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To: Verginius Rufus
I wonder why Marco Polo's name is now evil.

He brought rice to China from Italy, and noodles to Italy from China.

More importantly, isn't it "RACIST" of these thugs to call out Tancredo's ethnicity? DNA does not convey a point of view.

38 posted on 04/15/2009 9:41:03 AM PDT by Albion Wilde ("Shouldn't there be equal time for our Bill of Responsibilities?" -- Justice Clarence Thomas)
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To: Albion Wilde
Rice is thought to have been domesticated in southern China thousands of years ago.

The UNC-Chapel Hill professors may be doing a bit of "keeping up with the Joneses"--after the stellar performance of the Duke faculty when the lacrosse players were falsely accused of rape, they've got to do something to show that they are progressives too.

43 posted on 04/15/2009 10:18:37 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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