911 & Columbus Day

mbuttons mbuttons@gate.net
Mon, 08 Oct 2001 10:09:31 -0400


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Ah yes, Columbus Day.

1492 -- the year  Ferdinand and Isabella  exterminated or 'converted' all
the Muslims in Spain, allowing much of the military budget to be diverted to
Cristobal.

love
m-a



on 10/08/2001 12:19 AM, JIM  BALDAUF at jfbaldauf@prodigy.net wrote:

My wife just wondered if Osama and da boyz'
possible penchant for American symbolism might
stetch from 911 ... to Columbus Day! After all, it's a
fun-filled celebration of Western/Christian imperialism
that Muslims and, indeed, Rosalind's own African and
Cherokee ancestors might choose, if they could, to
observe in a sort of culturally, er, "alternative" way.


J.F.(Bubba) Baldauf
Texas A&M, 1966











-- Mary Ann Wilson
mbuttons@gate.net



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Ah yes, Columbus Day.<BR>
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1492 -- the year &nbsp;Ferdinand and Isabella &nbsp;exterminated or 'conver=
ted' all the Muslims in Spain, allowing much of the military budget to be di=
verted to Cristobal.<BR>
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m-a<BR>
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on 10/08/2001 12:19 AM, JIM &nbsp;BALDAUF at jfbaldauf@prodigy.net wrote:<B=
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<BLOCKQUOTE>My wife just wondered if Osama and da boyz' <BR>
possible penchant for American symbolism might<BR>
stetch from 911 ... to Columbus Day! After all, it's a <BR>
fun-filled celebration of Western/Christian imperialism <BR>
that Muslims and, indeed, Rosalind's own African and <BR>
Cherokee ancestors might choose, if they could, to <BR>
observe in a sort of culturally, er, &quot;alternative&quot; way.<BR>
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J.F.(Bubba) Baldauf<BR>
Texas A&amp;M, 1966<BR>
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-- Mary Ann Wilson<BR>
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