Hmong Hunter's Death Has Wis. on Edge

AP via SFGate ^ | 1/7/7 | EMILY FREDRIX

[Jedi Master Pikachu]

The post button was only pressed once.

[Clemenza]

In Wisconsin, you're "Hmong Friends!"

The Hmong I encountered in Seattle were fairly alienated from the mainstream, although their children were/are very Americanized (in a negative way in many cases). Nevertheless, the work most of the flower stands at the Pike Market.

[El Gato]

Sounds like this, presumably "white", guy is no prise either.

being held on a parole violation from an unrelated burglary conviction

Unless it was misdemeanor conviction, which seems highly unlikely, this guy had no business out in the words with a gun, since he's prohibited by federal law from having one. (Of course he could have been bow hunting, and AFAIK, even convicted felons can have bows and arrows.)

[Clemenza]

The Mohawk still claim most of Upstate New York (and have the treaties to back it up). I'm all for handing over Buffalo and Syracuse myself...

[Clemenza]

The Mohawk still claim most of Upstate New York (and have the treaties to back it up). I'm all for handing over Buffalo and Syracuse myself...

[TXBubba]

Perhaps. There were so many treaties that were made and broken that I've lost count. And, same as you, I'm not supporting giving anything back either direction. Must say also that my grandparents were born in IT (Indian Territory). That is how Oklahoma was notated prior to 1907. Since it is home and I like it up there I wouldn't change it back. (no, I don't think I am part Amerindian)

[TXBubba]

What about Rochester?

[Graybeard58]

What about Rochester?

What about Rochester? He worked for Jack Benny didn't he?

[dynoman]

this thread is degenerating

[dynoman]

this thread is degenerating

[Pelham]

Diversity, it Makes Us Richer.

[BBell]

Too many people on this sight have no concept os sarcasm.

[Pelham]

"Mista Benny! Mista Benny!"

Rochester was great.

[Clemenza]

At least Rochester still has the Eastman School and U of R. The Mohawk can have the rest of that sorry 'burg however.

[TXBubba]

Sorry, before my time. Hubby used to work for Kodak in Texas. Rochester wasn't looking so good for a company town a couple of years ago.

[Paladin2]

"while trespassing in a private tree stand."

Aren't tree stands kind'a small for all that to happen in one? Oh, maybe one of those highly nuanced "journalists" and his/her ever even smarter editor meant private stand of trees.

[dbehsman]

To hell with diversity, the Hmong are out of place, it's time to go back home. And they have fared far better here than white Wisconsins would have in southeast Asia. Think of all the social benefits and welfare the Hmong have received....

I happen to know and work with many Hmong people. I think on the whole, they have done a damn fine job of assimilation into American society. Much better than many of the Mexicans. They have been a benefit to our country.

[Boazo]

The post button was only pressed once.You pushed it two times,I saw ya

[muawiyah]

Of course not ~ according to the testimony of the Indians interviewed by DeSoto at Terre Haute, it was pretty rugged across the river in Illinois at the time (1541/2) due to the enormous numbers of gigantic buffalo roaming around.

That meant that even the most advanced Indians at the time in the Mississippi Valley didn't attempt to make permanent habitation in Buffalo range land. You'd better believe they stayed out of the Great Plains.

So, absent a presence, no Indian claim can be made satisfactory to a court of equity. On the other hand, Congress has allowed some Indians to have reservations in that territory, but that's all based on events subsequent to DeSoto's interview.

But, back to the main thread here ~ should Texans, who like to shoot doves on powerlines, be accepted as legitimate commenters on Wisconsin's peculiar hunting traditions? Or, alternatively, should everyone give up on Wisconsin and return it to the Oneida (to whom the US government intended to give it) ~ this could have otherwise obscure but real benefits when we disperse the mind-numbed Liberal nexus at University of Wisconsin to the original homelands on college campuses in the East.

The water in Madison would be pure again.

[muawiyah]

Not "private stand of trees" but "private tree stand". These guys build little stands in the trees/under the trees they sit on waiting for deer to wander by. They then shoot them.

This is a hunting technique analogous to shooting doves on telephone lines.