Re: Hunting Indians from a train

gene spake thus:

... as well as another piece of troll-bait ...

Borked Pseudo Mailed wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@pseudo.borked.net:

Yes, and with ten times the firepower you'll be allowed. Then they'll skin you and mount your hide at the entrance to one of their casinos.

Maybe you should stay in Yurup.

--Damon

shoot Indians from a train

If you want to hunt Indians, I would think the best place to go is India.

In America, the indigenous peoples are known either as "Injuns" or "Casino employees".

"Injuns" is, of course, a reference to old westerns. I don't care for the term Native American. I was born here, so I am a native American also.

BTW, a reservation is a good place to find indigenous Americans. But if you commit a crime against one of them and are caught on the reservation, keep in mind that the American government is powerless to help you.

Come ahead let me know where and when you will be here! I hunt Ahole. Would you prefer 30.06 or 50 cal?

Keep in mind there are some very well respected WWII veterans who would find your use of such small shells for hunting this type of game quite insulting. Shame the last of the battleship twin 16 inchers has been retired.

Spender spake thus:

Spender, do you know what the word "canard" means? If not, I suggest you look it up.

Yes, I know what it means. What does it have to do with what I said? The indian reservations in Wisconsin are considered to be sovereign territory. Not the casinos, but the actual reservations.

Spender spake thus:

I don't think you know what the hell you're talking about.

Back when I lived in Arizona, I served on a jury for a case in Federal district court, for a crime committed on the Navajo reservation. So much for "the American government is powerless to help you." Where do you come up with this crap?

Other than the trolls that started this message and will likely keep it going, can the rest of the rail groups stop replying to this? It's in bad taste and it's off topic.

We're all native to this fine country if we were born here but let's not show disrespect to the groups that were here before us. It's easy to poke fun at those who run the casinos but casinos hire poor people of a cross section of cultures including mostly whites in the bigger cities, some are run by the mafia that we'll never know, etc.

I know American Indian (ok instead of saying Native) Soldiers who were killed in Iran fighting for us, so let's not be scumbag racists here and generalize about various cultural groups based on our own myopic views.

Well said David, thanks. Steve

I believe that is part of the treaty. The indian authorities can refer any case to a U.S. court and appeal for assistance from the feds. But it may vary from state to state. In Wisconsin however, the FBI needs permission to investigate anything on a reservation. As I said, it is sovereign territory. Not that reservations are sanctuaries for criminals. The indians don't certainly want them. But, speaking only of Wisconsin, the feds cannot step on any toes. If a tribe member was accused of a crime, the reservation is as good a sanctuary as a church.

I know from experience that drug laws are not enforced in Mole Lake, WI. It would be a DEA agents wet dream, but the place is downright libertarian. At least it is during the blues festival.

Just getting overly technical, but the earliest human remains found in North America are Caucasian. Most likely Nordic. The research was hamstrung by a federal law that considers all such remains to be native American. But there is growing suspicion that the people who came from Asia across the land-bridge to Alaska were not the first human residents here.

And let's not forget the Navaho code speakers during WWII. They knocked the Japanese for a loop. Kind of amazing really. The natives are occupied and badly mistreated, yet they stepped up and fought for the nation that arose from the ashes of their ancestors.

Spender spake thus:

So what? For that matter, so was Ann Arbor during one of their early blues festivals I attended in the '70s; there was a thick pall of smoke over the grounds.

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com schrieb:

Twin? The US Navy might be surprised to hear of that equipment.

Hans-Joachim

Hans-Joachim Zierke wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@Odysseus.Zierke.com:

All US battleships are either razor blades or museums now. None remain in storage such that they could readily be recommissioned.

--Damon

Dual? Or just two? One bow and one stern is what I remember from when the Battleship New Jersey visited Portland about 12 years ago.

Actually the NJ had three main turrets with three barrels each. Two at the bow and one on the stern. I believe that was the standard for all the 'modern' battle ships.

But don't take my word for it. Go to

snipped-for-privacy@yahoo.com schrieb:

All of these were arranged 3x3, originally.

Hans-Joachim