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Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:25 pm
by Transient
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:

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:29 pm
by rep
Is this the land they traded for beads? Indian givers.

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 12:29 pm
by plained
good on them

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 2:52 pm
by eepberries
lol indians

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:06 pm
by lars63
Anything for a buck I guess. The universal cure all. Money

Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2005 3:09 pm
by Freakaloin
mexicans r proof indians fucked buffalo...

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:00 am
by Massive Quasars
lars63 wrote:Anything for a buck I guess. The universal cure all. Money
indeed

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:19 am
by Hannibal
If it upsets Tucker Carlson then I'm all for it.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:34 am
by SplishSplash
Plz tell me it's pronounced "shiny cock".

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:36 am
by Chupacabra
'fraid not. its "shini-cock" IIRC.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 12:36 am
by SplishSplash
I suddenly lost all interest in their case.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 2:56 am
by Iccy (temp)
Give the lands back to the indians and dismantle america.

Im 100% serious.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:00 am
by losCHUNK
ahh the famous wa CHU CHU tribe

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:28 am
by booker
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:

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:33 am
by Dave
Back in my day, Indians worked for their money by building casinos

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 3:37 am
by Duhard
Freakaloin wrote:mexicans r proof indians fucked buffalo...
:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Shinnecock Indians lay claim to valuable NY land

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 6:50 am
by Uaintseenme
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.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:00 am
by Dave
Calling Indians Native Americans is like calling Palestinians living in Israel Native Israelis

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:22 am
by +JuggerNaut+
The Shins - New Slang.mp3

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:28 am
by Dave
Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - What Am I To You

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:30 am
by +JuggerNaut+
Dave wrote:Norah Jones - Feels Like Home - What Am I To You
great album.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:30 am
by +JuggerNaut+
you didn't go outside today, did you :(

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:32 am
by Dave
My day:
- Got up at 6
- Went to work at 8 (walked 2 miles)
- Went home at 2
- Took a nap from 5 until 9 (I only had 3 hours of sleep the night before)
- Now I'm doing a take home test for this summer class I'm taking

So yeah.. I went outside

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:36 am
by +JuggerNaut+
My day:

- Up at 9 (i work nights)
- Went to gym, then for a 4 mile run by the new Cardinals' *cough* stadium
- Met g/f for lunch at Ah-So's (sushi)
- Went to a friend's to check out his progress on his tile flooring
- Went to work at 2
- Off at 11:30
- Hello.

Posted: Sat Jun 18, 2005 7:46 am
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);
}
}