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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:35 PM Original message |
Pine Ridge farmer struggles to grow hemp |
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silverweb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
1. So much for "sovereignty," huh? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
2. I just saw a documentary about this case a few days ago. I'm sad to hear of this outcome. nt |
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leftchick (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
3. well, hemp, you see competes with corporate products |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:42 PM Response to Original message |
4. Have to keep those uppity Indians down. Best of luck to them, sounds like a good idea. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:48 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. Why does he deserve special breaks just because he's Indian? |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:52 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Because he's doing it on land on which his people were promised sovereignty. |
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nosmokes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:58 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Perhaps you're having a reading comprehension problem shenmue. His land is |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #7 |
14. Because that is the law. Sovereign nation and all. |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
23. Have you never heard of tribal sovereignty? |
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Suich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:44 PM Response to Original message |
5. I saw this program last week and it was excellent. |
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shenmue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 05:46 PM Response to Original message |
6. The government is not wasting its time |
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piedmont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:01 PM Response to Reply #6 |
11. Bullshit. Do you know anything about farming? Do you think you can just grow any crop anywhere? |
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Sequoia (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:06 PM Response to Reply #6 |
12. Let's all clap our hands on this one. |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:07 PM Response to Reply #6 |
13. Do you know what Pine Ridge is like? |
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Chulanowa (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:09 PM Response to Reply #6 |
15. I'm sorry, but you made milk shoot out my nose, laughing so hard... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:11 PM Response to Reply #6 |
16. Have you ever visited Pine Ridge? |
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progressoid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
18. Oh fer god's sake....sell the land??? Whaaaat? |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:28 PM Response to Reply #6 |
22. On Pine Ridge? |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:32 PM Original message |
Welcome to DU, good points and info and a question for you... |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:37 PM Response to Original message |
25. Pick a distance you measure in time |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:40 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. And severely disappointed if you are a child. |
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malakai2 (483 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:47 PM Response to Reply #26 |
27. Worse if you are an adult that had the poor sense... |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:56 PM Response to Reply #27 |
29. ewwwww, as a child I was consoled with a popsicle and could leave. |
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pamela (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:08 PM Response to Reply #27 |
36. But, what about all that free ice water? |
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Alexander (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:32 PM Response to Reply #6 |
24. Your responses in this thread show you to be severely uninformed. |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:14 PM Response to Reply #6 |
31. My goodness. |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:19 PM Response to Reply #6 |
32. Here is a good link about hemp. It is a very good food source, and will replace |
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arikara (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:45 PM Response to Reply #6 |
35. Unreal... |
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MagickMuffin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
10. PBS POV had a documentary a couple weeks ago, I recorded it but haven't watched it yet |
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Raskolnik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
17. If he doesn't want to follow U.S. law, maybe he should leave U.S. soil |
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uppityperson (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
19. k&r for rights |
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Sal Minella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:25 PM Response to Original message |
20. My understanding is, corporations who have wanted to set up on reservation lands can't, because U.S. |
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sunwyn (268 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:26 PM Response to Original message |
21. Another broken treaty...why am I unsurprised. |
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phusion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. I posted about hemp the other day -- support H.R. 1009 |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:30 PM Response to Reply #28 |
34. There are some things I really like about Ron Paul, but the ones I don't are too important. |
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FloridaJudy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
37. Hemp also has a long and honorable tradition as fabric |
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kikiek (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:05 PM Response to Original message |
30. A man after my own heart! Hemp is the future. This is a campaign issue in my opinion. Where do |
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Canuckistanian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 07:28 PM Response to Original message |
33. What a farce |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jul-10-07 08:13 PM Response to Original message |
38. I think there's a couple different factors at work here... |
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