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uppityperson

(115,677 posts) Sun Jan 10, 2016, 03:17 PM Jan 2016

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Oh give me a home, next to land I don't own...

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Oh give me a home, next to land I don't own... (Original Post) uppityperson Jan 2016 OP

Leonard Peltier rots in prison.... ValasHune Jan 2016 #1

But if convicted they probably will lose their precious. A Simple Game Jan 2016 #2

No kidding, ValasHune. Or this: catbyte Jan 2016 #3

The feds get a bit more ambitious if you're claiming land on top of a literal gold mine. LeftyMom Jan 2016 #7

The story of those sisters is worth it's own book imo. Amimnoch Jan 2016 #11

have you seen the documentary on them, "our land, our life"? niyad Jan 2016 #17

Feds allow them Free Passage.... AlbertCat Jan 2016 #18

Perfect malaise Jan 2016 #4

K&R - I love how a toon like this, can completely capture a complex situation so well. n/t 99th_Monkey Jan 2016 #5

Cartoonists are a multi-talented small group. They know how to characterize libdem4life Jan 2016 #6

O.M.G. I love that cartoon! Initech Jan 2016 #8

I did that one ten years ago DFW Jan 2016 #9

Nice. Hoppy Jan 2016 #12

Isn't everybody's home next to land they don't own? Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #10

Not everybody assumes they own land that they don't klook Jan 2016 #13

You should be here when some get on their nationalization kicks. Nuclear Unicorn Jan 2016 #14

Classic! Roland99 Jan 2016 #15

nice ear worm you are giving us! niyad Jan 2016 #16

ValasHune

(38 posts)

1. Leonard Peltier rots in prison....

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 04:34 PM

Jan 2016

and these dirtbags will probably get suspended sentences and a few months probation and ankle bands at most... if that.

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

2. But if convicted they probably will lose their precious.

Reply to ValasHune (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 04:40 PM

Jan 2016

Or their dick, whatever they prefer to call it.

catbyte

(34,382 posts)

3. No kidding, ValasHune. Or this:

Reply to ValasHune (Reply #1)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 04:57 PM

Jan 2016

BTW, welcome to DU!

LeftyMom

(49,212 posts)

7. The feds get a bit more ambitious if you're claiming land on top of a literal gold mine.

Reply to catbyte (Reply #3)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:53 PM

Jan 2016

Funny how that works.

Crescent Valley is pretty much the dictionary definition of remote, too. Beautiful, in that stark high desert way, but so far out in the back of beyond.

Amimnoch

(4,558 posts)

11. The story of those sisters is worth it's own book imo.

Reply to catbyte (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 08:57 AM

Jan 2016

Incredible women of great strength in the face of overwhelming odds.

Sadly one of them passed away not that long ago.

niyad

(113,302 posts)

17. have you seen the documentary on them, "our land, our life"?

Reply to Amimnoch (Reply #11)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 02:03 PM

Jan 2016

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)

18. Feds allow them Free Passage....

Reply to catbyte (Reply #3)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 02:59 PM

Jan 2016

well.... that remains to be seen.

malaise

(268,987 posts)

4. Perfect

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 05:15 PM

Jan 2016

Rec

99th_Monkey

(19,326 posts)

5. K&R - I love how a toon like this, can completely capture a complex situation so well. n/t

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 05:31 PM

Jan 2016

libdem4life

(13,877 posts)

6. Cartoonists are a multi-talented small group. They know how to characterize

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:39 PM

Jan 2016

and nuance and draw with comedy and a powerful social message. Not a small task for 1 sheet of paper. I think they would have been Court Jesters in an earlier time.

Initech

(100,068 posts)

8. O.M.G. I love that cartoon!

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Sun Jan 10, 2016, 11:58 PM

Jan 2016

DFW

(54,372 posts)

9. I did that one ten years ago

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 12:36 AM

Jan 2016

Different cast of characters, but same idea:

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Hoppy

(3,595 posts)

12. Nice.

Reply to DFW (Reply #9)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 09:01 AM

Jan 2016

Nuclear Unicorn

(19,497 posts)

10. Isn't everybody's home next to land they don't own?

Reply to uppityperson (Original post)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 05:43 AM

Jan 2016

Just sayin'

klook

(12,154 posts)

13. Not everybody assumes they own land that they don't

Reply to Nuclear Unicorn (Reply #10)

Mon Jan 11, 2016, 10:20 AM

Jan 2016

And not everybody shirks payments on fees they owe for use of publicly owned resources. Wonder if I'll be lionized if I refuse to pay my water bill or property taxes? Probably would be by some.