Reality check

Submitted by Greg McColm (United States), Dec 12, 2011 at 12:58

All peoples are inventions. In 1760, there were no Americans, just English colonials proud to be part of the world's latest empire. Some, like Washington, resented snooty London types, but others, like Franklin, preferred London over the coarse colonies. But by 1780, we were Americans throwing off the English yoke.

Of course, sometimes the process involved slow annealing, which is the problem with relatively ignorant (!) people like Gingrich. After decades of DNA comparisons and archeology, it is painfully clear that the current Israeli-Palestinian squabble is in fact the same squabble described in the historic books (Judges, Kings & Chronicles) involving THE SAME TWO PEOPLES. This is probably the oldest civil -- yes, the DNA is clear, civil -- war that ever was.

And anyone who wants to take sides in that snakefight should have their head examined.

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