Monday, October 11, 2004
History, Recent and Distant and Yet To Be Made
Voter registration ends tomorrow in Maryland and Oregon, and on Wednesday in Delaware, Massachusetts, Utah, and West Virginia. Concede nothing—every state is a battleground state.
In honor of Columbus Day:
Columbus, upon meeting the native Arawak people, remarked with astonishment: They are “so naïve and free with their possessions that no one would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone…”
Now, a question. If you met a group of people like that, what would your reaction be? Astonishment, followed by what…?
Columbus’ reaction outfitted him perfectly to be a founding member of the GOP:
“…they would make fine servants…with fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
As Powhatan later said, in his own astonishment, “…why do you take by force what you could have quietly by love?”
And the last word goes to Dr. Zinn, from whom these historical tidbits came:
“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is.” Howard Zinn OnLine
To the barricades, me hearties! Arrrggghhh! Direct action brings satisfaction. It takes a village to stomp a weasel.
In honor of Columbus Day:
Columbus, upon meeting the native Arawak people, remarked with astonishment: They are “so naïve and free with their possessions that no one would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone…”
Now, a question. If you met a group of people like that, what would your reaction be? Astonishment, followed by what…?
Columbus’ reaction outfitted him perfectly to be a founding member of the GOP:
“…they would make fine servants…with fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want.”
As Powhatan later said, in his own astonishment, “…why do you take by force what you could have quietly by love?”
And the last word goes to Dr. Zinn, from whom these historical tidbits came:
“The cry of the poor is not always just, but if you don’t listen to it, you will never know what justice is.” Howard Zinn OnLine
To the barricades, me hearties! Arrrggghhh! Direct action brings satisfaction. It takes a village to stomp a weasel.
