Chiedo scusa

A couple days ago we celebrated Columbus Day and we, thereafter made some comments that Christofore was ripe for Sainthood and aside from mustering the courage to make a five week sail across the Atlantic before the trade winds shifter back to westerlies, he didn't do Spain a lot of PR good.  That he wasn't Spanish is well known and that is why Columbus Day appears to be more of an Italian remembrance than a Spanish hoopla.

So now we have a decided choice to make as to how we remember Columbus Day.  We can celebrate the permanent Euro-settling of the Americas and thank him for that; getting the ball rolling so to speak, or we can talk about how the Spanish weren't really good guests and created a lot of mischief during the early years. The Italians caused none of this and unfortunately got caught up in the painting with the Spanish brush as the saying goes.  Chiedo scusa.

We do note, however, that Rush Limbaugh had a great deal to say about those who note that from the Native American point of view, having these three ships appear over the horizon was not a great thing for them and because the White House put up a proclamation that noted that they might have had some displeasure, all lefties were some sort of bad name word in destroying our history as only Rush seems to know it.

That is by the by and let's move on. Halloween is next on the agenda and we are trying to figure out a way to be PC to goblins and ghosts - or is that ghosts and goblins....

See how hard it is to write a blog?  Let's all dance and sing.