Posted on 10/13/2014 8:25:48 AM PDT by Teófilo
We’re celebrating it with an Italian dinner tonight. I made Marcella Hazan’s tomato sauce, my husband’s providing the sweet Italian sausage. Add pasta and Happy Columbus Day!
Thanks for posting this.
It was inevitable.
BTTT for later.
Enjoy a great Columbas Day!
Columbus was a true maritime visionary but lets be honest, Columbus Day to a large degree was a political move to placate the Italian/American community.
To those who claim that Columbus did not discover America, they should note that at some point in history, the whole civilized world suddenly realized that there were two continents to the west. The Americas were thus dis-covered, that is un-covered.
Before Columbus, the existence of the Americas was known to few, after him, they were known to all.
Whether or not there were people already here, or that the Norsemen were aware that the Americas existed, Columbus deserves the credit for disseminating that information to the civilized world.
....As well an excuse for unionized and .gov employees to have a day off.
Who REALLY gives a damn about Columbus, or celebrates Columbus day? To me, it ranks right up there with Groundhog day in significance. lol
Leif Erikson don’t get no holiday.
Columbus, and European society “documented” his discovery. No one else had to that point.
Excellent links in your article. Thanks.
Start one!
Also, avoid no double negatives...:-)
That could be a lot of fun! Act like a Viking Day! Sweet! I’m for it!
I’m six percent Italian, according to my DNA profile.
So, that entitles me to say Yes! Today’s a Good Day!
~Theo
Fine, but first come, first served. :-D
I care! Columbus was a brave man and a great explorer, and as another poster said, help bring about the DOCUMENTATION and public knowledge about the land. He did the hard work.
Anyone can show up to a place and be like, “Yup, here I am” and then go back. He said “Here I am, here this is, here is how to get there, here is what it is like, here is why we should care...” and on and on.
I am reading through the lectures and I am struck by the contrast of what Christopher Columbus wrote and how he is portrayed today.
Those who understand language only as manifestation of power and not as a true expression of one’s heart will never understand Columbus. Heck, they’ll never understand human beings at all. We have Karl Marx to thank for that.
~Theo
PING!
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