Console.WriteLine("Total R is ${0} for {1} units at ${2} each", total, units, rent);

rent += 20;
units--;

if(units > 0)
Calc(rent, units);
}
}
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