said by soccerguy :

Those air rights are generally for physical occupation by buildings, etc. Those air rights do not include wireless spectrum, which is owned by the people and licensed by the government (in the US anyway).

So no, you're wrong.

said by fiberguy :

The injins may be sovereign nations but they are a small "incident" from loosing their nations.

said by Camelot One :

And the FCC is able to sell spectrum, because?

said by fiberguy :

The injins may be sovereign nations but they are a small "incident" from loosing their nations.

said by bmn :

[...]you have no claim to the airspace above your home or land.

said by morbo :

why don't you just say what you're thinking: kill the indians. they interfere with making money. there. is it that difficult to voice what you believe? rather than dancing around it with subtle and not so subtle threats.

said by atuarre :

These indians are just riddled with greed.

said by fiberguy :

Wow! While you were busy shoving words in my mouth that I didn't mean, it seems that what's on your mind is killing the Indians.

I didn't think that at all.. what I did say, and said it pretty clearly was that their alleged country is symbolic. Like anything else, things can change. The U.S. could at any time take the land from them..

Very simple.. land is fought for, won, and taken all the time. The world's landscape has change much over time. Israel, the continent of Africa, the U.S., etc. etc. Borders change, people loose land.. it's the history of the world. Mexicans are still claiming that the South West U.S. belongs to them, that the U.S. took it unfairly. So?? Too bad. We battled, they lost.. it's ours.

It's life, and it's how things work like it or not. I know there are plenty of bleeding hearts that think we are bullies and need give back what we took.. those same people hate this country, and like Israel, probably shouldn't exist in the way we do today. (Those types can first give up their land and then get lost)

The only way to set things straight is to bring the world back to day one and reset the land to what the cooks of the world think it was.

My post was about the land, not the people.

said by Camelot One :

But an Indian Reservation IS a separate country under the law, so I could see SOME merit in this. It's no different than France selling spectrum, and then England wanting a cut for the signals traveling over England.

said by atuarre :

This is complete and utter bullshit. If thats the case, then I, and every other joe blow out there should be compensated for cell phone signals, other than our selected carriers passing through our airspace.

said by atuarre :

This is complete and utter bullshit. If thats the case, then I, and every other joe blow out there should be compensated for cell phone signals, other than our selected carriers passing through our airspace.

said by Camelot One :

It's no different than France selling spectrum, and then England wanting a cut for the signals traveling over England.

said by atuarre :

You don't own air. Did you make the air? The same goes for this. These indians are just riddled with greed. Cell phone signals are not a natural resource. Cell phone signals do not come from the Earth. They come from cell towers.

Again, this is complete and utter greedy bullshit.