Byron Quick
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Sure, MB. If you want to know about the US and treaties...find a South Vietnamese and talk about it. Most of the individuals in our government for the past sixty years or so are ignorant of the word: honor.
(RI) Indians vs. State Tax Collectors
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MicroBalrog
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And that would be legal? 
seeker_two
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My reaction is to the way that the Indians behaved. Protesting is one thing, but assaulting an LEO who is not threatening you in any way is quite another. We're letting the rioters rule the roost.
As for justification to them being there...
Possible?...
As for justification to them being there...
Possible?...
Monkeyleg
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I don't know the ins-and-outs of federal law and Indian tribes, but I have bought cigarettes at smoke shops on tribal lands. In Arizona, the Navajo's charged far less (~50% less) for the same brands than I paid outside the tribal lands.
There's so much "slop" in this thread I'm starting to get upset.
Instead, I'll just add to it......
Anybody hear of the Mexican initiative to have Texas, N.M., etc. collect income tax from the illegals living there and send it back to Mexico??:banghead: (makes about as much sense
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Instead, I'll just add to it...... Anybody hear of the Mexican initiative to have Texas, N.M., etc. collect income tax from the illegals living there and send it back to Mexico??:banghead: (makes about as much sense
)Byron Quick
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Well, the Senate ratifies treaties and it can unratify them, too.
On the other hand, in South Vietnam's case, they didn't even bother to do that. When it came down to brass tacks, they refused to follow through on the treaties in place. The US wouldn't even supply South Vietnam with ammunition at the end.
To our eternal shame.
MicroBalrog
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But if that happens, can the Indians pull out of whatever their obligations are?
Byron Quick
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Of course not, MB. That would be equitable and just...two concepts that governments abhor.
It's like deciphering the IRS code, Micro. If a clause can be interpreted in more than one way then you must pick the interpretation that is to the greatest benefit of the government. If you do that, you can't go wrong.
My take on governments in general parallels General William Tecumseh Sherman's famous quotation on Indians. After a tour of our western Army forts he was asked his opinion of Indians. He replied,"I saw a good Indian once...he was dead."
It might be true that America's government is the best that has ever existed...the best of a bad lot. The choice between governments is not one of good and bad. The choice is between bad and worse.
It's like deciphering the IRS code, Micro. If a clause can be interpreted in more than one way then you must pick the interpretation that is to the greatest benefit of the government. If you do that, you can't go wrong.
My take on governments in general parallels General William Tecumseh Sherman's famous quotation on Indians. After a tour of our western Army forts he was asked his opinion of Indians. He replied,"I saw a good Indian once...he was dead."
It might be true that America's government is the best that has ever existed...the best of a bad lot. The choice between governments is not one of good and bad. The choice is between bad and worse.
"Protesting is one thing, but assaulting an LEO who is not threatening you in any way is quite another."
A LEO out of jurisdiction conducting an illegal search-and-seizure is threatening. What are you smoking and why aren't you sharing?
A LEO out of jurisdiction conducting an illegal search-and-seizure is threatening. What are you smoking and why aren't you sharing?
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